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Big Brother 14 (American season)

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Template:Big Brother housemates Big Brother 14 is the 14th season of the American reality television series Big Brother that premiered on July 12, 2012 on CBS.[1] The show is produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment. The show is shown in standard definition.

Production

Big Brother 14 is produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment with Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan returning as executive producers. This season was announced on the same day as the finale of Big Brother 13 in a press release issued from CBS.[2][3] Casting for Big Brother 14 began during the finale of Big Brother 13. This is the first season to use an online application process and to have a dedicated casting website like Big Brother UK.[4][5] Applicants are required to make a three-minute video then use a form to submit it to the producers with a current picture.[6] Applications and video submissions were due on May 11, 2012. Applicants chosen to be a finalist went to Los Angeles, where they were narrowed down to a pool of 40 finalists.[7] Open casting calls were held by the producers where they visited New Orleans, Los Angeles, New York City, Charleston, Odessa, Dallas, Miami, Cincinnati, Boise, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Louisville, Boston, Champaign and Phoenix.[7] On June 4, 2012, Robyn Kass, casting director for Big Brother, revealed on her Twitter that all semi-finalists were contacted.[8]

The first television advertisements hinting this season's twist first aired June 17, 2012 on CBS. This season is being slated to promote a "super sized" season, indicating the most HouseGuests entering to date and four huge surprises to be revealed on the premiere, being the four ex-HouseGuests competing as mentors.[9] By July 2, 2012, several media outlets such as CBS.com and Yahoo! TV[10] officially released house photos. The season's main House theme is the 80's and "Tokyo Pop". The overall layout of the house remained the same as to recent previous seasons, in addition to various refurbishments to the appliances and a new paint job in the backyard. The room containing Pandora's Box had been replaced this season with a dual-HoH bedroom that was shared with the winning HoH's coach up until the feature was disabled when the coaches entered the game as regular players. The HouseGuests moved into the House on July 7, 2012.[2][3]

Format

HouseGuests were sequestered in the Big Brother House with no contact to or from the outside world. Each week, the HouseGuests took part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries, and power in the House. The winner of the weekly Head of Household competition was immune from nominations and nominated two fellow HouseGuests for eviction. After a HouseGuest became Head of Household, he or she was ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. The winner of the Power of Veto competition won the right to save one of the nominated HouseGuests from eviction. If the Veto winner exercised the power, the Head of Household then nominated another HouseGuest for eviction.

On eviction night, all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees vote to evict one of the two nominees.[11] This compulsory vote was conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room by the host Julie Chen. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household cast the deciding vote, announcing it in front of the other HouseGuests.[12] Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the HouseGuests may discuss the nomination and eviction process openly and freely.[11] The nominee with the greater number of votes will be evicted from the House on the live Thursday broadcast, exiting to an adjacent studio to be interviewed by Chen.[12] HouseGuests may voluntarily leave the House at any time and those who break the rules may be expelled from the house by Big Brother.[13][14] The final seven HouseGuests evicted during the season will vote for the winner on the season finale. These "Jury Members" will be sequestered in a separate house and will not be allowed to watch the show except for competitions and ceremonies that include all of the remaining HouseGuests. The jury members will not be shown any Diary Room interviews or any footage that may include strategy or details regarding nominations.[15] This season was the first to have two double eviction nights. It was also the first to have two vetos at one veto ceremony.

In a change from past seasons, four former HouseGuests from past seasons of Big Brother returned to coach the new HouseGuests during their time in the House. Each coach had to pick three of the new HouseGuests that they will guide throughout the entire game. When a HouseGuests wins Head of Household the coach of that Housemate will also gain their own private room adjacent to the Head of Household bedroom. The coaches compete in a new competition that replaces Have vs. Have-Not competition for the season. The winning coach is granted the power to give one of their players immunity for the week or to trade one of their players for a player from another team. Depending on the rules of the coach's competition, each coach then has to chose one of their own players to become a "Have Not" for the week or the winning coach has the opportunity of choosing all of the "Have Nots". HouseGuests that are chosen to be "Have Nots" for the week had to eat "Big Brother slop" and a weekly food restriction (chosen by the viewing public), take cold showers, and sleep on hard beds. The coaches were ineligible to win the $500,000 grand prize and the $50,000 runner-up prize but instead were to be awarded a separate $100,000 prize if one of their chosen HouseGuests had won Big Brother. However, on Week 3, America sealed the fate of the coaches' status in the game, and the coaches voted whether to keep coaching or reset their status. Three of four votes were to reset the game, and all coaches earned HouseGuest status, now eligible to win the $500,000 grand prize.

