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BB17 Day 37 - Liz and James win the Battle of the Block
July 24, 2015
11:00-12:00 PM: The nomination ceremony took place. Jackie nominated James and Liz for eviction. Vanessa nominated Becky and Clay for eviction. Julia spoke to Vanessa, who assured her that she is not the target. They again discussed that Julia should not be the one to tell Liz about Austin. Vanessa said that she will tell her when they switch, which should be occurring any time now. Vanessa said that the twins will be working with her, Clay and Shelli, so she asked if it would be okay for her to tell Clay and Shelli about Austin being the vote to evict John. Julia said yes. Julia then told Vanessa that Austin’s wrestling alter ego is “Judas”. Julia said that he really is the Judas in the house. She told Vanessa that Austin goes in to the diary room and says Judas is the one that voted to evict John, really believing that Austin wasn’t the one to do it. Jackie told Vanessa that she will need to come up with a reason for backdooring Austin. Vanessa told her that she can say that Austin lied to her about the twins. James entered the HoH room and asked if they still need him to throw the competition. Jackie and Vanessa said yes. Vanessa assured James that both her and Jackie will do everything they can to make sure that that Becky, Clay and James do not go home this week. Vanessa said that everyone is on board with targeting Austin.
Downstairs in the bedroom, Austin told Julia that everyone is on board with targeting Steve this week. Julia asked if he thinks that James will throw the competition. Austin said no, since James is not safe and it would be too risky. Austin told her that they have the votes to save her no matter what, since Clay, Shelli, Vanessa and himself are all working with her and will keep her. Julia told Austin that it’s so good that he voted to evict John. Austin agreed, saying that it was huge. Julia mentioned that one of them may have been going home this week if not for that vote, so it was their saving grace. Austin agreed and said that his plan to talk to Jason and tell him everything is all about to work out. Julia felt that Liz would be disappointed in her when she switches with her and tells her that they are nominated. Austin said that he will help calm her down. Meanwhile, John spoke to Jackie and asked if James is throwing the competition. Jackie said that she doesn’t want to ask anyone to do that, though she hopes that Becky and Clay win. John said that he wants Jackie to stay HoH, because both Becky and Clay are good for their games.
12:00-1:00 PM: Austin spoke to James and said that there is a plan in motion to target Steve. He pointed out that it will be unanimous vote now that Steve isn’t voting. Austin told James that he needs to win the Battle of the Block for Meg, since winning would make it a safe bet that they would get to the jury house together. Austin said that it’s a tough matchup for James and Liz, going up against Mr. America and the girl that survived being hit by a train. On paper, Austin said that James and Liz have already lost. He tried to pump James up and let him know that they can overcome the odds and win this competition. Vanessa spoke to Shelli and told her that she has huge news. She revealed that Julia told her that Austin was the one that voted to evict John. Vanessa said that Austin did it to stir things up and to put a target on Clay and Steve for possibly being America’s Player. Shelli said that she is going to kill him. Vanessa then told Shelli about Austin’s “Judas” character and how he will go in to the diary room and play the role of Judas. Shelli said that that is so disgusting. Vanessa let Shelli know that Julia is on board with the plan to target Austin. Shelli and Vanessa agreed that it’s better when Julia is in the house. They agreed that Steve needs to go if Austin wins the Power of Veto.
3:00-4:00 PM: Julia went to the diary room. It was time for a twin switch. Liz is now back in the house. Austin was waiting outside of the diary room for her. He told her that Steve is the backdoor candidate and everyone is on the same page with that. Austin said that nobody knows that he voted to evict John, so people are thinking that Steve is America’s Player and they want him out. Austin told Liz about his talk with Jason. He said that Jason asked what Julia’s name is and he told him. As for nominations, Austin assured Liz that James will not be throwing the Battle of the Block. Austin also said that Jackie is not going to put him up, since she promised him safety because he did not put her up. Austin said that he wanted to throw the Battle of the Block on Vanessa’s side so that Liz would no longer be on the block, though Vanessa didn’t want him to do it. Austin said that he doesn’t know what to tell Vanessa about his conversation with Jason. He said that he is not trying to keep anything from her but he doesn’t know what to say to anyone right now.
4:00-5:00 PM: Jackie and Vanessa discussed the twins. Both agreed that Julia is the cool one. Jackie pointed out that Liz is the one that likes Austin. Vanessa asked Jackie if she would have considered liking Austin. Jackie said no. Jackie wondered if people will hate her for breaking up a showmance. Jackie said that she would like the showmances and she finds it interesting and cute what’s going on. Vanessa said that Austin broke up his own showmance by throwing Julia under the bus, so Jackie is actually doing Liz a favour by targeting Austin. Jackie said that Julia talks a lot more than Liz, since Liz is always with Austin. She said that’s why it has been hard for anyone to develop a relationship with Liz.
