Big Brother 23 — About Tonight

(SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN TONIGHT’S EVICTION EPISODE OF BIG BROTHER)

It was a bit of a depressing episode tonight. Derek X campaigned harder than just about anyone I’ve seen in recent years. He made a good case to Tiffany, Azah, and Hannah for keeping him. Tiffany spent all week saying that she wanted to keep him. Xavier, who was the main force behind the “Evict Derek X” movement, spent 24 hours in solitary confinement, due to one of the punishments he received during the veto comp. Without Xavier around, Tiffany could have changed the plans and flipped the House.

Instead, expect the expected! Derek X was voted out, by a vote of 5-2. Hannah and Kyland gave him sympathy votes. Everyone else voted to evict. Xavier was allowed to leave solitary confinement to vote and he took forever to reach the diary room. Even with Julie practically begging him to get to the diary room, Xavier took his time. It was supposed to be funny but Xavier’s sense of humor isn’t really his strong suit. Even more importantly, the fact that Derek X was voted out despite almost everyone privately admitting it was a mistake shows that these houseguests aren’t going to provide much suspense when it comes to voting.

So, Derek X is gone and Xavier is one step closer to winning the money. For her part, Tiffany won the HoH, so she is safe this week. Of course, she was going to be safe this week anyways. She seems to be learning towards nominating Sarah Beth and Kyland, with Sarah Beth as the target and Kyland as the pawn. Kyland has said that he’s okay with this. It’ll allow him to get Sarah Beth out of the House without having to actually betray her and potentially lose her vote if he makes it to the final two.

Regardless, Xavier will be going up as a third nominee as a result of his veto comp punishments. Tiffany’s been hinting that she wants Xavier out but, again, she’s not going to make a move until they reach the final 6. That’s a huge risk to take but the Cookout is determined to stick together until they’re the only ones left in the House and if they wouldn’t break up to save Derek X, they’re not going to do it to save Alyssa, Claire, and Sarah Beth.

Nominations are tomorrow, as is the final High Rollers Room.