Big Brother 15 aired its first live eviction episode of the season Wednesday night.

Head of Household: McCrae Olson

Nominees: David Girton, Elissa Slater & Jessie Kowalski

Other houseguests: Aaryn Gries, Amanda Zuckerman, Andy Herren, Candice Stewart, Gina Marie Zimmerman, Helen Kim, Howard Overby, Jeremy McGuire, Judd Daughtery, Kaitlin Barnaby, Nick Uhas and Spencer Clawson

The episode began in the aftermath of the Veto ceremony, in which McCrae took Candice off the block and put up Elissa. Candice was relieved to be safe while Elissa expressed her frustration over McCrae's decision.

Meanwhile, a "showmance" developed between Jeremy and Kaitlin, joining Aaryn and David as the second couple to hook up this season. The couple was seen kissing in multiple locations, confirming that feelings were developing between them.

Later, the Have-nots' week of only eating slop ended, and the houseguests were given a bottle of wine to share. Instead of waiting for everyone else, Aaryn convinced Jeremy to sneak the bottle into a room and drink it all themselves. After the other houseguests wondered where it went, Aaryn played dumb and Jeremy took the fall for it in a confrontational manner.

Amanda confronted them in the backyard and Jeremy shot her down by telling her to get used to the drama, since it was only week one. Helen cried in a confessional, saying she would never raise a boy to do such a hurtful thing, in reference to Jeremy.

Later, Amanda went up to McCrae's HOH room, crawled into bed and started flirting with him. Soon, the pair started kissing, making them yet another "showmance" pair. McCrae expressed his surprise at the unlikely pairing.

Various houseguests weighed the pros and cons of evicting either David or Elissa, with Amanda, Spencer and Nick agreeing that Elissa's popularity outside the house could propel her to win MVP every week, which is the kind of power to align with.

The live eviction vote came down to seven votes to evict David (Amanda, Andy, Helen, Howard, Judd, Nick and Spencer) and five votes to evict Elissa (Aaryn, Candice, GinaMarie, Jeremy and Kaitlin). David became the first person evicted from Big Brother 15, blindsiding his "showmance" partner, Aaryn.

After interviewing David, host Julie Chen introduced the second Head of Household competition, called "BB Barbecue". The houseguests were randomly paired up and Chen explained the rules: the first member of the partnership would fill their cup with barbecue sauce, head down a slippery trail to a hedge and pour the sauce into the second member's cup. That second member would then head down their own slippery trail and pour the sauce into a big jug. The first team to fill their jug would win the competition and then decide between themselves who the Head of Household would be.

The show ended with the competition still going; click here to find out who eventually won Head of Household.

The show did not mention the derogatory comments captured on the live feeds at any point during the episode.

Watch Wednesday night's episode here.

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