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Day 49 - Monday - August 24, 2026

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Ratings - Fuck Ass People edition

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. They really used a giant prop coin for the Bribe that looked just like the first Coin of Destiny. And they really let it be offered to the same person twice, with vague rules, and apparently making a deal isn't being considered "a game move" so it's only binding for Yash? I'd laugh but I really wanted to see someone set up camp sites again and serve hot dogs to grouchy people who don't want them. I loved that one.
Won: Time Capsule 1: Six days egg; Week 6 Block Buster HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 1   Angela Murray - 52 53 Instagram - TikTok Married, 4 kids, 3 grandkids - BB and TAR veteran Real estate agent Syracuse, UT (orig Long Beach, CA) She continues trying to make everything about her, and she injects herself into situations that don't involve her. She's never at fault for anything, it's always somebody else. She's got no empathy for anyone else's feelings but she makes sure to explain all of her feelings to everyone. Nearly every time she talks game, it revolves around her and whether she's liked or not. She can't hear a life story or experience without countering with her own overly detailed story, whether related or not. She's often comedy relief for me, but lately it's just not funny. Props are warranted for winning the Block Buster, but not enough for an upgrade to neutral.	Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 2   Barrett Pfeiffer - 27 Bluesky - Instagram - TikTok - Our Reality podcast Single - fan applicant, feedster Jumbotron engineer Austin, TX (orig Benton, AR) Yes, I'm giving him downs even though he gave me a shoutout and a verbal tour of this site. I try to be fair that way, and I want to think he'd respect that. And if not, oh well. I'd been wondering why he didn't bring the wit and humor of his Bluesky posts into the house with him, but some people are better in text than voice and that's fine. But he has now come out with some jokes he shouldn't have, and I'd rather he go back to bland than go there. He's letting Dee lead him around as one of her top goats, and he barely blinked when she put up his bestie Drew, and he didn't act like he minded too much when he found out she's going to put up his other bestie Mallory next to him.
Won: Time Capsule 3: BB Bribe, paid to Yash HOH 2 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 1   Dianelys "Dee" Valladares - 29 Instagram - TikTok Single - Survivor and Challenge vet Travel influencer - Miami, FL She's gathering an army of goats to ensure a win at the end and she herds them efficiently and seemingly effortlessly. Plus the seed-bombs she drops everywhere are military grade, highly effective and extra lethal. Her style of having others do her bidding is a proven BB strategy but unfortunately for many, including me, vilifying her threats to turn them into targets is distasteful to watch. That's compounded when the minion goats she wants to keep around are the ickies we don't want to watch. She makes a huge point of repeatedly saying it's a game and they'll all be friends afterwards, pre-absolving herself of any lasting blame for her crimes. It's very impressive gameplay for strategists to enjoy, and hence the neutral, but it's a huge loss for entertainment fans and decency advocates. She's playing old school BB, and well. It isn't for the faint of heart.	Won: Time Capsule 2: Diamond veto HOH 1 - Veto 1 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 2   Rick Devens - 42 Twitter - Bluesky - Instagram Married, 2 kids - Survivor vet News anchor (formerly, now college comms director) Macon, GA He's right behind Dee, usually fanning the flames of her seed bombs and throwing gasoline on all the fires she starts. He told us he wants to go to the end with her, but I think she'll cut him when we get into the endgame. If they should end up in finals together, he's told us he thinks he'll win because he has a family to support and he's still working for a living, while she already won a million bucks. Unless he starts to harp on that soon, and often, that kind of argument doesn't tend to fly with BB juries. But I guess that could depend on who guides them at the round table.
Won: Week 4 Block Buster; Time Capsule 6: Never-not Pass HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 2/0/0 - HN 2   Drew Campbell - 22 Instagram - TikTok Single - fan applicant Surgical dental assistant Temecula, CA His immaturity is apparent whenever he opens his mouth, and his ignorance of the world at large shows whenever he tosses out very wrong answers to general knowledge topics. I don't want to say he's also got a lack of basic humanity but I don't know why else he bashes Taylor and LaLa so hard all day every day, or stands around with his mouth open like a baby bird waiting for one of them to feed him. Yes he's young, but he's old enough that his age is not an excuse for his behavior.	Won: Week 5 Block Buster HOH 1 - Veto 0 - Noms 2/0/0 - HN 1   Haley Thogmartin - 29 Instagram Single - recruit Telemedicine exec Wildwood, MO (orig Neosho, MO) She continues trying to make everything about her, and she injects herself into situations that don't involve her. She's never at fault for anything, it's always somebody else. She's got no empathy for anyone else's feelings but she makes sure to explain all of her feelings to whoever she's speaking to on a given day. Nearly every time she talks game, it revolves around her and who she doesn't like. She can't hear a life story or experience without countering with her own overly detailed story, whether related or not. She went from awful to occasional comedy relief for me, but she's back to awful.
