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BB28 DRINKING GAME

Take a swig whenever Chuk volunteers some personal info nobody asked about

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VIEWER VOTES

BB Time Capsule 1: Angela
One week in the egg suit

BB Time Capsule 2: Devens
Diamond veto, 6 chances to use

BB Time Capsule 3: TBA
-Opens 5.15pm PT July 26
-Closes 9am PT July 31

BB Time Capsule 4: TBA
-Opens 5.15pm PT August 2
-Closes 9am PT August 7

BB Time Capsule 5: TBA
-Opens 5.15pm PT August 9
-Closes 9am PT August 14

BB Time Capsule 6: TBA
-Opens 5.15pm PT August 16
-Closes 9am PT August 21

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Power Status

Head of Household: Kamu
Devens holds Diamond Veto
Have-nots: Dee, Mallory, Melody, Yash
Original noms: LaLa, Lyric, Mallory
Veto winner/outcome: Lyric/TBA
Post-veto noms: TBA
Block Buster winner: TBA
Final noms: TBA
Evicted: TBA

Alliance charts by alliance (click on Latest) by @bigbrotherjunkie.bsky.social

Alliance maps by person (click on Latest) by @dolffica.bsky.social

Diary segment tallies by @clamperls4

TV episode ratings by @bigbrotherwikia.bsky.social



Upcoming Events

Usual CBS schedule is Sundays 8pm - Wednesdays 8pm (90 minutes) - Live Thursdays 8pm
Times are Eastern/local, deduct one hour for Central

Exceptions:
-Sunday, August 23 8pm two hours
-Thursday, August 27, 8pm 90 minutes (1000th episode)
-Thursday, September 10, 8pm two hours
-Wednesday, September 16, 8pm two hours
-Sunday, September 27, 9.30pm
-Finale is probably Thursday, October 1, time TBA

BB Unlocked episodes:
-Friday, August 7, 8pm
-Friday, September 4, 8pm
-Friday, September 18, 9pm
-Friday, September 25, 8pm

Usual feeds schedule - times are Pacific:
-Mondays noonish: Veto meeting*
-Wednesdays midnight: Have-nots eat
-Thursdays noonish: Tech rehearsal plus afternoon rehearsal*
  Live eviction show 5pm*, HOH room late evening
-Fridays: Nominations late afternoon/early evening*
-Saturdays morning: Draw veto players*
-Saturdays afternoon: Veto comp*
*Feeds blocked - adoptable anipals on feeds


Daily Feeds Recaps

Day 20 - Sunday - July 26, 2026

I missed a lot of the morning but the tea party that was mentioned several days ago is actually happening today - planned to happen anyway, mostly by Mallory. Kamu wants to "call out" Jason during that tea party. I guess the incentive is to get Jason to blow up, either to give Kamu a Reason to put him on the block tomorrow, or maybe just to be a jerk. He told Dee and she liked the idea, and she said she thought Devens would too, and later she told Angela the plan. Kamu also talked with Devens but I wasn't able to listen to that convo. Jason talked with Mallory and he's mostly expecting to go up, and he seemed as okay with that as possible. Kamu told Drew and Yash "I want his game to burn to the ground" and pointed out how well Jason's repaired his standing in there after last week's noms fight. As of now, Jason will be the target and likely evictee, and Mallory will likely go if Jason wins another Block Buster, but it's days til they vote and there is some buzz about booting Mallory.

There may also still be a meeting planned about bringing Angela into Red Corner and call it Blue Corner, and/or battle plans for the vets to swap out Barrett/Drew for Chuk/Haley/Kamu as their inner people, because they're not as bright, so they'll be easier to control going forward. And Dee said she wants to do a Rome parody if/when she's evicted, declaring her love for someone and give them a dip and maybe a kiss. Barrett volunteered. (Dee doesn't expect to ever be evicted, but you knew that already.) Devens talked game and future to Yash and Drew, looking like a teacher explaining some concept to his students, or maybe a spiritual leader ministering to his disciples. (He also planted tiny seeds for a very subtle anti-Taylor campaign in future, in my opinion, after learning from her M&Ms display she's a lot more aware and more game-savvy than most of them realize.)

More later

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Day 19 - Saturday - July 25, 2026

After I cut off last night's recap, a prank was planned for Kamu by Drew plus Angela, Chuk, Dee, Haley. Drew waited in Kamu's bed with a strategically placed pillow, as the others fell into hysterics. Kamu took forever to get out of the shower but when he finally re-entered the room, feeds went to WBRB.

