Quick! Someone call the Centers for Disease Control and tell them the world's worst case of HOH-itis has struck the BB 18 house! Yes, in a disaster of previously unimaginable proportion, Paul has somehow won the HOH. (It's going to be a long, long week.) King Paul, adorned nonstop in his HOH robe, is now in charge of the house.
When last we left the house, the ball rolling comp was ongoing. It was generally assumed the house guests would continue to practice most, if not all night before committing to the red ball. Paulie quickly threw the comp after taking just a couple of practice rolls. He knows he's safe this week, so he took just a couple of practice rolls then committed to the red ball and rolled a six. About 45 minutes in, BB realized that this could go on forever and BB reportedly changed the rules. They announced that the house guests had five minutes to roll or they'd automatically be a Have Not. So the house guests then grabbed the red ball and took their best shots. Nicole rolled a seven, but Zakiyah, Corey and Natalie joined Paulie in rolling a six or less and were made the Have Nots. Paul rolled a twenty one and got the win.
Paul and Davonnne celebrated the win together and Paul assured Davonne he had her back. Paul assured her that Bridgette was the target and that Bridgette was going home. Paulie then met up with Paul and told him that Bridgette wasn't the target and that Paulie wanted Davonne as the target and maybe Victor up against her. Paul's head more or less exploded at the idea of having his two allies up under his HOH and quickly refused. (Wait a minute? People are allowed to disobey Paulie? Shocking!) Paulie quickly agreed to let Paul nominate Bridgette, but still wanted Davonne up. Paul refused, but reluctantly agreed to backdoor Davonne. (Paul has been feeding info to both Paulie and Davonne and wants neither one of them telling the house what he's been doing.)
So with Bridgette as a nominee, but not a target (Paulie knows that Bridgette will work with/vote with them if they keep her safe this week) and there needing to be two nominees who would both be pawns, Paul and Paulie needed a volunteer to go up as the second pawn. (Who in their right mind puts up two pawns at this stage of the game??? Oh yeah, that's right, these hamsters.) So Paulie went on a search to find a volunteer to be the second pawn. Shockingly, no one was thrilled with the idea.
Nicole's head nearly exploded when the offer was made to her. Zakiyah refused. Davonne thought Paulie was out of his mind. Natalie refused. James refused. Paul wouldn't consider Victor. (which has quite a few of the house guests now realizing there might be some connection between Paul and Victor that could make them big targets in the near future.) Michelle refused to be a pawn.
Nicole, after failing in an effort to convince Natalie to go up as a pawn, reluctantly volunteered, kind of, sort of, in a way, but by then Paulie was so frustrated with his minions refusing to trust the house that he volunteered to be the pawn. Corey then decided that maybe he should volunteer too. Nicole quickly withdrew her name and at last check, the pawn up opposite Bridgette is most likely going to be Corey or Paulie.
Davonne (who's normally among the first to go to bed) is still up as I type this and glued to Paul. She doesn't want to take a chance on him being persuaded to put her up and she'll stay glued to him nonstop until it's time for the nominations. Davonne knows how dangerous things are for her right now.
We'll have the nominations going down later today. Expect Bridgette to be one of the nominees. At this moment the other one will likely be Paulie or Corey. Oddly enough, none of the nominees will be the target. Since Paul is the HOH the safest person in the house seems to be Victor. Paul's refused to even consider putting him up. Those most at risk of being backdoored are Davonne and Nicole. It would be kind of hilarious to see Davonne win the HOH this week. She could then pull down Bridgette and really put Paul in a tough spot. With Paulie on the block opposite say Nicole (who Davonne would really push Paul to put up) the house might be a bit divided on who should go.
This is going to be a long, tedious week with Paul ruling the house. He's going to let this go to his head in a big, big way and forget that his power only lasts one week. He's likely to make a few new enemies in the next few days. This could be fun assuming Paul doesn't drive us all too crazy.
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