We’re down to the final five Big Brother 26 players. Pretty much, the game seems over as Makensy and Chelsie’s competition prowess, and Cam, Rubina, and Kimo’s lack of competitive abilities, make it seem impossible for any outcome that doesn’t at least include either Chelsie or Makensy in the final three. The odds of both of them making it seem greater than the odds of only one in the final three. Makensy and Chelsie are the players most likely to win Big Brother 26.

However, it’s not over until it’s over. Therefore, let’s examine each of the Big Brother 26 final five’s games and discuss what needs to happen for them to make it to the end. Let’s also discuss what points could be made in their finale night speech to help secure a win. 

Can anyone still win Big Brother 26? Let’s discuss. 

Kimo

Currently, things aren’t looking great for Kimo. He’s two votes away from finishing fifth. His first step to winning Big Brother 26 would be to flip the vote and stay in the house this week. His best shot of accomplishing this is to sell the narrative to Cam and Chelsie that they need him to take out Makensy. He knows they’re a tight trio, and it would hurt their games, and potentially lose them a vote, by taking out Makensy. He can do it for them.

Rubina has only won one competition so far. He has two wins and the upcoming competitions are ones he can win. Kimo needs to emphasize that they have better odds of going far with him over Makensy. He can help make that happen. Kimo also needs to downplay his potential jury votes.

His jury votes are likely what’s making him so dangerous to Chelsie. He would have Rubina, T’Kor, Angela, and probably Leah and Quinn’s votes. If Kimo manages to flip the votes to stay over Rubina, he must win the final four Head of Household competition to guarantee his safety. He also needs the final Veto win to control the outcome of the final three and add to his resume.

Kimo needs to keep Cam off the block with the Veto. Then ensure Cam votes out Makensy (because she has a better chance of winning competitions). Then he needs to win Part 1 or Part 2 of the final Head of Household Competition. Then take the final HOH and vote out Chelsie. Leaving a Cam and Kimo final two.

His Final Speech: Kimo needs to pull out the passion he displayed in his almost eviction during week 7. He needs to talk about how much Big Brother means to him. All the times he auditioned and how much of a dream this has been for him and his family. Kimo could talk about how his victory would make him one of the few LGBTQ+ winners of the series. Representation matters.

Kimo also needs to emphasize his Big Brother journey. He started at the bottom of a majority alliance. With T’Kor, he helped take it down and repositioned himself. He became one of the main members of Friendzzzz and took out a huge player like Brooklyn. Once Tucker left, he had to, once again, try to figure out what to do and where to go next. 

His story is one of survival. He was on the block at least seven times. He managed to continue to stay in the game weekly. It was emotionally draining but he never gave up and always wanted to win. His strong social skills and spirit kept him alive in the game. People wanted him around not just because they thought he was easy to beat but because they liked him. 

Big Brother isn’t just about competition wins, the social game matters equally. In Big Brother’s history, more players have won from their strong social games than just because they won competitions. It’s actually more impressive if someone makes it to the end simply because they can socially maneuver their way. Kimo must emphasize his survivor’s journey in the house and the importance of winning the game as a Big Brother fan. 

Rubina

Rubina’s first step to victory is to stay in the house this week. Her odds are (currently) good to stay, but we know with too much time to think, the vote can always flip. Additionally, Rubina has been trying to fight some this week by throwing Chelsie under the bus. Chelsie knows this and has the most influence over Cam and Makensy. 

Despite Rubina being better for all the players to keep over Kimo, anything can happen. To remain in the house this week, Rubina must continue pushing the idea that she’s really bad at competitions. Rubina then needs to continue to preach that she wants women at the end while continuing to build her relationship with Cam.

Rubina also might need to plant seeds of doubt in Makensy’s head about Chelsie and Cam while also planting seeds of doubt in Chelsie and Cam’s heads about Makensy. She needs to become someone who can turn people against one another without making it obvious.  Rubina must come off as genuine and not like a manipulator or a schemer. 

Her survival this week is critical but she also needs to try to start disrupting the power structure. If Rubina stays, she then needs to win the upcoming Head of Household. Not only would it ensure that she makes the final three, but it would allow her to disrupt the status quo and say she wasn’t dragged along all season. Rubina then needs Cam or her to win the final Veto. If she wins the final Veto, she needs to keep Cam off the block and allow him to vote out Makensy.