This morning Haley and Jason were picked to play for veto with Kamu, LaLa, Lyric, Mallory, and Angela will host unless she's bumped by a guest. Devens, Drew, Yash walked the yard psst-pssting about the comp and renom options since Jason was also in the yard, and they know he's Kamu's target. Jason said he figures LaLa is the target, and that Kamu had said he wants to keep noms the same, as well as others including Haley. (Reminder, Jason is aware he's the target, or is at least aware that's a strong possibility.) Drew dropped the Toolshed name in front of Yash, again.

Barrett, Drew, Yash did a pantry dance with "Ooo! Ooo! Ooo!" monkey chants. Drew joked that he's not even on the show yet, and while it is difficult for any of the rookies to get much air time unless they're making out, there have been comments from several of them about Drew being called to Diary more than most. Melody made another pre-comp phone call home (not really). And Kamu asked her if she got her period. Yep he did. Angela told Dee she thinks Devens got a power but he's not telling them in order to protect them, and Angela said she's glad of that because she doesn't want to know. (Maybe because she knows she can't keep a secret.) The two-way Haley/LaLa feud carried on, with each of them griping to people about the other, and the mostly one-way Angela feud with/about Drew also carried on. Angela told Dee she knows Drew is trying to pit Angela/Dee/Devens and Chuk/Haley/Kamu against each other, and she wants that six to meet so she can let them know. And she said she's going to "make up some shit" about Drew.

The yard stayed open this morning so the comp will be held elsewhere. Feeds went to adoptable anipals a little after noon and returned exactly three hours later. Lyric won the veto, and several were in tutus. It was Bowlerina or a variation of it, they had to pick the next player(s) which caused an issue when Mallory picked LaLa, and they held on to spinning pickles. Kamu's tutu was a lovely shade of blue, but I didn't hear if he had any problems about his image because of it. Mallory and LaLa were both upset about losing and got peptalks from Melody and Jason, respectively. Haley went on and on some more to Dee and Chuk about how much she wants LaLa gone, including a pitch to get LaLa out now and they can "emotionally isolate" Jason next week. And she told Chuk to "work on Lyric" "but don't chase her around." And Haley also pitched asking Angela into Red Corner. Kamu suggested to Dee, Devens they call the Angela version Blue Corner. Dee asked Devens to explain his diamond veto again, and anti-Drew sentiment grew a little stronger with them.

Angela and LaLa had a nice chat about life and other non-BB things. Well, it was nice until Angela became condescending and told LaLa to keep behaving as she has been today so people wouldn't be upset with her. (LaLa's a 58-year-old woman and all these people need to stop telling her how to behave.) Taylor pulled out M&Ms to lay out vote scenarios for Devens, who was impressed that she had "visual aids." (I wouldn't expect him to know but a lot out here acted like M&Ms were invented by Morgan. Not only did Mickey do it first last year, but it's the 28th season - 32nd if you count Celebs and OTT, and 44th if you count Canada - and using candy and snacks to plan things out or study has been done most of those seasons.) They did this in HOH, Kamu arrived, Devens left, and Taylor laid out her plus-one plan (which she called tethers) and an alliance pitch to include herself, Devens, Kamu, plus Barrett and Lyric. And they'd boot Mallory this week.

A big group ended up in the downstairs bathroom. The high (low) point came when LaLa used hoodies to fashion herself a hazmat suit to do something about Chuk's nasty talon of a pinky toenail - wild Saturday night action for them and us! When she finished, he said he'd never had a normal pinky toenail as an adult, and maybe now he wouldn't go through socks so fast. Please note I spared you the closeup pic. You're welcome.

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Season Stats

HOHs in order: Dee; Devens; Kamu

Veto winners in order: Mallory; Devens; Lyric

Evictions in order: Ashley 14-0; Rome 12-1


Ratings - TBA edition

Ratings might be updated later, based on entertainment value - free neutrals til then

Noms count: original/renom/twist


 
Downs are here to stay unless/until they remove the ban on BBViewer. That's probably corporate's doing and not a BB decision, but we still lose no matter what the cause. Especially since a lot of staffers use BBViewer themselves. This show is not like any other and should get a little consideration.





