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Big Brother 18 Day 78 - Corey makes his $5,000 BB Bribe
August 31, 2016
2:00-3:00 PM: Paul told Corey, Nicole and Victor that Natalie asked him last night if he really doesn’t know what’s going on. Paul said he told her that he doesn’t know. He said they encouraged him to go ask, but he said he would rather not know. Paul then brought up how James is continuing to talk about the double eviction, saying he is ready to leave on it. Paul said James is downstairs packing and told him that he will probably leave right after him if he goes. Paul said Michelle didn’t like that they are not telling them who is leaving, but he pointed out that they haven’t asked. Paul told the group that he is going to plan something with Michelle, such as a kiss like Paulie had with her, so that she doesn’t have time to blow anything up before she leaves. Nicole said Michelle will want to crap on her hard. Paul suggested that Nicole not let the others know who is leaving. Nicole said she will make it really hard for them to get a chance to ask her. Victor told Nicole to do what James did to them last week, not letting them know what was going to happen. Nicole mentioned that James is acting like he is ready to leave. Corey said James even wants the bribe to drop out of the HoH competition. Victor said he wouldn’t give it to James. Downstairs in the bedroom, Michelle asked James what he thinks she should do. James said to go upstairs and talk to Nicole and Corey. Michelle said it’s painful. She asked if she should talk to them before or after James does. James said before, then he can go talk to them and be the closer.
4:00-5:00 PM: Natalie told James she doesn’t think that Corey, Nicole, Paul and Victor talk much game. She said she thinks Corey and Nicole are keeping their enemies close, but they will stick to their Final 4 deal. James said he thinks so too. James said he will be surprised if he makes it out of the double. Natalie didn’t think so, because she doesn’t think that Corey, Nicole or Michelle would vote James out. James thinks Victor will nominate a combination of Michelle, Natalie and himself. They talked about needing Michelle to win HoH. James told Natalie that she will be back on the block if they don’t win HoH. If Natalie wins HoH, she said that she would nominate Corey and Victor together. If Corey and Nicole end up nominated next to each other, James and Natalie expect Nicole to be evicted.
5:00-6:00 PM: Natalie told James it’s a good thing that Nicole won HoH this week since she didn’t put them up and it wasn’t like James was going to put Corey and Nicole up anyway. James said maybe he would have. He told Natalie that he would have nominated Corey and Victor, putting Nicole up if one of them came down. James said he would do that so he is the last one not to be nominated, because he wants to be the last vet standing. James then said he was just kidding and he wanted Corey or Nicole to win HoH. Natalie brought up how Victor is studying so hard and making himself a bigger target. James said Victor doesn’t think. He said he is starting to realize that Victor doesn’t care because he is always going to be a target either way.
7:00-8:00 PM: In the bathroom, James said he doesn’t think that Michelle is going home. Natalie said she doesn’t think so either. Natalie figures that Corey and Nicole are being nice to Paul in order to get his jury vote. She said they would be being really nice to Michelle instead. Michelle joined and asked James if he has talked to Nicole yet. James said no. He explained that he doesn’t need to since he already knows. He said his gut is 99.99% right. Michelle said she doesn’t have to either then. Natalie asked if James thinks that Michelle should talking to Nicole. James said it wouldn’t hurt but he knows in his gut that she is staying. James said he knows that they would not blindside him. Michelle said it could have changed and they still could blindside him. James insisted that they would tell him. He told Michelle and Natalie that he is a lot closer to Corey and Nicole than they think. Natalie said they wont blindside James after he voted to keep Corey. James agreed. Up in the HoH room, Corey and Nicole discussed the options for the $5,000 bribe. Corey talked about giving it to Victor in exchange for voting Michelle out. Corey hoped that it would make it more likely that Victor would keep them over James or Natalie in the Final 5. Nicole asked if Corey wants to save it for the HoH competition. Corey said not really, because he feels pretty safe and it would be shady to use it at that point. Nicole worried that they would look paranoid if they are bribing Victor to vote Michelle out. Corey brought up that Victor has said he will take it. They thought that it could help solidify their alliance with Paul and Victor. It was discussed that they should make the bribe in front of Paul because he will be happy and Victor would tell him anyway. Nicole wondered if they would go tell James, using the bribe against them. Corey said he could tell them that it’s a secret. Nicole said they could say that if it leaks, it shows that they cannot trust Paul and Victor. She mentioned that they could always vote Paul out if that happens. They talked about the possibility of the bribe putting a target on their backs, especially if James or Natalie win HoH. The possibility of giving it to Nicole was still discussed, since everyone is expecting that and it would not put a target on their back like the other option could. Back downstairs, Paul told Michelle he doesn’t think that he is going to ask about the vote. Michelle commented on the diary room asking her why she isn’t. Natalie suggested that Michelle talk to Corey in order to see where his head is at. Michelle said okay, but then questioned why she has to if they are so sure that she is staying.
