Monday, June 29, 2015

Pawn City - BB17 Nominations

    It seems Neil Patrick Harris' “Bro Code” made a very special appearance in tonight's episode of Big Brother 17. In the opening scenes, we see Austin and Jace beginning to form a strong bromance in the house, as they start throwing “bro codes” back and forth. They definitely gave viewers a laugh, but it seems some houseguests are just getting more and more irritated with the duo, now being referred to as “Shelltown” due to their conversation through sea shells being used as telephones. It seems these two guys are definitely imitating “Chill town” from Season 2, although we're pretty positive they will be as successful as the previous duo.
   
   BBTakeover continued to shake up the house, as Phil from TAR returned on the screen once again in tonight's episode to conclude his takeover. Phil states he is introducing “Big Brother Fast Forward” into the game. This means both Vanessa and Da'Vonne will “fast forward” to next week, meaning neither houseguest can be nominated or evicted from the house this week. As if that wasn't enough to shake up the house, each player also received a chance to pick one other play to take with them on this “fast forward.” Vanessa seemed to be thinking logically as she goes to each house guest, and decides she wants to pick someone who may win HOH next week, and owe her a week of safety. Da'Vonne however decides not to share this power with her alliance of Shelli and Audrey because she feels it may make them a target in future weeks. This however causes Shelli to question her loyalty, causing cracks to spread throughout their alliance once more. In the end, Vanessa decided to save Austin for the week, while Da'Vonne chooses to save Liz.

    In the HOH room, James and Audrey conspire a plan to backdoor Jace after James makes a promise to Audrey that she is safe this week. From there, James starts “recruiting pawns” to put his plan into motion. Everybody seems to be on board with James' plan, several players even offering to be nominated as a pawn. Everyone, except for Steve who knows this game too well to volunteer, knowing in more than one situation, the pawn does go home. In the Diary Room, Steve let his feelings out on the matter saying “why would anyone agree to this?!” Perhaps we should ask Jordan Parhar from BBCAN3 for some insight on the situation, as Jordan volunteered to go on the block and was later evicted.
    During the nomination ceremony, the plan of backdoor was put into motion as Jason nominated John and Becky, stating that they have no personal connections, while James nominated Steve and Jackie, stating he is sure one of them will be able to win veto to remove themselves from the block. After the nominations, Jace seems to feel completely secure with his position in the house, but for how long? Seems this season might as well be titled “Pawn City”.

    The Battle of the Block competition consisted of HG's having to transfer building blocks from one side of the back yard to the other, across a rotating balance beam. They then had to duplicate a building based on the blueprints on the other side of the yard. Steve seemed to have extreme difficulty balancing, falling off several times. Leaving Becky and John to fly through the competition, coming out on top, and dethrowning Jason as HOH, leaving Steve and Jackie on the block for eviction, at least for now. However as we already know, the plan is for one of the nominees to win POV, in order to remove themselves, giving them the chance to backdoor Jace. As most weeks in the Big Brother house, this week will prove no different. The final eviction all comes down to who wins the veto. Will Steve or Becky succeed in removing themselves? Will Jace be able to fight enough to survive another week in the house? We'll find out soon enough. For now, Good-Night.

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