‘Big Brother 15’ live feed spoilers: Amanda and McCrae’s brilliant (for now) MVP plan

As much as we bemoaned this whole MVP twist after hearing about it being announced as a part of the “Big Brother 15” game, there is also a part of us now that really has to say that we’re finding it to be a thing of brilliance. It’s a completely crazy twist that is causing chaos in the house, and it is actually forcing people to be game players at a time when they would probably just sit by and watch chaos unfold in the past.

The first thing to say here is that McCrae basically has an alliance with almost everyone in the house at this point, but his strongest one appears to be his “secret” Moving Company pact with Howard, Nick, and Spencer. Jeremy was immersed in this somewhat at some point, but his extracurricular activities with Kaitlin / Jessie have put him in a weird position. Meanwhile, McCrae also has a pact with Amanda, and these two have what may be the most unexpected alliance of the entire season based just on their pre-show interviews alone. We’re feeling a little better about predicting Amanda to make it very far in this game; she could still be voted out soon, but she is manipulating and making moves.

Her big one right now? Working to orchestrate it so Elissa stays in the game, and right now, it looks like that could genuinely happen (strange as that may have looked 24 hours ago). The feeling is that she and McCrae can use the MVP vote to protect them for now, and then cast her aside later when they don’t need her anymore. They think that someone like Aaryn would be popular with America, and having Elissa as a buffer alleviates the problem. The only issue with this plan? Making sure that Elissa does not feel anything other than safe.

As of right now, the votes that Elissa probably has to stay in the game are Helen, Spencer, Andy, Judd, Howard, Andy, Amanda, and more or less Nick (since he wants David out) and possibly Candice, who McCrae is planning to save with the Veto in order to put Elissa up. The only part of this whole ordeal that we almost find silly right now is why McCrae is even bothering with putting Elissa on the block, given that he could just put up someone like Aaryn, make Elissa happy, and guarantee that someone who is not in his core alliance (and has some sort of showmance) could go home.

This is an extremely complicated game right now with 16 players, but the important things to remember in the midst of the chaos is this: The Veto Ceremony will happen soon, and for the time being, Elissa has turned things around. We’ll just see if it lasts.

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