Here is the live eviction ceremony, a day late:The Chenbot welcomes the audience (both at home and live in the studio) to what will be the most pivotal episode of Big Brother this season. After Kalia won the PoV and took herself off the block, Brendon volunteered to go up beside Porsche, thinking that Jeff would be given a second chance and intending to lose to Jeff and go home to be with Rachel.
We flash back to the blue-toned past to once again watch Jordan nominate Brendon for eviction after he volunteered. When the meeting is concluded, we get the guitar riff to color and hear from the peanut gallery.
Porsche couldn't be any happier that Brendon is beside her. She is sure that he won't make the jury and she will! Brendon is ready to go home. He notes that Rachel must be going crazy being separated from him and says that he misses her so much.
Jordan says that if Jeff does get a chance to return, it'll be an early Christmas for her! Dicque is ready now to really plot and scheme, with Jeff probably returning and the jury ready to begin. He wants to win again, and thinks that most of the newbies are idiots.
In the kitchen Adam, Cassi, Dominic and Kalia are eating slop (with Cassi adding catfish and coconuts to it). Brendon can't stop talking about Rachel, about how much he misses her and about her going crazy without him around. He is happy to be going back to her.
Dominic says that even though Jeff is a huge threat, at least he won't go on and on about how much he misses Jordan! Cassi agrees, adding that if they are right and Jeff returns to the house, then he and Jordan will make the jury and her word to them will be kept anyway.
In the HOH room we see Dicque, Jordan and Shelly discussing a strategy if Jeff returns and either he, Dicque or Shelly win the next HOH competition. Shelly thinks that Dominic and Porsche are an unbreakable duo and should be put up. Dicque agrees with her on it.
In private, however, Dicque reveals the real reason why he was so willing to have Dominic and Porsche put up. He doesn't want to break his alliance with Adam, Cassi and Kalia just yet. He also doesn't want to be seen as playing both sides so he won't be really trying to win the next HOH competition.
We then see Adam, Cassi, Dominic, Kalia and Porsche in the Have Not room, discussing strategy for the next round. Dominic says that he'll put up Dicque and Jeff for nomination if he wins the next HOH competition because they are both strong players as well as returning ones.
Cassi points out that Jeff will probably win the PoV if he's put up directly, so she suggests he put up Dicque and Shelly, let Dicque win the PoV, and then backdoor Jeff. Dominic says that is probably a better idea than putting Jeff up right away, so he'll go for it.
Later Adam, Cassi and Kalia are talking to Dicque. They tell him about the plan to put Dicque and Shelly up if one of them wins HOH, then have Dicque win the PoV and take himself off the block, and then backdoor Jeff. In turn, Dicque reveals the plan to nominate Dominic and Porsche if Jeff or Shelly win HOH.
We then see Dominic and Porsche in the Purple Lounge Room. He is telling her that she has the votes to stay over Brendon and she is happy with this. They begin flirting as we see Shelly enter the room unseen by both of them. They then begin making out as Shelly leaves.
In a confessional, Shelly notes that you can't allow duos to stay in the house for long. The best way to break up a duo that is viewed as unbreakable is to nominate them both! So she hopes either she or Jeff win HOH so that Dominic and Porsche can be split up.
The next day, Cassi and Porsche are talking on the back yard couches. Cassi says that either Porsche or Dominic should win the HOH for their own safety. She accidentally overheard Shelly telling Jordan all about Dominic and Porsche being an unbreakable duo.
Porsche thanks Cassi for the info and she tells Dominic about it. In private, Dominic vows to win the next HOH competition so that he can avoid being on the chopping block. If that doesn't happen, however, he wants Porsche, Kalia or Cassi to win it and keep him safe.
Adam is happy that nobody is talking about getting rid of him. The main targets that keep being discussed are Dicque, Jeff, Dominic, and Cassi although Cassi has faded towards the back because she isn't viewed as part of an unbreakable duo. He thinks he'll win because he is unthreatening.
It’s time to talk to the houseguests. How does Dicque think the twist affected the game? He says that it didn't affect it too much because the houseguests quickly figured out that the twist would involve a previously evicted player against the next evicted one. They could plan without too much stress.
The Chenbot then asks Shelly if she thinks the pressure will start getting to people once the twist is over? Of course it is. This place is a pressure cooker. Eventually everyone’s going to break, although Brendon is the only one who has given up. But for now, nobody has cracked much.
Brendon is asked how much he misses Rachel. He says that words can't describe how much he misses her. He then says that it's probably harder for her to be without him than it is for him to be without her. But he plans on being with her soon, whether it is after the show or after the twist.
The Chenbot needs a little bit more time for her batteries to recharge, so she reveals what happened to the houseguests who had been evicted and were sequestered. We begin with Keith entering a living room and reading a note which says that he and three others will get a second chance to return.
Keith tells us that because Daniele was so sick with the flu that she had to be hospitalized, he and three other evicted houseguests will have a chance to return back to the game at the expense of one evicted houseguest. He wonders who will be joining him.
