Big Brother 4

**Big Brother 4** is the upcoming 4th season of the broadcasted edition of *Sims Big Brother (The Sims™ 4)* and the 5th season overall.

## Background

During the Final Five eviction episode of *Big Brother: Over The Top 1*, an advertisement for casting new players for the next season of the regular *Sims Big Brother* series was aired, leading many to assume Big Brother was getting a 4th season. Although the SRBC casting page immediately stated that it was accepting applications for season 4, an official renewal announcement from SRBC wasn't made until January 5, 2022, the day of Over The Top's first season finale, confirming that season 4 was due to air in the spring of 2022.

### Development

During a *Clubhouse* event with *Love Island* host Arielle Vandenberg, and narrator Matthew Hoffman, Julie revealed that the season would have a live premiere and move-in just like *Big Brother: Over The Top 1*, and it would take place on April 6, 2022, with the season two premiere of *Sims Next Top Model* airing right after. She also revealed that the theme for the season would be "BB Boot Camp", stating that the future houseguests would be trained with the best-of-the-best, and that the season would once again feature 16 houseguests.

### Casting

SRBC announced a new diversity pledge on November 9, 2020, which would require that Big Brother and the rest of their reality programming to have at least 50% of its cast be black, indigenous or people of color, starting with *Big Brother 4*.

On January 16, 2022, Jesse Tannenbaum, head casting director for *Big Brother: Over The Top 1*, returned to provide casting services for the second consecutive season after Robyn Kass would no longer take charges for future seasons of *Sims Big Brother*. Open casting for the season was still held, which opened on December 23, 2021 and closed on March 18, 2022.

## Twists

* **Teams:** Similar to *Big Brother: Over The Top 1*, houseguests will enter in groups of four and compete for power during the live move-in. The winners of each group will battle each other to become Team Captains and will be shown a 90-second intro package of the remaining houseguests and choose their three teammates, creating two teams of eight, each with four men and four women. Every week, whoever wins HOH will also earn safety for their entire team. The teams will last for the first four weeks of the game.
	+ **Captains:** Kick-Off Competition winners Nadia Amaechi and Trevor Dietrich will be filling the capacity as "Team Captains." The captains will live in the Big Brother House, but are not able to win HOH, POV, be nominated, or vote to evict. If one of the teams survived with the most players, the captain will be awarded with $20,000 prize. Also, captains will participate in a new competition that replaces Have/Have-Not Competition for the season. The winning captain (of the immune team) is granted the power to select one of the opposing team's players to be secluded for a predetermined period of time, while the winning captain (of the non-immune team) will be given the option of making a player from their team immune.
* **Hit The Road Competition:** During the premiere, Julie revealed that the losing team of the Team Immunity competition would be in danger, meaning that a member of the Air Force One team would be evicted. The four winners of the first competition would be safe, leaving four to compete in the next one. The two winners of the second competition was also safe, with the remaining two automatically being nominated for eviction, where the regular voting scenario will take place.
* **Seclusion Camp:** Team Captain must banish a player from the rival team to a Seclusion Camp. This camp, entirely separate from the Big Brother House, will force the banished player to fend for him/herself until the upcoming Team Immunity/Head of Household Competition (unless stated otherwise).
* **Battle Back Bunker:** After the second Live Eviction, the evicted houseguest, along with the returning discharged houseguest from the Hit The Road competition, were given the choice to permanently leave the game or go into the unknown for a chance to come back. The evictees will be secluded to the Camp Comeback Cabin and see the happenings inside the house. The twist will end after the fourth eviction. The first four evictees would battle in a Battle Back Competition, where the winner returns to the main game, while the other three go home for good.
	+ **Battle Back Trials:** The evictees in the Battle Back Bunker would have to complete a trial to secure their position in the game for another week. If someone fails a trial in the Bunker, they would be immediately evicted.
	+ **No Have-Nots:** Due to the Battle Back Bunker twist causing the evicted houseguests to sleep in a room with Have-Not style living conditions, there were no formal Have-Nots for the first four weeks, meaning they were still allowed to eat real food and take warm showers. Once the Battle Back twist ended in Week 5, Have-Nots came into play and the Battle Back Bunker became the Have-Not Room for the rest of the season.
* **BB Boot Camp:** Starting from Week 6, a selected HouseGuest will be sent to the Veteran Camp where they were taught survival skills and winning strategies by winners Vivian Pinhosa and Ben Schiffer. The player was given an opportunity to be tested on what they learned from the mentors for a chance to win an advantage in the game. Losing the mentors' challenge also meant losing their vote in the next Live Eviction.
* **Time Bomb:** On Week 10, the HouseGuests were alerted to the existence of a secret room within the house. To find it, HouseGuests deciphered a series of clues hidden on decorations throughout the house to uncover a five-digit code, and then dialed the code into a hidden keypad in the house to reveal a tunnel to the room; only one HouseGuest was allowed to enter the room at a time. Inside the room was a time bomb, and should the time bomb be activated by three HouseGuests, it would stop the live eviction on air and rewind the entire week's competitions.

## HouseGuests

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

#### Round 1 (Hit the Road)

 **HTR Part 1**

 **HTR Part 1**

 **HTR Part 1**

 **HTR Part 1**

 **HTR Part 2**

 **HTR Part 2**

 **NomineeSaved Via Lottery~~3 Votes~~**

 **Evicted Via Lottery~~3 Votes~~**

Similar to the first season of *Over The Top*, sixteen new HouseGuests entered the house in four groups as the "Kick-Off" competition will be played in three rounds. During the First Round, upon entering the house, the move-in groups of four would instantly compete in a competition. In the competition, an item would be shown on a screen in the backyard and HouseGuests would have to find the item in the house. They would then roll a ball through a maze, with the goal of landing the ball in the hole corresponding to the room the item was in. The first HouseGuest in each heat to complete the puzzle would compete in the second round. Given the live nature of the competition, this competition also had a 4-minute time limit. Should a heat exceed four minutes, then only those who completed the table maze would move to the second round. In the move-in group of Alison, Leona, Melody and Penelope, only Alison advanced. Nalu also advanced from the group of him, Anthony, Damien and Vaughn. Soon after, Nadia advanced from her group of her, Ava, Elizabeth and Stacey. From the group of Ethan, Lorenzo, Remy and Trevor, only Trevor advanced. For the next round, the four HouseGuests who won the Round One competed against one another in a Tournament Bracket competition style. The HouseGuests would each have to race across a series of muddy obstacle courses and make it to the other side of the yard, retrieving a brass ring each course. The two HouseGuests who collected the total of three rings would be declared as Team Captains. Nadia and Trevor completed the course fastest and won their respective battles. For the Final Round, the HouseGuests who made it to the final round would battle to compete; HouseGuests had to maneuver color coded balls up a board into the correct pockets using two ropes strapped to a metal bar. They must avoid pitfall holes throughout the board so that their ball does not fall through. The Team Captain who finished filling all of the pockets correctly first would receive two advantages: selecting team players first and swapping one player with another. Nadia beat Trevor and subsequently claimed victory. Later on, the HouseGuests soon lined up to be drafted into two teams (consisting of eight players), each assembled by the Team Captain.

Each round, team selection between two options (of the same gender) will be determined via lottery chip draw. Nadia and Trevor were almost satisfied with their player picks as both Team Captains reached a consensus with the "selection swap" advantage. Following the resurgence of the Teams twist, Anthony formed allegiances; "The Commission" Final Two pact with Trevor, and the "Parental Guardians" consisting with Elizabeth and Ava, due to their similar backgrounds as parents. Meanwhile, Nadia founded an all-girl alliance called the "Black Widows" and recruited Penelope and Stacey, with their ulterior motive of "trapping and annihilating" male players. An unlikely friendship blossomed between Alison and Leona, despite their contrasting lifestyles from a country girl and a valley girl. Penelope took a friendly interest with Damien, which both HouseGuests hailed from Canada, as their social connections with one another grew inseparable. Julie Chen told the teams about a second twist: they (as a team) would compete in three additional competitions. The winning team of each game would be safe and exempt from the next one, and also would advanced in the running to become the first Head of Household (HoH). The losing team remaining would then have to compete against each other as individuals. The two losers of the final part would be nominated for eviction. Both teams would compete in the first Team Immunity competition called *Ride the Tank*. Each team must climb onto their tank and stay on for as long as possible. The team that would outlast the longest would be guaranteeing their safety for the next two evictions. Alpha Squadron received immunity for two evictions, which resulted Air Force One to battle in a two-part competition called Hit The Road (HTR). For the 1:1 Battle Round, each pairing will be determined by each HouseGuest being randomly selected by chip draw and deciding the partner to compete against. Four pairings of eight HouseGuests would separately battle in a reverse Tournament style, which each battle would be based on four components of fitness: Ethan and Damien for endurance, Anthony and Melody for agility, Ava and Penelope for stamina, and Elizabeth and Trevor for power. Ethan, Melody, Ava and Elizabeth were exempted from eviction after claiming victory in their respective battles, leaving the remaining four HouseGuests vulnerable.

Anthony, Damien, Penelope and Trevor competed in the quiz competition. For the Final Round, HouseGuests have to memorize the new line of Big Brother Shopping Network (portrayed by other HouseGuest). Then, a series of true or false questions were asked, and each question answered correctly earned that HouseGuest a point. The first two HouseGuests with the exact points after ten questions wins safety for the week. Penelope and Trevor won after reaching ten points, leaving Anthony and Damien nominated for eviction. Before the Live Eviction, Julie informed the HouseGuests about the third and final twist: the losing team only being eligible to vote every week. But without the Head of Household, if the votes would result in a deadlock tie, the nominees' fates would rest in the hands of a chip draw. Elizabeth and Trevor preferred in keeping Anthony, due to their impressions of him having a great leadership to serve as their motivation for the team, despite not being a Team Captain. As for Melody and Ava, they expressed their interests in keeping Damien, due to him being an asset for the purpose of redeeming victory in the next competition, with Team Immunity at stake. Meanwhile, Penelope and Ethan were on the fence regarding their voting decisions. For Penelope, she had the same intentions (from Elizabeth and Trevor) with Anthony, however she was left in a dilemma due to her close friendship with Damien. With Ethan, he experienced the same predicament as Penelope, but his decision is entirely based on what could benefit his game between the two, especially the outcomes and consequences being in contrast through his assumptions. A few hours later, the remaining Air Force One members casted their votes to evict, which soon resulted in a deadlock tie with three votes each nominee. Just as how Julie Chen stated on the rules, a chip draw occured that would determine their ultimate fate. Damien unfortunately drew the "No Entry" chip, which resulted as being the first HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother house. Feeling distraught and upset, Damien decided to accept the outcome. He was received with an endearing group hug from every HouseGuest. He wished the tearful Penelope the best of luck right as he exited the front door.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **Captain Winner**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **EvictedPOV4 Votes**

Following Damien's eviction, Julie explained the revamped Captains twist; Nadia and Trevor were granted immunity in four consecutive weeks. Due to filling their capacity as Teams Captains, both were ineligible to participate as a regular HouseGuest (compete in the following HoH/PoV competitions and voting to evict). Soon enough, Team Alpha Squadron competed in the *Mudball Mayhem* HoH competition. HouseGuests must cross their beam and collect a "mudball". Once they have collected one they must cross back, place it inside another HouseGuests' tube, and repeat. When a HouseGuest has 10 mudballs inside their tube, they are eliminated from the competition. Vaughn was the winner and became the first HoH of the season. After the competition, Vaughn formed an alliance with Lorenzo and Remy, calling themselves as "The Hustlers". Vaughn and Remy were adamant about annihilating another Air Force One's potential competition threat, which they pointed out Ethan. Soon after, Lorenzo recommended putting up Melody as a pawn, since they perceived her 'likeable' personality as ensuring to secure the votes against the latter. As a result, both of them considered with Lorenzo's suggestion. Vaughn reached out a few specific players from the opposing team (Anthony and Melody), without the alliance's supervision, to alert on their nomination plans. Vaughn successfully earned his trust by promising safety, as a way of expressing his respect on Anthony's ordeal since the first day. As for Melody, she felt panic-stricken after hearing Vaughn about being one of his nominations, but he lulled her into a sense of relief after informing her not being the main target. The next day, Nadia and Trevor competed in the first Captains Competition called *Big Brother Derby*. The Captains will be dressed up as jockeys and they have to run down a slippery track until one grabbed off the other Captain's tail, thus winning that round. Trevor ended up winning the competition. He has the power to choose one of his players to be immune from eviction for the week, or one of the opposing players to be secluded until after the next eviction: Trevor chose Anthony. Hours later, Vaughn followed on the consensus with his alliance as Ethan and Melody were revealed as his nominations.

