BBCAN5 Finale recap

The first part of the HoH is to stack bricks on a wobbling table in the jungle. Demetres is one brick away, but then his stack falls, allowing Kevin a way back in it. After a few near misses for both, Demetres is able to get it and move on to part 3.

Kevin and Karen face off in the second part of the HoH, which is to wrap ropes around star constellations that correspond to questions about houseguests. Karen gets the first few no problem, but loses time not realizing Demetres wasn't on the block during the triple. Kevin lays out his rope straight away, but still chooses a wrong one. Kevin blows through the comp in 12 minutes, securing his spot in part 3.

The third part of the HoH is to answer questions about the jury. Kevin wins and makes the final 2. He chooses to evict Demetres. Hard luck for the comp beast, but Kevin's mental skills were just too good.

Neda asks Kevin whether he was ever loyal to her, and he says yes. Sindy asks Karen if she really thought she was the backdoor target and she says yes. Bruno asks Kevin what his best move was, and he says saving Ika. Jackie asks Karen about her claim she dragged Demika to the final 4 and she says she meant she had opportunities to vote them out and didn't. William asks Kevin if she'd still be there without his secret PoV, and he says no. Dre asks Karen how being the oldest player affected her strategy, and she says she had to rely on her social game. Demetres asks Kevin why he should vote for him, and Kevin says because he got him out.

After a recap of the season, the votes are revealed. Kevin wins 9-0, and gets very emotional. Well, he wasn't exactly a mastermind this season, but he laid low as much as he could and managed to win comps when he needed to (which was pretty much half the game) so props to him.

BBCAN5 Week 10 recap

The HoH is to solve several equations that are given on screen, where they'll reveal the nominations and comp winners for a certain week gradually. Demetres gets 4 first, which beats Ika's 2 and Karen's 0. Demetres is the new HoH, and feels a little guilty that he ripped away Ika's last chance to get a HoH room. Ika is pissed, but more at herself. Kevin regrets using the veto now, particularly as Karen is still holding a grudge against him from week 1.

The final 4 get a special guest to style them up for the BBCAN awards: Nikki Grahame! Together they revisit the Gary eyebrow drama, Ika's fight with Neda, and the showmances of the season...which causes major embarrassment for all involved, especially Ika.

Demetres puts Kevin and Karen on the block. The PoV competition is to mach clues to numbers on an upstaors and downstairs city. Kevin's strategy is to sort out the upstairs first. The triple eviction ends up being the one that loses him some time. Demetres maxes out the time limit, leaving it all up to Ika. The results are revealed and Kevin wins the veto.

Ika's last-ditch plea to Kevin is to evict Karen and give the season a deserving final 3. It doesn't work, and Kevin votes to evict Ika. The queen of the season deserved better than an empty studio, but at least she's in good company with the F4 club. So now the stage is set for a winner-take-all clash between Kevin and Demetres on finale night. Who will come out on top?

BBCAN5 Week 9 recap

Kevin blows up his alliance with Ika and Demetres ahead of the HoH comp. The HoH comp is to identify drunk speeches and say what day they were made. Kevin gets a perfect score and wins.

Karen gets a secret mission from Marsha - assigning each houseguest with a fake punishment to win money. She puts on a great acting performance as she gives Dillon solitary, takes away Ika's vote, leaves Demetres ineligible for the F4 veto and loses Kevin a jury vote. Ika cries the most, but it's all a relief when the truth is revealed.

Kevin nominates Ika and Demetres. Ika is mad that he's saying it's because they broke promises, rather than he's just scared. The PoV is Baywatch-themed, which involves climbing over a wall to pull dummies out of a pool, then complete a puzzle. Demetres can't find his last two dummies, giving Kevin a huge lead. Ika finds it for him, and he's back in it. With Ika's help, Demetres thinks he's finished it, but he's wrong. It's a close back-and-forth contest, but Kevin figures out to flip his "W" first and wins the PoV.

The houseguests are given a task where they have to freeze, rewind and go in slow-motion when Big Brother tells them. They even get some annoying guests like a tour group and jester Sarah. But then Dillon's mom and dog come in, which makes him cry.

Ika tells Karen they should vote her out and keep Demetres, since he has a better chance of winnng comps. Dillon thinks Demetres is a bigger threat. Karen tells Kevin she wants Ika out but that's the opposite of what Kevin wants.

