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Day 90 - Sunday - October 13, 2024

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My season wrapup is at @realityblurred but suffice to say, it was a pretty good season, especially for those of us who are here for the entertainment, cheap or otherwise. And here's a tidbit I haven't shared before: one of them was almost replaced by an alternate when they tested COVID+ in pre-show hotel sequester. Rather than send them home immediately like they did Christie before Season 23, they waited it out until the test came back negative. I'm not going to say who, but it was one of our three finalists. I bet whoever made that call to keep them is pleased with their decision. A lot of things could have been done better but production stepped it up and shined in many ways this season. Despite whatever problems, I thank them for bringing our annual guilty pleasure back to us again, and as always, big ups and thanks to each one of the 16 hamsters for putting themselves out there for our amusement. PS Thank you for reviving young Jankie. He didn't deserve to go out like he did.
Won: $750,000; Week 1 mascot/can't compete or vote; Week 5 AI Arena; Final HOH Part 1 HOH 4 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/1/0 - HN 0   Chelsie Baham - 27 Twitter - Instagram Single - fan applicant Nonprofit director Rancho Cucamonga, CA She played this game hard and well from the minute she moved in. She had a hand in nearly every nomination and eviction and while she took a few losses along the way when those noms or votes didn't go how she wanted, she adapted rather than insisting she get her way. Then she brought in Makensy as a shield/weapon, and she controlled every week for the last half of the game. Along the way she ranted into her Febreze mic about Cam and his feet, socks, and laundry, and she gave us her thoughts regularly with her Chisme and Prediction shows. Like Makensy, she talked religion too much for my tastes, but as a gamer, she played the hell out of this thing from every angle: comp wins, manipulation, mental sharpness, and social relationships, including comfort and support for evictees on their way out. She gave a masterclass in BB every week and most every day, and her game should be studied by future hopefuls. She fully deserved her win.	Won: $75,000; Hawaii trip; America's Veto/used Week 3; Weeks 4 & 6 AI Arena; Movie screening; Final HOH Part 2 HOH 3 - Veto 4 - Noms 2/1/1 - HN 2   Makensy Manbeck - 22 Twitter - Instagram Single - recruit Construction project manager Houston, TX She cozied up with Matt at the start, and Angela became her season-long nemesis when she mentioned Makensy in the 'Crazy Eyes' breakfast rant. She was out of all game loops for the first half of the game, so she had lots of shockfaces at the early blindsides. She won one of the two move-in comps plus two AI Arenas, establishing her as a self-proclaimed comp beast, but she earned the title in the second half. Unfortunately for her, Chelsie made all her HOH and veto decisions for her, including using a veto on Angela when her prime objective as HOH that week was to get Angela gone. Her main conversation topics for much of the season were about her ex, being young, tall and pretty, and working in construction, plus she talked about her religion too much for my tastes. Despite winning a lot of important comps, she never balanced that with playing the actual game of Big Brother, especially on the last night when she gave away an easy win by keeping Chelsie.
Won: $10,000*; Movie guest HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 3/0/0 - HN 1   Cam Sullivan-Brown - 25 Twitter - Instagram Single - recruit Physical therapist Bowie, MD 7th juror - 14th evicted - Day 90 He was very low profile and unbothered at first but they all loved him, and his quick wit came out more and more as numbers thinned. Chelsie liked him but he liked Leah, and that triangle made for some awkward flirting and related reactions. He only won one veto and he kicked himself repeatedly for his poor comp performances, especially in the last weeks. His Week 1 Core/CCC alliance with Chelsie and Cedric was the foundation for Pentagon and Collective, but their trio stayed solid even when the add-ons blew up, and Cam and Chelsie stayed tight after Cedric's eviction. He starred in group skits and shows as Midnight Hour and Starfish Delight, and he loved his horsie Ghost Pepper in Jankie World. He remembered his dawgs at the crib every Thursday, and he gave us the best side game of the season when he randomly said Brooklyn in her red top looked like a 'pasty Michael Jackson.'	Won: $7,500*; Week 7 AI Arena; Movie guest HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 3/2/1 - HN 1   Rubina Bernabe - 35 Twitter - Instagram - Instagram 2 Single - recruit Event bartender Los Angeles, CA 6th juror - 13th evicted - Day 87 She was often a lot of fun, and she was liked by nearly all of them. She jumpscared a lot, laughed a lot (loudly), danced a lot, and she cried a lot too, most notably after Tucker's first AI Instigator task backfired. The two of them fell hard for each other, but she had to be constantly reassured he was sincere and not gaming her. She also bonded tightly with T'kor and Kimo, so much and so visibly that they were dubbed The Trio in there. She made strong social connections that kept her safe, so she stayed well insulated as targets lined up ahead of her. Her only comp win was the tangled rope AI Arena, but she beasted that and saved herself. She usually accepted her many nominations and comp losses gracefully, and often comforted her co-nominees who didn't take theirs as well. She lasted til fourth place because Makensy did Chelsie's bidding rather than looking out for her own best interests.