After the nomination ceremony, Lorenzo decided to strengthen bonds in building strong, heartfelt connections with Leona and Nalu; their triad friendship grew inseparable due to their deep-rooted relations to their life experiences and struggles in growing up as an LGBTQ+ member. Anthony and Trevor insisted on expanding their allegiances by recruiting HouseGuests, whom they trusted the most, into a tolerably-sized alliance. Remy formed a tight bond with Trevor, who expressed the same interests in their lifestyles as he offered a partnership deal, which the latter accepted with excitement. Meanwhile, Anthony wanted to return the favour to Ethan, who opened up about his voting decision after considering the benefits of working alongside him. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Ava, Elizabeth, and Penelope were drawn to join Vaughn, Ethan, and Melody. Before the competition, Vaughn insisted Melody to throw the Veto, vowing her safety and assurance on the votes stacking in her favour. The *Loose Change* PoV Competition took place, wherein HouseGuests would run around and try finding coin props (one dollar coin, quarter and five cent coins). Once they find them, they had to throw the coin props from a distance to a machine. Once they threw a total of $1.30 in coin props, they would win the Power of Veto. Melody ended up winning the Veto. Fearing with the allegations of an all-guy alliance, Melody attempted rallying all the female HouseGuests and leading the charge of an all-girl alliance. However, it failed miserably as almost all the girls shown disinterest with Melody's proposal. Although Elizabeth expressed her "intrigue", but she felt disingenuous in leading to her true intentions. Elizabeth relayed the information to Anthony, who also passed on towards Trevor and Ethan. Feeling awkward about the situation, Melody tried to do damage control by unbelievably confessing her proposal attempt of an all-girl alliance. Unbeknownst to Melody, the situation made herself a clear target from the majority. At the Veto ceremony, Melody sent shockwaves throughout the house as she infamously decided to discard her Power of Veto, with her intention of respecting Vaughn's agreement from earlier.

While Melody worked hard to apologize and campaign, Ethan took a more laid-back approach. Lorenzo and Remy were skeptical of Vaughn's gameplay, right as they discovered from Melody about Vaughn deliberately speaking on their involvement leading to her on the chopping block. Appalled from the shocking revelation, Remy stormed upstairs (alongside Lorenzo) into the HoH room and confronted Vaughn for dropping their plans in the wrong hands. Upon assuming that the Hustlers would eventually crumble, Vaughn spilled details of the alliance to his fellow HouseGuests, telling many of them that Lorenzo and Remy were aligned. As a result, the fallout would be later used as Melody's advantage to sway her fellow HouseGuests' votes (specifically, her teammates). The Parental Guardians (fellow Air Force One players) gathered around to strategize that was based on the events that unfolded. Although Anthony admitted to wanting Ethan safe for next week, who would be pointed out as an asset for next week's Team Immunity competition, Ava partially considered in taking Melody's advice to go after Vaughn, Lorenzo and Remy. However, Elizabeth immediately shot her down and insisted to stick with the original plan for the sakes of their team. On Day 9, Melody became the first HouseGuest to be evicted from the house by a unanimous 4–0 vote, until she found a crossroads with a cryptic message instructing her to make a decision. If she no longer wants to play, she must head out the front door. However, if she wants a chance to get back in the game, she must press the panel button to enter the bunker entrance. Without hesitation, Melody decided to bolt through the secret entryway as the "Battle Back Bunker" twist was unleashed. The twist allowed the evicted HouseGuests to be relocated inside a special room and monitor the happenings inside the house. However, each HouseGuest must complete a trial following the Live Eviction. If they accomplished, they would secure their stay in the bunker. Once five HouseGuests are in the Battle Back Bunker, they would compete against each other for a chance to re-enter the game. Damien then re-entered to join Melody in the bunker. The first trial is based on testing their coordination: Damien and Melody must catch ten (10) cannonballs while they must remain standing on the wooden platforms for an hour. As a result, both successfully passed the trial as they secured their spots in the Battle Back Bunker until the next evictee decided to participate.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **Captain Winner**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted4 Votes**

Following Melody's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the *Hay Fever* Team Immunity/HoH competition. In the first round, HouseGuests (in accordance to their teams) must race across a balance beam and search through hay for puzzle pieces assembling their team logo. The team with the most players completing their puzzle would win immunity while advancing in the next round. For the remainder of the competition, the winning team would compete against each other for this week's Head of Household. Team Air Force One claimed victory and Anthony won HoH after quickly reaching the buzzer without falling off. Anthony and Trevor declared in establishing the "Agents of Chaos" alliance, which consisted alongside Ethan, Remy, Elizabeth, and Leona, who was officially recruited as she was served to be their messenger (who would relay the outsiders' information back to them), due to her close connections with Alison, Lorenzo, and Nalu. Soon after, Anthony and his alliance hatched a primary goal in backdooring Vaughn. They initially struck up a plan to nominate Lorenzo and Stacey, mainly due to the Hustlers' fallout (from the previous week) now being used as a "cover-up". However, Remy objected Anthony's nomination plan as he preferred volunteering to be put up instead; unbeknownst to his alliance that him and Lorenzo still maintained a close bond despite their alliance imploded. Anthony and Elizabeth disapproved, but Remy was able to convince that Vaughn's erratic behavior during his HoH reign would end up on everyone's radar. After the Agents of Chaos reached an agreement with Remy's proposal, Nadia and Trevor forged an alliance called "The Great Hunters". Both soon discussed on the HouseGuest they would save and their contrasting outcomes from winning the Captains Competition. Their options were members of the former Hustlers alliance; Nadia would consider Vaughn as their "meat shield", however Trevor refused as he stated that Vaughn is "untrustworthy" for selling out his alliance, fearing that he might snitch on the rest if he would regain his footing. Remy was excluded, since he was viewed as less threatening of the three. Lorenzo is being considered a potential social threat by Trevor, due to his likeability and outgoing personality being his "key tool" in easily forming relationships with most of the HouseGuests. However, Nadia preferred keeping him for another week as a way of earning trust and not getting the impression of being on his bad side.

Soon after, Nadia and Trevor competed in the next Captains competition, *Phat Stacks*, wherein they must wear MC Hammer pants and make it back and forth across a balance beam while trying to be the first person to stack all their “phat stacks” of money up. In the end, Trevor won his second Captains competition and chose Lorenzo to be sent off to Seclusion Camp; he respected Nadia's wishes keeping Lorenzo for another week, but his seclusion is beneficial in Trevor's favours to prevent him from taking his social game a few steps leading to solidify potential allies. Meanwhile, the latter held no grudges considering the "fresh wound" with last week's alliance fallout. Before the nomination ceremony, Vaughn was self-aware of being in possible danger as he attempted to reverse psychology Anthony of not hesitating to put him on the chopping block. However, Anthony raised his suspicions on Vaughn's bizarre campaign until realising that he would get a chance saving himself with the Veto. Later on, Anthony nominated Remy and Stacey as pawns, but Vaughn made it clear that the HouseGuests want to backdoor him at the end of the week. Stacey, on the other hand, felt unease for being on the block, but Anthony let her know that a "bigger plan" is in the process, indicating of her safety regardless. Albeit given the slight sense of relief, Stacey rather ensured her safety with the Veto since she was aware of "pawns always tend to go home". When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Elizabeth, Nalu, and Vaughn were drawn to join Anthony, Remy, and Stacey. The HouseGuests were distraught witnessing Vaughn being randomly picked, in contrast to the latter in self-satisfaction. Feeling the odds were stacked against her, due to her first impressions based on their physical abilities, Stacey eagerly approached to Nalu as she felt that he was the only person in the lineup to rely on saving her. Stacey was able to convince him in her good graces, with her proposal of keeping each other safe in support of their growing friendship.

That same day, HouseGuests competed in the *Bombs Away!* Power of Veto competition, as they would random selecting the order in which they would challenge one another in the one-off elimination each round. The main objective was to roll the bomb ball down an unstable, curved platform and have it landed on the X-marked spot. The first HouseGuest to land on three bombs would advance to the next round. Vaughn successfully knocked out Anthony, Elizabeth, and Stacey in the first few rounds. However, he was taken out by Nalu after following a tightly contested battle between them. Nalu ended up winning the Veto after beating Remy. Stacey exploded in tears as she celebrated Nalu's victory with him in the storage room. Agents of Chaos expressed their relief, as it felt like a weight has been lifted off their shoulders, while also celebrating for their good work for this week. Elsewhere, Vaughn admitted his defeat and prepared the consequences that was ahead of him. On Day 13, Nalu used the Power of Veto on Stacey, leading Anthony to nominate Vaughn in her place. With the nominations locked in, Remy decided to laid low as he assured of the entire house being dead set on evicting the latter. Meanwhile, Anthony pulled the rest (Alison, Ava, Nalu, and Penelope) aside to ask them for safety in return for him keeping them safe this week; though Alison, Nalu, and Penelope were willing to make a promise, Ava was hesitant to respond. Eventually, Anthony became wary of Ava's position within the game as he insisted Elizabeth to keep a close eye on her. Soon enough, Ava talked to Elizabeth about recalling Melody's offer on getting the guys out of the house, but little does Ava know is that Elizabeth's true loyalty is the Agents of Chaos and then a few days later, Elizabeth ratted Ava out about her plan and it was official that next week, they were going to target Ava if one of them wins Head of Household. On Day 16, Vaughn was evicted by a unanimous vote of 4-0. Upon leaving the Big Brother house, Vaughn arrived at the same detour Melody went to and is visibly conflicted between a trip home or a trip to the Battle Back Bunker. After a few seconds of contemplating, he decided to seize the opportunity to alter his own game if ever winning his second chance. Upon entering, he joined with the previously evicted HouseGuests before preparing for the second Battle Back trial, which their agility would be tested. In this trial, the evictees must quickly pass through a ventilation maze under five minutes, with a map that needed to be assembled. Damien and Vaughn made it out halfway, while Melody barely succeeded in escaping within three seconds left.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Captain Winner**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

Following Vaughn's eviction, the HouseGuests were paired (Ava and Nalu, Anthony and Alison, Elizabeth and Leona, Ethan and Remy, and Penelope and Stacey) to face each other in the *Deviled Eggs* Team Immunity/HoH competition. While Lorenzo volunteered to sit out, Anthony would be ineligible for HoH, but he was able to compete for an attempt to secure Team Air Force One's safety for another week. In this competition, HouseGuests would race to maneuver an egg through chicken wire while passing it back and forth against your opponent. The first player or team to collect 7 eggs was the winner. After a close race, Remy edged out Ava to win Head of Household before Team Alpha Squadron sealed his victory, alongside claiming their Team Immunity once all their eggs were quickly inserted in the slots. Following the competition, the Agents of Chaos reached an agreement in targeting Ava; she was initially viewed as a 'number' until her intentions could turn against them, with her performance on the HoH competition sealed a target on her back. Due to their limited options, Remy chose Ava and Penelope to be shortlisted as his nominations. However, Nadia was opposed with Remy's plan once Trevor relayed the information to her. Soon after, Nadia approached Remy to directly ask about his nominations, although she was already aware on his decisions as she was able to cover Trevor's tracks without any alarming suspicions. In order to prevent her fellow Black Widow being at risk for eviction again, Nadia persuaded Trevor for Remy that putting Penelope on the block would cause placing a sign of her mistrust on him. Also, Trevor suggested a Plan B: Penelope needed to be secluded to prevent her from conceivably being ahead of having Remy on her radar, if he would still consider his first nominations. Nadia approved her fellow Team Captain's bidding with the pressure being lifted off her shoulders, knowing the Black Widows should be able to avoid the block if her plan is successful. With Trevor following up on her proposition, he suggested Elizabeth as Remy's backup option, since their allies (Anthony and Ethan) were the only ones eligible to vote and holding the majority, but Remy vaguely responded was "I'll think about it." Unable to persuade Remy in-person, Nadia and Trevor insisted each other with the backup plan.

