For the majority of this season, the same rotating cast of players has been winning challenges.

Like so many other competitions before, he can’t even get started.

He simply can’t figure out the strategy.

It’s a tight race, and Cody is watching from the sidelines in agony.

One of his biggest allies, Enzo, is never going to win.

If Christmas becomes HOH, she’s almost certainly putting him on the block.

And a Memphis win is no guarantee of safety either because Memphis is tight with Christmas.

Both Christmas and Memphis have a clear path to victory.

They’ve deposited 23 of their 25 pumpkins, and Nicole is sitting in third with 20.

Slow and steady should win the race, but both of them make crucial mistakes.

That leaves the door wide open for Nicole, and she takes the right approach.

Christmas is very emotional after the loss.

In fact, the nominations seem pretty set as soon as Nicole is declared the new HOH.

For Enzo and Cody, things couldn’t be better.

Of course, Nicole has no interest in targeting Cody.

Every week Cody is HOH he demands people vote the way he wants them to.

Now, he’s ready to do whatever’s best for him.

That should be a red flag for Nicole.

But yeah, there’s nothing too surprising going on here.

That’s exactly what she does, and now we wait for Wednesday’sveryimportant veto competition.

If either Memphis or Christmas wins it could drastically change the outcome of the week.