Big Brother 4 (US)

Big Brother 4 (US)
Season Information
Country	United States
Host	Julie Chen
Season	4
Prize Money	$500,000
No. of Houseguests	13
No. of Days	82
Winner	Jun Song
Runner(s)-up	Alison Irwin
Returnees	Alison Irwin (BB7) Erika Landin (BB7)
Production
Network	CBS RealNetworks (live feeds)
Executive Producers	Allison Grodner Arnold Shapiro
Challenge Producers	Heath Luman
Casting	Robyn Kass
Announcers	Phil Proctor
Production Company	Shapiro/Grodner Productions Endemol USA
Season Run	July 8, 2003 - September 24, 2003
Filming Dates	July 4, 2003 - September 24, 2003
No. of Episodes	33
Viewership	8.80m
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 3 (US)
Next Season	Big Brother 5 (US)

Big Brother 4, also known as Big Brother 4: The X-Factor is the 4th season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.). It aired on July 8, 2003, and ended on September 24, 2003, lasting 82 days. This season's winner was Jun Song, who beat her on-off ally Alison Irwin in the Final 2 by a 6-1 vote.

The season is characterized by the complex social dynamics between the houseguests and their ex-lovers, the rise and fall of the majority alliance Elite Eight, Scott's ejection as a result of his ex Amanda being in the house, the power shifts and eviction blindsides throughout the season, the introduction of the Golden Power of Veto and jury sequester, the successful execution of the floater strategy by both Jun and Alison and the subsequent decimation of all warring alliances.

Major alliances of this season include the Elite Eight (Dana, Alison, Jack, Erika, David, Jun, Nathan & Scott), the Three Stooges (Justin, Jee, Robert) which extended to Jun to make the Dream Team, and the Girl Power group that Alison, Jun, and Erika formed near the end.

Twists/Changes

• Golden Power of Veto: Introduced in the previous season as the last veto competition of Big Brother 3, was the Golden Power of Veto, was now the mainstay veto for this, and future seasons.

The Exes

• The X-Factor: While 8 Houseguests entered the house initially, they were told that 5 of the remaining Houseguests were ex-lovers with one of the 8.
• Power of Veto Played Before Nominations: In Weeks 7 and 8 the veto competition happened before the nominations ceremony was held.
• Diamond Power of Veto: The Diamond Power of Veto was introduced as the final veto power in the final 4. It allowed the holder to save a nominee from eviction and name the replacement.
• Sequestered Jury: A Jury of seven who would decide the outcome of the game. When there were nine players left in the game, the evictees formed the jury. The sequestered jury was introduced after many outcry among fans when Danielle Reyes lost Big Brother 3 arguably due to evicted houseguests seeing her diary room sessions.

Houseguests

Winner    Jun

Runner-Up    Alison

Jury: Jun    Robert

Jury: Jun    Erika

Jury: Jun    Jee

Jury: Jun    Jack

Jury: Jun    Justin

Jury: Alison    Nathan

Jury: Jun    Dana

Evicted    David

Evicted    Michelle

Evicted    Amanda

Expelled    Scott

Voting History

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11
												Finale
	Jun	Amanda	Michelle	David		Nathan	Justin	Jack				Winner
	Alison	Amanda	Michelle	Vetoed Jack		Nathan	Justin	Jack	Vetoed Jee	Vetoed Erika	Robert	Runner-Up
	Robert	Amanda	Erika	David	Dana	Nathan		Erika	Rep			Jun
	Erika	Amanda		Jack	Dana	Nathan			Jee	DPOV Rep		Jun
	Jee			David	Dana	Nathan	Robert					Jun
Jack		Amanda	Michelle		Dana		Justin					Jun
	Justin	Amanda	Erika	David	Dana							Jun
Nathan			Michelle	David	Dana							Alison
Dana		Amanda	Michelle									Jun
	David	Amanda	Michelle	Rep
	Michelle	Amanda
	Amanda
	Scott

Key:

Nominated

Rep: Replacement Nominee

POV Holder

HOH

Diamond Power of Veto

Jury Member

Evicted

Expelled

Food History

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Key:

Food

PB&J

Certain Food

Competition History

#		Competition		Result
Week	Day(s)	Type	Name
1	1	Food	"X Marks The Spot"	Houseguests win food for the week
	3	HOH	"Who's Ya Chum?"	Nathan wins HOH
	N/A	Food	"Spuds"	Houseguests win food for the week
	7	POV	"Feeling Knotty"	Dana wins the Veto
2	12	HOH	"Majority Rules"	Jee wins HOH
	13	Food	"Clash Of The Casseroles"	Dana, David, Michelle, Nathan, and Robert are on PB&J
	14	POV	"Duck Ball"	David wins the Veto
3	19	HOH	"Everything In 3's"	Dana wins HOH
	20	Food	"Paratroopers"	Houseguests win food for the week
	21	POV	"Niagara Balls"	Nathan wins the Veto
	22	Luxury	"Spin-O-Matic"	Alison wins a gourmet dinner
4	26	HOH	"Around The Water Cooler"	Alison wins HOH
	27	Food	"Laying Pipe"	Dana, Erika, Jee, and Robert are on PB&J
	28	POV	"Snake In The Grass"	Robert wins the Veto
5	33	HOH	"Who Said It?"	Justin wins HOH
	34	Food	"50 Ways To Cook A Houseguest"	Houseguests win food for the week
	35	Luxury	"Foam Party"	Houseguests win
	36	POV	"Quoridor"	Robert wins the Veto
6	40	HOH	"Steel Cage Match"	Erika wins HOH
	41	Food	"Clambake From Hell"	Houseguests win food everyday but Saturday and Wednesday
	43	POV	"Video Veto"	Jun wins the Veto
7	47	HOH	"Black HoHle"	Jee wins HOH
	48	POV	"An Offer You Can't Refuse"	Jee wins the Veto
	N/A	Luxury	"Attack Of The Gnomes"	Jee wins one McDonald’s meal per day for the rest of the week
8	54	HOH	"Disappearing Act"	Jun wins HOH
	N/A	Food	"Big Brother Ball Room"	Houseguests win certain food items
	N/A	POV	"Where in the World is Jun?"	Alison wins the Veto
9	61	HOH	"Dearly Departed"	Robert wins HOH
	62	Food	"Mexotic Dinner"	Houseguests win food for the week
	63	POV (Diamond)	"Final Veto"	Alison wins the Diamond Veto
	N/A	Luxury	"Escape From Big Brother"	Alison and Jun win a ride over Los Angeles in the Goodyear Blimp
10	N/A	HOH	"On The House"	Alison wins Final HOH Part 1
		Luxury	"Runaway Jury"	Robert wins a private screening of “Runaway Jury”
		HOH	"Unexpected Relations"	Jun wins Final HOH Part 2
			"Exact Match"	Alison wins Final HOH Part 3

