‘Big Brother 26’ episode 16 recap: Who won ‘The Wall’ HOH competition on August 18? [LIVE BLOG]

Heading into the 16th episode of “Big Brother 26,” Cedric Hodges had just been voted out of the game in a major blindside over Rubina Bernabe. The remaining dozen players were all eligible to compete in the impending “The Wall” HOH competition, with the Head of Household winner being able to nominate three people for eviction. So who won the all-important endurance comp on Sunday night?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Big Brother” Season 26, Episode 16 recap/live blog to find out what happened Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite “BB26” 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 series.

The 12 remaining houseguests are: Angela Murray, Brooklyn Rivera, Cam Sullivan-Brown, Chelsie Baham, Joseph Rodriguez, Kimo Apaka, Leah Peters, Makensy Manbeck, Quinn Martin, Rubina Bernabe, T’kor Clottey and Tucker Des Lauriers.

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9:00 p.m. – “Previously on ‘Big Brother’!” In the 15th episode, Makensy won the A.I. Arena challenge, saving herself from the block. The house then voted live to evict either Cedric or Rubina. Because Kimo and T’Kor saw themselves as being on the bottom of their massive eight-person Collective alliance with Cedric, they decided now was the time to shake up the game and send him packing. Their plan worked, with only Brooklyn, Cam and Chelsie voting to keep him. But enough about last week — it’s time to start “The Wall” HOH competition!

9:02 p.m. – The blindside to send Cedric home was “trauma bonding” for the remaining members of The Pentagon alliance because it put the four of them (Quinn, Brooklyn, Cam, and Chelsie) on the outs while, as Brooklyn said, T’Kor and Kimo got protection for their move because now they can play both sides of the house. T’Kor explained the move as the way for her and Kimo to “take charge” of their games by keeping Rubina safe. In a quiet attempt to save face with Chelsie, minutes before the live vote T’Kor told Chelsie she didn’t know where the votes are. And then Joseph said that he decided to vote Cedric out because of a hand holding gesture between Leah and Kimo he saw that could only be interpreted as them locking in on making the big move they had all floated earlier in the week.

9:05 p.m. – Once all was said and done, Chelsie, Cam and Brooklyn all felt like their votes to save Cedric made it obvious where their allegiance was. On the same token, Tucker felt like Brooklyn was specifically in hot water with him because of how sure she was in telling Rubina that she was going to get evicted.

9:08 p.m. – When Quinn finally got a chance to speak to Kimo and T’Kor, he wanted to know why he was left out of their plan. T’Kor said that the only reason anyone was left out was because they didn’t know what they were going to do, but that didn’t stop it from feeling like an emotional blow to him. Brooklyn consoled him by saying that there’s four of them now that are in the same position as him and that they all need each other.

9:14 p.m. – The houseguests were excited to see when they walked in to the backyard, the infamous wall competition that will determine who becomes the next Head of Household. In this comp, called “Fire Wall,” they’d have to “weather the storm” longer than the others and be the last player hanging on to the wall by the end. In succession, they fall off in the following order: Angela in the first tip of the wall forward, Kimo in the second, and Joseph throwing himself off at 7 minutes. As the first three off, they were the Have Nots for the week. Next, Leah dropped just after 8 minutes, Chelsie dropped 5 seconds later, T’Kor in just under 15 minutes, Makensy and Brooklyn both at 18 minutes, and Rubina in just under 23 minutes. The last three standing were Cam, Quinn and Tucker. Of the three, Cam was struggling the most with slips of the foot completely off the ledge. Eventually he couldn’t hang on and dropped under 29 minutes.

9:27 p.m. – As the last two on the wall, Tucker committed to Quinn that he won’t nominate him if he drops and Quinn jokingly said the same back to them, but it didn’t seem serious that either of them would stick to it. Tucker acted confident that he could last longer while Quinn seemed pressured to win or it would be hugely detrimental to his game this week. Everyone else in the house was invested in which of the two would win as well, but once again they stood witness to another win from Tucker when Quinn was the last to fall.

9:31 p.m. – With Tucker’s win, Joseph and Kimo were relieved with the move they made to switch away from The Collective because it would pay off this week with Tucker focused on going after other players. On the other side of the spectrum, Quinn was still in his feelings and crying about the position he now found himself this week. Once again, Brooklyn did what she could to hype him up to get his head back in the game, but she wasn’t sure that he’d be able to pull through as quickly as the remnants of The Pentagon needed him to.

9:40 p.m. – Because Joseph decided to flip with the others, Kimo suggest that the Tanks alliance pull him in and add him to their alliance. With all members in Tucker’s new HOH room, Kimo, T’Kor, Angela, Rubina, Joseph and Tucker created Sixth Avenue as new majority alliance that could control all the votes going forward.

9:42 p.m. – In a private conversation, Tucker gave Quinn his flowers for being one of the strongest physical, mental and social players in the house. He also said that he doesn’t want Quinn to go home due to the fact that he knows the three votes to send Rubina home were Brooklyn, Cam and Chelsie. He admitted that he’ll nominate him as a “pawn,” but he won’t be angling to send him home. Tucker said that he enjoys having Quinn in the house because their competitiveness gives Tucker the drive he needs to compete.

9:48 p.m. – Wanting to test where their heads are at, Tucker met with Brooklyn, Chelsie and Cam with the declaration that Quinn will be his target. Brooklyn was honest about her vote hoping to gain some points with Tucker and in order to send T’Kor and Kimo under the bus for being “way more calculated” than she thought, Chelsie lied saying that she thought she’d be the only one to save Cedric and suggested putting competitors on the block to beat Quinn, and Cam said he figured Chelsie was another of the three votes but that he doesn’t know who the third one is. Cam also said that he expects to go up and he’ll just compete no matter what.

9:55 p.m. – At the nomination ceremony, Tucker revealed the memory wall portraits of Quinn, Cam, and Brooklyn as his nominees. He explained that he has “one clear target” and that the other two will help him “achieve that” in the comps against that person. None of the nominees were surprised and at this point Quinn was doubting what Tucker said about him being a pawn and not the target. In the DR, Tucker said that Brooklyn is his true target because “she’s running things” and is a social player that can “get in a lot of people’s heads.”

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