The next day, Nadia and Trevor competed in the next Captains competition, *Target The Blind Spot*. As they were equipped with paintball shotguns and night-vision glasses, one player is the "hunter" and the other is the "prey". In two rounds, each captain is given five (5) minutes to hunt down their opponent in the dark and hit a perfect bullseye on his/her target before the timer runs out. In the end, Nadia ended up winning after outnumbering Trevor in a 20-second difference. In accordance to the Great Hunters' plan, Nadia ended up secluding Penelope and, in Trevor's favours, unintentionally gained the Agents of Chaos in control of the eviction vote, despite one of them being on the block. Following the aftermath of this week's Captains competition, the results alarmed Anthony and Elizabeth's distress about the possibility of turning one another, if the scenario of Ava winning the Veto might happen. However, Trevor was able to shot down their worries as he ensured that avoiding to create another 'threat' against them (by nominating Penelope) is (in the mean time) for the better. Later on, Remy nominated Ava and Elizabeth, with his reasoning on assumingly viewing both as a "duo" being compared with Season 2's The Parent Squad. Following the nomination ceremony, Elizabeth never took Remy's bizarre nomination speech to heart as she brutally acknowledged him for game purposes. As for Ava, she (alongside Nadia and Stacey) expressed their frustrations regarding her self-realisation of boys running the house, which the ladies took up on Melody's goal of forming an all-girl alliance. Due to the overwhelming tension of the game, Leona and Stacey decided to wind down in the bathroom applying makeup and painting nails on each other. The first quarter of their activity went smooth and wholesome, until Leona advised Stacey about the importance of choosing makeup colors that matched well on her complexion. Albeit choosing her words carefully, Stacey took it out of context as it fueled into a heated debate/altercation between them, belting out from Leona having no intentions to offend her and Stacey misconstruing her statement to accuse of lacking sensitivity and accountability. The creation of their rivalry, which started off as heavy miscommunication, garnered the majority of the house's attention right before Lorenzo and Nalu broke off the argument.

When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Ethan, Lorenzo, and Stacey were drawn to join Remy, Ava, and Elizabeth. Remy felt satisfied with his trusted allies holding the majority draw. Remy brought Lorenzo into the HoH room to ensure the latter's decision if he ever wins the Veto. Much to his sense of relief, Lorenzo opened up about respecting his HoH wishes as he preferred to discard the Veto. Elsewhere, Ava opened up to Nadia how she is willing to aim for the Veto, which any means of sacrificing Elizabeth after noticing how she grew distant over the past few days. Nadia expressed her support for Ava's words of self-encouragement, although she felt upset of feeling helpless due to her current status as a Team Captain. Zingbot went into the house to start the special Zingbot Power of Veto competition called *Zing Force*. In this competition, HouseGuests had three minutes to individually hide their locked veto card in the House. Then, one at a time, HouseGuests entered the House and had one minute to attempt to find a veto card. If a HouseGuest's veto card is found, they will be eliminated, though the owner of the veto cards will not be revealed until the end of the competition. The HouseGuest who hides their veto card the best will win the Power of Veto. It came down to Ava and Ethan as he was able to knock out Ava, thus winning the Power of Veto. Neither Ava nor Elizabeth campaigned for Ethan to save either of them as both strongly expected of the outcome from each of their own perspective. At the Veto meeting, Ethan decided to keep the alliance's plan smooth sailing as he decided not to use the Power of Veto. Despite Ava feeling deflated in defeat, Nalu expressed sympathy regarding her current standing in the game as he attempted pep talking her with using strengths and assets, including Elizabeth's flaws, to her campaign.

Ava recharged her fighting spirit from Nalu's advice as she reached out Remy and Ethan to persuade anything for their best interest to move forward with her efforts. She also attempted to campaign against Elizabeth by pointing out her patronizing attitude being a "secret weapon" to manipulate people. Ethan and Remy soon kicked in their second thoughts that based on Ava's pleading, both looked back in their game talks with Elizabeth as they realised how she socially behaved. However, Elizabeth noticed their suspicious behavior with her assumptions on them flipping on her. She confronted Ethan and Remy in private and threatened that keeping away information would jeopardize their trust to the Agents of Chaos. While doing so, she also made inroads by pledging loyalty to both of them, who were soon ended up in a dilemma. Before the Live Eviction, Ethan and Remy decided to go back on Ava's words since they were uncertain if she would ever sincerely return the favour. Ava was evicted by a unanimous 2–0 vote, and soon took the offer to go to the Battle Back Bunker. Upon reuniting with the evicted HouseGuests, the third Battle Back trial would soon commence, which was based on reaction time. Inspired of the children's game "Statues", each participating evictee must hold onto two red buttons until they saw an equation that equals to 13. The evictee who either gave the correct equation last or incorrect equation first would be eliminated, thus failing to secure their spot in the Bunker. The objective is to reach the finish line under ten (10) minutes. Ava, Damien, and Vaughn were able to finish upon reaching the five-minute mark, following with Melody who once again barely made it in twenty (20) seconds left on the timer. As a result, all four evictees were able to pass the trial and advanced for the final week.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **Captain Winner**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted4 Votes**

Following Ava's eviction, Elizabeth forewarned Anthony about Ethan and Remy's alleged plan of flipping against her. Despite being indicated as an attempted scheming move behind their backs, Anthony reconsidered of gathering the Agents of Chaos for closure. While Anthony displayed a protective (good cop) approach by convincing Ethan and Remy on their decisions against Elizabeth, who kept condescending both of potentially being "expendable" if they ever meant to abandon their oath of loyalty. Despite Elizabeth, Ethan and Remy viewed each other differently moving forward, Anthony was able to reconcile both parties and maintained the strength of his alliance. In the *Badge Brawl* Team Immunity/HoH competition, along with Penelope's return from Seclusion Camp, HouseGuests were competed in a tournament-style bracket between Team Air Force One and Team Alpha Squadron. In each round, they were given a question about a board of *Big Brother* military badges. They then had to find the correct badge that answered the question. The first HouseGuest to hit the correct button moved on and eliminated their opponent. An incorrect answer resulted in their own elimination. The last HouseGuest standing became the new Head of Household and their respective team would be immune for the week. Ethan became the new Head of Household, with Team Air Force One being declared as safe. Agents of Chaos discussed back-and-forth as they were undecided on a certain target. Elizabeth initially suggested Lorenzo and Nalu, who were viewed as social threats by her. But Remy quickly backed down on the offer, explaining how both of them would be served as "bridges" expanding to gather outsiders' information. Trevor recommended Alison and Stacey; he pointed out Stacey being their pawn and Alison being their potential target, assuming how she was cut from the same cloth as the previous winners. However, Leona openly rebuked with Trevor's idea how nominations should never based on assumptions until it was proven. Elizabeth and Remy quickly reprimanded on Leona's opposing statement, saying that she needed to respect her allies' wishes and follow protocol for the team. Soon after, Leona raised her tone out of sheer frustration, debating how their "safe move" could cause damage. A verbal altercation between them continued; Trevor and Elizabeth calling Leona a 'liability' while the latter berated them back as 'dictators'. While Ethan stayed silent from the argument, Anthony quickly mediated his allies and lectured with a consensus to follow what Trevor suggested. Despite reluctantly agreeing with a head nodding gesture, Leona would still stand by her opinions.

Meanwhile, The Great Hunters privately met up in the upstairs lounge area after everyone went asleep. Trevor relayed on his alliance's current decisions (Alison and Stacey) for tomorrow's nomination ceremony, along with insisting Nadia in saving Remy, as a way of her attempting to earn Remy's trust and returning the favour after Trevor abode with her last week. Nadia felt conflicted hearing every words of information from Trevor; she was willing to save Stacey to fulfill Ava and Melody's wishes of establishing an all-girl alliance, however committing a risky move against her partner's (Trevor) plan would potentially cause a rift between their partnership. In conclusion, Nadia would end up angering one side either way, as if she was holding a double-edged sword. Nadia maintained a calming tone as she replied with an approval, although it was sprinkled with hesitation. The next day, Nadia and Trevor competed in the *Feel The Burn* Captains competition, wherein the Captains were tasked into doing reps on some bizarre workout equipment at every round. The Captain who reached three (3) points first is declared the winner. Nadia solidified her back-to-back competition wins after narrowly beating Trevor again. With guilt weighing on her shoulders, Nadia saved Remy as Stacey was left appalled with full expectations dropping down her stomach. Nadia and Stacey crossed paths in the storage room as Stacey expressed of being duped, ranting of how she would imagine Ava being disappointed of Nadia going back on her promise. While Nadia attempted to speak up her reasoning without exposing her current position, Penelope walked in to notice the tension between her allies which left her concerned. Penelope was able to hear out the full context from Stacey's rant and Nadia's defense, she linked the pieces together to speak up on Nadia's behalf, stating that she wanted to cover the tracks of their social connections as a way to remain undetected. Penelope also cleared off the atmosphere and maintained the bond between her fellow Black Widows. Later on, Ethan sealed off Trevor's advice as he nominated Alison and Stacey for eviction, stating how Alison would be perceived as a potential threat like the past winners while Stacey is a pawn for the second time. Alison was clueless how she was viewed as threatening when she had done no harm towards everybody, especially Ethan when she was being civil in the house, while Stacey felt uneasy being ended up in the same position since Week 2. After the ceremony, Remy pointed out to Anthony at how Leona had grown distant since yesterday's argument. Ethan simply shrugged it off as he stated that Leona was experiencing the heat of the moment and would regain her senses to understand what's best for the team.

