So, you mean that they basically will put themselves in the line of fire? Don't think that would happen.

I'm looking at the scenarious, and I just don't think Janelle can win the money. If she was against Maggie, Jennifer, April, Ivette and Beau would give it to Maggie guaranteed. If she was against April, Maggie, Jennifer, and I do believe Ivette and Beau would give it to April (Maggie manipulates people and pressures them to act a certain way, so in the sequester house, I'm pretty sure she would pressure Ivette to vote for April, even if Ivette didn't want to). But if it was Ivette versus Janelle, that's the only situation that I do see where Janelle could have a slim chance at winning. April could be so traumatized by Ivette this week, that she just badmouths her all week with Jennifer before Maggie entered the house later on (Jennifer AND April were the ones that concocted that plan to evict Ivette weeks back, so they could turn on her again), but I think Jennifer's anger with Janelle and the fact that she threw the key at her, and was the one responsible for her eviction, would not allow her to ever vote for Janelle. So it's April's vote that could very well make the difference between whether Ivette or Janelle would win the money.

Ivette would be the worst case. If Ivette is sitting beside Janelle, James will pretty much definately vote for Ivette. Which basically completely ruins Janelle's chances. When James was voted out of the house, he went on and on about how Ivette is such a great person and such a great player. If James vote is gone, then Janelle's chance of winning is zero.

PEACE, Mike.

That's not necessarily true, I think James would be the type who would pick a winner based on gameplay and skill as opposed to personal feelings.

True. It just sucks now, because I think April was Janelle's best shot at the end, and it looks like she's packing on Tuesday.

April leaving also works in Janelle's favor, because April and Ivette hate each other now.

He was gushing over both. If Ivette makes it to the end, obviously she did something to keep herself in. So, I disagree. I still think it would suck to have Ivette beside Janelle, because in that case, I think Ivette would pretty much have the win guaranteed. I don't see James voting for Janelle over Ivette. Ivette is the ONLY person he wasn't outcasted from, and she worked hard and strategically to keep him in. Unless James somehow likes Janelle more than I thought, I don't see it changing. James always maintained how he hated both sides, except of course Ivette who was all over him and ready to help. I don't believe that is something you can just brush off. James may play strategically, but he does so only when it's in his favour. This is the vote for who wins, and does nothing for him. I don't see why he'd give it to Janelle over Ivette whom he loves.

PEACE, Mike.

Maggie is the only one of the friendship left that doesn't have a partner in the jury, so she has no guaranteed vote. We also know there is no way James is voting to give Maggie the money. In this case, there are 3 guaranteed votes for Janelle, and we need only 1 friendship member out of 4 to sway towards Janelle. Therefore, I see this as being as the option with the most potential.

Plus, if Janelle is unable to pull through because the friendship stick together no matter what like glue because of dedication to their group or something, which is very likely to happen, Maggie wins instead of Ivette, which is a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE plus in my opinion. I think people may be overestimating the possibility of the friendship swaying. They all still hate Janelle a lot, no matter what anyone wants to say. The only way they sway is if they think Janelle played the game better, and they decide to vote that way instead of on their emotional connection as the friendship. Which again, I think is a slim chance.

PEACE, Mike.

I think if Maggie was up there, its a slam dunk for her. She was always their leader, and both Ivette and April really like her, so she has those 2, and their partners. I don't see Ivette or April ever giving Janelle the money over Maggie. Same w/ Jennifer and Beau. She is the remaining link to "cappy" and they all have a huge devotion to him, and may think that by giving her the money, they're actually rewarding their "cappy."

That is true. I think it goes down to better potential then, and I think if Ivette were taken to the end with Janelle, Ivette would win hands down. So I don't think Ivette is the best bet like everyone is saying. I'm telling you now, James would vote for Ivette, so Janelle would need TWO friendship members to sway, which isn't going to happen. One swaying is very, very unlikely in the first place. I see the friendship in the end sticking together if for no reason but to reward themselves for the alliance that allowed one of them to win. In this case, I'd rather Maggie win than Ivette anyways.

Continued talk (with spoilers about veto winner... so highlight to read): Here's still hoping we shouldn't have to continue discussing this anyways, and for some miraculous reason, Ivette chooses to vote out Maggie and not April. *insert praying smiley*

I'm done about this now anyways. We'll just have to wait and see what happens, and if Ivette makes it to the final 2, you will all see James voting for Ivette, like I said he would. Hehe.

PEACE, Mike.

