Confessional

[Jeff Probst]

This is where you can talk about your strategy, gameplay, whats going on in the game, ANYTHING...

[Jeff Probst]

Do you play in any Big Brother games by any chance?

[Neleh Dennis]

Yeah, I do.

[Neleh Dennis]

You never said why you asked that.^ LOL

So, i'll take you through the play-by-play.

Original tribe: I had a pre-game alliance with Yul. We met in another game and got to Final 2 together, and figured no one would suspect us since I didn't play any season but season 1 in this series.

When Yul was picked to put together a tribe, he put together a great one!

I immediately connected with Ibe, and I knew him and Yul were close. I found someone I was close with (Danni) and suggested an alliance. By getting Danni, I knew at Final 4 they couldn't just pick me off because we'd each be 2 vs. 2 in a way. Then, because she was most active, Syd got added to our alliance as a fifth member and to make majority.

We lost the first challenge, and voted Sylvia out because she pretty much lost it for us.

Then, Rudy was added to our tribe to replace her. I got him involved in our alliance instead of Danni since Danni had gone somewhat inactive...I always wanted to work with Rudy during Season 1 and I knew I could trust him!

SO CORE ALLIANCE IS: Me, Rudy, Ibe, Yul, and Sydney

[Neleh Dennis]

We won the next challenge, and the other tribe voted out Wanda.

At the next challenge, a twist was revealed. Both tribes would go to Tribal Council and would play for individual immunity.

My tribe unanimously decided not to waste our time beforehand and to take out the least active member, who was Danni.

The other tribe took our Burton.

Not a lot happened as we won another challenge, and the other tribe chose to vote out Tyson.

Then, we were split into two tribes, guys vs. girls.

At first I thought my tribe would kick ass, but we didn't. It was me, Kelly, Jenna, Sydney, Lisi, and Nicole.

No matter how I looked at it, I had the numbers to stay safe on this tribe. I had connected with Jenna and reconnected with Kelly (who I was extremely close with in Morocco), and I already had Syd/Lisi pretty much on my side. I wanted Nicole out since she has been proven to be a liar in the past.

When we lost the challenge, I "started the effort" if you will, to get Nicole out. I explained to Sydney and Lisi that we would still have the majority if we lose again and took Nicole (who would possibly flip later on) out, and told Kelly & Jenna simply because knowing they were the minority why would they not take the chance?

Nicole left, but we lost another challenge. This time we could have easily won the challenge, but yet another person had mysteriously gone inactive. This time, that person was Lisi.

So, we voted her out of the game unanimously. It was just the most fair thing to do, and knowing a merge or one more tribe challenge could be coming, it was the smartest thing for us to do.

Also, somewhere along the line, I got the hidden immunity Idol! I picked the #4 in the "find the Idol" thing, figuring it was Season 4 of the series so why not take a shot at it? I ended up being right, and the Idol is in my possession! Unfortunately, I had to lie to Ibe that I don't have any idea who has the Idol, and I've played dumb with it like everyone else. I can't let anyone know I have it, because that has been my fault in some of these games in the past.

[Neleh Dennis]

So, we merged at Final 10, as things would normally go.

I made the effort to reach out to all the people I hadn't talked to yet (Brad, John K., and Rob C.) to gain their trust, become their friend, and maybe get a Jury Vote later on down the line. I was always the one the people voted out voted for in Season 1, I've learned from my mistakes. Talk to them, but don't tell them you're voting them out.

The first round was pretty easy. Ibe won Immunity, but John K. was the least active person overall and so it was safest for our alliance to take him out...in the meantime, he also deserved to make Jury the least out of everyone.

We easily took him out, and the votes were oddly scrambled at Tribal Council. Regardless, our alliance voted together, and that's all that really matters. (Turns out John was in the hospital. I felt really bad after finding that out, but what can ya do?)

I had become close with Jenna (we made an alliance at merge since she asked and i can't be like "no"... ) and I made a Final 2 deal with Rudy! NOT having a Final 2 deal Season 1 is what screwed me, so when he offered it, I figured that I would take it.

