Big Brother 28 Finally Boots An Icon In Week 9 Eviction — But Which One?

The three-headed beast of "Big Brother 28" has, at least partially, been slain.

This season's trio of reality TV icons — Angela, Dee, and Devens — had no choice but to split up this week after Barrett's nominations, and Yash's subsequent veto win, resulted in all three icons sitting on the block on Eviction Night. Heading into Thursday's live broadcast, it seemed that the best case scenario would be for Angela to win the Blockbuster, thus ensuring that "Survivor" buddies Dee and Devens would be separated. And hey, Angela's track record with the Blockbuster this season has been good! But even if she lost the Blockbuster and remained up for eviction, surely her fellow houseguests would still opt to evict whichever "Survivor" alum was sitting next to her, right? Because Dee and Devens are obviously bigger threats than Angela, right? Right?

Well, maybe not. Because in the wake of the veto meeting, Dee got to work campaigning for Melody's, Yash's, and Taylor's votes — and she may have actually convinced them that she ought to stay over Angela. Dee told all three of those players, in no uncertain terms, that she plans to target only Barrett and Drew if she stays in the house ("I am down to go to war," she told Yash), plus she wants to break up the Devens/Drew/Barrett boys' club that has emerged in recent weeks. 

Melody seemed intrigued by the idea of Drew and Barrett getting separated, seeing as they could very well cut her at the Final 3 stage, as many bro-on-bro duos have done to their third-wheel female allies over the years. Yash and Taylor, meanwhile, felt that Dee could be a shield for them in future weeks: If they're sitting next to Dee on Eviction Night, Dee will almost certainly get the boot over them; the same wouldn't hold true if they were next to Angela, though, a thought that didn't sit well with Taylor or Yash.

When Thursday's Blockbuster first got underway, it seemed like Dee had it in the bag, rendering her campaigning needless. The players had to correctly piece together a circular, three-dimensional, double-sided puzzle, and Dee used the wise strategy of constructing the puzzle flat on the floor first before she started mounting the pieces on their poles. In fact, it looked like she had the entire thing figured out while Devens and Angela were still fumbling with their pieces.

But not so! A minute later, Dee started to sneak a peek at Devens, who was suddenly stacking his pieces and moving quickly; she then appeared a little lost, as though Devens' puzzle was revealing to Dee that she didn't have her pieces in the right spots, after all. Moments later, Devens hit his buzzer and won the Blockbuster, leaving Dee and Angela eligible for eviction — and Dee became one of the only nominees ever to actually utilize those few minutes in between the Blockbuster winner being revealed and voting getting underway, promising the throng that she'll go after Drew, Barrett, and even Melody if she stays in the house.

And stay she did. Although the first two votes cast on Thursday — Drew's and Melody's — fell in favor of Angela staying, Devens, Taylor, and Yash all voted to evict Angela, sending her out the door and making her Juror No. 2. A couple of thoughts here: 1) I suspect the houseguests will look back on this eviction as the fork in the road that ultimately empowered Dee to win the entire game; and 2) I'm flabbergasted that the "Big Brother" producers didn't leave Devens to vote last, when his vote would have served as a tiebreaker. Imagine the tension, especially since Devens began his vote with, "I reluctantly vote to evict my partner-in-crime.... Angela." Those gasps from the studio audience members, who definitely thought Devens was about to boot Dee, could have been even louder!

Anyway, Angela made her way out of the house after a long and winding farewell to her fellow players, and she reaffirmed that Taylor and Yash — who she correctly assumed voted to evict her — made the right move to do so, because she believes Dee really will protect them while she's out for vengeance on Barrett and Drew.

That's a wrap on Week 9, "Big Brother" fans! How do you feel about Angela getting evicted? And are you excited for next week's two-hour double eviction? Tell us below!