Big Brother Blowout: JANKIE World Doubles Veto, Power Trio Fights to Survive

There are only eight people left in the Big Brother house, so a trio is incredibly powerful. They can essentially control every vote from this point forward if they're not targeted. But are there two of them to worry about now? That was the argument Kimo tried to float as he talked with Head of Household Leah now that he and Rubina are on the Block. The third part of their trio, T'kor, remained a backdoor option, but Kimo wanted everyone looking another way. He pointed out that Chelsie, Cam, and Makensy are a pretty strong trio, too ... and if you consider competition wins, they're even stronger. That trio has eight comp wins under their belts. His trio has three. As arguments go, it's not terrible. Both trios would be problematic -- if that second one is solid -- but it might make sense to target the other trio first. At the same time, Kimo trying to minimize the threat level of any voting bloc like his trio is some pretty powerful mental manipulation ... that no one is falling for. With the JANKIE World twist trapping the Houseguests in the backyard for a carnival from hell all week long, everyone is definitely struggling. But JANKIE is offering something else that could really shake things up. This week's Veto Competition offered not one, but two chances to claim power. That means that under the right circumstances, the entire block could be reset with two brand new nominees sitting there come eviction night. It could be a double backdoor. Leah considered that she could maybe even target both trios at once! But first, she had to control (as much as possible) both Vetoes so she could have some say in who goes, who stays, and who gets targeted. The nice thing is that if her goal is to weaken a trio, there's no way all six people can save themselves all at once, so it can be done. It should be done, too. That way, the duo left behind from the shattered remnant of one of those trios will suddenly have to consider working with Leah and Angela, despite Leah just breaking up their core trio, in order to have the numbers over the other trio 4-3. This was a challenging puzzle competition, with six players vying for either the regular Power of Veto or the JANKIE Power of Veto. How the latter worked was not explained prior to the competition, but everyone wanted it anyway. It was good news for the trio on the block when it came time to draw players, as Kimo pulled T'kor's chips, increasing the chance at least one of them could come down. And if T'kor won, she would be ineligible as a replacement. But that might be okay, too, with Leah's latest thinking. The other two players picked to compete were Chelsie and Angela. Leah's best-case scenario would be for Angela or herself to win (or both) to keep power out of the hands of either possible trio in the House. The puzzle itself was various-sized pieces of circular "candy" that all had to fit side-by-side on a circular "jar." In other words, it's a mental puzzle, but not even one that allows you to fit pieces together. It was a matter of proper arrangement. Ultimately, Angela pulled off a surprise win (to herself, most of all), securing the Golden Power of Veto and momentarily making Chelsie forget there was another Veto still in play for the second-place finisher. As the battle continued, it was Leah who scored that. This created a best-case scenario for the JANKIE HOH -- who declared herself the JANKIE Queen after she'd also won the JANKIE Veto. Who are we to argue? Now she had all the power, as she was fairly confident Angela would do what she wanted. Angela, though, had some thoughts of her own. She was wanting to make Leah happy, and do some damage control after voting to evict Kimo two weeks in a row. So she decided she would use her Veto on Kimo, creating an opening for Leah to target T'kor and still break up the trio. But Leah was already thinking two steps ahead of that. T'kor and Chelsie have been the two heads of these sides basically all season (and playing fantastic games). If she could have both Vetoes used, she would wind up with two heads on the chopping block. But, as it turned out, the only way to activate the JANKIE Veto was for Leah to first win a JANKIE carnival game at the start of the Veto meeting. It was to knock down five bottles with three baseball throws. You know, a classic carnival game that's been sitting there all week. We're pretty sure Leah had not played that game -- or possibly even ever thrown a ball. Her performance wasn't just bad, it was so bad the rest of the House laughed harder than they did when she and Angela stepped out of port-a-potties to announce the start of the Veto Meeting. With the madness of JANKIE World, we're not sure if we should be laughing with them, or concerned for their mental states in these moments. After that disastrous performance, the JANKIE Veto