I think Ivette Janelle final 2 is the best shot.
because april and jennifer could vote for janelle cancelling out James' vote.
thus Janelle would have the win 3-4.
[which people have said]
but i think this is a strong possibility because april and ivette just don't seem to be on the best of terms.

I don't think April would vote for Janelle if Janelle was the one to bring Ivette. Janelle already told, and basically promised, April that if she got the final HoH, she was taking Maggie. If Janelle went back on that, I think April would be really pissed off at her.

There is NO way that Jennifer would EVER give it to Janelle. Even if April is voting for Janelle over Ivette, Janelle is the one responsible for Jennifer leaving, and they didn't exactly have good relations. If April does decide to give Janelle the vote, it will be different from her partner's vote. There is 0.0001% chance of Jennifer EVER giving the $ to Janelle.

One of you guys MUST give me an update immediately after tonight's show!!! I don't have access to a television, so I need it. Pleeease. I need to know what the veto competition is, what happens, memorable moments during the show, some cool one liners from Janelle, an update on Ivette's whining, who leaves the house, and what the first part of the last HOH competition is, if they start it this episode.

PLEASE AND THANK YOU!

PEACE, Mike.

I only saw the second half and some of the first bit.

There was this huge clash between Spazette and Gossipril, where April (right after Ivette took herself off the block) basically blamed Spaz for most of the bad things she did in the game, saying she influenced her in a negative way. Ivette did not take this well in the least and totally FLIPED OUT.

Honestly, the whole thing just accentuated the reasons why nobody likes both of them. April has been nothing but dead weight for the whole game, and the ONLY thing she does is cause problems and muddy the water with her endless supply of gossip and trash-talk. Ivette is annoying in the sense that she doesn't think before she opens her trap. She could have taken the high road with April's stupid and pointless remark, but she didn't.

Janelle pretty much kept a low profile from the part I saw. I was surprised she didn't do better in the POV competition -- because we all know how little Janie loves her puzzle games -- and that she didn't take the opportunity to make jabs at her ugly step-sisters when Julie was interviewing her in the HOH room. But she was annoying in the way that she usually is...or is to me at least.

Maggie also played most of it under the radar. She got all emotional when April left but tried to hold it back to her credit. I'm just so tired of seeing these people get all emotional. If it were me in there, April probably would have had the door hit her on the way out.

We also got a bit of a montage from the jury house. Rachel is obviously looking forward to leave considering how much of a miserable old bitch she's being. Holy crap lady! I've never seen such poor-sportsmanship. When Jen jumped up to give Howie a hug upon his arrival, she said "Jen has got to keep her skanky hands to herself!" Really Rachel? Howie with another girl giving him a hug? Jeeeze, where have we seen that before?!

Honestly, I'm so finished with this show. This season has got to be the worst season...EVER.

I would assume Rachel said that because J. Blow has been acting like a total megabitch to every single person in the jury house except for Beau. I think I like Ivette more than Jennifer and that's something.

It's your own fault you never warmed up to JANELLE like the rest of us...

Mike Q., I didn't watch because I was watching Supernatural but I read a cap, and I'll try and explain to you best as I can.