Chelsie and Makensy may be mad that Rubina claimed to be all about women’s empowerment, and then kept Cam off the block. That’s why it might be slightly better for her (if she’s HOH) to let Cam win the Veto so she can still claim girl power. The jury may take her protecting Cam two ways. 

Some may see Rubina as a manipulative, scheming player and not want to reward that behavior. Others could see it as Rubina actually playing the game and be impressed that she schemed this far, especially since many may not currently respect her game. After Makensy leaves, Rubina needs to win the final Head of Household. She has to cut Chelsie and take Cam.

Her Final Speech: Rubina needs to start by discussing how she was excluded from that majority alliance. She spent the first few weeks floundering in the game without a lifeboat. However, she did use this time to build relationships. Her relationships are what kept her this far. T’Kor and Kimo flipped on a majority alliance because of their devotion to Rubina. That move shook up the game in the biggest way. Then Tucker took control for about a week. 

People would try to claim that she just rode coattails but Rubina often pushed back on Tucker’s plans and didn’t let him control her decisions. Rubina also cared about him but put more stock in her relationship with Kimo and T’kor, which helped her more in the game. Tucker’s leaving could have been her huge downfall because she could have been just picked off right after him, and she almost was, but instead, she also played a game of survival.

Constantly, Rubina was on the block but managed to continue to play. Unlike most houseguests, she was also on the block against her closest allies repeatedly. This can be an emotionally daunting thing but she persevered each time.  Rubina may only have a few wins (or one depending on how the rest of Big Brother 26 goes), but that almost makes the fact that she made it to the end even more impressive. Underestimated, discarded, and undervalued but she somehow continued to survive.

Rubina went from a week four boot to in the final two. None of the remaining houseguests have had to deal with constantly trying to fight their way from eviction. Rubina then needs to talk about her social game and how Big Brother isn’t just about who can comp beast their way to the end.

Winners with strong social games far outweigh the comp beast. I know Rubina would love to talk about Filipina representation and women’s empowerment (which are important things) but I think if she takes Cam, she should not emphasize that point because it makes her look like a hypocrite. And I think the jury would respect her speech more if she talked about her game resume and less about her identity outside the game.

Rubina needs to really drive home the points that she was constantly at the bottom of the house and disposable but used the only resource she had, her social game, to escape eviction. Rubina may not have won much but some of the greatest Big Brother players weren’t huge competition beasts.

Cam

Cam must win all of the remaining competitions. If he wins the next Head of Household, Cam then needs to nominate Rubina and Makensy. This would keep him looking like he’s loyal to Makensy and Chelsie. However, he needs Rubina to win the final Veto or to do it himself. If he wins the Veto, he must convince Chelsie to allow him to nominate her, so that Rubina can vote out Makensy.

Cam needs to sell Chelsie on this move by saying it would keep the blood off her and put it all on him. Additionally, he needs to sell this as a way to convince Rubina that they’re not as close. This may make Rubina pick her over him, or at least not see it coming when they pick each other to go to the end. Cam needs to really convince Chelsie that her on-the-block benefits both, and that Rubina would take out Makensy. That would be a nearly impossible task but it may be his only hope to win the game.

However, it would benefit him more if Rubina wins the Veto (to allow him to keep that blood off his hands). This move would put some blood on Rubina’s hands, and it allows Cam to have a hand in Makensy’s eviction.  Makensy’s eviction would greatly benefit him if he could get rid of her in a way that allows him to act like the move was beyond his control. Plausible deniability. 

Of a potential final four of Rubina, Makensy, Cam, and Chelsie, Makensy is probably the only remaining player who would probably not take Cam over Chelsie. Her leaving at the final four most benefits Cam. Cam then needs to win the final Head of Household and cut Chelsie. Now this betrayal I believe, would win him Big Brother 26. It would shock everyone and show that Cam isn’t just playing for second place.

His Final Speech: Cam needs to call attention to the fact that he has been in a position of influence for almost the entire game. He was only briefly at the bottom. It’s impressive to stay in power, in some way, most of the season. Chelsie and him were a powerful duo before they became a powerful trio with Makensy. They had so much influence on the game throughout. People may say he was just Chelsie’s minion but he influenced some of her decisions, like getting out Quinn instead of Leah.

