Overview

• Vince Panaro’s Week 7 HOH followed the Wall endurance win and led to initial nominations of Kelley Jorgensen, Mickey Lee and Ava Pearl before Mickey won the veto and removed herself.
• Katherine Woodman was named the replacement nominee and, after Kelley won Block Buster for safety, was evicted 7–1 with Lauren casting the lone vote against Ava.
• Julie Chen Moonves noted the result marked the first female eviction in four weeks after a stretch of male departures.
• Episode and live-feed coverage detailed Vince making conflicting promises and wavering on a push to backdoor Rachel Reilly, heightening distrust and straining ties with Keanu Soto.
• Keanu won the next HOH and has nominated Mickey, Morgan Pope and Vince, with live feeds indicating Morgan as his intended target heading into the veto competition.