At the PoV ceremony, Ika tells Kevin to shove the veto up his ass. But instead, he takes Ika off the block and replaces her with Dillon, leaving the house very confused. A guilty Ika now rushes to clean up the mess she made in Kevin's room. Kevin is hoping Karen will vote to keep Dillon, but instead, she's planning to send him out just to fuck over Kevin. Kevin tells Dillon to make Karen think he hates him in order to stay.

At the eviction, Dillon ends up sent home. He's not sure why Karen turned him either but is hoping Kevin will not win. Now we're down to 4, and it's gonna be a real battle.

BBCAN5 Week 8 recap

The HoH competition is to keep weights pressed against each side. Karen drops out first, and then  the comp gets harder with cold water pouring down. Dillon is being annoying. Ika is out next, then Jackie. Dillon then slips and loses too. Kevin then tries to make a deal with Dre and William that he won't nominate them at all. William takes it instantly, and Dre only holds out because she doesn't want to tip Ika and Demetres off that she's not on their side.

Ika is disappointed that Dre didn't hang on longer and thinks she could've won. Ika tries to convince Kevin that she will be loyal to him, pointing out she even kept a deal with Jackie of all people, and then asks Dre for back-up...but she's not interested. Big Brother gives the houseguests some dares to do. Demetres has to cut out his underwear, Karen has to lick whipped cream off Kevin and force Dillon and Dre to kiss.

Now it's Karen's turn to talk to her nemesis, and Kevin reveals that Bruno told her to work with her. Demetres offers a sweet deal to not nominate him and veto him next week. Ika feels guilty that Demetres might go home, so decides to take the target off him by starting fights with Jackie and Karen. In the end, Kevin nominates Demetres and Ika.

Karen confronts Ika for being mean, which she denies. Dre starts to feel bad for Ika when she sees her more vulnerable side and now wants her to stay.

The PoV competition is to answer questions about a car, then  correctly arrange signs that match quotes from the Paqs bros video, then assemble a puzzle. Demetres loses time not realizing what "(insert name)" on the teleprompter means. Jackie also struggles on the teleprompter, Kevin stumbles putting the signs in order, whereas Dillon sucks at the puzzle. Ika's performance is so bad that she cries. When the results are announced, Demetres wins PoV...along with a test drive with a jury member of his choice.

Dre tells Ika she's going home if she stays on the block, so is hoping Demetres will use the veto on her instead. Kevin is actually happy that Demetres won since now he's a bigger threat for the next round. Ika then gets into a fight with Demetres, saying he's too happy. Demetres uses the veto on himself, and Kevin puts up Jackie.

Kevin is campaigning for Ika to stay, hoping she's a bigger threat. Jackie tells Dre to vote with her head and not with he heart. Ika talks to William to try and find out where his vote is going, but he doesn't say. Karen and Dillon are conflicted, so Karen pretends to phone up Bruno for advice.

Demetres takes Sindy out for his test drive and asks her for some honest opinion about his game. Sindy tells him the jury thinks he's Ika's lapdog and that he'd have to make a move that he could say was definitely his.

We get to the first eviction of the night, and Ika takes a shot at Dre in her eviction speech. Dre is then the only person to evict Ika, as Jackie leaves 4-1. Well, we obviously missed a lot. Jackie says she's hoping for one week Ika-free and that it was a really dumb move to get her out.

Arisa lets the houseguests know that they've got a triple eviction on their hands. Kevin obviously has a big reaction to this. The HoH comp is to determine real or fake news, which Demetres wins. Ika doesn't want to put up Dillon or Karen when they just gave her their votes, but Kevin is pitching that he'll fight for them too. Demetres puts up Dre, William and Kevin, intending to keep Kevin safe.

The PoV competition is to find blocks with houseguests' faces on them. Kevin grabs his the fastest and wins the PoV, finally vanquishing his triple eviction demons. Kevin is mad that Demetres put him up and tells Karen they control the votes and they can save Dillon. Kevin uses the veto, Demetres puts Dillon up, and after Kevin openly declares war on them , Ika is forced to vote to keep Dillon along with the other two.

