Big Brother 18: Finale Time!

Hi, everyone!

Well, I am going to be writing this post while I’m watching the finale so I should be able to post it as soon as the winner and America’s Favorite Player have been announced.  Needless to say, there will probably be a lot of typos in this post so I ask for your indulgence.  Also, needless to say, if you haven’t watched the finale or if it hasn’t aired in your time zone, this post is one BIG SPOILER!

8:30 — Okay, here we go!  Julie is doing her introduction.  I’ve given it a lot of thought and I am definitely Team Paul.  He may not be my favorite human being but I think he played the best game.

8:34 — They’re showing the 1st part of the HoH comp.  Of course, we already know that Paul won it.  I wish we had been allowed to watch this challenge on the live feeds because it looks like it would have been a lot more fun to watch than 90% of what we did get to see.

8:40 — I’m a little mad but they never put any of my tweets on the screen during the show.  I tweet about this show constantly. 🙁

8:43 — Okay, here we go with HoH Part 2.  We already know that Nicole won this won.  It looks like it was a timed comp so I’m not surprised that Nicole won.  James is always at his worse at anything timed.

8:49 — Yeah, there was no way that James was going to win this comp.  He looks like he’s about to faint, running up and down that roller coaster.

8:51 — Nicole pretty much destroyed James in part two.  She beat him by 12 minutes!

8:56 — Dr. Will is talking to the jury.  Everyone agrees that James has a good social game but they don’t think he took enough risks.  The jury seems to be reluctant to admit that Paul is a good player.  You can tell that most of them don’t like him personally and they’re upset about it.  It kind of reminds me of how the jurors felt about Evel Dick.  Mentioning Nicole makes Meech cry.  Bridgette thinks that everyone on the jury is bitter towards Nicole but Da’Vonne says it shouldn’t matter.

9:01 — Okay, apparently you can vote to either send Jozea or Jason Roy into the Big Brother Over The Top House.  Why would anyone vote to give Jozea another chance?  Prediction: Jason is going to easily win this vote.

9:07 — Yay!  Pablo’s in the audience!

9:08 — Okay, here we go with the final part of the HoH competition.  It’s Nicole vs. Paul.  It’s the usual final HoH challenge, where they have to pick how each juror completed a statement.  I have a feeling that Paul is going to win this because he knows the HGs better than Nicole.  Nicole spent all of her time in bed with Corey and not getting to know the players.

9:11 — Four questions in and they are both tied so maybe Paul didn’t know the HGs as well as I thought.

9:14 — PAUL WINS!  He received 4 points to Nicole’s 3!

9:20 — Paul evicts James, claiming that James stabbed him in the back.  Apparently, Nicole sold out James, just like she sold out so many other players.

9:28 — Here comes the jury.  I thought Paulie might get some boos but I don’t think he did.  Audience went wild for Victor.  Natalie didn’t really react much when James was revealed as being the final juror.

9:30 — Natalie asks Paul about some of the things he said.  Paul says he was having fun and he’s not going to change his personality.  Michelle asks Nicole what her one big move was.  Nicole say that it was getting Natalie to nominate Victor.  Corey asks Paul to prove that he’s a good strategist.  Paul points out that he survived to the end.  Victor asks Nicole if she was just riding coattails.  Nicole is confused by the question.  Zakiyah asks why Paul deserves to win the money.  Paul says he worked hard to win and that, unlike Nicole, this was his first time to play the game.  Paulie asks Nicole why she deserves to win.  Nicole says blah blah blah.  James asks Paul if he was ever planning on honoring his final two deal.  Paul says that he wasn’t.

9:35 — Paul’s answers were a lot better than Nicole’s.  Nicole tends to just repeat bland talking points while Paul owned both his game and his abrasive personality.

9:40 — Final speech time!  Paul emphasizes that he worked hard and that he had a target on him from the first.  Paul points out that he had no help and had to win his way to the end.  Paul points out that he stayed true to himself.  Nicole is talking and kinda rambling.  She said that she there to play Big Brother and not Big Baby, which is probably not a smart thing to say when Michelle is on the jury.

9:43 — They’re about to vote.  I’m going to predict that Paul is going to win this.

9:50 — James voted for Paul.

Corey voted for Nicole.

Victor voted for Paul.

Natalie votes for Nicole.

Michelle voted for Paul.

Paulie voted for Nicole.

Bridgette voted for Paul.

Zakiyah voted for Nicole.

4 vote tie!

Da’Vonne is the deciding vote!

Da’Vonne votes for … Nicole?

9:51 — Needless to say, I am massively disappointed.  I just hope that Victor gets AFP.  I’m really surprised to be honest — Da’Vonne looked like she was really getting into Paul’s speech.

9:57 — AFP: The Top three vote getters were James, Victor, and Natalie.  The winner is … VICTOR!  Well, at least someone who deserved to win actually won something.

Well, that’s it!  Another season is in the bag!  Thank you so much for reading and commenting this season!  This wasn’t always the greatest season of Big Brother but I know I had a lot of fun writing about it!  Thanks, everyone!

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