Recap - Big Brother 9, Episode 5

CBS does a poor job covering the biggest fight in Big Brother history, but does much better covering what is becoming known on the Internet as "Racegate." Besides these two controversies, this episode also has the live eviction of Parker and Jen and then the new HOH competition, which James and Chelsia win.

The episode starts out with a few of the houseguests talking about Amanda. Joshuah says "Her problem is her mouth." Chelsia tells "Amanda is doing a lot of gossiping," and Natalie says "She is looking for attention."

We see several of the Houseguests talking and Natalie is saying how Amanda's gossiping is annoying her. She tells everyone how Amanda had said that James was going to put her and Matt up if he won HOH. Natalie said "She's making stuff up." The conversation strikes a nerve with Chelsia, who goes outside to confront Amanda. Chelsia is upset that Amanda was going around saying things about James. Chelsia yells "James and I are a team, we are one." Amanda does not understand why Chelsia is mad at her because Amanda never mentioned Chelsia specifically. Amanda keeps yelling "Your name has never come out of my mouth." Chelsia gets heated and keeps yelling. Joshuah steps in to stir up the fighting. He cusses and screams at Amanda. Joshuah told Amanda "I think the whole house hates you!" as he splashes water at her and storms out of the hot tub and into the house.

The fight has moved away from the hot tub to next to the pool table. Alex tries to explain to Amanda how Chelsia has a right to be upset about what Amanda says about James. Alex yells "Chelsia and James are one!" He also tells her "Everyone hating on you affects me."