‘Big Brother 25’ episode 33 recap: Was Cory or America evicted on October 19?

Heading into Comic-Week’s live episode, the Top 8 players were waiting on pins and needles to see what would happen with the two Veto medallions. Head of Household Jag Bains won one of them (and promised to save Felicia Cannon), while Blue Kim won the other (and should undoubtedly save herself). That would leave two open spots on the block, with Jag contemplating backdooring the powerful showmance of Cory Wurtenberger and America Lopez. So which contestant ended up being evicted and joining the jury house?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Big Brother” Season 25, Episode 33 recap/live blog to find out what happened on Thursday, October 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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

Keep refreshing/reloading this “Big Brother 25” live blog for the most recent updates.

9:00 p.m. – “Previously on ‘Big Brother’!” In the 32nd episode, a message from the Comic-verse revealed that all eight players would compete for two Veto medallions. Jag won the physical endurance competition, while Blue won the mental guessing game portion. With all of the power in his hands, Jag went to every player in the house and told them he was the secret HOH and that he was going to backdoor Cory and America. Will he go through with his plan? Let’s find out!

9:02 p.m. – At the Veto Meeting, Blue made the first decision to take herself off the block followed by the Invisible HOH’s choice to place America in her spot. Then, Jag decided to use his Veto on Felicia, leading to the Invisible HOH’s second voice to place Cory in her spot. While America’s reaction was an emotional one with tears, Cory took it on the chin, knowing full well that Jag made the same decision to put them up that he would have made in his position.

9:08 p.m. – Once he had a chance to, Cory pulled Jag aside for a one-on-one in order to get a sense of who said something to Jag that made him put them on the block. In the middle of their conversation, a still heated America stormed into the room to ask Jag “why,” but she denied ever saying to other people that they were targeting Jag and Matt. Out back, Cirie and Felicia were chilling on the lounges realizing that the two power duos were finally taking shots at each other, leaving the two of them alone to float right through to the finals.

9:11 p.m. – Later, America admitted to Cory privately that it was her fault they were put in this position because she had talked to Blue about going for Matt and Jag and she must have relayed that conversation to them. Cory agreed that it “sucks” he’s on the block because of that, but realized that there’s nothing he can do now except fight for his place in the competition.

9:16 p.m. – In hopes of getting some answers, America confronted Blue about what her “goal” was in telling Matt and Jag about their conversation. Blue said that she wants to play her own game and she wasn’t going to let America and Cory dictate what choice she wanted to make. She apologized that her decision came at their expense, but committed to being “open to whatever,” meaning she’d be willing to work with her after Cory leaves the house.

9:19 p.m. – Still suffering through her BB Superhero punishment with tasks like sitting in the pool for two hours and doing 100 laps around the backyard, Cirie was realizing that the “only walking [she] wants to do is through the front door.” She explained that ever since Izzy and Jared left the game, her time in the house had been miserable and that she couldn’t wait for it all to be over.

9:21 p.m. – In his campaign for votes to stay, Cory pitched to Blue that they had a mutual enemy in Jag seeing as how he initially nominated her as well. He told her that his targets are obviously going to be Matt and Jag and then if/when one of them wins the following HOH, they’d nominate him and leave her to float through for a few more evictions. Blue couldn’t help admit that it was a sensible argument and so she told him that she wasn’t going to “shut it down.”

9:27 p.m. – Feeling confident that he secured Blue’s vote, Cory went to Cirie and Felicia with individual pitches to get their votes as well. He used the same argument that they could use him as a shield in the house and someone that could beat them in the HOH comp in order to take the needed shot at Matt and Jag as the next noms. Cirie liked the idea, but knew that she’d need to secure the votes of Felicia and Blue herself in order to make it happen. When Cirie and Blue met on the topic, they agreed that they had very little chance of ever beating Matt and Jag in comps and so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take America out instead of Cory.

9:29 p.m. – Later, Cirie told Felicia that Blue is open to the idea of keeping Cory as someone to take the shot at the other guys, but they questioned whether or not Matt, Jag and Cory might “reconcile” if they allow them to all stay in the house. Their other question was whether or not Cory would be willing to “carry” Cirie and Felicia to the final three with him. Cirie was also worried about upsetting Matt and Jag, but even if that was the case they’d know they still need to take out Cory before they ever come for her or Felicia.

9:36 p.m. – Prior to the live vote, Julie gave Cory and America a chance to plead their case to the house. Cory told everyone that he’s had a blast playing with everyone and then closed with a joke that he was going to blow up Bowie’s game, but really just wanted to disclose for everyone (which they already knew) that Jag was the Invisible HOH. America had a message for the haters that they’ve only breathed life into her and Cory’s showmance and then also closed with a joke pretending to be mad at Matt and Jag and a lovely message and kiss for Cory.

9:38 p.m. – One by one all of the houseguests entered the DR to cast their votes: Matt for Cory, Bowie for Cory, Jag for (no one because he’s the Invisible HOH), Cirie for Cory, Felicia for Cory, and Blue for Cory. By another unanimous vote of 5-0, Cory was evicted from the house.

9:47 p.m. – In his interview with Julie, Cory said that Jag made the right move and he was uneasy because he knew that he’d be a target for many weeks now. The one thing that he didn’t see coming was the double backdoor with America going up next to him. In terms of his campaign to stay, he knew that the votes were never going to be there because Blue had been coming after him all summer and Felicia has something against him in the game as well. He also knew that Blue had talked to Jag about the things America told her, but thinks that Jag was going to jump on any reason to put him and America up anyway. He doesn’t think that their showmance made them a bigger target than any of the other duos in the house and that the real reason they were in this position is because neither of them won competitions.

9:56 p.m. – At the end of the episode, Julie confirmed that next Thursday’s episode will feature another double eviction and that this time there won’t be any BB Zombies returning to the house, narrowing the game down from seven to five.

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