Big Brother Update: Shocking Dee UNLOCKED Bombshell, New Nominees & Early Winner Favorite

Big Brother is on a countdown until the live feeds switch on tonight after BB Unlocked. No matter what market you’re in, the feeds come on at 9 pm EST after the 8 pm EST Unlocked episode. Once feeds are up, we’ll see the nominations.

We know Chuk Anyanwu, Rome Seymour and Jason de Puy are safe as winners of the three time tripping safety comps. And every scrap of evidence points to Dee Valladares as the new Head of Household, even though casual viewers won’t see her unless they tune into Unlocked tonight.

Be sure to stick around until the end for an update on a showmance from BB27 that had many fans freaked the heck out. Let’s talk about the premiere and the fallout. So, just to be clear, I said grain of salt on the Mallory Aurichio stuff and she didn’t win safety. The leaked info was correct about multiple safety comps, but wrong about who won what. So, as I said, grain of salt on leaks.

And then, on premiere night, after Angela Murray and Rick Devens, in walked Rachel Reilly and I knew immediately it was a fake out. First, she had a hard time missing her girls playing last summer. Second, having her back to back seasons would be a terrible choice by production. Third, it was clear it was all tongue in cheek from how she carried herself. The future floaters might have freaked, but I didn’t.

Big Brother: The Vets and HOH Competition

I knew the moment she walked in, what was what. Using Rachel as a fake out was odd and the velociraptor thing was over the top. The dinosaur throwing Rachel into a lava pit was campy and cringe. And that was on top of Enzo Palumbo’s godawful bad acting in the safety comp. Honestly, it was rough.

The saucy little minx playing 80s Angela did a pretty good job though. But I don’t get the cliffhanger and fuss acting like Dee is a reality icon. Don’t get it twisted – I am a fan of hers. But if you’re not in the Venn diagram intersection of Big Brother and Survivor, it’s going to be like – who is that? What’s the big deal?

I can see that much fuss for like a Boston Rob, sure. Or Mike White, creator of The White Lotus and Survivor alum. But if you’re doubting it’s Dee Valladares – don’t. The date Julie Chen Moonves is time traveling to is Dec 20, 2023 – that’s the date Dee won Survivor 45. Also, when she walks in as houseguest number 17, for the record, that’ll make 15 single houseguests – only Devens and Angela are married. I’m expecting shenanigans and goings on in the dark on live feeds. Just saying.

So, the three vets, Angela, Dee and Devens were the only ones to play HOH – we’ll see the comp on Sunday’s CBS episode – but every indication is Dee won it. There’s no surprise there – Devens is more of an idol finder than a comp winner. And Angela was never a comp queen.

I’m guessing production assumes the vets will shield each other from nomination at least for week one. And speaking of live feeds, we’re told they would start right after Unlocked, 9 PM EST, 8 PM Central. But if you look at the launch time, it’s 30 minutes later than what was promised. So, we’ll see if we get them a half hour later which the countdown indicates.

Big Brother: Pre-Game Boot and Early Winner Predictions

Also, some he-said / he-said action on pre-game booted Levi Banks. He insisted that he decided not to play BB28. Levi posted on social that he voluntarily pulled himself because he realized it was not the right fit for him personally. He called it one of the hardest decisions of his life. Meanwhile, CBS said he ran his mouth and got tossed. Last second exits are pretty rare. In BB25, Joseph Abdin got in as an alternate. BB21 reportedly had several alternates pulled in for various reasons. I think BB13 and BB18 also had a houseguest pulled. One for personal reasons and one medical.

Also, the BB28 finale is on October 1st and I was looking at early odds. Polymarket has Ashley Trail as the top choice to win. Several other polls have Haley Thogmartin as a top contender. Meanwhile, Dee and her Survivor counterpart Devens are also ranking in some polls.

And before we get into the BB27 showmance update, something funny about Rick Devens – if you guys don’t watch Survivor, trust me, you’re going to like him. He’s witty. Four years ago, he posted this tweet mocking Big Brother. It said Julie Chen in all her interviews when she’s asked did, she see what happened on the live feeds, and Julie says – I don’t watch that trash. Obviously, that’s not what Julie really said – it’s just Devens being funny. I hope he lasts a while in BB28.

Big Brother 27: Rylie and Katherine’s Showmance Update

And now the creeper update on Rylie Jeffries and Katherine Woodman. Remember the showmance from BB27 that had her family reaching out here in the comments section saying they were worried. Fans were worried. Rylie was controlling, gaslighting, giving all the red flags and ick. Telling Katherine they would be together, she had no choice. Rylie told her what houseguests she couldn’t talk to and was honestly so appalling on the live feeds but given a golden edit on the episodes for the casuals. Yet Katherine dated him anyway post-BB27. And it lasted six months. Then, it came out that she split from Rylie over lifestyle clashes and the strain caused by his personal life.

Her BB27 bestie Lauren Domingue posted a video of her and Katherine skipping down a snowy street. The caption was – what life sounds like when you and your bestie are single in New York. Katherine dumped Rylie in February of this year and sources said a big factor was that Rylie was way more into her than she was with him.

That was obvious from day one in the Big Brother 27 house. Katherine also said in an interview style chat with Ashley Hollis that she felt guilty for the amount of hate Rylie was getting post-season and so Katherine stayed with him longer than she should’ve. I mean honestly, even one date was longer than should’ve but it’s her life.

BB27 Alum Rylie Boasting BoomBall

As for the controversy over Rylie missing the birth of a child while in BB27, he claimed he’d been told he was not the father of the child. Then, post-eviction, told an interviewer there would be a paternity test to confirm. No word after that. Rylie is still in the public eye now, but in a new way. He’s playing BoomBall which is like baseball on steroids. The teams are co-ed and it looks wild. I’ve seen go-karts on the field. A flaming circle of fire and Rylie’s shtick is to come out on a horse and do a backflip off it.

Of interest is Rylie’s a longtime baseball player who played all through high school. His BoomBall team is the Chaos Crew. And Zach Cornell, who’s still tight with Rylie, is also playing BoomBall but for the Lucky Llamas. I’d never heard of BoomBall before researching the Rylie update and now I’m dying to see it in person.

One last thing, Katherine and Lauren just posted a TikTok joking about a Netflix documentary on what happened to their showmances. I’ll update you on Zach and Lauren’s volatile split next time. And we’ll be back with an update once nominations are locked in. Get ready – Unlocked has fan voting elements you don’t want to miss and you’ll get the confirmation that Dee’s in the game, in place of Rachel the lava queen.