It’s not a week in the “Big Brother 20” house if someone doesn’t make a head-scratching decision. On Sunday’s episode, new HOH Bayleigh, hoping to engender trust, told Rachel that she got the third Power App. Is this the dumbest move of all time or is this the dumbest move of all time? OK, maybe not “of all time,” but it’s pretty up there. Bayleigh had already spent the first part of her HOH reign acting like the Queen B, demanding loyalty from everyone, including her own alliance member Faysal, who dared suggest that she not nominate his bud JC. Faysal was also the only person she’s told about her Identity Theft Power App, which lets her secretly overthrow the HOH’s nominations with her own only at the nomination ceremony… until now. SEE ‘Big Brother 20’ spoilers: August 1 episode will include Week 5 Power of Veto competition and ceremony results It’s easy to see how Bayleigh rationalized it to herself in the moment. She was already set on nominating Brett, her target, and wanted to put up a pawn, leaving a backdoor option open for Scottie or JC. But she and Rachel are not close at all. They had barely spoken until this one-on-one, which obviously only happened because Bayleigh is HOH. Why would you tell someone you have this power and then nominate them, even if you insist they are a pawn? (As we all know, pawns go home.) Plus, Rachel is not just “someone”; she’s someone from the other side of the house. The Alliance Formerly Known As FOUTTE is still dense as hell and doesn’t realize the other side has an alliance of their own, but you don’t go telling people you’ve barely talked to about your special power and think that they won’t tell anyone else. SEE ‘Big Brother 20’ spoilers: Week 5 Power of Veto ceremony results on #BB20 and what they mean for August 2 eviction Which is exactly what Rachel did. She immediately told Angela after this happened on Friday, and if she were smarter, she would’ve told all of Level 6. Instead, Rachel proceeded to freak out about being on the block to the point that she cried in Bayleigh’s lap at one point over the weekend. Bayleigh exacerbated Rachel’s paranoia by telling her that Tyler, who won the Veto, told Bayleigh that he wanted Angela as the renom if he used the Veto. SEE ‘Big Brother 20’ spoilers: Who won Week 5 Power of Veto competition on #BB20 and what does it mean for August 2 eviction? In reality, Tyler was considering saving Brett and was trying to plant the seeds for a Scottie renom by telling Bayleigh that he and Scottie are BFFs, so Bayleigh would “retaliate” when he used it. But for some reason Rachel believed Bayleigh — again, someone she hardly talked to before Friday — instead of her own alliance member and continued to lose her damn mind to the point that her own alliance wants to evict her over Brett. It wasn’t until Sunday night that Tyler and Rachel finally talked and he told her the truth about his conversation with Bayleigh, which seemed to calm her down. But Rachel still didn’t tell Tyler about Bayleigh’s power — Angela told Tyler and Kaycee. As with most pieces of information that make their way through a game of telephone, Angela didn’t have the exact details of the power right (to be fair, Bayleigh has also misrepresented what it does), but the important thing is that Tyler now knows. SEE Sorry, Brett: 55% of America wants you evicted from ‘Big Brother’ on August 2 instead of Rachel “Bayleigh has the power. The power is she can change the nominations next week. If you piss her off this week, you are probably going to be the nomination,” Angela told him. “Why the f— would she tell Rachel that?” Tyler said. “I have no idea,” Angela said. “Doesn’t make any f—ing sense.” Took the words right out of our mouth. Now Tyler is definitely not going to use the Veto because he was only considering using it if he could guarantee a Scottie renom. He can’t afford to piss Bayleigh off more when she has this in her back pocket. The news eventually made its way to Brett. “She can change both of the nominations?” Brett asked. “That’s what Angela told me,” Tyler said. “Rachel is a f—ing idiot for telling Angela that. Of course Angela is going to tell me, and I’m going to want to keep nominations the same.” So now the entire other side of the house knows about Bayleigh’s power before her own alliance does, and they can adjust their game and use it as leverage — or even expose it to the whole house if things escalate to that point. Good going, Bay. For the record, Tyler has told no one about his Power App. SEE exclusive odds: Who will win ‘Big Brother’? Be sure to make your predictions to influence our racetrack odds. You can keep changing your predictions until just before the next live episode airs on CBS. You’ll compete to win a spot on our leaderboard and a $100 Amazon gift card. See our contest rules and sound off with other fans in our reality TV forum. Read more Gold Derby entertainment news.<doc-sep>Brett Robinson couldn’t convince Tyler Crispen to use his Power of Veto to save him from facing possible eviction on Thursday’s live episode of “Big Brother.” According to our survey of #BB20 viewers, Brett is likely to lose the vote to Rachel Swindler and will be the fifth houseguest eliminated. While this is the first time for Rachel to face a jury of her peers, Brett came close to being evicted in Week 3. Although he was the pick of five houseguests, the other nominee, Winston Hines, saw his time in the house come to an end when six of his rival contestants voted him out. Robinson, a 25-year-old cybersecurity engineer from Charlestown, Massachusetts, was singled out for elimination in week 5 by Head of Household Bayleigh Drayton, who is also 25. That flight attendant from Atlanta also nominated Swindler but assured the 29-year-old Las Vegas showgirl that she was merely a pawn in the game. Since winning the PoV Tyler has convinced a few of the houseguests to vote Rachel out, including Sam Bledsoe, Kaycee Clark and her BFF Angela Rummans. But America doesn’t want to see Rachel leave the house this week. In our ongoing poll, she has registered a mere 23% of the vote while Brett has racked up a whopping 52% of the total tally. The other 25% want someone else evicted. If you haven’t cast your ballot yet, be sure to do so at the bottom of this post and then have your say in our comments section. SEE ‘Big Brother 20’ Battle Back Showdown: Which evicted houseguest do you want to return? [POLL] If the sentiment of the houseguests on August 2 match that of #BB20 viewers, the only hope for Brett