‘Big Brother’ Week 7: Who Won HOH & Who Was Nominated?

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After the iconic OTEV veto competition last week, Big Brother kept the classic comps coming. Rachel Reilly‘s Head of Household reign came to an end, and the remaining houseguests battled it out in the wall competition. Whichever houseguest was the last one standing became HOH.

After the 10 houseguests were rained on and had goo, among other things, thrown at them, it came down to Vince Panaro and Katherine Woodman remaining on the wall. Vince tried to make a deal with Katherine, but she held on. Vince knew that Katherine would have probably put him up since he was the deciding vote on evicting her showmance, Rylie Jeffries, so he hung on.

Katherine’s arm slipped, causing her to fall. Vince became HOH for the second time this season. He was in a sticky situation, as he had to decide which side of the house he would stick with. (He has alliances with everyone in the house).

Vince debated putting up Rachel since she put him up last week, but his allies advised him against it since he had just made an alliance with her a few days prior. He knew he wanted to put up Mickey Lee, despite being in a final three with her and Morgan Pope. The second person he decided on was Ava Pearl, since she is the only person in the house who isn’t in an alliance with him, and put him up on her HOH.

But he was stuck on the third nominee. Vince couldn’t decide between Rachel, Katherine, Ashley Hollis, or Kelley Jorgenson. He has had a final two with Kelley since day two, but has voted against her for two evictions without consulting her, so their relationship is rocky. Vince decided that Kelley could take herself off with either the Veto or the Blockbuster since she has done it before.

When it came time for the nominations ceremony, Vince settled on Mickey, Ava, and Kelley. Mickey was mad since they were supposed to be in an alliance. Ava shrugged it off since she put him up. Kelley was also mad because she said she was slowly trusting Vince again.

See if any of the three women will take themselves off with the Power of Veto on Wednesday’s episode.

Big Brother, Season 27, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Sundays, 8/7c, CBS