'Big Brother' recap: T'kor Clottey wins HoH and makes noms as Tucker Des Lauriers causes chaos

Big Brother featured T'kor Clottey winning Head of Household and announcing her three nominees, while Tucker Des Lauriers won a superpower and began stirring up chaos during the Season 26 episode that aired Sunday night on CBS.


Once T'kor came into power as the new Head of Household, the 23-year-old crochet business owner from Chicago (via London) who currently resides in Atlanta, GA, picked the week's nominations.

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T'kor nominated Tucker, a 30-year-old marketing and sales executive from Boston, MA who currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, for eviction as well as Cam Sullivan-Brown, a 25-year-old physical therapist from Bowie, MD, and Makensy Manbeck, a 22-year-old construction project manager from Houston, TX.

The Big Brother broadcast began on Day 38 in the Big Brother house following Brooklyn Rivera's eviction.


Tucker was glad the second "Pentagon" alliance member was out and only a trio remained. He thought his HoH reign was pretty successful.

Chelsie Baham was also proud of herself for winning the AI Arena competition.

Kimo Apaka was sad to see Brooklyn leave, but he acknowledged how she needed to go since she had been working with the Pentagon. T'kor had voted for Brooklyn for the same reason.

Cameron shared in the Big Brother Diary Room how Chelsie was the only person he trusted in the house and they were going to continue to be aligned.

For Leah Peters' part, she really missed Brooklyn and had been hoping to work with her. Leah said she didn't want to be on the wrong side of the vote but she felt "on the outs" and had "zero control" over her own game.


T'kor wanted to win HoH so she could protect her "Sixth Avenue" alliance with Tucker, Kimo, Joseph Rodriguez, Rubina Bernabe, and Angela Murray. She also wanted to stay aligned with "The Visionaries," which was also comprised of Kimo and Quinn Martin.

It then became time for the next Head of Household competition. Tucker, as the outgoing HoH, was deemed ineligible to compete.

In "Soundbites," the participating houseguests were required to watch a series of compilation videos and try to remember everything about them. Soundbites included teeth brushing, melon chopping, and shaving.

The Big Brother players were then asked a series of "true or false" questions based on the sequence they had just watched. If a person answered incorrectly, he or she would be eliminated. The last person remaining in the competition would be crowned the new Head of Household.

Quinn and Angela were the first houseguests eliminated from the competition, and they were soon followed by Leah, Kimo, Makensy and Cam. Joseph, Chelsie and Rubina were out next.


In the end, T'kor won the competition and became the new HoH. T'kor gushed about how this was going to be her week to make her own moves.

"I'm so sick of losing and being at other people's mercy in this game," Leah vented to the Big Brother cameras.

And Quinn lamented, "I need to focus on my personal conversations since my strategic ones keep blowing up in my face."

T'kor planned to be very careful about her course of action because she had set herself up well, and Tucker was thrilled because he felt totally safe.

Rubina then cried to Kimo about how T'kor was such a special person and they were so proud of her.


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Cam, however, didn't know where he stood with T'kor, and neither did Leah.

Meanwhile, Kimo, T'kor, Tucker and Rubina established a four-person alliance, kicking their fellow "Sixth Avenue" members -- Angela and Joseph -- to the curb.

Rubina said Angela and Joseph had just been add-ons and they weren't people whom she wanted to get to the end of Big Brother. They called themselves FRIENDzzzz.

"This is a core group I really want to work with inside of Sixth Avenue and I want to get further in the game together," Kimo told the Big Brother cameras.


Suddenly, Tucker was called into the Diary Room and a letter awaited him. No one inside of the house knew he was going to receive this.

For the past week, America had been voting on this season's next big twist, and America voted him to become the next "AI Instigator" for the week.

That meant Tucker could use AI avatars of any of the remaining houseguests, including himself, to stir up trouble and spread misinformation and rumors. Tucker could choose an avatar and dictate what they say and whom they say it to for the next week of Big Brother.

Tucker was told he could call people out, cause chaos and stir up drama. On Wednesday night, America will vote again to determine how much money Tucker should receive. America will vote to award him zero dollars; $5,000; $10,000; or $20,000!

Tucker was overwhelmed with joy, and he learned that the more he "instigated," the more he'd probably be awarded. The other houseguests would also never find out he was the culprit. In addition, Tucker was not allowed to share the news of his power with anybody.

"America, I will do whatever it takes. You know I'm here to play this game like it's never been played before! This is crazy right now!" Tucker gushed to the Big Brother cameras.


"America, you picked the right person for this. I am a prankster and jokester at heart," he added.

After Kimo was shown singing in the Big Brother house, Ainsley pulled the houseguests into the living room.

Since there was gossip about Tucker and Rubina's relationship, he decided to go in that direction.

Quinn's avatar then appeared on the screen and said, "The other night, I saw Tucker and Rubina holding hands. We should've got Rubina out when we had the chance because we know mentally Tucker wouldn't be able to handle it without her. Can you say 'showmance?' Pentagon for life!"

The announcement made Rubina cry because she and Tucker had been trying to hide their Big Brother romance and she felt targeted.

Tucker felt bad because had been trying to clear the air so that he and Rubina could hold hands whenever they wanted and just take their romance public. His plan backfired until Tucker comforted Rubina and then she kissed him.


The houseguests wondered if there was another upgrade or special power in play, and whether America had anything to do with it.

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T'kor then got down to business and let know Chelsie that she was safe. T'kor then asked Makensy to reveal whom she thought was a threat to win this game.

"The person who scares me is Quinn. He is a mastermind at this game. He knows exactly what he's doing and he has a lot of relationships. Also, he's a physical threat."

Makensy also shared with T'kor that she was worried about the people who were being protected, such as Angela. T'kor, however, was in alliances with those people, and so she wondered if that was enough incentive to put Makensy on the Big Brother chopping block.

Leah couldn't even give T'kor one name, saying she personally felt threatened by everyone at that point.


When Cam was asked the same question, he also wasn't giving T'kor anything to work with.

"You might be a potential option this week," T'kor said of Cam.

In attempt to take some of the heat off of her, T'kor asked Tucker if he'd be willing to be a pawn, and he reluctantly said, "Yes."

Tucker explained to the Big Brother cameras how T'kor deserved to have an easy and enjoyable HoH reign. He didn't want T'kor to have a difficult time.

Angela then burst into tears and vented about how she felt like she was going home. Kimo assured Angela that wasn't the case, but she was having a bit of an emotional breakdown.

At the Nomination Ceremony, T'kor announced she had decided to nominate three houseguests for eviction: Makensy, Cam and Tucker.


"As the pool has smalled, it has been very difficult to put people in this position. I want nothing more than one of you to win the Veto and take yourself off the block," T'kor explained.

T'kor explained in the Big Brother Diary Room how she wanted to use Tucker's skills in competitions to hopefully win the Power of Veto and keep her nominations the same. T'kor was therefore targeting Makensy or Cam.

Makensy said she was tired of being nominated and had to figure out how to change the trajectory of this game for herself.

Cam was also not surprised about his Big Brother nomination.

And Tucker hoped to win the Veto in order to take himself off the block.

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"I'm very nervous that if I don't, I am going to be an insanely appetizing target up there for people to flip on," Tucker explained.

"Even though people tell me I have the numbers, this is a house you never can be comfortable in."







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