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BB17 Day 65 - John and Steve are nominated for eviction
August 21, 2015
9:00-10:00 AM: Austin told Meg that a lot went down and he had the top hat on by the end of the night. Austin said that Vanessa went off on Steve, because they discussed potentially using her as a pawn. Austin told Meg that Vanessa went nuts and told him that he owes her for not backdooring him. Austin said that he doesn’t know if he should just go with it and nominate Vanessa. Meg figured that he should. Austin said that he questioned whether or not James threw the Battle of the Block and Vanessa was still denying any knowledge of it. Meg said that she will never admit to it, because she talks about her word and being honest so much that she could not confirm that she lied even once. Austin said that Vanessa is going to snap if he nominates her. Meg said that she has to grow up a little bit, since they have all been there. Austin said that Vanessa has become the bully figure that she talks about.
10:00-11:00 AM: Vanessa spoke to Austin and told him that he doesn’t owe her anything and they are square. However, Vanessa explained that Austin should feel secure that she would vote to keep Steve over John. Austin said that he felt secure in both her and Steve before last night. Vanessa told Austin that she is genuinely looking out for Austin, while she does not see Steve doing the same thing. Vanessa was worried that James and Meg would take a stab at her if she was nominated next to John, because they see her as being attached to him. Vanessa said that she is a team player and Steve needs to get on board with being one himself. Vanessa explained that Austin is putting his #2 at risk if he nominates her. She brought up talking to Meg about being a pawn, since she has not done much in the game. Austin did not want to go back on his deal with James and Meg. Vanessa went back to explaining that she has no incentive to keep John over Steve, while she cannot say the same for Steve. She said that she trusts Austin and the twins but not Steve. Vanessa brought up that she is almost questioning what benefit there is to keeping Steve over John, since John is willing to be a team player and do things like go up as a pawn. Vanessa also brought up that John is more likely to vote against the pawn if he wins the PoV and she is on the block as opposed to Steve. Austin said that he thinks that he needs to nominate John and Steve. Vanessa asked him to just not surprise her if she is going up on the block. Vanessa talked to Austin a short while later, reiterating the things that she had already went over. She also added that she would be willing to fight for the PoV and do what Austin needs to be done, just like when she did that for Shelli when she was HoH and she had no need to win it to save herself.
12:00-1:00 PM: Austin told Steve that he is deciding between nominating Vanessa and having her freak out or nominating Steve. Liz said that Vanessa has a lot of information on them and it is risky to nominate her right now. Steve asked that he not be nominated next to someone within their five (Austin/Liz/Julia/Steve/John). He said that he will go up next to Vanessa if needed, but not John. Liz said that the safest move is for Austin to nominate John and Steve. Steve said that doing that would show that they are more so with James and Meg than with himself and John. Liz said no way. Austin said that it would be hell if Vanessa goes on the block. He told Steve that he was hoping that he would be understanding about going up. Steve again said that he is not asking not to be nominated, but rather than he not go up with someone in their five. Steve pointed out that Vanessa is going to freak out either way and will think that she is the backdoor target even if she doesn’t go on the block. Austin said that John may have to be a casualty. Steve asked if Austin would tell him if John was his target. Austin said that John might be but he is not his #1 choice.
1:00-2:00 PM: Liz told Austin and Steve that it is difficult when Vanessa is reassuring them that she has their backs. Steve said that actions speak louder than words. Steve told them that he does not want John to lose trust in them, which he will if it is John and Steve nominated cause he would know that he is the Plan B. John joined them. Liz asked if they can count on him moving forward. John said yes, since he has no one. Steve told Austin that he will have four people fighting for HoH to keep him safe as long as he only nominates one of the people in their group. Liz asked if they can trust that John has their back. Steve said yes. Steve asked if Austin can tell him that it will not be him nominated next to John. Austin said yes. Steve then left. Liz told Austin that Steve is so annoying. She said that they have only been working with John for one week. Liz asked who Austin is thinking of nominating. Austin said John and Vanessa. Liz said that Vanessa has done them wrong and has no one, so if she abandons ship she will be against the whole house. Liz told Austin that Steve will be done with them if he goes up next to John, which they cannot have. A minute later, Liz said that the best case scenario would be to have John and Steve nominated, if not for Steve being so adamantly against it. Liz said that Vanessa will know that he chose Steve over her. Austin said that they can let her know that Steve is threatening to leave the alliance if not. Austin mentioned that Steve has reason not to trust Vanessa’s vote, since they have been poisoning Vanessa to Steve.
