Episode 6 Recap- The Newfound Diva Rivalry

Happy Fifth of July and the fifth episode of the season! After two unlikely houseguests won HOH, it’s anyone’s guess how this week will shake up. Shelli is shocked she’s HOH and that she’s on a game show to win money. Becky on the other hand is excited to be HOH with Shelli. Clay is stoked Shelli won because he sees himself as safe. Day is not happy because they are both question marks in her book. Vanessa knows Audrey is the target this week. Oh and then Audrey tries to tell Vanessa that she’s associated with the all girl clique rumor. Backtracking much? Vanessa, with the fates on her side, calls out Audrey and Day about the rumor. Day is so excited to rally the troops and call a house meeting about Audrey’s big lie. Audrey is shocked that anyone would call her out? Girl! Have you never seen this show before? This house meeting is epic. The 8 person alliance is officially no more as Audrey is at the forefront of at the mistrust. Da’Vonne and Audrey are officially the biggest rivalry in the house. Audrey is also the worst salesperson ever. Can’t even play dead and sell it! With everyone gunning for Audrey, it’s a matter of who will target her first. Shelli isn’t officially done with Audrey so with the right persuasion, Audrey could convince her to target her rival instead. 

Diva Smackdown! Da'Vonne vs Audrey

It’s time for the lady HOH room reveal and James is the happiest. Baby pictures of Shelli make Clay melt. Ew. Becky’s letter is very sweet. Shelli’s is equally. Except for when her mom and dad make a winky face at her new “friendship” with her younger boy. Ew. Shelli and Becky have their first convo to find out where they stand. Audrey is the elephant in the house. Becky reveals that Audrey is the backdoor with four pawns. Clay is automatically safe with Steve as a obvious nominee. Becky has storage room meetings where she spills the Audrey beans as the target to Jason and James. Is she playing or just being a puppet? And then it’s Johnny Mac’s turn who seems so clueless. Becky continues her tour of destroying Audrey by telling Steve to focus on Audrey. Clay then throws a wrench in the situation by throwing Day’s name to Jeff and Meg. Audrey appears and immediately fights for her safety by subtly throwing out Day. Clay, so manipulative, agrees. Clay works Shelli to focus on Day and it seems to work. Clay, like a moron, wants her to put him up and finally Shelli has some smarts. Shelli wants John to throw the BoB. Poor Rock Doc. He’s like a deer in headlights. He has no choice but to agree. 

Outside, Becky tells her story about how she was hit by a train a year earlier which is why her lip is all messed up. Jason thinks the story is insane and that she is superhuman. Becky’s story is appealing and can work to her advantage or destroy her because she’s a “trainwreck.” In the bathroom, Steve reveals he’s sharing a bed with Liz. And he is absolutely terrified that there will be a girl in his bed. So cute. But no time for that. It’s nomination time! Will it be a Audrey backdoor or is it Da’Vonne to get the boot. The houseguests gather around to find out who’s on the block. Shelli nominates Johnny Mac and Da’Vonne as protection for herself. Becky nominates Jason and Steve as retaliation for being on the block and because Steve hasn’t talked game with her. Audrey is pleased to be off the block but is weary of the backdoor plan. With Becky and Shelli on complete opposite pages, this Battle of the Block is bigger than ever. 

Da’Vonne, James, and Jason are shocked Audrey isn’t nominated and believe she won’t be backdoored. They both plan on playing for BoB. Becky tries to calm Jason and Steve by telling them Audrey the squirrel is truly the target. Shelli and Clay are in bed quite close and Audrey interrupts. Audrey is paranoid about if Steve and Jason throwing the competition so Shelli immediately deflects so she doesn’t get in trouble. Rock Doc and Da’Vonne have what appears to be their first conversation. Johnny Mac tries to cheer up Day knowing that he’s gonna give her the worst dental ejection ever. Ejection from the house! OOOH! 

Becky's nominees Jason and Steve

In what seems to be a trend, the BoB is a takeoff of the tv set theme. Audrey plays the director of Ginger Fever where the nominees will be camera operators. When Audrey yells shot list, the teams must follow the shot list and get all nine shots. The catch, you don’t know what prop is attached to what camera. Oh the other catch is they have to wear a pair t-shirt and move together as one. Steve and Jason have the idea of going two by two with the cameras. Da’Vonne decides to turn them all on and do a lot of running. Well, you just lost it for yourself sweetheart. It’s not that eventful as Steve and Jason win easily. To dethrone Becky, she gets powdered. Wah wah. And to make maters worse, Becky thinks Shelli will agree to toss out Audrey. Da’Vonne, knowing she’s a goner, is fighting for veto hard. 

Power Rankings 

Here are the latest Power Rankings! As you can see, with Audrey and Da'Vonne blowing up at each other, they have made themselves easy targets with Da'Vonne a likely goner. Meg is playing an incredible game, being loved by all and staying quiet in the majority. Vanessa moves up due to the majority finding out she can be trusted, so plan on seeing her being used quite often. Clay, though he is clearly running Shelli's HOH, is still in a power position though he is a likely target if Audrey gets another pass. And John, well he just does what he needs to do to get by. And it's working. 

        1. Meg (4)
        2. Vanessa (9)
        3. Clay (3)
        4. John (14)
        5. Shelli (13)
        6. Becky (10)
        7. Steve (8)
        8. Jackie (15)
        9. James (1)
        10. Liz (11)
        11. Austin (12)
        12. Jason (2)
        13. Jeff (15)
        14. Audrey (5)
        15. Da’Vonne (6)