Okay, with one vote I'm going to do the results of the next HOH competition:

Following Lawon's exit interview, the Chenbot calls the houseguests into the living room and congratulates them for making it to the top ten and tells them that from now on, everything changes. The duo twist is over and the houseguests are now playing as individuals. She then warns that the twists are far from over!

The houseguests head out back for this week’s HOH competition and the power is up for grabs once again! Jeff, as outgoing HOH, is not eligible to compete. This week’s competition is entitled “Big Brother Slalom.”

The houseguests are perched on a wall and balancing on skis. They are instructed to hold onto their ski poles (sticking out of the wall –- basically knobs with a short handle) and hang on tight –- the last houseguest standing is the next Head of Household. One twist – the first five houseguests eliminated will choose a snowball to open which may contain something good or something bad. One snowball contains $10,000!

With that, the competition is on as some lively music begins to play and the skis begin to swish side to side. Pretty soon the mountain begins to move as well. Soon, the weather takes a turn for the worse as snow begins to fall.

We then get commentary from some of the houseguests. Brendon says that Jeff's only chance of survival now is for either Brendon or Jordan to win the HOH competition. And if it's an endurance or balance one, Jeff's chances are diminished since Brendon can't win a balance one.

The others provide commentary as well. Jordan fully intends to win in order to save Jeff from the chopping block. Adam hopes his side wins, as they can get rid of either Jeff or Brendon. Jeff, who can't compete, cheers Brendon and Jordan on, hoping they can save him from the wrath of the other houseguests.

We then cut back to Lawon's eviction and hear houseguests offer their parting thoughts on Lawon. Shelly is sorry to see her partner go but "better you than me." She's glad she still has a chance to stick around, but now she's rethinking her alliance situation since Jeff is acting like a jerk.

Jeff brags about sending another newbie down. He would rather have had Dominic go, but he'll take what he can get. Dicque is sorry that he voted against Lawon, but he hopes that Jeff will get all the blame for sending Lawon out of the house.

As the houseguests go to the kitchen to watch Lawon's memory wall photo fade to black and white, we get a few more tidbits. Dominic is upset that another member of the Regulator alliance is gone but he notes that the house is turning against Jeff, which is good for the newbies. Cassi admits that she once wanted to keep Jeff & Jordan around till the jury, but now she wants Jeff out asap!

With that, we’re back at the HOH competition and Jeff is still cheering Brendon and Jordan on. Jeff reveals that the instant he saw the setup he was relieved that he wouldn't be eligible to compete, as he wouldn't be able to win it anyway. He just hopes Brendon or Jordan can do so.

Dicque describes the difficulty in this challenge. Even though it looks easy to just sway from side to side, the tilting of the wall puts a lot of strain on their biceps, triceps, and lower back. You can tell that it’s getting to some people already, as Dominic is grimacing in pain. In the diary room, he says that he's a competitor and he'll push through the pain.

Adam is really starting to feel it, to the point that the others are trying to cheer him on so he can break through the pain. In private, Adam says he’s not going to kill himself this time, as he is low on the radar of the remaining veterans and he's allied with Cassi, Dicque, Dominic and Porsche.

After about nine minutes, Adam is the first to drop, jumping clear off his ski (one of them had broken off,) and onto the mat. Indeed, all of the men’s skis are either sagging or have completely broken off under the weight and constant movement. Meanwhile, all of the women’s skis are still fairly horizontal (save Kalia’s).

As he is the first to fall, Adam gets to open one of the snowballs. The card inside tells him that he gets the “honor and privilege” of wearing an elf costume for the week. I’m already laughing (as is everyone else). In the diary room, Adam points out the blatant irony of the situation, the fact that he’s Jewish, and that there is no Christmas, or Santa Claus, or elves in his faith.

About 10 minutes later, Dominic's right ski breaks off and falls! Luckily, Dominic is able to keep himself steady. However, Brendon decides that since Jeff is a bigger target because of his behavior, he shouldn't stress himself in a competition he has little chance of winning, so he drops out!

Jeff yells at Brendon, since he was pretty sure Brendon gave up. Brendon ignores him and opens his snowball. Unfortunately for Brendon, he's a Have-Not for the week! Brendon isn't too happy about it. He'd rather have Jeff be a Have Not!

The competition continues and Jeff now cheers Jordan on. Kalia wants to understand Jeff's loyalty to Jordan but she's having a hard time doing so. Meanwhile, Dominic says that he can't hold on much longer, and Dicque is starting to feel tired. Dominic finally drops off after a little more than 35 minutes.

Jeff is thrilled by this and is even more thrilled when Dominic opens his snowball and discovers that he is a Have-Not! Adam consoles Dominic but Dominic says that he hadn't been a Have Not yet so it was about time for him to be a Have Not.

Dicque is the last man left standing, which leads to some playful feminist teasing from Cassi. As the next blast of snow hits, she even starts taunting the machines, screaming at them to “bring it on!” This doesn't make Jeff too happy, of course.

After a few moments, Shelly decides that since she isn't a real threat to anybody, she'll drop off. She gets $100,000, which naturally delights her! Dicque decides to follow her as he thinks he can't take much more, and he gets Have Not status. Dominic says they'll eat together, which cheers Dicque up.

The remaining four are Cassi, Jordan, Kalia and Porsche. Jeff is still cheering Jordan, while Brendon is trying to encourage Kalia, who is clearly in pain. Jordan and Porsche are also feeling the pain, while Cassi is doing just fine, much to the newbies' delight.

As another blast of non-snow arrives, Porsche has had enough and falls off at fifty-seven minutes! However, Cassi is in the best shape and Jordan knows it, so she begins trying to remind Cassi of the promise she'd made to keep Jeff & Jordan around until the jury.

However, Cassi says, "Sorry, Jordan. I still love you, but after him acting like such a total jerkwad all week, I'm getting Jeff out if it costs me the game to do it, because I can't stand the sonofab!tch and don't want to spend one more minute in the house with him than I have to."

Jeff, hearing this, reams Cassi out and calls her several derogatory names, then Jordan says "Shut the f--- up, Jeff! It's gonna be hard enough to save your a$$, and you make it that much harder every f---ing time you run off at the mouth."

Unfortunately for him, Jeff starts yelling at her, and she says, "Fine! F--- you! If they want you out they can have you this week," and she jumps off at 1:05 and gets in his face and the other HG have to separate them.

Now only Cassi & Kalia are left. Kalia finally says, "I know where this is headed. If you agree not to nominate me this week, I'll not only give you this competition right now, I'll vote your way next Thursday." Cassi says, "Deal", and Kalia jumps down at 1:21, making Cassi the HoH.

Jeff hands over the HOH key to Cassi, looking like he wishes he could shoot lasers from his eyes. Cassi celebrates in private, saying that she's ready now to get Jeff out of the game for good. She knows everyone else will join in happily.

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Okay, Cassi is the new HOH. Now I want you to decide who will be the nominees for the week -- well, at least who will be up alongside Jeff as I'm pretty sure Jeff will be a nominee. I'll take votes until tomorrow and the person (or people) with the most votes will be the nominees -- or at least join Jeff up on the chopping block.