BB20: Snatching Defeat From The Jaws of Victory

Hi y’all!

“Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.”

If there’s any phrase that best describes this season of Big Brother, that would be it.  Week after week, we have watched as houseguests have continually snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

During week 1, Foutte thought they were getting rid of Sam.  Instead, Steve got voted out.  Why?  Because it didn’t occur to any of them that it might be a bad idea to upset Kaitlyn.  Chris and Bayleigh assumed that Foutte was the only alliance in the game and therefore, didn’t even notice that Level 6 was forming on the other side of the House.  At one point, they had the votes to keep Steve but then, they got distracted by their own personal issues and Steve got blindsided.

During week 2, Foutte assumed that they would be safe because Kaitlyn was HoH.  They got cocky.  They got distracted.  Then when Chris was backdoored, they had no idea what to do.  Not only did Foutte screw up but Kaitlyn screwed up as well.  By backdooring Chris, she basically ensured that no one in the house would ever trust or want to work with her.

During week 3, it appeared that Foutte had the votes to get rid of Brett.  And so, once again, they stopped paying attention, they got cocky, and they were caught off guard when Winston was voted out instead.

During week 4, Kaitlyn had the votes to stay.  Everyone was planning to get rid of Rockstar.  So, what did Kaitlyn do?  She panicked and she started bothering everyone and crying and demanding that everyone feel sorry for her and she basically annoyed everyone so much that she was voted out.  Then, when she was given an amazingly simple puzzle to do in order to return to the house, she once again spent so much time crying and talking to herself that she managed to again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

And then, there’s this week.

Bayleigh’s HoH.

Brett and Rachel are on the block.  Brett is the target.  Originally, Bayleigh was going to nominate JC but JC threw such a fit about it that Bayleigh nominated Rachel instead.  Not that it matters, right?  Brett’s the obvious target.  Except…

Rachel has spent the last few days totally freaking out over being nominated.  She’s been running back and forth from Bayleigh to her alliance, rather desperately sucking up to everyone.  Despite being told that Brett’s the target, Rachel simply cannot calm down.  And now, as a result, Angela, JC, Sam, Tyler, and Kaycee are all planning on voting her out.

Of course, Bayleigh doesn’t know that.  Bayleigh and Foutte are convinced that they’ve got the house totally under control.  Bayleigh had HoHitis even before she won that HoH comp and it’s only gotten worse as the week has progressed.  Once again, Bayleigh has allowed herself to get cocky and distracted.

So, now it seems like Brett’s safe.  Except Brett doesn’t know that he’s safe and he’s starting to get a bit obnoxious about trying to get Tyler to use the veto on him.  Right now, Brett’s greatest strength is that Rachel’s having a breakdown.  Probably the only thing that could change that would be if Brett had a breakdown himself.

So, who is going to snatch defeat from victory this week?  Rachel or Brett?

We’ll find out soon enough!

The veto meeting is tomorrow.  Tyler won the veto but I don’t think he’s planning on using it.

Lisa Marie