Monday, September 23, 2013

Big Brother Australia 10, Week 8 Recap

Week of Changes
Ben was evicted, but not really. He is hiding out in the Presidential Suite and has been given a ton of power. Beginning this week, there will only be 4 people nominated instead of 6. The Showdown winner will still get to save someone, but they will not be swapping that person for someone else. That will leave 3 people up for the public vote.

Ben's First Power
Ben gets to ask a question to 2 housemates, and he will get to see their answers on the TV.  He chooses to ask Ed and Tahan how their game will change now that Ben has been evicted. He also wonders if they think their chances of winning have increased. Tahan said she thinks her chances have increased and she doesn't really have a strategy other than being herself. She also said that she was lucky to meet Ben, and Matt and Caleb. Ed thinks his chances of winning have increased because he thought Ben was going to be there for awhile. His strategy is to last as long as he can, and he does have some cards up his sleeve. He also eluded to some very interesting things about some people being manipulated and that people are getting away with things. He said Tim is the biggest manipulator. He said when the time is right he will expose the things that he knows. Then he said something that shocked Ben. He said that Tim was going to plot people's downfall, and Ben was included because he was afraid of Ben. Oh dear...this won't be good when Ben comes back in the house!

Nominations

Ben gets to nominate even though the housemates don't know that he's still there. Ben nominates Tim for 3 points and Tahan for 2 points.

Ed's Super Power is "The Caller". Ben will talk to Ed and he is to tell him that he (Ben) is watching the nominations from "Big Brother Headquarters" and then he is to read him what his Super Power is. Ben will be watching the tally board. Ed will be allowed to ask Ben questions about the tally board. He is allowed to answer his questions only by numbers. He can make 2 calls, and he can ask 3 questions each time. Ed is still to think that Ben has been evicted. If he asks Ben any other questions, he has to deflect them.

Ed makes the call, and he is so shocked to hear Ben's voice! He looked like he was going to cry. He was actually giddy! So cute!

For his first call, he asks for the counts for Tully, Mikkayla and Katie/Lucy. For his second call, he asks for the counts for his own score, Tim and Drew.

Ed gets 6 points to nominate with. Based on what he asked Ben, he gives Drew, Jade and Tahan 2 points each. He knew Drew didn't have any points and he didn't know Jade's or Tahan's scores, so he was hoping for a tie and that someone would have to make a choice. I'm really surprised he gave points to Jade!

Nomination Results
Ed's attempt to force a tie-breaker, didn't work. Other people had way too many points.

The nominated housemates are:
14 - Tahan
11 - Tully
7 - Jade
7 - Katie/Lucy

It's a row of girls on that nomination bench! Constant nominees Mikkayla and Tim are safe this week!!!

We got to see Tim's nomination rocks this week, and his nominations were for Tully and Katie/Lucy. He had a talk with Big Brother about the fact that every person he has nominated has gone home. So, if this trend continues, it will either be Tully or Katie or Lucy to go home. I am VERY OK with this! I would love it to by Tully so that Drew and Jade can go back to being friends and Drew will have time to have fun with Tim. If it's Katie/Lucy, I definitely won't cry. They don't add anything to the house.

Shopping Task
Ben gets to decide who does what in the task, and who will get the hard jobs and who will get the easy jobs. The task is a car wash. He chooses Katie/Lucy and Mikkayla to go first, and they get 15 minutes to clean a car that looked pretty clean to begin with. Tim and Ed have to clean a very dirty, messed up car.

Next up is Mikkayla and Tahan. This should be interesting because they have been fighting like crazy this past week. Finally a car comes rolling in, and boy is it a dirty one. They only have 15 minutes, but they get it done. Then it's Drew and Tim. Mikkayla and Ben were having fun oohing, and ahhing over Drew in his overalls.Tim uses their down time to ask Drew why he had to go and get a girlfriend, and he asks how he deals with her bad traits. I'd like to know that myself...she's so high maintenance!

Ben and Tully get a shift together, and all Tully does is complain that Big Brother hates her. They have 10 minutes to clean a mess of an old fashioned car that looks like it has cobwebs all over.

Big Brother informs the housemates that they failed the task. How can that be? I thought they did well and got their cars done in time. Bummer. That means they only get the essentials this week.

Tahan's Dilemma
It's time for Tahan to get a choice that affects Tim. Instead of him getting to choose ice cream or Tahan's hair dryer. For 3 times, he chose the ice cream. Her choice is a Kardashian Kollection clutch filled with an eyelash kit or Tim's jacket (his favorite, expensive jacket that she chucked over the Big Brother fence).  She chose the clutch! Big surprise! Tim's response was: "I hate Kim Kardashian with a passion!" OK, I love Tim even MORE now!

