Big Brother 11 Episode 4: The first LIVE eviction of the season - Spoiler-Free Recap

 
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On Tuesday's episode, Lydia got herself taken off the block and Braden and Chima became the new targets.  Ronnie got himself into a pickle by playing both sides, so now we couldn't be so sure that Chima, the pawn, would be safe this week.  Tonight's episode marks the fist LIVE eviction of the season as one of these two will be going home. Let's find out who!

                      
Chima                                               Braden

Reacting to New Nomination

After being nominated for eviction, Braden seemed calm about it at first, but apparantly he wasn't.  Ronnie thought he was doing good since he wasn't put up.  Russell thinks Braden is the head of the Jordan-Jeff-Braden alliance and that they couldn't do anything without him.  Lydia was ecstatic to be off the block and Braden figured out that she must have backstabbed him.  Jeff thought Braden was put up as a shot at him since Jeff, as an athlete, couldn't be put on the block. 

Jordan cried about it and said someone is starting stuff and making up lies so everyone is turning against each other.  Ronnie was in the room, bu no one named him as the person!  Instead, they thought it was Russell and Natalie.  Laura didn't give them any hints about her alliance with the athletes and neither did Ronnie.  Obviously no one knows about these yet.  Lydia points out that her so called "friend" Jordan cried over Braden but never cried over Lydia being put up in the first place.

Russell grilled Braden to see if he knew he was going to be nominated.  In an attempt to get Braden riled up, Russell told Braden that Lydia threw him under the bus.  He knew if Braden started some fighting, he would be more likely to go home.  Braden confronted Lydia nd she defended herself by saying she never suggested he should go up.  Thank you Big Brother Flashbacks for showing exactly what she said:

It feels like Jeff and Braden are like.. the ones that are just kinda like... I'm gonna schmooze and charm...

She continued to deny it, but he told her she shouldn't be surprised if she goes up soon.  Kevin got mad about the names Lydia was called (including skank) and got up to her defense.  Swear words came out as Braden swore at Kevin and Lydia swore at Braden.  Kevin was the last person I ever expected to speak up to someone that way, good for him.

More Fighting

Now Lydia came and yelled at Jordan for being aligned with Braden, and here Jordan had no idea what was going on.  It seem like Lydia and Jordan are no longer friends.  Jordan had nothing to do with the fight outside, so she decided to go yell at Lydia and point out how she has not done one thing to her.  Kevin told Jordan that if she continues to hang out with Braden, he won't be cool with her. 

Jeff went in to protect Jordan and just got to be the next person yelled at.  The offbeats don't like that Jeff didn't defend her when Braden called her those names.  Jeff said Lydia sold them all out and "sold her soul" by getting herself off the block.  They were planning on voting for Chima, but by switching sides and going to the athletes, she basically said "screw you" to her actual friends.

New Alliances

Jordan knows that Braden is likely to go home, so she started talking to Laura about a new alliance with Jeff.  They wanted to pull in Ronnie, Michelle and Casey also.  They knew Chima was on the athletes side so they think they should vote her out.  Can they make the flip?  The girls started trying to sell their idea with Ronnie telling him they are making deals with everyone.  Ronnie says he can "completely control Michelle".  Casey would end up being the swing vote, if everyone else voted the way Laura had planned.  He knew they needed his vote so really it was up to him to decide who would go home. 

Live Chatting

Julie asked Russell why he was going after Jeff, his own clique-mate, and Russell just said it's normal that some people don't like each other.  Jeff agreed that they don't like each other and they just have to move on. Julie asked Jordan what set her off and she said something Lydia said made her want to let it all out, but they say they are fine now. 

Jessie was up in the HOH room where he could privately talk to Julie.  Jessie said the target on him is bigger than last summer when he was on season 10.  Jessie said Russell is the brains of their group but in the end he was the one that made the needed decisions. 

Final Pleas

Each nominee has one last chance to plead their case.  Braden said he wanted to prove himself and he's made apologizes for his mistakes.  Chima reminded everyone what Braden called people in the house and said Braden is a racist and a bigot.  I don't have a clue what he said that she thought was racist, so I had to ask my "live feeds" contact.  Based on feedback from a live feed viewer, Chima considered what Braden said to Lydia as "racist". 

Hmmm, maybe she doesn't know what that word means!  If Braden had, in fact, said something "racist" I am almost certain more people would have voted against him.  AND if this had been captured on the Live Feeds, you just know it would be all over the news by now.  Remember when Adam said "retard" on Big Brother 9?  That was all over the news, and he even got fired for it.  Sorry Chima, but calling someone a skank and the b-word isn't racist.  Mean maybe, but not racist.

The Votes

• Russell - Braden
• Natalie - Braden
• Jeff - Chima
• Jordan - Chima
• Kevin - Braden
• Laura - Chima
• Lydia - Braden
• Michelle - Chima
• Casey - Chima
• Ronnie - Braden

With a tie vote, it would all be up to Jessie.  With Jessie being on Chima's side from the beginning, would he save her?  Jessie voted to evict Braden, so no surprise there.  But the house has been torn apart now!  Who is aligned with who?  Why did Ronnie vote for Braden to go when his partner, Michelle, voted for Chima?

Braden told Julie he wasn't surprised to be evicted and he can't be mad since it came down to a tie vote.  Braden thinks it was either Ronnie, Michelle or Casey that sold him out.  Julie confirmed it was Ronnie and Braden wasn't surprised because Ronnie is sinister and staying hidden.  In the goodbye messages Russell said it was nothing personal; Jordan said she would miss him; Kevin said it's his fault for saying the things he said; Casey said he was probably voted out because he played the "sideshow clown"; Lydia said something weird but basically she hates him.

The Head of Household Competition

Once again playing in teams with their cliques, tonight's HOH competition had the contestants answer "Most Likely To..." questions using polls that they had on the Big Brother website.  They had to try to guess if America voted for offbeats, athlete, brains or popular for each question.  I took part of the quiz and thought the questions were kind of lame and obvious. With each right question, they could eliminate another player. 

Eliminations went down like this: Laura eliminated Chima; Jeff eliminated Kevin; Laura eliminated Russell; Casey eliminated Natalie; Laura eliminated herself by getting a question wrong; Casey eliminated Jeff getting rid of the last of the athletes.  Lydia eliminated Jordan getting ride of the popular click.  Ronnie eliminated Casey; Michelle eliminated Lydia leaving only the two brains left in the competition.  Ronnie got the last question right and became HOH.  Michelle was happy anyway, but I'm sure she would have been happier if she had won.

Ronnie didn't showboat or show a ton of excitement after his initial YAY reaction. Instead he was seen pulling streamers off things at the end of the live show.  His vote tonight showed him as being aligned with the athletes, so will he stick with them or try a new strategy?  Find out on the next episode!

Ronnie wins HOH

Next Episode: Sunday 8/7c

Tune in to find out who Ronnie nominates!  Also tune in to see Dan, the winner of Big Brother Season 10, who is going to surprise them.

Did you miss it?

Watch Episode 4 on CBS.com now!

Past Episodes and Information:

• Big Brother 11 Episode 3: Lydia and Chima compete for Power of Veto
• Big Brother 11 Episode 2: Jessie reigns as HOH - Spoiler-Free Recap
• Big Brother 11 Premiere: Back to School - Spoiler-Free Recap
• Big Brother 11: Get personal with the houseguests
• Big Brother: a new house and a new cast for season 11
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