The second season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show aired twenty-nine episodes during the summer of 2001 from July 5 to September 20.
New rules were introduced in this season and have been used since. Under these rules, viewers do not vote for housemates to be evicted. Each week, the housemates compete for the title of Head of Household (HoH). The contestant who wins this competition is given additional privileges, and also nominates two other housemates for eviction. The remaining housemates then vote their choice of the two nominees, and the one with the most votes is evicted. The HoH breaks a tie, if necessary.
At season's end, the winner is selected by a vote of the evicted houseguests rather than by the viewing public (although the audience would decide who would win in the event of a tie). In a special twist this season, the two remaining houseguests got to decide which houseguest's vote they could void, in hopes that their vote was for their opponent, and that they would gain an advantage over the other player.
Early in the second season, a houseguest, Justin, placed a knife to the throat of fellow houseguest Krista and asked, "Would you be mad if I killed you?" Both competitors were under the influence of alcohol, but Justin was quickly disqualified and evicted. The houseguests were notified the following morning via the voice of executive producer Arnold Shapiro, who asked them to gather up Justin's belongings to be sent home.
The houseguests received a short visit from some contestants of the other CBS reality show Survivor. Gervase Peterson and Susan Hawk from Survivor: Borneo and Alicia Calaway and Jeff Varner from Survivor: The Australian Outback visited the house for a few hours in an episode that aired on September 5.
About two weeks before the end of the second season, the September 11 attacks pre-empted television for an entire week. In a move away from the rule of not letting the houseguests in on information from the outside world, the three remaining houseguests were told of the news. The Big Brother voice asked Monica to enter the diary room; there she was told via executive producer Allison Grodner that her cousin Tamitha was as yet not located at the World Trade Center. The week after the attacks, the game continued as normal.
On finale night, the audience was updated that former houseguest Sheryl was diagnosed with breast cancer and needed to undergo chemotherapy, as well as the news that Monica's cousin Tamitha had died at the World Trade Center.
At the end, a group of nine evicted contestants were gathered to decide who would win. Each finalist excluded one person, leaving a jury of seven to vote for the winner. Five voted for Will, who won the $500,000 grand prize. With only two votes, Nicole was awarded the runner-up prize of $50,000.
Days 1-12
The houseguests moved into the house and were immediately thrown into a competition for food and luxury. Kent became the winner of a brand new SUV on the first night, making him a target for eviction. The next day, Mike became successful in the series' first Head of Household competition. He nominated Nicole for eviction, as she was annoying to most of the house. He also nominated Sheryl for eviction as a decoy, believing that Nicole would be evicted over the more liked Sheryl. However, Nicole fought back and rallied the votes to stay. She received the support of Kent, Bunky, Hardy, Krista and Autumn, who voted for Nicole to remain in the house. On day 12, Sheryl was evicted from the house.
A few days before Sheryl's eviction, Justin was expelled from the house for his aggressive behavior. The final straw was a drunken night in the kitchen with Krista, when he placed a knife to her throat. He was called to the Diary Room on this tenth day in the house, and never came back.
Days 13-19
Krista became the new Head of Household after the eviction of Sheryl. She was under pressure from many of her housemates to nominate two members of the 'Chilltown' alliance which included Mike, Will and Shannon. However, Krista did not do so, and chose instead to nominate Autumn and Kent for eviction, believing that Autumn was too unstable to remain in the house. Although Nicole entertained the idea of joining with the Chilltown group to evict Kent, Autumn was evicted in a unanimous vote on the 19th day.
Throughout the week, Autumn was engaged in arguments with Mike and Shannon, who she felt was treating her in a cruel manner.
This week also marked the first week of the Peanut Butter and Jelly diet. The females in the house lost the food competition and were restricted to PBJ and water throughout the week.
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