So, William and Dre leave the house...a pair til the end. This was a huge gamechanger for the season and now both vets have a genuine shot at winning.

BBCAN5 Week 7 recap

Kevin and Bruno are feeling vulnerable now, and Ika is already blowing up on Kevin for trying to hug her. The first part of the HoH is transferring rocks. Since Karen won an advantage she only has to transfer half the rocks. Kevin tries to take a lot of rocks, but he drops one and has to restart. Bruno is the first one, followed by Kevin, Demetres and Karen. The second round is to paddle 150 strokes in a kayak. Demetres gets it first and Kevin just beats Bruno. The final round is a beanbag toss, disc golf and bowling. Demetres just edges out Bruno to win HoH again.

Bruno thinks he's being targeted, but then Karen and Ika have a fight for some reason. Demetres watches Ika and Dre shower together. Dre is happy to play the middle and let the vets get eachother out. Bruno and Kevin have noticed this and decide to pitch for them to join forces. Jackie gets suspicious that Kevin and Bruno are throwing her under the bus, so decides to do the same to them.

Demetres nominates Bruno and Kevin. He explains to Kevin that he heard he was after him, so Kevin suspects William sold him out. Kevin confronts William, who reveals he did give info to Dre. Bruno tries to get through to Ika that the vets are all going, and now she starts second-guessing their decision.

The houseguests are put in coffins for the PoV, and are told the closest to 100 minutes wins. Demetres gets distracted by bubbles. Two hot models then come and plant bunnies in the coffins, which gives Ika an amusing freakout. But the rats makes Ika quit. William then buzzes in surprisingly early. Kevin buzzes and Demetres follows. Dre then buzzes in after Bruno. But it turns out pretty much everyone overshot, and William wins PoV.

Ika tells Dre to make sure William doesn't use it by promising him that Kevin will be safe anyway. Kevin is pleading for him to use it, whereas Ika is very firm not to do it and threatens to unleash "the wrath of Ika". Dre then tells Kevin to his face that she doesn't like him and he's putting William in a bad spot by campaigning.

At the veto ceremony, William tells Kevin he can't use the veto on him. But then a siren comes off and Demetres is summoned to the DR, where he receives a card that announces the secret PoV has been used on Kevin. Needing to make a replacement, Demetres puts Karen on the block.

Demetres tries to calm Karen down, but she's convinced she's going home. The house speculate that Kevin saved himself, but Karen seems to think it was Jackie. Karen then blows up on Kevin, who keeps denying any part of this. William admits to Kevin that it was him and Kevin says he'll take credit for it. But then he later tells William they're not a showmance, sending confusing mixed messages.

The houseguests are told to find bears around the house. Demetres is the only one who doesn't find a bear, so he is forced to wear a bear costume. Bruno campaigns to Demetres, saying he'd be indebted to him if he saved him. Karen meanwhile is being annoying and paranoid, which is really testing Dre's patience.

Come eviction night, Bruno is sent out 5-1. He's rooting for Kevin and hopes he set him up well on the way out. In her goodbye message, Dre lets him know the other vets will be joining him soon. We'll see if that's true.

BBCAN5 Week 6 recap

The house has been thrown into disarray following a dramatic double eviction. Though Neda dropped several bombs on her way out in an attempt to ruin Ika's game, Dre still trusts her...but is making everyone else think she's mad. Ika puts up the front that the remaining members of the six are still together, but really, there's an obvious split.

The HoH competition is to stand by a buzzer and avoid being the last one to hit it when it goes off. Dillon's strategy is to talk a lot, and Demetres is the first out. They then have a meal set up for them, and Dillon runs in for a spring roll. Karen is out next. The next temptation is a Have card, but only William goes for it. Ika is eliminated, followed by Jackie, and Dre bolts in for the last Have card. When money comes up as the next temptation, Dillon tries to convince the other four to split it and let him win. But the siren goes off and Bruno hits his buzzer, so Dre and William follow. In the end, they all quit, and Dillon wins HoH. Must've been those spring rolls.

Dillon wants to put up Ika and Demetres, which is also what Bruno wants. Sindy tries to get in Dillon's ear, but he dismisses her since she's never talked game with him before. Demetres is still doing damage control from that fight on week 1. Jackie tries to lock something down with Dillon and Karen since she doesn't have an alliance. Ika sends Dre to go to bat for her, knowing that Dillon will listen to her. But his new closest ally is Karen, who is hard on the Kevin train.

