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IMHO I think his best move is to pair up with Michelle because she knows the game and Victor really doesn't. Victor is a fierce competitor and a good looking guy + Michelle is DESPERATE for some male attention with so many showmances in the house this season. I hope that Victor takes his own advice and be nice to everybody at least until he gets a feel for the house dynamics since he's been gone for 3 weeks. Bridgette left "the Revolution" alliance and is now being totally controled by Frank, and Paul is in a bromance with Paulie and Natlie is paired up with James.

I thought that the vets would stick together and have each others' back at least until the jury, but Nicole & Frank started planting little seeds of doubt right away. I expected all of them to have side deals and "secret" F2 deals with the other HGs because that's how you play BB. Victor coming back in the game is just what James needs to realize that him & Natalie are not gonna just slip by week to week. James needs to win a comp and make some moves or he's just gonna get picked off. Johnny Mac proved that being a willing pawn will only take you so far in the game and is only effective short term. I think that Natalie & James should align with Michelle & Victor to go after the other 2 showmances because nobody would suspect they are working together.

Cograts to Victor, I'm so glad that he won. I hope he wins the HOH comp to shake up this game and add some much needed excitement. He better watch out for Michelle because she is hungry for a man and he doesn't know the game - sounds like a good match to me.

I just hope that when Nicole get out and sees her DR session where she's crying over Corey's nomination isn't too embarrissing because I actually LOL'd about it. Poor girl has lost all focus on the game. She has become so whinny and clingy that she's clearly not concerned about how she's being portrayed.

If Tiffany did return to the game instead of fighting against DaVonne I think they should team up and target the Mean Girls (Nicole, Michelle & Zakiyah) Tiffany flipped once and she can do it again. If only Davonne & Tiffany could put aside their feelings of mistrust between each other they could work together because they both know the game and want to play it. If production can fix the comps they could put the fix in and give some power to either DaVonne or Tiffany because the showmance girls are petty, boring & childish - I'm looking at you Nicole & Zakiyah specifically and michelle, generally - and they're not playing BB. It's time to thin the herd.

I really like how James handled the "shunning" issue with Michelle. He gave her some very soilid advice based upon his previous experience playing the game. Of all the showmances in the house, I think that James & Natalie's is the most honest. I enjoyed watching You-tube clips where they had a fight, talked it out, and made up. James was kind & patient with Natalie as they worked out their "relationship" in the house. James was direct with Natalie about his "assumptions" and Natalie was quite specific about her concerns. I really like that Natalie called out the double standards in the house re: her behavior. What I really don't understand is why Michelle & Nicole keep trying to start trouble with James & Natalie by constantly complaining to James about things Natalie did or said in week1. I'm glad to see that Natalie was able to laugh it off and move on. I don't think that James should have told Paulie about DaVonne targeting the showmances, he should have kept that info to himself for now. James & Paul both think that they are aligned with Paulie & Corey in some sort of "bros before hoes" alliance where they each take their +1 to the final 8 and then the 4 of them take out the girls. A re-constituted 8 pack with 12 HGs still in the game is ridiculous because the group is too big and they're quite likely to lose HGs along the way. IMHO James is playing too passive a game by trying to lay low within a large group. I want him to team up him & Natalie with another duo to form a solid 4 person alliance to compete against the other 2 showmances because it should be obvious to James that Paulie & Zakiyah aligned with Nicole & Corey is a tight 4 person alliance. It's unfortunate how badly DaVonne communicated that info to James & Tiffany initially because the blowback put a huge target on DaVonne. James has to know that he's not been a part of the decision-making process, and they only bring him in after everything's decided and they need/want his vote. That position might might be safe, but it also makes you easily expendable. I wanna see James play his own game with a bit more intensity. Hopefully the shake up will re-align the groups in the house.

I realy hope it's Victor so we can see some really competitive alpha males battle it out in a taxing endurance HOH comp. Since Tiffany was evicted, her battle with DaVonne is over but Tiffany severly wounded DaVonne leaving her with few trusted allies. However, if Tiffany did return to the game round 2 of Tiffany vs DaVonne could be interesting if one of them had some power by winning an HOH comp.

Thanks for the confirmation - I thought it was just me who had these felings about this cast.

