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Power Status

Head of Household: Dee
Immunity: Chuk, Jason, Rome
Have-nots: Chuk, Devens, Drew, Haley, Taylor
Original noms: Mallory, Taylor, Yash
Veto winner/outcome: Mallory/TBA
Post-veto noms: TBA
Blockbuster winner: TBA
Final noms: TBA
Evicted: TBA

Diary segment tallies by @clamperls4

TV episode ratings by @bigbrotherwikia

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Daily Feeds Recaps

Day 5 - Saturday - July 11, 2026

The overnight report launches makeout pairings onto the Extracurricular tally, with Lyric and Rome. She crawled into his bunk bed to do some whispering, which led to cuddling, which led to cuddling undercovers and couple-type comments, and slurpy kissing. Both seemed to be into the idea, but I'm not convinced Lyric's being genuine about it - time will tell. She said she'll flirt with the other guys to throw people off their scent. Today Rome told her he'd explained to people they got in bed together because she'd lost her voice and he couldn't hear her without getting up close, and he congratulated himself for such a great cover story. (Psst hey Rome, everyone knows.) Also late night seems to be when a lot of them leave the general chat behind and dive into gametalk whispers. It's not uncommon for most of the game to happen at night, but there was a well-defined separation yesterday which was interesting.

This year's Have-not room seems to be a medieval torture dungeon complete with iron maiden (suitable for closet use maybe?) and a round wooden platform with section dividers for the community bed, like a Catherine wheel I guess. But that's not all: the bed spins around off and on in the night. I'm sure that's no fun at all but it probably won't last long once they air a few shocking OMG THAT'S SO CRUEL segments on the episodes, before they ignore Have-nots completely on the show.

This morning brought their first veto picks: Barrett and Melody will play with Dee, Mallory, Taylor, Yash, and LaTrice will host. There was some talk about Dr Will maybe making an appearance? Maybe he taped some bits the day he was there to photobomb the house tour. Also in decor news, the gym has a sectional sofa in it now, which is the funniest and most tongue-in-cheek thing they've done in the house in ages.

Chuk/Haley and Drew/Melody have each established Final Twos. Drew and Melody both talk too much to others so if their F2 is a secret now, it won't be for long. Angela/Barrett/Dee/Devens seem tight, not surprisingly, with Cookout-style side pieces, and Drew was also talking about the Cookout's plus-one plan. There are a lot of other groups forming, or trying to form. Dolffica and BB Junkie will get most of that sorted out for us as we go.

Angela's socializing a lot and people actually listen to her and interact when she tells her stories, unlike last time. Taylor made pre-veto nominee rounds including a hammock with Dee, who shmoozed her good and let Taylor think she was telling Dee how to play BB, and Dee told her she might consider Barrett as renom if one is needed. Dee later shmoozed Angela who gushed about how great everything was going, especially compared to her last time here, and she said "I trust you so much!" Dee replied "yeah, yeah, I agree." It sounded convincing and I don't know if Angela picked up on the words or just the tone. And Dee also shmoozed Yash, who said he'd been "a bit blindsided" by his nomination. Barrett told them about watching and posting last season on Bluesky, adding how BB "like breaks the app, it's number one" meaning trends, and yes we sure did that last year and so far this week.

The adoptable anipals from Rancho Coastal Humane Society showed up a little before 2pm and took them away for their veto comp. Feeds came back almost three hours later and Mallory, who had been the target, won the first veto. It sounded like a puzzle comp where they had to connect pipes (like hamster habitrails maybe?), and they said it was hard. It sounded like BB6/7 Howie was there or involved somehow. They settled into chit-chat in various groups, with some speculation about who the renom would be, and some plans for next week (that will fall apart before then). Haley wasn't sure about the difference between veto and Block Buster and that was explained to her, and Jason described switching twins twist to those who weren't familiar. Devens and Rome sat down at the chessboard for Devens to do a shmooze session, and to explain what a BB backdoor is.

Barrett and Dee talked about letting people think they're both dumb. Jason said he wants an iconic, memorable season, and he said he thinks everyone there is a superfan but some are pretending they're new. He told others that Dee doesn't know how to play BB and is stressed and needs guidance. What Does Jason Really Mean is rapidly becoming a side game. Or a drinking game. Taylor did some campaigning, and well. Yash did a little campaigning too, emphasis on a little. Lyric met with Dee and talked as if they're a duo, which Dee seemed to go along with, but I think that's fake on Dee's side as she also said she hadn't thought too much about who to put up as renom. Haley said a surprising string of surprisingly weird stuff, which I added to Lines of the Day below. Mallory the rocket scientist talked about her job inspecting or working on utility poles. It sounded like a specialized type of job but I'm here to say "it's not rocket science." She probably does have a degree in that, and BB's gonna BB when it comes to bio job descriptions.

