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Jordan won Part 2!

Last night was Part 1 of the 3 part final HOH competition. It started immeditaly after Michele Noonan’s eviction. The competition was called “Log Jam” and the concept was for the contestants to hang onto a key that was strung up over them, while walking on a log that spun.

They also had wind, leaves, rain, “snow” and even ice thrown at them; whilst production had fun making the log spin in different directions, at different paces and even stopping/starting it suddenly.

Now here’s the thing. At the start of the competition Julie Chen stated that the contestants had to have at least one hand HOLDING the key at all times, or they’d be disqualified. At various points during the competition, Natalie was observed shaking and flexing one hand, hanging on with the other BUT, if you take a look at the two pictures shown below, you’ll see that she was hanging onto the ROPE and NOT the key itself. It appears as though her pinky or glove was touching the key, BUT noone can tell us that this constitutes her actually hanging onto the key.

You be the judge. Should Big Brother production allow a blatant violation of the rules to go unanswered, when even their OWN camera guys zoomed in on her hand placement? Should they let it slide and let us, the viewers who invest so much time in this show get “got” yet again?

Yakksters, we have a winner in the final HOH competition part 1! Click below to get spoiled!  Come join us in our live feed update thread for the latest!

Houseguests look like they are standing on a log holding on to dear life to the key. The log has started to roll. The last person holding on to their key moves on to part 3 of this final HOH. One hand must be on the key at all times.

Update:It is now raining on the houseguests as the log continues to turn.

Update: Wind is blowing leaves on the houseguests.

Jordan fell first and went inside to get warm, allowing Kev and Nat to chat.

Natalie then threw the comp to Kevin.

Kevin wins part one of HOH!

Natalie Martinez, probably the most hated houseguest in Big Brother’s 11 season history, will not win Big Brother 11. America cheers!

How, you say, when she’s played such a brilliant manipulative, lying, scheming game, only really requiring her to win one competition so far? You say some might see that as true skill, something that should be honored with the 500K, even if she is destestable.

Here’s the thing. IF she gets to the final two, and let’s say Jordan is there too, Jordan has three votes already locked up. She will have Jeff’s vote, she will have Michele’s vote and she will have Russell’s vote. She may not have the others, but I’m sure she’ll have those. So, at the least it’s a 3-3 vote tie. America breaks the tie. Anyone that can tell me that America would hand the victory to a contestant they’d rather see come that close and lose, well, they’re dreaming.

Now comes the fun part. The jury questions. A few weeks ago Natalie was telling Kevin that once you make up a lie, you have to stick to it no matter what. And she has. Her lies have slowly begun to leak out, both in the jury house with Jessie’s revelation that she is really 24 and also by her own mouth to those still in the Big Brother house. Surely she will be confronted with those lies at the jury questioning. And when confronted, I highly anticipate her STILL sticking to the lies to the very end, adament that she wasn’t lying.

The jury will give her a chance to own up to them, even if nothing else to say that it was her strategy, her gameplay. But this is where Natalie is no Will. Will came in saying he was going to lie and people still didn’t evict him. But because he owned up to it, he was handed the victory in the second season and had Erika and Janelle not shared stories, he very well could have won All Stars. Natalie’s not going to own up to it. And that’s where she’s going to lose the game at.

Because she won’t own up to her lies, because she won’t admit to it, I doubt she’ll get more than a couple votes from the jury, if that. If Jordan is at the end, congrats Jordan, you are the winner of Big Brother 11. If it’s Kevin, congrats Kevin, then you’re the winner. But Natalie? Nope, not going to happen. And that’s going to ease the pain of losing Jeff from the game for this author a bit.

With the veto competition over this week, and Kevin’s the winner (and if you’re reading this then obviously you know we have spoilers) it comes down to either Jordan or Michele being evicted Tuesday.

Kevin now has that choice and could potentially guarantee himself final two, but at this point, he would have to actually play for himself. Question is, will he? (And don’t get me wrong, my personal opinion is that I want Jordan to stay because I’ve been a JeJo fan from the start and am still heartbroken over Jeff leaving BUT read on for why he should evict her should he want a 100% guaranteed chance to get to final 2.)

Natalie hates Michele. Michele hates Natalie. Neither one wants to see the other at the end of this game, or rather, get to the end of the game. IF they’re both in the final three, and one of them wins, they’re evicting the other. If I’m wrong, I’ll shave my head and put the webcast up here.

If Kevin were to keep Michele, having the sole vote to evict this week, he would thusly have a guaranteed spot in final two. Why? Because even though Natalie would be upset, her hatred of Michele would supercede that. And the reason for her hatred? She believes Michele is the reason Chima left, that it’s Michele’s fault. And I didn’t know Michele wielded the power to magically cause Chima to throw her mike pack into the hottub, repeatedly break the rules and get herself thrown out, way to go Michele!

So, he keeps Michele. Michele wins final three HOH. Michele evicts Natalie. Michele vs. Kevin in final two. Natalie wins final three HOH. Natalie evicts Michele. Kevin in final two.

The ONLY reason Natalie wants Michele out now is because she knows that Michele won’t take her to the end. If Jordan were to pull a miraculous win out of her ass, she would evict Kevin at the end, if nothing else than to make Jeff happy by sending his backstabber to jury. Natalie is playing for herself and yet Kevin still chooses to side with her. Natalie has it pretty much set up to get to final two, Kevin doesn’t.