8:00-9:00 PM: Michelle asked James if she should talk to Corey to see where his head is at. James said yeah. Michelle said she is pissed off about them not telling her anything. Natalie said talking to them is best so that she can campaign for themselves if Corey says he is voting Michelle out. Michelle said she thought she was cool with Corey but she guesses not. Natalie said that’s exactly why she has to talk to him to make sure. Michelle said Nicole is most stubborn person ever and there is nothing that she can do. Michelle told Natalie that she has too much pride to talk to Nicole. Michelle said Corey and Nicole are very set in their ways and they are very stubborn. James said Michelle is right. Natalie argued that she could campaign for herself. James told Natalie that if they see Michelle as a threat, there is no changing that. Up in the HoH room, Corey and Nicole continued to debate what to do with the $5,000. Nicole said that her taking the money would be jinxing herself. She said the week would be too good to be true. Corey said they have to make a decision because he has been called to the diary room about it five times today, being told to make a deal. Nicole asked if Corey told them that it could ruin her game. She wondered if they don’t care. She asked what Corey thinks about wasting the $5,000. Corey said he doesn’t like the idea. Corey said he will give it to Victor. Corey asked Nicole to stop him if she doesn’t think it’s a good idea, because this is for their game. Nicole said 10% of her is telling Corey not to do it. She said she wants five more minutes to think it over. Nicole explained that it’s a big risk for a potentially small benefit. They talked over the pros and cons. Corey eventually decided that he would go tell the diary room that he is going to bribe Victor. Nicole told him to wait. A couple of minutes later, Corey and Nicole settled on the decision to bribe Victor.
9:00-10:00 PM: Corey headed up to the HoH room. Nicole, Paul and Victor awaited him. Corey said he has some big news. Corey explained that they want to show they are serious about working together with their Final 4 alliance. Corey also wanted to thank Victor for taking the veto away from Paulie to keep him safe, passing up on $5,000 in the process. Corey said that to show their loyalty, they are going to offer Victor $5,000 to vote Michelle out. Victor said Corey is going to make him cry. He said he is tearing up. Paul said that’s friendship. Victor said he definitely accepts the deal. Corey said they are serious about the alliance and are glad that this all happened. Corey told Victor that he deserves the money, battling his way back into the house twice. Nicole said they hope that Paul and Victor will not use this against them in the future. Both Paul and Victor assured them that they will not. Nicole said they are definitely ride or dies. Paul said they are. Victor said he never strayed away. Nicole told them that she really wants to make the Final 4, because that would be a big accomplishment. Michelle told James that she will be calling Nicole out when she goes. Michelle said she will blow Nicole’s game up on her way out. Michelle said she will never watch Big Brother again if Nicole is in the Final 2. Michelle told James that she wanted Nicole out from Day 1 but then she won HoH. James asked why Michelle didn’t put Nicole up. Michelle said James wouldn’t have voted her out. James said she doesn’t know that. Michelle suggested that James ask Nicole about the vote, since Paul will be going after the two people who vote against him if he stays.
