Big Brother 18: Delusions

Hi everyone!

How satisfying is it going to be to see Jozea walk out the door on Thursday?  There have been worse houseguests than Jozea.  In previous seasons, we’ve had racists.  We’ve had misogynists.  We’ve had people that were either amazingly creepy or amazingly unqualified to compete on Big Brother.  Jozea is not the worst houseguest in the history of Big Brother but he is definitely one of the most clueless.

Essentially, ever since he was first nominated, Jozea has been the number one target.  Even his closest allies — and Paul is hardly a genius when it comes to reading the house — have suggested that Jozea needs to calm down and lay low for a little while.  And yet, Jozea continues to remain convinced that the house is going to vote out Paulie on Thursday.

In fact, the only time that Jozea even acknowledges that he could be voted out is when he says that it really doesn’t matter because, if he does go, he’s going to have a career in entertainment now.  He’s going to be the next Mario Lopez.  He’s going to host the Grammys.  He’s going to be the number one star in the world…

You really have to wonder what is going on in Jozea’s head.  Nobody’s been going out of their way to tell Jozea that he’s safe and yet, he seems to not have a doubt in his head.  A part of me wonders if Jozea’s confidence might be the result of the fact that he was recruited for the show.  Perhaps he’s thinking, “They wanted me to be on this show, so there’s no way I’m going to be the first one out.”

Jozea is about to get blindsided by his own delusions.

Now, I will admit that I did panic a little bit earlier today.  Paulie may be safe but that doesn’t mean that the other houseguests trust him.  There’s a reason why Paulie was not included in the Eight Pack.  In fact, he’s the only houseguest who doesn’t seem to have an alliance right now.  He has a showmance of sorts going with Zakiyah and he gets along well with Frank and Corey.  But otherwise, nobody seems to trust him.  The fact that he initially denied being Cody’s brother has not helped him win anyone’s trust and the fact that he admitted to lying when he really didn’t have to has also made him seem like a loose cannon.

So why did I panic?

Because, for a few brief moments, Frank was actually considering keeping Jozea and voting out Paulie.  Da’Vonne is also worried about Paulie, mainly because she feels that, if Paulie stays in the house for too long, he’ll break up Da’Vonne’s alliance with Zakiyah.

So, for a brief moments earlier today, it looked like Frank and Da’Vonne might change their plans.  But, fortunately, it didn’t last long.  Paulie will definitely be a future target but, for now, Frank and Da’Vonne have agreed that they want to take out Jozea, followed by Victor and then Bronte.  The fact that they consider those two to be bigger targets than Paul shows just how little respect anyone in the house seems to have for Paul.

(However, it does look like — if either of them manages to survive the first few evictions — we might have a showmance between — get your gag reflex ready — between Paul and Bronte.)

Why doesn’t anyone have any respect for Paul?  It’s hard to say when you consider that Paul is apparently the greatest guy in the world and he has the greatest friends in the world.  Did you know that Paul has a friend who has Abraham Lincoln’s death mask!?  That’s pretty amazing considering that they didn’t do a death mask for Abraham Lincoln.  Is Paul a habitual liar or is he just dumb or is he playing an elaborate joke on the world?

I guess we’ll learn the answer to that soon.

For now, we’ll just continue to wait for the look of shock on Jozea’s face when he’s evicted on Thursday.

Til next time,

Lisa Marie