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Keesha Smith was evicted from the final four on Big Brother 10 during last night's broadcast of the long-running CBS reality show.

The single 29-year-old Hooters waitress was booted off by Robert "Memphis" Garrett, 25, the sole guest to cast an eviction vote.

Memphis Garrett had originally been placed on the block by Dan Gheesling, 24, who won Head of Household last Thursday night. 

Dan, Jerry and Memphis are the final three on Big Brother 10.

While Memphis and Dan continued their "Renegades" alliance, both though it best for Dan to put Memphis on the block with Jerry MacDonald, 75.

Dan Gheesling used his two nominations to gain Keesha's trust while Memphis used it to further Jerry's trust in him and also cause Jerry to believe there was a problem between Memphis and Dan.

The "Renegades" felt their best-case-scenario was for Memphis to win the Power of Veto competition, which would force Dan to nominate Keesha as a replacement nominee. Turns out that's exactly what happened.

Who do you think will win: Dan, Jerry or Memphis?

Big Brother's nominations in the final four are a curious subject - who Dan chose to nominate as the Head of Household could mean little with Power of Veto capabilities as the only thing that matters.

However, if Dan, as HoH, wins the Power of Veto, he can decide who is on the block, but not how the one safe non-HOH votes.

In any case, last night's Big Brother 10 episode featured a bizarre competition that will likely swing some jury votes if little else.

The competition in question involved a person dressed up in a gorilla suit (who turned out to be Jessie Godderz!) waking the houseguests up and leading them outside to the backyard where random stuff was:

A female contortionist, a bathtub full of dirt, a diamond, an ostrich, boxing gloves, a giant hot dog, a wolf-like creature, a space ship, a Caesar statue, a waterfall, and a cracking egg with IT written on it.

The players are told the rules – they have three hours and three guesses to figure out what the hidden phrase involving all the objects is. 

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Last night's Big Brother began with a pissed off Jerry.

Obviously, was a tad bit perturbed that Memphis took Dan off the block, as Jerry has wanted Dan gone for... well, forever.

In the wake of the Power of Veto ceremony, Jerry Mac decided to try to plant some doubts into the minds of both Keesha Smith and Dan Gheesling. He told both about Memphis' deals with everyone and how he can't be trusted.

We'll see if that has any impact.

Meanwhile, Renny Martyn and Keesha formed a very nice, close bond inside the house. There was a lot of footage showing the two of them talking about life, and how the Big Brother house brought them perspective.

Yawn. Renny was evicted by a 2-0 vote. She was gracious in her exit, and touched by her goodbye messages, especially from Keesha.

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The number of contesants is dwindling and Reality TV Scoop's power rankings are thinning out. It was only a matter of time.

With the final four house guests on Big Brother to be set after tonight, here's a look at how we see the chances of the remaining five shaping up.

5. Renny Martyn. Seems like public enemy #1 here, but you never can tell. Will the voters opt to ditch Keesha while they have a chance and risk dealing with Renny later? Expect her to work this angle hard.

4. Keesha Smith. Could be dead in the water tonight, and if not, will be a prime target the following week. But there are competitions to be played, so you can never really count her out. It's why we watch, right?

Memphis and Renny are among five guests still in the game.

3. Jerry MacDonald. So much for the age factor being a detriment. Jerry is guaranteed a spot in the final four despite an up-and-down campaign. It will be interesting to see who he votes to evict this evening.

2. Memphis Garrett. Phew! After pulling himself off the block, Memphis Garrett looks poised to make the final two with Dan. He's made conflicting deals with everyone, but all it takes is one to go along with it, right?

1. Dan Gheesling. He's been our #1 for some time, and Dan Gheesling continues to make us look smart (or at least as smart as anyone who writes about Big Brother for a living can be) with his superb game play.

Last night's Big Brother Power of Veto competition was perhaps the most important of the season, as there are only five house guests left in the game, and none of those five guests are feeling safe at the moment.

Case in point: Memphis Garrett, who has "final two" deals with everyone in the house except Renny. He believes this will work and won't come back to haunt him or become his undoing, but he's walking on eggshells.

Of course, that's how Big Brother typically goes.

And, after all, if someone, anyone, takes him to the finale, second place is a guaranteed $50,000 - far from shabby. The power rankings seem to favor a Dan-Memphis finale, but really we have no clue what we're saying.

Fighting for the PoV, Renny took an eternity to figure out the Big Brother houseguests morphed into babies. When the times were revealed, Memphis and Dan both finished in under three minutes... 