HouseGuests

A total of sixteen HouseGuests will compete, the same number of HouseGuests competing in Big Brother 9. On July 4, 2012, four television advertisements were released throughout the day, revealing eleven names of the HouseGuests to be competing in this season of Big Brother.[16] The full cast of twelve HouseGuests were revealed on July 5,[17] with four returning HouseGuests being revealed during the season premiere on July 12. An original twelfth HouseGuest revealed in the ads, Mike, was pulled off the final casting list for unknown reasons and was replaced by Joe.

Name Age on entry Occupation Residence [17]
Ashley Iocco 26 Entrepreneur West Hollywood, California
Danielle Murphree 23 Nurse Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Frank Eudy 28 Unemployed Naples, Florida
Ian Terry 21 Engineering Student New Orleans, Louisiana
Jenn Arroyo 37 Musician Brooklyn, New York
Jodi Rollins 42 Restaurant Server Calipatria, California
Joe Arvin 41 Chef Schererville, Indiana
JoJo Spatafora 26 Bartender Staten Island, New York
Kara Monaco 29 Model Los Angeles, California
Shane Meaney 26 House Flipper Bennington, Vermont
Wil Heuser 24 Marketing Consultant Louisville, Kentucky
Willie Hantz 34 Tankerman Dayton, Texas

Coaches

This is the fourth season, after seasons 7, 11 and 13, to feature former HouseGuests returning to the game. However, unlike previous seasons where the returning players competed as regular HouseGuests, the veterans were tasked with coaching three of the new players. Upon entering the house, the coaches were ineligible to win the $500,000 grand prize, and were instead competing to win a separate prize of $100,000, which would be awarded to the coach of the winning HouseGuest. However, after the July 26 live eviction episode, viewers were allowed to vote on whether or not to give the coaches the option of entering the game as regular players for the $500,000 prize. On August 2, America's Vote was revealed. The result was to offer the coaches the option of entering the game. Julie Chen revealed that each coach would be called into the Diary Room individually to cast their vote to keep coaching or not. Inside the diary room was a reset button, signifying the game's reset for the coaches. If at least one coach decides to reset, all coaches would earn HouseGuest status and a 3-1 vote brought them back into the game.

Name Age on entry Occupation Residence Big Brother History
Season(s) Status
Britney Haynes 24 Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Tulsa, Oklahoma Big Brother 12 Evicted - 4th Place
Dan Gheesling 28 Catholic High School Teacher West Bloomfield, Michigan Big Brother 10 Winner - 1st Place
Janelle Pierzina 32 Housewife Lakeville, Minnesota Big Brother 6 Evicted - 3rd Place
Big Brother: All Stars Evicted - 3rd Place
Mike "Boogie" Malin 41 Restaurant Owner Los Angeles, California Big Brother 2 Evicted - 8th Place
Big Brother: All Stars Winner - 1st Place

Summary

On the first night, twelve new HouseGuests entered the Big Brother House to two new twists of the season. The first twist was that four successful ex-HouseGuests would re-enter the House not to compete against one another, but to coach the new HouseGuests. Their job is to guide the HouseGuests for as long as they can, hoping to keep coaching a possible winner. The winner's coach would win a special $100,000 prize at the end of the season. Soon after the announcement, Dan Gheesling from Big Brother 10, Britney Haynes from Big Brother 12, Mike "Boogie" Malin from Big Brother 2 and Big Brother: All Stars, and Janelle Pierzina from Big Brother 6 and Big Brother: All Stars entered the House. On the second twist of the night, HouseGuests were informed that their status in the game were at risk. Because Big Brother sent the HouseGuests "invitations" to enter the House instead of a key, the HouseGuests had to earn their status in the first Head of Household competition as there were only eleven keys to be earned. Therefore, for the first time in Big Brother history, one HouseGuest would be evicted by the end of the first night. That night, Janelle and Britney forged an alliance after Dan and Boogie agreed to working together.

