Morning Update: Dee Still Wants Yash. The House Is Drawing Maps Overnight.

The board didn't move overnight. The maps did.

Nominations locked yesterday at Ashley, Taylor, and Yash, Mallory's veto is spent on herself, and Dee is riding out her HOH week with a very clear answer to the only question that matters: she still wants Yash out. What changed overnight is everything around that — an hour-long HOH strategy session, a cam-talk loyalty ranking, and at least three other rooms quietly drawing their own charts of who's with who.

If you're catching up, last night's note has the ceremony fallout and the jorts. This is what happened after.

The board: Dee 🔑 HOH. Mallory 🏅 holds the veto and already used it on herself. Noms: Ashley Trail, Taylor Brown, Yash Patel 🎯. Blockbuster still to come.

The HOH session (11:14 PM – 11:59 PM)

The spine of the overnight is Dee and Devens in the HOH room for the better part of an hour, and it's the closest thing we've gotten to a full read on Dee's game.

The headline: Yash goes home this week. No wobble on the target.

The shady list: Haley and Chuk, with Kamu flagged as someone who talks too much and spills. Dee floated that the most likable of the three might need to go at some point — later, not now. Devens layered his own read on top: Drew, Jason, and Melody are working together as an alliance. Dee's reaction — "Drew?" — tells you that one landed as new information.

Ashley came up as the pull. Dee said she had a great talk with her, likes that Ashley observes and has good reads, and wants to bring her in. Which made the next part interesting: Dee briefly gamed out what a Taylor-vs-Ashley vote would do — a shot against Rome, something to set Lala off — flirted with the chaos for a beat, then backed off. She wants people in this house fighting, but not on her dime this week.

The Drew thread is worth watching. Drew told Devens that Jason would nominate Kamu, Chuk, and Rome — with the math being one of them wins veto and Dee goes up. Dee says she heard something different from Drew directly, and she's now watching his pauses. Meanwhile the two of them agreed Barrett has the best position in the game, and that the move is to give Drew a bigger voice and let him steer.

The pact talk: Dee puts her game on the line for Devens and vice versa. They agreed to talk less Survivor around the house. They agreed Mallory winning HOH is their worst-case scenario. And they agreed they need a ride-or-die pair — feeling good about Angela and Barrett. Devens' closing read: Haley is the other side's target.

The other rooms

Barrett/Angela (~9:08–9:13 PM): Devens and Barrett gave Angela the "Cool Kids" label — Kamu, Haley, Chuk — and Angela looked genuinely offended by the concept. Barrett then noted he and Drew have done a good job keeping the vets alliance quiet, and Angela's counter was practical: get closer to Mallory and learn her plans.

Drew/Rome, pool (~9:26–9:30 PM): Good week, mutual trust — that was the stated position. Rome added that Chuk lies a lot to fit in, that Haley has Chuk wrapped, and that some people came out too hot early. File that next to Rome's name in the HOH session.

Lyric/Melody (~10:01–10:07 PM): Melody gave Taylor her word. She's iffy on Yash — comp threat — and said if he survives Blockbuster she'll most likely vote with the house. The two of them want a core four, they're nervous about the next HOH, and neither gets good vibes from Devens, who they suspect is with Angela. One wrinkle: if Yash comes off the block, they'd want him in whatever alliance they're forming.

Mallory (~10:41–10:44 PM): Her hit list, unprompted: Dee and Haley, for sure, if she wins HOH. She also clocked that Drew told her he's talked the most game with her — and then walked straight into Dee's room. Mallory noticed. Mallory notices things.

Dee, cameras, 12:07 AM

Dee closed the night with a solo cam talk (~12:07–12:22 AM) that's required listening. She reads the dining room seating chart like a sociogram — who sits where tells you who works with who, and Rome holds court. She said the cool kids treat her like their puppy, that it offends her, that it has to be fake — and channeled Tiff: keep it cute.

Then the loyalty order, stated plainly: Devens first. Angela second, because she knows Devens. Barrett third — "her nerd." Ashley's hilarious, the Rome/Lyric showmance is cute, Mallory might hate her and she doesn't care, and she wants fights in this house.

Elsewhere: Rome and Lyric podded up overnight, and Devens took a Have-Not bed for the night. The glamour of power-adjacency.

What's open

Blockbuster is still ahead for Ashley, Taylor, and Yash — one of the three pulls themselves off, and then the house votes. Dee's target is Yash. Melody's word is with Taylor. Mallory's list starts with Dee. If Yash saves himself, the whole map gets redrawn by dinner.

Receipts

• ~9:08 PM — Devens/Barrett name the "Cool Kids" (Kamu, Haley, Chuk) to Angela; she's offended
• ~9:13 PM — Barrett on keeping the vets alliance quiet; Angela wants him closer to Mallory
• ~9:26–9:30 PM — Drew/Rome pool: mutual trust; Rome on Chuk's lying, Haley's grip
• ~10:01–10:07 PM — Lyric/Melody: word to Taylor, iffy on Yash, core-four talk, wary of Devens
• ~10:41–10:44 PM — Mallory: Dee and Haley her noms; clocks Drew heading to Dee's room
• ~11:14–11:59 PM — Dee/Devens HOH: Yash is the target; shady list; Ashley pull; Drew watch; Mallory = nightmare HOH
• ~12:07–12:22 AM — Dee cams: seating-chart reads, puppy grievance, loyalty order Devens → Angela → Barrett