At this point, I think it's safe to say Holly is in the final 2.
Listening in on the talk right after veto last night, seems Michie and Nicole were far out in front of everyone, with Nicole I believe losing by about 2.5 minutes. She also mentioned she stopped for water twice which frustrated her knowing she was so close, and that it involved knocking down the houseguests photos in situations that were announced (ie. 'these people did not get punished') but I guess the bigger challenge was the method which they had to do it. Apparently it was difficult to aim and houseguests kept accidentally knocking down the wrong ones and having to reset.
Cliff is still so sure he's staying. I think from the look on Nicole's face last night, she knows it's not going to happen and she's there for herself now. But you know what? She was most likely in the same predicament with a Cliff-Michie-Nicole final 3, as I'm sure Cliff was ready to backstab her anyways in the wild event that he won the final HOH (because his handshake with Michie being so important and all). Michie said something to Nicole a few days ago about not being so sure he would've taken Cliff, but I bet he would've. Honestly, I'm happy Cliff is getting shut down before the end.
So Nicole's chances might be slim for final HOH but it's probably down to her and Michie (not trusting in Holly's abilities in her latest showings). Seeing that it's likely two of the challenges will be trivia-oriented, I'm not giving up on her just yet. And if she were to win the final HOH (and send Michie packing I guess, since she wanted him out this week), she may very well get the jury votes for getting the 'biggest threat' out of the game. And it would be more fun to see Nicole and Michie battle it out for the HOH anyways.
ETA- there might be a predicament when it comes to the strategy Holly and Michie use in the final HOH. Remember last year how Tyler and Kaycee were going to work something out? I would think Holly has a better chance at the endurance segment of the HOH, but that's probably the one Michie would be gunning for.
Listening in on the talk right after veto last night, seems Michie and Nicole were far out in front of everyone, with Nicole I believe losing by about 2.5 minutes. She also mentioned she stopped for water twice which frustrated her knowing she was so close, and that it involved knocking down the houseguests photos in situations that were announced (ie. 'these people did not get punished') but I guess the bigger challenge was the method which they had to do it. Apparently it was difficult to aim and houseguests kept accidentally knocking down the wrong ones and having to reset.
Cliff is still so sure he's staying. I think from the look on Nicole's face last night, she knows it's not going to happen and she's there for herself now. But you know what? She was most likely in the same predicament with a Cliff-Michie-Nicole final 3, as I'm sure Cliff was ready to backstab her anyways in the wild event that he won the final HOH (because his handshake with Michie being so important and all). Michie said something to Nicole a few days ago about not being so sure he would've taken Cliff, but I bet he would've. Honestly, I'm happy Cliff is getting shut down before the end.
So Nicole's chances might be slim for final HOH but it's probably down to her and Michie (not trusting in Holly's abilities in her latest showings). Seeing that it's likely two of the challenges will be trivia-oriented, I'm not giving up on her just yet. And if she were to win the final HOH (and send Michie packing I guess, since she wanted him out this week), she may very well get the jury votes for getting the 'biggest threat' out of the game. And it would be more fun to see Nicole and Michie battle it out for the HOH anyways.
ETA- there might be a predicament when it comes to the strategy Holly and Michie use in the final HOH. Remember last year how Tyler and Kaycee were going to work something out? I would think Holly has a better chance at the endurance segment of the HOH, but that's probably the one Michie would be gunning for.
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