Big Brother 19 (US)

Big Brother 19 (US)
Season Information
Country	United States
Host	Julie Chen
Season	19
Prize Money	$500,000
No. of Houseguests	17
No. of Days	92
Winner	Josh Martinez
Runner(s)-up	Paul Abrahamian
Returnees	Christmas Abbott (BB22) Josh Martinez (BBRG)
Production
Network	CBS CBS All Access (live feeds) Pop (BBAD)
Executive Producers	Allison Grodner Rich Meehan Don Wollman
Challenge Producers	Heath Luman
Casting	Robyn Kass
Announcers	Don Wollman Clayton Halsey
Production Company	Fly on the Wall Entertainment Endemol Shine North America
Season Run	June 28, 2017 - September 20, 2017
Filming Dates	June 21, 2017 - September 20, 2017
No. of Episodes	39
Viewership	6.06m
Companion Shows	Big Brother: After Dark Big Brother: Live Chat
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 18 (US) Big Brother: Over The Top
Next Season	Big Brother 20 (US)

Big Brother 19 is the 19th season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.) and the 20th season overall.

Background

Development

Big Brother 19 was confirmed on August 10, 2016 when Endemol Shine North America and CBS renewed their two-year contract to extend the series to Big Brother 20. Host Julie Chen and executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan will be returning for another season.

Casting

Casting opened on February 17, 2017. Then four months later, the cast was revealed live on CBS All-Access where one by one they were interviewed by Big Brother 11 & Big Brother 13 houseguest Jeff Schroeder.

Twists

• No Napping: Returning from Big Brother: Over The Top, houseguests cannot sleep during the day and must follow the mandatory curfew.
• Den of Temptation: America will vote on which Houseguest they would like to send into the 'Den of Temptation' to be enticed by a potentially game-changing offer. But its always a game of risk vs. reward, as every temptation will unleash a consequence on the house.
  • Pendant of Protection: If one houseguest takes the temptation, they will be immune from the next three evictions. This power was won by Paul Abrahamian.
  • Ring of Replacement: If one houseguest takes the temptation, they will be able to swap places with one of the three players chosen by random draw if they’re not one of the six houseguests playing. This power was won by Christmas Abbott.
  • Halting Hex: If one houseguest takes the temptation, they will be able to stop any of the next four evictions. This power was won by Jessica Graf.
• Seventeenth Houseguest: Along the sixteen new houseguests, Paul, returned to play the game as a result of the first temptation.
• Big Brother Swap: As a result of the first temptation, Paul will swap with one housemate to take their place in the house.
• Battle Back Competition: Returning from Big Brother 18 (US), the first four evictees will have a chance to re-enter the game.
• Temptation Competition: Following Jessica Graf's acceptance of the Den of Temptation, a new competition entered the house. For weeks 5, 6 & 7, houseguests have the option to opt in to compete in a special Immunity Competition where the winner of the competition will win immunity for the week while the last place finisher will be automatically nominated as a third nominee.
• Tree of Temptation: Starting in Week 8, 9, & 10, the Tree of Temptation was activated. There are 5 apples, and before nominations, a HouseGuest can pick one by being the first to the Diary Room and saying they want to claim one when the lights on the Tree turn red: (Save a Friend, Can't Play in Next HoH, Bounty on Your Head, Eliminate 2 Eviction Votes, and Second Veto). If an apple is chosen, they will either get a prize or punishment. Whatever is received from the apple is only in play for the week it is chosen and must be used that week.
  • Save a Friend: In Week 8, Mark Jansen chose the first apple and received the Save a Friend prize. He chose to save Paul, granting him immunity for that week.
  • In Weeks 9 & 10, nobody chose an apple, so there were no prizes or punishments given out to anyone that week.

HouseGuests

Winner    Josh

Runner-Up    Paul

Jury: Paul    Christmas

Jury: Paul    Kevin

Jury: Josh    Alex

Jury: Paul    Raven	Jury: Josh    Jason	Jury: Paul    Matt	Jury: Josh    Mark	Jury: Josh    Elena	Jury: Josh    Cody
Evicted    Jessica	Evicted    Ramses	Evicted    Dominique	Evicted    Jillian	Walked    Megan	Evicted    Cameron

