And her graduation gift is $500,000!!!

That's right, our girl from Matthews went all the way, winning Big Brother 11. (She said spending time in the Big Brother house without her family made her feel like a grown-up.)

She beat Kevin in the final part of the HOH competition, then ousted him from the house. (She felt awful!)

And then, in the final vote, she won 5 to 2 with Jessie, Lydia, Michele, Jeff and America giving her their votes.

Dem's fighting words!

Our girl sweet Jordan went off when Russell, who was trying to mess with Jeff, got into it with Jordan, who sought to defend her man.

This confrontation followed an earlier shouting match in which Russell said that Jeff let his girlfriend fight his battles.

But in the second event, Russell was a bit more desperate to save himself from eviction, so he got more provocative. He called Jordan fat and said she should go eat cookie dough. It was on like popcorn.

We were live again, but I must say with Chima gone, the drama quotient was muted. (Did you read Chima's apology for calling Russell a 'terrorist'?
Did you know Russell was Lebanese-American? Is Chima really so important that she needs to release statements to clarify things?)

It's all about gamesmanship now.

Our girl Jordan had a good week as HOH; she put up Lydia and Natalie for eviction and, she said, took bubble baths each night, a method she prefers to showers.

And that wasn't the end of her power reign.

What's that?

A twist in the game in which one player secretly gets the power to replace one or two of the HOH's nominees for eviction.

I'm sorry if this writing this spoils your Tivo experience, but this is too important.

You know that our girl Jordan isn't manipulative. She's not cut-throat. Guile? Nope.

She needs help. If she keeps being made a pawn, she's going to go at some point. She needs power.

Imagine how fun it would be for Jordan to be the one who shakes things up.

Text the #4 to 81818. Or go to cbs.com to vote. You have until Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 11:59 p.m. But do it NOW.

You know for a minute there, it looked like she might go.

Laura, her pal and fellow potential evictee, wasn't going without a fight.

But in the end, our girl Jordan's sweetness was their weakness.

Bless her heart.

Our girl Jordan showed she may be sweet and she may be country, but she's got that Magnolia steel when she needs it.

Last night, she defended herself against a wave of crazy. And she plotted and schemed with the best of them.

But first...

It's a new season of "Big Brother" and the Chen-Bot is back with baby in utero.

Although, you'd barely notice when you first see our host Julie Chen, from the front, clad in all black. It's not just that she's hasn't picked up a lot of weight. It's that you probably were distracted by her dress, which is asymmetrical, shoulder-bearing, ruffled, dolman-sleeved, tiered, and has crystal buttons down the side. All at the same time.