Before the HouseGuests competed in their first Head of Household competition, the coaches assigned their teammates. The coaches chose one by one and in order, Britney chose Shane, Willie, and JoJo; Mike chose Frank, Ian, and Jenn; Janelle chose Wil, Ashley, and Joe; and Dan chose Kara, Danielle, and Jodi. The HouseGuests other than the coaches competed in the first Head of Household competition. Each teammate had to jump across large moving mattresses to retrieve life-sized teddy bears. After twenty minutes, teams were allowed to substitute one teammate. Team Britney won the Head of Household competition, and Team Dan came in last place, giving Dan the responsibility to evict one of his players. On Day 1, Dan cast the sole vote to evict Jodi. Mike won the first coaches competition of the season called "Big Brother Derby" and won the power to grant one of his teammates immunity for the week: He chose Ian. The four coaches each had to choose one of their teammates to be a Have-Not for the week, with Ashley, Ian, Shane, and Danielle getting picked. Frank and Kara were nominated for eviction on Day 5. On Day 7, Shane won the Power of Veto competition, "Loose Change", which involved HouseGuests running around and trying to find coin props (one dollar coin, quarter and five cent coins). Once they find them they had to throw the coin props from a distance to a machine. Once they threw a total of $1.30 in coin props, they would win the Power of Veto. Shane decided to leave Willie's nominations the same. On Day 13, Kara was evicted in a 5 to 3 vote, leaving Danielle as Dan's only team member left. It was also revealed the winner of the next Coaches Competition would have the option of either saving one of his or her players or trading them with another player.

Frank won the Head of Household competition, "Big Brother Break-In". The HouseGuests had to determine whether a burglar that entered the house was guilty or not guilty of a certain crime. HouseGuests were eliminated by answering incorrectly. Janelle won the second coaches competition, "Phat Stacks", and chose to give Ashley immunity from the nominations. She also single-handedly chose the four Have-Nots for the week: Willie, Shane, JoJo, and Ian. On Day 14, Willie was expelled from the house, after going on a rampage in which he threw pork rinds at Janelle, swore at the female HouseGuests, and headbutted Joe. Minutes later, JoJo and Shane were nominated for eviction. On Day 15, Shane won the Memory Chip Power of Veto competition, in which HouseGuests had to run around dressed as salsa chips and dive into different pools of salsa and find different menu items names and then they had to bring the names and put them in correct order in their menu as it is on a menu at which they could look at. The HouseGuest that got most of the names in the correct order in the fastest time won the Power of Veto. Shane removed himself from the block, and Frank then nominated Danielle for eviction. On Day 20, JoJo was evicted by a vote of 5 to 1, only receiving the vote of Shane.

Following JoJo's eviction, Shane won the "On Thin Ice" HoH competition. The HouseGuests shot balls into a slotted end of an ice rink that had scores for each slot. Host Julie Chen then revealed to the viewers they could vote on whether or not the mentors should be allowed to enter the game. On Day 21, the HouseGuests went to the Big Brother Gym for their coaches competition "Feel the Burn". Their goal was to do as many exercises of a certain type. The coach who would do the least would be eliminated. When they were eliminated they had the chance to open a locker and possibly win something. Britney chose Ian and Joe as Have-Nots, Mike Boogie won $10,000 that he shared with Ian whom he gave $3,000 and Jenn who received $1,000. Dan had the opportunity to invite five people to a private sushi & cocktail party. He chose Boogie, Britney, Janelle, Shane & Danielle. Janelle won the Coaches Competition and saved Wil. Later that day, Shane nominated Ashley and Joe for eviction. Also on Day 21; Shane, Ashley, Joe, Wil, Danielle, and Frank had been chosen to compete in the Veto Competition. On Day 22, all had competed in The Juggler Veto Competition, where each Houseguest had to roll back and forth two balls at the same time on two different ramps. If even one of the balls would fall, that person would be out. Shane won the Power of Veto for the third week in a row. On Day 24, Shane used the Power of Veto on Ashley, nominating Frank in her place. Before the live eviction took place on Day 27, Julie Chen announced that America has chosen to give the coaches the opportunity to play the game and stop coaching. If the coaches voted to become players, the eviction would be canceled and everyone would play in the HoH, including Shane. However, if the coaches chose to keep the game the same, the eviction would continue, but one evicted HouseGuest would return the following week. Julie Chen also announced that only one vote was required to reset the entire game. One by one, the coaches were called into the Diary Room whether to hit the "Reset Button" or not. Britney, Dan and Janelle chose to hit the button, while Mike Boogie did not. With the vote of 3-1, the coaches were reverted to HouseGuest status and Joe and Frank were spared eviction.