Cam outwardly looks like he’s prime to become a competition threat. That didn’t become his reality. However, his appearance could have made him easy to vote out (as someone to fear in competitions), but he used his social game to go far. Cam consistently had to readjust his game to ensure his safety and the safety of his team. He played a fairly loyal game until the end.

He should really emphasize how he hated betraying Chelsie (by cutting her) but he had to make a move solely for himself. He respects Chelsie and will make this betrayal up to her, but he had to make a selfish move. Cam needs to really sell himself as someone influential in the game. He has to disprove the idea that he’s just been Chelsie’s minion. He needs to make it seem like they’ve worked as a duo, and that he had as much or almost as much influence on the game as her. Cam also must mention how socially he got this far, not just competition. Then make sure people respect that he cut Chelsie, and not use it against him to not vote for him.

Makensy

Makensy needs to either continue her winning streak to comp beast her way to the end or persuade everyone to not vote her out the first chance available. The former is the easier route. If Makensy manages to win her way to the end, she will have an extremely impressive amount of competition victories.

That automatically gives her some points with the jury. While I think it’s extremely bad for Cam, Rubina, or Kimo to go to the end with Chelsie, Makensy might be the only one who could beat her. Makensy has a guaranteed win, likely, against Cam, Rubina, or Kimo. Chelsie presents more of a challenge for her. However, taking Chelsie shows a few things. It shows she’s a loyal player to the very end. It also shows she’s not afraid of competition. Now, on the flip side, it also shows that Makensy isn’t self-interested enough.

She also plays naively if she does not see how Chelsie’s chances of winning exceed her chances. However, Makensy can spin keeping Chelsie as her wanting to go against the best. Some jurors may respect this decision.

Her Final Speech: Makensy should start with her association with Matt and how it immediately put her in a bad position. She then feared going on the block for weeks. It was only the threat of her power that kept her safe. Then she had to use it to stay off the block for another week. 

After the power was gone, she faced a potential eviction. She used the AI Arena to win safety and help evict one of the biggest competition threats in the game: Tucker. After Tucker’s eviction, Makensy repositioned herself and formed the dominant trio of Chelsie, Cam, and Makensy. They took hold of the game and didn’t let go all the way until the end.

Makensy’s major competition wins helped ensure they stayed in power and were able to make the moves that got them thus far. Makensy also helped execute and influence some of the biggest evictions of the season, including T’Kor and Quunn’s evictions.

Competition wins aren’t everything but they can be a valuable tool if they help players bend the game in a way that keeps them on top. Without Makensy’s wins, who knows if Chelsie, Cam, and Makensy would have even had a chance to win Big Brother 26.

Chelsie

Chelsie’s only real threat to not making it to the end is if the other final four players ban together and plot to evict her. They would first have to hope that she doesn’t win the next Head of Household (which she likely will). Chelsie needs to win the next Head of Household or Veto to ensure no one has the chance to ponder getting her out at the final four. If she wins the final four Head of Household or Veto, it doesn’t really matter who leaves for her game. 

Any of them leaving benefits her. Rubina or Kimo leaving means no one is tempted to take Rubina or Kimo to the end. Makensy leaving means her chances of winning increases. Cam leaving means that Makensy and Rubina or Kimo may take her over each other to the end. In this scenario, Rubina and Kimo may fear Makensy’s competition win potential and take her out over Chelsie. Makensy wants to go to the end with the best, so she would pick Chelsie.

To ensure she makes it to the end, Chelsie needs to win the final Head of Household. Who sits next to her in the end may not matter. However, Makensy is the only one of the remaining players who may have a chance to beat Chelsie. It would benefit her more to cut Makensy, or not have her in the final three. 

Her Final Speech: Chelsie should talk about her one week of danger. She should mention how she won a crucial competition (the AI Arena) to save her game life. Chelsie then needed to readjust her game and claw her way back to the top. She replaced Brooklyn with Makensy and again took charge of Big Brother 26. Then she took out the biggest threat to her game: Tucker.

