Big Brother 10 (US)

Big Brother 10 (US)
Season Information
Country	United States
Host	Julie Chen
Season	10
Prize Money	$500,000
No. of Houseguests	13
No. of Days	71
Winner	Dan Gheesling
Runner(s)-up	Memphis Garrett
Returnees	Dan Gheesling (BB14) Jessie Godderz (BB11) Keesha Smith (BB22) Memphis Garrett (BB22)
Production
Network	CBS RealNetworks (live feeds) Showtime Two (BBAD) CBS.com (HC)
Executive Producers	Allison Grodner Rich Meehan Don Wollman
Challenge Producers	Trent Eaton
Casting	Robyn Kass
Announcers	Don Wollman Clayton Halsey
Production Company	Fly on the Wall Entertainment Endemol USA
Season Run	July 13, 2008 - September 16, 2008
Filming Dates	July 8, 2008 - September 16, 2008
No. of Episodes	29
Viewership	6.72m
Companion Shows	Big Brother: After Dark House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 9 (US)
Next Season	Big Brother 11 (US)

Big Brother 10 (US) is the 10th season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.).

Introducing a cast of 13 new houseguests, the season featured a focus on more strategic and social gameplay with fewer twists. Season highlights include the powershift that took out Brian Hart's initial control leading to his eviction, the huge arguments among the houseguests, the infamous Keesha's birthday fight, the week-long America's Player twist, and Dan Gheesling's high-level strategy and maneuvering from the bottom.

After 71 days of unpredictable and high-octane gameplay, Dan Gheesling defeated Memphis Garrett by a vote of 7-0, making the former the first to win a Perfect Game in Big Brother (US) history.

Background

The show premiered July 13, 2008 on the CBS television network,airing three times a week; Sundays at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), Tuesdays at 9 p.m. (ET/PT), and Thursdays at 8 p.m (live ET/delayed PT). Julie Chen returned as host, and Allison Grodner, Rich Meehan and Scott Einziger were the executive producers. The show was produced by Endemol USA and Allison Grodner Productions. The finale was Tuesday, September 16, 2008.

This was the second edition of the show to air in the same year. Originally, only one summer edition was due to air, but the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike prompted CBS to air an additional season, Big Brother 9, from February to April during the regular television season and Big Brother 10 for the summer of 2008.

Big Brother 10 lasted just 71 days, nearly a week and a half shorter than most seasons, making this the shortest season of the American series of Big Brother. This also marked the last time that the season number or year of airing would be mentioned in the broadcast and in the logo; subsequent seasons were simply referred to as Big Brother, with the logo omitting the season number in favor of an animation of a shutting door.

Twists/Changes

• Back to Basics: All of the houseguests were total strangers, unlike previous seasons where some contestants had pre-existing relationships. In addition, live audiences returned for the Thursday eviction episodes, marking the first time this had been done since Season 1.
• Temporary America's Player: During Week 4, Dan was offered the chance to become America's Player for one week. He accepted the role, completing all three tasks successfully. America controlled Dan's actions, assigning him tasks for a chance to earn $20,000 at the end of the week.

Houseguests

Winner    Dan

Runner-Up    Memphis

Jury: Dan    Jerry

Jury: Dan    Keesha

Jury: Dan    Renny

Jury: Dan    Ollie

Jury: Dan    Michelle

Jury: Dan    April

Jury: Dan    Libra

Evicted    Jessie

Evicted    Angie

Evicted    Steven

Evicted    Brian

Voting History

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7		Week 8	Week 9		Week 10
							Day 46	Day 52		Day 60	Day 66	Finale
Dan	Renny		Angie	Jessie	Libra	April		Ollie	Vetoed Renny		Jerry	Winner
Memphis	Brian	Steven	Angie		Libra	April	Vetoed Michelle	Ollie	Renny	Vetoed Keesha		Runner-Up
Jerry		Steven	Angie	Memphis	Libra							Dan
Keesha	Brian	Steven		Jessie		April	Michelle			Rep		Dan
Renny		Steven	Angie	Jessie	Libra		Michelle	Ollie	Rep			Dan
Ollie	Brian	Steven	Angie	Memphis	Libra	Jerry	Jerry					Dan
Michelle	Brian	Steven	Angie	Memphis		April	Rep					Dan
April	Brian	Steven	Angie		Libra							Dan
Libra	Brian	Steven	Angie	Jessie								Dan
Jessie	Vetoed Brian
Angie	Brian	Steven
Steven	Brian
Brian	Rep