Julia headed upstairs and said that she doesn’t want to compromise Steve’s trust over James and Meg. Austin said that James and Meg are supposed to be their Final 5. Julia also made the case that Vanessa will not be after them, since she was with them from the beginning. Julia said that James is the person that scares her, cause he would make a big move. Austin said that he could be a backdoor option. Julia said that she will make a big move and take out someone like James if she wins HoH. They discussed that James would win the game if he broke them up after breaking up Clay and Shelli. They then went back to discussing nominating Vanessa. Austin wanted to tell her that she is going up because she lied about not knowing that James was going to throw the competition next to Liz. They then spoke to Vanessa. Austin told her that Steve is not willing to play ball and he will know that they are with James and Meg if he goes up next to John. Vanessa said that they can just send Steve home if he is going to threaten and not play as a team. Vanessa questioned why they would risk losing her when she only has them. Vanessa said that she would go home if she is nominated, which would be the dumbest move. Liz brought up that sending John home would ensure that Steve is with them. Vanessa agreed. Austin spoke to Vanessa alone and asked if she knew about James throwing the BoB. Vanessa said yes but she gave her word that she would not say anything. He also asked if Vanessa told Shelli about the eight person deal. Vanessa swore that she did not. Austin was discussing talking to Steve and telling him that he cleared the air with Vanessa. Feeds cut before any talk took place. Elsewhere, Julia and Liz were discussing that it’s not Vanessa’s week to go and that they are doing the dirty work for the others if they take her out.
2:00-3:00 PM: The nomination ceremony took place. Austin nominated John and Steve for eviction. Julia assured Steve that he will not be the one to go home this week. Steve went in to the storage room alone and said that Vanessa is good. Up in the HoH room, Austin told Liz that he spoke to Vanessa about everything and cleared the air with her. He said that it would not make sense to take her out.
3:00-4:00 PM: Vanessa headed up to the HoH room and said that all that she can do is say thank you to Austin. He told her not to doubt him anymore. Austin said that it is not best for him or for the twins to let Vanessa go this week. Julia said that they need to win the PoV and keep nominations the same, sending John home. Vanessa said that they can throw the competition to her if they want, cause she is willing to get the blood on her hands by leaving nominations the same. Steve eventually joined them. Austin let him know that he talked things over with Vanessa and there were a lot of misunderstandings between them. He told Steve that Vanessa has sworn that she will not vote against Steve if nominations remain the same. Steve asked who the target is. Austin said that he can still backdoor James but John will go if the nominations stay the same. After Vanessa left, Steve asked if Austin no longer has any desire to send Vanessa home this week. Austin said maybe or maybe not. He said that he is leaving his options open and that includes possibly backdooring James or Vanessa. Austin said that he feels like he would have to nominate Vanessa if Steve comes off of the block, since it would look weird if he did not do it given how much everyone knows about Vanessa. However, Austin said that Vanessa will remain a target in front of them if she stays. Julia agreed. Austin mentioned that Vanessa would likely use the veto if they asked her to, at which point James would be going. He said that it could be an accidental way to take James or Meg out, since they could pretend that they did not know that Vanessa was going to use it.
5:00-6:00 PM: Austin told Liz that after talking to Vanessa he feels that he would have to put Meg or James up if John wins the PoV. Liz said that James would come right back. Austin said that they would then have to be okay with putting Vanessa up. He said that James would be upset if Meg got sent home. Austin said that he only wants to win PoV if John is going to win it. He said that it would be ideal if James or Meg won and left nominations the same. Austin figured that sending Johnny Mac out would be the simplest move to get no blood on his hands. Austin said that Vanessa admitted right away to know about James throwing the Battle of the Block, yet she swears that she did not tell Clay and Shelli about the eight person deal. This led Austin to believe that Vanessa was being truthful about it and that John may be lying. They discussed that this worked out well and that Vanessa is now indebted to Austin and therefore he will have three votes if he gets nominated because of this. Austin mentioned that John is the person that he would be least worried about having return after he took him out.