Makensy had a lot of competition wins, but Chelsie did too. The comp wins helped Chelsie have a major agency in the game. Additionally, Makensy’s Head of Household wins were still basically Chelsie’s win because she influenced Makensy’s decision so much. Makensy getting rid of Leah and Angela helped Chelsie way more than it helped Makensy. 

Chelsie didn’t just have wins but she had power most of this season of Big Brother. It wasn’t just about the competition wins but using her words to manipulate people into doing her bidding. Since Week 1, Chelsie was put in a bad position by losing a night one competition. She started from the bottom and didn’t let herself stay there.  

As the game continued, Chelsie grew stronger and became one of the most influential players of Big Brother 26. 

She gained power, lost it briefly, but then grabbed it back and didn’t let go. Chelsie has had one of the most dominant games in Big Brother history because she combines competition wins and influence.

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Rubina and Tucker are the “it” showmance of Big Brother 26. They are deeply into each other in the house. While it’s been endearing to watch them fall for each other, it has complicated their games. Rubina in particular has been in a constant cycle of worry about whether she can trust Tucker. Most importantly, she’s worried that he’s lying to her about game loyalty and his genuine feelings for her. 

Kimo, T’Kor, and Tucker have tried to reassure her that Tucker is not faking his feelings. To most outside observers, it’s obvious he is genuinely sprung. However, a game like Big Brother is complex enough that it’s reasonable to worry someone isn’t being genuine. Additionally, Tucker, by nature, is a showman and they’re on a TV show. Romance is also a popular genre, not just on Big Brother, but in the entertainment landscape. Americans love romantic love and showmances are way more popular than most fans care to admit.

Rubina also clearly has some insecurities that are creeping up in this environment. Therefore, that magnified by just general stress and anxiety has led to her repeatedly obsessing over whether Tucker is playing her. Now, as a feed watcher, it’s quite annoying to listen to daily, especially because Rubina doesn’t seem to be making much real effort to just discuss this with him.

They will never be able to resolve this with a lack of communication. This may lead to major trouble tomorrow if Rubina (with the influence of others) thinks Tucker is playing her. Anything can happen in Big Brother, so it’s not unimaginable that she could vote him out if he loses the AI Arena.

However, I don’t believe she will but I would also not be shocked. Though Rubina has been driving many feed watchers (myself included), and probably Kimo and T’Kor deep down, a little mad, she may not be completely wrong to feel some distrust with Tucker, at least in the game.

We know that Joseph and Tucker have a final two. Rubina has sensed it before, but claims to not believe it anymore. However, I think she still senses this truth. Tucker denied this final two deal. Additionally, he has actively told Joseph that Rubina is worried about it. 

Plus, Tucker purposely omitted some details and deals he made. However, he’s been preaching honesty. Let us also not forget the infamous Deepfake where he exposed their showmance and said she should have left so he would fall apart. 

None of this helped her, and it really hasn’t hurt her yet either. However, Angela basically betrayed Tucker because of his relationship with Rubina. Their showmance is obvious, and Rubina has talked about it publicly as well, but it still had some mystery. People could still wonder: how deep are they in this showmance? Has it been just hand holding or is it now an unbreakable bond? Tucker has been actively removing that doubt, though not completely intentionally.  Tucker is still playing a game as much as he flips back and forth from checking in and out of it, as he should, but this just means Rubina’s game hesitation is warranted. 

Now multiple people know how serious it is, and people have already tried to take her out solely (to her knowledge) because of her relationship with Tucker. There is nothing to stop them from doing that again, especially if they can’t take him out. Rubina has a right to worry about this, but she also fails to see that her relationship with Kimo and T’Kor is also putting a target on her back. She’s in a showmance and part of a platonic throuple. 

She has lots of connections that could make people want to evict her, to weaken those ties. Tucker is also becoming increasingly emotionally involved with her, so taking her out, could actually make him lose a little fire for this game. Therefore, taking her out just to hurt Kimo, T’Kor, or Tucker’s games is not a bad move, so her target would still exist whether they’re kissing in public or not. But, it could also make people turn against them quicker if the bond seems unbreakable.

Rubina is not communicating any of her doubts to Tucker and that’s the real issue. She could easily push back on him being too overly affectionate and explain how it makes her a target even more. That’s what I think is making more fans annoyed with this cycle. 

