Big Brother Recap: The Final 4 Is Decided After Double Eviction No. 2
Feeling a little déjà vu, Big Brother fans?
For the first time ever, the CBS reality competition staged two back-to-back double evictions this season, with the second one taking place on Thursday’s episode. And this time around, The Cookout was in a much less celebratory mood: After successfully reaching the Final Six with their alliance completely intact, The Cookout had to lose their own members for the first time on Thursday, with at least one female player guaranteed a trip to the jury house.
How did Double Eviction No. 2 shake out, exactly? Read on for the details:
THE STRATEGY | Big Brother has two whole hours to fill with Thursday’s episode — not even some of BB‘s season finales have run that long! — so there’s plenty of pre-taped footage to play before a single vote is cast. First, Hannah and Tiffany make their cases to the other Cookout members as to why they should stay in the game, and Tiffany makes a persuasive argument to both Derek F. and Xavier that Hannah would target both of them moving forward, whereas Tiffany wouldn’t. Later, Xavier and Derek compare notes from their one-on-ones with Tiffany, and they both seem to seriously consider keeping Tiffany over Hannah, as Hannah might truly be the bigger threat to their games. (We all know how Derek has spoken about Tiffany in private, though, so… I don’t buy this.)
Next, we head to the jury house, where Derek X. gets to revel in seeing Sarah Beth join him just one week after she sent him packing. Sarah Beth reveals that in her goodbye messages, Kyland shared that he had a secret alliance going, while Azah explained that Sarah Beth’s eviction furthered a mission that is close to Azah’s heart. Derek X. is confused by that at first, but Sarah Beth gently nudges him by saying, “Well, there’s never been….,” and he and Britini realize Azah was talking about the game’s first Black winner.
Claire and Alyssa arrive at the jury house next, and though all of the jurors are bummed to have been booted from the game, they give The Cookout — which they don’t know is called The Cookout, of course — their well-deserved kudos for reaching the Final Six as a group. That doesn’t mean The Cookout has done spectacular jury management, though: Sarah Beth is hurt by all the unnecessary lies Kyland told her in order to further his game, while Alyssa wishes that Hannah would have been more upfront about her secret alliance at the end, which Alyssa would have completely understood without having to get blindsided on Double Eviction night.
EVICTION NO. 1 | Tiffany campaigned hard for herself all week — she even groveled for Big D’s vote! — but her survival isn’t meant to be. Tiffany is ousted by a 3-0 vote, at which point Julie Chen Moonves finally reveals to the Final Five that there’s another double eviction underway. Azah hangs her head in disbelief, which seems like the appropriate reaction… especially considering how the next hour plays out.
Speaking of Azah, she finally gets her first Head of Household win during a two-part competition — even more impressive when you consider she’s up against Xavier in the second round. But as sweet as Azah’s victory is — maybe Xavier or Kyland will leave tonight, after all! — Azah pulls Hannah into the bathroom and reveals she’s nominating Hannah and Xavier for eviction, because Azah made a deal with Kyland that prevents her from nominating him unless he’s a replacement nominee. If Xavier wins the Power of Veto, Azah says Kyland will go up next to Hannah, and Kyland will go to jury; if the nominations stay the same, Azah is convinced that Kyland will vote out Hannah, Derek will vote out Xavier, and Azah will break the tie in Hannah’s favor. She doesn’t seem to realize all the men are protecting each other and this is a terrible plan on every level, but she’ll figure that out soon enough!
EVICTION NO. 2 | In the classic BB competition “What the Bleep?” houseguests must correctly answer true or false questions about sound bites from previous evictees. Hannah looks laser-focused, and even works her way back up the leaderboard when she’s the only player to correctly answer a question about Christian halfway through the competition, but she’s later tripped up by a Brent sound bite and falls a point behind Kyland and Xavier. (Even after his eviction, Brent continues to torture Hannah!)
After a tiebreaker question, Kyland wins the Power of Veto and uses it to remove his fellow Gentleman, Xavier, from the block. Derek F. is the only possible replacement nominee, and he’s apparently so confident in his own safety, he yells, “That’s OK with me, baby!” (Rude, but sure.) Hannah’s got the devastated eyes of a sad Pixar character at this point, so she seems to know what’s in store for her — and indeed, Hannah is then evicted by a 2-0 vote. “I can’t believe I’m out!” she tells Julie, and sigh, neither can I.
CBS will be airing the Primetime Emmy Awards this Sunday, so that night’s typical Big Brother episode — in which a new HOH is crowned and nominations are revealed — will air Friday at 8/7c instead. Until then, weigh in below with your thoughts on Thursday’s double eviction.
What a heart pounding episode!! Looks like Kyland and Xavier are a lock for final 2. Based on season wins Kyland should get the votes but I think a bitter jury will give the nod to Xavier who is certainly more likeable and a deserving winner as well.
Heart pounding? We got 2 minutes of show following 10 minutes of commercials every time. For me that made it more annoying than anything. But that aside, the ladies had a chance to get either Ky or X out and they didn’t take it so this is what happens.
Dope of the year goes to……Azah!!! Worst move since that bonehead gave Derek the win.
I’ve been predicting X would win since the start of the season and this season has become so predictable it’s pretty mucha lock right now
I was going to lay into Azah but it looked like during the end credits she knows she messed up. Speaking isn’t Kyland or Derek’s forte so it will be entertaining to hear their answers and pitch to win should one or both make final two. But X wins this thing easy, it’s been clear for weeks as Claire stated they are just handing him the money. Might not watch until finale as can’t imagine anything interesting happening at this point. I think it’s great The Cookout made final 6 and that there will finally be a Black winner, but disheartening to then see all the men just get rid of the women. Has a one step forward two steps back kind of feeling.