Won: $5,000*; Week 1 AI Arena; Movie guest HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 7/0/0 - HN 3   Kimo Apaka - 35 36 Instagram - Instagram 2 Single - fan applicant/occasional feedster Mattress sales rep Hilo, HI 5th juror - 12th evicted - Day 80 Definitely one of the nicest hamsters in this cast, he was well-liked by virtually all of them and most viewers as well (not counting his noisy eating habits and thunderous belches). He wrote several BB songs in there and sang them a lot, and he has a good singing voice, but eventually it got to be a bit much. Gamewise he spent a lot of time in the first half in marathon whisper sessions with T'kor, and they generally had very good reads, but they rarely did much with that knowledge. He saved himself in the first AI Arena but then didn't do much until he won the high pressure double eviction veto. He became a perma-pawn along with Angela and Rubina, and he didn't put up any fight about those nominations, or even campaign some weeks. But he lived his dream of being on the show, and he formed super tight bonds with T'kor and Rubina that will likely last a very long time.	Won: 1000 orb pickup + decontaminations HOH 2 - Veto 1 - Noms 6/1/0 - HN 1   Angela Murray - 50 51 Twitter - Instagram Married with kids & grandkids - fan applicant Real estate agent Syracuse, UT (orig Long Beach, CA) 4th juror - 11th evicted - Day 73 Easily the co-star of the season, alongside Tucker (for different reasons), but she lasted a lot longer than he did. She won two HOHs and a veto, she was on the block seven times, and others veto'd her off it an unprecedented three times. She marched back and forth in the yard overnight for 9.5 hours, including a lot of full goop treatments, and she held up a marshmallow skewer overnight for 9.75 hours. That resumé would win many seasons, but a lot of them didn't like her. She added layers of drama, tantrums, self-deprecating humor, paranoia, kindness, a whole lot of crying, and a game strategy that mostly consisted of 'I want to be here.' She was often loyal and often not, and she was both a pleasure and a chore to watch, depending on the day, and she polarized viewers like few others. She proved that the older woman slot in the casting formula doesn't have to be a doomed early boot, or a dud.
Won: *Week 9 janky veto HOH 1 - Veto 1+1* - Noms 0/1/0 - HN 1   Leah Peters - 26 Twitter - Instagram Single - recruit VIP cocktail server Miami, FL (orig Pittsburgh, PA) 3rd juror - 10th evicted - Day 73 She was a social chameleon and she wasn't in many real alliances, but she had F2s (or close enough) with Lisa, Kenney, Quinn, Brooklyn, Joseph, Makensy, and Angela. She was often fun, often annoying, and a unique personality that the edits unfortunately overlooked for the first half of the season. Things that irk me with most were endearing with her, like wearing the veto necklace or HOH robe all the time, not to mention her Jankie World toy tiara. Cam liked her but Chelsie liked Cam so that got complicated, so she switched to Tucker but he liked Rubina. Both Joseph and Quinn liked her but she kinda liked Quinn, eventually. She often talked nonstop about herself, sprinkled liberally with 'like' and 'literally,' and she came across as being ditzy but she was smarter and savvier than she seemed, and she reminded them of that often. Her bond with Angela was fun to watch as it developed, and then they went out on the same night.	Won: $5,000 HOH 1 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/1/0 - HN 0   T'kor Clottey - 23 Instagram - Instagram 2 Has a boyfriend - Survivor applicant? Crochet business owner Atlanta, GA (orig Chicago, IL/London, UK) 2nd juror - 9th evicted - Day 66 She bonded with Kimo and Rubina early on, and the trio quickly became inseparable. That's heartwarming to see but a voting block of three is a big threat in this game. She was seen as their leader but she was beloved by everyone so it took awhile for her to hit the block. When she finally did, she didn't take it well and withdrew back into her self-described shell, and didn't fight hard enough to stay. She got Tucker out on her HOH, but he would have been a useful ally for her if he'd stayed. She and Kimo had excellent reads on the game and their fellow players throughout, but they didn't do much with those reads besides stealth-whisper to each other a lot. In Week 4 they orchestrated a vote flip but later denied doing so, even to each other. She's accomplished a lot in life at a young age and I have no doubt she'll continue to do so, and I wish her well.