Key:

Nominated

Rep: Replacement Nominee

POV Holder

HOH

America's Vote

Jury Member

Evicted

• Note: Week 1 featured a First Impressions Vote, where Jerry was crowned HOH in a vote of 4-3 against Renny. It was never revealed who voted for whom, or who the other 6 votes were for. It was stated in the episode that April voted for Renny and Keesha voted for Jerry.
• Note: As Dan was temporarily America's Player during Week 4, his eviction vote was controlled by the public.

Game History

#	HOH	Initial Nominations		Veto Holder	Used?	Final Nominations		Evicted	Vote	Finish
Week
1	Jerry	Jessie	Renny	Jessie		Brian	Renny	Brian	9-1	1st Evicted Day 9
2	Jessie	Dan	Steven	Michelle		Dan	Steven	Steven	9-0	2nd Evicted Day 16
3	Keesha	Angie	Jessie	Keesha		Angie	Jessie	Angie	8-0	3rd Evicted Day 24
4	April	Jessie	Memphis	Jerry		Jessie	Memphis	Jessie	4-3	4th Evicted Day 31
5	Michelle	Keesha	Libra	Jerry		Keesha	Libra	Libra	6-0	5th Evicted 1st Jury Member Day 38
6	Renny	April	Jerry	Dan		April	Jerry	April	4-1	6th Evicted 2nd Jury Member Day 45
7	Dan	Jerry	Memphis	Memphis		Jerry	Michelle	Michelle	3-1	7th Evicted 3rd Jury Member Day 52
	Keesha	Jerry	Ollie	Dan		Jerry	Ollie	Ollie	3-0	8th Evicted 4th Jury Member Day 52
8	Jerry	Dan	Keesha	Memphis		Keesha	Renny	Renny	2-0	9th Evicted 5th Jury Member Day 59
9	Dan	Jerry	Memphis	Memphis		Jerry	Keesha	Keesha	1-0	10th Evicted 6th Jury Member Day 64
	Dan					Jerry	Memphis	Jerry	1-0	11th Evicted 7th Jury Member Day 66
10								Memphis	7-0	Runner-Up
								Dan		Winner

Week 1

HOH    Jerry

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Jessie

Nominee 1 Vote    Renny

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 9 Votes    Brian

Before even speaking to one another, the houseguests had to cast their vote for whom they wanted to be the first HOH of the summer. After receiving 4 votes, Jerry MacDonald was crowned HOH. That night, Jessie Godderz and Renny Martyn engaged in an argument after Jessie claimed he couldn't sleep due to Renny being loud. Despite Renny's numerous apologies, Jessie claimed that she did not apologize to him. The folllowing day, Jerry chose to nominate Renny and Jessie for eviction, claiming he wanted to avoid conflict in the house. Jessie won the POV competition. The vast majority of the house later went to Jerry and asked him to nominate Brian Hart for eviction, as he had been making deals with numerous houseguests thus far. Jessie used the Veto on himself, and Jerry nominated his former ally Brian. Brian was evicted in a nine to one vote.

