POWER COUPLE: James & Neil
AUTO NOMINEES: Jen & Matt and Parker & Chelsia
JAMES & NEIL SOLEY EVICT PARKER & CHELSIAREASON FOR EVICTION:[/color] With partners being revealed, the reactions were simple - you either loved your partner or you hated them. It was clear Parker & Chelsia were not a match made in heaven. After clashing over several subjects, they attempted to do the Power Couple Endurance Challenge. Chelsia urged Parker she was, in fact, ready to compete...however, she ended up abandoning her partner a few minutes into the challenge leaving them with an embarrassing time of 5 minutes. Matt & Jen seemed to love each other and while they were psyched to be forced to work together, they ended up making an error that cost them the endurance competition. James & Neil, who dominated, had the decision left in their hands. So early in the game, personal decisions came into play. Jen was very liked by her fellow housemates whereas Chelsia left off a very negative aura within the house. Along with a bitter rivalry that Chelsia had with Neil, Chelsia & Parker kicked out the door before they even got comfortable in the nomination seat.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] James & Neil
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] Adam & Sheila and Joshuah & Sharon
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Adam & Sheila
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: Matt & Jen and Joshuah & Sharon
MATT & JEN ARE EVICTED 2-1VOTES TO EVICT JOSHUAH & SHARON:[/color] Alex & Amanda
VOTES TO EVICT MATT & JEN:[/color] Ryan & Allison, Jacob & Natalie
REASON FOR EVICTION: Though James tried to throw this challenge, he ended up accidentally securing victory and another reign of power for himself and Neil. While Neil was psyched, James was left scrambling with minimal options. Neil & James clashed several times over who to nominate, both having very, very different opinions and strategy of the game. They settled for one of them each picking a nominee. James picked Adam & Sheila for their UTR play while Neil picked Sharon & Joshuah due to his intense dislike for Joshuah. At the Power of Veto, Adam & Sheila spun and endured their way to victory, crushing their competition and leaving James & Neil jocking for position. While Neil seemed to have no qualms about the decision, James seemed concerned about having to put up someone he had a close connection with. They settled on Jen & Matt. While Jen fought hard to stay in the game, her partner seemed to lack the drive or care to push for them. Joshuah & Sharon earned the bigger support team and got two of the four partners voting...though arguably not much campaigning was required. While Jen & Matt did secure Alex, Amanda, and Adam...Sheila clearly wanted Joshuah & Sharon to stay and purposely disagreed with Adam to nullify their vote. This caused a 2-1 vote sending Jen & Matt out of the house.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Alex & Amanda
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] Jacob & Natalie and Joshuah & Sharon
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Alex & Amanda
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: Jacob & Natalie and Joshuah & Sharon
JACOB & NATALIE ARE EVICTED 2-1VOTES TO EVICT JOSHUAH & SHARON:[/color]
VOTES TO EVICT JACOB & NATALIE:[/color] Allison & Ryan, Adam & Sheila
REASON FOR EVICTION: Alex & Amanda's nominations were quite simple. Joshuah & Sharon were put up due to bridges being burnt in the last eviction. Alex & Amanda voted Joshuah & Sharon out thinking that they would leave, however they ended up staying and were quite angry about the vote. Natalie & Jacob were told they were the pawns, however the real reason was for exposed Video Diary Rooms of Natalies that literally half the house had access to, unbeknown to her. At the veto competition, Alex & Amanda ended up winning. With Amanda leading the veto ceremony and sealing the deal, she decided to give Natalie the real reason she was up. Following Natalie's discovery of this, Neil & Jacob joined in on a complete verbal beatdown of her. Joshuah, Sharon & James did step in eventually which left the whole house tense and on-edge. After the argument subsided, the vote was clear. Adam & Sheila and Allison & Ryan both voted Jacob & Natalie out. James did not vote to ensure that he & Neil would get the penalty of not competing in HOH, securing that the plan to take Neil out the next week would go in place...or would it really secure his own fate?