Voting History

	Week 1				Week 2	Week 3	Week 4		Week 5	Week 6	Week 7		Week 8	Week 9	Week 10		Week 11		Week 12
	Day 1	Day 7	Day 8	Day 12			Day 30	Day 31			Day 51	Day 58			Day 72	Day 79	Day 80	Day 85	Day 92	Finale
Josh	Christmas	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Jillian	Vetoed Cody	Dominique	Paul		Ineligible		Cody	Elena	Mark	Matt	Jason	Kevin	Alex		Christmas	Winner
Paul	Ineligible	Nominations Void	Ineligible Rep	Jillian		Dominique	Alex	Ramses		Jessica	Cody	Elena	Mark	Matt	Kevin	Raven	Kevin			Runner-Up
Christmas		Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Rep	Ramses	Dominique	Paul	Ramses	Ineligible	Jessica	Cody	Elena		Matt	Jason	Raven	Alex	Kevin		Paul
Kevin	Cameron	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Jillian	Ramses	Dominique	Paul	Ramses	Ineligible	Jessica	Cody	Elena	Mark	Matt	Rep					Paul
Alex	Cameron	Nominations Void	Vetoed	Christmas			Paul	Ramses	Ineligible	Jessica		Elena	Matt	Matt	Vetoed Kevin					Josh
Raven	Cameron	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Jillian	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Ramses	Ineligible	Rep	Cody	Elena	Mark		Jason					Paul
Jason	Christmas	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Christmas	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Ramses	Vetoed Ineligible	Jessica	Vetoed Cody		Vetoed Matt							Josh
Matt	Jillian	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Jillian	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Ramses	Ineligible	Jessica	Temptation	Rep								Paul
Mark	Jillian	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Jillian	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Josh	Ineligible	Vetoed Jessica	Cody	Vetoed Matt	Rep							Josh
Elena	Cameron	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Jillian	Cody	Dominique	Paul	Josh	Ineligible											Josh
Cody	Jillian				Rep			Josh		Raven	Rep									Josh
Jessica	Cameron	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Christmas	Ramses		Paul		Halted	Temptation
Ramses	Cameron	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Christmas	Cursed	Dominique	Paul
Dominique	Cameron	Nominations Void	Nominations Void	Jillian	Cody		Eliminated
Jillian							Eliminated
Megan	Cameron
Cameron							Eliminated
Penalty Vote														Matt

Key:

HOH

Nominated

Veto Winner

Rep: Replacement Nominee

Immune

Hit The Road Winner

Friendship Immunity

Saved By Apple

Walked

Evicted

Jury Member

Halting Hex

Battle Back Competitor

Vote for House Challenger

Pendant of Protection

Temptation Immunity

Cursed: Nomination Curse

Temptation: Temptation Nominee

Vetoed: Vetoed Temptation Nominee

In the Hospital

• Note: Cody was evicted during Week 2, before winning his way back into the house.

Have/Have-Not History

Week
1						T					+
2						+
3	+		T
4				T								+
5						+			T
6				+						T
7	+								T
8		+
9			+

T - In Weeks 1 & 7, Paul & Mark took the Have-Not Temptation and got the Have-Not Escape, meaning they were no longer a Have-Not that week.

T - In Weeks 2, 3, 4, & 5 Jason, Josh, Mark, & Elena took the Have-Not Temptation and got the Have-Not Extension, meaning they had to be a Have-Not for the next week in addition to that week.

Battle Back Competition Bracket

"Maze Race"

"Billboard Bashers"

"Maze Race"

3

Jillian Parker

Loss

4

Cameron Heard

Win

H

Paul Abrahamian

Loss

4

Cameron Heard

Loss

2

Cody Nickson

Win

2

Cody Nickson

Win

1

Dominique Cooper

Loss

2

Cody Nickson

Win

Temptations History

Day	Temptation		Contestant	Result	Consequence
	Name	Description
Day 1	Money	The first houseguest to press their button will win $25K.	Kevin	Taken	Paul was unleashed upon the house.
	Safety	Tempt Paul with an offer for a "Friendship Bracelet". If not accepted, win the Hit The Road competition or pick a normal apple.	14 Houseguests		Everyone but Cameron, Christmas, and Jillian are safe.
	Power	The nominated houseguests, have the choice of the elimination: Houseguest Vote or Competition	Cameron, Christmas & Jillian	2-1 Vote against Competition
Day 2	Golden Apple	During the first Head of Household competition, among all the apples is a golden apple. Whoever picks it up will be safe for the week.	Josh	Taken	Josh's team (Jillian, Kevin, & Elena) is eliminated from the competition.
Day 7	Have-Not Escape	One have-not can risk their have-not status in order to become a Have. If they pick the correct box, they are a have. If they select the incorrect box, they stay a have-not for the week in addition to the next week.	Paul	Taken & Succeeded
Day 8	Pendant of Protection	America voted for someone to face the temptation. Whoever takes the pendant will be immune for the next three evictions.	Paul	Taken	Ramses must self-nominate within the next three weeks.
Day 10	Golden Star	During the first Power of Veto competition, among all the starfish is a golden starfish. Whoever finds it and stacks it on their podium, they will never be a have-not for the rest of the summer.	Raven	Taken	Raven is eliminated from the competition.
Day 17	Ring of Replacement	America voted for someone to face the temptation. Whoever takes the ring will be given the option of swapping themselves for one of the three veto players who were selected by random draw if they were not initially selected.	Christmas	Taken	Cody, Jason & Jessica will be dressed as "Ve-Toads" for the rest of the week.
Day 18	Have-Not Escape	One have-not can risk their have-not status in order to become a Have. If they pick the correct box, they are a have. If they select the incorrect box, they stay a have-not for the week in addition to the next week.	Jason	Taken & Failed
Day 24	Golden Chalet	During the Power of Veto competition, the first person to pick up their golden chalet will win a cash prize of $27.	Kevin	Taken	Kevin is eliminated from the competition.
Day 25	Have-Not Escape	One have-not can risk their have-not status in order to become a Have. If they pick the correct box, they are a have. If they select the incorrect box, they stay a have-not for the week in addition to the next week.	Josh	Taken & Failed
Day 29	Halting Hex	America voted for someone to face the temptation. Whoever takes the hex will be given the option to stop any of the next four live evictions right before the voting begins.	Jessica	Taken	Everyone will have the option to compete in the "Temptation Competition". The winner of the competition is safe for the week while the houseguest that finishes last will go up as a third nominee.
Day 33	Have-Not Escape	One have-not can risk their have-not status in order to become a Have. If they pick the correct box, they are a have. If they select the incorrect box, they stay a have-not for the week in addition to the next week.	Mark	Taken & Failed
Day 39	Have-Not Escape	One have-not can risk their have-not status in order to become a Have. If they pick the correct box, they are a have. If they select the incorrect box, they stay a have-not for the week in addition to the next week.	Elena	Taken & Failed
Day 55	Have-Not Escape	One have-not can risk their have-not status in order to become a Have. If they pick the correct box, they are a have. If they select the incorrect box, they stay a have-not for the week in addition to the next week.	Mark	Taken & Succeeded

