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Power Status

Post-veto noms: Angela, Lisa, Tucker
AI Arena outcome: Tucker safe
Final noms: Angela, Lisa
Evicted: Lisa 11-1

Head of Household: Cedric
Have-nots: Nobody
Original noms: Angela, Kenney, Tucker
Veto winner/outcome: TBA
Post-veto noms: TBA
AI Arena outcome: TBA
Final noms: TBA
Evicted: TBA

-Makensy has America's Veto: she can remove one nominee at the end of veto meeting, and a viewer vote will decide the renom, two more chances to use
-Quinn has Deep Fake HOH: he can choose nominees, and spread misinfo/rumors, via AI avatar of HOH, two one more chance to use

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Daily Feeds Recaps

Day 17 - Thursday - August 1, 2024

In overnight news, Leah hurt her chin somehow, possibly during the celebration of the end of Have-nots? The stroke of midnight and subsequent screaming/face-stuffing wasn't on feeds. Also Kenney yelled at said Have-nots for making too much noise when he was trying to sleep. And the bedrooms were excessively hot.

Feeds went to adoptable anipals after morning wake-up today, and that's all I know about that. Feeds eventually came back around 1pm for primping and talk about who'd nominate whom in the next round, and Makensy talking about wanting to get baptized in there with Chelsie officiating, then they went down again around 2.30pm until after the show.

The show brought the convo with Tucker confronting Lisa about her (non-existent) power and not believing she's a chef; Angela dropping boulder size hints to Tucker about Quinn's power, with Quinn nearby; and Angela mocking Lisa and calling her a twit, followed by Lisa breakdown in the pantry and saying Angela's a bully. Then the three nominees went to AI Arena, which was Security Race, with a lot of circuitry and hacking buzzwords and puns. They had to rotate gears to line up colors properly and then add puzzle pieces in layers to match the example. Tucker won easily, and once again the house cheered when they heard the news. T'kor collapsed and Quinn and Leah rushed to help her. She later said she'd stood up and just went light-headed, and hit the deck. Also once again the final nominees Angela and Lisa did not pull people into rooms to campaign as Julie wanted them to.

They gave their speeches: Angela's was a big over the top, gushing affair, and Lisa's included wanting to stay in order to "set a good example." The vote was 11-1 for Lisa to be gone, with Kenney the lone dissenter. Julie's vote reveal was a double blindside since both nominees thought Angela was a goner. She made the classic O-mouth shockface, and Lisa got a kind of pinched expression when the reality set in. With the edits being how they were, tv-onlies probably had no idea how much Lisa had made herself difficult to live with, since they hadn't really mentioned glitter or the rest for awhile. Angela doled out huge thank yous to everyone, Lisa had her sit-down with Julie where she said "no one was speaking truth to me which is really shocking" (welcome to BB), and that was the end of the hour.

Feeds came back for a bit and went off again for their HOH comp at 8.19pm, and returned two hours later. Cedric won the HOH, which had a physical and/or balance component to it but I didn't hear much else about what it was. Makensy wasted no time and was his first meeting. He told her Angela had to go up on principle, but he didn't know who else he'd put up. She then told him she had one of the powers but she lied about it, saying she could only take herself off the block for the first three weeks, and if unused by Week 4 she could use it on anyone. And she further lied by saying the HOH would select the renom. She did not get a "you are not allowed to use production as strategy" announcement, which irked me. Cedric then told Chelsie he was thinking Angela, Kenney if he still wants to go home, and either Rubina or Leah. Kenney was next and said he does still want to go home (send him already!), and they confessed their secrets to each other, of Kenney being former DEA/local PD, and Cedric being former Marine intel analyst.

Tucker told Cedric that Makensy had lied about her power, and suggested she go up. And Tucker told Joseph about Quinn's power, and that Lisa never had one. Cedric cycled through more meetings since they're doing them quickly, speed-dating style, on Thursday nights rather than leisurely on Fridays this season. The rest of them gossiped and ran scenarios, like they do, and they wondered about Have-nots. Shortly after midnight Cedric called them all to the living room to announce BB was giving them a break from Have-nots this week, which resulted in cheers from everyone. With any luck, BB will forget about the whole dumb HN thing for the rest of the season.