Leona rallied Alison, Lorenzo and Nalu together and voiced out her opinions how it was undeserving to quickly typecast Alison as a threat without any proof. Leona promised Alison that she, along with Lorenzo and Nalu, would do whatever it takes to save her. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Elizabeth, Leona, and Nalu were drawn to join Ethan, Alison, and Stacey. Elizabeth and Trevor became wary of Leona's intentions if ever she wins the Veto, in relations of her defense for Alison in the past two days. Meanwhile, Leona internally smirked in satisfaction at the current player lineup, but she considered on securing Alison and herself the Veto to ensure their safety. Despite either Lorenzo and Nalu possibly ending up in Alison's place, they would have the majority vote in keeping each other safe. As for Nalu, he was caught between a rock and a hard place between the two women he is closest to. Both of whom (including Leona) believed Nalu would save them. Later on, HouseGuests would compete in *OTEV the Commander Cattle* Power of Veto competition. In each round of this competition, HouseGuests received a question with a number answer. They must search the field for the boot with the correct number, and return it to OTEV and kneel on a stump. However, there will always be one less stump than HouseGuests. The last HouseGuest to return with the correct number will be eliminated. The last HouseGuest standing will win the Power of Veto. During the competition, Alison and Stacey failed to search the correct boot while falling way behind the other, thus ended up eliminated. Elizabeth and Ethan were narrowly defeated by Leona claiming the last available stump. In the end, Nalu won the Power of Veto after Leona got the wrong answer. Nalu was left in a compromising position of which one of his closest allies will be saved, which caused him to sob tearfully in the Diary Room. Upon noticing Nalu's hesitance while clutching on the Veto necklace, Alison and Stacey separately felt deflated as they grew worrisome that Nalu might be giving false hope in saving either of them. Meanwhile, Agents of Chaos questioned Leona's loyalty since her open defense for Alison and her aggressive performance in beating Elizabeth and Ethan. Soon enough, Elizabeth went straightforward on how she was fed up with Leona's rebelled behavior against them. Elizabeth opened up her desire of putting up Leona as the replacement to give her a wake-up call, adding that abandoning her duty for the alliance is a faulty move on her part. The rest of the alliance soon reached an agreement on Elizabeth's suggestion, but Anthony reminded his allies to follow the plan on evicting Alison since he assured that Nalu might save Stacey. At the Veto meeting, Nalu used the PoV on Stacey and chose Leona to become the replacement nominee.

Soon after, being put up on the chopping block by Ethan served as the final nail in the coffin, causing Leona's growing paranoia to feel like she was at the bottom of their totem pole. Feeling vulnerable, Leona exposed the Agents of Chaos and her involvement to the following people (Alison, Lorenzo, Nadia, Nalu, Penelope, and Stacey). Albeit Leona thinking that might encourage the outsiders to band together and earn trust for exposing her alliance, Stacey internally expressed her animosity towards Leona since the makeup gate as she decided to snitch everything to Ethan and Remy, who were enraged upon discovering Leona's betrayal. Ethan went panic-stricken as he relayed Stacey's information to the rest. Elizabeth partially expected of the outcome from Leona, but she was displeased how their game was blown up too soon. Trevor pulled Leona aside into the HoH room, along with the rest of Agents of Chaos, wherein the hostility ensued the atmosphere with Elizabeth, Remy and Trevor fabricating accusations at Leona for shooting herself in the foot to put the entire alliance in danger, but Leona reprimanded how she was treated as expendable and wanted to stand by her own game logic and decisions. Meanwhile, Anthony and Ethan remained silent during the whole duration of the argument. Leona stormed off as she declared renegading from the Agents of Chaos. Admitting to have lost her footing in the game, Leona vowed to not campaign against Alison. She and Leona were distraught at the thought of being separated from each other. Knowing that their time together was running out, Alison and Leona displayed their tearful emotions while they embraced. Leona gathered the outsiders to pledge her last wishes: considering them to evict her and working together to annihilate her former allies. Before the Live Eviction voting, Leona used her last-minute speech to call out her former allies with guns blazing, for playing timid as she monikered their name as "Chickens of Boredom". Lorenzo and Nalu grievously respected her wish as Remy and Stacey expressed their vendetta against Leona by their votes. Leona became the fifth HouseGuest to be evicted from the house by a unanimous vote of 4-0. During her exit, Leona was ecstatic upon being given an opportunity to remain in the game; she accepted the offer, and was sent to the Battle Back Bunker. The final Battle Back trial soon commenced, wherein their speed would be tested, as the evictees must go through an obstacle course (loosening the rope that intertwined with a series of posts, constructing a bridge path with retrieved ropes, and digging through the sand to search the sack bag) followed by a table maze, wherein two balls must be landed in their spots. During the competition, it became a three-person race between Damien, Leona and Vaughn. Both Damien and Vaughn reached to the end, but accidentally dropped, which opened everything up for Leona who landed the 2nd ball and won the final Battle Back trial, thus earning her way back into the game.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **Re-EnteredBattle Back ChampionPre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted9 Votes**

 **Lost Battle Back**

 **Lost Battle Back**

 **Lost Battle Back**

 **Lost Battle Back**

Following Leona's eviction, Julie revealed to the HouseGuests that the team and Captains twists were dissolved, causing Nadia and Trevor to be reverted to HouseGuest status. Julie also announced to the HouseGuests that the first four evicted HouseGuests were tested in the Battle Back trials in order to secure their spots in the bunker. Until the previous week, including the recently evicted HouseGuest would reunite to compete against each other for a chance to re-enter the game. Leona was revealed to be the champion of the Battle Back trials as she returned to the house. Alison, Lorenzo and Nalu were ecstatic upon witnessing Leona's return, while her former allies and Stacey were apprehensive. Since the Agents of Chaos were outed, Leona reconsidered on fulfilling her own pledge; banding the outsiders who were proven to be trustworthy and closest to her: Alison, Lorenzo, Nalu and Penelope. They all reached an agreement with Leona's proposal before establishing themselves as "The Resistance". Nalu and Penelope soon questioned how Nadia and Stacey were not included. Leona explained that she was not able to strengthen a connection with Nadia, while on Stacey's behalf, both of them still have unresolved issues two weeks ago. Penelope insisted Leona of having plenty of time attempting to bond with Nadia. Nalu considered Leona to reassure Stacey with a closure. Leona approved on following their advices, but she told them of needing a bit of time to unwind. Despite being everyone's radar, Anthony reaffirmed his allies that the Agents of Chaos would still remain intact and their target should be solidified on Leona. Following Leona's return, HouseGuests competed in the *Caught In a Web* endurance Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were required to lay upon a large "spider web" suspended in the air; the goal was to be the last HouseGuest remaining on the web. The first five HouseGuests to fall from the web were able to open an "egg", which could feature a reward or a Have-Not badge. After close to three hours, only Alison and Trevor remained in the competition. Trevor proposed a deal to Alison for each other's safety starting this week. He also added “I’m a man of my own words” before lying to reassure her that the Agents of Chaos would not exist moving forward. Alison voluntarily dropped off, disguising her move as being unable to endure her body weight, to make Trevor the new Head of Household; Stacey won $10,000 while Anthony, Ethan, Leona and Nadia were named the first Have-Nots.

Nadia perceived a lukewarm response to Trevor's HoH victory; the revelation of his involvement with the exposed dominant alliance cause a setback on her trust towards him. Despite that, Nadia maintained her position to be on Trevor's good side, but she felt the uncertainty if he would still remain loyal to her or the other alliance. Nadia and Trevor reunited with a subtle embrace before Nadia asked about a certain target that he was dead set on. Trevor simply answered Leona, labeling her as double-dealing for the stunt she pulled last week. He also brought up Stacey's name to be on the chopping block, mainly due to her conflicts with Leona. Nadia initially desired to oppose on Stacey being on the block again, but she quickly shifted into suggesting Trevor to give Stacey heads up of her being nominated, viewing it as a way of earning her trust. When Trevor complied with Nadia's advice, Stacey was detested with his idea. However, Trevor promised to guarantee her safety in the hands of him and the people he trusted on. Also, Trevor and Stacey found themselves in the same page despising Leona as they formed an unlikely bond. As their connection strengthened, Trevor openly offered his allegiance by proposing an unlikely collaboration deal to Stacey. She quickly took a full interest on working with dominant players to keep herself further in the game. As a result, Stacey directly accepted the offer as Trevor was satisfied with the possibility of pulling her to his side. Meanwhile, Remy felt worrisome about the future of his friendship status with Lorenzo since he was outed for taking part in the alliance. On the other hand, Lorenzo was conflicted about Remy being mainly involved with the Agents of Chaos as he grew paranoid whether their strong bond was genuine or a ploy being used for numbers. Lorenzo and Remy eagerly discussed on the standing of their relationship moving forward. Remy convinced Lorenzo that his alliance was for layering his protection and pointed out his efforts in keeping him off the block in the past weeks, which was enough of proving Remy's loyalty towards what called Lorenzo now as his "ride or die". Lorenzo wholeheartedly earned Remy his promised connection in return as both vowed to protect each other, despite separately being on different sides. Before the nomination ceremony, Trevor relayed to the Agents of Chaos on his nominations plans and Stacey working with them as a double agent to benefit on gathering information from the opposing side. His allies, mainly Anthony and Elizabeth, strongly agreed as they applauded Trevor's hard work for the alliance to regain control.

Hours later, Trevor followed through with nominating Leona and Stacey, with Leona as the intended target. Leona scoffed with acceptance and remarked that Trevor would still commit a "safe yet predictable" move like her former alliance. Trevor passively dissed that Leona should make sure of getting herself comfortable on the chopping block until the Veto. When picking players for the Veto competition, Alison, Elizabeth and Remy were chosen to compete. With the odds against her, Leona miraculously picked the "HouseGuest's Choice" chip and chose Alison, assuring that Alison might save her if she was unable to fend for herself. However, Trevor pulled Alison to insist on keeping her end of the bargain, which pointed out their safety deal, by throwing the competition in return. He also intimidated Alison of putting her up as a replacement if she ever went back on his word, which left her with a lot of doubt. HouseGuests competed in the *Starting Lineup* Power of Veto competition, wherein each round, HouseGuests were shown a rapid series of 16 baseball cards depicting the HouseGuests. Once they figured out which HouseGuest was excluded from the lineup, they had to take their puzzle pieces, build their face, and hit their button. The last HouseGuest to assemble their puzzle in each round was eliminated. The last HouseGuest standing will win the Power of Veto. Alison followed Trevor's bidding by pretending to fumble on the puzzle pieces, which caused her to be eliminated first. However, Leona defeated Trevor in the final round to win the Power of Veto, thus foiling the Agents of Chaos' ultimate plan this week. Following the Veto competition, Leona was able to earn enough time (with the Veto ensuring her safety) to develop a social connection with Nadia, as well as reconciling with Stacey since it has been long overdue. The conversation between Leona and Nadia started off a bit awkward since they rarely socialize to each other until this moment. Soon enough, Leona shifted the tone when she brought up suspicions regarding the current status of the Agents of Chaos before she declared of cutting any associations with them. Nadia was eased enough to open up on her paranoia towards Trevor and his nominations, theorizing that he might still be rubbing elbows with the alliance. As time went by, their conversation deepened as both were willing to negotiate each other in working together. Stacey was pulled aside by Leona as the latter wanted to extend the olive branch. Stacey continued standing on her own ground as she questioned Leona's social conscience based off her comments. Knowing how Stacey is a tough pill to swallow, Leona maintained her composure (to avoid another volatile argument) and explained how her makeup advice has no correlation to skin color bias. Nevertheless, Leona tried to make up with Stacey in admitting of how it felt offensive on Stacey's part, but to no avail. Just as Leona left the room, Stacey's true intentions was revealed to be her ploy of lulling Leona in a false sense of relief.

