Prior to Natalie’s HOH victory, during the live eviction episode, hours before Paulie threw a final curveball to Natalie that Paul was gunning to eliminate James.
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Paul vented in the Diary Room about how Natalie and Michelle had slammed a big knife into his back, but Nicole was thrilled she was safe. I’m happy for her but now she has a major choice to make.
In week 9, it finally happened however. Natalie and Michelle have gone a bit power mad during their co-HoH reign and don’t realize all their influence is already over. Right now, they may feel as if they are unstoppable and will win the game, but almost every person in the Big Brother 18 house has named them as their target.
“I’m going to leave you alone”, Paul says to Natalie. No one wants to take them to the final two because they both have played a great social game, and could win. “I’m not good with Michelle so she’ll probably nominate me”.
Following the big “fight” in the kitchen, this August 24 Big Brother 18 recap notes an amusing moment on the show. The last episode concluded with Victor and Paul quite frustrated that they were now on the block. What’s more, Natalie just told James that they’re “best friends”. Will it save Victor or Paul from eviction? For the nominations, Michelle went after Paul Abrahamian, while Natalie targeted Victor Arroyo. It’s not the case though. Paul has turned himself into a comp beast, as he pulled out this victory and saved himself from eviction.
Plus even if Victor is ultimately evicted, he has yet another chance to get back into the house with the Battle Back something he easily accomplished before. By only four seconds Natalie won and became this upcoming week’s HOH. Meanwhile Michelle wants to go after Nicole, as she does not feel as confident with her safety in the game with them. On paper it’s not a bad idea. Nicole seems to maybe want the two showmances to work together? I would like to see one of them win POV and Nicole go up in their place. This would make his seventh appearance on Big Brother in some capacity. Nicole quickly covers herself by going to James/Nat and basically trying to blow up Paul’s game and saying that Paul mentioned going after James. That lie is really the least of Nicole Big Brother 18 crimes.
It’s at the stage now that alliances are lasting a few hours because there’s so few in the house.
Michelle, on the other hand, has been playing all sides of house as well. Michelle even announced that Paul had lied to her face before. Nicole just has to perceive an advantage. It’s hard to call Nicole a threat because she is almost as useless as Corey in competitions but she is definitely a liability. Paul is expected to vote to evict Corey, Nicole is expected to vote to evict Victor, and James will be the deciding vote on who gets to stay and go.
Whether or not Paul really had any intention of going after James is irrelevant because after Natalie and Michelle talked about it they both agreed it would be in their best interest to get rid of Paul who has a good chance of winning the game.
Nicole was up first and was told by the producers to tell James that she can not buy anything for him. Natalie nominates VICTOR for eviction and Meech nominates PAUL. What do you think BB18 fans? Did Natalie blow her first big power play? Is Paul the biggest threat in Big Brother 18?
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Big Brother 18 returns with another new episode Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
