Big Brother 6: Why Kaysar Lost… Again

What a turnaround for Kaysar, but he should be used to that. The first time Kaysar lost, he fell from HOH to evictee in only one week. This time, he fell from triumphant returning houseguest loved by America to evictee, again in only one week. The first time, Kaysar lost because he reveled in his power, made it obvious that he was a decision-maker for his alliance, and was a threat. Some things change, but others stay the same. Why did Kaysar lose again?

As we did the first time – and indeed every time somebody is voted out of Big Brother, we will answer this question by looking back at What Big Brother 6 Houseguests Should Have Learned to see what went wrong this time around. Some of the reasons are similar, some are rather different.

As I noted the first time Kaysar was evicted, he understood from the very beginning that he had to scheme and plot. I won’t rehash all that was discussed the first time around (you can click on the earlier link to read about it), but he still knew that this was an important part of the game when he returned. While he had missed a week, he had been assured by both allies and enemies alike that all were working together to get rid of James. This made sense, given that James was trusted by nobody and is a strong player. Perhaps if Kaysar had more downtime to think about the situation, he might have decided otherwise, but he played the cards he was dealt, and those cards seemed to indicate that the “full house” was going to “go all in” to take all of James’ chips.

However, Kaysar fell prey to his alliance’s decision to backstab before they needed to and to scheme and plot too much. During Kaysar’s week away, Howie made the decision to call a truce with the Fiendship and go after James. There has been talk that this originated with an idea from Kaysar, but I don’t know that it’s really true. In any case, Kaysar’s Krew turned an ally (even if only a temporary one) into an enemy.

But they did worse than that. Once James used the Veto and Ivette was nominated in his place, they talked to April and Jennifer about voting off Ivette instead. While the mood in the house was more cooperative, Kaysar’s Krew should have known better than to trust April and Jennifer. Ivette stayed, Sarah went, but the memory of that discussion lingered. While it looks like April and Jennifer actually suggested the possibility, they either don’t remember it that way or are simply lying – it doesn’t really matter, the point is that they knew Kaysar’s Krew was willing to consider changing the full-house deal.

This combination of events meant that Kaysar was willing to believe Jennifer when she talked about going after James, yet he didn’t know that she might change her mind because of other house happenings. If his alliance had not backstabbed too soon, he would have known who his friends and enemies were (well, as much as you ever can in Big Brother) and wouldn’t have had to worry about being put into the position he was in. If they had not schemed and plotted too much, perhaps Jennifer would not have changed her mind about going through with the deal.

Kaysar also fell prey to a part of the second rule that in part caused his downfall the first time: “if any alliances do get out in the open, do not let it be known that you are the decision-maker.” Everybody in the house knew that Kaysar was the leader of his alliance. Everybody knew it even more after he had been gone for a week and then returned. This added to the temptation to target him.

The third rule says to pretend to be nice, etc. This time around, there was no problem here for Kaysar (there wasn’t really one the first time either). He was able to talk to almost any of the houseguests – though it got a bit touchy near the end for everybody. It had nothing to do with his eviction, though.

After his return, Kaysar did generally okay with the fourth rule and controlled his emotions. Still, because he was nominated alongside Janelle again, we didn’t see him lobbying the Fiendship to keep him over her. It may have been simply because he knew it was pointless, but I believe it was mainly because he could not bring himself to campaign against her.

The fifth rule says to not be too much of a threat. Kaysar faced difficulty in abiding by this rule both before and after he returned. Everybody agreed that Kaysar was perhaps the best player in the game – smart and strategic. But when he stood in the pressure cooker until the bitter end, he showed he was also a physical threat. This only added to the reasons for the Fiendship to evict him.

Kaysar was flexible upon his return, abiding by the sixth rule. He knew that he was missing a week’s worth of information, and thus didn’t just stick with the “us vs. them” mentality that had existed in the house upon his original eviction. Unfortunately, that ended up working against him because of what members of his alliance had done (see the second rule, above).

The seventh rule is what really bit Kaysar on the ass. Despite being told that everybody except James was part of one big happy temporary family, he should have known to trust almost nobody. Yes, he could trust Janelle, and probably Howie and Rachel. But Jennifer? After standing in the pressure cooker for hours and hours, I’m sure she would have said anything to win HOH. Yet Kaysar believed her, and it was the main cause of his second downfall.

The eighth rule says not to be lazy or show bad habits – and once again had nothing to do with Kaysar’s eviction.

Kaysar came back into the house with a renewed sense of purpose. He knew the mistakes he had made previously and corrected some of them. He tried to go along with what his alliance had worked out in his absence – but unfortunately, he was the brains of the operation and without him, the Krew had made some bad decisions. Those were all contributing factors that led up to the biggest problem of all, Kaysar trusted Jennifer. That is why Kaysar lost.

David Bloomberg is the Editor of RealityNewsOnline and can be reached at RNO@pobox.com.

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