In conclusion, Rubina isn’t completely wrong to distrust Tucker in the game and worry that he’s just with her for the storyline. However, she is making things worse by not having a conversation where they directly discuss everything. If they don’t, it could lead to game repercussions like her evicting him sooner than what’s best for her game.

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Big Brother 26 Week Four AI Arena Battle

The AI Arena Battle tonight is called the Upload/Download. They will roll balls up a ramp. The first houseguest to successfully roll five balls up the ramp will win safety and be taken off the block in week four of Big Brother 26.

Makensy won the competition and safety for the week. This was a very close competition. Makensy beat Rubina to the final buzzer and won by just a few seconds.

Cedric and Rubina are now the final two houseguests to be evicted this week. Cedric is a member of the large house alliance called the Collective. T’Kor and Kimo have been talking this week about flipping the vote and targeting one of their own with Cedric. Will they shake things up with the live vote tonight?

Big Brother 26 Week Four Live Vote and Eviction

The time has come for the live vote and eviction. The votes this week were as follows:

Tucker voted to evict Cedric
Makensy voted to evict Cedric
Leah voted to evict Cedric
Kimo voted to evict Cedric
Chelsie voted to evict Rubina
T’Kor voted to evict Cedric
Brooklyn voted to evict Rubina
Cam voted to evict Rubina
Joseph voted to evict Cedric

By a final vote of 6 to 3, Cedric was evicted from the Big Brother 26 house. During his exit interview with host Julie Chen Moonves, Cedric said he knew T’Kor and Kimo were responsible for his eviction tonight. T’Kor and Kimo have a close relationship with Rubina, which spells trouble for Cedric. Julie asked why he volunteered to go on the block this week as a pawn when he knew what a risk this could be for his game. He said he thought he had the support but did not.

Big Brother 26 has announced a new America’s Vote called the AI Instigator. Votes will be made online to select which houseguest will win this new crown. Using their hologram, the AI Instigator will create chaos and spread misinformation in the Big Brother 26 house. America will also decide how much money the AI Investigator will be rewarded.

This week’s Head of Household competition was announced as the infamous wall competition, an endurance competition. Watch the live feeds to catch all the action.

Join us again on Sunday, August 18th at 9 PM EST for the HOH competition and the block nominations for week five on Big Brother 26.

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Quinn named Tucker, Cedric, and Makensy to the block for eviction this week. His target is Tucker. Cedric volunteered to go on the block to try and help keep Tucker up there to be voted out this week. Quinn’s power is unique. He also gets to name a replacement nomination if one of his original nominees wins the Power of Veto. Will Quinn get his wish and keep Tucker on the block for possible eviction tomorrow night?

Big Brother 26 Week Four Block Nomination Ceremony Fallout

After Quinn used his power and “stole” the block nominations from HOH Angela, the Big Brother 26 house was a bit on edge. Angela is somewhat relieved that she does not have to get blood on her hands this week, as this will fall entirely on Quinn. She is merely a figurehead as HOH right now.

Even though Quinn gets to name the replacement nominee this week, he will not automatically play in the Power of Veto competition like Angela. He will have to be selected to play in the POV. He hopes to play in the POV to help keep his target on the block.

Big Brother 26 Week Four Power of Veto Competition

Angela, Tucker, Makensy, and Cedric are automatically selected to participate in this week’s Power of Veto competition. In addition, Joseph and Brooklyn were chosen to play in the POV. Let the games begin.

This week, the golden Power of Veto competition is Binary Bridge. This competition pits two houseguests against one another during each round. The loser in each round is eliminated from the competition.

The final round is between Tucker and Cedric. Ultimately, Tucker won the Power of Veto competition and saved his game again in Big Brother 26 this season.

Big Brother 26 Week Four Power of Veto Ceremony

At the Power of Veto ceremony, Tucker used the POV on himself this week. He likes keeping the Big Brother 26 house guessing what he will do next. Recall that last week, he used the POV to save Angela instead of himself from the block.

Now that Tucker has used the POV on himself, Quinn had to select a replacement nominee because he holds the Deepfake HOH power. Quinn chose Rubina as the replacement nominee. Therefore, either Makensy, Cedric, or Rubina will go home from the Big Brother 26 house tomorrow night.