Week 2

HOH    Jessie

POV    Michelle

Nominee 0 Votes    Dan

Evicted 9 Votes    Steven

Following Brian's eviction, the houseguests competed in the "Majority Rules" Head of Household competition, where Jessie was the winner. Jessie nominated Dan Gheesling and Steven Daigle due to their close friendship with Brian, with Steven as his target, due to feeling disrespected by him.. On Day 11, HouseGuests competed in the "License to Veto" Power of Veto competition, where it was between Michelle Costa and Keesha Smith, but Michelle was the winner. Michelle chose not to use the Power of Veto, despite considering using it on Dan and backdooring Libra Thompson. Steven was evicted from the house in a unanimous vote.

Week 3

HOH POV    Keesha

Nominee 0 Votes    Jessie

Evicted 8 Votes    Angie

Following Steven's eviction, houseguests competed in the "Alien Abduction" HOH competition. Keesha Smith won the competition and was crowned HOH. She decided to nominate Angie Swindell and Jessie Godderz for eviction. At the Veto competition, Keesha was victorious and won the POV. Despite being asked by Angie and Memphis to use the veto and backdoor Libra Thompson, she finally chose to leave her nominations intact, due to giving Libra her word on Day 4. Angie was evicted unanimously.

Week 4

HOH    April

POV    Jerry

Nominee 3 Votes    Memphis

Evicted 4 Votes    Jessie

At the first endurance competition of the season, April Dowling won HOH. In the hope of evicting Memphis Garrett, she decided to nominate Memphis alongside Jessie Godderz. At the POV competition, Libra Thompson was the winner, but chose to take a Hawaiian vacation instead, and gave Jerry MacDonald, the runner-up, the POV for the week. He chose to leave nominations intact. Following numerous arguments in the house, several houseguests turned on Jessie, and in turn, April and Ollie, and decided to go against April's wishes and evict Jessie. Jessie was evicted by a vote of 4 to 3.

Week 5

HOH    Michelle

POV    Jerry

Nominee 0 Votes    Keesha

Evicted 6 Votes    Libra

At the end of the competition, Michelle Costa was the last standing and won HOH. After Michelle won the competition, she swore that her HOH win was "for Jessie". At the nomination ceremony, Michelle revealed that she had decided to nominate Libra Thompson and Keesha Smith, with Libra as her target, despite Jerry campaigning for Dan Gheesling to go on the block. Jerry won the "Cry Me a Veto" POV competition, and chose to leave nominations the same. Libra was evicted unanimously.

Week 6

HOH    Renny

POV    Dan

Nominee 1 Vote    Jerry

Evicted 4 Votes    April

Following Libra's eviction, Renny Martyn won the "Diary Room Confessionals" HOH competition. Before Renny made her nominations, the rest of her alliances tried to convince her to nominate both Bryan Ollie and April Dowling together. At the nomination ceremony, Renny decided not to follow her alliance's wishes and nominated Jerry MacDonald alongside April. Dan Gheesling won the POV and decided not to use it. April was evicted by a four to one vote.

Week 7

Round 1

HOH    Dan

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Memphis

Nominee 1 Vote    Jerry

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 3 Votes    Michelle

After another endurance HOH competition, Dan Gheesling was crowned HOH. During the competition, Dan had made a deal with Bryan Ollie; the deal was that if Ollie let Dan win the competition - he and a houseguest of his choice would be safe from eviction, he would be able to choose one of the nominees and he could choose the replacement nominee if the Veto was used. Ollie asked for Michelle Costa to be safe and for Memphis Garrett to be nominated. Dan originally stuck to the deal and nominated Memphis alongside Jerry MacDonald. However, before the Veto competition, Dan told his alliance that he was not going to stay loyal to the deal. Memphis won the POV competition and removed himself from the block. Dan chose Michelle as the replacement nominee. Michelle was evicted by a vote of 3 to 1.

Round 2

HOH    Keesha

POV    Dan

Nominee 0 Votes    Jerry

Evicted 3 Votes    Ollie

The houseguests learned that it would be a Fast Forward night, and a second houseguest would be evicted. Keesha Smith won the "Big Brother Headlines" competition, minutes later, and chose to nominate Jerry MacDonald and Bryan Ollie for eviction. Dan Gheesling later won the "Veto In a Haystack" POV competition, in which houseguests had to dig through hay to find two Veto pieces. He chose to leave Keesha's nominations the same. Minutes later, Ollie was evicted in a unanimous vote.

