Playing a good game up until this point, Johnny Colatruglio stole the hearts of many of his houseguests, forming a bromance with one in particular that sent the viewing public into a frenzy!
Now though he has found himself as the fifth evictee, but luckily for him he's just made the mark through his eviction in being included in a challenge that could send him straight back into the Big Brother Canada house.
Before that though we got the chance to put some questions to Johnny about his experience so far - find out what he had to say below!
Now that you know you have a chance to re-enter the Big Brother Canada house, how will your game change if you return?
So I think I was playing a really social game going into this house and I thought I was getting around and talking to people and playing strategy, but I think my one flaw was that I put all my eggs in one basket when it came to an alliance, and that was my alliance of six with Zach, with Brittnee, with Sarah, with Kevin and with that group of people, and I think that my downfall was that I wasn't really playing social and talking a lot of game with all of the people. Maybe had I been moving around and talking with some of those people on the other side and maybe some of those Chop Shoppers, then maybe I wouldn't have been such an early target for them.
At the same time obviously I was a big threat for them because I was a huge target, and so I need to figure out a way that I can go back in there, knowing the information that I know, and blow up what's going on. Blow up the Chop Shop and their entire game and see if I can pick up the pieces and the remnants of the people that are left over in order to position myself in the game moving forward.
Who do you think is going to be your biggest threat in the First Five challenge?
In the First Five challenge my biggest threat is definitely gonna be my girl Naeha, she has fire. She has just as much fire as I do to go in that house, so the two of us are going to give it all we've got in order to get back in that house. But, I'm not discrediting Graig, that guy's a pro-athlete, he's super athletic, who knows what this competition is gonna be? It's gonna be a crazy showdown on Sunday night's episode, and who knows what could happen? Sindy also, she's done really well in competitions, she won the first Veto, killed it in the Wall To Wall endurance competition, so she's gonna be a risk as well. I mean, the only person I'm not really concerned about is Risha unfortunately. She's so high maintenence, I don't know if that girl's gonna be able to handle what they throw at us.
If you are successful in gaining that spot back, who will you be aligning with in the house?
This is such a tough question because I'm just finding out now everything that was going on behind-the-scenes in the house. Being in sequester with the other four people that were eliminated and gaining their knowledge of what's happening in the game is so much and it's all coming to me. So really I think the crucial part if I'm going back in the house is that, I need to figure out who I can trust, and going out of the house there was certainly not many people I could trust. And so there was people on the outside of this Chop Shop alliance - which is definitely, I would say moving strong - there's people who are sort of playing both sides and are sort of aligned with everyone.
Someone like Zach is sitting perfectly in the middle of the Chop Shop alliance, now he's got this whole little couples thing going on with Ashleigh, and Kevin and Pili, which is the likely reason that I feel like Kevin has drifted away from me and sort of aligned himself with those folks there.
Going back into the house, I would try to align, as oddly as this is gonna sound, I'm gonna wanna try to get Kevin back on my side. I think Kevin is key. He's a competition beast, he's got Pili with him, Pili's connected to Ashleigh who's a Chop Shopper, but I feel like I was working Ashleigh towards the end and really making some doubt in her mind about Zach because, you know, he was kind of throwing her under the bus and kinda blaming that the reason I was going home was on Pili and Ashleigh - she didn't like that.
So Kevin, Ashleigh definitely. I think JP is such a super fan, and knowing the information that I know about the Chop Shop and knowing he wasn't a part of it, I think that is gonna be super crucial in my game to exploit. If I go to JP and I tell him all this info now about the Chop Shop and everything that everyone has been saying, I think I can pull JP in and who knows where we can go? So definitely Kevin, definitely JP and I mean, my girl Sarah's still in that house, I love her to piece, so if she's still there, you know that's someone I'm gonna gravitate to as well.
Who from the First Five do you hope gains their spot back if not you?
I'm gonna gun so hard for this so all I wanna say is that it's definitely gonna be me, I'm going back in that house, I don't care what anyone says, I'm prepared to do whatever it takes to win. You wanna shave my head? You wanna take away the $100,000 prize? I don't even care, I'm gonna go back in.
But, if it's not me, Naeha has to go back in this house. She will blow the lid off. We're all gonna blow the lid off when we go back in. Anyone who's in that Chop Shop alliance should watch out, especially Zach, we are gonna call him out on the spot and watch for the drama that unfolds when we blow up his game and blow up everyone's game. But if it's not me it definitely has to be my girl Naeha, she's gonna go in there and kill it, but she better watch out because I'm bringing it this Sunday.
What do you think you could have done differently this week to save yourself from eviction?
This is tough. I worked it so hard this week to try to stay in the house. I knew I was gonna be a target the minute I saw that Bruno won the HoH. I knew it was gonna be an uphill battle, and when the Power of Veto played out the way it did and when I had zero hope of winning that competition because it was me versus the house essentially, I knew that I had to work whatever I possibly had.
The Gummy Bear strategy session with Sarah and I, we started to have the conversation and she started to reveal that she was hoping to flip on the supposed people that we had been working with and move to the other side of the house with Bruno and company. So, I heard that and I thought to myself: 'Hm. I could actually use this and maybe leverage this to lock in the five votes that I need to stay'.
The five votes I was hoping to get were the couples, so Kevin and Pili, Zach and Ashleigh and of course Zach's wingman JP, who I'm now coming to realise has sort of been on the outside of his initial alliance, so who knows where JP really stands with things?
