Big Brother 26-Mels Friday Recap 10/4/24

Good morning everyone, we’re down to the Final 4! There’s a new hoh, 2 new noms and the veto comp should be today instead of Saturday. Last night was a busy night for the remaining houseguests.

It looked like the vote might flip on Wednesday and Rubina could’ve been the one leaving. Cam, once again, tried to sway the vote in a different direction. He may not be winning comps but whoever he wants out is who usually goes every week.

He approached Chelsie about wanting to keep Kimo and he got her on board fairly quickly. It wasn’t hard since he had legit reasons for wanting to keep him. Cam said Rubina was better for MJ but Kimo was better for them as a pair. He was right but it was probably better for Cam than for Chelsie.

Cam knew Rubina was talking about having all women at the end. He knew it was better for his own game to take her out. He also brought up a Rubina veto win at the F4. He told Chelsie he thought Rubina would keep MJ over Chelsie. I think that’s what flipped her to his side.

Chelsie wouldn’t do it without getting MJ to agree so the two went to work on her. They had to put in some work to get MJ to target Leah but got it done so they figured they could do it again. MJ was pissed and it didn’t go as smoothly as last time. I don’t think Cam cared since he’s targeting MJ and she couldn’t play in the next hoh.

The three weighed the pros and cons of each. MJ said she didn’t have a preference but would go on to talk about her preference. When MJ and Chelsie were alone, MJ was surprised to find it wasn’t just Cam who wanted to keep Kimo. She told Chelsie, they should keep who she wanted since she got rid of Leah for them.

MJ can win comps but she’s really bad at this game. She didn’t need to tell Chelsie that Rubina threw her under the bus. (Suggesting Rubina target MJ in the double) She didn’t need to tell Chelsie that Rubina told MJ she’d keep her in a F3 vote either. This is MJ tho, the person who asked Kimo and Rubina if she should wear this outfit for the F2. (No, she shouldn’t. I thought everyone who goes on tv was told you don’t wear green. It’s the one color that doesn’t show up well on screen)

Cam and Chelsie got MJ to agree to keep Kimo but she wasn’t happy about it. Chelsie talked to both Kimo and Rubina again on Thursday but it seemed Rubina would be out. Either Kimo didn’t do well in following up (as usual) or Chelsie decided to keep MJ happy. It could’ve gone either way but I was a little surprised when Kimo was the one evicted.

I don’t think it really matters all that much for Chelsie. As players, Kimo and Rubina are almost interchangeable. (Kimo may have had 1 more vote in jury than Rubina) It will only matter for MJ or Cam if Rubina wins the veto.

I don’t know about y’all but I thought last night’s episode was terrible. Sure, I like seeing the comics but I don’t need 45 minutes of them. Do we really need all 5 people showing us the difference on ALL the comics? I won’t go thru all the comics since Steve already posted them but heres a few that stood out to me.

You know you made an impact on the season when 3 comics are about you. Angela got the mom label n hers which Brooklyn must have hated. I like that she was in her punishment costume and I usually don’t. That was a big night for her but her comic really could’ve been about so many things.

Normally, you would think someone’s comic being about someone else would be a bummer. For Matt, not so much. He’s made his entire post eviction experience on social media about Angela so it kind of fits. (I almost feel bad for him but his tik toks popping up on my Twitter are super annoying so I don’t) Matt doesn’t realize “crazy eyes” doesn’t define the season. Truthfully, Matt’s only claim to BB fame was being Angela’s first victim. (There would be many more to follow)

Like Matt, Brooklyn’s comic was really about Angela. If Angela hadn’t had a meltdown on the floor of the diary room, Brooklyn eating Angela’s meats and cheeses wouldn’t matter.

They nailed T’kor’s comic. It actually looks like her, the theme was great and so was the tagline. Loved it all! Unless she doesn’t like how they combined crocheting and knitting, which are 2 different things, she’ll probably love it too.

Chelsie’s was lame since they just went with her punishment costume. (They love to use the costumes for the comics so not surprised) That was week 1 and she wasn’t even the only one to wear it. I think they could’ve done better for the frontrunner to win the game.

This is what you get when you cause production more work. Initially, they edited out the Kenney wanting to quit talk out of the conversations they aired. Since it’s mostly what he talked about, they eventually had to include it. If you cause extra editing AND want to quit…you’re a weiner.

Kenney’s made sense but why’d they have to do Lisa this way? What did she do besides sprinkle a little glitter around? They did her so dirty! Haha

Anyway, back to the live show. Along with the comics, they sang a song for Julie which I’m sure she loved. (Glad someone did)

There were also messages from home. We got to see the biggest dawg at the crib, Cam’s dad.

