James Weir recaps Big Brother Australia 2020 episode 20

This one dummy spit has backfired on a Big Brother finalist – and dashed his chances of winning, only one day before the finale. James Weir recaps.

Kruges Skypes in to dash someone’s dreams and announce the top three.

Big Brother’s mean boy bromance is detonated in the final hours of the game all because of a tantrum that has came back to haunt one of the guys like a Facebook memory depicting you with frosted tips which you got at a shopping centre hairdresser while at university in the early 2000s.

Tuesday night sees the final four whittled down to three but they all leave the house at the same time because this was prerecorded months ago and the winner will be decided by us at a live finale tomorrow night – even though none of them have been in the house for many weeks.

Look, we get it. It’s confusing. It doesn’t make sense. But it’s between this and Backpackers On Heat – which was the original title for Bachelor In Paradise before Channel 10’s Codes And Standards department stepped in. Before that the working title was: What Are Your Symptoms?

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Tonight, there’s a huge nomination challenge! No that’s not me being weirdly excited about it, I’m just quoting directly from Kruges’s voiceover. Whoever wins the challenge gets to pick the two other people who will round out the final three. The loser who is isn’t chosen will be made stand on stage at tomorrow’s live finale while we hiss and throw small change.

This episode needs a spice up so producers give Australia what it wants and get Ange-a-licious to Skype in from her home library.

All hail the queen.

It’s Chad and Sophie’s romance up against Mat and Dan’s bromance and enemy lines are drawn. Mat has a sinking feeling in his stomach. A few days ago, when Sophie re-entered the house after being in the white room, he threw a massive tantrum and refused to acknowledge her. It’s a major mistake that could lead to his undoing. He’s now sheepishly tiptoeing around Chad and Sophie and being overly nice all because he knows that, if they win, they will cut him loose as revenge.

“After the white room fiasco, our relationship is as cold as one could get. If Sophie gets the chocolates today it’s bye bye Matty,” he says.

At the elimination challenge, they’re told they have to release a bunch of balls into a mazelike track and then run to the bottom to catch them. Rinse and repeat. If you drop a ball you’re out. It’s as repetitive and boring as having to walk around the streets of Brighton every day.

Chad wins and obviously he’s going to vote out Mat or Dan but we just wish, for once, he would do something interesting and vote out his girlfriend. This game needs a shake up.

He sits around with Sophie and they discuss who should go. If she really cared about doing Australia proud she’d selflessly tell Chad to eliminate her, all in the name of compelling television.

“Dan is obviously a very, very funny guy – Australia’s gonna love that,” she sighs and, sorry, what? Clearly 39 days in isolation has skewed her perception.

“Yeah, Dan’s the funniest guy in the house,” Chad nods in earnest.

Um, what has Dan ever said that could be interpreted as funny? We want examples! A knock knock joke? An amusing anecdote? We’ll even accept a slightly humorous nickname he has given someone. Anything.

Of course, it’s left to Kruges to shoulder the success of this episode yet again. She coordinates her nails with her metallic leather dress and Skypes into the elimination ceremony to serve the nation a lewk.

We can always count on you, Kruges.

About seven minutes is spent hammering Mat about his feelings. Kruges knows this episode has just been a way to bide our time until tomorrow’s live finale and she’s determined to give it some depth and emotion by making someone cry.

“I can feel a lot of emotion coming through you, Mat,” she probes him further.

“I don’t wanna cry again, Sonia! I’m done crying in here!” he holds back tears and thwarts her attempt.

Chad is summoned to the diary room to deliver his verdict but Kruges insists on announcing the loser herself. The job of dashing someone’s dream is an honour and should not be taken lightly.

It’s Mat. The anger he hurled at Sophie upon her re-entrance has finally caught up with him. One big wrong move. He’s broken. Not because he’s missing out on the $234,000. But because his bromance is over. A highlight reel of his and Dan’s most romantic moments plays as he exits the house.

OK, so we can pick between Chad, Dan and Sophie. But you’re all urged to head to the website and vote for a secret fourth option: Ange-a-licious.

Flood the voting system! Make a hot cup of tea, pull out your Revlon lip gloss and let’s take back the power. We decide, Australia.

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