Nicole & Corey playing together as a showmance power couple is so crazy because Corey is a newbie, and doesn't really know the game, and Nicole is a very weak player. Nicole's whole game seems to be so fearful that she can't make a decision and stick to it. Her & Corey flip flop so much it's hard to see any strategy. And both of them are so gullible that whoever they talk to they're too willing to believe anything that confirms their fears instead of what makes sense. Nicole wants to keep Tiffany in the game because if Tiffany wins the next HOH, her & Corey will automatically be safe. Corey thinks that if Tiffany stays in the game she will deliberately throw the HOH comp making them vulnerable to be nominated. At this point neither Corey or Niccole want to win the HOH comp because they don't want any blood on their hands. Their strategy seems like they want to float between both sides of the house and flip their votes accordingly. Nicole & Corey have aligned with warring factions and cannot be loyal to both sides this week. If they voted out DaVonne Paulie & Zakiyah will be mad at them, and if they vote out Tiffany Frank & Bridgette will be mad at them. The only way for them to stay in the middle and continuing to play both sides is if they put their 2 votes on Natalie. This way no matter who stays Tiffany or DaVonne Nicole & Corey can honestly say that they did not vote to evict either one of them. Neither Corey or Nicole are very convincing liars but they would need to come up with something to tell Natalie & James.

This year the girl's alliance could have worked out if only: 1. After Nicole & Zakiyah abandoned the girls for their showmances, Michelle, Tiffany & DaVonne could have recruited the Spy girls, and they could have been a 6 strong voting block. 2. Tiffany had been more emotionally stable. 3. Michelle wasn't fanning out over Frank. 4. Any of the girls could win a comp and make their own moves..

The cute guys in the house ALWAYS get the girls sidetracked with stupid showmances. The weak-minded and passive girls imagine they are the next Jeff & Jordan and they think they can win the game that way. But Jeff didn't take Jordan to F2, he was evicted before that. Jordan went to F2 with Natalie (I think). Or if the girl is a strong competitor, she she's herself as the next Rachel & Brendon, but they never made it to F2 together either. When Rachel won BB she was not F2 with Brendon. If my BB memory is correct I don't think a woman has ever won BB if she's paired with a guy at the F2.

I really hope that DaVonne makes it through this week because I wanna see her win Something! Both Davonne & Paul are highly motivated to win HOH and nominate some big targets, Zakiyah, not so much because she's comfortable being Paulie's +1. Frank & Nicole have successfully planted lots of little seeds of doubt which have sprouted into several HGs questioning her loyalty and honesty. Tiffany has blown up DaVonne's game and they're both on the block together. If DaVonne is evicted this week, she will be the first casualty of the RoadKill twist. Hopefully she has just enough allies(James, Michelle, Paul & Zakiyah) to make it a tied vote and Paulie decides to give her another chance. I want someone from team Big Sister to win HOH this week because their team has never been safe and they were on slop for 2 weeks. In week 1 when they picked teams DaVonne initially chose Paulie, then quickly changed her selection to Paul. I sometimes wonder if she has regrets about that choice. I'm glad that DaVonne has been laying low because she's keenly aware that Frank & Tiffany want to bait her into blowing up and being overdramatic.

I think it's because the HGs are boring. Frank & Paulie are trying to play Derrick's game which is very low key and drama free. The "newbies" (Paul, Corey, Natalie, Michelle & Bridgette) are floating. The vets (Frank, DaVonne & Nicole) are targeting each other and some of the girls are playing "Are You the One" with their showmances. Hopefully the Battle-Back comp will shake things up and add some much needed excitement to the game. I really wish the DR folks would caution the HGs re: nominations and voting because the HGs decide not to blindside anybody they are robbing the fans & viewers of dramatic moments. The HGs know ahead of time who's being nominated and who's going home.

Paul seems to be learning the game now and isn't so arrogant as he was in the first couple of weeks. At this point why hasn't he noticed that all the guys left in the house have a girl as their +1, and he doesn't? Now that Bronte is gone he needs to lock down his +1 with either Michelle or Davonne/Tiffany and I'm not talking about a showmance but a pairing so he's not solo. It's time for Paul to stop being Frank & Paulie's pocket pawn and start playing a stronger game. I hope he wins the next HOH and nominates Frank & Bridgette together with the simple rationale that they both put him on the block - no hard feelings - it's the game.

