Don’t let the blonde hair, bubbly personality and love for small animals fool you — Keesha is not a woman to be trifled with. The Hooters waitress and proud PETA member side-stepped her way into becoming this season’s first female HoH, donning the Big Brother trappings of power and immediately declaring, “I am going to turn this house upside down. I can promise you that!”
Well, mission accomplished. The mighty “alliance of eight,” which had easily served up eviction notices to Brian and Steven, had it’s collective sights set on one of the three remaining “floaters” (either Dan, Jerry or Renny), but was busted up when Keesha broke ranks and put up power-players Angie and Jessie for eviction. As the keys were pulled, and Keesha’s true colors were revealed, jaws dropped and the gloves soon followed.
“Keesha just opened up a can of worms,” a pro-Jessie Michelle declared.
Angie’s nomination surprised no one. Keesha made it clear from the moment she took over as HoH that she blamed the “Asian Sensation” for pal Steven’s ouster. Though she tearfully skipped over the fact that she herself had voted against her best friend on the show, Keesha seemed determined on exacting revenge on her newfound nemesis.
The real shock was Jessie’s nomination. The bodybuilder and former HoH had done an admirable job of showing the house — and the world — that he was more than just a body, using a combination of peer pressure and intimidation to get all of his BB ducks in a row. His four-member strong “Team B.A.” was the foundation of the “Alliance of Eight” and when Keesha took over, all the pieces seemed to fall into place. But in a twist that would make Shakespeare roll over in his grave, Jessie’s hubris may prove to be his downfall.
To his face, Keesha said he was nominated because she sees him “as a huge threat,” but later she confessed, “Jessie’s arrogance got him into trouble.”
April, who can be both ditzy and devilish, used the power of the pinky swear to put Keesha in her corner and target the dangerous Memphis as her choice for eviction, even though everyone else had their hearts set Angie.
While Jerry and Jessie ruled the HoH roust, outsider Dan gained an audience with Keesha under the guise of a late-night gastrointestinal crisis. All it took was clumsy begging and some puppy dog-eyes and Dan would live another day. “I have nothing,” he pleaded during his visit to Keesha’s castle. “I have nothing left.” With that — and a pledge of loyalty that is sure to be broken — Keesha had Dan off the chopping block.
Michelle chose to spend her time with the newly empowered girl’s club by describing her family’s love for all things slaughterhouse and pork, going so far as to gleefully re-enact the dance of the dead pig that she had witnessed during a family holiday in her native Rhode Island. Sadly, a confused Michelle was met with plugged ears and a grim silence led by PETA member Keesha. “Do you know that a pig has the intelligence of a three year old child?” the offended HoH declared. “That’s sick!” Suddenly, Michelle found herself on the outside looking in.
The Food Competition was meant to bring the house together with the two teams (“guys on one side, dolls on the other”) working in concert to win food for the entire household. Separated by a wall, each team had to communicate with their counterparts by voice alone as they navigated giant spinning records in an attempt to match socks and pin them to a correlating wall. As HoH, Keesha happily sat out the game while the strong play of “Team B.A.” helped the house score a decent menu for the week that included beer (which was met with great applause) and pig’s feet. Guess which house guest cheered for that menu item. – Reagan Alexander
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