Due to the increasing tensions inside the house, Nalu and Penelope agreed to let their fellow HouseGuests unwind with a mixed ice breaker game of spin the bottle and truth or dare, wherein someone must either tell the truth or do the dare, or they would kiss person a bottle points to if they failed in doing so. Everyone, excluding Anthony and Elizabeth, agreed to gather around in the backyard. Through the process, there were highlighted moments: Lorenzo admitting his inseparable friendship and crush on Remy, leading to the latter feeling flustered. In relations to it, Remy ended up boldly kissing Lorenzo after being unable to complete his dare. When Stacey was questioned about her relationship with Leona, Stacey spoke up how she forgave Leona for some parts, right before adding that both already made amends. However, Stacey's truth statement led to Leona feeling a bit skeptical, but she simply played it cool to hold back her argumentative instincts. Following the icebreaker hangout, Ethan and Trevor scrambled to formulate a new target. Ethan conveyed his worries about Remy's being too attached with Lorenzo, which Ethan suggested him as the replacement due to being a liability for Remy's loyalty with them. Trevor almost reconsidered on Ethan's advice, but decided to held back since his allies were now in the minority vote. Fearing her lower chances of survival no matter who would be facing against, Stacey would stick priorities for her own position and put her faith in the other side, due to her growing connections with the Agents of Chaos. Stacey put all her eggs in Trevor's basket by spilling the tea on the Black Widows alliance. She also threw Nadia under the bus for proclaiming her as the founder, with her goal for their alliance to "manipulate and trap" the boys to their demise. Trevor reminisced his previous discussions with Nadia as the pieces were linked perfectly: from attempting to strategize to keep Penelope off the block, and Nadia hesitating to save Remy. The revelation led to the Veto meeting, Leona used the Veto on herself and Trevor stunned the HouseGuests when he revealed Nadia as the replacement nominee. In his speech, Trevor expressed his opinions on Nadia; mostly on exposing her social manipulation while projecting his dismay from Nadia's betrayal. Nadia didn't even say a word while shedding tears out of pure shock; thus his words pushed HouseGuests to view her as a dangerous threat in the game. Penelope was left in a predicament to save one of her fellow Black Widows. Despite having a bigger target on Nadia's back, Leona and Lorenzo insisted on keeping her as an enticing asset to help attack the other side. However, Nalu and Penelope reconsidered on saving their friend Stacey; they wholeheartedly implored Leona to give Stacey more time to obtain pardon for her. The Resistance was left contemplating on the outcomes depending on their voting responsibility. Leona soon respected their wish, which the others followed suit, and Nadia became the sixth HouseGuest to be evicted from the house by a unanimous 9-0 vote. After Nadia's eviction, Julie informed the HouseGuests that the next nine evicted HouseGuests would make up the game-deciding Jury and that they may not be out of the game upon eviction.

### Week 6

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

Hours before Nadia's eviction, Remy reconsidered overhauling his gameplay when he perceived to be in a similar impending situation as Leona, who apparently stood up for Alison which caused her renegation from the Agents of Chaos. He willingly crossed enemy lines, behind his allies' backs, in an attempt to patch things up with Leona. Remy privately expressed how he contemplated being ended up as "expendable" if he ever made it further with them. Leona grew intrigued with the discussion Remy established, showing signs of his possible defection from the alliance. As they reached almost an hour, the conversation between them deepened as both shared each other's thoughts on their similarities of being pressured, choosing between their ride-or-die that they were strongly attached to and the alliance with the majority number benefiting your position. Remy and Leona patched up and strengthen their social bond as both started out as acquaintances since they were recruited in the Agents of Chaos. Soon enough, their allegiance reinstated when Leona willingly opened up about working with Remy behind the scenes. After the Live Eviction, in the *Down the Chow Hall* Head of Household competition, HouseGuests must skate down an slippery path while transporting chili in a funnel to a container, which contained three labeled balls: Head of Household, $5,000, and a Never-Not Pass, which would exempt the winner from being a Have-Not for the remainder of the game. The first HouseGuest to retrieve each ball would receive the corresponding prize. Any HouseGuest could retrieve all three of their balls, but the game would end when a Head of Household ball was retrieved. Everyone except Alison, Lorenzo, and Nalu have fallen out of the competition within the first 15 minutes. Alison had such a large lead in the HoH competition that she was able to win Head of Household, taking the Agents of Chaos out of power for the first time since Week 2; Lorenzo claimed the Never-Not Pass and Nalu raced to award himself $5,000. The Resistance publicly celebrated their victory, while Stacey halfheartedly praised Alison exerting her efforts. Agents of Chaos admitted defeat as they expected to lose one from their side. However, Anthony huddled his allies together and encouraged to grasp their last ounce of hope, pointing out that Stacey and Alison (under Trevor's influence) could be their only hopes.

Julie announced that as the new Head of Household, they would randomly draw the name of the HouseGuest to be sent at Seclusion Camp for a predetermined period of time; Alison drew Lorenzo's name. Unbeknownst to them, Vivian Pinhosa and Ben Schiffer, two of the series' most dominant winners, have returned as mentors to teach the new HouseGuests various aspects of the game. They will reside at BB Boot Camp, a *Big Brother* training ground. They will give a lesson to a HouseGuest who is sent there, then give them a chance to test what they have learned in order to win an advantage. If they lose, they lose their vote at the next Live Eviction. Finally in control, The Resistance decided to target Elizabeth and Trevor, who were declared as the strongest players of the alliance, and debated putting them both up directly or backdooring one of them. They discussed it as Leona who, unbeknownst to them, relayed their plan back to Remy as heads-up that he might be a potential pawn. Trevor tried to convince Alison, with his flirting tactics, to honor his deal as he framed Remy for the idea of nominating her (since Week 4) instead. Ethan, on the other hand, conferred into going after Remy for being "liability" on Lorenzo's loyalty to her side, pointing out their personal attachment since the icebreaker hangout. At the BB Boot Camp, an astonished Lorenzo was greeted by Ben and Vivian, who mentor him on the art of concentration. Ben advised him on keeping a cool head with the game, this way he can keep more of a strategical presence with more focus. He did also praised his current outsider strategy because in light of danger, it is good to have people with similar struggles in his corner. Vivian applauded Lorenzo's prowess in easily building connections with other HouseGuests, but she advised to benefit his social game by analyzing everyone, based on their body language and behavior, to emphasize who is more trustworthy to him. Lorenzo then accepted an offer to take in the first Mentors' Competition for an advantage good at the next three Live Evictions. Lorenzo ultimately won the competition and therefore, was rewarded with hidden clues leading to the Secret Power of Veto. Before he left, Ben and Vivian told him to randomly draw another HouseGuest's name (which remained unrevealed) to be the next visitor to the BB Boot Camp.

Stacey, knowing full well that she has the majority vote with the Agents of Chaos (including Nalu and Penelope) in her favours, respectively implored Alison for herself being put up as a pawn. Alison openly questioned her skepticism with Stacey's level of self-assurance to be on the chopping block. Stacey reassured Alison that she was willing to take one for the team. At the nomination ceremony, Alison took Stacey up on her proposal by nominating her and Remy, with Remy as the target and Elizabeth as a backdoor option. The Resistance, which mainly highlighted on Nalu and Penelope, were dumbstruck witnessing Stacey on the block. They urgently gathered in the HoH room to interrogate Alison, based on Stacey being her option for nominations. Stacey stepped up on behalf of Alison's needed explanation, stating that she willingly volunteered to ensure a win-win situation to cut down the other side's number; feeling assured of The Resistance's majority control of the vote, if ever the Veto results might not work out in her favour, she insisted the four (Leona, Lorenzo, Nalu, Penelope) to force a tiebreaker vote for Alison to evict Remy. However, Leona and Lorenzo were adamant on Stacey, not only both have close ties with Remy but her sudden shifting behavior of being nominated and talking about the vote before the Veto competition soon raised their suspicions. Following the nomination ceremony's aftermath, Remy and Stacey subsequently agreed to ease the tensions off by playing pool in the backyard. As both gradually discussed, Remy questioned Stacey about the person she trusted the most, Stacey's response left him internally shocked when Trevor's name slipped out her mouth. Elsewhere, Lorenzo and Stacey casually talked as they prepared for breakfast; Lorenzo calmly asked Stacey regarding her friendship status with Nalu and Penelope. Stacey opened up that she may have appreciated bonding with them, she bluntly considered them "assets" into keeping her further which unsuspectingly left Lorenzo flabbergasted. When picking players for the Veto competition, Elizabeth, Nalu and Trevor were chosen to compete, upsetting Leona, Lorenzo and Remy. Soon after, Agents of Chaos (excluding Remy and their double agent Stacey) huddled together in the storage room to discuss plans for the Veto. Elizabeth sounded out her suspicions that one of them would be possibly backdoored, which were based on her first impressions on Alison's nominations. Anthony boldly suggested to discard the Veto which predicted on the impending tiebreaker vote; he insisted Trevor to strengthen bonds with Alison until she will be wrapped on his finger.

Soon after, HouseGuests competed in the next Power of Veto competition called *BB Comics*. The competitors must zipline past a display of 16 comic books designed after the HouseGuests. One at a time, they had to replicate the display in order, but were given two copies of each cover with minor differences between them. The competitor to correctly assemble the display in the fastest time won the Power of Veto. Elizabeth earned the Power of Veto, with the fastest time of 8:47. At midnight, Agents of Chaos privately discussed on the matter; as Elizabeth pledged to not use the Veto, they deeply contemplated on saving either Remy or Stacey. Anthony opened up his worries regarding Stacey's game which he assumed that she might flip-flop to whoever is in power, including his details of Nalu and Penelope being her closest allies. However, Elizabeth and Trevor assured Stacey of being more assertive in her loyalty towards them. Ethan stated his opinions on expressing déjà vu towards Remy, explaining his open friendship with Lorenzo and his growing distance from them. Elizabeth became intrigued by Ethan's statement as she leaned for Remy as their sacrificial lamb, meanwhile Trevor were on the fence due to their established partnership since the first week. As a result, Agents of Chaos were unable to reach a full consensus of their vote. Elsewhere, an agitated Remy interrogated Leona and Lorenzo about Alison's plans and she told him they were undecided once the nominations were decided in the upcoming Veto meeting; during the conversation, Lorenzo assured Remy to clutch his remaining hope for safety. To earn and strengthen Leona's trust, Remy told Leona about Stacey snitching to her former allies on outing the Agents of Chaos' existence. Remy's revelation soon confirmed Leona and Lorenzo's suspicions, although she uttered a painful chuckle through her smirking lips as she stated how it was no surprise, considering Stacey was vaguely doubtful towards her in the past few weeks. Realising how Stacey is potentially a dangerous player, Leona decided to shift targets towards her, worrying how she might cause harm to her allies' game, mainly involving Nalu and Penelope. Lorenzo and Remy opened up how they got dirt on Stacey during their conversations with her. Remy snickered that "it’s time to stir the pot, shake things up, and play Big Brother". At the Veto meeting, Elizabeth chose not to use it, ensuring that either Remy and Stacey would be sacrificed.

