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Big Brother 2 (US) is the 2nd season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.). It began on July 5, 2001, and aired on CBS for 82 days, concluding on September 20, 2001, when Will Kirby was crowned the winner with five votes from the evicted HouseGuests, winning $500,000.

The format of Big Brother 2 differed from that of the first American season, which had been a direct adaptation of the original Dutch version. In Season 2, every week the houseguests competed to become the Head of Household (HOH). The HOH would then nominate two houseguests for eviction. The fellow contestants would vote, and the player with the most votes would be evicted. On Finale night, all former houseguests returned to vote for who they thought should win the grand prize.

Background[]

Development[]

Casting[]

Twists/Changes[]

  • More Gameplay Orientated Game: As the result of the negative critical response to the first season, the second season introduced a more gameplay orientated focus on more competition and strategy in likes of Survivor, this format would become the basis of Big Brother (U.S.).
    • Nomination Discussion Allowed: Unlike most international versions, the Houseguests were now free to talk about nominations.
    • Head of Household: For the first time internationally, each week one Houseguest will be given the power to control nominations and nominate two Houseguests for eviction.
    • Houseguests Vote: Unlike the previous season where the viewing public voted to banish the houseguests, the Houseguests themselves would decide who would be evicted.
    • The Jury: For the first time internationally, a "jury" of peers will vote for the winner of the season rather than a voting public.

Houseguests[]

Will Kirby
 Winner 
 
Will
Nicole Nilson Schaffrich
 Runner-Up 
 
Nicole
Monica Bailey
 Jury: Will 
 
Monica
Hardy Ames-Hill
 Jury: Nicole 
 
Hardy
Bunky Miller
 Jury: Nicole 
 
Bunky
Krista Stegall
 Jury: Will 
 
Krista
Kent Blackwelder
 Jury: Will 
 
Kent
Mike "Boogie" Malin
 Jury: Will 
 
Mike
Shannon Dragoo
 Jury: Will 
 
Shannon
Autumn Daly
 Jury: Nicole 
 
Autumn
Sheryl Braxton
 Jury: Will 
 
Sheryl
Justin Sebik
 Expelled 
 
Justin

Voting History[]

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11
Finale
Will Nicole Autumn  
 
Krista   Krista   Hardy   Winner
Nicole   Autumn Shannon Mike Kent  
 
Bunky   Monica Runner-Up
Monica Nicole Autumn Shannon Mike Kent   Will  
 
  Will
Hardy Sheryl Autumn   Mike   Krista Bunky    
 
Nicole
Bunky Sheryl Autumn Shannon Mike Kent Krista    
 
Nicole
Krista Sheryl   Shannon   Kent    
 
Will
Kent Sheryl   Shannon      
 
Will
Mike   Autumn Shannon    
 
Will
Shannon Nicole Autumn    
 
Will
Autumn Sheryl    
 
Nicole
Sheryl    
 
Will
Justin  
 
Key:  Nominated   HOH   Jury Member   Evicted   Expelled 
  • Note: Will and Nicole got to void one vote, before they knew what it was. Will chose Bunky's and Nicole chose Shannon's vote.

Food History[]

Week
1 +
2 +
3 +
4 +
5 +
6 +
7
8 +
9 +
10 +
Key: Food PB&J Certain Food/Days

Competition History[]

# Competition Result
Week Day(s) Type Name
1 1 Food "All Stuffed Up"
Houseguests
win food for the week
Reward
Kent
wins a new car
2 HOH "Wheel Of First Impressions"
Mike
wins HOH
N/A Luxury "Dirty Dozen"
Houseguests
win the hot tub
N/A Luxury "Birds Eye View"
Houseguests
win
2 12 HOH "To the Mat"
Krista
wins HOH
13 Food "Pound of Flesh"

Nicole, Monica,
Shannon, and Autumn
are on PB&J
15 Luxury "Ride the Bull"

