‘Big Brother 25’ episode 34 recap: Who won HOH on October 22? [LIVE BLOG]

John Benutty and Marcus James Dixon
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Following the unanimous eviction of Cory Wurtenberger from the “Big Brother 25” house, only seven people remained in the game. All of them were eligible to compete in the Head of Household competition, including outgoing “secret” HOH Jag Bains, who notably got blood on his hands during his reign for betraying Cory and America Lopez. So who won HOH on October 22, and which two people did they nominate for eviction?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Big Brother” Season 25, Episode 34 recap/live blog to find out what happened Sunday, October 22 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Then be sure to sound off in the comment section about your favorite “BB25″ houseguests on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Big Brother” winners list. Julie Chen Moonves once again hosts the guilty pleasure series.

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Here are the seven houseguests still in the running to win the $750,000 grand prize: America Lopez, Blue Kim, Bowie Jane, Felicia Cannon, Jag Bains, Matt Klotz and Cirie Fields. The jury house currently includes two people: Cameron Hardin and Cory Wurtenberger.

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10:00 p.m. – “Previously on ‘Big Brother’!” In the 33rd episode, Blue and Jag used their Veto medallions to remove Blue and Felicia, respectively, from the chopping block. Jag, the not-so-secret Head of Household, then nominated America and Cory in their places. Cory tried to campaign for votes to stay, but the house was unanimous in their feelings that he should go home this week. Following his eviction, the houseguests primed themselves for yet another HOH competition. Who will eke out a victory tonight? Let’s go!

10:03 p.m. – Following Cory’s eviction, Cirie explained that she couldn’t go through with saving Cory like they discussed because he was the reason that Jared and Izzy left the game. Ultimately, everyone in the house except for America was happy with the result and it was the best decision for all of them to take him out while they had the chance.

10:05 p.m. – Cirie and Felicia were comfortable in their position being off the radar with the rest of the house, especially considering they had made a new final four deal with Jag and Matt. From Jag’s perspective, Matt and Jag would be able to top them in any physical competition, meaning they could secure their spots in the final two easily. Felicia’s strategy would be to ensure that she and Cirie not give Jag and Matt any reason to question their alliance.

10:06 p.m. – The day before he left the game, Cory told Bowie a lie in order to get her paranoid about Matt and Jag. He said that his gut is telling him that Matt and Jag want to go to the end with Cirie and Felicia and not her. Not wanting to be blindsided again, Bowie decided to confront Jag about it to make sure that it’s not something he ever said. Bowie’s paranoia was a worrying development for Jag because it meant that she doesn’t trust them fully, which could trigger her to take them out if she gets power.

10:14 p.m. – For the Head of Household comp, the Scary-verse set up private dental x-ray rooms for the houseguests to match dental records with skulls to be found outside in the larger dental dungeon. The first player to correctly identify five records would become the new HOH. In first check attempts, Felicia had all five incorrect, Cirie had four incorrect, Jag had three incorrect, and America had all five incorrect.

10:26 p.m. – Blue got to a point of frustration in the game that she kept chaotically switching the records on her board, but kept getting them wrong. Bowie thought she had it all mapped out, but consistently was pulling four and five incorrect in her board. The closest Cirie and Felicia got was two incorrect, but as they were getting close to a perfect board, Jag was, too, and in the last seconds he guessed with a specific switch and won a second consecutive HOH due to his previous win being an “Invisible HOH” week.

10:30 p.m. – With big targets on his and Matt’s backs, Jag was relieved to be in a position to keep them both safe for another week. Despite her and Felicia having a deal with Jag, Cirie was concerned that he would choose the other alliances he’s made in the house over that one and put her on the block. Bowie and Blue were both confident that their deals with Matt and Jag would keep them safe, even from being put up as pawns. Felicia wanted to know from Matt who Jag would put up next to America, but when Matt said they can’t put Bowie up it worried Felicia that they were continuing to protect her when she hasn’t been on the block once all season.

10:41 p.m. – When Matt and Jag found time alone to discuss their goals for the week they figured the best course would be to keep the “blood on his hands” to a minimum by using either Felicia or Blue as the pawn to sit next to America. Jag said that if he were to put Bowie on the block then they’d lose her in the future especially if she’s already in a position of doubting them. But still, Bowie’s growing mistrust could already be pushing her to work with other people instead of them and that was a threat they might want to counter sooner rather than later.

10:49 p.m. – Felicia touched base with Jag to try to convince him to put Bowie on the block. Felicia saw it as a move he could make to show her that he’s serious about their alliance, but he insisted that she wouldn’t handle it well based on recent behavior. Blue was an option, but Jag decided that she’d be the best choice to keep him from getting “more blood” on his hands and between him and Felicia he needs Blue to be in the POV comp in order to help him keep America from winning. Blue agreed with that assessment despite not wanting to be the pawn and also felt like it would be sweeter justice to be on the block against her when she goes home to be in the jury house with Cory.

10:52 p.m. – Struggling to come up with a good angle to save herself, America approached Jag with the statement that she’s not the only person that would have wanted to put him and Matt on the block this week. She also told him that if he’s smart he should want to take out someone more likely to beat them at comps than her. America also promised to not nominate Jag if she were to win HOH and that if she couldn’t win a Veto to take him off the block then at the very least she’d be a vote in his favor. Knowing that she’s alone on an island in the house, Jag considered the idea that it might be to his benefit to use America, but in that case who would be his true target for eviction?

10:55 p.m. – At the Nomination Ceremony, Jag revealed his decision to nominate America and Blue for eviction. He told America that she went out of her way to let everyone know she’d be gunning for him if she won HOH and then asked Blue to help him compete to stop America from winning the Veto.

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