Big Brother 8 (American season)

Big Brother 8 is the eighth season of the US version of the reality TV-show Big Brother on CBS. The season was announced on February 1st, 2007. Julie Chen will return for this season as host. Alison Grodner and Rich Meehan have been announced as executive producers. Arnold Shapiro stepped down as producer following last season's All-Stars edition, but will serve as executive consultant on the show. Casting calls ran until May 5, 2007. A preview was shown on the The Early Show on July 5, 2007, the day of the premiere.

It has also been announced that CBS' cable/satellite premium network Showtime Too will carry a spinoff of the series called Big Brother: After Dark, which will air nightly live from 12 AM—3 AM (EDT). This program will feature house activity happening between those times, and will be edited only for slanderous statements and music copyrights.

It has also been confirmed that former houseguest and presenter of the online talk show, House Calls, Marcellas Reynolds, will not be returning to host the daytime chat show after CBS announced budget cuts, although his co-presenter, Gretchen Massey, will continue as host of the program. The program broadcasts live at cbs.com every weekday at 1PM (EST), where viewers call-in with questions and discussion about the show. On Fridays, the evicted houseguest will appear on the show.

Ratings

Big Brother 8 will air episodes three times a week, with shows airing Sundays at 8 PM (EDT), Tuesdays 9 PM (EDT), and Thursday 8 PM (EDT). The first episode premiered on July 5, 2007 with 7.44 million viewers (4.8/9 viewing audience), down from last year's 5.2/9 launch. However, the following show on Sunday did much worse in the ratings, scoring a 3.9/7 viewing figure. As with the previous seasons, live streaming video feeds are available for purchase through RealNetworks. All ratings are from Nielsen Media Research and Zap2it.

	Week 0 (Launch)	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Sunday	no show	6.05m 3.9/7
Tuesday	no show
Thursday	7.44m 4.8/9
Weekly average	7.44m 4.8/9	6.05m 3.9/7
Running average	7.44m 4.8/9	6.74m 4.4/8
Season average	6.75m 4.4/8

Chronology

Each week in the Big Brother house is summarized here. Entrances, tasks, competitions, and other noteworthy events for a particular week are noted.

Week 1	Entrances	On Day 1, eleven houseguests entered the Big Brother house. On Day 1, the nemeses — Dick, Dustin, and Jessica — entered the house via the Head of Household room before the other houseguests arrived.
	Events	The nemeses were able to watch, from an upstairs room via a TV monitor, the other houseguests without their knowledge for their first hours in the Big Brother house. Since they were unable to compete in the Head of Household competition, the nemeses were safe from nominations for the first week. As Head of Household, Kail nominated Amber and Carol for eviction. America's Player, Eric, was tasked by the viewing public "to reveal his soft side by making up a traumatic story about his past" and tell it to Kail.
	Competitions	On Day 1, Kail and Eric won the first Head of Household competition, then Dick, Dustin, and Jessica were given the choice to nominate one of the two for the position, and all agreed to vote Kail as Head of Household. The first food competition involved using their bodies to cover up in butter and then put it in a tub of popcorn. The team who got the most won food for the week, while the losers were put on slop. The red team (Amber, Carol, Dick, Dustin, Jen, Kail and Mike) got 77 pounds and the blue team (Daniele, Eric, Jameka, Jessica, Joe, Nick and Zach) got 37 pounds.
	Exits

Houseguests

The list of houseguests were announced during The Early Show on June 28, 2007. The twist this year is "Biggest Nemesis", as six of the Houseguests have moved into the house with their enemies, and have been revealed as Joe/Dustin (ex-boyfriends), Daniele/Dick (estranged daugther/father), and Carol/Jessica (ex-best friends).

Amber

Amber Tomcavage (maiden name Siyavus) is a 27-year-old cocktail waitress who works at Caesar's Palace casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is also a single mother. She describes herself as being very charming and able to get on people's good sides. Her biggest adversaries in the Big Brother house appear to be Danielle and Jen.

Carol

Carol Journey is a 21-year-old student from Lawrence, Kansas, born and raised in Haysville, Kansas. Carol attends the University of Kansas and is part of their dance team. She is the daughter of Kansas State Senator Phil Journey. Jessica and Carol were best friends as young teens, but had a falling out and went their separate ways. Her biggest enemy in the house is Jessica. She hopes to prove that a good person has the ability to win.

Daniele

Daniele Donato (born August 20, 1986) is a waitress from Huntington Beach, California. Dick is her estranged father, with whom she hadn't spoken in over two years before entering the house.

Dick

Dick Donato (born June 22, 1963) is a 44-year-old bar manager from Los Angeles, California. Daniele is his estranged daughter. Dick has claimed to be an acquaintance with numerous famous celebrities, one in particular being Cher, with whom he claims to have had dinner.. He has nicknamed himself "Evil Dick", and is not shy about his ability to manipulate women. He hopes to patch up things with Daniele in order to form an alliance.