Key:

Have-Not Temptation

Den of Temptation Temptation

Temptation During Competition

Den of Temptation History

	Week 1			Week 2	Week 3
	Money	Elimination Style	Pendant of Protection	Ring of Replacement	Halting Hex
Alex	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Christmas	Loss	Vote	Loss	Win	Ineligible
Dominique	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Elena	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Jason	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Jessica	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Win
Josh	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Kevin	Win	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Mark	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Matt	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Paul	Not In House	Ineligible	Win	Ineligible
Ramses	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Raven	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss	Loss
Cody	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Loss
Jillian	Loss	Vote	Loss
Megan	Loss	Ineligible	Walked
Cameron	Loss	Competition

Competition History

#		Competition		Result
Week	Day(s)	Type	Name
1	1	Temptation	"Garden of Temptation"	Kevin wins $25,000
		Hit The Road	"Tempted by the Fruit"	Cody wins safety
				Cameron, Christmas, and Jillian are nominated
		HOH	"Hangs in the Balance"	Cody wins HOH
	9	POV	"Fin to Win"	Alex wins the Veto
2	16	HOH	"Sugar Shot"	Paul wins HOH
	18	POV	"Path of Least Resistance"	Paul wins the Veto
3	23	HOH	"Space Cadets"	Alex wins HOH
	25	POV	"Temple of Temptation"	Jason wins the Veto
4	30	Battle Back	"Maze Race"	Cody advances
				Cameron advances
			"Billboard Bashers"	Cody advances
			"Maze Race"	Cody returns to the game
		HOH	"What's The Hold Up"	Jessica wins HOH
	32	POV	"BB Juicy Blast"	Jessica wins the Veto
5	37	HOH	"Inked & Evicted"	Paul wins HOH
	38	Temptation	"Bowlerina"	Mark wins Immunity
				Jason is nominated
	39	POV	"Under the Weather"	Paul wins the Veto
6	44	HOH	"Gravestone Golf"	Josh wins HOH
	45	Temptation	"Strangest Things"	Cody wins Immunity
				Jessica is nominated
	46	POV	"OTEV the Possessed Piglet"	Mark wins the Veto
7	51	HOH	"Hocus Focus"	Alex wins HOH
	52	Temptation	"Where Were You?"	Mark wins Immunity
				Matt is nominated
	53	POV	"BB Adventure Tours"	Matt wins the Veto
	58	HOH	"Let It Slide]"	Jason wins HOH
		POV	"BB Adventure Tours"	Mark wins the Veto
8		HOH	"Tales From Decrypt"	Christmas wins HOH
	60	POV	"Home Zing Home"	Jason wins the Veto
9	65	HOH	"Everyone's A Wiener"	Jason wins HOH
	60	POV	"Hide and Go Veto"	Jason wins the Veto
10	72	HOH	"Ready, Set, Woah!"	Christmas wins HOH
	74	POV	"Punch, Slap, Kick"	Paul wins the Veto
	79	HOH	"Fake News"	Alex wins HOH
		POV	"Lime Drop"	Josh wins the Veto
11		HOH	"The Revengers"	Josh wins HOH
	81	POV	"BB Comics"	Paul wins the Veto
	84	HOH	"What The Bleep?"	Paul wins HOH
	85	POV	"Back to the Veto"	Paul wins the Veto
12	86	HOH	"Tail of the Unicorn"	Paul wins Final HOH Part 1
	88		"Knock 'Em Down"	Josh wins Final HOH Part 2
	92		"The Scales Of Just Us"	Josh wins Final HOH Part 3

