It’s the first permanent elimination of the season on “Big Brother,” but not before a final AI Environment competition that could save Kenny, Kimo or Matt from the Block — who saves their own game and who becomes the first Houseguest eliminated of the season?
After probably the wildest first few weeks in the history of Older brotherThis all led up to the first vote of stay and eviction on Thursday night. However, before that could happen, the three nominees needed to be narrowed down to 2.
Kenney, Kimo, and Matt took part in the first BB AI Enviornment competition as part of this season’s AI-themed twist. Angela was sweating bullets because her mission was to see “Loopy-Eyes” Matt walk out the door.
And after her uncontrolled outburst at Home on Wednesday night’s episode, she really wanted to see him go. She unleashed venom on her personal alliance — believing it was an act — but saved most of her vitriol for Matt.
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Their rivalry was perhaps the strangest of the season, as Angela inadvertently started it, and then Matt inadvertently continued it. It all started when Angela joked that he could definitely be in a showmance, which he saw as a risk to his sport.
So when he feared that she would criticize him for it, she apologized in the Head of Household’s room, and he responded by saying that he could get up, because if that happened, he was sure that he would come down and just go after her.
She took it what as a risk, while he thought he was simply being kind of practical and sincere about how the sport works. So Angela let her paranoia boil over and she or he unleashed hell on an unsuspecting Home.
She was right about one thing, though. Matt was in the closest thing to a showmance this season has had, as he and Makensy were at least enjoying a reasonably strong flirt-mance in the opening week. It was enough that she told him on Thursday that she would probably cry if he got evicted.
But did he do it?
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Immediately, the campaign began with extraordinarily different methods and results. The scenario was much more complicated too, as they had to do marketing campaign before Thursday’s live episode without even realizing who the final two nominees would be.
Kimo was tough, but from what we saw on our televisions, the response he was getting from everyone was that they truly believed he could fight his way back into the AI Environment.
True to his character as a direct and aggressive competitor (a little presumptuous, perhaps?), Matt went all out and not only sought to gather the six votes needed to stay this week, but orchestrated an entirely new alliance.
Matt gathered his fellow Throwmance members Makensy and Leah into the group, after which he continued recruiting by contacting Cedric, Cam, Chelsie, Brooklyn, and Rubina. This eight-person alliance he dubbed The Barbershop, saying they could call it BS for short.
But was it BS? In Diary Room interviews, some of its members didn’t seem all that eager for the alliance. When it’s early on, though, and someone throws an alliance at you, you don’t ignore it, otherwise you might end up on the surface looking inward (and that’s hard to undo).
However, that doesn’t mean you should essentially keep him. Quinn noted when Matt approached him that, on paper, Matt’s elimination is a no-brainer. He’s a big, strong man and a huge physical risk in the sport. If you have the opportunity to take an early shot, do it.
However, no one was happy with the way Angela unloaded on him the other morning. They admitted that it wasn’t a positive way to go about her claims that Matt threatened her in the HOH room, but no one likes a bully, and she actually publicly called him out as one — while accusing him of being one. So, feelings or sports? Who do you believe?
As for Kenney, his marketing campaign technique was even easier. He wasn’t going to do that.
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It’s becoming a theme, as Angela’s emotional state continues to feel extraordinarily risky within the House. She’s simply probably one of the most expressive personalities the show has ever forged, but she’s also probably the most paranoid, and seemingly has one of the shortest fuses.
She seems to always be on the verge of a powerful emotional response. And that’s what happened when she informed Kenney in the kitchen that she was “counting on you, whether you see it or not, to kick that kid’s ass.”
“That kid” was clearly referring to Matt. However, Kenney remained calm and answered, replying, “I don’t need to do that to him.” Kenney had informed Matt beforehand that if it ever became just the two of them in the Bloc, he would pressure Matt to stay.
The two established a decent bond early on in the game, which is why Matt didn’t campaign against Kenney either as he was building his alliance of eight. In fact, Angela seems to be the only one with any animosity towards anyone else at this early stage in the game.
“Are you kidding me? You’re inside the ‘Big Brother’ House. That disappoints me,” she informed Kenney, who simply shrugged. He’s not pleased that she put him in this place in the first place by naming him. And he wouldn’t even know he was her first target, as a result of which she realized he as a risk to his sport. What does he owe her once again?
At the same time, superfan Quinn marveled at what he noticed in the dialogue. He may not love Angela’s combative approach, but he was surprised by Kenney’s response about Matt. “You’ve been identifying him for a week! Every week!?” he gasped in the Diary Room later.
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After a two-pronged attack where the nominees fought for votes in the House, they duked it out for real in the first AI Environment competition. It wasn’t a physical battle, with the contestants instead tasked with seeing which Houseguest appeared the most times in a series of shuffled films.
It may not have been the most exciting thing to watch visually, but it was certainly remarkable that all three nominees came back (in time) with completely different guesses. We wonder what would have happened if none of them had picked the right one — perhaps the one whose guess came up the most?
Either way, it didn’t matter, as Kimo had the right guess and returned to much raucous applause and cheers from the guests, who couldn’t hear Julie Chen trying to give them time to fight and campaign for votes.
With no one looking for non-public chats, it seemed the trail was set. Kenney had previously expressed a willingness to fall on his sword for his “boy,” Matt. However, in his Save-Me speech, he didn’t do it fairly. Instead, he insisted that he was having fun with his time and if the Houseguests needed him to stay in their hearts, he would be grateful.
Matt kept up the style with his personal speech, going so far as to forgive Angela, while also campaigning to stay and continue to fight and play with the players in the House.
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When it came time for the exact vote, it turned out that The Barbershop had been built like a playing card house, because everything was falling apart. Only Throwmance allies Makensy and Leah had Matt’s back, as Lisa was also on his side — despite not even being in The Barbershop.
Every single member of that alliance, and the rest of the House, voted for Matt, much to Angela’s nervous assistance. In the end credits, we see Makensy and Leah vowing to vote her out, but it certainly may not be that simple.
Angela is the kind of person in particular that no one in the House will be interested in, despite her winning the first HOH. She’s risky and emotionally unpredictable, sure, but they still won’t see her as a viable risk to win competitions — and certainly not the game.
In other words, unless she really pushes too hard and drives everyone crazy, she can just linger longer in the season. Her best move might be to hunker down and hope people forget about this disastrous first week, but something tells us she won’t be able to do that.
The consequences of this primary expulsion will occur when a new head of household is chosen and everything starts again. Older brotherSundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on CBS.