will be if the show has a battle back showdown as it has for the past several seasons. Who do you want to see be bounced from the house on Thursday? If you haven’t voted yet, be sure to do so in our poll below and then sound off in the comments section with your thoughts on season 20. SEE 2018 ‘Big Brother’ schedule: When does #BB20 air on CBS this summer? Be sure to make your predictions to influence our racetrack odds. You can keep changing your predictions until just before the next live episode airs on CBS. You’ll compete to win a spot on our leaderboard and a $100 Amazon gift card. See our contest rules and sound off with other fans in our reality TV forum. Read more Gold Derby entertainment news. SIGN UP for Gold Derby’s newsletter with experts’ latest predictions<doc-sep>Big Brother Season 20 is being hit with yet another controversy — and the culprit is a repeat offender. JC Mounduix, a 28-year-old houseguest who has been involved in at least two previous eyebrow-raising incidents this summer on the CBS reality show, asked a female houseguest if she is transgender. Us Weekly reports that Mounduix was caught on the CBS live feeds talking to Las Vegas entertainer Rachel Swindler as she tried to fall asleep. After Mounduix asked Swindler, "Are you a real girl?" she became frustrated and told him, "Yes." "There was a comment that you are trans," Mounduix reportedly said, before admitting that he is the one who started a rumor that she is transgender earlier in the season. Mounduix, who is openly gay, went so far as to touch Swindler's neck and tell her, "You have a big Adam's apple." A visibly annoyed Swindler then asked Mounduix to leave her alone, telling him he was being "rude." Mounduix can be heard cackling in the background. Big Brother live feed watchers took to social media to denounce Mounduix's rude behavior and unwanted touching when asking Swindler if she's transgender. You can see the exchange as well as some comments from Big Brother fans about JC's inappropriate behavior below. JC starting a rumor that Rachel is trans and then proceeding to touch her adam’s apple even though she very clearly tells him to stop is reason #100 why I don’t like him. #bb20 — jack (@cali_jack) July 31, 2018 Are you kidding me JC needs to shut up and sit down. Someone’s Gender is not a joke neither is being transgender. It’s because of people like him suicide rate is so high in the trans community. — Charlotte Roberts 🌈 (@Crob29Roberts) July 30, 2018 While there are no transgender contestants this season on Big Brother, in 2015, the U.S. version of the reality show made history with its first-ever transgender houseguest. During that season, Audrey Middleton came out to her fellow housemates on her first night in the house and was well-received by everyone in the house early on.As for this season, JC Mounduix has been in hot water a few times already, and the show hasn't even reached the halfway mark yet. During his first week in the Big Brother house, the Cuban-born dancer pretended to use an ice cream scooper on housemate Kaycee Clark's genitals. Mounduix also used the N-word when talking with African-American houseguest Bayleigh Dayton during a discussion about derogatory terms. Dayton shut Mounduix down, warning him, "You're not allowed to say that. Don't do that again." He later apologized. This season's batch of Big Brother houseguests have been so controversial that last week CBS put up the dreaded "viewer discretion" warning which distances the network from the houseguests' views. According to E! News, CBS previously issued a statement that confirmed Big Brother's producers have already addressed at least two disturbing incidents that were seen on the 24/7 live feed. In a statement, the network warned against "future consequences" for ill-behaving houseguests. Big Brother's history with inappropriate contestants goes way back, but the most notable season — besides the current one — occurred during the show's 15th season back in 2013. The controversial season featured several contestants who routinely made homophobic and racist comments about gay, African-American, and Asian housemates. Big Brother airs Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays on CBS.<doc-sep>
Bayleigh Drayton won the Week 5 Head of Household competition shortly after the end of the live July 26 episode of “Big Brother.” She then had to decide which two #BB20 houseguests to nominate for the live eviction vote on August 2. She set her sights on Brett Robinson as the target for elimination and promised the second nominee, Rachel Swindler, that she was merely a pawn in the game. While this is Rachel’s first time on the chopping block, Brett was up for eviction in Week 3. The 25-year-old cybersecurity engineer from Charlestown, Massachusetts barely avoided being bounced. He racked up five votes, just one shy of eventual evictee Winston Hines.According to our survey of #BB20 viewers, he is the clear frontrunner to win season 20. Conversely, Rachel, a 29 year-old Las Vegas showgirl, was the least trending houseguest in Week 2 and got saddled with the Crap App Yell, which required her to do just that sporadically for 24 hours. As is usual on “Big Brother,” both Brett and Rachel took part in the Power of Veto competition on Saturday. If you like spoilers, be sure to check out our report on the results of that make-or-break game to see if either will be able to remove themselves from the vote during the PoV ceremony on Monday. SEE ‘Big Brother 20’ spoilers: Who won Week 5 Power of Veto competition on #BB20 and what does it mean for August 2 eviction? Which of these two houseguests do you want to see stay and which would you be happy to see get evicted on Thursday? Or maybe you like them both so much that you want to see a substitution in the nominations? Cast your vote in our poll below and then be sure to sound off in the comments section with your thoughts on #BB20 so far. SEE ‘Big Brother 20’ Battle Back Showdown: Which evicted houseguest do you want to return? [POLL] SEE 2018 ‘Big Brother’ schedule: When does #BB20 air on CBS this summer? Be sure to make your predictions to influence our racetrack odds. You can keep changing your predictions until just before the next live episode airs on CBS. You’ll compete to win a spot on our leaderboard and a $100 Amazon gift card. See our contest rules and sound off with other fans in our reality TV forum. Read more Gold Derby entertainment news. SIGN UP for Gold Derby’s newsletter with experts’ latest predictions