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Allison & Ryan
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] James & Neil and Adam & Sheila
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Allison & Ryan
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: James & Neil and Adam & Sheila
JAMES & NEIL ARE EVICTED 2-0VOTES TO EVICT JAMES & NEIL:[/color] Joshuah & Sharon, Alex & Amanda
VOTES TO EVICT ADAM & SHEILA:[/color]
REVISED NOMINEES:[/color] James & Neil
VOTES TO EVICT JAMES:[/color] Adam, Amanda, Sharon, Sheila
VOTES TO EVICT NEIL:[/color] Alex, Joshuah
REASON FOR EVICTION: This week started off with a meeting. Nearly the entire house, bar Neil, sat down and agreed that Neil & James would be one of the nominees that week. James agreed to throw the veto and ensure that he and Neil are the final nominees. The house would vote them out, and if their assumptions were right, they would vote out one of them in a singles eviction. Neil would be that houseguest, leaving James in the game and dumping out the proclaimed "cancer". Allison & Ryan won the HOH with the right step forward with the plan, put James & Neil on the block against Adam & Sheila. At the Power of Veto, Neil tried very hard however James purposely threw the challenge to stick with the plan the house made. Allison & Ryan struck gold again and won the veto. Keeping the nominations the same, Allison started to ponder the possibility of getting out Adam, arguably her arch rival, instead of Neil. However, she decided to stick with the plan and decided against campaigning the other way. James & Neil were "evicted" in a 2-0 vote. However, just as suspected, they were brought back onto the couch. The houseguests just voted them to be the new nominees and partners are no more. Everyone is now a singles houseguest and will now vote the first ever individual houseguest out of the house. While the plan seemed obvious....of coarse, something had to happen. Just moments before the eviction, Adam gathered up who he thought were the outcasts of the game - Sheila, Sharon, and Amanda - and wrote a self proclaimed coloring book pointing out the obvious bond between Ryan, James, Allison, Joshuah, and even Alex. They called a final four on the spot and vowed to pull off the biggest blindside in URTV history. And just like that, a confident James was sent packing in really what was one of the biggest blindsides in URTV history.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Alex
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] Amanda & Neil
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Adam
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: Amanda & Neil
NEIL IS EVICTED 6-0VOTES TO EVICT NEIL:[/color] Allison, Ryan, Joshuah, Adam, Sheila, Sharon
VOTES TO EVICT AMANDA:[/color]
REASON FOR EVICTION: With Alex winning HOH, his intent was to deal with people responsible for James' blindside. Keeping his secret alliance with Adam intact, he decided to go with Neil & Amanda. At the veto competition, Adam ended up wining in close competition with Neil. Neil ended up badgering Adam to save him, but Adam seemed obviously reluctant to do this. Growing frustrated, Neil resorted once again to his only strategy in the game - personal attacks. Adam addressed this and put Neil on several spots during the veto ceremony, ultimately not using it. At this point, it looked overly grim and impossible. Neil scratched and clawed to try to get votes, even resorting to fish votes out Sharon & Sheila through the use of sad personal stories that were allegedly made up. When that didn't work, personal attacks came back. And just like, Neil was voted off in a quite unanimous decision.
NATALIE IS VOTED BACK INTO THE HOUSE 7-1[/color]
VOTES TO BRING BACK NATALIE:[/color] Adam, Alex, Joshuah, Sharon, Sheila, Allison, Ryan
VOTES TO BRING BACK NEIL:[/color] Amanda
REASON FOR COME BACK:[/color] To start off, we polled our URTV Fan Club on who they would most like to come back. The race was close between Jen, Natalie, and James - however, Natalie won by just one vote. The only person in the way now was Neil, the previously evicted houseguest who the houseguests also had a choice to bring back. To mostly everyone, this decision was extremely easy and obvious. To be simple, Natalie easily received everyone's vote except Amanda, who had a close relationship with Neil.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Amanda
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] Joshuah & Alex
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Alex
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: Joshuah & Adam
ADAM IS EVICTED 3-2VOTES TO EVICT ADAM:[/color] Allison, Ryan, Sheila
VOTES TO EVICT JOSHUAH:[/color] Sharon, Natalie