Nicole, Monica,
Krista, Shannon, and Autumn
win a barbecue dinner
3 19 HOH "By the Numbers"
Hardy
wins HOH
20 Food "Catch of the Day"
Houseguests
win food for the week
22 Luxury "Cross Dressing"

Bunky, Kent,
Nicole, and Shannon
win laundry service
4 26 HOH "Higher/Lower"
Kent
wins HOH
27 Food ""Food Pyramid"
Houseguests
win food for the week
29 Luxury "Spinning Discs"
Monica
wins a personal stereo and CD
5 33 HOH "Face the Facts"
Hardy
wins HOH
34 Food "The Perfect Meal"
Houseguests
win food for the week
36 Luxury "Rescue 911"
Nicole, Monica, and Krista
win a luxury prizes
6 40 HOH "Pushing It to the Limit"
Nicole
wins HOH
41 Food "A Is For Apple"
Houseguests
win food for the week
43 Luxury "All the News That Fits"
Bunky and Will
win three minutes to see recent news
7 48 Luxury "Blockbuster"
Bunky
wins a film screening
50 Food "An Offer Almost Too Good to Refuse"

Will, Nicole,
Monica, and Hardy
are on PB&J
8 51 HOH "Big Brother Road Trip"
Hardy
wins HOH
55 Food "Big Brother Jenga"
Houseguests
win food for the week
56 Luxury "The Great Escape"
Bunky and Will
win a helicopter tour
9 61 HOH "Strange Bedfellows"
Monica
wins HOH
62 Food "Shop 'til You Drop"
Houseguests
win food for the week
65 Reward "Fire and Ice"
Houseguests
fail to win $15,000
Luxury "Crack the Code"
Hardy
wins the right to view his fan-site
10 N/A Food/Luxury "Untitled"
Houseguests
win
68 HOH "Final HoH Part 1"
Will
wins Final HOH Part 1
N/A "Final HoH Part 2"
Nicole
wins Final HOH Part 2
77 "Final HoH Part 3"
Nicole
wins Final HOH Part 3

Game History[]

# HOH Nominations Result
Week Houseguest Vote Finish
1
Mike

Justin
Expelled
Day 10

Nicole

Sheryl

Sheryl
5-3 1st Evicted
1st Jury Member
Day 12
2
Krista

Autumn

Kent

Autumn
7-0 2nd Evicted
2nd Jury Member
Day 19
3
Hardy

Shannon

Will

Shannon
6-0 3rd Evicted
3rd Jury Member
Day 26
4
Kent

Krista

Mike

Mike
4-1 4th Evicted
4th Jury Member
Day 33
5
Hardy

Kent

Will

Kent
4-0 5th Evicted
5th Jury Member
Day 40
6
Nicole

Krista

Monica

Krista
3-0 6th Evicted
6th Jury Member
Day 47
7 & 8
Hardy

Bunky

Will

Bunky
2-1 7th Evicted
7th Jury Member
Day 61
9
Monica

Hardy

Nicole

Hardy
1-0 8th Evicted
8th Jury Member
Day 68
10
Nicole

Monica

Will

Monica
1-0 9th Evicted
9th Jury Member
Day 77
11
Nicole
6-3
5-2
Runner-Up

Will
Winner

Week 1[]

Mike "Boogie" Malin
 HOH 
 
Mike
Nicole Nilson Schaffrich
 Nominee
3 Votes
 
 
Nicole
Sheryl Braxton
 Evicted
5 Votes
 
 
Sheryl
Justin Sebik
 Expelled 
 
Justin

At the first ever Head of Household competition, Mike "Boogie" Malin gained the title of Head of Household for the week. Mike chose to nominate Nicole Nilson Schaffrich and Sheryl Braxton for eviction, with Nicole being his main target. On the very first night, Nicole had appeared to be very loud and controlling to the other houseguests. Mike nominated Nicole against Sheryl because he thought that Sheryl was too liked by the rest of the house to be evicted; he thought that Nicole would definitely be the one to go. Later in the week, Mike, Will Kirby and Shannon Dragoo formed the "Chilltown" alliance, the first true alliance of Big Brother history. The rest of the house formed the alliance of "TOP" (The Other People), to go against the Chilltown alliance. On Day 10, Justin Sebik was expelled from the house for holding a knife to Krista Stegall's neck and threatening the other houseguests. Sheryl was evicted in a five to three vote, after the votes had decided to go against Chilltown's wishes.

