Big Brother 9, March 12 HOH Competition Recap: Discoing the Night Away

By now you’ve seen the live show Wednesday night (or seen on the live showread the RNO recap

When the feeds come back on, Adam and Josh have already fallen off their balls, and everyone playing is covered with foam. It's... kind of boring. The houseguests asks James what Julie's like. “Like a robot with acne” is his response. Hee. Not feeling the love so much now, are you, Ryan?

Natalie's been talking non-stop the whole time. If you can't beat them, browbeat them, I guess. Matt jumps out a little over a half-hour in, claiming his ankle hurts. So, as of 6:30-ish, it's all four women and James, who is looking very comfortable. This doesn't particularly surprise me, since a competition of this nature is going to favor the lighter houseguests due to the lower demand of holding themselves upright on a very small disk.

Sheila tells James that she wouldn't blame him for whatever he does, as she lied to his face. She also tells him that she voted for the mystery guest to come back into the house. The reasoning behind this is unclear. The balls spin faster. The guests get covered in more foam. The recapper turns on his Nintendo DS for a while to play a mental game, in order to balance out the amount of stupidity still in this household.

Natalie thinks that she and Sheila are in trouble, because they're top heavy. So. Many. Jokes. I'll be good, though. James says his back's hurting, but he's looking good, as are Natalie and Sharon. Chelsia's looking less well, but not as bad as Sheila. She's definitely struggling, and complaining due to the lack of food. At 6:45, she hits the mat. Matt tries to psych James out by asking if his “thing” hurts. James says he'll just power through regardless. Hah.

More babbling goes on, more houseguests wondering who the hell's going to win, more Nintendo DS for me. Natalie gets squirted in the face and says the foam is out of control. A little after 7, the globes stop turning. James indicates that he figured if he lasted long enough, everyone else would hop off and let him have the week. Natalie isn't quite so in line with that, and indicates she's hanging tight.

The globes start spinning the other way around, and speed up some more. (This has happened in the past hour of the game, so it's probably not going to last very long.) Ryan tells James he voted for the mystery box, and that “[James was] resurrected just like me, man.” Um... you never left the house, Ryan, remember? So not so much with the “resurrection” there.

Natalie asks the folks who are out to save her a few snack foods (they've been given cookies and Reese's pieces and the like). She then asks James if he hates her. He says no. “Do you love me?” says she. “No, I don't love anyone in this house,” says he. “That makes a whole metric ton of us, Pinky,” says I.

James looks pained, Chelsia's curled around the chain (they're allowed to squat now), Natalie won't shut up, and Sharon looks good. Matt's cheering for Natalie and Josh for Chelsia and Sharon. Well, Chelsia at least, because Sharon's the next one out (2:20 in).

Nat says it's like hanging onto a stripper pole, and I start thinking she's got this one locked. Matt's totally pumping her up, saying she's got the power of Jesus in her, as well as his willpower. Among other things, Matt? She says that it takes a toll going up and down. I swear, she makes my job easy.

Josh and Sharon discuss the vote to evict James. He says that everyone was trying to make him vote for her, so he'd be the solo vote. We don't get to hear what she says, because Natalie continues to babble about something or other. She tells James that he'd never put her down. He replies by saying he'd told Matt that she was a drug dealer. That would qualify as putting her down, yes. She then says that James and Chelsia never put her down, only Josh. “He embarrassed my mom. She's probably not watching anymore,” she says. Natalie sing-songs about not wanting cheese pizza, because it's boring, and it finally hits me.

Natalie has the personality of a four-year-old girl. She's loud, says whatever's on her mind, latches on to her daddy intensely, and talks incessantly. She just happens to have a well-endowed chest and pole-dancing skills.

At 9 pm, the houseguests are told they can't squat anymore. This is three hours into the competition, so there are some tired legs going on... Chelsia's exhausted, Natalie's still talking, and James is still hanging out. Sharon's pissed off that Natalie's still in the competition. “God, of all people, a stripper is hanging on...,” she grumbles to Josh. Hah.