All twelve HouseGuests then began to participate in the "Walk the Plank" HoH endurance competition, in which the HouseGuests had to hold on to a bar. If they fell from the plank, they would be eliminated. After a nearly four hour battle, Danielle became the new HoH, outlasting Britney and Ian. On Day 28, Danielle nominated Frank and Wil for eviction. Danielle won the Power of Veto from the "Field of Veto" competition on Day 29. On Day 30, Britney, Dan, Danielle, Frank, Mike Boogie and Shane created the "Silent Six" alliance and conspired to backdoor Janelle. On Day 31, Danielle went through with the plan and used the Power of Veto on Wil and put up Janelle as a replacement nominee. On Day 34, Janelle was evicted by an 8 to 1 vote and became the first returning HouseGuest to leave the show and also marking the first time Janelle has not reached the final three.

Later on Day 34, all HouseGuests, with the exception of Danielle as the outgoing HoH, competed in the "Big Brother Battle of the Bands" HoH competition, in which Frank became the new Head of Household for the second time this season. On Day 35, all HouseGuests competed in the Have/Have Not competition E-Squeeze Me?, except for Ashley who was having back spasms and could not compete. Frank played in her spot. Britney, Danielle, Joe and Shane became the Have Nots for the week, making this week the first week Ian is a Have. On Day 35, Frank nominated Joe and Wil for eviction. The next night, the HouseGuests competed in the Power of Veto competition which Frank won. Frank then decided to keep his nominations the same. On Day 41, Wil was evicted by a 6 to 2 vote.

Later on Day 41, the HouseGuests competed in the "Swamped" Head of Household Competition. The first HouseGuest to fill up the HoH jug with liquid and release the cork would win. There were two other jugs as well. One was safety and the other was a choice between $10,000 or a Have Not Pass decided by the viewers voting for $10,000. Britney won safety, Mike Boogie won $10,000, and Shane won his second HoH competition and became the new Head of Household. On Day 42, Shane went against his "Silent Six" alliance in favor of his second alliance (The Quack Pack) by nominating Frank and Mike "Boogie" for eviction. Frank then won his second straight Power of Veto in the controversial Veto competition, The Candy Counter. Frank then used the Veto to save himself from nominations and Shane chose to nominate Jenn as the replacement. On Day 48, it was revealed to the HouseGuests that it was a Double Eviction night. For the first of the two evictions, Mike Boogie was evicted by a vote of 5-2. During the double eviction, Ian won the "Before or After" HoH and immediately nominated Ashley and Frank for eviction. Frank then won his third straight Power of Veto of the season in "Somewhere Over The Veto" and took himself off the block. Ian named Joe as the replacement nominee. At the end of the second eviction, Ashley was evicted by a vote of 5-1 and became the first member of the jury.

Later that night, Frank became the new Head of Household and got to choose one HouseGuest to become the Have Not for the week. Frank decided to choose Dan. On Day 49, Frank was given an option to open Pandora's Box. Frank decided to open Pandora's Box and received a little over $3,000, but unleashed quarters in the backyard to play the skill crane game, containing a Golden Ball of Veto. Ian got the ball and won the veto, but in doing so he sacrificed his chance to play in the week's POV competition. Later that day, Frank chose to nominate Dan and Danielle for eviction. On Day 50, the HouseGuests (with the exception of host Ian, who had to sit out since he already had the Golden Ball of Veto, and Joe, who wasn't chosen) played in the Power of Veto competition Draw Something, which was made after the app of the same name. Jenn won her first competition of the summer after Frank was disqualified from the competition for whispering an answer to Britney during her turn. On Day 51, after a miraculous turn of events, Dan managed to strike a final two deal with Frank, his nemesis in the house. The two then went to Jenn in hopes of her using the veto to remove Dan from the block. On Day 52, Ian decided not to use his veto, while Jenn went through with the plan and Britney was put up as the replacement nominee. On Day 55, Britney was evicted by a vote of 4-1, only receiving the vote of Ian and became the second member of the jury.

