Big Brother elimination odds: Rome Seymour is Week 2's biggest target

The Big Brother house will lose another houseguest tonight, and Kalshi traders believe Rome Seymour is the most likely to go.

Kalshi's Week 2 eviction market gives Rome a 63% chance of leaving the house, followed by Jason De Puy at 39% and Melody Morris at 4%.

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The pickleball coach from Traverse City, Mich., is up for eviction alongside Melody and Jason on tonight's episode. All three will first compete in the BB Block Buster competition, with the winner earning immunity. The remaining two will face a vote from their fellow houseguests.

Rome has never been shy about his competitive streak. He told People in a preseason preview that he's the "most competitive person I've ever met." He added that while he sees himself as a hero, "a lot of other people in the house are going to see me as a villain, just because I'm so competitive that I want to win and I talk a lot of trash."

Adam Graham of The Detroit News reported that Devens executed a classic backdoor play: he deliberately left Rome off the initial nomination block to limit his chances of competing in the Power of Veto competition. Once Devens won the veto himself, he used it to remove Lyric Medeiros from the block and named Rome as the replacement nominee.

Devens faced a choice between pulling Lyric or Melody off the block, and Rome's budding romance with Lyric was a factor, but not the only one. Per The Bergen Record's Lori Comstock, Lyric lobbied hard for herself, telling Devens she needed to distance her game from Rome's and promising not to nominate him if she won Head of Household. The pitch worked.

Melody had her own advocates. Big Brother alum Angela Murray argued that keeping Melody on the block would help fracture the Rome-Lyric showmance, and Drew Campbell also pushed for her removal, but those conversations backfired. The more Drew campaigned for Melody, Comstock reported, the more Devens grew suspicious of their relationship and began to see keeping Melody on the block as the better move for his game.

Dee Valladares leads the season winner market, though the field remains tight. Dee is traders' pick to win at 18%, followed by Drew Campbell at 11% and Barrett Pfeiffer at 8%.

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