Game History

#	HOH	Temptation Winner	Initial Nominations						Veto Holder	Used?	Final Nominations						Result
Wk																	Houseguest	Vote	Finish
1		Kevin									Cameron		Christmas		Jillian		Cameron	8-3-2	1st Evicted Battle Back Competitor Day 1
	Cody	Paul	Megan			Jillian											Megan	Walked Day 8
			Alex						Alex		Paul		Christmas		Jillian		Jillian	8-4	2nd Evicted Battle Back Competitor Day 16
2	Paul	Christmas	Alex		Josh		Ramses		Paul		Alex		Cody		Ramses		Cody	7-3-0	3rd Evicted Battle Back Competitor Day 23
3	Alex	Jessica	Dominique			Jessica			Jason		Dominique			Jessica			Dominique	10-0	4th Evicted Battle Back Competitor Day 30
4																	Cody	Battle Back Champion Returned Day 30
	Jessica		Josh			Ramses			Jessica		Josh			Ramses			Ramses	7-3	5th Evicted Day 37
5	Paul	Mark	Cody		Jason		Jessica		Paul		Cody			Jessica			Halting Hex Used Eviction Cancelled
6	Josh	Cody	Elena		Jessica		Mark		Mark		Elena		Jessica		Raven		Jessica	7-1-0	6th Evicted Day 51
7	Alex	Mark	Elena		Jason		Matt		Matt		Cody		Elena		Matt		Cody	7-0-0	7th Evicted 1st Jury Member Day 58
	Jason		Elena			Mark			Mark		Elena			Matt			Elena	6-1	8th Evicted 2nd Jury Member Day 58
8	Christmas	Mark	Jason			Matt			Jason		Mark			Matt			Mark	4-2	9th Evicted 3rd Jury Member Day 65
9	Jason		Matt			Raven			Jason		Matt			Raven			Matt	6-0	10th Evicted 4th Jury Member Day 72
10	Christmas		Alex			Jason			Paul		Jason			Kevin			Jason	3-2	11th Evicted 5th Jury Member Day 79
	Alex		Kevin			Raven			Josh		Kevin			Raven			Raven	2-1	12th Evicted 6th Jury Member Day 79
11	Josh		Alex			Kevin			Paul		Alex			Kevin			Alex	2-1	13th Evicted 7th Jury Member Day 84
	Paul		Josh			Kevin			Paul		Josh			Kevin			Kevin	1-0	14th Evicted 8th Jury Member Day 86
12	Josh										Christmas			Paul			Christmas	1-0	15th Evicted 9th Jury Member Day 92
																	Paul	5-4	Runner-Up
																	Josh		Winner

Week 1

Round 1

Took Temptation    Kevin

Entered    Paul

Nominee 2 Votes    Christmas

Nominee 3 Votes    Jillian

Evicted 8 Votes    Cameron

Once all 16 new houseguests entered the Big Brother house for the summer, Julie Chen announced that this year would be the Summer of Temptations. Immediately, the houseguests were tempted with $25,000, but Julie warned them that every temptation comes with a consequence, or a curse. After Alex Ow, Cody Nickson, Jason Dent, Kevin Schlehuber, Mark Jansen, Ramses Soto and Raven Walton pushed their buttons, Kevin was anonymously revealed to be the fastest and thus accepted the cash temptation. In doing so, he released the first curse onto the house, the entrance of Paul Abrahamian. However, Julie spoke to the houseguests and revealed that Paul would not only be entering the house, but would be taking the place of one of the current houseguests and someone would be leaving the house by the end of the night in first ever BB Swap. The house was then told that they must tempt Paul as he had the power to grant immunity to eight houseguests. Once Paul chose his eight houseguests, the other eight competed to win immunity and three of said Houseguests would be automatically nominated. By the end of the competition, Christmas Abbott, Jillian Parker, and Cameron Heard had been nominated for eviction. After deciding to decide who is evicted through a house vote rather than a competition, Cameron Heard was the first HosuseGuest evicted by a vote of 8-3-2.

Round 2

HOH    Cody

Nominee Walked    Megan

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Alex

Post-Veto Nominee PoP    Paul

Post-Veto Nominee 4 Votes    Christmas

Evicted 8 Votes    Jillian

Following Cameron's eviction, the houseguests competed in teams for the spot of the first Head of Household. During the competition, Josh Martinez decided to take the Temptation and got the Golden Apple, granting himself immunity, but taking his entire team out of the HOH, which worked out for Kevin, because he was forced to throw the competition anyways as punishment for taking the first temptation. Once it was down to two remaining teams, each team selected one houseguests to compete for the spot of Head of Household, resulting in Paul Abrahamian competing against Cody Nickson. After a head-to-head battle, Cody Nickson became the first Head of Household of the summer. After conflicts within the house impacted his decision, Cody then decided to nominate Megan Lowder and Jillian Parker for eviction, with Megan as his target. The following days proved to be tumultuous as the house erupted in multiple conflicts resulting in Megan deciding to walk from the show. With one spot open for nominations, Cody decided to listen to his alliance and nominated Alex Ow in her place. Julie Chen then announced the Den of Temptation twist to the house, where for the next three weeks one House Guest would be tempted by America for a special power, but every temptation comes with a consequence. For the first temptation, America decided to tempt Paul with the Pendant of Protection, granting him immunity for the first three evictions. With his acceptance of the temptation, a curse was unleashed onto the house; one houseguest would be forced to nominate oneself during one of the next three evictions in addition to the HOH's two nominees. Ramses Soto was then cursed and forced to nominate himself in the coming weeks. At the veto competition, Cody regretted his decision and decided to throw the competition to Alex, where she won the first Power of Veto of the summer. At the Veto ceremony, Alex used the veto on herself and Cody attempted to blindside the house and target Paul. However, once he announced that Paul was his replacement nominee, Paul revealed the Pendant of Protection and that he was immune for the next three evictions. Still in need of a replacement nominee, Cody moved on to nominate his fifth HouseGuest of the week, Christmas Abbott. Following these moves, Cody ended up breaking apart his existing alliance. At the eviction, Jillian was blindsided and evicted by a vote of a 8-4.

