Big Brother: Twists, Turns And Records June 20, 2007
Big Brother simply wouldn't be Big Brother without trying something new and different every season. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't, but Big Brother fans eagerly await each year to find out what the big twist will be. Julie Chen has said "For season eight, you have to wait".
Here's a list of the major twists and turns of the first seven seasons.
Season 1: The whole premise of the show (America watching in on a group of people).
Season 2: HOH (See Below) nominates 2 houseguests. Houseguests vote for eviction.
Season 3: The Power of Veto (See Below).
Season 4: The X-Factor - 5 houseguests are joined by their ex-boyfriends or ex-girlfriends.
Season 5: Project DNA: Do Not Assume - Set of twins in the house switch intermittently in secret, and two other
houseguests find out that they are related.
Season 6: The Summer of Secrets - Each houseguest has a secret partner. If a set of partners makes it to the Final 2, the winner gets $1,000,000 and the runner up gets $250,000.
Season 7: All Stars - 14 former houseguests get to play the game again.
Records, Events, Happenings
The following are some of the most notable events including records, for seasons one through seven.
As of July 20, 2006, Danielle Reyes and Will Kirby attained one hundred days in the Big Brother house between their respective original seasons along with the All Star season. Since then, "Chicken" George Boswell, Diane Henry, Janelle Pierzina, Marcellas Reynolds, Erika Landin, Howie Gordon, James Rhine and Mike Malin have attained the 100-day mark as well. Fellow BB7 All Stars houseguests Alison Irwin & Jennifer "Nakomis" Dedmon barely missed the mark when Alison was evicted first in BB7 after just 11 days, and Jennifer 2nd after 18 days, bringing both their totals to 93 days. Should either of them have survived their respective evictions, they would have both obtained 100 days.
Will Kirby holds the most days playing the game with 147, followed by Janelle Pierzina with 143, Danielle Reyes with 142, Erika Landin with 140 and George Boswell with 138 days.
By the end of the seventh season of Big Brother, there have been a total of 75 different houseguests to play the game, with no new houseguests in season seven. Of those 75, there will have been at least 74 evictions for 63 different houseguests. Seven occurred in the first season to reduce ten houseguests to a final three, the only season concluding with three finalists. In Season 2, twelve houseguests were reduced to a final two, a formula that has been used ever since. However, due to the expulsion of Justin Sebik, there were only nine evictions. In Season 3, twelve houseguests were reduced to two, but one houseguest, Amy Crews, was evicted on two occasions, making for a total of eleven evictions. In Season 4, thirteen houseguests began the game, but there were only ten evictions due to Scott Weintraub's expulsion. The fifth season of the series began with thirteen houseguests, and added a fourteenth, Natalie, with the "twin twist" playing itself out. That led to twelve evictions. In the sixth season, there were 13 evictions for 12 people, with Kaysar being evicted twice. The seventh season began with 14 houseguests, with only Danielle, Will, and Alison not having been evicted in their respective previous season. All three of them were evicted during the season.
As of the end of the seventh season, 10 finalists have made it to the end of the season without eviction. The five of the seven winners: Eddie McDee, Lisa Donaheu, Jun Sung, Drew Daniel, Maggie Ausburn and five of the eight runners-up (two from season one): Josh Suoza, Curtis Kin, Nicole Safforich-Nilson, Michael "Cowboy" Ellis, Ivette Corredero.
Only Amy Crews in season three and Kaysar Ridha in season six were allowed to re-enter the house with a second chance to win their season's contest. Unfortunately for both, neither one won their respective season, as Amy re-entered Week 6, and was evicted Week 10, and Kaysar re-entered Week 5, but was evicted Week 6. In the fifth week of season seven, Kaysar was evicted a third time, making him the only houseguest evicted three times, taking him two seasons to accomplish the feat.
Jennifer Vasquez, Beau Beasley, Marvin Latimer, Howie Gordon and Monica Bailey are the only five Big Brother contestants who were evicted during pre-taped episodes. Howie, Jennifer, Beau and Marvin all left the house during double eviction weeks, in which the eviction was pre-taped 24 hours in advance. As for Monica, the eviction scheduled to take place on September 13, 2001 was pre-empted by the terrorist attacks of September 11. Her eviction instead took place on September 15 and was aired on television on September 18. Howie was evicted live during season 6 and pre-taped during season 7.
When Michael Donnellan and Eric Littmann were evicted.....
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