REASON FOR EVICTION: Amanda winning HOH restored some hope for the folks Adam joined back together, but it seemed clear that the group was no longer working as well as they originally though. Though Amanda put up Alex & Joshuah with Natalie as the potential replacement, Amanda had some very potential thoughts of backdooring the king of URTV - Adam himself. In a heated veto competition, Alex took the prize and at that point, Amanda revealed to Adam what her plan would be. Adam was to be backdoored and she had the votes secured. Adam fought very hard to keep himself in, trying to smack sense into Amanda to make her realize what she really was doing. He explained the division in the house and how getting him out would be handing Allison the game. However, Amanda would not budge. As a last resort, Adam pleaded with Alex to keep the nominations the same. He assured him Joshuah would leave and that he'd be safe. However, Alex could not hold up to that and took himself off the block. Adam was put up in his place. Adam once again fought very, very hard to stay in the game. The votes started reeling in, but it didn't stop him. In a bright note, Adam did have Natalie, Sharon, and Alex's vote. However, that was only enough for a tie and Amanda made her intentions clear. Adam kept pressuring Amanda and eventually got her to crack. Amanda told Adam she would consider keeping him if it would tie, which gave him a glimmer of hope....however, just as the voting deadline came in, Alex did not vote for unknown reasons. With the vote being 3-2, a very angry Adam was sent packing just like that.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Ryan
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] Natalie & Sharon
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Sheila
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: Natalie & Joshuah
JOSHUAH IS EVICTED 3-1VOTES TO EVICT NATALIE:[/color] Allison
VOTES TO EVICT JOSHUAH:[/color] Sharon, Amanda, Alex
REASON FOR EVICTION: The week started off with Ryan in charge. Ryan's nominations were easy and put up two people who were not only very good friends, but also two people who voted to keep Adam the previous week - Natalie & Sharon. At the veto competition, Sheila ended up taking the prize. And in a shocking twist of events...she saved Sharon to try to gain her full trust. With Sharon off the block, a confused and angry Ryan had to make a replacement - and fast. His two realistic choices were between Amanda & Joshuah. He decided his best chance at ensuring Natalie would leave would be to put up Joshuah. However...he assumed wrong. Once again, the seedlings of a blindside were planted. Amanda decided to pull a fast one and ended up taking Joshuah out along with Alex & Sharon. Sheila was not around to campaign against the idea and ended up missing the voting completely.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Sharon
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] Allison & Ryan
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Alex
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: Allison & Amanda
AMANDA IS EVICTED 3-1VOTES TO EVICT ALLISON:[/color] Natalie
VOTES TO EVICT AMANDA:[/color] Alex, Sheila, Ryan
REASON FOR EVICTION: In a surprising HOH competition, Sharon ended up winning the Head of Household. For the first time in the game, the final two alliance of Allison & Ryan would finally be put up. Just as it looked like they were about to be separated once and for all, Alex won the POV and had a decision between personal and strategic. Alex was good friends with Ryan, but had to make the decision whether to be a good friend and save him, or leave him hanging to break the power duo up. While Sharon campaigned hard for Alex to not use the veto, he ended up doing so and saved Ryan from the block. This forced Sharon in a position to put up Amanda. Even with this new occurance, ALlison still seemed as good as gone. Alex promised he would still vote Allison out and Sheila/Amanda were a final two deal. However, Allison did have a few tricks up her sleeve. She campaigned to Sheila and told her that Amanda has made several deals behind his back, including a final two with herself. Sheila bought it and decided to vote out her final two ally. Alex was more of a challenge with him already promising his vote, but they finally got him interested in a deal that was made - if Alex kept Allison, Sheila goes next week if she's up against Sharon. Allison & Ryan agreed without haste and Alex voted to keep her, blindsiding Amanda 3-1.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Alex
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] Sheila & Sharon
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Alex
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: Sheila & Sharon
SHARON IS EVICTED 2-1VOTES TO EVICT SHARON:[/color] Allison, Ryan
VOTES TO EVICT SHEILA:[/color] Natalie
REASON FOR EVICTION: Alex won HOH and set up the starting seeds for the plan he had in motion - take out Sheila. He put up Sharon & Sheila, which guaranteed him Natalie's vote and with Allison & Ryan both promising to evict Sheila should Alex of kept Allison over Amanda, it looked like a 3-0 vote on paper. Alex won the veto competition and decided to keep things the same, bouncing the ball into the houseguests vote and letting them make the deciding vote. However, Allison & Ryan both had second thoughts about the plan. They both had a hunch Alex was playing both sides and did not like the looks of a fina five consisting of Natalie, Sharon, and Alex. At the last minute, they chose to go back on their word to Alex and evicted Sharon causing her to leave 2-1 and blowing Alex's plans to bits and pieces.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Allison