10:00-11:00 PM: Corey asked Nicole if she feels good about the bribe transaction. She said yeah and pointed out that Victor was so happy. Nicole told Corey that she is proud of him. Nicole said she is scared to stand up and evict Michelle tomorrow, because James are Natalie are going to be mad at her. Nicole asked if they should tell James and Natalie ahead of time. Corey said no. Nicole thought that they should, but Corey said they should only tell them if they ask. Corey mentioned telling James and Natalie that Paul and Victor are after them but not after him or Nicole. Nicole wasn’t sure about saying that, though she wanted Corey to say that Michelle is coming after her. Nicole said she wants to make it to the end because she is so close that she can taste it. Natalie came upstairs to look for a nail file. After she left, Nicole said she thought Natalie would talk game but she didn’t, which shows where her head is at. Nicole said Natalie doesn’t give a crap. Nicole told Corey that she would never vote for Natalie to win the game, even if she won everything else the rest of the way. Nicole explained that she loves games and Natalie is not a gamer. Corey said he does too. Nicole thought people may see her as someone who floated through the game, but she didn’t. Nicole said she volunteered as a pawn a couple of times but didn’t get used. Nicole then told Corey that people would be crazy not to take her to the Final 2, since she has no argument. Corey said he knows her game, but keep saying that. Nicole suggested that she would not be able to get any votes from the girls, because girls don’t vote for girls. Nicole said they will have to see how bitter everyone is.
11:00-12:00 AM: Corey spoke to the live feeders. He said he really thinks that he and Nicole can beat Paul and Victor. Corey hopes that he is in the Final 2 with Nicole. Corey mentioned that James, Michelle and Natalie seem to have tapped out, seeing as none of them have talked to him this week. Corey thinks that James has abandoned ship on him. He pointed out that James may not care anymore since he is packing his bags tonight. Corey said he would like to see Natalie go before James, though he feels like James is going to be the one to go. Corey explained that he wants Natalie to go because she has floated her way through the game and has done nothing but play the victim card. Corey said he doesn’t plan on winning tomorrow’s HoH competition, because they are in a pretty good spot. Corey said he would like to play in the following HoH, especially since he wont get what he wants in getting Natalie out if he puts James and Natalie up. For that reason, Corey said he would prefer to have Paul or Victor win HoH.
12:00-1:00 AM: Michelle asked James if he is being bribed not to tell her who is going home. James said no. Michelle then asked if he was bribed to vote her out. James again said no. The two of them and Natalie discussed that they will not accept any bribes. Michele said she thinks she will go because Nicole probably thinks she can have Paul and Victor on her side, working against James and Natalie. James told Michelle to go talk to Corey and Nicole if she thinks that she is leaving. Michelle said she doesn’t want to. James and Natalie tried telling Michelle that Paul is the target, but she said she would take herself out over Paul if in that position. James and Natalie both said that Corey and Nicole will not want to leave Paul and Victor in the game together, otherwise they cannot have Victor to themselves. Natalie told James to go find out who is leaving. He said that he will tomorrow. Michelle said he always says tomorrow. Michelle thinks that based on the way Nicole plays, there is nothing that she can do to change her mind. Michelle started talking about how Nicole has never been on the block, been the topic of anything or been the target. Michelle said it’s scary.
1:00-2:00 AM: Natalie talked to James about how they need Michelle to stay. James said they cannot fight Michelle’s fight for her. He brought up how she is refusing to go upstairs to talk to Corey and Nicole. James told Natalie that he thought about fighting for Michelle to stay until he realized that it would make it obvious how close they are, then they may not keep her because of it. Natalie said she is trying to encourage Michelle to talk to them but James will not push it. James said sometimes you don’t want Michelle talking to people because she will rub them the wrong way. He thinks there is a risk that Michelle will say something bad, such as that she is targeting Nicole, which will only hurt her chances of staying.
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