Week 2[]

Krista Stegall
 HOH 
 
Krista
Kent Blackwelder
 Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Kent
Autumn Daly
 Evicted
7 Votes
 
 
Autumn

Krista Stegall won the "To the Mat" Head of Household competition and was crowned Head of Household. The house were unaware who Krista would nominate as she had been playing both sides of the house. In order to help her decide who to nominate, Krista went round to each houseguest individually and asked them who should be nominated. The majority of the houseguests all said Will, a member of the Chilltown alliance. Despite the house wanting her to nominate a member of the Chilltown, Krista chose to nominate Autumn Daly and Kent Blackwelder for eviction. Many of the houseguests saw this as an opportunity to evict a weak player from the house, Autumn. Autumn was evicted in a unanimous vote of seven to zero.

Week 3[]

Hardy Ames-Hill
 HOH 
 
Hardy
Will Kirby
 Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Will
Shannon Dragoo
 Evicted
6 Votes
 
 
Shannon

Hardy Ames-Hill won the "By the Numbers" Head of Household competition. He chose to nominate Will Kirby and Shannon Dragoo for eviction, two members of the Chilltown alliance who were also involved in a romantic relationship together. Shannon felt the need to "sacrifice" herself in order for Will to remain in the game. In order to do this, she verbally attacked many houseguests and infamously cleaned the toilet with Hardy's toothbrush. Shannon's plan was successful and she was evicted by a unanimous vote.

Week 4[]

Kent Blackwelder
 HOH 
 
Kent
Krista Stegall
 Nominee
1 Vote
 
 
Krista
Mike "Boogie" Malin
 Evicted
4 Votes
 
 
Mike

Kent Blackwelder won the "Higher or Lower" Head of Household competition. He chose to nominate Krista Stegall and Mike "Boogie" Malin, two members of the Chilltown alliance who were also involved in a romantic relationship. Following their nomination, Mike and Kent were involved in various arguments with one another. Kent's target was Mike and the majority of houseguests agreed with this decision. Mike was evicted in a four to one vote.

Week 5[]

Hardy Ames-Hill
 HOH 
 
Hardy
Will Kirby
 Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Will
Kent Blackwelder
 Evicted
4 Votes
 
 
Kent

Hardy Ames-Hill won the "Face the Facts" Head of Household, earning his second consecutive HOH win of the season. This made him the first person in the game to hold the title of HOH twice. The divide between the Chilltown and the alliance "The Other People" seemed to disappear, as there was only one member of Chilltown left in the house. The members of "The Other People" began to turn on each other and fracture into pairs. Hardy chose to nominate the last remaining Chilltown member, Will Kirby, and Kent Blackwelder. Kent was angered by his nomination and felt as if he had been betrayed. Kent was evicted by a unanimous vote.

Week 6[]

Nicole Nilson Schaffrich
 HOH 
 
Nicole
Monica Bailey
 Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Monica
Krista Stegall
 Evicted
3 Votes
 
 
Krista

Nicole Nilson Schaffrich won the "Pushing It to the Limit" Head of Household competition. She nominated Krista Stegall and Monica Bailey for eviction, stating that their close-bond was too powerful in the house. The two best-friends agreed that they would not rally up votes against one another. However, knowing that she would be the one evicted, Krista did try to gain sympathy vote from her other close-friend Will Kirby. Krista was evicted from the house in a unanimous three to zero vote.

