‘Big Brother 25’ episode 37 recap: Who won the Final 5 Head of Household competition? [LIVE BLOG]

And then there were five. After the double evictions of Blue Kim and America Lopez, the remaining “Big Brother 25” houseguests competed in the Final 5 Head of Household competition to see who would win power for the week. Outgoing HOH Bowie Jane was not eligible to compete, but the others all duked it out in the backyard, with the ultimate winner going on to nominate two houseguests for eviction. So how did it all play out on Sunday night?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Big Brother” Season 25, Episode 37 recap/live blog to find out what happened Sunday, October 29 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Then be sure to sound off in the comment section about your favorite “BB25″ houseguests on CBS’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Big Brother” winners list. Julie Chen Moonves once again hosts the guilty pleasure series.

Here are the five houseguests still in the running to win the $750,000 grand prize: Bowie Jane, Felicia Cannon, Jag Bains, Matt Klotz and Cirie Fields. The jury house currently includes four people: Cameron Hardin, Cory Wurtenberger, Blue Kim and America Lopez.

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10:00 p.m. – “Previously on ‘Big Brother’!” In the 36th episode, Julie surprised the Top 7 with the news that they were about to take part in the second double eviction of Season 25. Up first, Blue was eliminated. Then Bowie won Head of Household and nominated America and Felicia. Matt prevailed in the Veto competition and opted not to use the medallion. Then the house voted unanimously to send America packing. How will this week’s HOH champion shake up the game? Let’s go!

10:03 p.m. – Having made it through another double eviction, the final five reflected on how they got there. In flashbacks, we got to see Felicia spill the beans to Blue that she was Jag’s target and they’d all be voting her out. Thirty minutes before the eviction, Blue spoke to Jag and he admitted to the plan being revised because he didn’t trust that she wouldn’t target him eventually. Jag, Matt and Blue all hugged it out with Blue being up front that she would have come for them. Then, mere minutes before the live show started, Blue went to Cirie to tell her that she figured out her and Jared’s secret and out of respect and love for Jared she kept the secret.

10:07 p.m. – When Bowie won the double eviction HOH, she had meetings with everyone in the storage room. In those conversations, Bowie told America she was going up, but would be safe, and then Bowie told Felicia the same thing. Once again Felicia was the pawn because of the deals other players had made with everyone else. Matt’s POV win gave both America and Felicia a chance to argue their case to someone new, but Matt remained committed to following through with the final three deal he had made with Jag and Bowie. Matt also wanted to maintain his and Jag’s deal to go to the final four with Felicia and Cirie so he had to keep noms the same. In a moment when Jag and Matt were talking privately, America told Cirie, Felicia and Bowie that “they’re gonna win” and “I’ve seen this a million times,” suggesting that the way the guys are playing by dominating challenges and controlling the votes is textbook for them to win.

10:16 p.m. – A full day before the eviction, Jag questioned Matt about how Felicia told him Cirie said Matt is trying to get Jag out. Matt confirmed Jag’s suspicion that it was just them trying to get between them, but privately it showed Matt that Cirie went to Felicia with a conversation he didn’t think she would. Fittingly, Matt told Cirie that Felicia went to Jag with that information and so Cirie’s solution was to throw Felicia right back under the bus.

10:19 p.m. – Feeling freshly confident off of his second Power of Veto win during the double eviction, Matt was confident that he’s done enough in the game to beat Jag in the end so he was second guessing his thoughts about needing to take him out before the final.

10:20 p.m. – For the Head of Household competition, everyone except Bowie competed to be the last standing in a game of rolling balls across a platform where each player had to declare a target and knock down one of their targets. Jag went for Felicia first, but missed. Felicia went for Jag first, but missed. Matt went for Felicia first, but missed. Cirie went for Jag first, and hit his target. In the second round, Felicia got one of Matt’s paddles down and Cirie got another of Jag’s. In the third round, Cirie switched things up and went for Felicia’s paddle because she was worried that anyone would know her target.

10:30 p.m. – In the fifth round, Jag was able to knock Felicia’s third and final paddle down, eliminating her from contention. In the seventh round, Cirie knocked Jag’s third and final paddle down, narrowing the comp down to just herself and Matt. But in that same round, Matt took Cirie’s last paddle down and earned his first HOH for himself and his “Minutemen” alliance.

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