Celebrity Big Brother 3 got off to a predictable start, but the live feeds have shown alliances shifting, resulting in big moves and blowups.
The new season of Celebrities Big Brother got off to a pretty mundane start, but things have warmed up on the live feeds. The first few evictions of the season yielded relatively few votes. the “ma WonThis twist caused a bit of intrigue in Teddi Mellencamp’s eviction, as it forced Todd Bridges at the last minute to replace Mirai Nagasu on the block alongside Teddi. Todd got a few eviction votes, but Teddi, the target of a strong alliance, was evicted as expected, unfortunately for Mirai, she was evicted unanimously in the next round.
The season seemed to be going a predictable route thanks to less-than-competitive leagues and uncomplicated evictions. Miesha Tate won the first Head of Household, which put her and her alliance partner, Todrick Hall, in a good position. When she also won the third HOH, it seemed like her and Todrick’s dominance would definitely continue and they would pick one of their targets, Carson Kressley or Cynthia Bailey, with relative ease this week. However, live feed watchers could see a real-time shift in the game that will have season-long ramifications, driving the rest of the game. CBB3 anything but predictable.
The wild week in the Big Brother home started when Saturday Night Live alum Chris Kattan retired from the game. His departure was not entirely unexpected, however, as he struggled with the game and with chronic pain and mobility problems due to a serious spinal cord injury he suffered years ago. Kattan even asked to be evicted instead of Mirai when he was near her, but the house chose to keep him anyway. Kattan’s departure didn’t play too much into HOH Miesha’s plans as she ended up nominating her main targets, Carson and Cynthia.
The week took a wilder turn when Shanna Moakler won the veto and hatched a plan to take Carson off the bloc, forcing Miesha to replace him. Shanna and her ally Chris Kirkpatrick hoped that Miesha would nominate Todd as the replacement and that they would gather enough votes to blindside against Todd, which would be a blow to Miesha and Todrick’s strategic plans. Shanna vetoed Carson, but her plan backfired when Miesha nominated Kirkpatrick instead of Todd. Immediately after the Veto ceremony, even more conflict broke out between nominee Cynthia and Todd, who hurled violent outbursts at Cynthia for voting to evict him in the first week.
In essence, what was expected to be a dull and predictable week, Celebrities Big Brother live feeds became one of surprise evictions, strategic subterfuge, screaming matches and a failed backdoor plan. Big Brother seasons are most exciting when there’s a clear house divide, and this week’s feeds showed that the divide is fully materializing between the Miesha/Todrick contingent and the Shanna/Chris Kirkpatrick/Carson/Cynthia alliance. It will be exciting to see where the season goes from here. It’s everyone’s game right now.
Celebrities Big Brother airs on CBS and can be streamed on Paramount+.
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