Dillon nominates Demetres and Jackie. He calls Jackie two-faced, which is pretty confusing to her. When she asks what happened, he tells her that he thinks she was a reason why he was on the block last week, but she adamantly denies it. He also brings up that she's cursed. Wow, these are terrible reasons. Ika is just thankful she wasn't put up, and is hoping it stays that way.

The PoV competition sees everyone dress up as nerds and put their ball through a hoop 300 times. Kevin and Bruno are relying on Sindy to win, but she finds it tough. Demetres and Jackie do the best, both hitting 100. But when Jackie resets at 137, it's Dillon that is now the closest to him. Demetres wins the veto, meaning Dillon now has a decision to make.

Dillon did want to target Jackie, but now he's thinking of getting out Sindy instead. Kevin and Bruno really need Ika out, seeing her as the biggest threat in the game.

The houseguests start cleaning the house, with Karen really taking charge. William looks through the trash and finds a clue to a secret power. He follows it to the pool table, then finds a robot arm in the pantry which sends him to a secret portal. He travels through the tunnel and finds a secret power of veto that he can use at either of the next two evictions. As he's coming out of the tunnel, Karen catches him. William says nothing, but Karen is understandably suspicious.

Dillon talks to Demetres about getting out Sindy and breaking up the season 3 trio. Bruno tries to get him to do Ika instead. When Demetres takes himself off the bock, Dillon puts up Sindy instead, which is a blindside for her.

Bruno confronts Dillon about going back on putting up Ika. Sindy is emotional and cries to Dillon, trying to manipulate him. Sindy catches Ika and Demteres kissing, and Ika's worried she'll spread it through the house. Instead, Sindy blows up Ika's game by going to William and letting him know Ika has been selling him out, and also promises Dre a jury vote. Meanwhile, Jackie makes a truce with Ika in an attempt to stay.

On eviction night, Sindy is evicted 6-1...not the birthday present she was hoping for. She says she wishes she would've been more fake, and now she's off to get an "I told you so" from Neda in the jury house. Her game was going so well until the double eviction - things change so quickly.

BBCAN5 Week 5 recap

The HoH challenge is to answer questions about clips of evicted houseguests. It comes down to a tiebreaker that William wins. Ika pledges to fight for Bruno, and is pushing for Jackie to go up. Dillon is annoyed that he lost and now thinks him and Emily are going up.

Kevin and Karen are chosen for a secret mission, where they have to swap clothes. Karen goes for Sindy's shoes and Dillon's shirt and gets annoyed that Kevin isn't doing anything. They succeed and now there are no Have Nots.

Dre gets worried that Kevin is taking advantage of William and trying to get information out of him. Ika wants Emily to be the target this week, hoping that Dillon will go after the person who got her out. Bruno throws Jackie, William and Dillon under the bus which really shocks William.

William nominates Dillon and Emily, saying they never talked to him. Dillon gets annoyed since he wasn't going after William. After the veto draw, Dillon asks Karen to use the veto on Emily, hoping that Jackie would go up...which Karen would like very much.

The PoV challenge is to find the furniture items listed in a slideshow and then flip them in your showroom. William takes on Dillon thinking he won't be much of a mental threat..but he ends up getting all 8 items correct to win the first round. The next round is Karen vs Kevin, which Kevin wins. Emily then knocks out Dre, but can't beat Kevin. The final round is Dillon vs Kevin, and Dillon offers him half of the money to throw it. Ultimately Kevin decides to take the win.

Dillon berates Kevin for gong against him when he thought they were in an alliance. But Dre proposes to get Kevin to use the veto and backdoor Bruno instead. Kevin seems excited for the plan, not realizing William plans to betray him. But at the veto ceremony, it's William that is blindsided when he backs out of using it.

Emily rebuffs Bruno's attempt at a hug, which leads to a confrontation including Dillon over their disloyalty. William tries to hide how pissed he is at Kevin since he still needs his vote to evict Dillon. Emily tries to get reassurances that she is safe, but Neda doesn't feel like helping her when she threw Kevin under the bus.