Join us again tomorrow night at 8 PM EST for the live vote and eviction.

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Three new block nominations will be put on the block for eviction tonight after the new HOH is crowned. Let’s see who won the HOH competition and who gets placed on the block for eviction this week.

Big Brother 26 Week Three Eviction Aftermath

Cedric revealed that Tucker Des Lauriers  was his target last week during his HOH reign. When Tucker won the AI Arena Battle, only Kenney and Quinn Martin were left on the block. America’s Veto power was used by Makensy Manbeck, and they voted to put Quinn on the block. The Big Brother 26 house decided to send Kenney home over Quinn.

Quinn still has the secret power called the Deepfake HOH. This is the last week Quinn has to use this power.

Big Brother 26 Week Four Head of Household Competition

The houseguests will compete two-at-a-time looking for an AI anomaly in pictures from former houseguests. When they have figured out which picture is incorrect, they must push their appropriate button. The first houseguest to buzz in with the correct answer will stay in the game and pick the next to houseguests to compete. The last player standing wins the next HOH competition.

After all is said and done, Angela Murray won her second HOH competition in just four weeks. Angela spoke to Brooklyn Rivera and admitted she was trying to make sure she didn’t win the HOH competition. Brooklyn is now out for revenge.

Quinn admited that his power will allow him to select the block nominations for the week.

Angela and Tucker decided to work together this week. Tucker suggested that Angela place Quinn on the block to flush out his power so that they don’t have to worry about anymore secret powers in the Big Brother 26 house.

Tucker and Rubina seem to have the beginnings of a showmance.

If Quinn uses his Deepfake secret power, he will name the three block nominees and also any replacement nominees taken off the block with the golden POV. He has an amazing power this week if used.

Big Brother 26 Week Four Block Nominations

The Deepfake power is in play. Angela has an AI body double that is making the block nominees, but they are really those that Quinn picked with his power. Those houseguests chosen were Tucker, Mackensy, and Cedric. Quinn wants Tucker out of the Big Brother 26 house, but Angela wants to backdoor Quinn and save Tucker.

Join us again next Tuesday for a special episode of Big Brother 26.

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Surprisingly, Big Brother 26 HOH Cedric placed Makensy on the block as the replacement nominee this week. Just as the meeting was to be adjourned, Makensy used America’s Veto to save her game. Her special power grants America with a vote to name the replacement nominee. The catch is that it won’t be announced until tonight before the live eviction ceremony.

Big Brother 26 Week Three Power of Veto Ceremony Fallout

Cedric and Tucker debated the power of veto. Tucker was very upset with Cedric because Quinn was the target this week. The Pentagon alliance considered evicting Tucker rather than Makensy and/or America’s Vote.

Cedric called a Big Brother 26 house meeting. Many of the houseguests were exposed for knowing about Quinn’s special power, so he decided to come clean with the house. He also told everyone that he had no idea today that Tucker’s game was completely exposed to the Big Brother 26 house for next week.

Big Brother 26 America’s Veto Vote

Everyone in the Big Brother 26 house is curious to know who America will vote to put on the ballot as the third nominee this week. All of the houseguests are also focused on preparing for the Big Brother 26 AI Arena. This competition before the live vote will exempt one houseguest from the live vote and eviction tonight.

Cedric and Tucker had a huge argument about what has happened in the Big Brother 26 house this week. Tucker seems to regret not using the POV on himself. This week, he can be evicted from the house because he didn’t save his game with the POV.

Big Brother 26 America’s Vote & AI Arena Competition

Host Julie Quinn Moonves announced the houseguest who will replace Angela on the block. America voted and selected Quinn as the third houseguest on the block to compete in the Big Brother AI Arena.

Tucker, Kenney, and America’s Vote Quinn will compete against one another in the AI Arena. The winner will be safe from eviction this week. The competition is called Data Dump, and here is how it works. There are corrupted data balls that must be collected in the air chamber. The first to collect 20 balls wins the competition.

Tucker was the first houseguest to collect 20 red balls and will be removed from the block for eviction this week. Either Kenney or Quinn will be evicted from the Big Brother 26 house this week.