Ivette was saying in diary rooms, etc. that she knew Janie would take April, and how she has to fight for her life for the veto to save herself. Maggie telling Ivette she needs to win the veto and take herself off. They're worried about Janelle calling April into HoH for forty minutes.. Ivette said Aprils is a manipulator. The veto competition was like a carnival setup supposedly, and there were all these coasters with house guests faces on it. There were clues on the faces or something like that, and you had to line up the correct faces together to solve the clues (I'm not sure on this.. like I said, didn't watch). Ivette was moving fast, Janelle was moving a little slower. Maggie hit the button the most times, but it kept buzzing that she was wrong. April was moving super slow, supposedly. Janelle hit the button once, and was close, but after that, she went in the wrogn direction and got behind. Ivette hit the buzzer and won, she started to scream liek a bat out of hell... screaming for her mom and saying "Final three, sons of bitches." And stuff like that. April crying i nthe diary room saying how it was rude and disrespectful for Ivette to act that way when she knows that she's going to be sending April home. April and Ivette get into a confrontation in the excersize room, and later outside. They have this huge fight (I saw it on the feeds, it was over an hour long.. so good haha!), April saying that Ivette influenced her to do things she normally owuldn't and say things she normally wouldn't. April told her how, for the past few weeks, she hans't been happy abotu where she was in the group. Maggie just sitting there listening. Blah blah. Ivette takes herself off, April goes up. Ivettes speech was like how she couldn't NOT use it, she had to do this for her family, her family would kill her if she didn't. Julie spoke to Janie, Janie sayign that she's glad that she caused a huge problem between the friendship and she knows that she needs to take Ivette to have a better chance of winning since April said she wouldn't vote for Ivette. Julie asked her to describe the remaining houseguests.. she said Maggie was quiet, Ivette loud and April talkative. Now, Ivette has to cast the vote. They get to say why they want to stay, blah blah theyre happy they got there, April said she would never compaign against Maggie.. Ivette crying, saying she has to say goodbye to April. April, in her interview, said she blames the house, not the people, that it hurts emotionally, etc., etc. She doesn't hold it against Ivette, she understands why she took Maggie, blah blah. The footage from the sequester house also aired.. when Howie walked up, Jen takcled him.. Rachel said in a confessional that Jen was a skank and she wanted her grubby paws off of Howie. James/Rachel kept taking digs at Jen and Beau when watching the tape. They were being rude to them without batting an eye. Only James, Rachel ,and Howie clapped when Janelle won the veto on the tape. Jen and Beau were giving their usual dirty looks. Part 1 of the 3 part HoH was to begin. There is this HUUGE gold safe set up outside.. only the door, and it's laying flat on the ground, with a big comination dial sticking up. There are three poles, they each have the name of a houseguest. The houseguest has to stand on the edge of their dial and hold onto their key. The dial will move, and they have to keep stepping to stay in place. Whoever wins this part of the competition also wins the combination to the third gold safe. The dial will progressively spin faster.. my guess is that they'll also make it rain/snow on them like they have done in past seasons.

Part three of the HoH competition will be live on Friday, whcih means it is probably question and answers.

And that is basically it .

Agreed, Libs. Jennifer has been a bitch to every person that walked through the door that wasn't from the fiendship, so why should Rachel say anything nice to her or act nice to her. Jennifer probably only ran to him because she hasn't had anyone to flirt with in three weeks, and now with Janelle finally out of her way, Howie can actually give her some attention. If I was Rachel, I would have pulled the bitch off of him by the hair. But then again, I hate Jennifer with a passion, so that must explain it. But I don't think I exactly hate her mroe than Ivette.

I think this is one of the best seasons. I guess it depends on the winner of the game. If Janelle wins, best season yet. I just wish Kaysar and Howie lasted till final four. I miss them so much.

Mike,

The POV competiton was like a connecting game where they gave you a connection between all the houseguests and you had to place the pictures of the house guests in an order where the connection would work. It's hard to explain. Ivette won. Afterwards she started celebrating in an annoying fashion(screaming, jumping off walls, screaming FINAL 3 etc... blah blah shoots self) April didn't like this and was offended because she knew she was going home and said that she would have been more composed. She went up and told Janelle that she would vote for Janelle in the final two if it was Ivette/Janelle. She tells Ivette that she didn't like her celebration and as you can guess, Ivette gets pissy. Ivette uses the POV on herself and April goes up. They then have a HUGE fight because April tells Ivette that some of the decisions she has made have been influenced by Ivette and she would have changed some of them. Ivette completely explodes and starts yelling and going crazy. She storms off saying "You can shove the veto up your ass!" April was evicted. They did a segment on the jury house which was priceless. Howie turns the corner and that bitch J-Blow runs up and thros herself on him. Rachel mutters "I hate her" and then tells the camera that if she dosen't get her skanky dirty hands off of Howie, shes going to thorw her in the lake. Hell Yeah. Score one for Rachel. The first part of the final HOH is endurance.It's a huge lock(like the ones on the safe). The house guests have to stand on the edge of the lock and hold onto their keys which are dangling from a rope attached to a pole. The lock started spinning at the end of the show so they have to walk around the egde as it spins while holding onto their key. Confusing I know but you'll get it once you see it. GO JANELLE.

greasedlighting beat me to it. You explained it much better by the way.

I wish I could pin the whole thing on J. Ho....but I can't.

I heard that some of the contestants didn't even go through the application process because of the twist; they were recruited instead. Some contestants, like Dolores Claiborne -- oh s'cuse me, Rachel -- didn't even care about the game and were just there because of their partners. Because of that, we got stuck with a bunch of uninteresting party-poopers, which really affected the game.

Also, most of the big personalites (and audience un-favorites) like Eric and Spazette made for a whole lot of bad TV.

But overall, it's just been a real snooze-fest of a season to be honest. I may not agree with America about Howie and Janelle, but we do agree with that. Big Brother 6's ratings are down sharply from the last two seasons.