Following the eviction on Day 55, the HouseGuests competed in an endurance HoH competition called "Soak Up the Sun". In the competition, players had to hold onto a rope as it moved around a sun on the ground. With 51% of the public Twitter poll cast during the live show, America voted the first HouseGuest to drop out to have a punishment over a reward. Joe, for being the first to drop, was given a hula hoop and was required to use it every time Big Brother sounded Reveille. Ian outlasted all the HouseGuests and won HoH less than two hours later. On Day 56, Pandora's Box was presented again and Ian opted to open it, releasing small presents (along with a new hammock for the backyard). Ian also received $1,000 in prize money. Big Brother 10 and 11's Jessie Godderz was also released into the house, replacing all of their junk food and snacks with healthy, organic food for the week. On Day 56, Ian nominated Frank and Jenn for eviction. On Day 57, Dan won the Power of Veto competition which featured the return of OTEV. On Day 59, Dan decided to return the favor to Jenn (who vetoed him last week) and used the Veto on her. Ian nominated Joe in her place. On Day 62, it was revealed to the houseguests that it was another double eviction night. For the first of two evictions, Frank was evicted by a vote of 3-1 and became the third member of the jury. Immediately afterwards, Dan won the "Make Your Case" Head of Household competition. A few minutes later, Dan nominated both Ian and Joe for eviction. Ian then won the "Swimming with Sharks" Power of Veto competition and removed himself from the block. Dan named Danielle as the replacement nominee. At the end of the second double eviction, Joe was evicted by a vote of 3-0 and became the fourth member of the jury.

Voting history

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Eviction
votes
received
Day 1 Day 5 Day 42 Day 48 Day 56 Day 62 Day 63 Day 69 Finale
Head of
Household
(none) Willie Frank Shane Danielle Frank Shane Ian Frank Ian Dan (none)
Nominations
(pre-veto)
Frank
Kara
JoJo
Shane
Ashley
Joe
Frank
Wil
Joe
Wil
Frank
Mike
Ashley
Frank
Dan
Danielle
Frank
Jenn
Ian
Joe
Veto Winner(s) Shane Shane Shane Danielle Frank Frank Frank Ian
Jenn
Dan Ian (none)
Nominations
(post-veto)
Frank
Kara
Danielle
JoJo
Frank
Joe
Frank
Janelle
Joe
Wil
Jenn
Mike
Ashley
Joe
Britney
Danielle
Frank
Joe
Danielle
Joe
Dan Jodi Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Accepted
offer
Janelle Wil Mike Ashley Britney Frank Head of
Household
Danielle Nominated Frank Nominated No
voting
Head of
Household
Wil Mike Ashley Nominated Frank Nominated 2
Ian Not
eligible
Kara JoJo No
voting
Janelle Wil Mike Head of
Household
Danielle Head of
Household
Joe
Jenn Not
eligible
Kara JoJo No
voting
Janelle Joe Nominated Ashley Britney Joe Joe 2
Shane Not
eligible
Frank Danielle Head of
Household
Janelle Wil Head of
Household
Ashley Britney Frank Joe
Joe Not
eligible
Kara JoJo Nominated Frank Nominated Mike Nominated Britney Nominated Nominated Evicted
(Day 62)
Jury
Member
7
Frank Not
eligible
Nominated Head of
Household
Nominated Nominated Head of
Household
Jenn Joe Head of
Household
Nominated Evicted
(Day 62)
Jury
Member
7
Britney Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Accepted
offer
Janelle Wil Mike Ashley Nominated Evicted
(Day 55)
Jury
Member
4
Ashley Not
eligible
Kara JoJo No
voting
Janelle Joe Jenn Nominated Evicted
(Day 48)
Jury
Member
5
Mike Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Declined
offer
Janelle Wil Nominated Evicted
(Day 48)
5
Wil Not
eligible
Kara JoJo No
voting
Janelle Nominated Evicted
(Day 41)
6
Janelle Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Accepted
offer
Nominated Evicted
(Day 34)
8
JoJo Not
eligible
Frank Nominated Evicted
(Day 20)
5
Willie Not
eligible
Head of
Household
Expelled
(Day 14)
0
Kara Nominated Nominated Evicted
(Day 13)
5
Jodi Nominated Evicted
(Day 1)
1
Coach's
Competition
(none) Mike Janelle Janelle (none)
Coach's
Decision
Ian
to save
Ashley
to save
Wil
to save
Notes 1 2, 3 2, 4, 5 2, 6, 7 none 8 9 10, 11 none 12
Have Nots none Ashley,
Danielle,
Ian,
Shane
Ian,
JoJo,
Shane,
Willie
Ian,
Joe
none Britney,
Danielle,
Joe,
Shane
none Dan none
Expelled none Willie none
Evicted Jodi
Dan's choice
to evict
Kara
5 of 8 votes
to evict
JoJo
5 of 6 votes
to evict
Eviction
canceled

