'Big Brother' Season 24: 1st Eviction Vote Ends In a Landslide Before Truly Game-Changing Twist Is Introduced

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weird drama and unexpected moves since day one, after the house seemed to turn on Taylor Hale immediately, largely due to the machinations of Paloma Aguilar.Eventually, Taylor ended up on the chopping block alongside Terrance Higgins, and on the day of reckoning, with almost the entire house chomping at the bit to kick Taylor out -- the houseguests learned some shocking news: Paloma had decided to self-evict for personal reasons.This threw a monkey wrench in one of the big twits that had planned, and effectively served as a «get out of jail free» card for Taylor, and to a lesser extent Terrance.After that fiasco, the houseguests competed in a Head Of Household Competition, which Jasmine Davis ended up winning and therefore became the HOH.When it came time to put some people up on the chopping block, Jasmine stuck with Taylor.

Then, in a move of incredible hubris, Joe «Pooch» Pucciarelli volunteered to be a pawn, because he was sure he was solid with everyone in the house, and could easily help get Taylor out.There's a well-known rule in the house: never volunteer to be the pawn, because the pawn goes home.This old adage proved to be true yet again, and the show made no mystery of it at all.

Before it came time to vote, nearly everyone had confessed in the diary room that Pooch was the only logical choice to go. And through it all, Pooch was blissfully unaware of his impending doomAt the vote, Pooch delivered the first appeal speech of the season and seemingly got tearful telling the other houseguests how much he liked them and wanted to stay around.

Unfortunately, it was to no avail.Taylor — backed by a few different groups and loosely defined alliances — wasn't worried, but still gave her appeal speech some heart.