Chit-chat, meetings, and gametalks carried on, including Taylor and Dee (separately) with most of them at various times, and Barrett and Drew had a lengthy talk. The Chuk/Devens/Haley/Kamu group pitched ideas about this vote and future weeks plans, including "taking out the Melodys and the Lyrics." Haley pointed out, out loud, that Devens always says "that's interesting, but.." in response to ideas pitched by others. Ooof. Rome said "do you believe in love after love" lyrics to Lyric over toothpaste.

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Season Stats

HOHs in order: Dee

Veto winners in order: Mallory

Evictions in order: TBA

Ratings - Broveal edition

Ratings will be based on entertainment value, usually - free neutrals for all until they earn otherwise.
Just basics for now but I'm adding some bits and pieces, socials, etc gradually.

Noms count: original/renom/twist

They and we are back to do it again! I don't know what they have up their sleeves this year but whatever it is probably won't be as good as letting the game unfold organically. But that's how they do things and we all know it. Resistance is futile so just sit back with some popcorn or Froot Loops or M&Ms and enjoy the spectacle.
Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Angela Murray - 52 Instagram - TikTok Married with kids & grandkids - BB veteran BB26 6th place, Amazing Race 38 12th place Real estate agent Syracuse, UT (orig Long Beach, CA) While I ALWAYS prefer an all-new cast, I guess I don't mind that she's back? At least not as much as I'd mind some others. She brought a lot of drama and a lot of humor, both intentional and not, and more than her share of iconic moments. I don't ask for much more than that. I just hope she doesn't go all performative and try to re-create those iconic moments. That would be terrible.	Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Ashley Trail - 24 Instagram Single Bartender (and influencer, actormodel) Chicago, IL (orig Alton, IL) There are some indications she might know last year's Ashley, but that's unconfirmed, as of now.
Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Barrett Pfeiffer - 27 Bluesky - Instagram - TikTok - Our Reality podcast Single - fan applicant, feedster Jumbotron engineer Benton, AK (orig Austin, TX) A legit superfan/feedster/BB podcaster, who might even lean across the line into BB fanatic/lunatic status. One of us! One of us!	Won: Safety Week 1 HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1 Chuk Anyanwu - 27 Single Supply chain analyst Dallas, TX He said he's first generation American which I always find interesting and refreshing in a hamster, as they can have very different outlooks on life in general than those whose families have been here forever. And maybe his name is short for something and not just a weird spelling. (Britini and Makensy say hi.)
Won: Nothing yet HOH 1 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Dee Valladares - 29 Instagram Survivor 45 winner, Survivor 50 14th place, Challenge 41 10th place I don't watch Survivor so I'm able to take both her and Rick at face-value, once the feeds start. Her reputation precedes her though, and most seem to think she's already got this season win wrapped up.	Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1 Drew Campbell - 22 Instagram Single Surgical dental assistant Temecula, CA He was on Beast Games, and Dalton Ross included a pic of Mr Beast with Rick and Jeff Probst when he announced Rick will be on this cast, so I am expecting Mr B to show up sooner or later in some kind of capacity (not Felicia's Mr B, unfortunately). Everlasting thanks to Britney Haynes for pointing out Drew said he graduated 'simba cum laude' - that needs to stick.
Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1 Haley Thogmartin - 29 Single - recruit Telemedicine exec Wildwood, MO (orig Neosho, MO) I won't be surprised if she's involved in one or more fights, but I don't even know what makes me think that. I'm glad her name doesn't have trick spelling.	Won: Safety Week 1 HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Jason De Puy - 35 Twitter - Instagram - TikTok Pre-BB26 part 1 - part 2 - Reality press event as Ainsley Single? - BB fan/pre-season test run veteran RuPaul's Drag Race 15 6th place, RuPaul's Drag Race 11 9th place Drag queen - West Hollywood, CA (orig San Francisco, CA) AKA Salina Estitties (I want Julie to have to say that out loud), a legit fan of the show who did the pre-season trial/test run one year as Salina, as well as a photo shoot as Salina as Ainsley during BB26. (I actually used a pic from that shoot for Producers in this section that year! And a Jerry O'Connell another week, and of course Angela every week.) I respect that he wants to play now as Jason, but I think we can probably count on some dress-up nights and fashion shows on feeds.
Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Kamuela 'Kamu' Kirk - 32 Twitter - Instagram Single MMA fighter Phoenix, AZ He's already causing waves out here over politics, which I do not want or need on this show, mostly because I don't want to see the everlasting complaints and fights about it in my mentions every day. So that's strike one for him, from me, unless he keeps quiet about all that in the house.	Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 LaTrice Verrett - 57 Instagram Single, 4 kids - fan applicant, feedster Boutique sales Maplewood, NJ (orig Kankakee, IL) Her bio says boutique sales but her IG says recording artist. That sounds more plausible than it does for some hamsters, since her uncle is Robert Bell, aka Kool of Kool & The Gang. And that's a full circle moment for this site and one of my all-time favorite hamsters BB5 Marvin Latimer, who'd often say 'that's Kool & the Gang' as a catchphrase for 'that's cool.' I used it for his obit.
Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Lyric Medeiros - 25 Instagram - TikTok - Twitch Single - fan applicant? Attorney Honolulu, HI The secret attorney thing was fun the first time, even the second, but it seems it's kind of run its course by now? Oh well. She can't mention enough that her dad was an 80s pop star, especially on her TikTok, and he was (Glenn Medeiros). Great, but LaTrice's uncle is a bigger story. She was on American Idol in 2023 (with dad mentions) and made it onto the show. She was eliminated quickly but stick til the end of the linked audition clip to see Katy Perry assault her.	Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 0 Mallory Aurichio - 24 Single Rocket scientist Township of Washington, NJ Yep, it says rocket scientist. I don't know, maybe so? And good for her if she really is!
Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Melody Morris - 24 Single Corporate game show host Maricopa, AZ (orig Thornton, CO) There are links about the game show hosting that I'll re-find and add here but meanwhile can I just say how much I love that we have both a Lyric and a Melody on board? That's a whole song right there.	Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 1 Rick Devens - 42 Twitter - Instagram Married, 2 kids - Survivor vet Survivor 38 4th place, Survivor 50 7th place News anchor Macon, GA I don't watch Survivor and I've heard as many pros as cons for whether this guy will be good here or not, but most everyone agrees he's likely to bring chaos, and I hope he does.
Won: Safety Week 1 HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Jack 'Rome' Seymour - 28 Single - recruit Pickleball coach Delray Beach, FL (orig Traverse City, MI)	Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 1 Taylor Brown - 27 Single - fan applicant Elementary school counselor Deerfield Beach, FL Alternate.
Won: Nothing yet HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0/0 - HN 0 Yash Patel - 24 Financial analyst Monroe Township, NJ Alternate.	Won: Hot lava bath HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0 Rachel Reilly - 41 Instagram Married, 2 kids - three-time BB veteran Casting agent Hoover, AL (orig Concord, NC via Las Vegas, NV) Eliminated via volcano - Day 1 She came in dramatically after (almost) everyone else again, dressed in red again, but this time she was there for a stunt. We've had a couple other fake move-ins before - think Anthony Scaramucci on Celebs 2 or human Ainsley (Cosette Rinab) on BB26. Rachel had people going and thinking she was there as a player but no: 175 million years ago, a dinosaur carried her off and threw her into a volcano before she even got to play a comp or invent a new catchphrase.