Dustin

Dustin Erikstrup is a 22-year-old shoe salesman from Chicago, Illinois. Dustin and Joe used to be a couple, and had a bitter breakup. He prides himself in his abilities as a salesperson, and claims to be able to self himself quite well. His winning strategy involves repairing his relationship with former partner, Joe.

Eric

Eric Stein is a 27-year-old talent management assistant from New York, New York. He is "America's Player." His strategy is to win people over with his charisma and then turning against them. He claims that his biggest enemy in the house is himself.

Jameka

Jameka Cameron is a 28-year-old school counselor from Waldorf, Maryland. Says she has been around black people for 99% of her life. She has a temper, and those who get on her bad side may regret it.

Jen

Jen Johnson (born April 25, 1984) is a 23-year-old nanny from Beverly Hills, California. She is also a model. Her previous television appearances include the 2006 Lingerie Bowl.. She is also a self-proclaimed computer nerd, and she hopes to use her good looks to gain leverage in the house.

Jessica

Jessica Hughbanks (born December 22, 1985) is a 21-year-old Wichita State University student, Wichita Wild Indoor Football and Wichita Thunder dance team member from Haysville, Kansas. Jessica and Carol were best friends as young teens, but had a falling out and went their separate ways. Her strategy is to seem like she is dumb.

Joe

Joe Barber is a 23-year-old receptionist from Chicago, Illinois. Joe and Dustin used to be a couple, and had a bitter breakup after Joe claimed that he received gonorrhoea from Dustin. His biggest enemy in the house is Dustin, and he hopes to gain leverage by bringing out Dustin's real personality.

Kail

Kail Harbick is a 37-year-old business owner from McKenzie Bridge, Oregon who works as a real estate agent for Prudential Financial. In addition to her estate business, she and her husband own a bar in Blue River, Oregon. A devout fan of Big Brother, Kail had previously applied for the show twice before this season.. She says that half of her hometown works for her, and she hopes to win through the power of Christ.

Mike

Mike Dutz is a 26-year-old painting contractor and BMG model from Three Lakes, Wisconsin. He also appeared on the Bravo show "Gay, Straight or Taken?".

Nick

Nick Starcevic (born March 26, 1982) is a 25-year-old former college American football player from Kimball, Minnesota, and was once crowned MTV's "Spring Break King" while on vacation in Cancun. He played college football at the University of Minnesota, Crookston, and spent time playing football for a Finnish team in a European league. Nick has admitted performing oral sex on another man, and that his father thought he was gay until he was 21-years-old, because he didn't have any steady girlfriends.

Zach

Zach Swerdzewski is a 30-year-old graphic designer from Burbank, California, and owns a company called Dolphin Crash.. His strategy is to focus on the money and not the girls.

Big Brother House

The houseplan of the Big Brother 8 house.

House pictures were released on June 27, 2007. The house has an Alice in Wonderland theme and contains an oversized bedroom and a small bedroom. The small bedroom features a very small doorway and five beds which are only five feet long, while the oversized bedroom features shoulder-height beds and enormous drawers which need a ladder to reach. The backyard contains animal shaped topiaries and a spinning teacup, while the bathroom's shower features a showerhead shaped like a lion's head.

Big Brother interactive

This year Canadian Broadcast network, Global TV, will be introducing an interactive Two-Screen Solutions game on their website, Big Brother 'In The House'. Viewers will be able to make real-time predictions as well as answer trivia and instant recall questions while watching the show. Example, "Who will be nominated?" or "Which HouseGuests will kiss this episode?". The Big Brother fan with the most points each week will win a TV and the fan with the most points throughout the season will win tickets to the wrap party.

America's Player

At the end of each show (starting July 8), Eric, "America's Player," is asked to complete a task that America decides ranging from sharing a secret all the way to who Eric should vote to evict, and for every five tasks Eric can complete, he is rewarded with $10,000. The table below contains each task and details about it.

	Date	Description	Options	America's Choice	Status
Task #1	Tuesday, July 8, 2007	To share an intimate story with a housemate	All 13 Houseguests		Pending

Voting history

The following is a table showing how each housemate voted to evict throughout his of her time in the house. Twists to the normal nominations process are noted, such as immunity from nomination and eviction (referred to as "exempt") and double evictions.

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Results
Head of Household	Kail
Nominations (pre-veto)	Amber Carol
Veto Winner
Nominations (post-veto)
Amber	Nominated
Carol	Nominated
Daniele
Dick	Exempt
Dustin	Exempt
Eric
Jameka
Jen
Jessica	Exempt
Joe
Kail	Head of Household
Mike
Nick
Zach
Nomination note	See note 1
Evicted

Template:Fnb As the nemeses, Dick, Dustin, and Jessica were not able to participate in the Head of Household competition, and for this reason they were exempt from eviction. However, they were able to view the competition and selected Kail to win as she and Eric were the two finalists in the game.

Related Articles

• Big Brother: After Dark

External links

• CBS Official Site
• Global Official Site