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We thought after the double elimination, this was a done deal.

Just when we counted Jerry MacDonald out and anointed Dan Gheesling some sort of Big Brother god, the tables turned Sunday night.

This is why Big Brother 10 has been a must-see from the start.

A healthy and generally normal 75-year-old, Jerry is still a loose cannon of sorts, though this may have nothing to do with age. He may just be wily, unpredictable and cagy enough to win this thing.

HoH competition time. Dan had the early lead, but Jerry came back. It wasn't perfect, but Jerry played the trivia game well enough to win.

Memphis Garrett, under the radar, is trying to position himself to get Keesha or Dan (our prohibitive favorite) to take him to the final two, if that situation comes. Memphis says he'd take Keesha to the final two over Dan.

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Last night's double elimination episode of Big Brother was non-stop drama, but because of what happened in the Head of Household challenge, and then the Power of Veto challenge, the end result was in a sense inevitable.

Follow the jump to see which two house guests were eliminated, which five remain, and how it all went down on Big Brother 10 ...

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Dan Gheesling seems to be everyone's favorite on Big Brother now, but let it be known that in Reality TV Scoop's power rankings in each of the last two weeks, we had the supposed weak link at #1.

That's right. We rule. Of course, it can and will change in a second. Here are our updated Big Brother power rankings (due to the insane show and people involved, these are really all just guesses) ...

7. Jerry MacDonald. Tonight looks like the end of the road for the 75-year-old grandfather. He had a good run, but he's running out of friends - specifically Memphis and HoH Dan.

6. Michelle Costa. The replacement nominee after Memphis vetoed his own nomination, Michelle could be merely a pawn. But she could get axed tonight if alliances go awry.

5. Bryan Ollie. Ollie took Dan at his word and got played. He's still a strong player, but one has to question where he goes from here.

4. Keesha Smith. Flying under the radar a bit of late, which is good for her. But we still don't like her chances of going the distance.

3. Renny Martyn. So crazy she just might get it done.

2. Memphis Garrett. Memphis is back in the top tier after vetoing his nomination for eviction and apparently looking strong in his alliance with Dan. Jerry predicted Memphis to win from the start, and may be right.

1. Dan Gheesling. Three straight weeks at #1 for Dan Gheesling (above), who's entertaining and smart and playing Big Brother like no one else in the house right now. But now that he's a target, the stakes are raised.

Dan Gheesling has become the star of Big Brother 10. He is playing the game of Big Brother on a different level than the rest of the house.

Keesha and Memphis Garrett are both pretty displeased with Dan's nomination of Memphis. Memphis, especially, is legitimately angry.

However, the key is the reason. He's mad that Dan made the deal with Ollie to begin with, not that he followed through with it.

Dan Gheesling (left) tells Memphis Garrett (right) to trust him, and that it's good if he keeps acting angry at him in view of the others.

Everyone plays in the Power of Veto competition except Ollie. The contest is Mars-themed. The players walked outside to find the backyard decorated in a reddish Mars landscape.

On either side of the Mars surface were two platforms.

The contestants were hooked up to wires and had to fly from end to end, pick up pieces to a puzzle, bring them back to the other side, and solve it.

There were two heats, winner of each competing in one more final round. Keesha beat Dan and Michelle in the first heat.

Memphis destroyed Renny and Jerry in heat #2. Memphis then soundly beat Keesha in the finals to win the Power of Veto.

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There's probably more to April Dowling than the Big Brother sex tape. But who wants to hear about her hopes and dreams? Not us!

Below is the beginning of Entertainment Weekly's exit interview with April. Following her (unsurprising) eviction from the house, Dowling "conversates" with the magazine on Ollie, Keesha and so much more ...

EW: You know we're going to ask it eventually so we might as well get it out of the way now. Why the heck did you allow a 75-year-old man (Jerry MacDonald) to squeeze your boobs on national TV?

April Dowling: I think that’s the #1 question this year for Big Brother. I don’t know. Maybe I was hoping to get his heart racing and he’ll get called out early in the game. It’s all about strategy!

EW: Were you trying to throw down against Keesha’s fake boobs?

April Dowling: I was trying. Mine are real! Jerry was the first to jump up and check them out but he barely touched him. He was so nervous. It was Ollie who followed next.

EW: You pretty much zeroed in on Ollie that first night, right?

April Dowling: It took us a little while to start to conversate. Once I talked to him, I learned how respectful he was and he was really easy to talk to.

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