‘Big Brother 27' recap: The third HOH is crowned and nominates 3 players for eviction

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30-07-2025

Heading into the third week of Big Brother 27, Amy Bingham had just been evicted by a 13-0 vote over Will Williams. That unanimous decision left 15 players in the game, including outgoing Head of Household Jimmy Heagerty, who was not able to compete for the Week 3 HOH. So, who won the competition and which three people did they nominate for eviction?
Read on for our recap of Big Brother Season 27, Episode 9, which aired Sunday, July 27 on CBS. This season's theme is the "Summer of Mystery" and the house has been transformed into the Hotel Mystère, where secrets lurk behind every corner. The 15 players still in the running to win the $750,000 grand prize are:
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Adrian Rocha (23): Carpenter from San Antonio, Texas
Ashley Hollis (25): Attorney from Chicago
Ava Pearl (24): Aura painter from Long Island, N.Y.
Jimmy Heagerty (25): AI consultant from Sarasota, Fla.
Katherine Woodman (23): Fine dining server from Gwinnett County, Ga.
Keanu Soto (33): Dungeon Master from Miami
Kelley Jorgensen (29): Web designer from Burbank, S.D.
Lauren Domingue (22): Bridal consultant from Lafayette, La.
Mickey Lee (35): Event curator from Jacksonville, Fla.
Morgan Pope (33): Gamer from Palm Springs, Calif.
Rachel Reilly (40): BB12 contestant and BB13 winner from Hoover, Ala.
Rylie Jeffries (27): Professional bull rider from Luther, Okla.
Vince Panaro (34): Unemployed from West Hills, Calif.
Will Williams (50): College sports podcaster from Wallace, S.C.
Zach Cornell (27): Marketing manager from Cartersville, Ga.
We begin where the last episode left off, with Amy exiting the house following a unanimous eviction. Even her best friend Rachel voted for her to leave, apparently so as not to make herself an outcast with the other remaining contestants. With Keanu and Kelley both using their secret powers last week, that left just two still in play: Zach's $10,000 prize that he can use to buy his way off the block, and Mickey's advantage that lets her overthrow a Head of Household. Will either power be activated this week? Let's go!
The Snake and a Liar
On Amy's way out of the house she warned the houseguests to go after Jimmy next because "he's a snake and a liar," not that it's something he hasn't heard before. But some thought that the fact that Amy's closest friends, Ashley and Rachel, could vote against her just to stay in positive light with the rest of the house was a hint that there might be more than just one snake in the den. Still, the women of the house rallied around an emotional Rachel to support her loss despite knowing that they orchestrated Amy's removal as a way of striking a subtle blow to Rachel's game.
With Amy out of the picture, Rachel approached the other fashion icon of the season Ava with a final two deal. Rachel's perspective was that they'd bond over being eccentric, but that ultimately she'd be able to beat Ava at the end of the game. Mickey and Morgan, as original allies of Jimmy, also retained bad blood over his decision to put Amy up in the first place and were unclear on how they'd go about dealing with him in the future.
Head of Household
In the "Twin Witness News" comp, the houseguests had to answer true or false questions about confusing eye witness interview segments from alumni Liz Nolan and Julia Nolan until only one of them remained as the winner. Vince, Katherine, Kelley, Will, Keanu and Ashley were all eliminated after the first question, Ava was eliminated after the second question, and Morgan, Rylie, Zach, Adrian and Rachel were all eliminated after the third question, leaving only Mickey and Lauren in the competition. It took only one question after a second interview segment for Mickey to get a question wrong and for Lauren to earn much-needed screen time for herself and Katherine this week as the next Head of Household.
After following along with what the majority of the house wanted to happen in the first two weeks, Lauren looked forward to engineering her own path from the HOH room this week. The concern for the rest of the house was that Katherine would have a good amount of sway over Lauren and she could easily convince her to put any one of them up as a nominee. For Mickey that concern meant checking in with Lauren immediately to get a feeling for whether or not she'd need to activate her mystery power to overthrow her nominations.
Impress the Impressionable
Vince was one of the first to score alone time with the new HOH -- something he thought was important for him because she's such an "impressionable" person and so he wanted to get ahead of everyone else. She told him that she "has no idea" what she's going to do and Vince warned her against letting Katherine in her ear and to stick to doing what she wants to do. At the tail end of their convo, Jimmy entered and Lauren told them both that her first thought is to nominate Keanu and Kelley. This was a slight relief for Jimmy who immediately ran to Mickey to assuage the anxiety she was feeling about being a possible nom.
In Keanu's chat with Lauren he hoped to make her feel like they could work together, openly challenging her to not do what he knows the house wants her to do, but all Lauren could do was stare at the TV screen in her room to avoid contact with him and avoid engaging with "public enemy number one" whatsoever. Still, she received his point that it could "make a splash" to put other big targets like Jimmy, Ashley or Rachel up next to him. Lauren struggled just as much through her conversation with Ashley, relieved only by Mickey entering the room who suggested that she "honor the previous HOH's nominations because they didn't go through."
The Third Nom
Despite wanting to possible "shake things up," Lauren was pressured from almost everyone she spoke with, including Kelley (shocker!), to at least nominate both Keanu and Kelley. This was a safe move for Lauren to avoid becoming a target next week, but left up in the air who her third nom would be. She was hoping that Adrian would nominate himself as a pawn, too, but he didn't. Considering that the entire house voted in Will's favor last week, he felt like the safest bet for her to use as a pawn without the threat of him going home. A "highly upset" Will argued against this to Lauren because he thought that bigger threats -- other people that have won HOH, a former winner, and a player that already won $10,000 -- should be seeing the block instead of the same players every week.
At the nomination ceremony, Lauren nominated Keanu, Kelley and Will. She gave the reason that she "felt like this was the best decision moving forward," heavily insinuating that she was ultimately impressed upon by the same majority of the house that orchestrated the first two weeks of nominations. Hilariously, Kelley took full ownership over the nominations for herself, believing that she was looking forward to a third straight week of removing herself from the block before the final vote. Good luck!
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