I think the smart move for Paulie at this point in the game would be to call a temp truce between him & Frank. There is so much animosity & tension amongst the girls - and they are all just itching to get at each other that the guys need to fall back and allow the girls to pick off each other. These boys talk constantly about cutting the girls when it's the right time. I don't believe they have that luxury. IMHO I don't think any of these guys is all that willing to cut their respective +1s. If the girls take each other out, the boys don't have that blood on their hands. Both Frank & Paulie seem to believe that DaVonne have control over these girls' minds to the extent that she could/would influence their jury votes. I'm surprised they haven't noticed how quickly these girls turned on DaVonne while she's still in the game. (If DaVonne were the mastermind they think she is the Fatal 5 would be secretly running the house. If the Spy Girls & Fatal 5 had joined forces they could have been a powerful force in the game.)

When Bridgette was HOH she told the Spy Girls that her boyfriend was a doctor and they've only been together for 1 month before she came into the BB house. She made a big deal about not sleeping with a boy because she had a BF at home. Now that she has been hanging out with Frank 24/7 for the past month I wonder if she even thinks about her doctor BF anymore because she certainly doesn't talk about him anymore. The constant giggling is odd and offputting because nothing is that funny all the time.

I was on the hate Frank bandwagon for a while because he was acting like a dictator. These HGs had willingly allowed Frank to control their votes and nominations and the power went to his head. Frank tried to control everything and micro-manage these HGs behavior to the extent that he was telling the girls when & what to eat; when & where to sleep, etc. The vote flip humbled Frank beause now he's aware that he's not totally in control anymore. He knows that Paulie, Corey, & James are targeting him but they're not gonna take a direct shot at him just now. Since Tiffany outted the Fatal 5 girls alliance to Frank he's now directly targeting DaVonne as the so-called ring leader to break up the girls. Frank has become an honarary "Mean Girl" because now he's planting seeds with Tiffany & Bridgette to target Zakiyah. The showmances and Tiffany killed off the Fatal 5 girls alliance, so it really doesn't matter if DaVonne or Tiffany is evicted on Thursday. However if Frank is able to flip the vote and keep Tiffany in the game he will have 2 allies in his corner and the "get Frank" group will lose a number.

I wonder why I haven't seen any You-tube clips of Tiffany talking game to the live-feeds? Yesterday, DaVonne said that Tiffany hangs out in the HN room talking to the live feeds. I've seen clips of Paul talking to the live feeds, and it's mostly boring but last year Steve's clips were quite entertaining. ITA that watching Tiffany is Vanessa 2.0 and kinda difficult because a little bit of emotional instability can be entertaining in this game, but the Russo sisters are just too "extra" for me.

Watching how Nicole & Zakiyah are playing this game is like watching a couple of 12 year old girls in middle school. Their respective insecurities are on display for everybody to see and it's not pretty. The girls are all about their "cuddling" sessions with the boys because it makes the girls feel secure. I can only imagine how difficult & frustrating it is for these grown men. Every single day Nicole is whinning about something Corey said or did that hurts her feelings. Natalie said that Corey was sexy weeks ago and she's still whinning about it. I wish that she could wake up and realize that this is not MTV's "Are you the One" - this is Big Brother - and Corey is not the one.

It seems like most of the HGs are ready & willing to vote out Tiffany this week because she blew up the Fatal 5 girls alliance and to a lesser extent the 8pack alliance. James, Michelle, Paul & Zakiyah all seem quite firm in voting out Tiffany. Frank & Bridgette are firm in voting out DaVonne. Nicole & Corey flip flop so much, who knows how they'll eventually vote? But even if nicole & Corey decide to vote with Frank, a 4-4 tie will be broken by Paulie. I don't see michelle flipping to keep Tiffany because she really feels that Tiffany betrayed the girls by outting the Fatal 5 girls alliance. However, Michelle very much wants to be aligned with the 2 showmances as their 5th wheel and she may view evicting DaVonne as a better move to secure her position with the 5. Paulie will be pissed if Tiffany is saved again and I could see him & Frank teaming up to target Corey & Nicole.

