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.