Won: Time Capsule 1: Six days egg

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Angela Murray - 52
Instagram - TikTok
Married, 4 kids, 3 grandkids - BB and TAR veteran
Real estate agent
Syracuse, UT (orig Long Beach, CA)






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1

 

Barrett Pfeiffer - 27
Bluesky - Instagram - TikTok - Our Reality podcast
Single - fan applicant, feedster
Jumbotron engineer
Austin, TX (orig Benton, AR)






Won: Week 1 Safety

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1

 

Chuk Anyanwu - 27
Instagram
Single - recruit
Supply chain analyst
Dallas, TX






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 1 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1

 

Dianelys "Dee" Valladares - 29
Instagram - TikTok
Single - Survivor and Challenge vet
Travel influencer - Miami, FL






Won: Time Capsule 2: Diamond veto

HOH 1 - Veto 1 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1

 

Rick Devens - 42
Twitter - Bluesky - Instagram
Married, 2 kids - Survivor vet
News anchor (formerly, now college comms director)
Macon, GA






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1

 

Drew Campbell - 22
Instagram - TikTok
Single - fan applicant
Surgical dental assistant
Temecula, CA






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1

 

Haley Thogmartin - 29
Instagram
Single - recruit
Telemedicine exec
Wildwood, MO (orig Neosho, MO)






Won: Week 1 Safety; Week 2 Block Buster

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 1

 

Jason De Puy - 35
Twitter - Instagram - TikTok
Pre-BB26 part 1 - part 2 - Reality press event as Ainsley

Single - BB fan/pre-season test run veteran
Drag queen - West Hollywood, CA (orig San Francisco, CA)






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 1 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1

 

Kamuela 'Kamu' Kirk - 32
Twitter - Instagram
Single - fan applicant?
MMA fighter
Phoenix, AZ






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 0

 

LaTrice Verrett - 57 58
Instagram
Divorced, 4 kids - fan applicant, feedster
Boutique sales
Maplewood, NJ (orig Kankakee, IL)






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 2/0/0 - HN 1

 

Lyric Medeiros - 25
Instagram - TikTok - Twitch
Single - fan applicant?
Attorney
Honolulu, HI






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 2/0/0 - HN 1

 

Mallory Aurichio - 24
Instagram
Single
Rocket scientist
Township of Washington, NJ






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 1

 

Melody Morris - 24
Instagram - Comedy Instagram
Single? - recruit?
Corporate game show host (and stand-up comic)
Maricopa, AZ (orig Thornton, CO)






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 1

 

Taylor Brown - 27
Instagram
Single - fan applicant
Elementary school counselor
Deerfield Beach, FL






Won: Week 1 Block Buster

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 1

 

Yash Patel - 24
Instagram
Single - recruit
Financial analyst
Monroe Township, NJ






Won: Week 1 Safety

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/1/0 - HN 1

 

Jack 'Rome' Seymour - 28
Instagram - Trash Instagram
Single - recruit
Pickleball coach
Delray Beach, FL (orig Traverse City, MI)

2nd evicted - Day 17

If you took all the brojock buffoons we've ever had and rolled them into one, you'd get a cartoon character named Jack who decided he'd rather be called Rome. He fell fast and hard for Lyric and maybe she did for him too, and he cry-sobbed for hours with no tears. He acted like he thought he was the star of the show, but his early exit indicates otherwise.




Won: Nothing

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/1/0 - HN 0

 

Ashley Trail - 24
Twitter - Instagram
Single - recruit
Bartender (and actormodel)
Chicago, IL (orig Alton, IL)

1st evicted - Day 10

She was an NPC at first, but many always are in the first days. She tried to get in the game when she went on the block as a renom but it was too late and she did it badly, so she's now a charter member of the not-so-illustrious first evicted club. She said she'd never had a hamburger before (how is that possible?) but now she has, so her time here wasn't a total loss.




Won: Hot lava bath

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Rachel Reilly - 41
Instagram
Married, 2 kids - three-time BB veteran
Casting agent
Hoover, AL (orig Concord, NC via Las Vegas, NV)

Eliminated via volcano - Day 1

She came in dramatically after (almost) everyone else again, dressed in red again, but this time she was there for a stunt. We've had a couple other fake move-ins before - think Anthony Scaramucci on Celebs 2 or human Ainsley (Cosette Rinab) on BB26. Rachel had people going and thinking she was there as a player but no: 175 million years ago, a dinosaur carried her off and threw her into a volcano before she even got to play a comp or invent a new catchphrase.



Lines and Links of the Day

Lines

Devens: It just takes a seed to grow a tree

....

Jason: We don't want another boring season of Big Brother

Kamu to Melody: Personal question, did you start your period too?

Yash to Barrett: Are you gonna put on real clothes, or are you just gonna wear that?

Taylor: May the best tether win

 

Links

First Date: Slaughter - horror movie Melody's in

Cast caricatures by @barryjohnsonesq.bsky.social:
Group 1 - Group 2

Big Brother Hub at realityblurred - lots of good stuff there!