Remy and Stacey campaigned heavily to secure votes. Stacey took a more laid-back approach; she felt assured of having the majority vote stacked in her favour. Remy, on the other hand, improved his social connections on Nalu and Penelope as they found solace in bonding together as Have-Nots; he was able to cheer them up after they expressed somber on how they were left out in most conversations. Soon after, Leona and Lorenzo regrouped with Nalu and Penelope as they opened up their suspicions on Stacey's devious behavior. They also pulled Remy in their discussion just as he walked in such perfect timing. Leona started off by explaining Stacey's lack of empathy with their reconciliation. Lorenzo relayed Stacey's response regarding her friendship status with Nalu and Penelope, which she said that they were just "assets" to keep her further in the game. Remy effectively gained Nalu and Penelope's trust after how he felt being in the same shoes as Leona's, being being in the bottom of Agents of Chaos' totem pole. He outed the story where he asked Stacey who she trusted the most, and instead of either Nalu or Penelope, she responded with Trevor. Nalu and Penelope dawned into realisation how they felt being used, Stacey's betrayal caused their loyalty and trust in her to slowly fracture. As they commented of needing more time to process, Lorenzo tend to ease off their distress before making sure to keep them in mind what's best for their game. Despite some tension between Agents of Chaos and The Resistance, both alliances reassured to have a one-member numerical advantage, who ended up with Alison as the tiebreaker vote. Trevor attempted to use his developing relationship as leverage to guarantee Alison's drive on Remy as her intended target. Lorenzo encouraged Alison to shift her target on Stacey; as it was explained on what Lorenzo saw through Stacey's scheming this week. Alison became apprehensive of the possible outcome leading to her tiebreaker vote, causing her to forcibly choose a side. Elsewhere, Anthony remained on the fence regarding Stacey's allegiances; he pulled her aside and questioned if she was ready to commit working with the Agents of Chaos, by any means of sacrificing her friends to go further in the game. Anthony even asked Stacey to swear on her mother's life to push her friendships aside and obligate her goal to win. Despite having Nalu and Penelope being useful, due to her sealed promises to secure loyalty with them, Stacey felt like she was not ready to let them go. Stacey remained non-committal by vaguely responding that she needed time to fully decide, despite her opening up her interest to work with them. Anthony soon realised she might not turn to their side. At the Live Eviction, Anthony shocked the live audience, including the nation, as his swing vote ended up sealing Stacey's fate. During her exit, she unceremoniously rejected their hugs and verbally flipped off at Leona, who uttered a sarcastically heartfelt comment.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted4 Votes**

Following Stacey's eviction, the HouseGuests were told that the night would be a Double Eviction, with a week's worth of competitions occurring that night, culminating in a second eviction. Before the upcoming HoH competition, tension grew after Agents of Chaos expressed their paranoia from the unforeseen vote flip. Ethan went into a tirade; he accused Trevor of being unfaithful with the agreement, however he retaliated by claiming Ethan to have flip-flopped with his vote, as his way of making them a scapegoat. Before it escalated, Anthony intervened the dispute between them as Elizabeth stated that the damages have already been done, but she displayed her determination to find out who flipped against their favour. Anthony successfully remained, that he was source of Stacey's blindside, to be undetected as Ethan and Trevor were currently suspected of the fifth vote. Elsewhere, The Resistance were flabbergasted, though remained pleased with the results. Because of the vote flip, Alison managed to secure her position where her loyalties lie, particularly keeping his covert relationship with Trevor hidden. Soon after, HouseGuests competed in the *Await Further Instructions* Head of Household competition. The night before the challenge, HouseGuests were shown alien invasion announcements from the Big Brother Emergency Broadcast System. The HouseGuests were given true or false statements based on the audio clips; incorrect HouseGuests were eliminated and the last one remaining became the new Head of Household. Remy won the competition; minutes later, he pulled Lorenzo aside into the storage room and vented his lack of triumph, revealing that he was intended on throwing the competition. While Leona and Penelope joined in, Remy decided to let them know that the Agents of Chaos were still unaware of his deflection, which they remained their blind loyalty to him. He soon formulated the idea of backdooring one of them, though his primary target was still unclear. Remy insisted Alison and Nalu as their cover-up nominations; despite their hesitance with his plans, Remy considered Leona and Penelope to put their faith in him (since Lorenzo supported his decisions to secure his footing) as he oathed of having no intentions going after them. They soon dispersed from the storage room before Alison and Nalu were lured in to receive their heads-up on Remy putting them on the block, while he explained both of being capable of winning the Veto and executing his plan on a bigger target. Nalu contemplated on Remy's decision before ensuring his trust on the latter. Alison, who currently has no knowledge of Remy working alongside The Resistance, was reluctant but accepted as she assumed it was fair on Remy's part. Not much time left, Anthony and Remy crossed each other's paths in the bathroom. Anthony privately confessed of being the fifth vote, as his way to strengthen Remy's trust in him. He swore on his wife and daughter of proving every ounce of his loyalty. Remy opened up about Alison and Nalu as options for nominations right as Anthony settled his agreement on the decisions, right before Julie called the HouseGuests back in the living room.

Immediately after, Remy nominated Alison and Nalu for eviction, citing that Alison put him up in the last round, stating that it was a fair decision, and Nalu's two (2) PoVs under his belt declared him as a competition threat. Leona, Penelope, and Trevor were selected to join Remy, Alison, and Nalu for the Power of Veto (PoV) competition. Unbeknownst to Remy, the Agents of Chaos conducted an attempt to vote him out; Trevor played along by commending Remy on his HoH victory, which felt was leading his alliance in revolt. Trevor insisted to settle some unfinished business through a backdoor plan against their longtime target, Leona. Ethan indeed encouraged Remy to eliminate their supposed ally who ignited a vendetta against them. Elizabeth took a patronising approach by incriminating Leona as someone who almost fractured his personal connections with everyone else, mainly Lorenzo, for outing his true loyalties. However, Agents of Chaos were not aware that Remy is already ahead of his plans to blindside one of them. HouseGuests then recollected for the *Under Pressure* Power of Veto competition. In this competition, HouseGuests must search through a pile of white balls to find a series of colored ones. They must then sort the coloured balls into their respective tubes. If they put a ball in the wrong tube, they must start over. The first HouseGuest to correctly fill the tubes and hit their buzzer will win. Nalu outlasted Alison and Trevor to win his third Power of Veto. Remy considered his options from the Agents of Chaos; Anthony was excluded after he confessed of being the fifth vote, whereas Trevor was out of the equation due their partnership deal since the first week. Remy pondered between Elizabeth and Ethan as he contemplated which one would benefit him less in the game. As Remy self-strategized, Alison barged in to express her uncertainty on which one Remy might target. Remy attempted to alleviate her that she would have the numbers regardless. Still frantic in her position, Alison threw Ethan under the bus for campaigning against him as being a "liability" to Lorenzo's loyalty with her. At such perfect timing, Ethan overheard Alison's call-out just as he walked in. This led to a blow-up all the way to the living room while Remy went back-and-forth as he crumbled under pressure. Immediately, the production instructed the HouseGuests to gather in the living room since the commercial break is almost over. At the Veto meeting, Nalu took himself off the block, and Remy named Ethan as the replacement nominee, with his speech stating how he was proven as untrustworthy by campaigning behind his back. Elizabeth and Trevor were speechless as Ethan accepted defeat, with disappointment, as he sat on the vacant nomination chair. Despite his somber on losing another ally, Anthony felt relieved that he preferred to remain unscathed than to end up in the hot seat. Ethan was unable to dispute his case against Remy much further, than simply calling out that his allies would turn their backs on you, as it caused to cement his fate. Ethan was ultimately evicted from the house, becoming the second Jury member.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted6 Votes**

Following Ethan's eviction, Elizabeth and Trevor were left distraught from the Agents of Chaos' sudden downfall as they lost double the numbers from their side and witnessed Remy's betrayal. Meanwhile, although Anthony felt somber in losing one of his fellow allies, but he had already foreseen the consequences of his alliance being in control since the first week. Due to the odds stacking against them, Anthony decided to focus on relaying his social capital extension towards the opposing side in order to maintain his under-the-radar gameplay. Remy mustered up the courage to face the alliance he deflected, which they confronted him on reneging on their favours by evicting Ethan. Remy used Alison's pleading case from the Double Eviction as his seed of doubt on their minds that Ethan came for him behind his back, which he lulled them into proving his ounces of loyalty by eliminating the so-called "traitors" who were against them firsthand. Unbeknownst to Remy, Elizabeth and Trevor were involved in the plan as well. Remy was able to reintegrate with the Agents of Chaos, but he was adamant about siding with them. Later on, in the *BB Stars Spangled* Head of Household competition, HouseGuests faced one another in pairs; the winner of each face-off picked the next pair to compete, and the loser was eliminated. The last HouseGuest standing would become the new HOH. The object was to determine whether the subject of each verse of the BB military hymn was either a previous HoH, Captains or Power of Veto competition. Leona managed to make it to the final round by winning all of her match-ups, alongside Elizabeth, who didn't get to answer any questions up to that point. In the end, Elizabeth slipped up at the final question and incorrectly answered, making Leona the HoH for that week. Julie announced that Alison is the next HouseGuest to be picked up for Seclusion Camp, which her name had been drawn by Lorenzo previously.

Agents of Chaos separately campaigned to keep themselves off Leona's hitlist; Elizabeth coaxed Leona by planting self-doubts on her mind, stating that Leona's only commitment into targeting them would be less beneficial and predictable to earn the jury's respect. Trevor took a genial approach to pitch a safety deal for a few weeks while attempted to shift the target off himself by targeting Remy, though Leona wanted to test Trevor (if he ever survived for the following week) by avoiding her to be on the chopping block, even as a replacement, in order to gain her trust. Leona also spoke up in giving Trevor a 50/50 chance to ensure safety with the Veto, indicating that he would be locked in her nominations. Anthony stated that the Agents of Chaos would cease to exist moving forward and reconsidered to extend the olive branch with Leona. To mitigate his footing, he opened up being the fifth vote that sealed Stacey's fate, which he also confessed that his alliance had been planning to use Stacey as a double agent since Week Five. Meanwhile, upon her arrival at the BB Boot Camp, Alison was flabbergasted at the sight of Ben and Vivian, who told her more about themselves and said that her test would determine how well she defied expectations from everyone. Ben advised Alison to hold on her friendships, but also not underestimate that at some point the similarity to previous winners of some sorts could make her a target, so she needs to make sure to assert her strengths enough to raise her potential, but also to be careful and don't let things that others may say overwhelm her and try to adapt to the situation she may find herself in. Vivian tested Alison to persuade five HouseGuests on who they least expect to win the upcoming Power of Veto competition which the outcome must be the opposite; Vivian eventually offered to have Alison pick two potential players, and she chose Nalu and Trevor.

Back at the house, The Resistance (in absence of Alison) deliberated on Leona's nomination options. Leona considered targeting Elizabeth and Trevor, who were both perceived as "bigger threats" from the opposing side. Nalu and Penelope questioned about Anthony being subjected to exclusion from her shortlist, to which Leona reassured from his words that the Agents of Chaos was no longer together, though Nalu grew wary of Anthony. Remy eventually volunteered to be put up as a pawn and convinced everyone in the room (mainly Leona) to be the "sacrificial lamb" in order to have either Elizabeth or Trevor as the backdoor target. Unbeknowst to them, Remy committed a risky move to offer himself on the chopping block as a way of covering his bases without raising suspicions (mostly to the Agents of Chaos). At the Nomination Ceremony, Leona nominated Remy and Trevor for eviction which in accordance to her speech, both were strongly capable of winning competitions. Upon her arrival, Alison withheld the information about Ben and Vivian, as well as the fact that she needed to accomplish her mission, with a Secret Veto at stake. When discovering Trevor on the nomination block, Alison internally expressed concerns with the possibility of Trevor as their primary target; since their tight-knit relationship was hidden from the entire house, Alison was left in a dilemma between risking to push for Trevor's safety or securing her own footing with The Resistence. Soon enough, Alison was pulled aside by her allies and discussed together regarding this week's Veto competition. Conveniently, Alison recollected her thoughts and used The Resistence's gathering to secretly execute her mentors' mission; she acted casual into questioning about their expectations on the outcomes that could affect Leona's nominations. During their discourse, Alison was able to indirectly convince her allies (Leona, Lorenzo, Nalu, Penelope and Remy) to open-up their reassurance on the player who most likely clutching the Veto; it was resulted in a landslide when they mentioned Trevor.