3 of 4 votes
to reset
Janelle
8 of 9 votes
to evict
Wil
6 of 8 votes
to evict
Mike
5 of 7 votes
to evict
Ashley
5 of 6 votes
to evict
Britney
4 of 5 votes
to evict
Frank
3 of 4 votes
to evict
Joe
3 of 3 votes
to evict

Notes

^Note 1 : As coach of the first place team, Britney had to choose which one of her players would be the first Head of Household. As the coach of the last-place team in the first Head of Household competition, Dan had to evict one member of his team on Day 1.
^Note 2 :   During the first three weeks, the coaches participated in a competition that gave them the power to save or trade one of their players. On Week 2, the power of trading a player was introduced.
^Note 3 : Each coach had to choose one of their own players to be a Have Not for the week.
^Note 4 : As the winner of the Coach's Competition, Janelle picked four players to be the Have Nots for the week.
^Note 5 : After a violent outburst, Willie was expelled from the game by Big Brother on Day 14. Because Frank had not made nominations yet, Big Brother decided to allow the game to continue on as normal.
^Note 6 : After being eliminated first in the coach's competition, Britney had to chose Have Nots for the week.
^Note 7 :   Prior to the planned live eviction on Day 27, the viewing public voted to offer the coaches the opportunity to become HouseGuests. Each coach individually entered the Diary Room and was presented with a reset button. By pressing the reset button the coach accepted the offer to return, if a coach did not press the reset button that meant the coach declined the offer. By accepting the offer the planned eviction would be canceled, the coaches would become full HouseGuests and Shane would be eligible to compete for the next Head of Household competition. If all the coaches declined the offer, previously evicted HouseGuests would be given the opportunity to re-enter the House and the eviction would continue as planned. Only one vote was required by one coach to reset the game and allow the coaches to enter the game.
^Note 8 :   During the Head of Household competition, Big Brother tempted the Houseguests with the option to either win $10,000 or receive immunity from being nominated for eviction that week. Britney was the first to complete the necessary amount of laps to fill her immunity jug during the competition and earned safety, while Mike "Boogie" won $10,000 during the competition.
^Note 9 : Week 6 was a double eviction week. Following Mike's eviction, the remaining HouseGuests played a week's worth of game — including HoH and Veto competitions, and Nomination, Veto, and Eviction ceremonies — during the remainder of the live show, culminating in a second eviction for the week.
^Note 10 : As Head of Household, Frank had the right to choose one houseguest to be a Have Not. He chose Dan.
^Note 11 : During Week 7 there were two Golden Power of Vetoes available. The first Golden Power of Veto was won by Ian as a result of Pandora's Box. Jenn won the second available Golden Power of Veto in a competition. Ian decided not to use his Veto while Jenn chose to save Dan from eviction.
^Note 12 : Week 8 was another double eviction week. Following Frank's eviction, the remaining HouseGuests played a week's worth of game — including HoH and Veto competitions, and Nomination, Veto, and Eviction ceremonies — during the remainder of the live show, culminating in a second eviction for the week.