Big Brother Dictionary compiled by Slothy

Rancho Coastal Humane Society temporary home of our feeds anipals, including adoption updates - visit them or your local shelter to find your new best friend

Behind the Mirror Taran's book about BB is pretty great, available through Taran's site or from Amazon



Tally Items

Extracurricular Tally

Major fights: 1
-Day 11 Angela vs Jason plus Rome vs Haley, at noms

Minor fights: 1
-Day 9 Ashley vs Haley whisper-fight

House meetings: 1
-Day 11 Nominations fallout

Sex events: 1
-Day 16 Lyric/Rome Have-not humping

Makeout pairings: 1
Lyric/Rome

Booze deliveries: 4
-Day 1 move-in champagne
-Day 1 or 2 Dee HOH wine
-Day 10 Devens HOH beer
-Day 15 2 wine, 8 beer
-Day 18 Unknown, maybe none?

HOH music
-Dee: Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 2
-Devens: The Who, Who's Next
-Kamu: MercyMe, Wonder & Awe

Premature exits: 1
Rachel

Fake move-ins: 1
Rachel

 

Production Goofs

 1 Casting page had some issues
 2 Date announcement said 'series premiere' rather than 'season'
 3 Internal Paramount Chinese pitch to advertisers leaked season info
 4 Mobile and TV apps using Celebs logo for main BB
 5 Wrong premiere date on promo material
 6 China advertiser pitch mixed up Derrick L with Derek X
 7 Cast bio clips on the show's IG linked to a random, unaffiliated 'CBS' account
 8 Feeds return in premiere July 9 AND feeds open July 10
 9 Faulty stat about first HOH by Julie on premiere
10 Discrepancies with camera counts
11 Late promo email
12 Press pic captions for July 12 had wrong day
13 Forgot to change AFP graphic for Time Capsule vote
14 Broveal promised feeds after every show: didn't happen
15 7/19 show spoiled Time Capsule winner
16 Official Twitter timezone goof
17 7/19 show ended with cliffhanger instead of what they announced
18 Press pic captions misspelled Barrett's last name
19 CBS Store is a year behind
20 Press release misspelled Derrick's last name
21 Julie's earpiece prompts still audible on live show





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GAME TWISTS

-Day 1 Chuk, Jason, Rome won their respective move-in comps and earned Week 1 safety.

-Day 1 Angela, Rick, Rachel joined but Rachel move-in was fake. She was thrown into a volcano and replaced by Dee.

-Day 4 Voting opened for first of six weekly Time Capsules. Top vote-getter will play a challenge to get a classic BB power or punishment. Nobody can get it more than once.

-Time Capsule 1, Day 11: Angela failed and got the BB27 egg suit for one week

-Time Capsule 2, Day 18: Devens passed and got Diamond Veto, with six chances to use

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TIMES TABLE DATES & EASTER EGGS

Day 1: July 9, 1988
-Angela entry, mall rat comp
-Unknown significance, other than teen Angela
-Also Glenn Medeiros #1 song in UK

Day 1: July 7, 2018
-Devens entry, jungle comp
-Survivor S38 final filming date

Day 1: June 27, 2010
-Rachel entry, Vegas bar comp
-BB12 pre-season hotel sequester?

Day 1: 175 millon BC
-Dee entry after Rachel's murder

Day 1: December 20, 2023 - HOH
-Survivor S45 finale date
-Also day before Reindeer Games finale

Day 5: July 15, 2248 - Veto
-Unknown significance
-Five days after BB2 premiere (2001)?

Day 10: June 30, 1992 - HOH
-Nicole Franzel born

-Day 12: July 22, 1967 - veto
-Unknown significance
-Episode air date + Summer of Love?

-Day 17: March 31, 1985 - HOH
-WrestleMania 1

-Day 19: March 29, 2051 - veto
-Unknown significance

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Big Brother 28 SEASON FAQ

-Day 1 July 7: Move-in, cast reveal
-Day 3 July 9: Premiere
-Jason entered the house first
-Day 4 July 10: Feeds start
-Day 87 October 1: Finale

Feeds are streamed by Paramount Plus. Call 888-274-5343 for account help, including cancellation.

BB28 finalist prizes are likely the same: $750k for the winner, $75k for 2nd place, $10k for 3rd, $7.5k for 4th, $5k for 5th.
Stipend is probably still $1k per week for all except 1st and 2nd place, including pre-season sequester. Stuntcasts likely get more.

The habitat has 94 HD cameras (down 18) and 113 microphones (no change).

The recorded in-house announcements are the voice of producer Don Wollman. He and Julie Chen are the only senior staffers who have been there since Big Brother 1.

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