Chima Simone, a contestant Big Brother season 11, has quit the show.

Chima is truly an exotic beauty. She is a smart and savvy woman who works as an independant journalist. Being an army brat who has learned over the years to adapt to different environments and different situations, I thought she was going to go all the way.

She was a very strong competitor and I thought she had a real shot at winning the whole deal but last night, during a black-out in the live feeds, Chima had a melt-down and decided to give up her shot at the grand prize.

Now it could just be that Chima is concerned about her Mom. Chima’s mother has not been in the best of health and this is an issue that has been preying on her mind during her stay in the Big Brother house.

Now controversy is no stranger in the Big Brother house. After all, that’s the entire point of the show is to put people from disparate backgrounds together in a claustrophobic situation and watch what happens! Chima Simone, has been a controversial contestant from the beginning. Being a journalist, Chima applied her investigative skills to her situation and came up with the idea that the show . . . get this . . .is rigged! She accused the producers of rigging the competition. She deliberately threatened to disrupt the entire show and called out the network as having the audacity to pre-select the winner of the competition and rigging the shows ultimate outcome.

In addition, she has allegedly made some racist comments toward another cast member, a Lebanese gentleman by the name of Russell, who she repeatedly called a terrorist during the broadcast.

So what exactly went down? Chima was nominated alongside her ally Natalie by Michelle, the current HOH. Producers suspected that Chima might react badly and were pre-recording the episode in case of some issue arising.

So Chima, Kevin, Lydia and Natalie were in the backyard practicing for the upcoming Veto competition when the producers informed Chima that she needed to put her microphone on. Of course this is standard practice in the Big Brother House because if the contestants don’t keep their microphones on at all times, we can’t hear them, can we? Well, apparently Chima had a difference of opinion with the producers and popped the the finger. She was essentially telling the Big Brother producers to go to hell. Kevin, trying to be helpful, brought Chima over her microphone, so what does she do? She tossed the damn thing in the jacuzzi! Now as we all know, electronics and water are not a good mix. The microphone was kaput!

Shortly after the microphone incident, the live feeds blacked out. Now this is not during the regular time when the show is on the prime-time networks, this was during the time when Showtime broadcasts their extremely popular “Big Brother After Dark” which they have slotted for three hours every night while the show is in progress.

At any rate, there are live feeds watching the people in the Big Brother house 24/7 and there are millions of subscribers who actually watch the show 24/7 during these live feeds! So the live feed was interrupted for 90 minutes while Big Brothers producers tried to reason with Chima.

The producers told Chima that the cost of the microphone she destroyed would be deducted from the stiped each of the contestants receive during their stay at the Big Brother house. According to Twitter user Tracy Ellis (‘ladyace67’), Chima exploded! She flipped out and told the Big Brother producers where they could stick their microphones and summarily quit the show! Tracy also reported that Natalie and Lydia almost left the show with Chima but the producers were able to successfully calm the situation down.

So what’s next at the Big Brother house? Well, apparently, the next episode was supposed to be a double elimination show but now that Chima has quit, that will be up in the air. Chima will also not be allowed to participate in the Jury sessions so her spot will have to be filled with a previously evicted contestant or perhaps the producers will allow America to vote for her slot.

The episode on August 16th will end with Chima being nominated so people who don’t subscribe to the live feeds will have to wait until the August 18th episode to find out what exactly transpired.