Now that you West Coasters have caught up, let’s spill the beans for the rest of the world.
The Donatos are your final two in Big Brother 8.
In a season based on “frenemies,” in which the gap between father and daughter started as gaping but progressed to virtually nothing, Dick and Daniele teamed up to be unstoppable. After a Round 2 win by father E.D., Dick beat Zach 3 to 2 in a game of wits to win Round 3 of the HoH competition.
Of course, he ousted Zach, leaving father and daughter in the final two.
Julie Chen revealed that America’s Player Eric had one task left to do — to persuade the other sequestered house members to vote either for Dick or Daniele and then to cast his vote based on our wishes.
And I’ll be brutally honest. Dick Donato 100 percent, 100 billion percent deserves to win this game.
I was never crazy about the guy, but his ability to perform when needed and agitate the rest of the time truly made him not only the best player in this house, but right beside Will Kirby as the greatest player the American version of this series has ever seen.
Think about it. Sure, Daniele won several competitions throughout, but Dick paved the way for her romance and alliances to move forward without injury. He was the bad cop to her good cop, and that he survived in and of itself was a miracle. Of course, it helps when you can come through in the clutch as he did in the second week by winning HoH. As he did in winning a brief HoH a couple of weeks ago.
As he did tonight.
I’ll be honest again. I wanted Zach to win this bugger at the end. His out-of-nowhere, when-it-counted efforts were truly well done, and he’s gone from an afterthought in this game to a possible but still unlikely all-star once and if Big Brother does another.
Personally, I am not a fan of the Donatos in the least.
The scene with Zach and Dick on the pedestal, shaking and shivering from cold and pain, was the game’s best competitive moment of the season. However, I had more than a twinge of empathy for Dick, being the older guy, trying to hang in there for himself and his daughter. I’ve always said the biggest bullies are usually, dang it, the biggest softies.
I suspect we were all a bit wrong and a bit right about Dick. Both. I could care less that he “keeps it real” or that what he would do was “all strategy.” At this point, I just have to give this guy a tip of the cap for a truly, truly masterful game.
Many of us scoffed at the idea that he would become a Big Brother great at the start of the season. Heck, I was stunned he survived the second week. However, even if father and daughter plan to split the $550,000 they’ll collectively win, it would be a damned shame if Dick Donato isn’t crowned the winner.
I think the sequestered houseguests will agree. I think America will agree relative to Eric’s vote, and I predict Dick Donato will win this thing unanimously. 7 to 0.
Your thoughts?
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