Week 2

HOH POV    Paul

Pre-Veto Nominee    Josh

Nominee 0 Votes    Alex

Nominee via Curse 3 Votes    Ramses

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 7 Votes    Cody

Following Jillian's eviction, the HouseGuests competed for HOH, where Paul became the new Head of Household. Wanting to target the showmance of Cody Nickson and Jessica Graf. He began the week with nominating Josh Martinez and Alex Ow as pawns, and Ramses Soto decided to nominate himself as part of the curse. In the Den of Temptation, Christmas was tempted with the Ring of Replacement, allowing her to replace a player in the Veto Completion and play herself. At the Veto competition, Paul won the Power of Veto, although Ramses, who was supposed to throw it, ended up getting second place, leading him to be distrusted by many. Paul then decided to use the veto on Josh Martinez, successfully backdooring Cody Nickson when he was evicted by a vote of 7-3-0.

Week 3

HOH    Alex

POV    Jason

Nominee 0 Votes    Jessica

Evicted 10 Votes    Dominique

Following Cody's eviction, the houseguests competed in the Head of Household competition where Alex became the new Head of Household. At the nomination ceremony, Alex decided to nominate Jessica Graf and Dominique Cooper for eviction, with Dominique as her target. Once her closest ally Jason won the Power of Veto, her plan reamined intact. In the Den of Temptation, Jessica was tempted with the Halting Hex, giving her the power to halt any one of the next four evictions. By accepting the Hex, she unleashed the Temptation Competition, a competition that would come into play during Week 5. The house, led by Paul, began to isolate Dominique, further ensuring her fate. Even though several conflicts through the week involving Jessica, Josh, and Mark sprouted, the target remained the same and Dominique was evicted by a unanimous vote of 10-0.

Week 4

Re-Entered Battle Back Champion    Cody	HOH POV    Jessica	Nominee 3 Votes    Josh	Evicted 7 Votes    Ramses
Lost Battle Back Part 1    Jillian	Lost Battle Back Part 1    Dominique	Lost Battle Back Part 2    Cameron

Following Dominique's eviction, the first four houseguests secretly competed in the Battle Back Showdown. After defeating his fellow evicted houseguests, Cody was given the opportunity to compete against a house challenger. If he won, he would re-enter the game. If he lost, he would officially be evicted from the house. After defeating house challenger Paul, Cody officially re-entered the House. At the Head of Household competition, Jessica won her first competition of the summer and became the new HOH. After several fights between the two, Jessica decided to target Josh, nominating him and Ramses Soto as a pawn. Since the house remained wanting to go against Cody and Jessica, Paul led a plan to blindside the couple and evict Ramses, keeping their arch rival, Josh, in the game. At the Veto Competition, Jessica continued her winning streak and won the Power of Veto. Prior to the Veto Ceremony, Jessica began to wonder if the house was planning on blindsiding her and was close to using the veto on Ramses to ensure her target would be evicted. After deciding to not create any waves in the house, Paul and his allies decided to blindside Jessica and Cody, and Paul's own alliance members Elena and Mark who were close to the duo, by evicting Ramses with a vote of 7-3.

Week 5

HOH POV    Paul

Temp Immunity    Mark

Pre-Veto Temp Nominee    Jason

Nominee    Jessica

Nominee    Cody

Following Ramses' eviction, Paul became Head of Household for the second time this summer. Jessica attempted to scare the houseguests by announcing she held a special power that could keep her safe for the week. Since Jessica accepted the Halting Hex, the Temptation Competition was unleashed onto the house, giving the houseguest the option to compete for safety. The houseguest who comes in first would win immunity, but the houseguest coming in last would automatically be nominated. Mark then won the competition and became immune for the week, and Jason came in last, resulting in his automatic nomination. Choosing to call Jessica's bluff, Paul continued his plan to target the duo of Jessica and Cody, he decided nominate the pair for eviction. This sent the house into chaos with fights erupting between Paul and Jessica and Cody, Josh and Mark, and Jessica and Cody themselves. At the Power of Veto competition, Paul won the Power of Veto for the second time of the summer. At the Veto Ceremony, Paul used the Veto on Jason. Since he was nominated by the competition, there was no replacement nominee. In an attempt to get Jessica not to utilize her power, the house once again erupted, with the majority of the house taunting and wreaking havoc against Jessica and Cody. All of this proved futile when Jessica decided to unleash the Halting Hex on eviction night, resulting in no eviction taking place.

