Posted on 08/12/2010 by Gina in Big Brother
by Gina Scarpa
If you've had enough of the "Brachel" romance this season on Big Brother, tonight is your lucky night, my friends. By the end of the night, one of them will be walking out the door, courtesy of master manipulator Matt and underrated player Britney.
Things pick up where last night's episode finished, at the end of the POV ceremony. Brendon's speech has turned the entire house against him which was his goal. He and Rachel meet up in the storage room to hug it out. In his interview, Brendon says that he may be an idiot for giving up half a million dollars for love, but that's what he's going to do. Newsflash, buddy. You're not giving up the half mil. You wouldn't win.
Britney headed to the guys to convince them to get rid of Brendon with Ragan right behind her on the campaign trail.
Rachel tries to make amends with Ragan but he calls her out for being a bad sport, while she denies any bad behavior in this game. When she breaks down crying, Brendon heads over to confront Ragan but he fires back by calling him a "Neanderthal" while Britney laughs. The rest of the players just shut their mouths like good little Big Brother players and let him dig his own grave.
Ragan heads to the diary room to read some more saboteur suggestions. He chooses a Facebook suggestion from a fan to create paranoia that the person voted out isn't really leaving the house. After the saboteur video airs in the living room, Rachel and Brendon buy it hook, line, and sinker and they're pretty damn psyched about it. The others are right on board with it too. Success. Paranoia has officially been created.
Julie checks in with everyone in the living room to make small talk about the competitions that took place this week before doling out a tough question: Who is the most underrated player in the game? Ragan, Britney, Kathy, and Hayden all get votes. Though the way Rachel answered the question was completely rude, she isn't far off. At this point, everyone is underrated.
An interview with Brendon's ex-fiancé reveals that he's used the same lines on Rachel that he has on his ex. She calls him dramatic and her family says they're grateful she didn't marry him. Ouch.
At the live eviction ceremony, Brendon and Rachel make their cases to stay in the house... at least, Rachel does. Brendon likens himself to a witch during the Salem trials, says he wouldn't trade it for anything, and doesn't really do much to convince people to vote to keep him in the house. Salem witch trials? Really?
When the votes are tallied, it's unanimous. Rachel walks out of the house to sit down and talk with Julie. The goodbye messages are mixed from people. Britney mocks her, while Enzo was the nicest - probably because he wants her vote should he make it to the end. Julie tells Rachel that she may not have seen the last of the Big Brother house. Pandora's Box... are you thinking of letting her back in?
In this week's HOH competition, players are tethered to a rope and must make their way through an obstacle course. The first person to reach the other side is not only the new HOH, but gets to pick three people to be the "Have Nots" for the week. It looks like this course is going to take a while... until Sunday night, BB fans.
Find out who becomes the new HOH on Big Brother, Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.
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