Television ratings

# Air Date United States Source
Households
(rating/share)
18-49
(rating/share)
Viewers
(millions)
Rank
(timeslot)
Rank
(night)
1 Thursday, July 12 4.4/8 2.6/8 7.18 1 1 [18][19]
2 Sunday, July 15 3.7/7 2.3/7 6.21 1 1 [20][21]
3 Wednesday, July 18 3.5/6 2.0/7 5.78 1 1 (Tie) [22][23]
4 Thursday, July 19 3.8/6 2.2/7 6.27 1 2 [24][25]
5 Sunday, July 22 3.3/6 2.0/6 5.37 2 4 [26][27]
6 Wednesday, July 25 3.6/6 2.0/7 5.77 1 2 [28][29]
7 Thursday, July 26 3.7/6 2.2/7 6.00 2 3 [30][31]
8 Sunday, July 29 3.1/5 1.9/5 5.11 2 3 [32][33]
9 Wednesday, August 1 3.4/6 2.0/6 5.40 2 2 [34][35]
10 Thursday, August 2 3.3/5 2.0/5 5.46 2 3 [36][37]
11 Sunday, August 5 3.5/6 2.1/6 5.72 2 3 [38][39]
12 Wednesday, August 8 3.4/6 1.9/6 5.39 2 2 [40][41]
13 Thursday, August 9 4.0/6 1.8/5 5.03 2 3 [42][43]
14 Sunday, August 12 3.5/6 2.0/6 5.36 2 3 [44][45]
15 Wednesday, August 15 3.7/7 2.1/7 5.96 1 2 [46][47]
16 Thursday, August 16 4.0/7 2.2/7 6.13 1 3 [48][49]
17 Sunday, August 19 3.9/7 2.4/7 6.57 2 3 [50][51]
18 Wednesday, August 22 3.7/6 2.1/7 5.86 1 2 [52][53]
19 Thursday, August 23 4.0/7 2.3/7 6.28 1 1 [54][55]
20 Sunday, August 26 4.5/7 2.6/8 7.37 2 2 [56][57]
21 Wednesday, August 29 4.3/7 2.3/7 6.40 1 2 [58][59]
22 Thursday, August 30 4.3/7 1.9/6 5.45 1 1 [60][61]
23 Sunday, September 2 N/A 1.9/7 5.65 1 1 [62]
24 Wednesday, September 5 3.8/6 2.1/6 6.09 1 2 [63] [64]
25 Thursday, September 6

Controversy

Willie Hantz was expelled from the Big Brother house on Day 14 after head butting fellow HouseGuest Joe, who had made comments in retaliation to comments made by Willie. Moments before the incident with Joe, Willie told everyone that he would do anything to get himself removed before the actual live eviction that week. Willie proceeded to throw food at HouseGuest Janelle and call other female HouseGuests explicit names, before ending his rampage with the headbutt incident. He was immediately called into the Diary Room and expelled from the game. Minutes later the remaining HouseGuests were informed by producer Allison Grodner that Willie had been permanently removed from the game and the game would continue as normal.

On Day 42, shortly after Shane made his nominations as Head of Household, he told Danielle that the production crew in the diary room explicitly told him not to put up Frank and Mike for nomination that week. However, both were nominated and were thus eligible for eviction that week. On Day 43, Frank drew a "HouseGuest's Choice" token during the player draw and when asked to draw again, he palmed the token. The scandal also ran throughout the Big Brother House and caused tension between opposing HouseGuests, who were not allowed to discuss the situation.[citation needed] Allison Grodner has not commented on the scandal as of yet. A video of Frank talking to Boogie about the alleged cheating was put on YouTube, including a mention that Boogie had cheated as well[citation needed], but later removed by CBS under copyright claims.[citation needed] Despite outcry from fans, the game continued on as normal. On Day 48, Mike was evicted from the game.

On Day 49, after winning the Golden Ball of Veto from the crane game, Ian alleged several times to various HouseGuests that some of the producers were attempting to manipulate the game in the Diary Room by supposedly asking Ian how the Ball of Veto will benefit him if he decides to use it.

Throughout the season, there have been various accounts by several houseguests of being told information about the game and being influenced by producers in the Diary Room to help keep certain houseguests in the game, notably Frank. On Day 61, Jenn was in the Diary Room for almost an hour before coming out in a heated, near panic state, stating her game would be ruined if Frank left and that she was told that Danielle told Shane something she had told Danielle in secrecy. She also immediately ran to Frank telling him that he is probably getting evicted and to start campaigning. Jenn later stated, "That was too much for 50 minutes", referring to her time in the Diary Room.

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