Big Brother 26-Mels Friday Recap 8/30/24

Good morning, I’m getting a late start today but luckily, I don’t think there’s as much to cover on this one. With Tucker’s eviction last night, the game may have just opened up for everyone else. Before we move on to what they can do with him gone, I’ll go over the past couple of days.

Wednesday looked to be a slow day at first. We didn’t know they were going to have the halfway party that day, or at least I didn’t. (Some of you may have heard it mentioned on the feeds) The feeds came back on during Wednesdays episode to everyone cheering Tucker and Rubinas shomance.

Leah had caught them making out and ran to tell everyone. After Leah caught them, they decided to go ahead and announce it to everyone. (By announce, I mean make out in front of everyone)

MJ faked crying from happiness, Cam looked concerned and Joseph seemed devastated.

Leah couldn’t fake it as well as MJ:

Rubina told T’kor and Kimo they’d exchanged “I love yous” and said they knew it could hurt their games. Naturally, Tucker said he didn’t care.

Chelsie stayed busy rounding up the votes to evict Tucker if he stayed on the block. Initially, she told Cam they may have to wait and try to rally the votes at the last minute. She knew talking about it prior to the AI comp could be dangerous for them. (I never thought this was a good plan)

Cam after winning the veto:

I guess she realized it couldn’t wait and she asked Leah. Leah told Chelsie that Tucker was upset she didn’t go otb over Angela and said she’d vote Tucker out. Next, she went to MJ and she said she’d do it too. Chelsie told her she HAD to win AI Arena.

She only needed one more vote and risked asking Quinn. She wants to work with him but doesn’t fully trust him. After all, she knows he outed their pentagon alliance to Timo and that’s what blew up her game.

Quinn had been saying he wanted Angela to go and he meant it. He only meant it because he didn’t think the votes were there to take Tucker out. Once he heard otherwise, he was in too.

Timo came up in the convo since Chelsie was worried about how they’d take it. Quinn and Chelsea both agreed it was no different than what happened with Cedric. Quinn said they could tell them it was a last minute decision, since that’s what Timo had told them. (Haha)

Later, Quinn camera talked and was excited about the plan. He was his usual overhyped self and said he was “flipping this house!” He needed to slow his roll just a bit. He didn’t flip anything because this move was all Chelsie. I get it, there’s been this Tucker vs Quinn thing going on for a while but still, Chelsie made this happen.

Quinn spoke to Timo and typical Quinn, he didn’t have any patience. (That’s an example of why Chelsie is a better player than Quinn) He didn’t out the plan to them but he did want to get a little dig in during the conversation. T’kor was saying she didn’t see a vote flipping on Tucker and said it was because it would have to be last minute and there wouldn’t be any time to do it.

Quinn asked “was it hard for you, was it hard for you guys to do the flip on Cedric at the last minute?” (Quinn’s not stupid. The final decision may have been last minute but he knows it was discussed all week and without him)

T’kor tried to warn Quinn about Leah again. She’s hinted at it a couple of times but she nor Kimo have ever directly told him the things Leah’s said. She didn’t do it this time either. She did at least finally come out and tell him Leah’s been throwing him under the bus. She said Leah says things to people that puts a target on his back.

T’kor knew Quinn wanted Angela out but T’kor said she isn’t a big problem for him. She said people don’t believe anything Angela says, but with Leah, they might. Quinn was pushing for Angela to leave over MJ if Tucker won the AI comp. (He’s felt ignored by them for a while over Angela) Every time he’s tried to make Angela the target, his alliance tells him ‘not now, don’t worry about it.’

Tucker, who was still pissed at Quinn, wanted to leave him out of the vote to keep Angela over MJ. Timo wasn’t comfortable with it but he kept pushing. Forget the showmance and the fact that he was a comp threat. Leah and Quinn were 2 votes that he may have needed to stay. He didn’t keep it a secret that he wanted Leah on the block and he was actively trying to screw Quinn over this week.

I still think it’s hilarious that Tucker thought Quinn was in a Ballers alliance with Chelsie and Cam. (It’s what got him mad at Quinn all over again) This all came from MJ’s speculation after she heard the name. I genuinely think Tucker forgot the Ballers alliance was the one he formed with Kenny, Cedric, and Cam. This was during Cedric’s HOH when Tucker used the veto on Angela, trying to get Quinn put on the block.