When picking players for the Veto competition, Alison, Lorenzo and Nalu were chosen to compete. Anthony's "fatherly figure" disposition endeared himself to his fellow HouseGuests; he alongside Nalu and Penelope bonded on their journey to adulthood and strengthen his connections with Alison and Lorenzo by providing advices to overcome hesitancy from expressing deep affection with a certain someone. Remy eagerly opened up to Leona about his uncertainty with the direction of his sexuality. In relations to that, he also confessed his growing infatuation (and soon, passion) towards Lorenzo, however his self-judgment held back by considering himself as 'straight' in his whole life. Leona advised Remy to expand his sexual horizons and explore his sexuality further. She sparked Remy's encouragement to be more open-minded and validate his sexual or romantic feelings to Lorenzo as a human being. Leona and Remy shared a heartwarming exchange with an embrace after their healthy discussion. Later on, HouseGuests competed in a Power of Veto memory competition called *Camo Blast*. In each round, the six competitors were given a sequence of wires and then instructed to cut a specific wire to cut "bombs" based on a question about the sequence. If a competitor was incorrect, they would be eliminated and splattered with color powder; the last competitor remaining won the Power of Veto. In the fifth round, Remy beat Nalu and Trevor to win the competition. The results felt bittersweet which despite on Trevor's loss, Alison was rewarded with the given clues to the Secret Power of Veto good for the next two Live Evictions. Remy celebrated his Veto victory with Lorenzo in the storage room; both sparked an extremely awkward exchange when Lorenzo pecked Remy on the cheek in pure bliss which the latter went flushed by his quick action. Lorenzo toned down the tension between them before he told Remy about the clues he found at the "Seclusion Camp", leading to the Secret Power of Veto. Remy insisted Lorenzo in needing of assistance searching once the coast is clear.

Later at night, Alison was on stealth mode trying to follow the clues in a desperate search for her Secret Power of Veto while she assumed everyone was fast asleep. However, her detection of Lorenzo and Remy's presence at the same time, including her lack of understanding with the clues, caused Alison to bail out in the mean time. Remy, on the other hand, was able to retrieve Lorenzo's Secret Veto from the hidden compartment, which was located behind the bathroom's loose sofa cushion. Penelope and Nalu raised their suspicions on Anthony; his position in the game remain undetected while his allies were consistently on everyone's hitlist. Penelope reached out in making Leona consider putting him up as the replacement nominee as she articulated Anthony as a potential mastermind behind the scenes. Leona subtly shot down as she decided to take out one of his strongest allies. At the Veto meeting, Remy used the Power of Veto on himself, and Leona followed through on her original plan and nominated Elizabeth, declaring it as a win-win situation for her bigger threats to have officially ended up on the chopping block. While Trevor assumed that the votes would be stacked against him, Elizabeth grew paranoid about her spot after being in the minority. She went for a heavily assertive approach by citing potential flaws if ever deciding to keep Trevor. She attempted to gaslight that evicting her would be detriment to their game. However, her incessant condescendance earned her the ire of her fellow HouseGuests. However, Anthony and Alison would later use this as a leverage in separately engineering the votes to keep Trevor safe, since Anthony viewed Elizabeth as a "liability" to his game and Alison's secret bond with Trevor. Both lulled Elizabeth into a false sense of security by Anthony swearing on his daughter to have his vote secured for her, while Alison replied with taking into consideration. Remy soon found common grounds with Anthony's plead, knowing his history of dealing with Elizabeth's tirade. Alison's pitch was able to leave Lorenzo, Nalu and Penelope contemplating to which is more beneficial to take out either Elizabeth's cutthroat gameplay or Trevor's competitive prowess. At the Live Eviction, Anthony and Alison ultimately blindsided Elizabeth in a unanimous 6-0 vote, and sent her to jury.

### Week 8

 **HOHPOV**

 **Post-SPOV NomineeSecret POV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Post-SPOV NomineeEvicted3 Votes**

Following Elizabeth's eviction, Trevor privately expressed his gratitude towards Anthony for believing in him. Anthony shared that despite the Agents of Chaos had been disintegrated, he still intended on keeping him around shifting the votes to be saved. He encouraged Trevor to stick by their Final Two pact, which both established themselves as "The Commission" since Day One, though Trevor timidly agreed while hiding any signs of hesitation due to his personal attachment with Alison. Later on, HouseGuests competed in *The Black Box* Head of Household competition. In this competition, the HouseGuests entered the black box and held down their button. Throughout the competition, HouseGuests were given opportunities to search the black box for discs. There are also dummy discs that will not fit on their pole. If a HouseGuest does not return to their button before time is up, they will be eliminated. After two hours and ten searches, the player who survives with the most discs will be the new Head of Household. Trevor was declared the winner. Julie announced that Anthony was the next HouseGuest being sent off to Seclusion Camp since Alison was required to randomly draw the next player since the previous week. With Anthony's absence, this culminated in gaining the upper hand for some of the cunning HouseGuests, using their attempts to shift the target on him. Their growing suspicions led to Nalu conspiring with Penelope and Remy, ensuring to persuade Trevor with a backdoor plan against Anthony. The trio separately pulled Trevor aside into the HoH room and relayed in the following: Remy spilling the information on Anthony being the fifth vote to evict Stacey without Trevor's knowledge, Penelope pointing out that everyone else would acknowledge their existent allegiance due to their involvement of their now damaged alliance, and Nalu warning Trevor of being unaware that Anthony using him as a "meat shield" in the same way as his fallen allies. The trio was able to drive Trevor further into committing to backdoor Anthony while he ensured safety deals as a way of gaining their trust.

At the BB Boot Camp, Ben and Vivian welcomed Anthony with opens arms. Ben applauded Anthony for his dominance in the game, but also warned him that his tendency to double-cross his allies could result in a lot of blowback, while keeping good connections is important, he might get in trouble for being seen as a liability himself. Vivian advised Anthony that when discussing whom to eliminate, he needed to hear out their insights first and wait for the right opportunity to persuade carefully. She warned Anthony to never push too hard or they might detect your true motives. They soon tested Anthony's ethics of manipulation; their challenge to Anthony was to persuade three HouseGuests to throw either this week's PoV or next week's HoH competition. If successful, he would gain an advantage to block a player from voting, or otherwise would lose his vote, which he agreed instantly. Before nominations, Leona reached out to Trevor on keeping his end of the bargain; she assured him of not being on her hitlist the following week. Despite being aware of being Trevor's longtime target, Leona persuaded him to not focus on just her, that there are other players who are more threatening, causing Trevor to lean more towards Anthony. Afterwards, Trevor stated to Alison about the situation regarding his limited nomination plan, informing her that she and Lorenzo will be going on the block. Alison tried pushing back the idea to avoid repercussions that may affect her game, but Trevor subtly shot her down and assured her safety before revealing his true target, leading Alison to ease by Trevor's revelation. At the Nomination Ceremony, Trevor nominated Alison and Lorenzo for eviction. He stated that despite his chosen options being predictable, he threatened the rest that "there are bigger fish to fry." Alison, Leona, and Lorenzo were deeply unsettled by Trevor's cryptic threat, while the others knew his true motives.

Believing the assumption that Trevor's words may be directed at her, a paranoid Leona approached Trevor in order to gain insight into his decision. During their conversation, Trevor clarified his backdoor target being Anthony and told her to act as if she has no fighting chances to stop Anthony from thinking something was up, in which Leona complied. Trevor told Alison and Lorenzo to throw the Power of Veto competition while pledging that he would do whatever he could to ensure their safety. Alison willingly accepted, but Lorenzo wasn't keen on his deal, considering that Trevor having full power (leading to his easy control in shifting decisions) would put him in full concern. Trevor's attraction to Alison developed; though she enjoyed her time with him, she soon privately admitted that she didn't return his affections, though he was unaware that Alison is worried of potentially breaking Leona's girl code (dating with her rival). Leona, Nalu, and Penelope were drawn to join Trevor, Alison, and Lorenzo in the Power of Veto competition. Afterwards, Anthony returned to the house and kept Ben and Vivian in favour of fabricating a story about his struggles dealing with silence and social isolation at the "Seclusion Camp". Later on, Anthony reached out to Alison about the events that happened during his absence. Still unaware of Trevor's full intentions, Alison relayed a part of his nomination speech regarding a "bigger threat" that needed to be taken out. This led to Anthony feeling concerned that he might be the next to go for being perceived as a threat. Anthony eventually caught up with Trevor and interrogated who the real target was, which he dissuaded Anthony's paranoia by telling him that Leona was the backdoor target while he assured Anthony that he was safe.

On Day 53, six competitors launched in the *Charge the Battleship* Power of Veto competition. HouseGuests took turn catapulting a navel bomb into an area with a certain number of points. The HouseGuest who received the fewest points would receive the prize or punishment associated with their placement. The next person who was knocked out could either trade their current prize for their prize, or keep their prize. The HouseGuest to finish with the most points in the final round was able to pick whichever prize they wanted. Alison initially claimed the Power of Veto after throwing the competition in the first round. But after the fourth round, Lorenzo was criticised for swapping the Veto from Alison, which Trevor placed a mistrust on him. In the end, Trevor won the Power of Veto, setting the plan to backdoor Anthony in motion. Leona claimed $5000, Lorenzo earned the field training exercise (FTX), Penelope won a trip to Washington, D.C., and Alison won the Commander-tard. Nalu had to shoot every target located around the backyard, with a paintball gun 2,400 times in 24 hours; if he failed, then he would be ineligible to compete in the next Veto competition. After the Veto competition, Lorenzo voiced his concern to Alison about his distrust towards Trevor; he vented out his frustration that he should have voted out Trevor in the first place, due to his impending dominance in competitions, but unbeknownst to them, Anthony was hiding in nearby the main bathroom's toilet stall listening in. He insisted to stay put in order to eavesdrop more on his fellow HouseGuests' conversations. Anthony quickly caught in the wind of overhearing Leona and Remy mention his name to be pushed as Trevor's backdoor target. Once the coast is clear, Anthony went into a tirade as he confronted Trevor about his planned betrayal against him. He attempted to convince Trevor that getting rid of him would be an abysmal game move; Anthony also added that, other than himself, nobody else would remain loyal to him moving forward, unaware that Trevor and Alison formed a mutual attraction. Anthony proposed separating Lorenzo and Remy; he went on pitching to Trevor that Lorenzo is willing to go after him while Remy is proven to be disloyal to them since the Double Eviction, though Trevor was reluctant in with the last minute change in his plan.

Soon after, Trevor relayed his heated conversation with Anthony to Alison; he soon realised how Anthony is proven to be beneficial to his game right as he gave her heads-up about discarding the Veto. He was able to let Alison comply with his decision after explaining that directly saving her would result in detecting suspicions towards them. Alison mitigated Trevor's hesitation by encouraging that despite pissing off the majority of the house, he would still have a few people who have his back. At the Veto Meeting, Trevor double-crossed half of the house — Lorenzo, Nalu, Penelope, and Remy — when he decided not to use the Power of Veto. During the ceremony, Lorenzo threatened Trevor by opening up his doubts and suspicions to everyone that keeping Trevor is proven to be a big mistake and assured to go after him moving forward. He unveiled the Secret Power of Veto to use it on himself, and Trevor retaliated by nominating his closest ally Remy in his place. Lorenzo lamented about Remy being on the block with his closest ally Alison. Lorenzo cried at Remy for admitting his guilt of unintentionally putting him at risk. Remy consoled him to not blame himself for keeping his life in the game further. Feeling uncertain that their time together might be running out, Remy tearfully professed his romantic feelings for him. Lorenzo's reminisce on their relationship progress would soon led to reciprocating his feelings, which led to both declaring their affections for each other. Alison and Remy scrambled to rally support; Lorenzo and Nalu promising Remy safety has gained him ounces of hope for him to campaign while the healthy bonds Alison have cemented since the first week might be advantageous to garner their votes. Meanwhile, Leona found herself in a predicament once she weighed her pros and cons; although Remy was one of her strongest assets in the game, she feared that her ally Lorenzo might take Remy over her. While Leona grew an inseparable friendship with Alison since Week One, she grew wary of her that she seemed to be drifting away from them since Week Six. Realising Penelope could potentially be the swing vote, Alison and Remy pulled her aside and brought up good points hoping to sway in either of their favours; Alison warned about Remy's fluid loyalty while Remy voiced his concerns on Alison's recent enigmatic behaviour. At the Live Eviction, Remy was sent to the jury house by a 3-2 split vote. He bid everyone adieu by spreading edible rose petals at them and stealing a kiss from Lorenzo during his bold exit.