Won: Deep Fake HOH/used Week 4; Viewers' nominee Week 3 HOH 1 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/1/1 - HN 1   Quinn Martin - 25 Twitter - Instagram Single - fan applicant/RHAP listener Nurse recruiter Omaha, NE (orig Lawton, OK) 1st juror - 8th evicted - Day 59 He was a different kind of superfan, having seen episodes and RHAP podcasts, but no feeds. He got the best power this show's ever handed out on Day 2, but blabbed it to two people, so by the time he used it everyone knew and the fun was spoiled. That week he put his ally Cedric on the block and he went home, and later he put his ally Joseph on the block, and he went home. But he was allied with nearly everyone at some point, with F2s all over town, and he blew up alliances like it was a hobby. He continually thought he had everyone in his pocket, unaware his pocket had a huge gaping hole and couldn't hold anything. He shouted in Diary but was light and fun much of the time, even when his game was tanking, so props for that. He fell hard for Leah and made 'googleah' eyes at her, and his 'sick nasty' speech to her was instant inspiration for a million memes.	Won: 24 hours solitary HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/1/0 - HN 1   Joseph Rodriguez - 30 31 Twitter - Instagram Single - fan applicant/feedster Video store clerk Tampa, FL 7th evicted - Day 52 He brought a lot of unintentional comedy as he deluded himself about his power and influence, and he proclaimed himself 'star of the show' in one solo talk to himself/us. To his credit, his intentional comedy was every bit as good, although his dry sense of humor wasn't appreciated by some. He had a BB birthday that helped him settle in better socially, and he became the eighth hamster to get 24 hours in solitary. Three of those won their seasons but not this time. Joseph had extra chatty, holographic mini-Matt for company, and he said later he used his toilet tent for extracurricular purposes. He apologized to Angela after being brutally honest about her game, and he acknowledged he had some self-work to do about his 'mean streak.' I'll miss him, and wish him nothing but the best. Props to his siblings and friends for running the best hamster-adjacent socials we've ever seen.
Won: $70,000; Weeks 2 & 3 AI Arena; 1 week AI Assist; Week 6 AI Instigator HOH 1 - Veto 3 - Noms 2/0/2 - HN 1   Tucker Des Lauriers - 30 Twitter - Instagram Single - recruit Marketing and sales exec Brooklyn, NY (orig Boston, MA) 6th evicted - Day 45 He demolished two AI Arenas and was the first pre-juror to win three vetos in a row(!), along with an HOH. All that plus his boasting made him most everyone's target but he seemed to relish that spot (along with puzzles and biscuits). He was a welcome change from the usual 'comp beast' type, often showing compassion and empathy, and shedding tears over missing his min pin Ziggi. He fell in love with Rubina, and was often loud, sometimes obnoxious, frequently funny, and he usually owned whatever room he was in, including Diary. His gameplay was reckless and unpredictable, nearly always leaving chaos in his wake. He was that extremely rare breed of hamster: a hard gamer, often a good one (sometimes horrible), while being entertaining. He will be missed.	Won: Nothing HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 0   Brooklyn Rivera - 34 Twitter - Instagram Married with kids - fan applicant Business administrator Dallas, TX (orig Covington, GA) 5th evicted - Day 38 She brought us a number of classic shockfaces for various blindsides, and she said 'this doesn't quite feel like Big Brother' when she was on the block and on her way out. I beg to differ. She confessed her sports dancer secret to Quinn (who told several), her Mrs America secret to Chelsie (who didn't), but I don't think she told anyone she's friends with Aaryn. Thanks to Cam, she provided a fun Michael Jackson side game out here for her last couple weeks. She never tired of saying she wanted a married mother to win this season, so I guess we can assume she'll be rooting from home for Angela.