Cedric got his room a little before 1am and happy-cried seeing pics of his family with Young Cedric, and reading his letter. It was from his mom and addressed to "Booty" which he said she'd called him since he was little. His music was Tupac and his booze was hard seltzer (again), and he got the usual huge assortment of snacks, toiletries, some clothes, accessories. Everyone seemed happy for him, even Kenney, who stayed up past his bedtime for the festivities. When everyone left, Cedric told Joseph he was hesitant to put up Makensy because he might have to nominate one to three extra people, depending what her actual power is. (He may find out he wouldn't have to name anyone else if Makensy invokes her power: viewers will do that.) It sounded like Cedric was leaning towards Leah as his third with Angela/Kenney, and Joseph said he thought Brooklyn and Rubina were the most immediate threats to the Collective. Kimo kind of volunteered to be pawn in the third nominee spot, if needed. Cedric didn't like that idea, but he might go for it if he can't figure out who else to do. It's all very much in pencil as of now, as I am checking out for the night.

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Day 18 - Friday - August 2, 2024

Cedric continued some meetings last night, which included Leah pitching Cam as a nominee and Cam pitching Joseph. Cedric asked Joseph about that, and he wisely said no thanks. Several told Cedric that Leah had openly said she'd target him if given the chance. Cedric started off today still unsure about his third nominee and asking for volunteers in follow-up meeting rounds, mentioning bloody hands and asking "what's the narrative?" a lot. Tucker volunteered again, likely (at least partially) so Rubina wouldn't land on the block. And worse, he told Cedric he wouldn't use veto if he wins it, so Cedric wouldn't have to name a fourth. And he boasted some about his AI Arena performance, so he keeps painting a bigger target on himself. Several of the women let Cam use his skills and expertise to give them neck massages. Makensy told Cedric (after a Diary visit) that he actually wouldn't choose the renom if she uses her power, adding "it's a weird vote, it's by vote" and she finally told him it'd be a viewer vote, adding "I just wanted to clarify that." And she told him to pre-warn whoever he's going to put up, adding "let us, the players, handle the rest because that's who's in charge of it."

Angela told Cedric she's fine, and Tucker repeated his pawn offer within her hearing. Brooklyn, Chelsie, Rubina reminded Cedric that Kenney or Tucker would be likelier to win veto, so he'd still need a fourth name. Cedric told Quinn and Joseph he needed a volunteer and got crickets in return. Kenney told Cedric if by chance Angela wins veto "just send me home," and he said there HAS to be a five- or six-person alliance. Yes indeed. The two of them plus Tucker formed and formalized Shake It Up alliance with a hands-in, and Kenney said they could bro it up and run the house (my paraphrase). And he said if it's him versus Tucker on Thursday, "send me home." I don't think we've ever seen an alliance form between an HOH and two nominees before. Word of Kenney's suspicions about a girls' alliance also got around. Chelsie clarified Makensy's power to Cedric some more, including that she can take anyone off the block any week. The backyard opened so tomorrow's veto comp will likely be in the indoor space, or maybe outdoors within the studio lot again.

Feeds went to adoptable anipals around 3pm for nominations and returned an hour later. Cedric did indeed nominate Angela, Kenney, Tucker, and Quinn did not use his power. It was another quiet afternoon but eventually some gametalk popped out. Kimo, Quinn, Rubina, T'kor talked about bringing Tucker officially into their group, and Cam, Cedric, Joseph talked about trying to have a Collective meeting at 12.30am tonight. Also, Joseph was a little perturbed Brooklyn had been brought into the Collective without his knowledge. Dinner was meatball subs and sides, and afterwards Joseph sat on the balcony grumbling more to himself/us about Brooklyn, and how she's smart so will know she's at the bottom of it. He didn't appear to question if maybe he's the one at the bottom. Kenney and Cedric had a check-in with more True Confessions (Kenney did have a food truck for a time) and talk about sitting in finale chairs, and Cedric and Chelsie had a check-in where she suggested Leah go up as renom if one's needed. Cedric pitched that thought to Tucker, should he win veto, and Tucker said "I'm with it." The rest of the evening remained dull.

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CBS schedule times are Eastern/local, deduct one hour for Central
Sundays 9pm - Wednesdays 8pm - live Thursdays 8pm

Exceptions
-Tuesday 8/13 8pm (extra episode)
-Sunday 8/25 9.30pm
-Wednesday 8/28 8pm two hours
-There are more late season changes I'll post as we get closer

Usual feeds schedule - times are Pacific
-Mondays noonish: Veto meeting*
Wednesdays midnight: Have-nots end
-Thursdays: Eviction run-thru afternoon*, live eviction show 5pm*, HOH room late evening
-Fridays: Nominations late afternoon/early evening*
-Saturdays morning: Veto player draw*
-Saturdays afternoon/evening: Veto comp*
*Feeds blocked - adoptable anipals on feeds