Week 8

HOH    Jerry

POV    Memphis

Pre-Veto Nominee    Dan

Nominee 0 Votes     Keesha

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted   2 Votes    Renny

The HOH competition was not held until later that night due to the double eviction episode. At the competition, it seemed as if it was Jerry MacDonald versus the rest of the house. However, Jerry managed to win the competition and was crowned HOH. The following day, Jerry nominated Dan Gheesling and Keesha Smith for eviction. Memphis Garrett completed the Veto competition in the fastest time and won the POV. Staying loyal to The Renegades alliance, Memphis decided to use the Veto on Dan. Renny was the only possible replacement nominee, and was evicted unanimously.

Week 9

Round 1

HOH    Dan

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Memphis

Nominee 0 Votes    Jerry

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 1 Vote    Keesha

After the HOH competition, Dan Gheesling had the most correct answers and became the new HOH. The Renegades came up with a plan to make it look as if they were no longer working together. Following through with the plan, Dan nominated Memphis Garrett and Jerry MacDonald for eviction. The plan was successful as Memphis won the POV and removed himself from the block. Dan and Memphis both decided to turn on their fellow ally Keesha Smith, as they thought she would be more difficult to beat in the final HOH competition than Jerry. Memphis cast the sole vote to evict and chose Keesha.

Round 2

HOH Pt. 1 Winner HOH Pt. 3 Winner Final HOH    Dan

HOH Pt. 2 Winner Nominated 0 Votes    Memphis

Evicted 1 Vote    Jerry

The final HOH competition is played out in three challenges, to give the remaining houseguests a fair shot at securing a place in the final two. During the first endurance HOH competition, Dan Gheesling won the challenge. Days later, Memphis Garrett beat Jerry MacDonald in a memory recognition challenge, meaning Jerry was nominated. At the live HOH part 3 competition, Dan beat Memphis in a personality guessing quiz, claiming the final HOH. He then chose to evict Jerry.

Finale

Winner 7 Votes    Dan

Runner-Up 0 Votes    Memphis

Jury

Dan Libra

Dan April

Dan Michelle

Dan Ollie

Dan Renny

Dan Keesha

Dan Jerry

Trivia

• This is first season of American Big Brother where the winner won by a Perfect Game (receiving no eviction votes against them and receiving all of the jury votes to win). It would be followed by Big Brother 22.
  • Big Brother Canada 5's winner Kevin Martin also played a Perfect Game, receiving all 9 jury votes.
  • Big Brother Canada 7’s winner Dane Rupert played a Perfect Game as well, receiving all 7 jury votes.
  • Although Celebrity Big Brother 2 (US)'s winner Tamar Braxton did not win with a Perfect Game, she became the second American winner to win unanimously, receiving all 9 jury votes.
• This is the first season to have a houseguest in his 70's.
• This is the shortest standard-format season of the American Big Brother, lasting 71 days.
• This is the first season to have two houseguests over age 50, followed by Big Brother 25.
• This is the first season to have a live audience present at every eviction.
• This is the first season to feature 2 houseguests with the same first name (Brian Hart and Bryan Ollie), followed by Big Brother 18, Big Brother 20, Big Brother 22, and Big Brother 23.
  • The latter was referred by his last name throughout the season in order to differentiate between the two.
• This season has the most houseguests to go by their nicknames with 3.
• This is the third season where females won 4 HOHs in a row, being preceeded Big Brother 5 and Big Brother 8. It was later followed by Big Brother 13, Big Brother 17, Big Brother: Over The Top and Big Brother 20.
  • For this specific season, this occurred weeks 3 through 6.
• This season is the first season to have an all male final three. It was followed by Big Brother 12

References

References

External Links

• CBS Official Site
• Global Official Site
• Wikipedia Page