Yesterday saw Cody faced with the nearly impossible decision of who to nominate. Should he nominate one of his three final two partners (Nicole, Enzo, Memphis), or the two houseguests (Tyler and Christmas) who defied the house and tried to vote out his beloved Nicole? Well, nearly impossible may have been an exaggeration. There was no real debate. Tyler and Christmas hit the block. To say there was no suspense on who the nominations would be is an understatement. Unless Christmas won the last HOH they were going to be the nominations no matter who won HOH.
So, knowing they were destined to be on the block both started to prepare for today's POV comp. Christmas prepared by telling Enzo that even if she won the POV she wouldn't use it as she trusted the house to vote out the more dangerous player in Tyler. (I'm thinking some of her tattoo ink may have seeped into her brain a bit and clouded her thinking.) A quick look at the houseguests still in the house shows that Nicole "there can be no other woman here but me" Franzel is still in the game. If Christmas stays on the block Nicole will lead the charge to get her evicted.
Nicole plays a very simple game. She pairs up with a bigger threat in the early stages and stays glued to them It was Hayden in BB 16, Corey in BB 18, and Daniele in BB 22. It was a little easier for her this year as Daniele didn't expect any "favors" in exchange for shielding her. Along the way she whines and whimpers and attempts to turn the house against all of the other women in the house. Then she stays hidden behind her partner until he/she is gone and then she starts to play. Nicole has achieved most of her typical Nicole goals this season. She's hidden behind a bigger threat for safety. She's gotten rid of all but one other woman and that woman is now on the block. If Christmas truly thinks Nicole is going to keep her, then Christmas has no clue how Nicole plays the game.
Tyler has switched on his high-intensity social game and is trying to be friends and best buds with everyone in an effort to stay in the game. It's a pretty effective technique and likely to keep him this week, but after Christmas is gone, he becomes the prime target and needs to win HOH or POV every week to stay in the house.
Cody is the person best positioned in the house right now. He's strong, knows enough to win many of the comps involving dates/events. He's the best physical competitor and has many, many allies still in the house. Even if he were to be nominated odds are the votes to evict wouldn't be there.
Nicole is arguably the next safest person in the house. A Cody/Nicole final two wouldn't shock me. I'm not sure anyone wants to hear her whine for a week so they probably won't nominate her to avoid that.
Memphis has played well but he could see the jury fairly soon. I think he scares Cody a bit with his intelligence and ability to win comps. Once the Christmas/Tyler pair are broken up expect Memphis to head out, possibly before whichever of the Tyler/Christmas pair survives this week.
Enzo is a moron who thinks he's Cody's closest ally. He's not. If Cody needs a pawn this week Enzo might just be stupid enough to volunteer to go up. Enzo blew his chance to go farther by not voting out Nicole last week. That could have moved him up to Cody's sidekick, but Nicole is now locked into that spot and unlikely to leave in the near future. Enzo still thinks he's playing in BB12 and is part of the new Brigade, but he's more Britney in this year's version than Lane. (For those who don't know the Brigade was the big alliance in BB12 that had Hayden, Lane, Enzo, and Matt in it. Each had a side alliance with Lane having Britney as his side alliance. She thought she was part of the big alliance, but was just baggage to them to use as a vote until they dumped her. Enzo is Britney this year.)
There's no need to pick the POV players today as six houseguests play and there are only six houseguests left. If Tyler or Christmas were to win the POV and use it, forcing Cody to put up one of his three final two partners, it could alter the dynamics of the house. One of the three who thinks Cody will take them to the end will soon discover that they're fourth on the pecking order and might decide to hook up with number five to try and thin out the top of the pack.
Cody's played a pretty good game but one flaw in it has been keeping too many good competitors to the very end. Everyone but Nicole is a threat in physical comps and Nicole and Memphis (along with Tyler) could be a threat to Cody in mental comps. When you look at the original cast and try to pick five people you wouldn't mind being up against at this stage of the game, you'd likely choose Kevin, Nicole Anthony, and Ian as the least competitive physical threats and Enzo, and David as the least competitive mental threats. Cody's alliance got him to the final six, but now he's got some decent pretty competitors he'll have to beat to win.
Cody can't win HOH next week and just two votes will be enough to evict him at the final five. It Tyler wins POV this week and Cody puts up Memphis or Enzo as a pawn opposite Christmas, then Memphis or Enzo will know they're fourth on Cody's pecking order. With Cody incapable of playing for HOH next week that would leave Memphis, Tyler, Enzo, and Nicole playing for HOH. I like the odds of Memphis/Enzo or Tyler winning that HOH. If they put up Nicole and Cody, and even if the other houseguest stays loyal to Cody whoever of Memphis/Enzo/Tyler isn't the HOH could vote out Cody and then the HOH could break the tie and give old Cody the boot.
Enzo, being Enzo will probably ruin that scenario by volunteering to be the pawn if the POV is used and still assume he's Cody's number two. He won't turn on Cody and then will get the boot at the end as Cody takes Nicole with him to the finale.
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