Warning! The following contains spoilers from the Big Brother live feeds as of Friday, August 7. Stream the feeds with a Paramount+ subscription or on Pluto TV and read at your own risk!
Just as we predicted, the icons specifically flipped the house on the Red Corner and turned Haley Thogmartin's Week 4 HOH upside down. However, just when I was about to lose hope in my favorite reality show, it looks like the rest of the episodes on the 2026 TV schedule could turn this season around thanks to Week 5's HOH.
CinemaBlend is watching Big Brother online and even burned the midnight oil to see the wall competition unfold. Here's who won the Week 5 Head of Household competition and how it has a good chance of shaking up the game.
Lala Won The Week 5 HOH
In what, no joke, might be the biggest shock of Big Brother of the last decade, LaTrice "Lala" Verrett won the Week 5 HOH. It's shocking, of course, because the 58-year-old is officially the oldest civilian Houseguest to have ever won the famous wall competition. Shoutout to Kato Kaelin, however, who still holds the overall record after winning the competition at 59 on Celebrity Big Brother.
By the way, here's the unofficial drop order for who fell when via @BBUpdatesLive:
- Angela: Under 2 mins
- Taylor: 33 mins
- Barrett: 46 mins
- Devens: 48 mins
- Dee: 54 mins
- Melody: 1 hr 3 mins
- Mallory: 1 hr 13 mins
- Chuk: 1 hr 14 mins
- Yash: 1 hr 15 mins
- Drew: 1 hr 22 mins
- Kamu & Lala: 1 hr 26 mins
However, there's another reason this surprised me. Up to this point, Lala was a non-factor in everything happening in the house. She was muted because she was sobbing so loudly during Rick Devens' wild nomination ceremony, and she kept interrupting Jason De Puy and Kamu Kirk's showdown during the tea party to ask questions about herself. Now, the wildcard of Season 28 is running the house in Week 5, and she's got some big plans.
Lala Has Some Nomination Plans That Will Turn This Season Around
Lala talked to Taylor Brown overnight and laid out her plans for nominations when the time comes. Right now she's planning on putting up Barrett Pfeiffer, Drew Campbell, and Kamu, and there's talk of a backdoor option to send out Haley. Lala also talked about putting Devens on the block, which would've been a wild game move, but Taylor advised against it.
I hate to say this will unofficially be Taylor's HOH this week, but anyone watching the Big Brother live feeds would probably agree. Taylor has more or less played the game for two from the start, as Lala is woefully unaware of how the game works and what she should or shouldn't be doing at all times.
As such, I would imagine that means we'll see moves that are mutually beneficial to Lala and Taylor this week. I think the worst-case scenario for the fans would be Haley or Chuk winning the veto and saving Kamu, which would inadvertently force Lala to put up someone who could end up helping her game in the long run. If you're rooting for this season to turn around, root against that!
Big Brother Season 28 continues on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET. I'm so excited to watch the live feeds this weekend and see all the chaos that could unfold once the veto competition is done.
