Big Brother featured Angela Murray winning Head of Household but Quinn Martin stealing Angela's powers and deciding the three nominations by activating his "Deepfake HoH" upgrade during the Season 26 episode that aired Sunday night on CBS.
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However, Quinn, a 25-year-old nurse recruiter from Lawton, OK, who currently resides in Omaha, NE, unleashed his power and got to choose the nominees.
Quinn selected Cedric Hodges, a 21-year-old former Marine from Running Springs, CA who currently resides in Boise, ID; Makensy Manbeck, a 22-year-old construction project manager from Houston, TX; and Tucker Des Lauriers, 30-year-old marketing and sales executive from Boston, MA who currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, as his three nominations.
The Big Brother broadcast began on Day 24 of the game following Kenney Kelley's eviction in a 10-1 vote instead of Quinn.
Cedric shared how Tucker was his "primary target" moving forward for the rest of the Big Brother season, but Tucker -- who had won his second AI Arena competition -- was set on getting Quinn out of the game.
Joseph Rodriguez explained in the Big Brother Diary Room how Tucker had made himself the biggest threat, and therefore the biggest target, in the house with his multiple competition wins.
"He better watch his back," Joseph noted.
Tucker knew he was on everyone's radar at this point, but he boasted about how high pressure makes diamonds. He didn't seem threatened or intimidated by anyone.
Makensy, meanwhile, no longer had a superpower to use, and Angela was worried about going up on the chopping block once again.
Makensy and Angela both wanted to win the upcoming Head of Household competition as a result, and so did Tucker and Quinn in order to go after one another.
The season's next Head of Household competition dubbed "Bad AI" then commenced. Cedric, as the outgoing HoH, was deemed ineligible to compete.
RELATED LINK: 'BIG BROTHER' SHOWMANCES NOWTwo at a time, the players were instructed to step up to a podium where they'd see a prop that would generate three AI images of former Big Brother houseguests.
The players had to pay close attention because in each round, one of the three images would have an obvious error, which could be hard to find.
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The player to correctly identify which image had the error in each round would stay in the game and choose the next two houseguests to face off against each other. The losing houseguest in each round would be eliminated.
"But be careful. If you ring in first with an incorrect answer, you are eliminated and your opponent will choose the next two players to face off," Cedric explained.
Chelsie Baham told the Big Brother cameras that she wanted her "The Pentagon" alliance -- which was also comprised of Cedric, Quinn, Cam Sullivan-Brown and Brooklyn Rivera -- to be careful. She hoped one of them would win without revealing how they were working together.
Cam knocked out Kimo Apaka in Round 1, Tucker defeated Quinn in Round 2, Chelsie lost to Angela in Round 3, Brooklyn defeated Rubina Bernabe in Round 4, Angela defeated Makensy in Round 5, Brooklyn lost to Leah Peters in Round 6, and Cam defeated Joseph in the next round.
Cam asked T'kor Clottey to face off against Tucker, who realized in that moment they weren't boys or allies. T'kor beat Tucker, and so Tucker hoped Angela could pull out a win and work with him.
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Angela went on to knock out Leah, and then Cam defeated T'kor.
Cam and Angela therefore faced off against each other in the final round of competition, and in the end, Angela was crowned the new Head of Household.
Cam was upset he couldn't pull out the win for his "Pentagon" alliance, but Angela gushed about how this was everything she wanted and more.
"Angela is someone I think I can trust in this game. I'm so glad I pulled you off the block. Let's work together, baby!" Tucker exclaimed in the Big Brother Diary Room.
Angela shared with the Big Brother cameras how Tucker was the only person who she could trust and count on in that moment, and Quinn admitted her victory sucked and would probably force him to show his hand and use his "Deepfake HoH" upgrade superpower.
Makensy feared that Angela was going to gun for her, but no one except Tucker really felt safe.
Brooklyn then sought out Angela to complain about how Angela had picked her to play in back-to-back rounds of the HoH competition. Angela insisted it wasn't a personal move, but Brooklyn didn't believe her and made it known that she was pretty upset.
Brooklyn broke down in tears and said she didn't "believe a word" that Angela was saying.
"Angela now has an enemy in me," Brooklyn lamented in the Big Brother Diary Room.
Brooklyn then advised Quinn to use his upgrade power to save their alliance members and get it out of the way.
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Afterward, Tucker asked Angela to nominate Quinn for eviction, and he suggested that Brooklyn would be another good option for the chopping block.
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After Rubina was shown confessing to the Big Brother cameras that she had a crush on Tucker, who also apparently liked Rubina, Quinn attempted to talk to Angela about nominations.
Angela refused to give Quinn any information, and so Quinn realized he was going to have to use his power.
Quinn clarified that "The Pentagon" was just "a shield" for him and this his real and true allies in the game were "The Visionaries," which was comprised of Kimo and T'kor, who were deeply important to him.
Quinn let Kimo and T'kor know what he was thinking for his "Deepfake HoH" power as a result.
"[I will make] the initial nominations, and then is someone uses the Power of Veto, I get to name the replacement on top of that! It's so cool," Quinn explained of his power to the Big Brother cameras.
Quinn informed Kimo and T'kor that he wanted to nominate Tucker, Makensy and Rubina for eviction.
Quinn predicted Rubina would take Tucker off the chopping block if she ended up winning the Power of Veto, which is why he said she needed to be a nominee right next to him on the chopping block.
Quinn shared how he needed Tucker gone, and then he spoke to Cedric about possibly being a pawn for him. Cedric didn't want to be a pawn, but he also didn't want Tucker to win the Power of Veto and save himself later in the week.
Quinn spoke to each of his "Pentagon" allies, and he was very excited about Cedric's willingness to be a pawn for the good of the group.
Ainsley then summoned the houseguests and asked them to gather in the living room. Suddenly, a version of Angela appeared on the big screen and announced how she was going to announce her three nominations right then and there.
Angela on the screen announced she had decided to nominate Tucker and Makensy for eviction.
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Angela on the screen announced Cedric as her third nominee, and the real Angela was totally shocked.
"The Deepfake HoH upgrade has been activated," Ainsley declared.
Angela was still safe for the week and would be able to remain in the HoH room, but Ainsley confirmed how the "Deepfake HoH" controlled all of her power.
Quinn explained how he had nominated Makensy for eviction because she was a strong competitor and Tucker was his main target.
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Quinn admitted to his fellow players that Cedric was on the block so Tucker couldn't automatically play in the Power of Veto competition. Tucker will only be able to compete if he's chosen by random draw.
"I'm taking one for the team. I need Tucker out of this house ASAP," Cedric told the Big Brother cameras, before Tucker called it "a stupid move" given he had beaten those nominees in competitions before.
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