A Popular Nomination Following the Power of Veto

This was a strange episode of Big Brother. One where they led you to believe one thing then BAM the unobvious hits as the Power of Veto finishes off the episode. So I'm getting a little ahead of myself here. Let's begin post-nominations with Laura and Jeff on the block. Neither were happy about Ronnie's decision, but played it off well. Laura cried and bonded with Jordan, who have become closer in the past few days, while Jeff simply realized Ronnie was playing them and didn't seem too upset. Jordan was stuck in the middle though as she is friends with both Jeff and Laura. That wouldn't matter towards the end of the night though.... you'll see.

Before a small eruption in the house Chima and Casey got to watch their winnings of "The Ugly Truth". Chima was not the date that Casey wanted but they seemed to enjoy the promo... I mean movie. They stole all the candy after the movie was over, hopefully not just for themselves but they should just be happy they got a luxury competition in week two! Later that night more drama went down and this time it was between the two fighters of the house: Lydia and Russell. It all started when Russell went rouge on his clique and started talking with the opposite side of the house. The idea was not to alienate himself from them and to start playing both sides.... basically.

Russell complained to the outside crew about everyone always playing game and walked back into the house to hear just that: Natalie and Michele talking game. He yelled, to the entire house, "Are you still talking game?" and Lydia, who was in the bathroom, was the only one to respond. She commented that she was talking about a personal story of hers and Russell went crazy. He screamed at Lydia that he wasn't talking to her, and to not take everything said as directed towards her. It was a sudden outburst, making everyone weary of Russell and sending Lydia into the DR crying tears. Once again we are getting a good edit of Lydia... good in the sense of her being portrayed as "good" when some of us know otherwise.

Lydia then went directly to Ronnie and told him that SHE wants to backdoor Russell. Does she not remember that she is not the HoH? She has no power... but Ronnie seemed to buy into the idea. Kevin tagged along and the idea grew but as we know Ronnie never does what people want... so who knows. It was then time for the Power of Veto competition. Those playing were Ronnie, Jeff, Laura, Natalie, Russell and Casey. The point of the challenge was to count coins to match a certain dollar amount. Sounds easy but is actually very hard when you only have a certain amount of time and no real tools to keep track of counting. The person who was furthest from the actual amount would be out of the challenge. The winner also had the choice to exit the challenge and take a prize bag being $5,000, a slop pass or an empty back.

Ronnie was out first after being $500 away from $100 in quarters. It was the easiest one they had to do but somehow he was THAT far off? He claims he didn't throw it but I think we all know he did. Just a side note, anyone else catch the subtle advertisement for Coin Star? Good job Big Brother! Throwing in unobvious promos for once! Next out was Laura followed by Casey. Natalie also opted out after winning a round and chose a bag, giving herself a slop pass. It was then down to Russell and Jeff. Jeff had won every round before the previous one but it was a close finish. Russell was a dollar and some change from the correct $10 in pennies while Jeff was only 97 cents away, giving Jeff the Power of Veto and taking him off the bock. It also knocked Russell down a peg because apparently he was going to win every challenge? Um no.... you aren't. Considering he didn't even win the last HoH!

Following the challenge talk came back up for Russell to go on the block. Ronnie told Laura, with Lydia and Kevin standing there, that she will be safe and that Russell will be going up. Only problem was that Ronnie had to put it past Jessie first. Natalie agreed as did Chima, but Jessie wanted to keep his buddy Russell around just a little longer. Not sure why he claims to want him out one second then not another, but its Jessie. It seemed pretty certain that Russell was going on the block but of course he didn't. After Jeff removed himself with the veto, Ronnie put Jordan on the block!?!?!?!? The feed watchers knew this was going to happen but the show just didn't put any sense into it. Jordan's name was never mentioned as a potential nominee the entire episode yet there she sits on the block. Hopefully they'll give some more reasoning on Thursday and hopefully they show the mass chaos that is Ronnie's downfall.