Big Brother 21 Episode 4 Recap: Who Was Saved with the POV?

Christie Murphy is the first Head of Household of Big Brother 21. As many HOH winners wish to accomplish, Christie is trying her best to have as little bloods on her hands as possible. Christie has not been a fan of Kathryn Dunn since day one, so she was an easy pick for the block. Poor Cliff Hogg III got the second nod to the block. Christie approached Cliff in advance and asked him to be her pawn, and she assured him that he was not the target this week for eviction.

Big Brother 21 Ovi Kabir

Who will win the golden Power of Veto?  Will they use the POV to save either Cliff or Kathryn from the block?  If the POV is used, who will Christie nominate in their place? All of these questions and many more will be answered tonight on Big Brother 21.

Block Nomination Fallout

Even though Cliff was told he was the pawn on the block, he knows that nothing is certain in the Big Brother world.  Kathryn divulged in the diary room that she doesn’t have the personality of a pawn, which is what Christie told her just to keep her calm during the week. She insists she has more of a leadership personality. Just out of curiosity, what is the personality of someone that is a pawn, Kathryn?

The Gr8ful alliance started talking about the potential of a backdoor for Kemi Fakunle this week. Kemi is inseparable with Gr8ful alliance member Isabella Wang, which could pose a problem down the line for the super alliance.  Isabella was not a part of this conversation so it is unclear how she would react to her BFF going on the block.

Power of Veto Competition

Time to pick the players for the POV competition. Six players will participate including the HOH Christie, the two block nominees Cliff and Kathryn, and three randomly chosen houseguests. The randomly chosen players to play in the POV are Sam Smith, Jack Matthews, and Nicole Anthony.

Big Brother 21 Kaycee Clark

Last year’s Big Brother 20 winner Kaycee Clark made a surprise visit to the house to host the first POV competition. The comp will take place in the Camp BB Mess Hall and is called Food Fight. Players must catch Kaycee’s favorite foods before they hit the floor. The player earning the most points by saving the most food wins the golden POV.

Big Brother 21 Sam Smith

Players accumulate points for each food item they are able to catch and save from hitting the floor. Each houseguest plays individually in three different rounds attempting to catch onions, meatballs, and strawberries. This is certainly a messy game that takes a lot of skill. The results are as follows:

Christie 10
Jack 20
Cliff 0
Kathryn 0
Nicole 0
Sam 21

Sam won the golden POV.

Christie is beginning to doubt whether or not Kemi should be backdoored this week. She doesn’t see how evicting Kemi would benefit her game.  Sam wants to use his POV and save Cliff from the block. Meanwhile, Jack is pressuring Christie hard to keep with the original plan.

Christie wants to make the least amount of waves this week. She knows that backdooring Kemi will put a target on her back going forward. Christie is breaking down emotionally over the pressure put on her by Jack, and she wishes that she didn’t win the HOH this week. Welcome to Big Brother Christie!

Christie and Sam have a long heart-to-heart about using the POV and who the replacement nominee would be if he used his power. Christie is throwing around Ovi Kabir and Jack himself as possible replacement nominees. Both agree that nominating Ovi would cause the least amount of drama in the Big Brother 21 house.

Power of Veto Ceremony

Sam, in fact, used his newly acquired POV and saved Cliff from the block. Christie went against the Gr8ful alliance and nominated Ovi to the block in Cliff’s place. Unfortunately for Ovi, his Whacktivity power cannot be used to save him from eviction. Either Ovi or Kathryn will be evicted from the Big Brother 21 house tomorrow evening.

Big Brother 21 POV Ceremony

Join us again tomorrow evening, July 3rd 8 PM EST/ 7 PM CST for the first live eviction of the summer.

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