7:00-8:00 PM: Austin and Liz were alone in the HoH room. Austin spoke to the live feeders. He explained that Vanessa could still be backdoored this week but he does not really want to do that. As for John, Austin said that he yells really loudly in the diary room. Liz questioned why a dentist needs to yell like that. Austin wondered why John is getting so much air time when he doesn’t do anything. He said that they could be really dumb for targeting John and that he may be the nicest guy in the world, willing to work with them. Austin said that Vanessa is now on his side more than ever, since she easily could have been going up on the block and he saved her. Austin figured that Steve would be easy to smooth things over with. Austin told Liz that if Steve wins PoV, he could put up a pawn like Meg and send John home. Meanwhile, Steve was talking to the feeders down in the hammock room. He said that maybe he should have gone after James and Meg instead of Becky and Jackie. Steve said that Austin does not think things through fully and he now believes that the deal between Austin, Vanessa, Liz, Julia, James and Meg is genuine. Steve expects that John is the target this week and then he will be the target next week.
Steve headed up to the HoH room and spoke to Austin. Austin told him that Vanessa is now 100% back on board and he put her where he needs her to be. Steve asked if James is the target, with a backup plan of John. Austin said potentially and that Vanessa is still in the back of his mind as well. Austin brought up that keeping Vanessa for another week would help since the others would target her next. Steve said that it really sounds like Austin trusts Vanessa again and she must have worked some magic on him. Austin said that it’s not that he trusts Vanessa but rather that he wishes that there could be a way to keep her for one more week. Austin said that he is 50/50 between nominating James or Vanessa if the veto is used. Steve wasn’t buying it, thinking that Austin is 100% set on saving Vanessa. Austin said that that’s not true. Steve said that Vanessa seems to have done a brilliant job on Austin. Austin asked if Steve is saying that he does not buy it. Steve said that he is just telling Austin what he is hearing him say. Austin told Steve that he is not 100% back with Vanessa and he is pretty sure that he can get anybody in the house to use the veto if that’s what he wants.
11:00-12:00 AM: John told Steve that it seems like everyone in the house plans to use the veto, for their own various reasons. Steve said that he thinks so too and that the only disagreement is with regards to who the replacement nominee should be. Steve said that he thinks that they will be good this week. Steve told John that they need to win the next HoH competition. Steve pointed out that this should be their red flag that they can no longer be throwing the competitions.
12:00-1:00 AM: James asked Meg who will be going up if John or Steve win the PoV. Meg said that it will probably be her. James said that Meg is going to be known for sending people home by going up next to them. James said that he could be screwed if he goes on the block, since Vanessa would only need to get one vote to flip in order to send him out, since Steve and John would vote for each other. Up in the HoH room, Liz told Julia that it is best for them not to win the veto, though they have to try to if John and Steve are still in the competition. They discussed that those two are definitely working together and that John needs to go this week. Julia said that she caught them talking at 4:45 AM last night and that they likely stay up all night talking. Austin told the twins that the best case scenario is that James, Meg or Vanessa win the PoV. He explained that they would not use it and then John cannot be upset with them for what happened.
1:00-2:00 AM: Austin told Liz that even if Steve comes off of the block, they will be able to negotiate whatever they want. He said that they will still have the votes to get rid of John. Liz mentioned that it will be another week for Vanessa to stick around, with her taking out Becky and now him taking out John. Liz said that it’s convenient that those were the two people after Vanessa. Austin suggested that they bring Vanessa in with James and Meg and make her promise to nominate Steve and whichever jury member returns. Liz asked why Steve. Austin said that nobody else is left. He also told Liz that he could still backdoor Vanessa if needed. He said that he will do whatever Liz wants. Liz said that they can talk about it tomorrow.
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