The sixth season of CBS's American version of Big Brother consisted of thirty episodes aired from July 7 to September 20, 2005. It was hosted by Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen, who has acted as host of every season of the CBS incarnation of Big Brother to date.
A group of fourteen contestants (referred to as houseguests) were confined in a house together, and the objective of each was to remain in the house the longest. Each week of the show, there was a Head of Household (HoH) who was able to nominate two other houseguests for removal, followed by a Golden Power of Veto competition in which contestants competed for the right to choose to replace one of those nominees, and finally, at the end of the week, a vote by the contestants to select one of the nominees to evict from the house. The two people remaining at the end of the competition would be subject to a vote by a jury of the previously evicted contestants, with the winner receiving $500,000 and the runner up $50,000.
New Features
For the 2005 season, the producers chose to make some changes to attempt to increase interest in the program. The theme song of the show was changed, but more significantly a new house was built. Some new features included making the house two stories, a secret room, a private bathroom for the HoH, a co-ed shower, and a digital picture frame for the houseguests. In keeping with recent Big Brother tradition, the sixth season was given a twist and the theme Summer of Secrets. The twist was that every houseguest in the game had one secret partner, but every pair believed that they were the only ones working together.
Secret partners
In the episode that aired July 28, 2005, host Julie Chen officially revealed to the houseguests that everyone had started the game with a secret partner, however all the contestants had already figured it out over the course of the previous 21 days. She announced that if one of the pairs made up the final two, the winner would receive a bonus prize of $1,000,000 with the runner-up winning $250,000, instead of the standard $500,000 and $50,000 prizes.
Popularity
Big Brother 6 was home to the most popular houseguests in the show's history. As evidenced by CBS.com's popularity polls, Janelle Pierzina, Kaysar Ridha, and Howie Gordon were very popular with the show's fans, reaching all-time high popularity ratings. Pierzina received a rating of 97% in the final week of the show.
Also, the six members of the 'Friendship Alliance' (nicknamed the Nerd Herd by the other alliance), Eric, Maggie, Ivette, Beau, April, and Jennifer received all time low popularity results with Jennifer reaching a record 19%.
Chronology
Week 1 and Week 2
In the first week of the game Rachel won Head of Household competition by being the last one aboard a giant surfboard in a two hour endurance competition. A majority alliance began to form and 4 people ended up as outcasts with no attachments: Ashlea, Michael, Janelle and Kaysar. Rachel nominated Ashlea because she did not get to know her well, and Kaysar for being introverted and not interacting with all the houseguests. Rachel then won the Power of Veto and chose not to use it. Ashlea was the first contestant evicted in a 9-2 vote.
Week 3
Eric won the second Head of Household and as a member of the majority alliance, nominated two more of the outcasts: Janelle and Michael. James won the Power of Veto but did not use it. After a fight between Eric and Michael, the rest of the house decided to eliminate Michael in a 9-1 vote.
Week 4
In week 3, Kaysar became the Head of Household. He had been targeted in previous weeks and earned safety with the title, using it to build alliances as much as he could. Desperate for allies, he first recruited the person he had been becoming close friends with in the house, Janelle. He then lured two sets of secret partners (Rachel & Howie and James & Sarah) away from the dominant alliance, forming a group he called the "Sovereign Six". He stated his plans for the alliance as, "Rachel and Howie, James and Sarah, Janelle and me - Final Six." Kaysar then nominated Maggie and James. The Sovereign Six worked together in the Power of Veto competition, deliberately helping James to win it and remove himself from the chopping block. Kaysar then nominated Maggie's secret partner Eric to ensure that one of the pair would be evicted. The house decided to eliminate Eric, who had become the leader of the Friendship alliance in a close 5-4 vote. The Friendship consisted of Eric, Maggie, Ivette, Beau, April and Jennifer.
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