Week 6

HOH    Josh

Temp Immunity    Cody

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Mark

Nominee 0 Votes    Elena

Post-Veto Nominee 1 Vote    Raven

Temp Nominee Evicted 7 Votes    Jessica

Following Jessica's unleashing of the Halting Hex and cancelling of the eviction, Josh became the new of Head of Household. At the Temptation Competition, Cody and Jessica devised a plan to ensure they would not get backdoored. Cody came in first in the competition, winning immunity, while Jessica purposely came in last, automatically becoming the third nominee. Since Jessica was already nominated and Cody was ineligible, Josh was forced to nominate two other houseguests other than those the house was targeting. After deciding he would rather see Elena leave this week than Jessica, Josh nominated Elena and Mark for eviction with Elena as his target. During the Veto Picking, Christmas used her Ring of Replacement to take Cody's place in the Power of Veto competition, however she could not play due to her injury. Mark ended up winning the Power of Veto and despite many people trying to convince him not to use it, he vetoed himself, forcing Josh to have to nominate someone else. Raven decided to volunteer, so she went up as a pawn. Josh still wanted to get out Elena and not Jessica, but after taking many shots at her in public, and then trying to speak to her privately and give her hints of his plan, she didn't want to hear it from him, leading to a huge fight between them and Cody. Cody had tried to rally votes against Raven, but the fight had sealed Jessica's fate, and so on eviction night she left in a 7-1-0 vote.

Week 7

Round 1

HOH    Alex

Temp Immunity    Mark

Pre-Veto Nominee    Jason

Temp Nominee POV 0 Votes    Matt

Nominee 0 Votes    Elena

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 7 Votes    Cody

Following Jessica's eviction, Alex won her second Head of Household of the season. Julie announced that The Jury phase had begun, and that there would be no Jury Battle Back, meaning that all evictions from this point onwards are permanent, with the evictee being sent to the Jury house until finale night. Paul had already begun formulating a plan for Alex to backdoor Cody. Alex planned on nominating Mark and Elena, with someone else throwing the Temptation Competition and get nominated so that they can increase their numbers in the Veto competition, and lower the chances of Cody competing. Mark ended up winning the Temptation Competition for the second time, and Matt got nominated, setting the plan in motion, however she did need to think of a new pawn to put next to Elena since Mark was immune, and so she ended up nominating her main ally Jason alongside Elena, both as pawns to attempt a backdoor on Cody. Matt ended up winning the Veto, and plans to Veto Jason, allowing for Cody to go up on the block, because if he Vetoes himself, then there will be no replacement, and Cody stays safe. Cody tried to get Alex to turn on Paul and nominate Raven, but Alex stuck to the plan, so when Matt Vetoed Jason, Cody went up, setting him up to be the first Juror and first casualty of the Double Eviction, which is exactly what happened on eviction night, with a 7-0-0 vote, making Cody the 1st member of the Jury.

Round 2

HOH    Jason

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Mark

Post-Veto Nominee 1 Vote    Matt

Evicted 6 Votes    Elena

Following Cody's eviction, Jason won Head of Household for the first time. He quickly nominated Mark and Elena because of the fact that they were targeting Paul. Despite being close, Jason couldn't win the Power of Veto, and Mark ended up doing so, getting his second Veto win of the season, which then sealed Elena's fate. He took himself off the block, so Jason decided to put Matt up as a pawn once again. With the house united against her and Mark, Elena was then evicted in a 6-1 vote, with only Mark voting to keep her, making her the 2nd member of the Jury.

Week 8

HOH    Christmas

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Jason

Nominee 2 Votes    Matt

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 4 Votes    Mark

Following Elena's eviction, Christmas won her first Head of Household competition. After taking out all 3 of his potential allies, including his showmance, the target was set on Mark. However, the Tree of Temptation twist came into play, and Mark decided to pick the first apple. He got a prize, but it was not the prize he wanted; he ended up getting the Save a Friend and chose to grant Paul his 5th immunity of the season, in an attempt to work his back into his good graces. Christmas nominated Jason and Matt as pawns, and despite him saving Paul, she still wanted to backdoor Mark. Mark was drawn for Veto, but Jason ended up winning for the second time, so it appeared that fate was sealed for Mark. Despite his strong campaigns, he was still nominated when Jason saved himself, however that did not stop him from continuing to campaign. However, his efforts only gained him 2 sympathy votes from Jason and Alex, and he got the 4 votes to evict from the others, so he was evicted as the 3rd member of the Jury.

Week 9

HOH POV    Jason

Nominee 0 Votes    Raven

Evicted 6 Votes    Matt

Following Mark's eviction, Jason won his second HOH of the season. He initially revealed to Kevin that he and Alex gave Mark sympathy votes, but then retracted that statement and started telling others the rogue votes were Kevin and Raven. The Tree of Temptation was lit up, but in an unexpected turn of events, nobody went to pick an apple, removing the Tree from play this week. Jason then nominated Matt and Raven for eviction. Matt planned on using the Veto on Raven if he won it himself, with Kevin as the most likely candidate for the replacement nominee. However, Jason won the Veto, and was originally going to save Raven and renominate Kevin, as promised during the nomination ceremony. However, Jason was tired of having his game dictated for him by other people, so he went back on his word and chose to remain loyal to Kevin, keeping his nominations the same. In an effort to get himself evicted over Raven, Matt decided to violate his Have-Not restrictions, and gained 1 penalty vote for eviction. Matt's plan worked, and he ended up getting evicted in a vote of 6-0, making him the 4th Juror.