Yesterday Bridgette told Tiffany that her wearing her sunglasses inside the house was bothering some of the HGs and made them feel uncomfortable. And Tiffany's response to Bridgette was that everybody in BB17 did it and she also commented that the lights in the BB house are too bright. Bridgette is a nice girl and was honestly trying to help Tiffany by pointing out how some of her behavior is perceived by the others. It must be hard for her to accept Tiffany now because just last week Frank was trashing her. As a long time BB fan I don't like it when current HGs trash talk previous BB players, especially winners like Dan & Jun. And everytime that Frank does it and Bridgette just giggles and agrees with Frank, IMHO it makes the trash talkers look like bitter sore losers.

I'm always excited when a superfan of BB is cast to be a HG. However, Michelle's game is a bit disappointing because she's fanning out over Frank way too much. Michelle is damn lucky to be on the Catagory 4 Team because they have more wins than any other team, and she's been safe from eviction for weeks. Michelle is the only one on her team with zero comp wins, while all the others have multiple comp wins. Frank has been quite open to all the HGs that he wants to cut Michelle from his team because she refuses to get along with Bridgette. And Michelle has been open to the other HGs about targeting Bridgette. And of course Frank is still publc enemy #1. IMHO Michelle wants an F2 with Frank but Bridgette is the only thing standing in her way. Bridgette's remark about shaving off Michelle's eyebrows when she passed out was a bad joke from weeks ago, but Michelle won't let it go. The fact that the boys keep teasing her about it keeps it going. Catagory 4 is imploding because of petty squabbles with the girls and the alpha male struggle between Frank & Paulie. Now that Paulie & Frank have clearly drawn the line and divided the house it's time to pick sides and the team restrictions make it hard for the HGs to re-align themselves into functioning groups. I think Michelle's best game move would be to align with the outsiders (James, Natalie, & Paul) and stay away from aligning with either of the showmances. She should grab Paul for her +1 partner and forget about being in a showmance.

I think that DaVonne's huge mistake was outing her participation in the the 2 showmances to James & Tiffany because neither one of them kept the information secret. James started asking questions to Nicole & Paulie about their 5 pack and why he wasn't included and that's when the mistrust of DaVonne started within her group. DaVonne should have been completely honest with the 2 showmances and specifically her concerns about being the 5th wheel, but she did not. And now Michelle has taken her spot as the 5th wheel in the showmance alliance.

I'd also like to see both Tiffany & DaVonne stay in the game for the drama & game play. But since Corey managed to win the veto, he's safe for now -dang it. Nicole & Corey are the biggest flip-floppers and scaredy cats to ever play the game. Their loyalties and alliegences change every 5 minutes. Did they not see what happened to Clay & Shelli last year? Even though I like Natalie (as a person her positive attitude is refreshing) she brings nothing to the game, and she was only entertaining with Bronte & the Spy Girls. I wouldn't mind if they evicted Natalie because I'm really tired of her talking about her 2 day showmance with Victor (that was not televised) and being dumped on national tv. Get over it and move on.

Making alliances with HGs and lying to each other is a big part of playing the game of BB. The producers cast people who will bring the drama because it is a Tv show and the drama is why viewers & fans watch it every season. One of the problems that I see year after year is the HGs forming alliances before they know each other. This seasn the combination of returning players, siblings of previous players, fans & superfans alongs with recruits & newbies promises to be quite entertaining. The team structure is kinda different and I like it because it calls for new strategies for playing the game. Of all the vets playing, Frank is the only one who fully utilized the teams to his advantage while James's team is down to just him & Natalie. Frank & Tiffany both have huge targets on them and they've decided to make DaVonne a bigger target to take the heat off themselves. How effective that tactic is will be determined in time because some of the HGs are easily swayed and Tiffany & Frank will take advantage of that. I honestly don't believe they chose DaVonne because she's black. They chose DaVonne because of what they believe is her "baggage" from BB17. Frank believes that DaVonne was evicted because she caused "too much drama" (whatever that is?) and Tiffany believes that DaVonne started a girls alliance to target her sister Vanessa in BB17. Tiffany is also upset because DaVonne made F2 deals with other HGs and apparently when you make an F2 with Tiffany you are not allowed to make any other F2 deals because that would be disloyal. I guess she forgot that her sister made several F2 deals with Steve, Austin, Johnny Mac, Audrey, & Shelli in BB17.