Big Brother 26 Week Three Live Eviction Vote

During the live eviction vote, the houseguests voted as follows:

Tucker voted to evict Quinn
T’Kor voted to evict Kenney
Angela voted to evict Kenney
Chelsie voted to evict Kenney
Makensy voted to evict Kenney
Brooklyn voted to evict Kenney
Rubina voted to evict Kenney
Cam voted to evict Kenney
Kimo voted to evict Kenney
Joseph voted to evict Kenney
Leah voted to evict Kenney

By a vote of 10-1, Kenney was evicted from the Big Brother 26 house. During his exit interview with Julie, Kenny said he missed his kids and wanted to return to them. He had been trying to audition for Big Brother for many years previously and was not accepted. If his kids had been younger, it would have been a different story, in his opinion. He said that he had a great time in the Big Brother 26 house and wished all of the houseguests well.

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It has been quite a messy Big Brother 26, and we love it for that reason. This week, Cedric became the Head of Household. He wanted an easy and boring week with volunteer pawns. However, it’s been quite an exciting week because of tornado Tucker. He has decided that the game has gotten stale and needs some spice.

On Saturday, after winning the Power of Veto, he presented an idea to Cedric, Kenney, and Cam. They should target Quinn. He knew, from Kimo, that Quinn has the second power. He revealed Quinn’s power to them and said Angela and Kimo knew about it. He thought taking out Quinn, while he had an unused power, would be a smart game move,  especially because Quinn is such a threat to win the game.

They then formed an alliance called the Ball Players. However, it was clear that Cedric wasn’t comfortable with this plan.  After they left, he even told the camera that he still wasn’t sure what to do. After more conversations on Sunday, Cedric decided to nominate Makensy as a pawn.

On Sunday night, he even held a meeting outside with a bunch of houseguests to ensure that Makensy felt safe on the block.  They agreed not to vote her out. He then talked it out with Cam and set his plan to nominate Makensy and not Quinn.

Brooklyn also convinced Makensy that she didn’t need to use her America’s Veto power this week. And it seemed like Makensy believed her. She talked about not using it yet.

 This morning, Cedric informed Tucker that he didn’t plan to nominate Quinn. However, Tucker said he was still going to do the initial plan of using the Veto to save Angela, and then he would compete against Kenney and the replacement nominee.

Cedric then pulled Brooklyn, Quinn, Chelsie, and Cam in a meeting where he told them what’s been going on with Tucker wanting Quinn out. He also mentioned Kenney wanting Brooklyn out next and trying to form an alliance with him, Cam, and Tucker.

However, Cedric doesn’t reveal that Tucker knows about Quinn’s power. By the time the feeds went down, the plan was still to nominate Makensy. If she stayed on the block, then Kenney was the main target, but  Cedric, Cam, Brooklyn, and Chelsie agreed that Tucker was the secondary one if Kenney won AI Arena.

Rubina had a talk with Tucker where he said he still wasn’t sure if he would use the Veto to save himself or someone else, but he told Cam he still planned to save  Angela. There was a lot of uncertainty surrounding this week’s Power of Veto Ceremony.

So what happened during the Veto Ceremony? Read below.

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Tucker uses the Veto to save Angela. Cedric nominates Makensy as her replacement.

Makensy  used her power. This means Tucker and Kenney face off in Thursday’s AI Arena competition.  America picks the third nominee on Thursday. 

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Big Brother 26 Week Three Live Eviction Aftermath

Kenney Kelley admitted to Angela that he was the sole vote to evict her from the game. When he told Angela this information, she did not seem to care too much about the confession.

The secret powers are still in the Big Brother 26 game. Neither of them have been used to this point.

Big Brother 26 Week Three Head of Household Competition

AI Ainsley has created a new board game and has decided to make the houseguests life-size game pieces. Ainsley Land is the name of the game. The goal is to collect the most points in your 45 second run through the game board. Here are the results:

T’Kor scroed 9 points
Quinn scored 18 points
Kimo scored 13 points
Cam scored 0 points
Brooklyn scored 0 points
Rubina scored 1 point
Joseph scored 12 points
Angela scored 9 points
Makensy scored 0 points
Cedric scored 27 points
Kenney scored 21 points
Tucker scored 1 point
Leah scored 1 point

Cedric won the HOH competition and is in control of the Big Brother 26 house this week.