Week 10

Round 1

HOH    Christmas

POV    Paul

Pre-Veto Nominee    Alex

Post-Veto Nominee 2 Votes    Kevin

Evicted 3 Votes    Jason

Following Matt's eviction, Christmas won HOH for the second time this season. Paul's plan was to go after Jason and Alex, and so that's who Christmas decided to nominate for eviction. The Tree lit up before noms once again, but again nobody chose an apple, so the twist was officially over. Jason feared that he was going to get evicted, but Alex kept shooting down his worries. Meanwhile, Josh began to get suspicious of Paul's plan, but Christmas shot him down as well. Paul wanted Alex to be Vetoed and Kevin to go up next to Jason, and then he votes with Alex to keep Jason, while Josh and Raven vote to keep Kevin, forcing the votes to tie, having Christmas then evict Jason, which then keeps Alex from being mad at him. Paul then won the POV for a third time and told Alex that he was going to save her, so it looked like his plan was officially set in motion, and Jason's game was about to be over. Josh was worried about Paul's plan only helping himself and not the entire alliance, but Christmas got angry at him and told him to speak to Paul. Paul shot down Josh's theories that were true in reality, and convinced him that the plan helped all 3 of them. Josh finally gave in, and stopped fighting back, so at the Veto Ceremony Paul saved Alex and Christmas put up Kevin. Although Alex thought it was game over for Kevin, it was really game over for Jason. On eviction night, it was announced that it was another Double Eviction, and so when voting began, Paul's plan entered the final stages, as the votes tied, and Christmas broke it, evicting Jason in a 3-2 vote and sending him to the Jury as the 5th member.

Round 2

HOH    Alex

POV    Josh

Nominee 1 Vote    Kevin

Evicted 2 Votes    Raven

Following Jason's eviction, Alex won HOH for a third time. Due to Paul voting with her and faking a fight with Josh, she was convinced that he was still her ally, and so she decided to listen to him and nominated Raven and Kevin for eviction instead of Christmas and Josh. In a very close Veto competition, Josh ended up winning his first for the summer. He didn't use it, and despite Alex wanting Kevin evicted, Christmas and Paul decided now was the time to evict Raven and so that was how they voted, while Josh voted to keep her, and so she ended up leaving in a 2-1 vote and became the 6th member of the Jury.

Week 11

Round 1

HOH    Josh

POV    Paul

Nominee 1 Vote    Kevin

Evicted 2 Votes    Alex

Following Raven's eviction, Josh won his second HOH of the summer. As expected, he remained loyal to Paul and Christmas and nominated Alex and Kevin, with the intent of evicting Alex. He thought about exposing Paul's game to Alex and taking him out, but decided against it. Any chance he had to take out Paul was then lost when Paul won his fourth POV of the season. Alex still thought he was going to save her, so when he told her that he wasn't, she got extremely upset although she promised she wouldn't be a bitter Juror. Josh was still pondering about going after Paul in the final weeks if he had the chance, as it's his only option to win the game. At the Veto Ceremony, Paul went through with his plan and did not use it, leaving Alex and Kevin on the block, with Alex's game basically over. Paul voted to keep Alex, while having Christmas vote to keep Kevin, forcing a tie so that Josh would have to evict Alex, which is what happened, causing Alex to be the 7th member of the Jury.

Round 2

HOH POV    Paul

Nominee 0 Votes    Josh

Evicted 1 Vote    Kevin

Following Alex's eviction, Paul won his third HOH. Staying loyal to his Final 3 deal, he nominated Josh as a pawn against his final target Kevin. All the while, Kevin thought he was safe against Josh, but once Paul won the POV for the fifth time, Kevin's game was finished. At the live Veto Ceremony, Paul did not use it, and Christmas cast the sole vote to evict Kevin shortly after, sending him to the Jury as its 8th member, leaving the Misfits in the Final 3.

Week 12

HOH Pt. 2 Winner HOH Pt. 3 Winner Final HOH    Josh

HOH Pt. 1 Winner Nominee 0 Votes    Paul

Evicted 1 Vote    Christmas

Following Kevin's eviction, the Final 3 competed in Part 1 of the Final HOH competition, which Paul won. Josh then beat Christmas in Part 2, leaving her on the block. On finale night, Josh beat Paul and became the Final HOH of the summer. He then chose to evict Christmas, due to believing that she was more liked by the Jury, and his loyalty to Paul, thus making her the 9th and final Juror.

Finale

Winner   5 Votes    Josh

Runner-Up   4 Votes    Paul

Jury

Josh  Cody

Josh  Elena

Josh  Mark

Paul  Matt

Josh  Jason

Paul  Raven

Josh  Alex

Paul  Kevin

Paul  Christmas

Notable Prizes

• Kevin won $25,000 in a temptation, but as a result, unleashed Paul into the game.
• Elena won $5000 in the 6th Power of Veto competition.

Notable Punishments

• As a result of Christmas accepting her temptation in Week 2, Cody, Jason and Jessica were forced to wear "Ve-toad" (frog) costumes for the week and can only move around by hopping, and can only stand/sit on lily pads placed in every room.

