The Champions are in the game, and for some players, this is an opportunity.
The Power of Four
Asaf, Nurys, Michele, and Jay all gather in one room for the first time — solidifying their alliance: “The Fantastic Four.” Michele likes this group because Asaf is able to infiltrate other alliances in the house and bring information to the four. This week, they’ve set their targets on Melissa and Big T, but after the team meets, Michele has some damage control to do. She apologizes to Corey for being so confrontational last week, but she admits that she doesn’t know where he stands in the game, and she worried he could have been trying to do something shady.
Playing Dirty
The Challenge is called Bingo Bango, and the group is split into three teams of six or seven. TJ drops a numbered ball, and one player from each team will need to jump into a mud pit and wrestle to get the ball. That number might be on their team’s board, and the first team to get five balls in a row wins. Immediately, Oliva and Jay (who are on the turquoise team) confess that they’ll be taking it easy. Big T and Melissa are on this team, and they don’t want them to have immunity. Many people are aware of this strategy, but it becomes abundantly clear when ball 55 is dropped. The red team doesn’t need that ball, but they send in Nurys to help Berna sabotage Melissa. Eventually, the red team wins, but the blue team also feels like they’ve won because turquoise doesn’t have immunity.
Divided Votes, Divided Alliances
Having won, Berna, Kyland, Emanuel, Colleen, Horacio, and Zara need to make a decision. Some people want to vote Melissa into the draw, but Kyland refuses to say her name. TJ gathers the group, and they don’t have a decision, so it’s forced to a vote. Colleen, Emanuel, and Berna easily vote for Melissa, then Horacio breaks the tie because he’s afraid of a stalemate.
Fighting for Big T
The cast goes to the club, and while Horacio is giving Nurys a lap-dance, Melissa has a goal: Save Big T from the draw. She starts by trying to get Corey on her side, and she feels the convo went well, so she eventually chats with Nurys. The intent is to have a nice conversation, but Melissa just confronts Nurys for sabotaging her. They scream at each other, but Nurys tells herself that she’s gone to anger management, and she removes herself from the conversation. Somehow, Melissa leaves this discussion with the impression that she could get people to say Ravyn’s name, and she spends the next day politicking to save Big T.
Friends Against the Odds
At deliberation, Melissa opens the forum by being transparent. She loves Big T, and will continue fighting for her friend. Despite this, the bulk of the votes fall on Big T’s name, to the point that Melissa votes for her since there’s such a majority. The two friends will be at the draw, and they’re joined by Kaz, another UK girl. This is a bit of a wild card, but she pulls Big T’s name. Seemingly, Big T wanted her name to be drawn — perhaps as a sign of friendship to Melissa.
Rolling to Victory
The girls are playing Loaded Barrel, and the goal is to roll in a barrel and collect five bags of puzzle pieces, then deposit them in their designated zones. Once all five bags are collected, the competitors will work to solve their puzzle. Kaz collects the first bag, but Big T has a different strategy. Rather than rolling to the bags and depositing them one-by-one, she moves them all at the same time. This proves to be a more efficient strategy, because she gets all of her bags in her zone first. But, she doesn’t have a great lead because Kaz copied her strategy. By this point, Big T is a little frazzled, but she puts her head start to good use. She defeats Kaz and remains in the game.
Stop Being Polite 