By: John Powell – GlobalTV.com

There is a new alliance brewing in the Celebrity Big Brother house and it could flip the entire game.

Shannon Elizabeth and James Maslow could be joining forces and turning on their former alliances.

Working out together in the gym, Shannon and James hatched their plan.

Shannon claimed she had been running many scenarios with many other houseguests and part of that plan is saving him.

“I am getting a lot of resistance,” said Shannon.

“My whole game, if I had a game coming into this, was playing it like a normal season, which it is not. What I mean by that is…I need to keep my word with whomever I decide to play with,” said James.

Shannon reminded James he has made promises with Metta World Peace and Mark McGrath. That is part of the problem.

James maintained those alliances are “loose”.

“There is no official alliance,” said James while also pointing out that Metta just doesn’t get the game at all.

Shannon fears getting backdoored. James insisted he would protect her from that if they teamed up.

“It is kinda news to me that you are rooting for me,” said a surprised James.

“Let me be honest with you, it didn’t start out that way,” Shannon admitted.

James wishes they had come together sooner.

“The reason why it will work is because nobody will be expecting me to work with you,” he laughed.

Shannon explained she is tired of being viewed as the “puppet master” when Keshia Knight Pulliam is the one pulling so many strings. She revealed that as the POV (Power of Veto) winner, Keshia wanted her to use the Veto on Chuck Liddell so Keshia could put up Mark just to scare him.

“Well, thank you for not doing that,” said a grateful James.

Shannon sent up Ross Mathews to speak to James about the plan.

James told him that the new alliance would be himself, Ross and Shannon as the final three. Everyone else except for Metta, Keshia and Omarosa Manigault would be the dispensable members and Chuck would be voted out.

“I think I have been playing a specific way and it would be an abrupt change of direction. It is appealing but I need to think about it,” said Ross before leaving the gym to contemplate the new alliance.

The three night premiere of Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight with a live 2-hour eviction show on Global.

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The schedule for the series is as follows:

Friday, Feb. 9
8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT : (2-Hour Episode)

Sunday, Feb. 11
8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT

Monday, Feb. 12
8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT

Wednesday, Feb. 14
8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT

Friday, Feb. 16
8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT: (2-Hour Episode)

Sunday, Feb. 18
8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT

Monday, Feb. 19
8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT

Wednesday, Feb. 21
8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT

Friday, Feb. 23
8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT: (2-Hour Episode)

Saturday, Feb. 24
8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT

Sunday, Feb. 25
8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT : Finale

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