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27. Ronnie's week 2 escapades

The story:

Ronnie, who is undoubtingly the most detestable contestant in Big Brother history, attempted in the first week of the house to play both sides of the house (Jessie-Natalie-Russell-Lydia-Kevin-Chima vs. Laura-Jordan-Jeff-Michelle-Casey-Braden), and was fairly successful in doing it, in reality siding with Jessie's side of the house. Ronnie made it to the final 2 in the next HOH competition, and was in the position where had he thrown it, he would have been 100% safe since Michelle, being in his clique, would be unable to nominate him. Instead, he chose to go all out and won HOH, forcing him to truly show to all what side he was on. On top of that, Ronnie's behavior of trying to play sides with the opposite side of the house made him rather untrustworthy to the people he truly was aligned with. Throughout much of his HOH week Ronnie promised that he would be backdooring Russell, but when it came down to that, he chickened out of it and nominated Jordan instead. It was not long before pretty much the entire house had realized what a lying rat he was, leading to what was probably the best footage of the season, Ronnie barricading himself in his HOH room and Russell harrassing him every time he stepped out of it. Ronnie's actions during this week were enough to completely kill his game and while he was safe in week 3 because Jessie won HOH, Russell won HOH in week four, nominated him, and to the glee of the entire viewing audience, Ronnie went home.

Why it was dumb:

Similar to Brian a couple of entries ago, Ronnie schemed way too hard and too much. He behaved for too long like he was on the side of the house that he had no intentions of being with. He would have been 100% safe and could have continued to play to both sides of the house in a more successful manner had he thrown the competition to Michelle. Plus, his repeated promises to nominate Russell and chickening out of doing it not only gave certain people in the house even more reason to be pissed at him, it would guarantee that Russell, who was one of the strongest members of the house would get rid of him once he got a chance to do so, and that's exactly what happened.

The counterargument:

There is none. He doesn't deserve it! :P

Next time:

26. Natalie gives up in endurance again, and plays both sides too much

One of the best moments of the season!

The story:
Did you know that there are 27 letters in the alphabet? That the 'Y and Z' is actually 3 letters, not two? No? Then you must not know Natalie! Alas, this list is solely game-related stupid decisions. Natalie, who seemed set up pretty good at the time completely crashed and burned her last week or so in the house. The highlights to Natalie's collapse include:
-Trying to work a deal with James his final week in the house, something noticed by the other players in the game, only to vote him out
-Dropping in an endurance challenge for the second time in a 3-4 week period, despite knowing that doing so the previous time cost her her beloved 'Matty'
-Playing too heavily with both sides, telling both guys she was with them, then trying to set up an all girls alliance with Sheila and Sharon as well
-Telling Sheila, the HOH, straight to her face that she was with the guys and against her
Playing too many sides caused the guys to purposely tie the vote when it was Natalie vs. Sharon, and Sheila cast the tiebreaking vote to evict Natalie.

Why it was dumb:

Like many other players on this list, Natalie was playing a tad too hard, and was not sincere enough in her efforts, enough so that it was the other women in fact who went to Ryan and Adam about Natalie trying to set up an all girls alliance, causing Natalie to publically out her true intentions to Sheila. She lied way too much and it finally caught up with her. And she should have known better than anyone that she shouldn't have dropped in that endurance challenge after what happened the previous time.

The counterargument:

Not much defending to do here. Probably can't blame her for voting out James considering their history and that her vote wouldn't have been enough to save him, although she probably shouldn't have tried things with him in the first place. The other stuff is pretty much inexcusable.

OMG, another update! Finally!

23. Adria goes mad with power

The story: By F9 in the Big Brother 5 house, Scott and Jase, whom most of the house despised were finally both gone and the new HOH Adria took things in a new direction by nominating Marvin and Will, who was an ally up to that point. She did so with pretty much no notice beforehand and essentially made it out to be a bigoted decision, because Marvin was black and Will was gay. Furthermore Adria acted drunk with power, demanding that the houseguests make the eviction vote a tie so she could be responsible for making the final decision and voting Will out. Adria got her wish, but her behavior sickened the rest of the house to the extent that she and twin sister Natalie because the prime target of the rest of the house. Both were nominated for eviction the next week and while a veto win saved Adria for that week, she left the next week right after her sister.

Why it was dumb: Writing this thing up and recalling how it happened made me realize that I ranked it too high, but ah well, nothing I can do about that now! Adria went on way too big a power trip, and failed to realize how vulnerable she'd be the next week. She went on such a power trip that she and her sister essentially became the new Jase and Scott and became the target of most of the house.

The counterargument: From a strategic standpoint, Adria getting Will out made sense. She just went about it the wrong way. Nominating Karen against Will probably would have made more sense, but at the end of the day she was able to get Will out. Doing it in the way she did through didn't spell good for her chances going forward.