Dillon makes up with Bruno and now wants to stay. Bruno, Kevin and Neda are working to make that happen. He also hosts a boxing class for them, where they are ordered to keep their gloves on for the rest of the day. Dre and William start to get suspicious when they see the six together.

At the first eviction, it's an 8-1 vote for Emily to go. She leaves telling Neda she stole her sweatpants and friendzones Dillon in her exit interview.

The houseguests are then told it's a double eviction and someone else will be leaving. Also, jury has started so Neda's immunity is up. The comp is before or after. It comes down to Sindy and Kevin, with Sindy winning. Not sure why Sindy didn't throw it, although her answer is really bad, so maybe she did. She puts up Dillon and Jackie.

The PoV comp is to unwrap yourself from a cube. Jackie wins it. Ika tries to get Sindy to backdoor Neda, but when Neda finds out about it, she retaliates by letting Sindy know how much Ika talks crap about her. When Jackie takes herself off, Sindy has a tough decision to make...and she nominates Neda. Boom!

The eviction ends up being a landslide 7-1, with only Jackie voting to keep Neda. The crowd cheer with every vote and Ika puts the last nail in the coffin. It's pretty devastating to see her cry, but damn, that was a satisfying eviction. A big player goes down and the house will never be the same.

BBCAN5 Week 4 recap

The houseguests are all grouped together in the HoH room until they are called down to the bridge one-by-one. There they are told it's backwards week, and they are to make nominations. Neda goes first and nominates Gary and Dre. Kevin follows suit, but doesn't want Gary to know he voted for him. Ika is last for last, acting like she's in a horror movie, and nominates Emily and Dillon with flourish.

Arisa then gives them the vote totals...Gary gets 6, Dre gets 7, Dillon is in third place with 5. Gary is shocked he got so many. William gets into an argument with Jackie for voting for Dre, but she has no remorse since she knows Dre was campaigning against her. Kevin is exposed as a liar and is forced to fess up to his vote. But the biggest drama involves Ika, as Neda is pissed that she went rogue and didn't stick to the plan they agreed. Ika is pissed at Neda too for being a dictator, and vows to take her out once her immunity is up. Gary tells Bruno that he knows there's an alliance that wants him out, and Bruno tries to BS him.

The PoV competition is to make words out of letters on a car windscreen. Emily spells "Casty" and is out first. Dre then gets impeded by the snow and is unable to get a word. Gary is out after getting the number of letters wrong. It comes down to Kevin, Neda and William - who is doing remarkably well considering English isn't his first language. Kevin misspells "RISSEN" (he had to have been throwing, right?) and William gets it wrong too, giving Neda the win.

Gary thinks Dre will get voted out, but Ika lets him know he's the target. Neda doesn't use the veto, but there is drama at the ceremony, when Dre takes a shot at Gary by saying "just because you wear a lot of make-up doesn't mean you're a genuine person." Ika is ready to abandon Gary after him saying that he's alone in the game.

The houseguests are told to vote for who they want to be on slop by putting cookies in their boxes. Big Brother then decides to play the video of their deliberation, which causes a lot of drama. Demetres is seen considering putting one in Ika's, which Ika hates. Ika then puts them all in Jackie's whilst mocking her. Bruno, Dillon, Emily and even Dre/William pile on Gary. The results are announced, and the 4 with the most are Kevin, Jackie, Karen and Gary...with Gary getting a whopping 48. But since it's backwards week, the four that got zero - Demetres, Emily, Bruno and William - go on slop instead. William cries, Bruno is mad, but mostly because they feel like it's damaged his relationship with Jackie. Demetres is getting the cold shoulder from Ika, just to make it even worse.

Arisa announces it's time for HoH, and that the winner will cast the sole vote to evict. Gary is pinning his hopes on his sole ally Karen, but also gets a promise from Demetres that he'll 100% keep him. The challenge is to hold onto a big spinning UFO. Demetres uses the time to make up with Ika. Dillon jumps off first, wondering if he'll win, since it's backwards week. Karen is off next. Sindy is playing dead, which is a good metaphor for her game, but eventually she falls. The final four are Demetres, Ika, William and Emily. It comes down to Emily and Demetres, with Demetres winning. No idea why he won this. It's a lot of pressure for very little gain.

