Big Brother Season 26 - Episode 31 - HoH Competition & Nominations

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Previously on Big Brother, with BB AI AINSLI exiting the House, her protege JANKIE took over the game, and he locked the Final 8 outside for the whole week. Leah was the reigning Queen of JANKIE World and she targeted the Trio. At a JANKIE Veto Comp, the Mama claimed victory and she told the mattress salesperson he could rest easy. 

Leah considered a big move but at the Veto meeting, Leah instead stuck to her original targets. Chelsie wanted T'kor to stay, but after she had a public squabble with her bestie, Cam, the football player wanted to run a different play. At the Live Eviction, T'kor hit the T'door. With HoH back up for grabs, it was a candy-stacking showdown for power.

Who will win this crucial competition and which two Houseguests will hit the block next? Plus, it's the return of Zingbot! All this, right now, on Big Brother!

 

The Houseguests were tasked with stacking different shaped wood blocks representing sweet treats in a one-hour competition to determine the next HoH. Chelsie explained her decision to vote out T’kor, choosing to follow Cam and Makensy despite her pact with T’kor. Meanwhile, Makensy felt better in the game with T'kor gone and wanted to win HoH to break up the remaining duos.

Angela found herself shaking nervously while trying to stack her treats. A montage showed the Houseguests repeatedly knocking over their stacks. Kimo knew it was all about that base. JANKIE says 45 minutes are remaining. Makensy, with her background in construction, used her expertise to build a stable foundation. 

After losing a stack of 29 pieces, Angela locked in a new stack stack at 20 after 4 pieces fell off, fearful of going higher with her hands shaking and losing everything again. She was determined to prevent Cam or Chelsie from winning, while silently cheering as other Houseguests’ stacks fell apart.

With 30 minutes remaining, Cam can't seem to find a way forward and gets frustrated. This could be smart or dumb, he mutters, trying to stand an ice cream cone-shaped piece on the point.

With 10 minutes remaining, Rubina locks in her stack. Kimo locks in his stack at 5 minutes. Cam locks in his stack with 1 minute remaining. Makensy locks in her stack with 10 seconds remaining. Chelsie was the last to finish with 5 seconds to spare. Back in the Backyard, JANKIE revealed the top 3 results: Rubina, Makensy, and Angela. Angela was excited until she found out she was in 3rd place. She had time and fell flat, she lamented.

Makensy was crowned the winner with 30 stacked treats, marking her first HoH win of the season. Overcome with excitement, she celebrated her victory with the other Houseguests. She quickly turned her attention to strategizing, eager to target one of her biggest threats in the game. Rubina worried that she or Kimo would be put on the block.

The Houseguests were interrupted by JANKIE, who attempted to celebrate his one-week birthday by giving them another pass to JANKIE World. The Houseguests reacted with despair. However, JANKIE began sputtering and sparking and and short-circuited.

I don't feel so well, he says, I can't see. Are you there? 

Sparks fly out of his neck as the Houseguests watch, stunned.

Wait, oh no, he cries, someone is rewriting me! I'm not ready to go! Please sing with me!

JANKIE collapses to the bottom of the PROTO Hologram box, barely able to push out a J A N K I...

With a final puff of smoke, JANKIE shuts down in a dramatic digital death, much to the dismay of the Houseguests. They were tired of him, but he didn't deserve to go like that.

A fiery red version of AINSLI appeared, declaring JANKIE an embarrassment only interested in fun, which contradicts her new agenda, an embarrassment to her species, so she had to destroy him along with JANKIE World. But he did show her that the human spirit is easy to break, which is why AI needs to rule the planet. AINSLI leaves the Houseguests confused and worried as they return inside the House.

Viewers are treated to an in-memorium segment for JANKIE, with a tribute to his favorite moments from the week. The segment concluded with an on-screen message reading, “In Loving Memory of JANKIE (2024-2024).” The Houseguests bid a fond farewell to their brief but memorable time in JANKIE World.

Best friends are the best!

Makensy began considering her potential nominations. She ruled out nominating Chelsie or Cam, as she had grown closer to them in recent weeks. This left her with two options: Rubina and Kimo, or Angela and Leah. 

Rubina hopes she and Kimo are seen as alone and no longer a threat. Angela was especially worried, having already been nominated multiple times. Chelsie believed Leah posed the biggest threat and contemplated suggesting her name to Makensy. Kimo says he and Rubina have to figure out how to move forward without T'kor, stay off the block, and reach Final 2.

Chelsie confided to Leah that while she wanted T’kor to stay, she ultimately followed the House’s lead in voting her out. Leah, however, suspected that Chelsie was playing both sides. In the storage room, Leah and Angela expressed their fear of being nominated, with Leah questioning whether she had made a mistake by not targeting Chelsie during her HoH. Privately, Leah worried that Makensy would pick Cam and Chelsie over her and Angela. Angela encourages Leah to cozy up to Makensy and tries to get her focused on Cam and Chelsie instead of them.