Lines and Links of the Day


Lines Dee: Are you doing good, mentally? Angela: Doing so good - is this what it's supposed to be like? Haley: I hate the word walrus, walrus, walrus, wallllrus.. how many sticks can a bird carry in its mouth to make a nest? I'm sure you're good at a hot dog contest		Links Ranking 27 seasons of Julie's premiere looks by Reality Art Pod Big Brother Hub at realityblurred - lots of good stuff there! Big Brother Dictionary compiled by Slothy Rancho Coastal Humane Society temporary home of our feeds anipals, including adoption updates - visit them or your local shelter to find your new best friend Behind the Mirror Taran's book about BB is pretty great, available through Taran's site or from Amazon

Tally Items


Extracurricular Tally Makeout pairings: 1 Lyric/Rome Premature exits: 1 Rachel Fake move-ins: 1 Rachel		Production Goofs 1 Casting page had some issues 2 Date announcement said 'series premiere' rather than 'season' 3 Internal Paramount Chinese pitch to advertisers leaked season info 4 Mobile and TV apps using Celebs logo for main BB 5 Wrong premiere date on promo material 6 China advertiser pitch mixed up Derrick L with Derek X 7 Cast bio clips on the show's IG linked to a random, unaffiliated 'CBS' account 8 Feeds return in premiere July 9 AND feeds open July 10 9 Faulty stat about first HOH by Julie on premiere 10 Discrepancies with camera counts

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GAME TWISTS
-Day 1 Chuk, Jason, Rome won their respective move-in comps and earned Week 1 safety.

-Day 1 Angela, Rick, Rachel joined but Rachel move-in was fake. She was thrown into a volcano and replaced by Dee.

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BB28 finalist prizes are likely the same: $750k for the winner, $75k for 2nd place, $10k for 3rd, $7.5k for 4th, $5k for 5th.
Stipend is probably still $1k per week for all except 1st and 2nd place, including pre-season sequester. Stuntcasts likely get more.

The habitat has 94 HD cameras (down 18) and 113 microphones (no change).

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