Ben is Back Baby!
Big Brother's ninja blindfolds Ben and escorts him back to the house. The house watches a video of Ben's eviction and then him in the Presidential Suite. The house erupts in screams when they hear Sonja telling Ben that his eviction was a fake. I've never seen so much excitement for a housemate! Then on the screen they get to see that he was allowed to ask questions and that Ed was allowed to call him for the Nomination Super Power, and his role in the shopping task. Finally, he emerges from the Diary Room and gets attacked!

Showdown
The final comes down to Tim and Tahan after a surprising tie, in which Tahan beat out Ben. In a very interesting final challenge, they play Pictionary, where they have to paint subjects and the other housemates have to guess what they've painted. And it's Tim for the win!

Tim chooses to save Jade, and he chooses to take her to the Presidential Suite. He has made it no secret that he has been trying to seduce her for the past week or so. His advances have been awkward, hilarious and cute all at the same time. Unfortunately for Tim, it seems that Jade isn't interested in the least. She really didn't want him to pick her to go. She even told him "don't take me". But he told Big Brother he didn't care, he was taking her any way. He wanted to take her on a nice date and he said he was going to treat her very nice. She had a couple reasons for not wanting to go: (1) she was hoping he wouldn't be creepy and (2) she was worried that the house would be upset because she got saved and gets to go to the Presidential Suite.

This means that Tahan, Katie/Lucy and Tully are up for eviction this week. I am VERY OK with this! I hope Tahan stays, and it's no secret that I really hope that Tully goes. But, if Katie/Lucy go, the week wouldn' be a total loss.

Of course, as soon as the ceremony is over, Tully sulks off to the bedroom...to cry. Tim jokes that Tully's efforts all week to hopefully get him to save her were a waste. Surprisingly, Tahan is pretty upset as well. She said she actually just wants to leave.

Family Dinner
Mikkayla and Tully are up for the challenge this week. Ed is their model patient, and they are nurses. Big Brother names a body part and they have to use paint to draw it on his body in the correct place. They correctly got 6 out of 9, so they won their luxury dinner.

The house had some very interesting outfit choices for this Japanese-themed meal.

The Presidential Suite
Tim holds the door open for her and he says "It smells so good in here. Or is that just you?" Oh Tim! He told her to pretend they weren't in the Big Brother house and he said he was going to be very nice to her. But as much as he tries...she can't stop talking about Ed. I don't think I've ever seen Tim so quiet as he was when she was going on and on about Ed. Meanwhile, back in the other bedroom, Ed and Mikkayla are talking about how he still doesn't want things to go any further with Jade than a friendship. They are on completely different pages!

As they get ready for bed, I think Tim is really starting to question his decision of taking Jade. She is sleeping in the water bed, and he is on the couch. And she is STILL talking about Ed and how he snores, and how he stops if you turn him over. OK Jade...he gets it now! Shut up!

Later Tim goes and talks to Big Brother about it, and he says she is obsessed! He said she has a lot of baggage to check in "she's paying for extra". Oh Tim!

Katie/Lucy
Big Brother finds that Katie and Lucy are more than 3 meters apart. As their punishment is that they have to hold hands until further notice. Ha!

Ben's Birthday
All the housemates wake up Ben singing "Happy Birthday", and they gave him some "homemade" gifts. Tim made and wrapped his own gift. He made a person on a stick that when you shake it, the legs and hips move. Oh Tim!

Drew goes to the DR and Big Brother tells him to pass on a cake and card. He also tells Drew that there will be no birthday party like for the rest. Instead, Big Brother has other plans. Of course Tully makes it all about her, and she cries about Ben not getting his birthday party.

Eviction Results
49% - Katie/Lucy (Shocker! They were near the bottom before. They got nearly half the votes!)
34% - Tahan
17% - Tully (Woohoo! I could not be more happy!)

My heart breaks for Drew, but this really is the best thing that could happen to him, Now he can have a normal relationship with the rest of the housemates. The leach that was stuck to him for so long will now allow him to breathe and be in a much happier and more positive environment. Aside from her constant crying, whining, negativity and most of all her relationship with Drew...I actually like Tully. That's a compliment and not to be taken as mean. I generally like her personality...when she's happy and being positive...which wasn't very often.

More Twists
This week, there is no Nomination Super Power, because everyone is nominated! Also, there are 2 special guests for Ben and 2 intruders coming into the house. Tully said the house is gong to hate the intruders! Tim is waiting for 2 beautiful girls, but instead it's 2 guys and one is intent on taking down Tim! Tully said that Tim is going to want him dead!

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