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[gardenman]

Alas, poor Christie. The spotlight and power will fade away from her after 2:00 PM (ET) 11:00 AM BB Time, and she'll have to make her decision on whether to use her power or not and then go back to just being a "normal" houseguest again. How will she cope?

So, what will she do? At this very moment while I type this, it looks like she won't use it and trust Cliff to put up Witchabella. There's still some small chance that Cliff will betray this agreement, but it looks less likely. Losing Witchabella isn't a huge issue, but it is one less number for Cliff's potential side of the house and keeps the six intact.

Just to complicate matters still more, Jackson wants to go to Cliff today to tell him to put up Sam instead of Witchabella which may blow up the agreement. Jackson wants Sam up instead of Witchabella and to get rid of Sam as Sam is more of a threat than Witchabella. That might just get Cliff rethinking things a bit. Pretty much everyone wants Witchabella gone. Only the six want Sam gone. Making a move for the house isn't so bad for Cliff. Making a move that only benefits the six, not so good.

Christie could still opt to use her power (it would keep her in the spotlight a few minutes longer) and give Jackson the power to put up Witchabella, but would he? Or, would he put up Sam? Jackson might even try to play the hero and use the POV on Jack and stay on the block himself against either Witchabella or Sam. Jackson would have no issue turning his back on his alliance. He tells everyone every five minutes he doesn't care what anyone else thinks. He's playing his own game. I could see him using the power, if it's given to him, to save Jack and put up Sam.

So, this should be an interesting afternoon as we see how things play out. Will Christie use her power and give Jackson the power of the DPOV? If not, will Cliff honor his word and put up Witchabella? Will Jackson use his POV on himself or Jack? If the power is used will Jackson do as the house wants, put up Witchabella, or what he wants and put up Sam? Jackson's losing patience with Holly, he might even put her up and let the house decide which of the two of them stays.

The house is more or less evenly split right now. On the side of the six you've got Jack, Jackson, Tommy, Christie, Analyse and Holly. On the other side you've got Cliff, Sam, Nick, Witchabella, Nicole, and more or less Jessica and Kat. If Witchabella goes (looks likely at this minute) then that will weaken the opposition but not cripple them completely. Jesssica is largely a useless body at this point. She's more taking up space than playing the game. Witchabella pretty much blew up any chance they had at pulling in Jessica for a vote to keep Witchabella by picking a fight with her the other day. (Smart game move there Witchie. Sure, alienate a vote you absolutely had to have. Ugh!) 

Christie only has two more weeks she could use her power. If the six win HOH, then she doesn't need it. If they don't win POV then she doesn't need it. Cliff could go back on his word and put up her, Tommy, Holly or Analyse this week if she doesn't use it. He could use Jackson trying to get Sam up as reason to do just that. Will Christie just let the power die in her pocket, or use it now? We'll find out this afternoon. 

If things play out as expected and Witchabella goes up, barring a major upset that turns the house on Jack (always possible) then Witchabella will be leaving on Thursday by a 9-1 or possibly 8-2 vote. Even with her on the block, if Kat, Nicole, Jessica, Sam and Nick were to vote to keep Witchabella (three of those are very possible in Nicole, Sam and Nick, but getting Jessica and Kat to go along would be the challenge) then Cliff could break the tie and vote out Jack. It would take Jack doing something stupid to flip Jessica and Kat though. But, hey, it's Jack. Doing something stupid is far from out of the question. Jackson could still end up dong something stupid with the veto too, or surprising everyone by voting out Jack. (He's made it clear that Jack has to go at some point and he may not get many more chances. There's only room for one Alpha dog and that's Jackson, at least in his own mind.)

I'll post back after the POV meeting today with an update on what happened, but expect Witchabella to be the nominee against Jack. But, there are lots of other possibillities that can't be completely discounted. We get our two nominees later today, but the vote may stay up in the air until Thursday. It's BB, expect the unexpected.

[gardenman]

Good news for Cliff. Christie is going to use her power so he doesn't have to do anything today. Christie is off to her normal rambling start today as she's mad at Sam, Nick and Cliff. She's targeting Sam now as the bad guy. It sounds like Christie might have Jackson put up Sam. She's whispering and even with my headphones on and volume maxed out it's hard to hear all the details as she's stealth whispering to Analyse and Holly. Oh God, Christie had a dream. In her dream she called them out on everything and in her dream Sam started everything. Christie has the other side of the house as masterminds. (Seriously? Has she seen the other side of the house?) 

She says she's going to go on a rampage after the POV meeting. Christie just said Witchabella is going home this week so maybe she's not having Jackson put up Sam? Who knows? Christie is just a rambling wreck.

[gardenman]

So, Sam and Nick will be Christie's targets next week and Isabella gone this week. This next HOH comp will be a battle. I'd like it to be the wall comp to see who really wants the HOH. That's a pure "want" type of comp. Whoever wants it most, tends to win.

[gardenman]

And now Christie's not using her power after being reassured by Cliff he's putting up Witchabella. Now Jack is telling Cliff there's the six of them and they can't make a decision by a single person, but they have to run it by all six. So much for hiding your alliance.

[Marp]

If Christie told production she was not going to use the power this week then does what happens?   Are there repercussions from production?

If Christie does use the power can Jackson put her up as the replacement?

[gardenman]

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@Marp wrote:

If Christie told production she was not going to use the power this week then does what happens?   Are there repercussions from production?

If Christie does use the power can Jackson put her up as the replacement?

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Christie has to notify the DR within fifteen minutes if she's using it, but now she's not. Cliff could put her, Tommy or anyone on the block as a replacement if he wanted to, but he's sworn not to and to put up Bella.

Poor Jackson has had no food in four days due to being on slop. To get the calories he needs, he'd need to be eating slop pretty much nonstop. He won't be in good shape for the HOH. He says he'll win despite no sleep, no food, and being on one foot. (I'm betting he won't win, but that's just me.)

[CrazyDaisy]

With Jack spilling the beans about the alliance of 6 (eventhough he already knows), I would think that would give Cliff the perfect opportunity to break his word.  He could put up one of the other 4 members and blame it on Jack for his comments in that conversation.

[gardenman]

It's time for the POV meeting. All indications are that Cliff will put up Witchabella to replace Jackson. That's what he's told everyone anyway. If they come back and Christie is on the block I'd laugh my head off, but that seems like a longshot. In some ways it would be the smart move, in other ways a bit suicidal. Jack, Christie, Tommy, Analyse have all agreed to expand the six to eight including Cliff and Kat, so I think Cliff might view that as being his personal best route to get further in the game. At some point those eight would have to get out the stronger players of Jack and Jackson, so it makes some sense for Cliff. 

[gardenman]

Getting to be kind of a longish POV meeting blackout. These typically go pretty fast.

[gardenman]

And the feeds are back and it looks like Cliff kept his word and put up Witchabella.