BIG Brother star Isaiah ‘Zae’ Frederich was voted out of the house tonight in the shocking’s first eviction of season 27.
The early exit came just after the salesperson, who’s a self-described “meathead,” was caught saying an offensive slur on the CBS live feeds for Big Brother.
The. 23-year-old, who currently resides in Paducah, KY, was put up on the chopping block this week by ally Vince Panaro.
The plan was for Zae, who is one of the strongest men in the house, to win the Power of Veto over Ashley Hollis – the one the guys were targeting to send home.
However, their plan came to a crashing halt after Ashley won the Power of Veto during the challenge and therefor, took herself off the chopping block.
She was replaced Kelley Jorgensen, who was also part of the boys’ alliance, and volunteered to be a “pawn” if Vince needed to put someone else up.
Facing elimination tonight was Zae, Kelley, and third nominee, Amy Bingham.
Thursday’s episode marked the first “BB Blockbuster” competition of the season.
The challenge involved the contestants scrambling a variety of messages to find certain objects.
Despite appearing to have the physical threat upper hand, Zae was not able to rise to the occasion and was beat out by Kelley.
Scoring the advantage for her victory, Kelley removed herself from the chopping block – leaving the votes up to Zae and Amy.
Ultimately, the group decided to send Zae packing in a vote of five to nine as the first evictee of season 27.
The entire group burst into tears when it was time to say ‘goodbye’ to Zae and bidded him a final farewell with an emotional group hug.
Although they just voted him out, they chanted his name as he exited the Big Brother to join host Julie Chen-Moonves on the live CBS stage.
He appeared to hold back tears as he sat down to talk about his brief experience with the longtime show host.
“Obviously this wasn’t my goal. I came into the house to compete and win. But that’s not how the cookie crumbles sometimes,” he said with a forced smile.
Julie then informed Zae that his closest ally in the house, Rylie Jeffries, was one of the people that voted to evict him.
“That does surprise me, wow. He told me he wanted to be final two with me. So that’s a surprise but everyone is playing their game and doing what’s best for them.
“I don’t judge the guy. I love him, I hope to see him outside of the house.
“He’s playing the game just like I am,” Zae told Julie in the post-elimination interview.
Zae’s elimination comes after controversy when he was caught using an offensive slur on the CBS live feeds.