So why is he siding with her? Is he playing for himself, or is he playing for Natalie?

Yakksters, we’re down to the wire. Click below to see who won POV and the responsibility of the sole eviction vote! Come discuss in our forums!

Kevin won POV.

Click on below to see who Natalie nominated for eviction! Come join the discussion in our forums!

Michele & Kevin are nominated for eviction.

We have a new HOH. Click below to find out who and come discuss!!

Natalie won HOH.

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Jeff used the POV and removed Kevin. Jeff nominated Russell in his place.

Natalie & Russell are nominated for eviction.

Yaksters, click below to see who is nominted! Come chat with us in our live feed updates!

Kevin & Natalie are nominated for eviction.

Thanks to The Wrap, Allison Grodner speaks! Click below to see what she thinks about Chima, Jeff, Natalie lying & more … Don’t forget to join us in our forums to chat!

“Big Brother” host Julie Chen never misses a chance to tell viewers (and contestants) to “expect the unexpected” when it comes to the CBS reality show.

This season, she really meant it.

The past two weeks of “Big Bro” have been among the most tense, action-packed and unpredictable in the history of the decade-old format. Critics who still think the show is about as exciting as watching paint dry (that would be season one, though even that year had its charms) don’t know what they’re missing.

We’ve seen power in the house shift dramatically — from being overwhelmingly in the hands of an alliance of contestants most viewers would likely label “the meanies,” to  being fully in the grasp of a rival coalition (let’s call ‘em “the naive but nice”).

A returning contestant named Jessie went from being within weeks of pulling off a stunning victory, to being the first to go. One of the strongest female players in the game’s history, a feisty pa named Chima, self-destructed and became one of the few players ever to be ejected from the game (though she still somehow insists she chose to quit).

In the middle of all the drama, as always, are executive producers Allison Grodner, Rich Meehan and Scott Einziger. We’ve been talking to Grodner every Thursday after the eviction show, and she kept her promise to talk to us tonight– despite all the recent hubbub.

Here’s an edited version of what she had to say this week.

Two caveats: Grodner wouldn’t talk about who won tonight’s head of household competition (though any “Big Bro” fan worth his or her salt has already checked the Net to find out who won). And, after writing up this interview, we realized we forgot to ask Grodner a very key question: Will America end up the seventh member of the jury?

Knowing Grodner, she probably wouldn’t have spilled.

So… Chima. What happened?

What we said on the show is what happened. You come on the show, you agree to  play by the rules. And putting on the microphone is a crucial part of the show. We need to hear (players) in order to do the show. And a big rule is ‘do not destroy equipment.’

Chima, of course, claims she quit– even though she certainly didn’t look like she was quitting when she went into the diary room.

When people are escorted out of the Big Brother house, they’re out of the game. Once you’ve been exposed (to the behind the scenes operation), the game is over.

(Grodner notes the only exception to this came in season nine when medical emergencies forced evacuation of two players).

How tough was the decision to end Chima’s game?

It was not an easy call to make. We want everyone to go out the front door, not the side door. It was serious. It was made with a heavy heart. I wish her well. She’s an intelligent, lovely person. I know (some fans) beg to differ, but….

You had a cameo in Tuesday’s show.

(Laughs) I don’t particularly like to be a part of the sho. I like to keep the producers away from the show as much as possible… but there was no choice. In a way, it was incredible to break the fourth wall.

Chima has been vocal on Twitter. Is this really Chima tweeting.

Yeah. They sign contracts with us where they need to discuss press with CBS. (CBS Media Relations) is aware of what she’s releasing. She seems to be playing by the rules…outside of the house.

Natalie and Chima and others really seemed to have a problem with the Coup d’Etat.

It’s the sore loser thing. The test of character on the show is how you deal with things when you’re down and out…. If they had had the power, they would have used it.

They couldn’t have been surprised. Plus, you warned them something big was happening….

There were many people (in the house) who had seen ‘Big Brother’ and had a sense the mystery power was the Coup d’Etat. It would have been easy for anyone to plan strategically for its use. (The complaining) is bewildering to all of us given the amount of warning they had.

So Lydia was voted out this week. Jeff and Jordan came close to backdooring Russell or Michelle due to Kevin’s little lie. And Natalie survived!

Kevin has been in the shadows but he really stepped up tonight, along with Natalie. The lie they told tonight is partially true…. Russell considers himself even with Jeff.

(As for Natalie), she was so convincing with her lying. On Sunday’s show you’ll see where she strikes a deal with Jeff and Jordan. Natalie is playing the game. She was in Jessie’s shadow. But she’s a thinker. And she’s certainly a liar.

What about her big lie — namely, claiming she’s just 18, when she’s really much older? The HGs seem clueless. Don’t they wonder why the producers don’t object when she drinks alcohol?

And she’s also talked about going to casinos! We’ve told Natalie we can’t be a part of her lie. So if any contestants asked us about it in the DR, we would just say, “If there was illegal activity going on, we wouldn’t allow it.”

But nobody’s asked?

Nope.

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Jordan did NOT use the POV. Lydia & Natalie are nominated for eviction.

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Chima and Natalie are nominated for eviction.