Big Brother 26-Mels Friday Recap 10/11/24

Good morning BB Junkies! I’ve had fun this season and I hope you all did too. I’m going to do a final recap on Sunday but it will be more of my final thought on the season and the F3. (There won’t be anything to recap) In case I haven’t said it, a big thank you to Steve and Hillary for giving us all the info…ALL the time this season!

Part 1 HOH Comp Spoiler Below

Since we already know who won part 1 of the final hoh comp, I’m not gonna spend much time on the Wednesday and Thursday feeds. (Doesn’t seem to matter very much) There were only 3 relevant conversations anyway. The first was Rubina finally getting around to having a game talk with MJ.

Rubina made some good points to MJ but by Wednesday, it didn’t matter. (Summary: Cam will take Chelsie, no one beats Chelsie, I’ll take you to F2 and if you take me to F3, I’ll vote for you to win if I’m evicted at F3) Most of this was ignored by MJ and their talk centered around Rubina being a threat to win the game. (Rubina was sincerely confused by this, haha)

Of course, all this was in MJ’s head and Chelsie is the one who put it there. This covers conversation #2. I should say “conversations” since Chelsie’s been working on MJ all week. Once again, she was going to get MJ to make the wrong move for her game.

Cam checked in with MJ again and pointed out that he’d talked to her about the vote 3 times. Because of Chelsie, he knew this was a big deal to MJ. MJ was annoyed Rubina waited until Wednesday to ask her about it. (MJ said if Rubina waited till Wednesday, she would evict her for that reason alone) Once again, Cam hinted at the fact that he’d need to cut Chelsie at the F3 to have a chance of winning. This was all the reassurance MJ needed.

There was also more tie dye…

more boredom…

a fashion show…

torturing Cam a little bit…

and Rubina giving herself a pep talk.

Last night during the live show, Cam got to shout out “all the dawgs at the crib” without going to the diary room, thanks to Julie:

Rubina also gave her speech:

MJ ended Rubina’s dream of a “first ever women’s F3” (Maggie, Ivette and Janelle say hello) and evicted Rubina.

I can say this for MJ, she’s always given good screenshots. Except for Angela, MJ gave the best faces all season.

(I’m assuming Rubina and MJ will find out a women’s F3 has already happened at some point) MJ continued to talk about Rubina’s amazing game play in her goodbye message. (Rubina was still confused)

Now, Rubina’s off to a hotel until the other jurors are brought back to meet up with her for the jury discussion.

Once again, the jury segment was lacking last night. You know there wasn’t much content when my only takeaways were the weird body language between Angela and T’kor (these 2 don’t gel at all, haha) and…

Quinn hiding the pigs eyes as Leah serves up the grilled meat:

We also found out who will be replacing Dr. Will. Before some of you get your undies in a twist, Taylor’s actually a good choice. (I don’t know why but it seems like most people either really like Taylor or really don’t, theres no in between) Maybe it’s time for a newer winner to be the face of the jury discussion anyway. (I still wanted Danielle Reyes but she’s under contract with a different network and you know what, I’ll survive)

Taylor fell in love with the game after she played and won. She has alot of respect for how much die hards like us love the game and I like that about her. She also watches the live feeds and most of the people they may have chosen, probably don’t even watch the episodes. She won her season in large part, because of great jury management too. All in all, she was a good choice. Besides, they just guide a conversation and at most, point out to the jury they should vote for the best player, in spite of hurt feelings. Looking at it that way, does it really matter who does it?

The final 3 were ready to celebrate surviving the season last night. In my opinion, it’s a good final 3. Well, maybe not for MJ since she chose to go with a duo.

After Chelsie, Cam and MJ had their whatever it was with Derrick, they played part 1 of the final hoh comp. Chelsie won it and it came down to Chelsie and Cam. (It sounded like MJ just hurt shoulder during the comp)

MJ was worried last night. You could tell by the things she said, she didn’t consider she might not win part 1. Chelsie gave her one of her usial pep talks and was called to the DR.

MJ waited around for her to get out. They’ve been pulling all nighters up in the hoh room and I think MJ wanted more reassurance. If that’s what MJ was hoping for again, she was going to be disappointed. Cam headed to bed after eating while MJ worried she’d made the wrong choice.

Chelsie did too but a little later since she doesn’t need to stay up all night entertaining MJ anymore. I was surprised MJ slept in the unicorn room instead of the rock room with Cam and Chelsie.

This is an example of those little things in the game that MJ’s never understood. She shouldn’t be giving Cam and Chelsie time alone if she can avoid it. It’s just more time to solidify what they may already be thinking.

MJ and Cam will face off against each other in part 2 of the hoh comp while Chelsie waits to see who she’ll need to beat in part 3. Actually, she may not NEED to beat either of them, since they both plan on taking her to the F2.

We still don’t know for sure but Cam and MJ have given every indication they both plan to take Chelsie. MJ could still win it and decide to go for the guaranteed win of taking Cam. I don’t think she will though because she’s done so much talking about Cam not “deserving” to be at the end. (She doesn’t get that’s exactly the person you should take)

Cam could also decide to cut Chelsie if he won it. I don’t think he will and it’s because I think Cam knows he’ll have a hard time winning the game no matter who he takes. If he thinks he can win, he’ll probably cut Chelsie. If he doesn’t think he can, why not go with the person you’ve worked with all season? If you’re gonna lose, lose to the once you’re closer to, I suppose. (I’d at least try it tho)

As for Chelsie, she’s been quiet about it, even with her camera talks. She’s told both MJ and Cam she’s taking them to the end. I’ve assumed her real loyalty was with Cam and that’s who I think she’ll take. (It’s also the smarter game move) I think Chelsie would win against MJ too but I think she’d win 7-0 against Cam. (Maybe 6-0 if MJ’s mad)

A Random Tidbit:

Here’s a few shots of a recent Big Brother alumni party. Jag with Lisa:

Lisa and Tucker seeing each other again:

They made up and Tucker even glittered their drinks:

Have a great weekend everyone and see y’all back here on Sunday!