Azah what a bone head move now your the next one out what were you thinking
I guess I see things differently. Azah’s noms could have worked for getting a guy out IF Hannah had won veto. Hannah would have taken herself off of the block and Big D would have gone up. And if the eviction vote was tied, Azah could have gotten out X. But Fate had other things in mind. As soon as Ky won veto it was all over for Hannah. And if you saw her face when Ky won, she knew it. The Universe had spoken. And some might not like what the Universe had to say, namely that the guys would stay and Hannah would go. But there you have it. Even if Azah had put up two guys, Ky’s veto win would have assured that one would have come off and Hannah would have gone up and would have still been voted out.
I understand but at least Azah would have looked smart and like she was trying to make a big move. The look on her face during the credits was an indicator she was not happy but looked pissed. She did not make a good move last night. It’s going to cost her. Universe or no universe 😎
Yes, that’s all very true. Azah would have initially looked smarter even if her plans went up in smoke once Ky won veto.
Aside from comic relief, can someone please tell me what Big D has done in this game? Azah screwed the pooch on this one. Instead of aligning herself with the other remaining female–she threw in with the fellas? She’s going to kick herself. They might as well hand the grand prize to Xavier. Kyland is cute af but his idea to sit at the end with the best is going to result in him having $50,000.
God Azah, you get our hopes up, and then you go and nominate Hannah?!? So frustrating. See you in the jury next week girl.
I wish Hannah told the Ky & X in her speech they should keep her because she’s a strong player, just like how they want to go to end with each other since they are strong players. There is no reason to keep D except for an easy win at end.
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What a disgusting racist comment. Smh. Have some class!!!!! GROW UP
There’s a special place in Hell for someone like you—a racist piece of garbage.
Azah got played and she knows she did. She kept talking about wanting to get out Ky. So why didn’t she put Ky and Xavier up? If one of them won the veto, you would still get the other out if Derek went up instead of Hannah. But instead Hannah is gone and unless Azah wins veto, she’s out next week. Ky also could have had a chance to take out Xavier but he’s still upset that Hannah put him on the block against Alyssa, when it was meaningless vote anyways! The double did nothing but seal Xavier as the winner.
AZAH……….. ????????????????????????????????
Whitney sealed her fate when she didn’t let her agreed upon HOH deal with Ky evaporate. Her refusal to drop from the rope, showed her cards and broke their trust.
Do you mean Tiffany?
She would have been out this week regardless of that HOH
This actually isn’t true. There was never a deal for Tiff to drop for Ky – only for Derek F or Azah. The false narrative that Tiff “should have dropped” for Kyland is delusional and outright wrong, and a misleading edit by Production that you fell for.
The dejected look on Azah’s face at the end said it all. She screwed up and knew it, and she’s next to go.
In the previous couple of eps, the ladies spoke about getting together and trying — trying!!– to get the guys out. You’re a month late on that one, ladies.
Tiffany should have gone home much earlier in the sho…
Azah??????
Oh well, you deserve top 4 only, bye Felicia!
Everything is good, it’s BB!!!
Congrats, X or Kylan
Big D. should have been evicted weeks ago.
Kylan really deserve to win since he made all the moves and X only threw comps to keep his hands clean.
Please show more of jury house because that’s where the entertainment value is now. Big D is insufferable, Azah is sullen and silent and Ky and X are so full of themselves they are unbearable to watch.
Just write the check to X now and get it over with.
Amen, sister!
I know a lot of people were surprised & upset that Tiffany was evicted but how could you not have expected it! She was a really smart player & did orchestrate the final six success but all the more reason to get her out of contention for top two! She probably would have won! This is how you play the game!
This has been the worse season, boring and predictable.
Really CBS really!!! Chen has to be in on the script with the Cookout and go on and on PLEASE it’s as if no other alliance in history as ever happened before! Yes, I get it! BB is going to have an African American winner. If I was Claire I would have looked at Tiffany and said, “I know your going to do it so just put me on the block and please stop those crocodile tears!” NOTE TO CBS next Summer bring back the real cutthroat Big Brother not this written series your not up for an emmy!
You mean the crocodile tears that Claire was also crying? Whatever. Look, I can tell that you’re big mad due to a wider issue (black people succeeding on any level). And my advice to you is TO GET OVER IT!
Seriously. What is with those of you who want black people to suffer this season like they’ve never have before? You all are sick.
And no, this has NEVER happened before. Where an alliance has remained intact until only their members were left in the house. So Julie being able to address them directly isn’t some grand conspiracy, she just so happened to be able to because she actually could.
If this is truly upsetting you, you have every invitation to leave the conversation. Don’t stick around to stay upset. And please don’t fret. This will never be allowed to happen again because racism usually has a fierce backlash. White people will dominate again as soon as next year, don’t you worry!
Thank you for your comments. Marginalized people are definitely loving this season because it may never happen again. Haters are going to hate because its their nature to not accept change that doesn’t benefit the majority rule. I’m waiting for a reunion show of this season.
2 hour live double eviction show and they can’t make sure Julie Chen has a microphone that is works? Disappointed.
I am appalled at how CBS set Big Brother 23 up!! They knew exactly what they were doing with the world going to hell let’s put 6 blacks on Big Brother 23 and with the BLM/ANTIFA they will be happy the blacks will win $500,000.00 the first black to win that much money and it was planned that way.
I so agree..must have taken lessons from the american government.