So what could I have done differently? I don't really know if there was anything I could have done differently. I did everything I could possibly do to stay in the game. I sold out Sarah with the Gummy Bear Alliance to Zach and Ashleigh to try to leverage myself, to try to convince them that I was worth keeping and that I was 100% on their side. I don't know if there's much more I could have done.
I could have I guess blown up in front of everyone. I don't know if that would have been good for my game, especially not with me having the chance to go back in, but I did plant a lot of seeds of doubts on my way out, especially with Ashleigh, especially with Pili, so those people could be a chink or a crack in that Chop Shop alliance, especially with Ashleigh, and I think JP is gonna be key going back in to crack as well.
Why do you think Bruno targetted you and put you on the block?
I think that Bruno targetted me because, 1), I wasn't in his Chop Shop alliance and obviously that meant I was a threat. Bruno was scared of me, especially scared of me once Naeha was gone. Naeha was the number one target, they felt so threatened by her, she was a competition beast, she was such a good player, such a strategist, and because I was tied with Naeha and because I was so close to her in the house, that automatically grouped me into the target with her. The minute Naeha left, they were paranoid about me, they knew I was strong in physical competitions, they knew I was playing a good social game, so I think he targetted me for those reasons and also, I mean, Graig and I butted heads in the house, we had our little blowout. I was a target of Graig's, and so I mean, it's just natural for Bruno who was with Graig and so close with him to wanna continue to go after me, and at the end of the day, Bruno called me out, I would have totally put him on the block this week. He's just doing... we have to target each other at this point. We were on opposite sides, he was my target, I was his target, it just is what it is and that's how the game works sometimes.
Fans have seen you and Kevin get really close in the house, is this a friendship that's gonna continue when all is said and done? And who else would you like to keep in touch with outside the house?
I love my Kevvy Wevvy to pieces, he's my boy. We spent so much time together, I loved getting to know him, such a great guy. Of course we're gonna stay friends outside this house, I love him to pieces. I can't wait to go to Calgary and hang out with him and all the Calgary people for that matter.
I don't think there's anyone in this house that I wouldn't stay in touch with, I mean aside from possibly Godfrey. Can't stand the guy. Sleeps all day and that dude's gonna sleep his way to the final two if we're not careful. He's boring, I can't seem to connect with him, everything he says, it all seems like a lie, who knows where that guy's heads at? The things he talks about - talking about raccoons? This guy's crazy, I don't even know where to start with Godfrey. He's probably the only one that I may not stay in touch with, but everyone else I would love to stay in touch with them, I can't wait to hang out with them on the outside of the house and really get to know them apart from this game.
Which houseguest do you hope will be sixth out the door?
I hope that Zach is walking out that door sixth. Zach is playing an amazing game right now. He's really positioned himself in the middle of the Chop Shop alliance, he's kind of got this couples thing going on that he's in-between. He's kind of good with everyone. There's no-one in the house right now, I would think, that would target Zach, knowing what I know about the Chop Shop and everything.
Really, I mean Sarah is the only one that possibly could target Zach at this point, and her back is really against the wall. With me gone and B playing and floating between both sides, you don't really know where she's gonna stand, so I think Sarah's on her own. So Zach is definitely the person that I hope is sixth out the door. He's playing a great game but we need to blow him up, blow up his game in front of the entire house and hopefully send him packing.
Make an early prediction - who will make it to the final three?
This is such a tough question, there's still so much of the game to be had and so much of the game to be played. I like to think that no matter who goes back into the house, we are gonna blow things up and that Chop Shop is gonna be done and over with.
That being said I really hope JP is in the final three. He's such a super fan, he knows what he's doing, he understands the game very well. Again he's gonna be super crucial for anyone going back in the game. Despite the fact that he's close with Zach, once he really understands what's going on, he could definitely be a person that's really gonna flip the house and really pull in some people.
As much as Kevin betrayed me and deceived me and targetted me in the Power of Veto competition, I love the guy to pieces, I really hope that Kevin can pull through. I know that he's good in competitions. I know that once he's got some leverage or something to work with, it's possible Kevin can go really far.
And at the end of the day I hate to say it, Bruno, The Godfather, whatever you wanna call him! He's playing a really good game and he's calling the shots with the Chop Shop. With that being said if Bruno continues the way he does, Zach's a huge target, Bobby's a huge target, Bruno kind of blends into the background, and if he can get that far in the game and make it all the way to the end, he stands a good shot at winning, so I'm gonna say Bruno could possibly dodge a couple bullets this week with some bigger people being in front of him, like Zach or Bobby.
Who do you hope walks away with the cash prize, if not you?
The cash prize! Again there is so much game to be played. As a super fan of the show, I know that I would as a juror want to vote for the person that has played the best game, and there's still so much game to be had. This is a crucial week going into the house. The line has sort of been drawn in the sand and there have been people who have been sitting pretty in the middle and I don't know if that's possible anymore. It's definitely not gonna be possible when one of us First Five re-enters that house and starts blowing stuff up. The lid is gonna blow on the house and we're gonna do whatever we can to shake things up. So at this point, I don't know who's gonna walk home with the cash prize. It's so hard to predict! Stay tuned I guess because once things go down it might be a little apparant where everyone's gonna stand and how things might play out the remainder of the season.
Big Brother Canada continues Sunday night on Global with the First Five challenge, at 7pm ET/PT.
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