The contestants are told to search the odyssey for clues for who was behind the hijacking. Dillon finds one on a door sign..and then rips off a sign that wasn't a clue. The clues end up being "CS20" - Cassandra Shahinfar, evicted day 20. A video of Cassandra plays, and Neda rolls her eyes.

Ika confides in Sindy that she's tired of Neda. Neda continues being a bitch when she plays a game where she gets everyone to insult Sindy. Gary gets a kick up the ass from Ika to fight for his life, and he does...but Ika isn't sure if she wants Gary to stay or not.

At the eviction ceremony, Dre throws major shade on Jackie with her speech. Gary reminds everyone that Demetres promised he would not vote him out. Unfortunately he does just that to huge gasps from the audience. Well, that's the third vet in a row gone now. Will they keep falling?

BBCAN5 Week 3 recap

The HoH challenge is to answer questions about a soap opera that they all filmed together. William and Sindy both leave early, and Dillon is eliminated on a question about himself. It comes down to a tiebreaker between Neda, Kevin and Gary...where Neda wins. Now she's excited to make some big moves and prove that she still has to play the game, even with immunity.

Neda wants Cassandra out since Gary told her she threw her name out for a backdoor the first week, and she's also trying to amass an army containing Dre, Jackie and Gary. Gary warns Karen to distance herself from Cassandra, which she is happy to do. Ika doesn't warn Cassandra when she starts getting nervous, but Jackie suspects they might go up together.

The houseguests are sent back to high school for the Have Not challenge. Players have to run across a beam and gather food whilst the cool kids (Gary, Karen, Dillon and Kevin) throw balls at them. Jackie makes it across without being hit, citing her experience dodging balls. Sindy falls in but still gets enough to survive. The four losers are William, Bruno, Demetres and Cassandra.

Cassandra senses that Neda is avoiding her, but is unable to get her 1-on-1. She finally does and throws Jackie's name out, which Neda uses as ammo to turn Jackie against her. Neda nominates Cassandra and Jackie together, in turn exposing Cassandra's many promises.

Ika gets snippy with Neda after nominations, claiming that Neda didn't consult her. Neda is irritated, but Bruno and Kevin convince her they need to stick with her. Jackie yells at Cassandra for throwing her under the bus.

The PoV competition is a fashion challenge...great comp to have 5 girls and a gay guy compete in. They have to pay attention to the clothes the houseguests are modelling, then recreate the look that was shown. The first set is beachwear, with Dre in a hot bikini. William knocks out Neda in the first round, which is rather embarrassing for the clothing designer. Jackie beats Ika in the next match-up. Emily then beats Cassandra and moves into the final with the fastest time. The next round is costumes from past competitions, and William beats Jackie. In the final round, they have to recreate Ika's club get-up, and William comes out on top.

Cassandra tries to manipulate William with tears and talk him into making a big move, since he feels like he isn't respected in the house. Dre is on board but is worried she would go up as a replacement. Gary tries to talk him out of it, which just stresses William out more. In the end, he decides not to use it.

Dre wants to keep Cassandra, and Gary does too, fearing he will be a target after she leaves. Ika tries to tell Cassandra she doesn't have the votes, but she doesn't take the hint. Cassandra starts gloating to the other contestants when they are all put on slop for breaking rules, then Jackie lets Ika know Cassandra has been talking bad about her, which pretty much ends any chance of Ika voting to keep her.

At the eviction, Cassandra pledges her loyalty to anyone who is loyal to her, which makes Neda laugh. It doesn't save her though, and she is voted out unanimously, with not many people sad to see her go. Perhaps her target was too big, perhaps she believed her own hype too much and got sloppy...or perhaps somewhere in between. Either way, the season is poorer without her.

BBCAN5 Week 2 recap

The house is still reeling from the drama that happened right before the eviction, where Gary and Cassandra got into a fight following Mark's claims that Cassandra told him Gary and Ika were spearheading his eviction. Cassandra does manage to repair the damage, but still needs Demetres to win HoH for her.

The HoH competition is to kick a football into a wall to achieve a high score. Everyone goes head-to-head in the first round. Neda beats William, Dre beats Jackie, Bruno beats Kevin despite trying to throw it. Dillon beats Sindy, Demetres beats Ika and Gary beats Emily. Neda kicks off the second round with a 7, which Dre, Dillon and Bruno are unable to beat. Demetres then scores a 17, which Dallas and Gary are unable to top. Demetres is the new HoH, which is bad news for Dillon.

