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Celebrity Big Brother Day 17 - Omarosa is the new HoH
February 16, 2018
9:00-10:00 AM: Mark told James he doesn’t like James’ chances if he makes it to the end with Ross. James asked who would be a better option for him to sit next to. Mark said himself. James told Mark to stick around then. James assured Mark that he doesn’t want the others to stay over him. Up in the HoH room, Marissa let Brandi and Ross know that if she has to cut a deal with James in order to get him to throw HoH, she will not be able to go back on it by nominating him. Brandi suggested not making a deal with James. Ross said he would target Omarosa instead of James if he cuts a deal with James to throw him the HoH competition.
12:00-1:00 PM: In the bathroom, Ross told Shannon he has empathy for her. He said it must suck. Ross made it clear that he did not make the move against her. Ross mentioned that what happened to Shannon is no different than what happened to Keshia. Shannon disagreed. She said Keshia turned on them but that wasn’t the case with her. Shannon brought up Brandi saying that everyone wanted this move to happen. Ross said he could have backdoored Shannon last week like it was proposed, but he didn’t. Ross added that he did not throw her name out there this week. Shannon asked why they are getting rid of her over Mark when Mark is James’ ride or die. Ross said he is not the HoH. Shannon told Marissa and Ross that it would not be impossible to get four votes if they are on board with keeping her. Shannon said you are supposed to split up the pairs. She also brought up that it is her dream to be there. Marissa said it’s her dream as well, and her game would be messed up if she were to keep Shannon. Ross headed back to the bedroom to let Ari and Brandi know what Shannon had just said. He explained that Omarosa was nearby and he didn’t want her coming to them to tell them what was said.
1:00-2:00 PM: Shannon told James she knows that Mark is his ride or die. However, she asked if he sees no value in keeping her there. James said it’s tough. He said he doesn’t have an official alliance with Mark, though Mark has always been a vote for him. James told Shannon that unless something happened where everyone was willing to get on board with changing the plan and creating something new, it would put him in a bad position if he voted to keep her.
2:00-3:00 PM: Omarosa told Brandi that she expects everyone but Metta to put her on the block if they win HoH. Brandi talked about James being the biggest threat. She admitted she would likely put Omarosa up next to him, but James would go. Omarosa let Ari and Brandi know that her plan is to go after the guys. She said you have to find a way to get James out unless you want him to win the $250,000.
6:00-7:00 PM: During tonight’s live eviction episode, Shannon was evicted by a vote of 5-1. Brandi cast the lone vote to evict Mark. The HoH endurance competition then got underway.
7:00-9:00 PM: The HoH competition continued to play out on the feeds. The houseguests dropped out of the competition in the following order:
Metta (32 minutes), Ross (39 minutes), Mark (1 hour 4 minutes), Marissa (1 hour 6 minutes), Brandi (1 hour 28 minutes).
The competition came down to James and Omarosa. Omarosa asked James if he wanted to make a deal. James admitted that he was struggling and would be willing to make a deal. Omarosa said she will not nominate him or backdoor him. She said it “on the word of God”. The eliminated houseguests encouraged James to hang on. Brandi told him to offer the same deal to Omarosa. James asked Omarosa if she wants the same deal. Omarosa said no because she is solid. James then decided to take the deal, dropping out at the 1 hour 31 minute mark. Omarosa is the new HoH. While the competition was taking place, Ari told both Metta and Ross that Brandi voted to evict Mark.
9:00-10:00 PM: Ari let Marissa know that Brandi voted to evict Mark. Ari said you cannot do that when you are on a team. In the storage room, Marissa asked Mark who voted for Shannon. He said Omarosa. Marissa said no. Mark then said Metta. Marissa again said no. Mark questioned why someone would waste their vote. Marissa said someone is looking for a jury vote at the end. Marissa then spoke to Ross. They agreed not to bring up the vote. Ross said he will bring it up if he ends up on the block next to Brandi. Marissa said Ross’ best case scenario would be being nominated next to Brandi, because he would have her, James, Mark and Metta voting to keep him. Ari and Marissa then spoke again. Marissa said Omarosa will likely nominate her and Ross, or Ari and Brandi together. Marissa told Ari that Brandi would leave over her if they are nominated together. Marissa said the truth is that Brandi is probably going to be the next to go now. Ari said she feels bad for telling people about the vote, but she felt that she had to.
10:00-11:00 PM: Metta asked Marissa who she think is going up. Marissa said Omarosa will split up the group. She mentioned herself and Brandi, or Ross and Brandi as potential nominations. Marissa brought up that Ari is saddened by Brandi’s vote. While Ari, Brandi, Marissa, Metta and Ross were in the bedroom together, Metta said he was happy when Shannon had a vote. Marissa said she is so confused. Brandi said she just wanted Shannon to have one vote. She asked if that’s bad. Metta said it’s probably bad because she didn’t tell them. Marissa said it is bad. Brandi apologized. She said she didn’t make the decision until she sat down and thought about how it would feel to leave without a vote. Brandi said they can be mad at her if they want. Marissa said they aren’t mad but the they were supposed to be doing the same thing. Ari said it’s more so disappointment. Ross said Brandi would have been mad if they had done it. Brandi again apologized, saying she didn’t think it would be a big deal since she knew that Mark was safe anyway.
11:00-12:00 AM: In the living room, Ari told Marissa she cannot trust Brandi anymore. Ari said if Brandi did it once, she will do it twice. Marissa said she will now go cut a deal with Omarosa. In the kitchen, Marissa then told Omarosa it wasn’t Metta, wasn’t her, wasn’t James, wasn’t Ari, and wasn’t Ross. Ari, Marissa and Ross then met up in the bedroom to talk things over. Ari again said she cannot trust Brandi anymore. Marissa said Omarosa will team up with Brandi if she knows that. Ari said they are screwed if Brandi and Omarosa align. Ross said they have the numbers to send Brandi home. Brandi entered the room. She asked them to tell her what is going on with them because they are obviously upset. Marissa said she is shocked. Ross agreed. Brandi apologized and said she will leave the alliance then. Ross asked if she gets why they used the word shocked. Brandi said she didn’t think it was that big of a deal, so shocked seems a bit aggressive to her. Brandi pointed out that the outcome didn’t change. They all told her it’s not about that, but about the fact that they made a group decision to send Shannon home. Ari said Brandi made a selfish decision. Brandi said she had a moment and felt sorry for Shannon. Ross said they are reacting to her moment. Brandi said it’s a game. She then left the room in tears. As she left, Ari said it’s a game and Brandi voted personally. After Brandi had left, they discussed that it will be bad for them if Brandi and Omarosa align, so they need to try to keep her close by telling her how much they love her. They then went to speak to Brandi. Ari said they want to talk. Brandi said she doesn’t want to be in the alliance anymore. Marissa said they came to tell her how much they love her. Ross pointed out that Brandi is the one who did something. Brandi said it’s about their reactions. Brandi explained that she didn’t want Shannon to leave on a bad note. She said she was not trying to hurt the alliance in any way. Marissa said she too wanted to make Shannon feel good but didn’t want to make it seem like it wasn’t a group decision. Ross asked if Brandi will keep her word next vote. Brandi said she will. She told them they are like family, so she wants things to go back to the way they were. Ari said that will happen.
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