Week 7 & 8[]

Hardy Ames-Hill
 HOH 
 
Hardy
Will Kirby
 Nominee
1 Vote
 
 
Will
Bunky Miller
 Evicted
2 Votes
 
 
Bunky

Hardy Ames-Hill won the "Big Brother Road Trip" Head of Household competition. He nominated Bunky Miller and Will Kirby for eviction. Hardy and his ally Nicole Nilson Schaffrich, knowing that they would ultimately decide who was to be evicted, discussed who they should vote for. In order to ensure that he remained in the house, Will made a deal with Hardy that he would keep Nicole safe if he won HOH the following the week. Unaware that Will was lying, Hardy believed Will and cast the tiebreaker vote to evict Bunky over Will.

Week 9[]

Monica Bailey
 HOH 
 
Monica
Nicole Nilson Schaffrich
 Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Nicole
Hardy Ames-Hill
 Evicted
1 Vote
 
 
Hardy

Monica Bailey won the "Strange Bedfellows" endurance competition. She nominated allies Hardy Ames-Hill and Nicole Nilson Schaffrich for eviction, leaving Will Kirby with the sole vote that week. During Week 3, after Hardy had nominated Shannon Dragoo, Will promised to Shannon that he would avenge her eviction by evicting Hardy when he got the chance. With this in mind, Will cast the sole vote to evict Hardy from the house.

Week 10[]

Nicole Nilson Schaffrich
 HOH 
 
Nicole
Will Kirby
 Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Will
Monica Bailey
 Evicted
1 Vote
 
 
Monica

The final Head of Household competition was divided into three parts; the two houseguests that accumulated the highest total number of points in the first two rounds of the competition would advance to the final round. The first part was a quiz based on how former houseguests had described the three remaining houseguests; Will Kirby received 5 points, Nicole Nilson Schaffrich received 4 points and Monica Bailey received 3 points. In the second part, houseguests were given a time limit to complete various household tasks, and would receive a point for each task they completed; Nicole received 7 points, Monica received 6 points and Will received 5 points. This meant that Nicole and Will advanced to the final round, after receiving 11 points and 10 points each respectively. The final round was a quiz based on experiences in the Big Brother 2 house, the houseguest that answered the most questions correctly would become the final HOH. After answering every question correctly, Nicole was crowned the final HOH. She chose to evict Monica, as she thought she stood more of a chance of winning if she was up against Will.

Finale[]

Will Kirby
 Winner
5 Votes
 
 
Will
Nicole Nilson Schaffrich
 Runner-Up
2 Votes
 
 
Nicole

Jury[]

Sheryl Braxton
 Will
Sheryl
Autumn Daly
 Nicole
Autumn
Shannon Dragoo
 Will
Shannon
Mike "Boogie" Malin
 Will
Mike
Kent Blackwelder
 Will
Kent
Krista Stegall
 Will
Krista
Bunky Miller
 Nicole
Bunky
Hardy Ames-Hill
 Nicole
Hardy
Monica Bailey
 Will
Monica

Trivia[]

  • This was the first season to feature Head of Household competitions.
  • This was the first season to feature a Jury and a Final Two.
  • This is the only season where the finalists were allowed to nullify two (one each) jury votes.
  • This was the first season to feature more than 10 houseguests.
  • This was the first season to have a houseguest expelled.
  • This is the first season to have a jury of nine.
  • During the filming of this season, 9/11 occurred. Since Monica's cousin was tragically killed during the attacks they informed the houseguests.
    • This is the first time Houseguests were told of a current event outside the game while the game was still happening. It would later be followed by Big Brother: Over The Top.
  • On December 23, 2017, Kent Blackwelder passed away at the age of 62, unfortunately becoming the first Big Brother US contestant to pass away.
  • This is the first season to have Food Competitions.
  • This is the first and only season to have one eviction take place over two weeks.

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