Bruno feels like he has damage control to do after being on the wrong side of the vote, but Ika promises to smooth things over between him and Demetres. Dillon isn't willing to swalow his pride and go talk to Demetres, but Dallas, not wanting to make the same mistake he did last season, goes up and promises to not go after him if he keeps him safe. Demetres takes advantage of being HoH by schmoozing the ladies, particularly Ika.

Karen has a conversation with Jackie where she insists that Jackie had gone back on her original vote. Jackie adamantly denies this and gets so heated she has to be calmed down in the storage rom. Now Karen is pushing to get Jackie nominated, and Demetres is considering it.

Demetres nominates Emily and Dillon for eviction. Dillon consoles Emily as the two discuss the possibility of using the veto on eachother. Meanwhile, Demetres solidifies his alliance with Ika, Sindy, Neda, Bruno and Kevin. He's fanboying out at getting to work with all-stars, but if he's not careful, it'll be to his detriment.

The contestants have a chance to earn an advantage in the veto competition by performing an oreo dunk that impresses the judges. Dillon does a cartwheel for his. Demetres juggles (though his practice one of getting it off his pecs was much better). Dre dislocates her arm to get hers in. Emily pours a glass over her head. Neda does hers from a balcony. Dre is declared the winner.

For the PoV comp, the contestants dress up as oreos and have to soak up milk to fill their cups. Emily tries to use her hair. Soon, everyone except Demetres and Dillon fall out of it, so Emily helps her friend. Dillon falls multiple times, but powers through to win the PoV.

Demetres sets his sights on Dallas as his new target, but Cassandra wants to keep Dallas and suggests Kevin or Bruno instead. Cassandra lets Dallas know he's in trouble and tells him he has to push for Bruno. Dallas has a talk with Demetres to try and call a truce, and later Ika lets Dallas know she has concerns abut him. Dallas pulls the veterans together for a meeting to try and get them to stick together, but Kevin isn't receptive. Ika gets annoyed as she thinks he was being disrespectful.

At the veto ceremony, Dallas makes a scene and publicly declares Dillon as his next target. Dillon takes himself off the block and Dallas goes up. Dillon and Dallas continue to exchange barbs after the meeting and even Demetres gets in on it.

The houseguests are paired up for a task where they have to eat gross food and put smells
Cassandra and Dre win, and get a dinner date out of it. Demetres acts as waiter, and Cassandra gets confused by the French word "Superb". William and Kevin also get close, but Kevin reveals that it's not genuine on his part.

Emily tells Jackie and Dre that the newbies need to go after the vets before they take over the game. She also comes up with a plan for Dillon to be nice to Dallas and make their blow-up look planned, which works. Dallas then has to blow up on him a second time in retaliation.

At the eviction, Dallas uses his final plea to take aim at Sindy this time. Dallas is evicted unanimously by a 12-0 vote, and I'm surprisingly sad to see him go. He stirred up a lot of drama and was much more fun than Dillon. However, I think there'll be other crazies taking his place.

BBCAN5 Week 1 recap

8 newbies enter the house, which is a cool spaceship this season. Soon they are joined by 8 veteran players. Despite Neda trying to play dumb, they all seem pretty scared of her, whereas Gary gets a much warmer reception. Ika doesn't react well to any of them, especially Sindy. Arisa tells them they will be paired up - one newbie and one vet - for the first HoH. The pairs are:

William & Neda
Dillon & Bruno
Mark & Dallas
Demetres & Kevin
Dre & Ika
Karen & Sindy
Jackie & Cassandra
Emily & Gary

The challenge is for the pairs to hold eachother up over a pit. Dillon & Bruno just want to not be the first ones out, but they can't help it. Jackie & Cassandra are out next, followed by Emily & Gary. Demetres tries going lower, but he ends up pulling Kevin off. Sindy has to talk Karen through it when she starts struggling. Once William & Neda fall, Dallas decides to get a deal and drop. Dre reveals she doesn't want to be HoH, so does the same. Karen & Sindy win, and Sindy decides to give it to Karen.

