‘Big Brother 27’ recap: Was Adrian, Kelley, or Will evicted live?

Leo Stageborn1 week agoLast Updated: August 4, 2025

‘Big Brother 27’ recap: Was Adrian, Kelley, or Will evicted live?

Heading into the third eviction episode of Big Brother 27, Head of Household Lauren Domingue had just named Adrian Rocha as her renom after Keanu Soto used the Veto to remove himself from the block. Adrian took his seat next to Kelley Jorgensen and Will Williams, and all three houseguests were about to compete in the BB Block Buster competition, where one person would be saved and the other two would face the live eviction. So, how did it all play out on Thursday night?

Read on for our recap of Big Brother Season 27, Episode 11, which aired July 31 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:

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.

Lauren and Vince on Big Brother 27CBS

We begin where the last episode left off, with Adrian taking a seat in Veto winner Keanu’s empty chair. Lauren had also considered Ashley as her renom, but changed her mind because Ashley was Will’s good friend and she didn’t want to anger him any further. Lauren and Vince continued working close together, which Rachel caught on to almost by accident when she was sweeping the house. Rachel told Lauren that she shouldn’t let Vince control her game, which inadvertently made Rachel a target with both of them.

#ButFirst Balance

With noms now set for the week, the house became evenly split with seven votes needed to decide who gets evicted. HOH Lauren was hoping to find “balance” between the two sides that had a majority of women fighting for Will against a majority of guys fighting for Kelley and Adrian. From Lauren’s perspective, she wanted to appear to be going after the guys alliance, but was secretly hoping that Kelley and Adrian would have the votes to stay so that Will would be evicted, removing a number from the women’s side of the house. The problem with Lauren’s “balance” was that with 12 houseguests voting this week, she could find herself in the hot water of having to break a 6-6 tie.

The threat of a possible tie this week meant that both sides of the house had their work cut out for them in order to ensure they have a majority of votes. Zach and Vince used their final three deal with Morgan to sow distrust between her and Mickey by telling her that Mickey outed their final three to other people in the house. The revelation caused Morgan to question whether she was making the wrong decision by sticking by Mickey and that side of the house to keep Will instead of fully flipping to openly work with Zach and Vince.

For Lauren to get the seven votes she needed to evict Will over Adrian, she told Vince and Zach that with their votes plus Ava, Rylie, Kelley, Katherine and Keanu. The guys saw the possibility of that plan working out, but because Will stayed in an unanimous vote last week, going against him this week would mean “drawing a line in the sand.”

BB Block Buster

Before final plans could be made for the eviction, the three nominees fought for their right to take themselves off the chopping block in the BB Block Buster comp. For this one (called “Study the Study”), Kelley, Adrian and Will had a minute and a half to examine two rooms to find the subtle differences between them with greater accuracy than their opponents. Kelly locked in with seven differences, Adrian noticed six, and Will went all-in for 16. The correct answer was eight, meaning Kelley was the closest and successfully removed herself from the block for the third straight week.

In the moments after Kelley’s win, Keanu seemed to pledge his vote to Adrian, saying to him, “I don’t care if it’s unanimous.” During the nominee pitches to stay, Will broke down having to speak up for himself against Adrian who he referred to as “such a good kid” and asked for the house to “do what you wanna do.” Adrian fought back to tears to plead that the house vote to keep him because he’s “good for [their] game” and promised to not let them down.