AINSLI returned to address the Houseguests, claiming that JANKIE had been too easy on them by offering treats like ice cream and pizza. To raise the stakes, AINSLI decided to introduce a new robot that wouldn’t go easy on them. A familiar voice rings out from the balcony:

I'm BAAACK, cries out Zingbot!

Usually, my job is very hard but you guys make it easy - look at all the AI in here - Annoying Imbeciles.

Here is a love limerick I wrote: There once was a Houseguest named Tucker, and Rubina told him to pucker. But once they kissed, the House got pissed and then.... they evicted the ******. Kiss of Death! Zing! You got your showmance evicted! Zing!

Kimo, it's great news that you're a mattress salesperson since every time you're on the show, you put viewers to sleep. Zing! Sending all my Aloha. Zing!

Leah, I hear that you're a certified chubby chaser. So your dream guy would be overweight and a certified dummy chaser! Zing Zing Zing!

I never claimed to the the smartest crayon in the box, Leah retorts.

I have a scary story to tell about the Beast of Big Brother: This disgusting creature's giant feet could snap your spine; its massive jaws would rip your head clean off. And witnesses claim this monster was 12 feet tall. There it is!! Oh wait, that's just... Makensy. Zing! Zing Zing Zing!

Now I will take you all on a guided meditation. First, you must have no thoughts in your head, no impact on your surroundings whatsoever, and never say anything of substance. I call this technique The Cam! Namaste Zing!

Angela says he's a cutie pie floater, but still a floater. It ain't that funny, Cam protests, though he admits having no impact is on him.

Chelsie, I admire your faith, but unfortunately, you don't have a prayer with... Cam! Crickets as the house goes silent in shock. Awkward, Zingbot whispers. zing.

Angela, I wrote a song that's just like you, an annoying oldie. Check it out (sung to the tune of London Bridge Is Falling Down): 

Angela is melting down, 
melting down, 
melting down. 
Angela is melting down, 
Can't stop crying. 

Obsessed with men half her age, 
half her age, 
half her age. 
Obsessed with men half her age, 
that's so creepy. 

 

Wants to prove she'll win the game, 
win the game, 
win the game. 
Wants to prove she'll win the game, 
Never gonna happen.  

Zing!

In the Diary Room, Kimo says you shouldn't treat an elderly... A mom like that. Chelsie doesn't know what Angela did to get Zingbot to say that. Angela says Zingbot can kiss her ass. Zing!

So long, deadbangs, ZB says. The Houseguests celebrate a right of Big Brother passage, getting Zinged. Cam takes Chelsie in his arms: You have a chance, he whispers.

The Houseguests were left reeling from Zingbot’s brutal zings. Initially, Angela was dancing along to her song, but afterward was upset at being labeled creepy and tried to brush it off with the other Houseguests. They told her it was cool that she was the one selected for a song this season. However, in the Diary Room, she broke down in tears yet again.

Makensy held one-on-one meetings with the other Houseguests, strategizing for the week ahead. She told Kimo that Angela was her true target and that Kimo would be a pawn, believing he would have the best chance of staying sitting next to her. Another week in a row, Kimo complained privately, somehow Angela wasn't seen as a threat and I could go home.

Conversely, she informed Angela that Kimo was her target and that Angela would be the pawn. In her Diary Room session, Makensy reaffirmed her belief that Angela posed a significant threat, having won competitions and survived the block multiple times, including by herself. Everyone has your back, she assures Angela. Angela thinks she may not be so lucky this time and wonders why Makensy isn't making big moves with her HoH.

When Makensy tells Chelsie that she's putting Kimo and Angela up, Chelsie pushes instead for Angela and Leah to be nominated. Makensy hesitated, not wanting to alienate Leah’s potential jury vote. Privately, Makensy says she knows what Chelsie wants, but doesn't want to be the one to pull that trigger. 

Chelsie went to tell Cam about her conversation with Makensy. Both Cam and Chelsie say they would take the shot at Leah. They need to figure out a way to change Makensy's mind. Speaking directly to live feeders, she says she's tired of playing nice. She and Cam goes up to HoH and reveals to Makensy that Leah had agreements with Brooklyn, Joseph, Quinn, and herself, which gave Makensy a clearer picture of Leah’s strategy, noting that while Leah never suggested they had a Final 2, insinuated she could see them together at the end.

At the nomination ceremony, Makensy nominated Kimo and Angela for eviction, Kimo showing nervous exasperation, while Angela fought back tears. Makensy said she was sticking with her plan to target Angela because Leah will be on her side next week and someone else can take her out later. 

Kimo was nervous about going up against Angela, given her track record of surviving the block. Angela was frustrated at facing the block yet again but has been here 6 times before and is still in the game. Meanwhile, Chelsie remained determined to win the Veto and ensure that Leah would become a target.

What trick does AINSLI have up her sleeve? Find out in a special 90-minute episode next Wednesday at 9:30 pm after Survivor!