31 July, 2017
Paul then convinced Elena that her association with Mark, Cody, and Jess will lead to her eviction. Or did the savvy veteran call her bluff and target them once again?
There's also the new Temptation Competition which gives HGs the choice to play for immunity or to become the third nominee. It's fun and easy, so start predicting right now. Ramses, a 21-year-old cosplay artist from Grand Rapids, MI, was evicted from the Big Brother house via a 7-3 vote over Josh Martinez, a 23-year-old in hair care sales from Miami, FL who now resides in Homestead, FL. However, should they finish last in the competition, they'll become the third nominee for eviction!
Jessica claims that she is still debating whether or not she wants to play the Halting Hex, but we feel like in the end she's going to. To make matters even worse for Marlena, Cody makes an objectively awful move, telling Paul that his only connection in the game besides Jess is Mark.
Jessica Graf had one of the most successful weeks in Big Brother USA history.
Dubbed "Inked & Evicted", the challenge was a true/false quiz that required the houseguests to recall details of photos that had previously been displayed on the video screens inside the Big Brother house. Its just a matter of who will be there with him. And while the BB18 vet offers her some comfort, saying he believes he and Elena are working "at the same level of operation", he warns her that her connection to Mark has done damage to her game and will drag her down. As gratifying as that could be, violence is not allowed within the house. Ever since winning the competition on Saturday night, Paul meant to save Jason Dent from the chopping block. If he was not able to nominate them, Kevin suggested he could easily put up Mark and Elena instead.
Mark Jansen and Elena Davies - whom Paul had viewed as Jessica and Cody allies and therefore left out of the plan to keep Josh - were the only houseguests to vote with Cody to evict Josh. Elena knows she has to distance herself from Mark if she wants to save her game. Also, we see Josh terrorizing Mark before the eviction, banging pots and pans and acting like a insane person. Paul sits with Elena to plant some seeds of doubt in her mind and tells her that Mark is really ruining her game. Elena followed his orders like a good little soldier and had an uncomfortable conversation with Mark that likely ended at least one showmance this season.
Since getting the temptation, Paul had gotten the majority of houseguests on his side of the house. Why be tempted to compete? Jessica could've taken Ramses off the block and put Paul up since she already had a feeling that the houseguests were coming up with a backdoor plan to take innocent Ramses out of the competition. The houseguests that chose to compete this week were Alex, Jason, Matt Clines (under strict orders from Paul), and Mark. And it's the dizzying Bowlerina game, tutus and all. Unable to deal with the spinning, Jason could barely stand let alone knock over pins. He wasn't great, but he wasn't awful and barely noticeable. It's evident that things are roiling for Mark, and they're itching to come to the surface. He's been keeping this ragtag crew in line all the while fending off clumsy acrobats Cody and Jessica (Jody), who are determined to steal that spotlight someday and run the show. She won the Head of Household, got her boyfriend Cody back in the house, and won the Power of Veto. Little do they realize that her powers won't be used until eviction night, nullifying the entire week. To his credit, he has won two Head Of Households and two Power of Vetoes.