Won: Week 1 mascot/can't compete or vote HOH 1 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/1 - HN 0   Cedric Hodges - 21 Twitter - Instagram Single - recruit Former Marine Boise, ID (orig Running Springs, CA) 4th evicted - Day 31 He prepped by watching analysis clips and didn't see any full seasons so he had an unusual balance of BB lore and knowledge. He was a good sport about being sidelined Week 1 and he used that time well, becoming well-liked by all of them. 'Young Cedric' was an ongoing, evolving skit and his own elaborate life stories usually had them and us in stitches. Between expecting volunteers for the block and painting himself into a no-win corner between his various alliances, his HOH was a disaster. Then he volunteered to be a pawn the following week and learned the meaning of 'pawns go home.' He was funny, genuine, wise and mature beyond his years, and he'll be missed.	Won: Nothing HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 3/0/0 - HN 0   Kenney Kelley - 52 Instagram Married with kids - fan applicant Former undercover cop Boston, MA 3rd evicted - Day 24 He adopted Matt and lost him fast, then he won a veto, and the rest of the time he said he wanted to quit. He rallied a bit at the end when he teamed up with Cedric and Tucker, adding Cam when he walked in on them, but that got blown up immediately. He mostly sat by himself and shouted out his family, or he complained to others about missing them, so they sent him back to them.
Won: Nothing HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 2/0/0 - HN 1   Lisa Weintraub - 33 Twitter - Twitter 2 - Instagram - Instagram 2 Single - recruit? Celebrity chef Los Angeles, CA 2nd evicted - Day 17 She's a legit chef/caterer and ran that into the ground, along with sprinkling edible glitter on everyone's food whether they wanted it or not. Tucker's rants about her were an early highlight, and she crumbled after Angela mocked her walk and called her a twit. Props for winning the first veto (rare for a woman), but she wasn't cut out for this setting. Most of that was simply being a bad roommate: she made (and wasted) food they didn't want, dabbed non-consensual essential oil on her roomies' pillows, propped filthy feet on food surfaces, and she never tired of telling everyone what a special and unique person she was.	Won: Nothing HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/1 - HN 0   Matt Hardeman - 25 Single - recruit? Twitter - Instagram Tech sales rep Roswell, GA (orig Loganvilla, GA) 1st evicted - Day 10 He filled the pretty boy/brojock casting slot perfectly but didn't like Angela pointing that out openly and immediately. He was adamant about not being 'that guy' and to his credit, he did talk a lot against toxic masculinity. He cried after Angela yelled at him, but went out in high spirits with ginormous smiles for Julie.
Won: Control of the game HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Ainsley/AInsley - 24 Surf shop worker San Diego, CA She lost two votes to join as #17 so reverted to her robotic persona aka Artificial Intelligence Network Self-Learning Entity, and became a comp host.

