🎰 BIG BROTHER: HOUSE OF CARDS — WEEK 9 Episode Title: “The House Always Wins” “This week, even Big Brother has a hand in the game.” ⸻ 🏠 Opening Recap Six houseguests remain. Safroncity has been a force — controlling nominations, saving allies, and stacking chips. But the casino never lets anyone walk away clean. The High Rollers Room lights flicker red. The players gather. Big Brother: “Congratulations, houseguests. You’ve beaten the odds to make it to Week 9. But this week, The House plays back. One of your votes will no longer belong to you… it belongs to me.” Tension sweeps the room. Nobody knows whose vote will be stolen — or when it will strike. ⸻ 🃏 HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD COMPETITION — “Dealer’s Bluff” Players stand at casino tables with four cards in front of them. Three contain trivia questions about previous weeks. One contains a bluff card — if drawn, they can lie to the group for a bonus chip. Lying earns chips, but answering honestly earns safety. After four rounds of strategy and deception, it comes down to Raiden, Wyatt, and Harajuku. Raiden calls Wyatt’s bluff correctly in the final hand — and clinches his first HOH victory! 🏆 HOH: Raiden Raiden (DR): “Finally! I’m tired of just surviving. Time to show everyone I can deal, too.” ⸻ ♠️ DEALER’S CHOICE RETURNS Big Brother tells Raiden: “You must deal one advantage to another player — and one disadvantage to someone else.” Raiden’s Choices: • 🎁 Advantage: Harajuku – given immunity from being a replacement nominee. • 💣 Disadvantage: Wyatt – automatically starts the Veto comp with a penalty. Raiden (DR): “Harajuku’s proven loyal; Wyatt’s unpredictable. Easy math.” ⸻ 🧱 NOMINATIONS Raiden nominates Safroncity and Josh. Raiden: “Saf, you’ve played one of the strongest games here. Josh, you’ve been under the radar — but it’s time to test loyalties.” Final Noms: Safroncity 🆚 Josh Safroncity (DR): “He’s coming for the queen. Let’s see how long he lasts.” Josh (DR): “I can’t believe I’m sitting next to her… this feels like walking into traffic.” ⸻ 💎 POWER OF VETO — “High Stakes” Players must balance a tower of 50 poker chips on a spinning roulette platform. Penalty for Wyatt: starts with 10 fewer chips. Tense finale between Safroncity, Wyatt, and Harajuku. Despite her disadvantage, Harajuku clutches another late-game win! 🏆 POV Winner: Harajuku Harajuku (DR): “Immunity and the Veto? The casino queen’s back on top.” ⸻ 💼 VETO CEREMONY Harajuku decides to use the Veto on Safroncity. Harajuku: “She’s a target every week, but she’s also my shield. I’m keeping her here.” Raiden names NaughtyNacho as the replacement. Raiden: “You’ve been leading in chips all season. It’s time to cash out, Nacho.” Final Nominees: NaughtyNacho 🆚 Josh ⸻ 🗳 LIVE EVICTION VOTE But… one vote belongs to The House. Voters: Safroncity, Harajuku, Wyatt (Big Brother secretly controls one of their votes — randomly chosen.) Voter Eviction Safroncity Josh Harajuku NaughtyNacho Wyatt Josh 🃏 The House Edge activates… Big Brother steals Harajuku’s vote and changes it to “Evict Josh.” ✅ Final Vote (after twist): 3–0 – Josh is evicted. Josh (exit DR): “Damn… I didn’t even stand a chance this week. Feels like the house was rigged against me — literally.” Safroncity (DR): “Wait. How was it 3–0? Who flipped?!” Raiden (DR): “Perfect… they’ll never know it wasn’t me.” ⸻ 💰 CHIP COUNT — END OF WEEK 9 Player Chips Notes NaughtyNacho 15 Survived eviction, chip leader still Safroncity 9 Saved by Harajuku, owes her Harajuku 8 Immunity Veto winner Raiden 6 First HOH win, gaining control Wyatt 4 Still a wild card Eliminated: Josh (6th place) The House Edge victim ⸻ 🃏 WEEK 9 SUMMARY Category Result Twist The House Edge — Big Brother controls one vote HOH Raiden Veto Harajuku Evicted Josh (3–0, one vote stolen) Power Shift Harajuku & Safroncity alliance reborn Highlight Big Brother literally changes the vote Next Week Tease “With only five players left, the casino locks its doors. The final twist — ‘Double or Nothing’ — will give one player a chance to take control of everything… or lose it all.” Cast Safroncity Raiden Harajuku NaughtyNacho Wyatt Eliminated *- Means they were eliminated by HOH tiebreaker 16th – Runaways (8–6) 15th – sobriquet (2–2 *) 14th – MotherFart (3–2) 13th – Justini (5–5 *) 12th - Beanz (5-4) 11th- SirVivor (4-4*) 10th- RoseMulet (4-3) 9th- evrtngbagel (3-2) 8th- KristieBennett (4-1) 7th- Cherry (2-2*) 6th- Josh (3-0) #StoneyBB