‘Big Brother 25’ episode 20 recap: Who won the Wall HOH competition on September 17? [UPDATING LIVE BLOG]
And then there were 11. After the eviction of Izzy Gleicher from the “Big Brother 25” house, Cirie Fields and Jared Fields found themselves at the bottom of the totem pole. The entire house seemed to be against the mother-son duo, but they still had a chance of shaking things up in the backyard, where the classic endurance Wall HOH competition was taking place. So who won this all-important power, and which two players were nominated for eviction?
Below, read our minute-by-minute “Big Brother” Season 25, Episode 20 recap/live blog to find out what happened Sunday, September 17 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. Then be sure to sound off in the comment section about your favorite “BB25″ houseguests on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Big Brother” winners list. Julie Chen Moonves once again hosts the guilty pleasure series.
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Here are the 11 houseguests still in the running to win the $750,000 grand prize: America Lopez, Blue Kim, Bowie Jane, Cameron Hardin, Cory Wurtenberger, Felicia Cannon, Jag Bains, Jared Fields, Matt Klotz, Mecole Hayes and Cirie Fields.
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10:49 p.m. – “Previously on ‘Big Brother’!” In the 19th episode, viewers saw how America influenced Cory’s decision to switch his vote from Felicia to Izzy. Cory then went around the entire house and explained how Cirie and Jared are running the game and that eliminating Izzy will weaken them. In the end, Cirie was the only person that voted to keep Izzy, while the rest of the house sent her packing. The Wall HOH competition then commenced in the backyard. Who will win? Let’s go!
10:54 p.m. – As The Wall comp got off to a start, Cameron was sittin’ proud with a “successful” week getting his target Izzy out of the house and for causing so much chaos. He watched on as the remainder of the house hung on to a wall with the hopes of taking over as HOH following one of the most turbulent weeks in the house yet.
10:55 p.m. – In a flashback prior to the eviction, Cirie realized that she was getting a “sketchy vibe” from Matt and Cory because they didn’t want to talk and were having trouble making eye contact. Cirie went to Jared to tell him she thinks Izzy is in trouble and for him to talk to Matt. Jared went to Matt to tell him a lie that Jag is saying they should be keeping Felicia and that Matt told Jag to do it. Matt admitted to a “gut feeling” that there will be a flip and named everyone that might be involved in the vote. Jared pulled Cory and Cirie in to the room to get everyone on the same page about keeping Izzy. After Jared and Cirie left, Matt told Cory that Jag must have lied, but Cory wasn’t buying it. Meanwhile, Jared was touching base with Felicia who said that she had the votes to stay. When Jared went back to Matt, Matt told him he found out about all of their alliances, but Jared denied denied denied.
11:00 p.m. – Eventually, Jared, Cory, Matt and Bowie were all in a room together to set the record straight. Jared doubled down that Jag must be lying and that he’s not, repeatedly denying “For Real, For Real” as an alliance. Jared wouldn’t let Cory call him a liar and insisted that Cory was twisting the situation in order to make Jared look bad, but Cory held his own and didn’t back down. Cory pointed out that Jared’s been in the center of every lie in the house and in order to make things clearer he pulled Jag into the room as well.
11:07 p.m. – With only 5 hours until the eviction, Jag entered the room and Cirie followed. When Jag denied that he told Jared that Matt and Cory were swapping to keep Felicia, Jared backtracked and said that’s not what he said Jag said. That was a confusing switch to Matt and Cory who had just been told by Jared and Jag said that. In order to clean up his mess, Jared tried to turn things around that he lied in order to catch Cory in a lie. It was a clear grasp for a straw and even Cirie was flabbergasted at what was going down because all she wanted Jared to do was find out what was going on, “not start a war.” When Cirie tried to downplay the amount of alliances in the house, Cory called her out for doing that because she’s in all of them and no matter who wins HOH she knows she’s protected. Cory had the right point of view according to the truth and this was the moment that Jared, more than anyone, was on the outside of the power in the house.
11:18 p.m. – Back to the HOH comp, it was clear that everyone was in a position to win in order to secure their own position in the house amidst so much turmoil. Cory, America, Jag and Matt were most worried about Jared winning the comp because their necks would be on the line, but Jared and Cirie felt like they were alone on an island now and also needed to win. Cirie was no help though as she was the first person to fall from the wall. The next time the wall tipped, Felicia fell as well. Despite feeling like she’d be good at the comp because of her petite size, America fell at the 21 minute mark and then next was Mecole off at 28 minutes.
11:27 p.m. – Next to fall was Cory at the 29 minute mark, followed by Jag at 35 minutes and Matt at 38 minutes, leaving only Bowie, Blue and Jared. After the next round of meatball smashes from the medicine balls, another couple tilts and another few blasts of sauce, Blue couldn’t hold any longer and fell from the wall with Bowie jumping off right after. That left Jared on the wall as the winner and next HOH, much to the dismay of many of the players.
11:34 p.m. – It was whiplash for outgoing HOH Cameron, but he was hoping that the fight between Jared and Cory would “pivot his focus” away from Cameron. Cory and America knew that they’d be in the hot seat this week because of the fight, but Cory was hoping that all the attention would be on him instead of on America.
11:41 p.m. – In order to make his decision, Jared met with Cirie to talk through the options. Jared was thinking Cory and America as nominees, but his goal was to backdoor Cameron in order to get “justice for Izzy” and to protect his mom. When Jared spoke to Cameron, he admitted that he felt like Cameron “did him dirty” and declared that he’s done trusting anyone in the house besides Blue. Cameron decided to offer Jared and Blue promises as long as he doesn’t “touch the block this week.” Cameron’s pitch was that he would “make your game happen.”
11:47 p.m. – At the Nomination Ceremony, Jared revealed the photos of Cory and America as his two nominees. He told them Cory villainized him and it showed the whole house that if he can do that to someone he trusted then he can do it to anybody. Cory found the speech “condescending” because he’s “lying about everything,” only further necessitating that he wins the veto and saves him and America from either of them going home this week.
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