What time is Big Brother tonight is the question, but the bigger Week 1 update is that Mallory Aurichio won the first Power of Veto in Big Brother 28. Dee Valladares now has to name a replacement nominee before Thursday’s live eviction.
Mallory Aurichio and the veto
Mallory Aurichio, Taylor Brown, and Yash Patel were the three Week 1 nominees, and Dee Valladares put that group on the block before the veto competition. Barrett Pfeiffer and Melody Morris were selected to play alongside Dee Valladares and the nominees, then Mallory took the veto after the live feeds returned.
“MALLORY HAS WON THE FIRST POWER OF VETO OF #BB28!” Mallory posted after the result landed, and that single outcome changes the rest of the Week 1 eviction setup. A nomination win in this position does not settle the block; it forces the Head of Household and the house to deal with a fresh replacement decision instead of the original lineup.
Dee Valladares’ Week 1 call
Dee Valladares was targeting Mallory Aurichio for eviction, but Mallory won the veto and changed the board before the week could be settled. Dee and Kamu Kirk had already agreed that Mallory should be evicted, and Kamu told Dee, “Taylor holds nothing against her.”
Jason De Puy and Taylor Brown did not see Mallory as a threat, which makes the replacement choice more delicate than a routine swap. Dee has to decide whether to keep pressure on the same side of the house or pivot to a nominee who changes the eviction math without reopening the same fight.
A Week 1 pattern in Big Brother
Ashley Hollis offers the clearest cautionary example in the available facts: she was on the block in Week 1 and still won $750,000. She wrote, “You can be on the block week 1… and ALSO be the target… and STILL win $750,000 BABYYY,” which is the kind of reminder that early-week targeting does not always stick.
For this week’s players, the immediate issue is narrower than season-long strategy. Dee must name the replacement nominee, and that choice will decide whether the eviction vote stays on Mallory’s side of the board or shifts into a new block configuration before Thursday’s live eviction.