Trivia

• With the addition of Paul Abrahamian, this season ties for the largest cast alongside Big Brother 17.
• This is the first season since Big Brother 12 where no HouseGuest was nominated for eviction more than 4 times.
• This is the first season where more than six houseguests were nominated in the first week.
• This is the third season to have the final three win multiple HOH competitions, following Big Brother 8 (US) and Big Brother 17 (US).
• This is the fourth season in a row to have at least five Houseguests win multiple HOHs, following Big Brother 16 (US), Big Brother 17 (US) and Big Brother 18 (US).
• This is the first season where males won 10 PoV competition's in a row (starting week 5 and onward).
• This season has the longest pre-jury phase by days, with the first juror being evicted on Day 58. It would later be followed by Big Brother 25 (US).

Ratings

Big Brother 19 (US) Ratings - In United States
#	Date	18–49 Demo (rating/share)	Viewers (millions)	Viewers Change (millions)	Season Avg Viewers (millions)	Rank			Source
						Timeslot	Night	Week
1	Wednesday, June 28, 2017	1.7/7	5.88		5.88	1	1	3
2	Thursday, June 29, 2017	1.6/7	5.37	-0.51	5.63	1	1	4
3	Sunday, July 2, 2017	1.4/7	5.16	-0.21	5.47	1	1	T-2
4	Wednesday, July 5, 2017	1.8/8	6.15	+0.99	5.64	1	1	T-2
5	Thursday, July 6, 2017	1.9/8	6.09	+0.06	5.73	1	1	1
6	Sunday, July 9, 2017	1.8/8	6.39	+0.30	5.84	1	1	T-4
7	Wednesday, July 12, 2017	1.9/9	6.45	+0.06	5.93	1	1	3
8	Thursday, July 13, 2017	1.8/8	6.11	+0.34	5.95	1	1	T-4
9	Sunday, July 16, 2017	1.8/8	5.95	-0.16	5.95	1	1	4
10	Wednesday, July 19, 2017	1.9/8	6.19	+0.24	5.97	1	1	T-2
11	Thursday, July 20, 2017	1.9/7	5.96	-0.23	5.97	1	1	T-2
12	Friday, July 21, 2017	1.5/7	5.45	-0.51	5.93	1	1	T-7
13	Sunday, July 23, 2017	1.8/7	5.98	+0.53	5.93	1	1	4
14	Wednesday, July 26, 2017	1.8/8	6.35	+0.37	5.96	1	1	4
15	Thursday, July 27, 2017	1.9/8	6.33	-0.02	5.99	1	1	T-2
16	Sunday, July 30, 2017	1.9/8	6.33	0.00	6.01	1	1	T-2
17	Wednesday, August 2, 2017	1.9/8	6.57	+0.24	6.04	1	1	5
18	Thursday, August 3, 2017	1.9/8	6.42	-0.15	6.06	1	2	T-3
19	Sunday, August 6, 2017	2.0/8	6.46	+0.04	6.08	1	1	T-3
20	Wednesday, August 9, 2017	1.9/8	6.39	-0.07	6.10	1	1	T-3
21	Thursday, August 10, 2017	1.9/8	5.95	-0.44	6.09	1	1	T-3
22	Sunday, August 13, 2017	1.9/8	6.22	+0.27	6.10	1	1	T-3
23	Wednesday, August 16, 2017	1.9/8	6.27	+0.05	6.11	2	2	4
24	Thursday, August 17, 2017	2.1/8	6.48	+0.21	6.12	1	1	T-2
25	Friday, August 18, 2017	1.4/7	5.06	-1.42	6.08	1	1	T-7
26	Sunday, August 20, 2017	1.8/7	6.42	+1.36	6.09	1	1	5
27	Wednesday, August 23, 2017	1.8/7	6.10	-0.32	6.09	2	2	T-4
28	Thursday, August 24, 2017	1.7/7	6.03	-0.06	6.09	1	1	6
29	Sunday, August 27, 2017	1.8/7	6.28	+0.25	6.10	2	2	T-4
30	Wednesday, August 30, 2017	1.8/7	6.20	-0.08	6.10	1	1	4
31	Thursday, August 31, 2017	1.5/6	4.91	-1.29	6.06	1	1	T-6
32	Sunday, September 3, 2017	1.7/7	5.65	+0.74	6.06	1	1	5
33	Wednesday, September 6, 2017	1.9/7	6.33	+0.68	6.07	2	2	11
34	Thursday, September 7, 2017	1.8/7	6.24	-0.09	6.07	1	3	13
35	Sunday, September 10, 2017	1.9/7	6.27	+0.03	6.08	2	6	11
36	Wednesday, September 13, 2017	1.8/7	6.38	+0.11	6.09	2	2	8
37	Thursday, September 14, 2017	1.8/7	6.12	+0.26	6.09	1	1	10
38	Friday, September 15, 2017	1.2/6	4.89	-1.23	6.05	1	1	T-14
39	Wednesday, September 20, 2017	2.2/8	6.70	+1.81	6.07	2	2	6

References

References

External Links

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