‘Big Brother 17’ Recap: “Two new HOH’s…Two new Targets”

We enter the house right after the HOH competition. Becky and Shelli are celebrating their victories and most of the house is happy. Da’Vonne is not happy, as she feels she could be going on the block this week. Vanessa is also happy with the HOH results and feels that the house is going to unite to take out a big target.

We see footage from two days ago when Audrey brought up a bunch of HG into the HOH room and claimed that Vanessa instigated the all-girls alliance. We see Audrey go lie right to Vanessa’s face and tell her that the HG think she was responsible. When Vanessa confronts Da’Vonne about the situation and Da’Vonne says it is false, she calls a house meeting where Vanessa confronts Audrey in front of everybody. Audrey refuses to tell the truth and the rest of the HG are witnessing Audrey’s true colors and that she could be the biggest liar in the house.

Audrey’s plan after the HOH is to lay low and act defeated considering she is the biggest target in the house. Some of the HG mention a possibility that Audrey could try and side with Shelli or Becky to try and stay safe this week. The HG go visit Becky and Shelli’s HOH rooms. Becky reads a letter from her sisters and Shelli reads one from her parents. The house seems happy for them…except Da’Vonne.

Becky and Shelli talk strategy and they discuss the fact that Audrey is the major target. They discuss the plan of putting up four pawns to backdoor Audrey this week. Becky meets with several HG to get them on board with the plan and to warn them about being potential pawns.

Clay and Jeff talk aside about the possibility of getting Da’Vonne out this week. Clay goes to Shelli and tells her that their is no trust with Da’Vonne and they need to get her out. He suggests that if they nominate her, they need to put up a HG that will throw the BOTB. Clay and Jeff talk with Shelli and Clay volunteers but Shelli refuses to nominate him. They bring in John and tell him about this potential plan. John seems on board, but is skeptical because this plan can always backfire.

In the backyard, Becky tells some of the HG the story of when she got hit by a train last year. She was out of work for eight weeks and this helped her gain new perspective on life. She describes herself as a “basic bitch.”

The Nomination Ceremony is here and Da’Vonne and Audrey expect to be nominated. Steve and James also think they could be nominated. Shelli puts her plan in motion by nominating John and Da’Vonne. She tells Da’Vonne that they have no trust between each other. Becky puts what she thinks is the main plan in motion by nominating Jason & Steve. She is returning the favor to Jason and hasn’t talked much game with Steve. Becky thinks the plan is that four pawns are up and Audrey is getting backdoored, but it seems Shelli’s top priority is getting Da’Vonne out. This should be interesting.

Jason and Da’Vonne are frustrated they are nominated because they thought Audrey was the big target this week. Becky tells Jason and Steve that Audrey is the main target this week but Jason still doesn’t feel 100% safe. John talks with Da’Vonne about getting ready for the BOTB competition, even though he intends to throw the competition.

It is time for the Battle of the Block competition. They go into the backyard and see it is set up like a TV set. The players act as camera operators and have to match a sequence of screen shots in the correct order listed. This is a pretty critical BOTB since both HOH’s have different main targets this week. They also have to wear suits that have them joined together.

Jason and Steve’s strategy is to turn on two cameras at a time while Da’Vonne and John decide to turn them all on at once. John decides that he is going to throw the BOTB. Jason and Steve cruise through this competition while Da’Vonne and John are struggling, not even because John is throwing it. Jason and Steve pick up the easy BOTB win and are off the nomination block. Becky is dethroned as HOH. Jason’s plan is to save Da’Vonne this week. Shelli is the sole HOH with hopes of sending Da’Vonne home. This should be interesting considering Becky still thinks the plan is to backdoor Audrey. John is happy about his current situation while Da’Vonne gets emotional promising to win this veto at any cost.

Who will win the Power of Veto? Will they save John or Da’Vonne from eviction?

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