6:00-7:00 PM: Feeds returned following the Battle of the Block competition. James and Liz won the Battle of the Block. Jackie has been dethroned. Vanessa remains HoH and Becky and Clay remain on the block. James was concerned that Shelli is mad at him for winning, even though he didn’t try to. Jason assured him that nobody feels that way, since it’s not like they creamed Becky and Clay.
7:00-8:00 PM: Vanessa told Shelli that she is still 100% going to do what she said that she would do, though she cannot understand how that just happened. Vanessa said that Austin just talked to her and he said that James is acting pissed that he won. Austin also said that Liz feels as though James was trying to throw the competition. Vanessa thinks that Austin knows that something is up and that she is a part of it. Shelli said that Austin is the target and he will be going home, so there is no need to stress. She felt as though Liz would be on board with the plan once she hears the things that Austin has been saying. They discussed that they have to make Austin and Liz feel that they are still with them until they see if Austin is playing the veto competition. Shelli went downstairs and told Becky not to worry, since there is nobody that will not use the PoV to backdoor either Austin or Steve.
Back in the HoH room, Vanessa assured Jackie that she has nothing to worry about. She said that Becky and Clay dropped the ball but she will stick to the plan and take Austin out, even though he thinks that she is the one that he can trust the most after Liz. Vanessa was concerned that Austin may be able to get James, Jason and Meg to flip and save him. Jackie assured her that she has nothing to worry about and that they have wanted Austin out as well. Jackie said that they prepared for this scenario and they will be fine. Jason and Meg headed up to the HoH room. Meg assured Vanessa that nothing will change, since they have the numbers. Vanessa told them about her concern that Austin is on to the plan. She said that Liz had to drag James to the end. Meg figured that even if Austin is suspicious, he would only suspect that there was a plan to get the twins out, not him. They discussed that the twins will now be entering as individuals on Thursday. Vanessa suggested that they could leak Austin’s conversation with Jason, then she could say that everyone pressured her in to getting Austin out since they are concerned about an Austin, Julia and Liz trio.
8:00-9:00 PM: Austin told Clay that he thinks that James may have been trying to throw the competition because Liz was the target. Clay said that nobody told him about that if that’s what is going on. He mentioned that he heard that James was the target, though it could have been Liz. Austin said that they need to get Clay off of the block and go from there, putting Steve up in his place. Austin went to Liz and said that Clay asked him if he thought that James threw it. Liz felt that that was suspicious and made it seem even more likely that James did indeed throw it. Austin wasn’t so sure. Liz said that she wishes that everyone could have watched, since they would have seen that James definitely threw it. Liz said that she felt like Frankie, competing by herself. Austin mentioned that Becky didn’t even give him a hug afterwards. He wants her to go, which Liz agreed with. Austin figured that their alliance would not be on board with leaving Clay on the block. He said that they could possibly nominate Meg next to Becky.
9:00-10:00 PM: Clay asked Austin if he was thinking that Liz was the target. Austin said he thought that she was Jackie’s target. Clay told Austin that he didn’t even think of that and he would have thrown the competition if he had. Austin said that’s why he wanted to go on the block to throw it. They agreed that everything worked out as well as possible, since the twins will now for sure be entering the game. Austin said that now all that they have to worry about is getting Clay off of the block. They discussed that Steve is the target and they cannot have him win the PoV. Afterwards, Shelli told Clay that Austin has no idea that he is the target. Shelli mentioned that feels a lot better about Julia now. She said that Julia is her friend, while Liz is just Austin’s boyfriend. Shelli said that Austin voted John out in order to put a target on Clay or Steve, since people would consider that they are America’s Player. Shelli said that it’s bad that he would be the type to throw out a vote just to stir things up.
10:00-11:00 PM: Liz has a feeling that she was the target this week. Austin said that people have been so adamant that Steve is the target. Liz told him that it was a decoy and she questioned why anyone would waste their HoH on Steve. Liz brought up that Julia felt that Austin was trying to hurt them by talking to Jason the other day. Austin asked what is wrong with Julia. He said that he has been doing everything that he can to keep the twins safe. Liz wondered why Julia was hanging out with John lately. Austin said that she seems to be standoffish, even with him. He said that he has to flag her down to get her to talk. Liz said that she is going to yell at Julia, because she is super annoyed with her.
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