Coming back from a commercial break, they all pretended to be asleep. I couldn’t help but think this shot defined Kimo and Rubina’s games.

The jury segment, which is usually good, was a big letdown. I don’t need to get reactions about Leah maybe having a crush on Quinn. (Except Quinns) Besides, Angela kind of already knew. MJ told her the night she said she was putting Leah on the block. Maybe we could”ve seen something from the jury AFTER the 4 of them got there and were hanging out?? I also don’t put any stock into what they’re saying about who’s playing a good game. They film them saying it about everyone remaining in the house whether they mean it or not.

When the feeds came back, Chelsie was the new hoh.

Cam looked really defeated. These comps are kicking his butt.

Chelsie had to make her nominations last night and spoke to the other three about it. Rubina, for the first time and when it doesn’t matter, told Chelsie she’d like to not be on the block this time. Cam said he was fine going up and so did MJ. (MJ wasn’t fine with it and was annoyed with Rubina) This happens every year. At the F4, everyone says the noms don’t matter and then get upset when they go on the block.

Chelsie asked Cam who he’d evict if he won the hoh. He said probably MJ but then agreed to talk about it more with Chelsie.

She did the same with MJ. MJ said she didn’t know and Chelsie planted more seeds about keeping Cam. Eventually, she told Chelsie she could decide since she won the hoh.

Chelsie’s also done more work with Rubina. During the day on Thursday, she played theT’kor card. She reminded Rubina how T’kor wanted them to stick together and said she wished T’kor was in the house instead of MJ. (Haha)

Rubina spent her last 24 hrs in the house hiding and scaring people.

There wasn’t much campaigning, but she found time to see if she could fit in her suitcase:

Obviously, Chelsie doesn’t want MJ or Cam loyal to the each other. It’s why she’s relayed so much info to both of them. However, she probably doesn’t want one of them taking out the other one this week tho. They both want to take her to the F2 so she’s in a good spot. As long as Rubina doesn’t win the veto, she should be good.

The only thing I question with Chelsie’s game is the F3 hoh. She’s told both MJ and Cam they are her F2. Does she not want to win it and have to make the choice? I don’t know, but if she does, she’s going to piss someone off. We’ll have to wait and see how it plays out.

Rubina gave herself a pep talk in the storage room over not winning the hoh. She said other people have won the game without winning comps. (Not in recent seasons and hardly ever) It’s hard to feel sorry for her knowing she didn’t even want to win last week. She said she didn’t want to have to make the decision.

There was more talk about the finale party. Rubina talked about seeing Tucker and MJ brought up kissing Matt for the first time. She said she didn’t like his thin lips and was picky about kissing. (Remember, this is all about a guy she said she doesn’t even like) The other thing she doesn’t like is being left out of something. If Chelsie talks about Cam and Rubina talks about Tucker, then she’s gonna talk about kissing someone too!

When Cam wasn’t around, there was more talk about “making history” and having all women in the final 3. (Think they’ll ever find out they wouldn’t be making history?) Rubina told MJ that Leah would never have been down for it if she was there. (Rubina hasn’t been either)

The only people Rubina has wanted to see leave the game in the 2nd half have been women. The only time she talks about a women’s alliance is when she’s on the block and needs votes. I’m not knocking her because it’s been the same with other women in the house. She’s just delusional because I think she believes that she means it. The others have at least known they were lying. How could you want all women in an alliance when your #1 was Kimo?

MJ’s really nervous about the veto. She’s worried about Cam turning on her and deep down, she may be worried about Chelsie turning on her too. Spending 2 weeks straight as the HOH hasn’t done her any favors in my opinion. She had a hard time letting go of it and sounded bitter in a camera talk last night. She said “the hoh room, which used to be mine, now no longer, now tis is Chelsie’s….which, good for her, I guess…” She went on to say it was basically her hoh too this week.

Unless Rubina pulls out a win today, we’ll probably have the F3 we’ve been predicting. Of course, MJ or Cam could win it and still take out the other one. Chelsie could also win it and decide who casts the 1 vote. I guess there’s still a little suspense left in the game.

Even if there isn’t, wasn’t it bound to end this way? Chelsie and MJ have just been trading hoh’s back and forth. That reminds me, Chelsie won her 4th HOH, so she’s tied with Vanessa for having the most HOH wins a womans had in a season.

The veto will be played today so check back for the results and have a great weekend!