It sounds like there were also some words exchanged between them yesterday. Quinn planned to wear one of Rubina’s skirts on the live show. It had been discussed days ago. I guess when Tucker heard about it, it annoyed him. (Quinn mentioned it last night to Rubina)

Fast forward to the live show last night and MJ won the AI Arena comp. The entire house minus Tucker and Angela went into a bedroom to talk. I initially thought everyone was told the plan to take out Tucker. It’s because Joseph was tearing up during Tucker and Angela’s final speeches.

Apparently, that’s not what happened and Joseph was just emotional. (Maybe we’ll see a clip of it on Sundays episode) Tucker was evicted with 5 votes against him. He told Julie he messed up with the comp instructions but was a good sport about it.

He also walked away with 20k for being the AI Instigator. I enjoyed Tucker on the show. He may have played badly, but he also played hard.

We saw a bit of feeds before they played the HOH comp last night. Rubina and Kimo were sad over Tucker leaving. Joseph probably was too but he went into damage control mode immediately. (He wouldn’t have needed to if he hadn’t stood at the door crying as Tucker was leaving)

Leah consoling Rubina:

MJ was over explaining to T’kor why she voted him out. She said America probably hated her for winning the AI Arena and causing Tucker’s eviction. (This will be another week of MJ telling everyone she’s a comp threat and then wondering why she’s seen as a threat)

MJ asked T’kor what she would’ve done if it was a tie. T’kor said she would’ve probably voted out Tucker. (I don’t think so) She wanted Tucker out but she didn’t want to be the one to do it. She also made it clear to Kimo and Rubina that if Tucker stayed up there, they would save him. I think if she was gonna take out Tucker, she would’ve prepared them for it.

MotherTucker’s last hug:

It worked out perfectly for her because Tucker’s gone and it didn’t have to be her fault. I think she hoped this would happen from the moment she put him on the block. She even told Kimo Thursday morning “Tucker still hasn’t earned my trust.” (It’s fine if she wanted him out but this was ridiculous in my opinion)

When the feeds came back after the hoh comp, Quinn was the winner. It was the egg comp) Quinn held some one on ones before getting his hoh room. (This has become the norm this season)

Naturally, the one with Leah lasted as long as all the rest put together. Shocker, Quinn doesn’t “give her the ick” when he’s the hoh. Quinn at least, asked her to stop throwing his name around. (T’kor got thru to him a little, I guess) Leah denied ever throwing his name out and Quinn probably believed her. (Lol)

Joseph apologized to Quinn for his F2 with Tucker. Quinn said he didn’t care and joked about how many of them he’s had this season. Whether real or fake, they’re talking to each other like it’s the two of them till the end.

Quinn wants to form another allliance with Joseph, Leah, Chelsie, Cam, T’kor and MJ. Joseph was on board but was a bit hesitant about MJ because she can win comps. Quinn said he wasn’t worried and said she wouldn’t beat him in them. Quinn pointed out that he’d beaten Cam in every comp he’d played against him. (Do we have a new Tucker in the overconfidence department?)

T’kor and Kimo arn’t feeling great about how things are going. They’re concerned about the vote flip and being left out of it. They’re mostly concerned about where they stand with Quinn. They don’t want Quinn to feel like they ever chose Tucker over him. (They did)

They didn’t in the long term but because they procrastinate with talking to people so much, Quinn doesn’t know it. Quinn really was in their end game plans but they haven’t shown it to him.

Quinn plans to put Angela, Kimo and Rubina on the block and Rubina is his target. This makes absolutely no sense to me. In spite of Tucker and Quinn’s rivalry, Rubina likes and trusts Quinn and still wants to work with him.

This could be a waste of an hoh. He’s also going to piss off Timo but maybe he doesn’t care. They did flip the vote and take out Cedric when he was technically the HOH. Kimo also told Tucker about Quinns power and I don’t think Quinn’s forgotten it.

Maybe it will be an interesting week. We’ll see if and how quickly Rubina bounces back after Tucker’s exit. (It could be a rough week for her, but not because of Tucker. This will be the 2nd time Quinn’s put Rubina on the block) We’ll find out if Leah continues to trash talks Quinn, even though he’s the HOH.

Some random tidbits:

Cam and Joseph shares Quinns Twisted Teas:

Last hug between Tucker, Rubina and Timo:

Girls night cheers:

Joseph and Quinn both told each other they have crushes on Leah.

Cam, Leah and MJ sandwich:

I didn’t recap this but it was a funny Tweet. It had to do with Joseph telling Cam about how he occupied his time in confinement. I’ll just leave it at that:

I’m curious to see if T’kor can hide her irritation over Kimo and Rubina going up as noms. They’ll happen later today and have a great weekend!