Won: Nothing yet HOH 1 - Veto 1 - Noms 2/0/0 - HN 2   LaTrice Verrett - 57 58 Instagram Divorced, 4 kids - fan applicant, feedster Boutique sales Maplewood, NJ (orig Kankakee, IL) Most of them have been demeaning or dismissive about her for weeks, making it even sweeter when she won first the wall and now a veto when she needed it. She's been openly told by both allies and enemies to stay low and not talk game with anyone, and there's zero reason or excuse for that. She's hilarious when she's angry (and she's got plenty to be angry about in there) but she can't express that anger or they treat her worse than they already do. All while eating her food and sitting back while she cleans up after them. I've been told by a few people they don't like my obvious bias in favor of her and Taylor, and I say what are you doing here? I put in the work and pay the bills here, and can say what I like. Go read someone who agrees with you if you need validation for your opinions.	Won: Time Capsule 4: 2 days Adam Eve and Eve, with Melody; Week 3 Block Buster HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 2/1/0 - HN 2   Mallory Aurichio - 24 Instagram Single Rocket scientist Township of Washington, NJ She's one of the most liked in there currently, she was the first rookie to win a Time Capsule vote, and she's won a couple comps, so of course she's a priority for Dee to get gone. On top of all that, she gets a lot of Barrett's time and attention, and Dee doesn't want him distracted from working towards her winning trajectory. I was a little disappointed by her extreme crashout upon learning she'll be the renom this week, but I'll give her a day to recover, and I hope she never throws a comp again.
Won: Time Capsule 5: 24 hours Lady of the Latrine; 2 days Adam Eve and Eve with Mallory HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 2/0/0 - HN 1   Melody Morris - 24 Instagram - Comedy Instagram Single? - recruit? Corporate game show host (and stand-up comic) Maricopa, AZ (orig Thornton, CO) She's got a lot of anger that she only releases alone or in private conversations, or in Diary, and she continues to talk big without really doing anything. She's gotten nastier about LaLa and Taylor but they've got an HOH and two vetos between them and Melody's got nothing, so maybe she should try a little humility. I was a little disappointed by her extreme crashout upon learning Mallory will be the renom this week, but I'll give her a day to recover, and I hope she never throws a comp again.	Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 3/0/0 - HN 3   Taylor Brown - 27 Instagram Single - fan applicant Elementary school counselor Deerfield Beach, FL I hated how hurt she was after Angela confronted her Saturday night, and Haley piled on, but I loved how she pulled out itemized receipts for every reference and every conversation. And I loved how she came back on Sunday, using her professional skills as a children's counselor to talk to both Angela and Haley, because they were both acting like children about it all. Very spoiled children. I've been told by a few people they don't like my obvious bias in favor of her and LaLa, and I say what are you doing here? I put in the work and pay the bills here, and can say what I like. Go read someone who agrees with you if you need validation for your opinions.
Won: $5,000 (Dee's BB Bribe); Week 1 Block Buster HOH 1 - Veto 1 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 1   Yash Patel - 24 Instagram Single - recruit Financial analyst Monroe Township, NJ He's still there, he doesn't seem to be high on anyone's hit list currently, and his Diaries feel sincere and unscripted. Carry on, I guess.	Won: Nothing HOH 1 - Veto 1 - Noms 0/0/1 - HN 2   Kamuela 'Kamu' Kirk - 32 Twitter - Instagram Single - fan applicant? MMA fighter Phoenix, AZ 6th evicted - Day 45 I haven't given anyone a premature empty wheel for a few seasons but this guy got one for being generally despicable and not saying anything I wanted to hear. Unfortunately for me, he was pretty good at playing the game of BB so I had to pay a little attention, but I'm glad he went out pre-jury and I never have to hear from him again, or look at his scalloped-edge underwire tattoos.
