Diary Room #14

[Rhian Sugden]

Winning Head of Household was a great feeling. I knew the second I entered the week, that if I won, I was going to put up Kristen and Talla no matter what. I don't have any deals with either girl, so it made sense to put them on the block while keeping my word to everyone else. On top of that, I knew that if my nominations did stay the same, then Kristen would be the one the leaving for the round. I know Estelle wanted her out, Dominic would've wanted her out, and while Dixie could have gone either way, she would have done what I wanted because I was HOH, but also because Kristen sorta' burned her a few rounds previous. And as soon as I won, everybody knew what I was gonna' do.

Kristen and Talla both came to me during my reign. I specifically told Talla that she was safe no matter what, and that she had nothing to worry about, so long as Kristen didn't win. I'm not going to sit there and lie to her. I mean, if Kristen were to win the Power of Veto, then Talla's ass would be grass. She'd be gone. Talla was trying to cut a deal with me and I told her that I would love to talk over a deal, but it felt unstable and a little transparent seeing as I won HOH already had established deals with three others, and had nothing with she and Kristen. That's why I was leaning to nominate her and Kristen. Talla finished campaigning with a, "I hope you have the votes!" I knew I had the votes.

Kristen's campaign strategy is a broken record. "I won't nominate you if I win, I wouldn't have nominated you if I won!" Every week. To everyone. Then who're you gonna' nominate, babe? Give me a break. I heard her out but ultimately shrugged it off. I don't trust her, have no interest in working with her, and had no desire to even try and keep her around for the week. She made her bed rounds ago when she and Sam kept fucking things up for all of us, even when we were all trying to reconstruct the alliance in Estelle's HOH week! It's just ridiculous, and this week is going to be the week that she pays the price.

[Rhian Sugden]

Another cleansweep. It feels good. I like that this season I'm sort of showcasing what I could have done last season had I not thrown almost all of the competitions. With Veto in my hands, it basically seals the fate of Kristen this week. She's going home. I have no interest in saving her, and I think she knows it. She did try to get me to put up someone else, as she thinks it would be a "smarter move", and sure, maybe taking out Dominic would be a good move per se, but I have a deal with him and I'm going to be loyal to it. I'm not going to do what she did and just burn whoever. There are consequences.

Not much talking happened after I won the Power of Veto, and it was pretty quiet up until I made my decision public. I didn't use it. As expected, when the votes rolled out, it was Kristen who got the unanimous vote to leave. I definitely saw one of Kristen's angles in her campaign that was sorta' smart, the fact that Dominic and Talla had a connection, but I just couldn't dig deep in myself to make the move against Dominic, when he hadn't done any wrong to me, but Kristen had. Maybe it was personal to take Kristen out in a sense, but I feel like had she won HOH instead I would've had a huge chance of going up, and if Domwon, I feel like he would have done the same nominations as me.

Moving into the next week, I have to sit on the sidelines and hope and pray that my allies can whip out the win against Talla, and even Dominic sorta'. Talla would come after me for nominating her many times, and she'd put up either Dixie or Estelle beside me. I have faith that Dixie and Estelle can beat out Talla in any competition, so I feel like I should be fine. It's just one of those crappy situations where you feel hopeless and can't do anything about it and just have to hope and pray for the best. I've made the final five, and now it's all about trying to atleast get fourth so I can match the same placing I made last time.