Ratings - TBA edition

Ratings will be updated eventually, based on entertainment value

Noms count: original/renom/twist


 






Won: TBA

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

 

Angela Murray - 50
Twitter - Instagram
Married with kids & grandkids - fan applicant
Real estate agent
Syracuse, UT (orig Long Beach, CA)






Won: TBA

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

 

Brooklyn Rivera - 34
Instagram
Married with kids - fan applicant
Business administrator
Dallas, TX (orig Covington, GA)






Won: TBA

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

 

Cam Sullivan-Brown - 25
Twitter - Instagram
Single - recruit
Physical therapist
Bowie, MD






Won: Week 1 mascot/can't compete or vote

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

 

Cedric Hodges - 21
Instagram
Single - recruit
Former Marine
Boise, ID (orig Running Springs, CA)






Won: Week 1 mascot/can't compete or vote

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

 

Chelsie Baham - 27
Instagram
Single - fan applicant
Nonprofit director
Rancho Cucamonga, CA






Won: TBA

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

 

Joseph Rodriguez - 30 31
Instagram
Single - fan applicant/feedster
Video store clerk
Tampa, FL






Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 3/0/0 - HN 0

 

Kenney Kelley - 52
Instagram
Married with kids - fan applicant
Former undercover cop
Boston, MA






Won: Week 1 AI Arena

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

 

Kimo Apaka - 35
Instagram - Instagram 2
Single - fan applicant
Mattress sales rep
Hilo, HI






Won: TBA

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

 

Leah Peters - 26
Twitter - Instagram
Single - fan applicant?
VIP cocktail server
Miami, FL (orig Pittsburgh, PA)






Won: America's Veto for Weeks 1-4

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

 

Makensy Manbeck - 22
Twitter - Instagram
Single - recruit
Construction project manager
Houston, TX






Won: Deep Fake HOH for Weeks 1-4

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

 

Quinn Martin - 25
Twitter
Single - fan applicant/feedster
Nurse recruiter
Omaha, NE (orig Lawton, OK)






Won: TBA

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

 

Rubina Bernabe - 35
Instagram
Single - fan applicant
Event bartender
Los Angeles, CA






Won: TBA

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

 

T'kor Clottey - 23
Instagram - Instagram 2
Has a boyfriend - fan applicant?
Crochet business owner
Atlanta, GA (orig Chicago, IL/London, UK)






Won: Week 2 AI Arena

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

 

Tucker Des Lauriers - 30
Instagram
Single - recruit?
Marketing and sales exec
Brooklyn, NY (orig Boston, MA)






Won: Nothing

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

 

Lisa Weintraub - 33
Twitter - Instagram - Instagram 2
Single - recruit?
Celebrity chef
Los Angeles, CA

2nd evicted - Day 17

Obit to follow




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.






Lines and Links of the Day

Lines

Rubina: What is a twit?

@lenasabrewing: Lisa's face is NUTS she looks like my third stepmom did when we told her we weren't gonna campaign to dad not to divorce her [crying emojis]

Kenney: At least Lisa wont be leaving her shit all over the house

Tucker: I'm honestly more chill here than I am at home

Chelsie: We obsess over people on Big Brother, and now we're the people that people either really love or really hate

@ArmstrongTaran: Looks like they finally got flashbacks to start working because I'm looking at the feeds and seeing last week's nominations.

Joseph: I hope they do a movie reward.. I'll pretend I like it too, I promise

Quinn about Kenney: He gives off cop vibes

 

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Tally Items

Extracurricular Tally

Major fights: 1
-7/20 Angela at Matt

Minor fights: 3
-7/22 Angela at Kenney
-7/23 Angela vs Lisa (not on feeds)
-7/27 Angela at Quinn

Booze deliveries: 3
-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

HOH music
-Angela: Janet/Janet Jackson
-Chelsie: Diary of Alicia Keys/Alicia Keys
-Cedric: All Eyez on Me/Tupac Shakur

Scandals outside our BB world: 3
-The end of Flashback
-Angela's breakfast tirade
-Angela's employer fires back at crazy fans

 

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



Season Stats

HOHs in order: Angela; Chelsie; Cedric

Veto winners in order: Lisa; Kenney

Evictions in order: Matt 8-3; Lisa 11-1



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-First and second move-in groups of eight voted against letting Ainsley join as 17th player, and each group played comps based on their votes.

-Losers Cedric, Chelsie were mascots: can't compete for HOH or veto, can't vote, can be nominated

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