Won: Week 1 Safety HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 2   Chuk Anyanwu - 27 Instagram Single - recruit Supply chain analyst Dallas, TX 5th evicted - Day 38 He said he left for the show before learning if his time-off request at work was approved or not, and that he learned about BB from ChatGPT. He was mostly an NPC for the first weeks, a non-playing character who was randomly activated to say some lines which were generally out of context, and often completely non-sensical. He usually didn't know what was going on around him, but that gave us a bonus of multiple shockfaces. He was tight with Haley and Kamu but nobody else, and when Kamu jumped off that sinking ship, Chuk was stapled to Haley. That's about all there is to say. He'll probably get other shows, and get called back here for all-stars.	Won: Nothing HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 2/1/0 - HN 1   Lyric Medeiros - 25 Instagram - TikTok - Twitch Single - applicant to other shows Attorney Honolulu, HI 4th evicted - Day 31 She started out a two-trick pony between her dad's 80s hit and her education credentials, but she soon branched out to showmancer deluxe. She and Rome got into it faster than most and were smackier than some, but it didn't last long before she was on her own. She might have been a good player but she promised too much to too many and when those notes were compared, she was toast. She won the bowlerina-esque veto to save herself, and her eviction ended up being a pivotal moment and game-changer, but not because of anything she did. She was fun when she got goony and I found her mostly likeable, especially when she talked normally, but the babygirl voice got her results more than it should have.
Won: Week 1 Safety; Week 2 Block Buster HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/1/0 - 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) 3rd evicted - Day 24 He wasn't grouped with the other reality vets and he downplayed Salina's celebrity, and I respect that he did this as Jason without the built-in advantages of being a known entity. But he messed up the first week when he announced he wanted to go after those three, and it got back to them while they were in power. He compounded that when he admitted to several that his sincere-sounding bond with Angela was fake, and that got back to her. But it all resulted in a hilariously explosive noms ceremony, and he topped that with his teakettle-clanging after Kamu attacked him at Mallory's tea party. Yes he was a messy bitch but he was also genuine, vulnerable, funny, and easily my star of the season.	Won: Week 1 Safety HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/1/0 - HN 1   Jack 'Rome' Seymour - 28 Twitter - 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 - applicant 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 to Drew: I keep forgetting you're on the block Devens: We all want to play Big Brother til it's time to play Big Brother, then it's 'I don't want to do this'		Links Drew on Let's Make a Deal Dakota Fanning on BB Dress like a hamster (click on Latest) - impressively curated by @countessnfrenemies.bsky.social, with bonus 'who's Drew channeling next' side game Cast caricatures by @barryjohnsonesq.bsky.social: Group 1 - Group 2 - Group 3 - Group 4 - Group 5 - Group 6 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: 4 -Day 11 Angela vs Jason plus Rome vs Haley, at noms -Day 20 Kamu vs Jason plus Angela, at tea party -Day 33 Angela vs Haley plus Chuk, Dee, Kamu, others -Day 46 Drew vs Taylor plus [to be confirmed] at noms Minor fights: 3 -Day 9 Ashley vs Haley whisper-fight -Day 39 Haley vs LaLa -Day 47 Angela vs Taylor plus Haley House meetings: 2 -Day 11 Nominations fallout -Day 20 Kamu's tea party attack on Jason Sex events: 1 -Day 16 Lyric/Rome Have-not humping Makeout pairings: 1 -Lyric/Rome Scandals outside our BB world: 2 -Kamu's IG post mocking George Floyd's murder -Lyric's shower peeing Booze deliveries: 6 -Day 1 move-in champagne -Day 1 or 2 Dee HOH wine -Day 10 Devens HOH beer -Day 15 2 wine, 8 beer -Day 17 Kamu HOH unknown, if any -Day 24 Haley HOH wine -Day 31 LaLa HOH wine -Day 38 Yash HOH hard seltzer -Day 45 Dee HOH wine HOH music -Dee: Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 2 -Devens: The Who, Who's Next -Kamu: MercyMe, Wonder & Awe -Haley: Justin Bieber, Changes -LaLa: John Legend, Get Lifted -Yash: Gunna, DS4EVER -Dee: Luke Combs, The Way I Am 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 22 Grammar errors in episode 10 description 23 Veto comp hosting error by Angela on 7/29 show 24 Conflicting Blockbuster vs Block Buster (still) 25 Camera reflection seen on feeds 26 Press pic captions misspelled Barrett's first name 27 The show's Twitter got Drewlody ship name wrong 28 Julie had wrong title and wrong country for Josh's recent show 29 Timestamp off by 9 minutes and misspelled 'winning' for Bradley FAP4AMERICA's post on Unlocked 30 Press pics misspelled Jason's last name 31 Misspelled Tyler's last name in 1000th episode polls 32 Iffy 1000th episode claim: they should have added 'entertainment' 33 Press pic caption didn't tag Melody 34 Misspelled Kamu's name on 8/12, 8/16 shows 35 Feeds blacked out and died, several times 36 Season errors on 1000th episode polls 37 Mystery Competitor error on 1000th episode polls 38 Julie said 'MMM fighter' instead of MMA on 8/20 show