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] Alex & Natalie
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Sheila
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: Alex & Ryan
ALEX IS EVICTED 1-1(1)VOTES TO EVICT ALEX:[/color] Sheila, Allison
VOTES TO EVICT RYAN:[/color] Natalie
REASON FOR EVICTION: Allison won HOH in a brutal endurance competition. Her target for the week was Natalie, however she had to decide to put a pawn on the block - either Sheila or Alex. Though Alex swore up and down he would not save Natalie, she did not believe him. Alex continued to vow he wouldn't do it and claimed Sheila would save Natalie due to her wanting Alex gone. Despite Alex's campaigning, Ryan convinced Allison the best move truly was to put up Alex & Natalie. She stuck with that and onto the veto competition...Sheila ended up winning the veto. Just as Alex had warned, Sheila stirred the pot and once again changed nominations. This time, she saved Natalie. This forced Allison to put up her final two ally, Ryan. Allison & Ryan were both dead to Alex at this point and was extremely angered at them ignoring his warnings. He campaigned hard to Sheila & Natalie to keep him in the game and pointed out that this was a great opportunity to separate Allison & Ryan's obvious final two alliance. While Alex presented a highly strong case - even throwing in that he would not complete the next HOH on purpose - Sheila failed to buy that Alex was sincere. She voted her long time rival out and Allison struck the final nail in the coffin to secure Alex's eviction via tiebreaker.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Natalie
PRE-VETO NOMINATIONS:[/color] Allison & Ryan
POWER OF VETO:[/color] Natalie
POST-VETO NOMINATIONS: Allison & Ryan
ALLISON IS EVICTED 1-0VOTES TO EVICT ALLISON:[/color] Sheila
VOTES TO EVICT RYAN:[/color]
REASON FOR EVICTION: Natalie ended up winning a clutch HOH to start this week off. The mission for her first reign as HOH - break up Allison & Ryan. Though nominations didn't seem to matter, they still found themselves on the block, sending a smack to them that if they don't win POV, this could very well be it. A tricky Power of Veto came next, a live competition full of much of both nervousness and frustration. At the end, it was between Natalie & Ryan who were both off by one...but Natalie was the quickest to adjust and ended up winning the Golden Power of Veto. Natalie chose to keep her nominations in stone, leaving it in the hands of Sheila to decide which of the only original pairing left to send to the Jury House. Sheila chose to evict Allison due to her support in the Jury and a strong game all the way up to this point, not to mention to keep his intended final two with Ryan in tact.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD:[/color] Natalie
NOMINATIONS:[/color] Sheila & Ryan
RYAN IS EVICTED 1-0VOTES TO EVICT SHEILA:[/color]
VOTES TO EVICT RYAN:[/color] Natalie
REASON FOR EVICTION: To start the week off, Sheila tried to solidify herself into the final two by making a final two deal with both Ryan & later Natalie. Feeling she had a better chance against Ryan, her plan was to throw HOH Part 1 to Ryan, try to beat Natalie in Part 2, and let Ryan take Part 3. However, the plan backfired when Natalie went all out in the Part 1 Endurance and beat Ryan by a few hours. Starting to feel worried and unsafe, Sheila erased her plans and went to work to try to become the final HOH. However, in a grueling puzzle challenge that took over an hour, Ryan beat Sheila out by just 33 seconds, leaving Sheila's fate in the hands of one of the two final twos she made. In Part 3, Natalie crushed Ryan to win her fourth consecutive challenge and become the final Head of Household. Ryan tried hard to stay in the game, even though he looked doom. However, he made a crucial timing error in not telling Natalie about Sheila making a final two with both of them until it was too late. Natalie chose to keep her word to Sheila and sent Ryan packing.
FINAL TWO: Sheila & Natalie
VOTES FOR NATALIE TO WIN:[/color] Alex & Sharon
REASONS FOR LOSS: Natalie was praised very much for her end-game winning streak and pure determination from going to next in line to right in the final two. Natalie had quite the underdog story, however, people saw her taking Sheila instead of the more easy-to-beat Ryan to the end as a huge mistake. While it was agreed she played a good game, Sheila's game was looked upon as much more impressive. Natalie gained the votes of two of her best friends & supporters through the whole game - Alex & Sharon.
FINAL TWO: Sheila & Natalie
VOTES FOR SHEILA TO WIN: Joshuah, Ryan, Allison, Adam, Amanda
REASONS FOR WIN: Sheila was seen as a major player in the game since the start of the game. She was seen as a big part of some of the games biggest turns and also took some big risks to get to the final two. While it was argued Natalie dominated in the competitions area compared to Sheila, it was seen that throughout the game, Sheila didn't need the competition wins to control the aspects of the game he did. Sheila gained the votes of friends Joshuah, Allison, and Amanda. He was also able to win over Adam & Ryan.
