When Thursday’s Blockbuster first got underway, it seemed like Dee had it in the bag, rendering her campaigning needless. The players had to correctly piece together a circular, three-dimensional, double-sided puzzle, and Dee used the wise strategy of constructing the puzzle flat on the floor first before she started mounting the pieces on their poles. In fact, it looked like she had the entire thing figured out while Devens and Angela were still fumbling with their pieces.
But not so! A minute later, Dee started to sneak a peek at Devens, who was suddenly stacking his pieces and moving quickly; she then appeared a little lost, as though Devens’ puzzle was revealing to Dee that she didn’t have her pieces in the right spots, after all. Moments later, Devens hit his buzzer and won the Blockbuster, leaving Dee and Angela eligible for eviction — and Dee became one of the only nominees ever to actually utilize those few minutes in between the Blockbuster winner being revealed and voting getting underway, promising the throng that she’ll go after Drew, Barrett, and even Melody if she stays in the house.
And stay she did. Although the first two votes cast on Thursday — Drew’s and Melody’s — fell in favor of Angela staying, Devens, Taylor, and Yash all voted to evict Angela, sending her out the door and making her Juror No. 2. A couple of thoughts here: 1) I suspect the houseguests will look back on this eviction as the fork in the road that ultimately empowered Dee to win the entire game; and 2) I’m flabbergasted that the “Big Brother” producers didn’t leave Devens to vote last, when his vote would have served as a tiebreaker. Imagine the tension, especially since Devens began his vote with, “I reluctantly vote to evict my partner-in-crime…. Angela.” Those gasps from the studio audience members, who definitely thought Devens was about to boot Dee, could have been even louder!
Anyway, Angela made her way out of the house after a long and winding farewell to her fellow players, and she reaffirmed that Taylor and Yash — who she correctly assumed voted to evict her — made the right move to do so, because she believes Dee really will protect them while she’s out for vengeance on Barrett and Drew.
That’s a wrap on Week 9, “Big Brother” fans! How do you feel about Angela getting evicted? And are you excited for next week’s two-hour double eviction? Tell us below!
