>>212504771
they can influence the game from the diary room, a "private" room where HGs can give their thoughts to the camera, but also where producers can talk to contestants 1-on-1

here's an example:
>bb21
>christie is HOH and part of a big alliance
>kemi is a black woman who has torpedo'd her own game by playing too hard
>christie wants to target and evict kemi
>internet flips out, calls her racist, etc
>christie gets called to DR
>comes out of DR sobbing
>saying everyone's gonna think she's racist
>she can't possibly do that to poor Kemi
>targets someone else instead