Big Brother 26 Week Three Block Nomination Game Plan

Cedric spoke with Kenney, and they both revealed their real occupations to one another. Kenney is a DEA agent, and Cedric was an intelligence agent in the Marine Corp. Cedric told Kenney that Angela was going on the block this week. He also told Kenney that he wanted to put him on the block. Kenney knows his game is very weak rigth now and doesn’t have much of a choice. Cedric doesn’t know who the third houseguest will be yet that he will put on the block for possible eviction this week.

While speaking with Cedric, Makensy revealed she has the America’s Veto secret power. She told him because if he out her on the block, he knows she can just take herself off the block.

During a conversation with Chelsie, she told Cedric that Leah and Makensy has been talking about targeting him at some point. That made Cedric uneasy. Now, he is considering Leah and Rubina as the third nomination to the block.

Tucker suggests to Cedric to put Makensy on the block so her power is used and flushed out of the game.

Big Brother 26 Week Three Block Nominations

Cedric nominated Angela, Kenney, and Tucker to the block for eviction this week. Cedric didn’t want any new blood on his hands. That is why he choose Tucker to go on the block with Angela and Kenney.

Join us again on Wednesday, August 7th at 8 PM for the next episode of Big Brother 26.

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Big Brother 26 has been having a major change of pace with women holding the power in three out of four major competitions. Often, men dominate the Big Brother competitions. This season is different. With more equitable competitions, the odds are in anyone’s favor to win this Head of Household Competition.

Because the competitions have been less physical, we were clueless about the possible comp, so there was no way to determine who might have the skill set to excel. Before the Big Brother Live Feeds went down for the Head of Household Competition, everyone wanted to win it. Whether that’s the truth is still unknown.

However, most likely quite a few houseguests planned to win this Head of Household Competition. With two powers floating around, you should never be confident of your place in the game. The houseguests also say they want to take Angela out next, but her unhinged behavior may start to think she’s better to keep around while more strategic or physical players become the real target. 

So who won this Big Brother 26 Head of Household Competition? Read below to find out.

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Cedric is the Head of Household!

This should be an interesting week because he’s well-liked by most of the house, so he has limited nomination options. If I had to guess, he would probably play it safe by nominating Kenney, Angela, Leah , or Makensy.

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Tucker Des Lauries offered to become a pawn this week because he felt so confident that he could beat Lisa and Angela in the Big Brother AI Arena challenge. This competition will be held prior to each live eviction where one houseguest on the block will be able to save their game. Who will be sent home tonight on Big Brother 26?

Big Brother 26 Week Two AI Arena Challenge

This week’s AI Arena Challenge is a puzzle similar to moving gears. Tucker blew this challenge out of the water and left Angela and Lisa standing still. Tucker won the challenge and was removed from the block. Tonight, either Lisa or Angela will be the second houseguest evicted from the Big Brother 26 house.

Now, Lisa and Angela have limited time to plea their case to the houseguests on why they should stay in the Big Brother 26 house.

Big Brother 26 Week Two Live Eviction Vote

The time is here for the live vote and eviction. The votes for eviction this week were as follows:

Tucker votes to evict Lisa
Rubina votes to evict Lisa
Quinn voes to evict Lisa
Kenney votes to evict Angela
Joseph votes to evict Lisa
Makensy votes to evict Lisa
Cedric votes to evict Lisa
Brooklyn votes to evict Lisa
Cam votes to evict Lisa
Leah votes to evict Lisa
Kimo votes to evict Lisa
T’Kor votes to evict Lisa

By a vote of 11 to 1, Lisa is evicted from the Big Brother 26 house. She was the second houseguest evicted this season.

During her eviction interview with host Julie Chen Moonves, Lisa said the houseguests are really good at playing this game. She felt like no one had her back or was speaking the truth to her. Lisa revealed that Angela was supposedly the target this week, and she has been bullying her in the Big Brother 26 house this week. Lisa was shocked that Angela reamined in the house and she was evicted.

Join us again on Sunday, August 4th at 9 PM EST for the next episode and Head of Household competition.

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