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Tally Items

Extracurricular Tally Major fights: 2 -7/20 Angela at Matt -8/5 Angela vs Quinn Minor fights: 4 -7/22 Angela at Kenney -7/23 Angela vs Lisa (not on feeds) -7/27 Angela at Quinn -8/5 Tucker at Cedric -9/15 Chelsie vs Cam House meetings: 1 -8/5 Cedric's, at/after veto meeting Booze deliveries: 21 -7/17 Angela HOH White Claw -7/25 Chelsie HOH White Claw -7/28 Joseph's birthday 1 wine, 6 beer -8/1 Cedric HOH White Claw -8/7 2 wine, 6 beer/coolers -8/8 Angela HOH hard lemonade -8/11 1 wine, 6 beer/coolers -8/13 3 wine, 6 beer/coolers? -8/14 6 beer/coolers? -8/15 Tucker HOH Tequila coolers -8/23 T'kor HOH wine -8/28 Halfway party -8/29 Quinn HOH hard iced tea -9/5 Chelsie HOH wine coolers? -9/7 2 wine, 6 beer -9/20 Makensy HOH beer -9/21 2 wine, 6 beer -9/26 Makensy HOH wine -10/3 Chelsie HOH wine -10/5 2 wine -10/10 F3 champagne HOH music -Angela: Janet/Janet Jackson -Chelsie: Diary of Alicia Keys/Alicia Keys -Cedric: All Eyez on Me/Tupac Shakur -Angela: Rumours/Fleetwood Mac -Tucker: The Vision/The Vision -T'kor: 4/Beyoncé -Quinn: How Do You Sleep at Night?/Teezo Touchdown -Chelsie: FutureSex/LoveSounds/Justin Timberlake -Leah: None (Jankie World week) -Makensy: Lucky/Megan Moroney -Makensy: Carrying Your Love With Me/George Strait -Chelsie: Dangerously in Love/Beyoncé BBQ Smackdown scorecard: -BBQ 1, Leah 0 Scandals outside our BB world: 4 -The end of Flashback -Angela's breakfast tirade -Angela's employer fires back at crazy fans -Rubina/Tucker sexytime		Production Goofs  1 Price tag left on a decor mushroom in house pics  2 The show's Youtube still has $500k prize  3 P+ page said season is 'now streaming' before it started  4 Cast press release link to photos wasn't a link  5 Different spellings for Kenney/Kenny  6 Different spellings for Tucker's last name  7 Eliminated Flashback - big mistake, HUGE  8 Conflicting info about Essential plan  9 Tickets site had a Week 2 Wednesday live show 10 Press release + other sources mistakenly said Essential plan wouldn't have feeds 11 Forgot to update premiere day 12 Wrong premiere time + faulty Pluto info in press pic captions 13 Wrong 2nd premiere time on P+ homepage 14 Premiere #2 used stock eviction description 15 Mixed up Matt and Kenney in press pics 16 No working links in Instagram merch promo 17 Official show Twitter using last year's logo 18 CBS main schedule forgot about Sunday's BB 19 7/21 episode caption mixed up flexors/flexes 20 Feeds thumbnails often show last season 21 Brooklyn's DR announcement recording doesn't work 22 Press pics compounded Kenney's ongoing name error 23 Press pics misspelled Brooklyn's last name 24 Wrong season for Taylor 25 Small Diary audio leak 26 Official show Twitter link goes to Celebs page 25 1 point credit for finally fixing all ongoing name misspellings in press pics 26 Recursive screen fail on 8/8 show 27 Angela's birthday supplies were a week early 28 A.I.N.S.L.E.Y merch has an extra period 29 Wrong season for Taylor, still/again 30 Misspelled Jag's last name 31 Feeds broke/froze on P+ and Pluto 32 Tucker called to start his task 5 hours after he started 33 Misspelled Chelsie's name on Youtube 34 Wrong first novel for Charles Dickens re BBAI Assist task, even though not an official question 35 Didn't erase Brooklyn completely 36 AI Instigator cash vote results were given Thursday - official rules & show announcer said Sunday 37 Misspelled Kimo's name 38 Technical difficulties message on feeds 39 Small Diary audio leak 40 Jerry said Quinn was HOH twice - he had one HOH, and one noms takeover 41 Wrong time for subsequent show from closing announcer 42 Press pics mislabeled a Jankie World pic 43 Feed 4 self-evicted for a minute 44 Random Diary hallway glimpse during Jankie week 45 Random HOH glimpse during Jankie week 46 Julie time error on 9/19 show 47 Julie veto count error on 9/19 show 48 Julie's earpiece prompter heard on 9/19 show 49 Wrong date and year in press pics for 9/19 show 50 Press pics misspelled Leah's last name 51 Snippet of The Summit audio on feeds before their screening 52 Julie veto count error again on 9/26 show 53 Julie miscounted Angela's block survivals on 9/26 show 54 Grammar issues on Julie's Instagram 55 Julie miscounted Kimo's noms on 10/3 show 56 Staffer's reflection seen on feeds 57 Forgot to update rules when AFP vote opened 58 Misspelled producer's name in finale credits