Next round, people were unsure how to vote, so I planted the seed of Brad in their mind. Out of all of the people on the "other" side, I felt very close and like I would not get a vote from Rob, Jenna, or Kelly. However, I felt there was potential for me to get some from Brad, so I wanted him out.

Jenna won Immunity, and we took him out. However, people (especially Ibe) are paranoid about the Idol, and I found out he voted for Rob, which almost could have caused Rob to go instead of Brad.

I then became close with Rob, realizing we know each other from other games. He offered me an alliance, but I had to decline because I told him the honest trust which is that i'm already in one. I did, however, say I would give him a heads up or warn him if I heard the vote was for him.

At the next Immunity Challenge, Rudy won.

We needed to decide amongst the other three who should go. Overall, Jenna is definitely the biggest threat, so when people threw out the suggestion of her or Rob (and after I became close with Rob and he promised me a vote if I needed it), I said Jenna. Others agreed. Rudy said he promised not to vote her if she gave him the last Immunity, but I reminded him Sydney could self-vote and that people randomly threw votes out there last round because of the Idol so doing a throwaway vote could screw us over (I also told this to Ibe ).

I feel I have everyone's trust in this game. Which is in some ways good, and in other's bad. I'm on everyone's good side...for now, but if it comes down to the end and I screwed all these people--good game or not--it will be hard to get votes.

[Jeff Probst]

Finally I get to read Neleh's famous confessional again

[Neleh Dennis]

LOL. Not as entertaining as last time but I needed to do a quick update.

BTW, why way back then did you ask me if I was in any Big Brother games?

[Jeff Probst]

I just joined a few because I wanted to try something new so I wanted to see if you played in any of the ones I am in...I joined BB Duplicity and BB 11

[Neleh Dennis]

Nope, not in either of those. BB is my best kind of game though, better than Survivor...although i've gotten pretty good at both over time if I do say so myself.

[Neleh Dennis]

Sooo....Jenna was voted out and apparently hates me (which I guess I can understand, but I don't know why she still likes Yul and Ibe? Those two are too likable, they can't get to the end.) Meanwhile, Kelly was removed for going missing in the woods. I hope she didn't get murdered like Harper's Island or something.

Anyways, me and Rob C. have been talking a lot. I really like him!

And, in reality, if he doesn't win immunity this round, he's just going to be voted out.

BUT...that's unless I can do something about it.

I am pretty sure Ibe & Yul want to go to Final 2 together. Could be wrong, but a hunch.

Me and Rudy are also together, while Syd seems to be on the sidelines and people are waiting to take her out and give her fifth place.

Weeks ago maybe I would have agreed with this.

But, I love Rob, and I want to shake things up a little. This game has been too predictable and too easy for me (just like Season 1)--people are too willing to follow and not to lead.

So, maybe, if Rob doesn't win immunity, I'll give him the hidden immunity idol.

Then, we can take out my biggest threat, someone like Ibe.

Ibe is way likable, has played a good game, and tries to talk and be nice to everyone. I would feel superbad (not like the movie, but the emotion) getting him voted out with an idol as he told me last time he played he suffered the same fate. At the same time, I wouldn't really need the Idol next round as it would be most likely that Sydney would just be voted out, and in addition, I'm not sitting around waiting to get 3rd like last time. And i'm not sitting around waiting to be the runner-up to someone that was nice, either.

I thought I deserved to win the game in Morocco, since I developed the Social Butterflies alliance that controlled the whole game. This time, it's been pretty much my idea every time once again, and if I don't come out of All-Stars the winner, I'll be left with an empty feeling. This is the time I can make up for my loss (which should have been a win) in Season One, and it would make me more than happy to say I did it against the best of the best.

[Neleh Dennis]

Actually, since I've already told people I don't have the Idol, it would be more beneficial for me to give it to someone else like Rob or Syd to use in the coming rounds (and to get out someone threatening to my game) rather than use it myself. Although when I said I didn't have it it was to protect myself rather than to harm the gameplay of others, I wouldn't want people to peg me as a liar this late into the game after spending all that time gaining their trust.

[Jeff Probst]

Let me know if you decide to give the idol to someone else

[Neleh Dennis]

Well, I don't have to now.

But I might at Final 5.