It's crunch time for the eviction target in the Big Brother 18 house, assuming, of course, he doesn't have the Round Trip ticket.

Head of Household: Victor Arroyo

Nominations: Corey Brooks and Paulie Calafiore

Other houseguests: James Huling, Michelle Meyer, Natalie Negrotti, Nicole Franzel and Paul Abrahamian

Nothing has changed in the Big Brother house as far as who's being evicted Thursday night. Paulie is expected to be evicted by a unanimous vote of 5-0 over Corey. However, Paulie still has hope that he might have the Round Trip ticket, which would send him right back into the house.

Paulie tried campaigning to Natalie again on Wednesday but it mostly fell on deaf ears. He has been insisting to her and James that he can be used as a "weapon" to go against big threats like Victor, but James and Natalie have mostly been ambivalent on the idea. Essentially, the damage has been done and there's no changing anybody's minds.

As such, Paulie has been banking on having the Round Trip ticket. He told Corey and Nicole that if he were to have the Round Trip ticket and he won HOH, he would nominate Paul and Victor, which he called the "obvious" nominations. He also said he would nominate James if either Paul or Victor won the Power of Veto. It seems that after weeks of targeting the girls in the house, he feels so betrayed by the other guys that they've moved up on his target list.

Later in the day, Corey and Paulie tried to court Michelle to their side. They advised her to join Corey and Nicole for next week and try to get out Victor, who might just comp-beast his way to the end. Michelle didn't really accept any offers and noted that Paulie wanted to go to the end of the game with strong players, which she fully admitted wouldn't have included her.

Thursday is a big night in the Big Brother house as it's the end of the "Round Trip" portion of the game. Will Paulie have the magic ticket? Is there another Battle Back being planned for the jury members?

Big Brother 18 airs another new episode Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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