The next week, he sees a note which says that the evicted contestant had a mental breakdown and had to be taken to a mental hospital in a straitjacket. He figures out that Rachel was the one evicted and not long after, he is proved right as Rachel enters, really depressed.
We then see Keith greet Lawon and ask him what happened. Lawon reveals what went wrong and adds that Jeff really flipped out towards the end of his reign as HOH. Keith predicts that Jeff will be in big trouble and Lawon agrees. They note that Rachel is staying in her room most of the time, just moping.
Finally, we see Jeff enter the house. He is chastened by his meltdown and says that he deserved to be evicted. However, he is taking his eviction much better than Rachel, for although she is not crying all the time (thanks to medication), she is still very depressed.
Before we get to the vote, we get to talk to Jordan in the HOH room, because this show just doesn’t have enough filler. What was her biggest challenge as HOH? Dealing with the twist, of course. Trying to figure out who should go was initially very hard for her.
What about Brendon? Is she happy with how that whole situation turned out? Jordan says that she has no regrets, since she believes that Jeff will be coming back and since Brendon's heart wasn't really in the game anymore. She wishes him well with Rachel.
Does she think Jeff will be able to mend fences with Cassi if he returns to the game? Jordan believes that he will because he knows she only broke her word because he acted like an a$$. She also knows that Cassi is a really nice, sweet girl and that will help the fences to be mended.
It’s time for the vote, but as always, the nominees get one last pointless plea. Porsche asks the houseguests to vote based on what is best for them, because the twist is coming. Brendon says that whatever happens will happen, and he tells the others to just do what’s in their best interest, because in the end, there can be only one person to win the money.
With that, it's finally time for the vote. Dominic and Cassi go up first and unsurprisingly vote for Brendon. Kalia also votes for Brendon. Dicque makes it official as he flashes a crooked grin. Shelly and Adam make it a unanimous vote to evict Brendon.
Chenbot: By a vote of 6-0, Brendon, you have been evicted from the Big Brother house.
Brendon gets up and hugs everyone. He doesn't leave, however, and the Chenbot explains the twist. All four of the previous houseguests have been in separate sequester, and America has voted one of them back into the house. Whoever America voted for will compete against Brendon to return to the game.
Jordan looks hopeful and Cassi and Shelly support her as they head outside. Keith, Rachel, Lawon and Jeff are all gathered in the back yard. The Chenbot asks each of them if they’re surprised to be back with a second chance at the game.
They all say that they were surprised at first, but soon were excited. Rachel offers her non-existent first child to get back in the house. She'll even put up a family member as an indentured servant. Jeff hopes he can return to Jordan. Then the Chenbot reveals that Brendon was evicted, and Rachel's face falls in despair.
After a commercial break, everyone is gathered outside, with the active houseguests seated off to the side. It’s time to reveal the audience vote to see who will get a chance to return. Off to one side, Jordan clutches Cassi and Shelly's arms in nervous anticipation.
Over two million votes were cast over the past week. Right off the bat, Keith and Rachel are eliminated. Rachel is miserable at this. The Chenbot then reveals that with more than half of the vote, the returning houseguest is ... Jeff. Jordan cheers and jumps up and down as Jeff looks thrilled.
Jeff will now take on Brendon for the right to reenter the house. The competition is called “That’s How We Roll.” Both Brendon and Jeff have a ramp with a hole in the top, leading to a chute underneath the ramp. When the competition starts, hundreds of balls will fall from the sky, each of them with different colors and names to represent the original 14 houseguests this season. They have to roll the balls up the ramp and down the chute to fill out the cast.
The players will have up to three minutes to complete the chute. If they finish beforehand, they can buzz in to lock in their times. Whoever completes the chute first, with all 14 houseguests correct, will rejoin the game. If the number of correct balls is a tie, then whoever buzzed in first will win. If neither buzzes in, then the winner will be the player who got a ball down the chute first.
The competition begins, the balls fall, and both Brendon and Jeff begin rolling their balls down the hole. However, just about everyone yells to Jeff which colors and houseguests he is still missing. No one supports Brendon.
Jeff fills his chute first and has all 14 houseguests right. Brendon fills his with just under 30 seconds remaining and he too has all 14 right, but it's too late: Jeff is back in the game, much to Jordan's delight and everyone else's.
Brendon is ordered to say his good-byes, and he gives the others strong hugs before leaving to join the Chenbot. He is asked how it feels to be leaving and rejoining Rachel. Brendon says that he is thrilled and that he's glad Jeff is back with Jordan in the game.
He then sees the good-bye messages. Dominic says that he's glad Brendon is gone. Cassi wishes him well with Rachel. Jordan says that he wanted to be with Rachel, so now he has what he wanted. And Porsche concludes by saying that he can comfort his fiancee now.
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Okay, Brendon has been evicted, Jeff won America's Vote and Jeff returned to the game. Now it's time to decide who will be the next HOH. I'll take votes until tomorrow and the person with the most votes will be the next HOH. Jordan, however, can't compete.