Sindy wants the vets to all stick together so works on Karen to try and keep Neda safe. Gary is less committed and is already forming bonds with William. In the end, Karen nominates Mark and Demetres, who are both pretty shocked. Later, Karen backtracks and says she will backdoor a veteran if they win the veto. Sindy, Bruno and Kevin form a season 3 alliance called Menage a Trois...and Sindy lets Kevin know he's on Karen's radar.

A caveman-themed PoV sees the players having to find letter tiles with a boulder tied to their leg, then unscramble the letters to find a phrase. The girls all enjoy watching Mark in the water. Bruno is in the lead with Demetres right behind, but once Mark takes his boulder off, he quickly catches up. Ika is just trying not to get her hair dirty. Bruno gets the phrase first and wins the PoV. He then chooses not to use it.

Bruno and Kevin talk about wanting to keep Mark. Cassandra wants Demetres to stay and encourages him to get into a fight with Dillon, so that they know who his target is. Sindy lets Gary and Cassandra know they're the only ones who want to keep Demetres, so Gary goes to Ika to ask if this is true. Ika is furious that Sindy would speak for her and yells at her. Karen hears the vets are in shambles, and tells them "this is why none of y'all fucking won."

By a vote of 7-6, Mark is evicted from the house. Surprising to see such a close vote and even more surprising that all the vets weren't on the same page. Hopefully this leads to an epic house divide. Arisa then reveals the first shockwave twist: the viewers have voted to make one player immune until jury, and it ends up being Neda. Pretty lame twist if you ask me, but at least it guarantees one of the best players is gonna be there once it starts getting crazy.

BBCAN5 pre-season rankings

1. Bruno: I have Bruno as the frontrunner because he's a strategic player that probably didn't even show his full arsenal last time. I can see him getting along with all of the guys and most of the vets in this cast.

2. Kevin: For many of the same reasons as Bruno, I think Kevin is a strong contender here. I'm sure he's learned his lessons from his first game and is coming in well-prepared.

3. Dallas: There are plenty of warning signs that Dallas might go early again - he's stubborn and a drama magnet. But I also kinda have a good feeling about him. He's in a decent spot of not being one of the top targets but still likely to get into a majority.

4. Jackie: I think Jackie is the newbie to watch. She comes off a little ruthless and will probably be underestimated to start with. If she keeps her head down, then learns the game as she goes, she could be well-positioned for the win.

5. Neda: Probably the best player in this cast, and of this whole show. The problem is, everyone else knows it. She's coming in with a huge target on her back, but I don't want to fully write her off.

6. Mark: There's not really much more to this guy than looks, but those alone should help him coast for a while. If he can close the deal with a few comp wins, yeah, I could see it.

7. Cassandra: I'm a big fan of Cass and she's a great player but I think she's a big target and I don't think she'll be able to make the necessary changes to her game to overcome it.

8. Dillon: The best thing Dillon has going for him is that he's a big fan. But he also wants to win every comp, so he could be targeted as a threat sooner rather than later.

9. Sindy: There's a lot of negative baggage around Sindy, but she's not one of the big threats, so why would they target her? She's a capable comp beast and if she can avoid early attention, she might go underestimated.

10. Dre: I'm not sure what to think of Dre. She didn't seem super familiar with the show, but she's obviously smart if she's Masters student, so I'll give her a chance.

11. Ika: As entertaining as Ika is, she's not a particularly subtle player so she might find it hard to stay out of the crosshairs. She'll be willing to make big moves though, so hopefully she can get out the threats before they get her.

12. Demetres: This guy is not particularly likeable, but if he's able to bro-down with Dallas/Bruno/Dillon etc he could end up going deep, and from there, who knows?

13. Gary: I'm not sure if Gary has it in him to be a gamer. If you can't even handle slop, you probably can't handle the game. It's still possible, but of all the vets, he's the least likely to be able to pull it off.

14. William: I don't have high hopes for William. He's coming off as a villain early on, which makes people unlikely to trust him. I think there might be a culture issue too (he's French).

15. Karen: She's funny and a fan of the show, but age will work against her. No woman over 30 has even made it to the jury in BBCAN, and I don't think that will change.

16. Emily: I think Emily is super cute and is actually probably my favorite newbie. But she is not gonna win. She's too naive and out of her depth.