Sunday, August 15, 2010 was Big Brother 12 episode 17, and CBS viewers were finally told who won the HOH competition at the end of the last episode. It was another endurance challenge (the third of Big Brother 12), and again CBS planned to have it come to an end on the internet live feeds. That meant viewers had to wait for Sunday to find out the HOH as well as the new HOH nominations.
Brendon jumped out to an early lead, with Lane and Hayden not too far behind him. Ragan, Britney, Enzo, and Kathy could not figure out what was going on, and performed terribly again. It’s really hard to foresee any of those four actually winning an HOH competition, because Ragan always quits, and the other three have never even come close to winning one.
The lead progressed for Brendon, and he flat out blew everybody out of the water. Maybe he has extra energy from having the other houseguests dupe him into believing Rachel was staying in the house, but he went on a tear all the way to victory.
Brendon became the sixth HOH in the Big Brother 12 house. He then chose Ragan, Britney, and Matt as the three Have Nots for the week, and Britney was not happy about it. Do any viewers think this should have come as a surprise to her?
Big Brother 12 Episode 17 Recap
Immediately after Brendon won the HOH, the rest of the houseguests started second-guessing the decision to vote out Rachel first. Enzo was especially frustrated about it, because he had been fighting to evict Brendon first. Britney then took over the role of house crier, finding anyone she could to cry to about thinking she was going home next.
It seemed that both Ragan and Britney finally woke up and realized that they were in a game though, and maybe they will actually make game-affecting decisions this next week instead of just sitting in the house letting things happen around them. Meanwhile, Enzo and Hayden started talking out loud about trusting Matt less than Brendon, showing that there were cracks forming in the Brigade alliance. source