### Week 9

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Two days before Remy's eviction, Anthony conducted his own investigation, which he used it as leverage to accomplish his mentor's challenge, by ultimately searching and discovering the people who were involved of the attempted backdoor plan against him. While Remy is excluded from his suspect list, since the conversation (that Anthony eavesdropped) confirmed of his involvement, Anthony interrogated Alison and Lorenzo about Trevor's plans, though both confirmed that they have not been aware of his true intentions, but also opened up about being told to throw the Power of Veto competition. He reached out to Nalu and Penelope separately; while Penelope admitted in taking part of the plan, Nalu's attempts of downplaying his involvement led Anthony to suspect his enigmatic responses. While doing so, he promised both Alison and Penelope safety, while Lorenzo and Nalu were proven to be deceitful and detrimental to be benefits for his game, in exchange to throw the competition so they would avoid getting blood on their hands. Elsewhere, Leona self contemplated on her current footing in the game; although she was able to maintain her personal connections with the majority of the house (her allies), Leona manifested into earning Anthony's trust to strengthen her social capital, which could potentially guarantee her safety in the following week. Eventually, Anthony pulled Leona aside at the upstairs lounge and expressed his curiosity by questioning her about the plan. Leona seized the opportunity of attempting to gain Anthony's trust; she started off opening up her knowledge on the backdoor plan, which she stated to have the information received from Remy and Trevor. As Anthony also convinced Leona to throw the competition, she accepted his bidding, but quickly backed down on the safety. Instead, she opted to let Anthony put her on the block (if he ever wins the HoH competition), with her intentions of keeping his options open in selecting his target instead of recruiting a pawn, which he would have forcibly gone back on his promise to anyone.

Following Remy's eviction, HouseGuests sprinted in the *Forward, March!* Head of Household competition. In this competition, HouseGuests had to hold down two buttons in their starting lane. At the end of their lanes, a monitor will cycle through the drill commands. If a HouseGuest releases a button before the whistle blows, they will be eliminated. Once they see the phrase "Forward... March!," they must run to the end of their lane and hit one of the five buttons. The last person to hit a button will be eliminated. Once a HouseGuest uses a button, it is out of play for future rounds. The last HouseGuest standing will be the new Head of Household. During the competition, Alison followed orders and was the first to false start, eliminating herself. Leona, Lorenzo and Nalu grew wary of her incessant habit of throwing competitions. In the next round, Penelope was next to throw in the towel, assuring that Anthony would keep his end of the bargain. Later on, Leona was the next to purposely false start in order to indirectly gain Anthony's trust. In the end, Anthony beat Lorenzo and Nalu in the last two round to become the new Head of Household, plus he was able to earn the a vote-blocking advantage after completing his mentors' challenge. HouseGuests had to unanimously select a person to be excluded or go to random draw; Leona immediately volunteered, which upset Penelope, as she wanted to go. At the BB Boot Camp, Ben and Vivian's challenge to her was to offer a challenge to test Leona's ability of taking calculated risks, which conveniently applied with her commitment to recruit herself as Anthony's pawn in his nominations. Ben advised Leona that although the pitch idea is very good, but in order for that to work, she will have to be very careful, in her best interest she should not make it look like she only does that for herself, but rather bring in reasons why Anthony could benefit from this pairing. Vivian also educated Leona that she should be aware of her reasoning, also analyze certain advantages and disadvantages, which led to carefully consider making such risky moves.

Ben and Vivian instructed Leona that she must ensure her safety without winning or having someone to use the Power of Veto on her, which they insisted her to rely on maintaining her social connections with everyone. Back at the house, Trevor secluded himself from the other HouseGuests after realizing his false promises have led to severe their trust, including Anthony's. However, with Trevor's change of heart by backing out his initial backdoor target, he was given a second chance by Anthony; he rebuilt their bond and promised Trevor to have each other's backs, since the house already perceived their threat level in the game. As Trevor rest assured that Anthony will keep him safe, the rest (excluding Leona) pitched their case within an attempt to keep themselves off the block; Alison and Penelope attested their part of the deal of throwing the HoH competition, while Lorenzo assured Anthony that he won't be coming after him. Anthony and Trevor discussed about the nominations wherein Trevor considered Anthony of putting up Lorenzo, due to his determination of targeting him during last week's Veto meeting. However, Anthony quickly flushed down Trevor's idea because Lorenzo might get suspicious of their covert partnership. At the Nomination Ceremony, Anthony nominated Leona and Nalu for eviction, stating that Nalu is a "wolf in sheep's clothing" due his involvement of pitching a backdoor on him, which claimed him as this week's target. Upon returning from BB Boot Camp, Leona was internally elated when Anthony nominated her, meaning that she was able to (possibly) regain and strengthen Anthony's trust in her. Elsewhere in the Have-Not room, Nalu noticed Alison's close relations with Trevor, including their subtle display of affection, which led to him questioning her loyalty and behavior since the past few weeks. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Alison, Lorenzo, and Trevor were drawn to join Anthony, Leona, and Nalu.

Later on, HouseGuests ventured in the *Stake-Out Operation* Power of Veto competition, sponsored by Outback Steakhouse. In each round of this competition, HouseGuests had a few minutes to count groups of items throughout the backyard. In this competition, HouseGuests were asked how many of a certain object were in the display. After everyone revealed their answer, they had a decision to stay or fold. If a HouseGuest folds, they are ineligible to win a badge, but they cannot be eliminated. If a HouseGuest stays and they are the closest to the correct answer, they will win a badge. If a HouseGuest stays and they are the furthest away from the answer, then they will be eliminated. The first HouseGuest to get three badges will win the Power of Veto, as well as the option to select one HouseGuest to join them for a meal from Outback Steakhouse. During the competition, Lorenzo and Nalu tried executing their strategy of having one of them and Trevor to lock in their answers, with an attempt to eliminate him; however it soon backfired as everyone except Lorenzo and Nalu folded their answer, causing Lorenzo to be eliminated since he was the furthest from the correct answer. At the second question, Nalu risked himself wagering his answer, expecting everyone to fold again. However, Trevor stayed with a exact numbers as the correct answer, which Nalu was unfortunately eliminated. In the next sequential rounds, everyone folded but Trevor and handed two more wins to him on a silver platter, declaring Trevor as the winner as a result. Following the competition, Trevor offered Alison for the Outback dinner, which she accepted before declaring it to him as their celebratory dinner. But unbeknownst to them, Leona, Lorenzo, and Nalu overheard from upstairs. Nalu voiced out his suspicions about Alison's sketchy relationship with Trevor. Soon enough, Leona stormed downstairs to confront Alison; but when she tried to play it cool, Leona's scepticism was raised by Alison's behavior as she halfheartedly shrugged it off.

During their Outback Steakhouse dinner, Alison openly contemplated about her standing with The Resistance after noticing her close relations with Trevor, who soon decided to use this as a way of pulling her in his side. He persuaded Alison to uphold her trust in him in having each other's backs while he pressured her about the possibility of being a liability to her 'supposed' allies. Thinking that Trevor might encourage her to be independent, which his true intention was making her doubt on her allies, Alison decided to rely on Trevor moving forward. Later on, Trevor pitched the idea of evicting Leona as he formulated a plan on conducting a lie against her. Alison initially hesitated, but Trevor enhanced her distrust towards Leona by deeming her as a "schemer" after he recalled on Leona snitching on her former alliance since Week Four, which Alison later complied. Soon after, Leona and Nalu reached out to Trevor in order to gain insight into his decision before the Veto meeting. While Leona covertly persisted to remain on the block by going for a passive approach, Nalu pushed his efforts persuading Trevor to save him, with his exchange of providing himself as a "meat shield" to take out a bigger threat instead. At the Veto meeting, Trevor chose not to use the veto, solidifying Leona and Nalu as the final nominees. While doing so, Trevor gave his speech that someone (vaguely pointing out at Leona) attempted to bribe him money in exchange for safety with the Veto. During the aftermath, Leona and Trevor went back and forth in an epic argument while Alison was riddled with guilt and sobbed, with Nalu consoling her. With Trevor's fabrication leaving her spot in such a critical state, Leona scrambled around to secure votes; although Lorenzo and Penelope reassured her to vote in her favor, Leona was dubious about Alison excessively promising her safety, which it felt disingenuous. Realizing about a possible tiebreaker, Leona and Trevor separately pulled aside Anthony to discuss; Leona tried to do damage control while pleading a strong case about genuinely never going back on their deal and explaining that she wasn't dumb enough giving away money for a Veto, while Trevor attempted to persuade him of avenging their fallen allies, stating that she was the reason that prevented them from dominating the entire game, which left Anthony intrigued on both cases. At the Live Eviction, Lorenzo and Penelope cast their votes to evict Nalu while Alison and Trevor cast theirs to evict Leona, causing Anthony to cast the tie-breaking vote and send his primary target Nalu to the jury, becoming the fifth jury member.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

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 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted2 Votes**

Following Nalu's eviction, Julie informed the HouseGuests of the Double Eviction. After realizing her vote may have severed ties with The Resistance, it was imperative for Alison and Trevor that one of them must win the upcoming Head of Household competition. In the *Say What Now?* competition, HouseGuests were shown a series of clips showing events of the season. The HouseGuests must identify which day each event took place. However, the clips were dubbed with an alternate audio. The final round came down to Alison and Leona in a tiebreaker question, with Alison outlasting Leona and becoming a two-time HoH. Immediately after, Alison tearfully nominated Leona and Lorenzo for eviction, citing that her primary target is unclear. The nominations angered Leona and Lorenzo, as Alison tried to do damage control by claiming that Anthony is her "clear" target, but they didn't bought her act. All remaining HouseGuests competed for the Power of Veto competition called *Big Top Drop*, wherein HouseGuests must run and collect a ball that corresponds to their color. They must then return to their podium and drop the ball in their tube. The first HouseGuest to fill their tube all the way must run to the other side and hit their buzzer will win the Power of Veto. After five minutes of competition, Lorenzo had the most points after going neck-and-neck against Trevor, earning him the Power of Veto. After the competition, Alison and Trevor reassured Penelope that she would a pawn against their main target Leona, as she abode by their decision. Although a replacement nominee is decided, Anthony and Trevor debated as they weren't able to reach a consensus who should go; Trevor preferred Leona for being a longtime threat with nine lives while Anthony disagreed and chose Penelope for being a wild card. However, Trevor was opposed to the idea and assured that taking out a bigger threat (specifically Leona) would benefit them, leaving with weaker obstacles to be steamrolled. Elsewhere, Leona opened up about her Vote Blocker advantage to Lorenzo while she realized her fate would soon be in the hands of Anthony once again. While she reassured of having Lorenzo's vote secured, Leona pulled Anthony aside and strengthened his trust by sharing her insights about Alison's intentions against him a while ago and warning him to keep a close eye on Trevor, causing Anthony to grow a bit of scepticism towards Alison and Trevor. Following this, a plan was set in motion to save Leona, resulting in Lorenzo using the Power of Veto to remove himself from the block, with Penelope being nominated in his place. Leona played her Vote Blocker advantage to cancel Trevor's vote, leaving Penelope vulnerable for eviction. Minutes later, Penelope was sent to the jury house in a 2–0 vote as she led an emotional exit. While doing so, Penelope forgave Leona and understood her best efforts to save herself.

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