Game History

#	HOH	Initial Nominations		Veto Holder	Used?	Final Nominations		Result
Week								Houseguest	Vote	Finish
1	Nathan							Scott	Expelled Day 8
		Amanda	Jee	Dana		Amanda	Jee	Amanda	9-0	1st Evicted Day 12
2	Jee	Erika	Michelle	David		Erika	Michelle	Michelle	6-2	2nd Evicted Day 19
3	Dana	Alison	Jack	Nathan		David	Jack	David	5-2	3rd Evicted Day 26
4	Alison	Dana	Jun	Robert		Dana	Jun	Dana	6-0	4th Evicted 1st Jury Member Day 33
5	Justin	Jack	Nathan	Robert		Jack	Nathan	Nathan	5-0	5th Evicted 2nd Jury Member Day 40
6	Erika	Justin	Robert	Jun		Justin	Robert	Justin	3-1	6th Evicted 3rd Jury Member Day 47
7	Jee	Erika	Jack	Jee		Erika	Jack	Jack	2-1	7th Evicted 4th Jury Member Day 54
8	Jun	Alison	Jee	Alison		Jee	Robert	Jee	2-0	8th Evicted 5th Jury Member Day 61
9	Robert	Alison	Jun	Alison		Erika	Jun	Erika	1-0	9th Evicted 6th Jury Member Day 68
10	Alison					Jun	Robert	Robert	1-0	10th Evicted 7th Jury Member Day 75
11								Alison	6-1	Runner-Up
								Jun		Winner

Week 1

HOH    Nathan

POV    Dana

Nominee 0 Votes    Jee

Evicted 9 Votes    Amanda

Expelled    Scott

After the eight new houseguests moved into the house, they were informed that some houseguests would be joined by one of their exes. At the Head of Household competition, Nathan Marlow won. Before the "exes" had entered the house, the original eight houseguests formed an alliance. Honouring the alliance's wishes, Nathan nominated two exes for eviction; Amanda Craig and Jee Choe. At the Power of Veto competion, Dana Varela won the Golden Power of Veto. Dana chose to keep the nominations the same. Scott Weintraub was expelled from the house on Day 8 after going on a tirade due to his ex-girlfriend Amanda being in the house with him. Amanda was evicted unanimously.

Week 2

HOH    Jee

POV    David

Nominee 2 Votes    Erika

Evicted 6 Votes    Michelle

Jee Choe was crowned the new Head of Household at the end of the competition. Jee and his alliance, Robert Roman and Justin Giovinco, decided to target Erika Landin for eviction. He decided to nominate Michelle Maradie as a pawn, alongside Erika. David won the Power of Veto but decided not to use it. Jee, Justin and Robert were all extremely confident that Erika would be the one to be evicted. However, when the vote was announced, it was revealed that they were wrong. Michelle was evicted by a vote of 6 to 2.

Week 3

HOH    Dana

POV    Nathan

Pre-Veto Nominee    Alison

Nominee 2 Votes    Jack

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 5 Votes    David

Dana Varela was crowned Head of Household after winning the "Everything in 3's" competition. Dana was originally a member of the Elite Eight alliance which formed on Day 1. However, she betrayed the alliance after she nominated two of its members, Alison Irwin and Jack Owens, Jr., for eviction. Dana exclaimed that she wanted Alison out of the house, as she thought she was "coming after" her. Shortly before the Veto competition, Nathan Marlow decided with Alison that if he were to win the Veto, he would use it to save her. At the Veto competition, Nathan was victorious. At the Veto ceremony, Nathan decided to remove Alison from the block. This angered Dana greatly; so, in retaliation, she decided to nominate Nathan's ally David Lane. David was evicted by a 5 to 2 vote.

Week 4

HOH    Alison

POV    Robert

Nominee 0 Votes    Jun

Evicted 6 Votes    Dana

At the Head of Household competition, Alison Irwin was victorious. Alison's alliance tried to convince her to nominate Justin Giovinco for eviction. However, later that day, Alison struck a deal with Justin. At the nomination ceremony, Alison nominated Dana Varela and Jun Song. Her reasoning for this was that she wanted her enemy Dana out of the house, and that Jun would be a vote to keep Dana in the house. Robert Roman won the Veto, but decided not to use it. Dana was evicted unanimously.

Week 5

HOH    Justin

POV    Robert

Nominee 0 Votes    Jack

Evicted 5 Votes    Nathan

At the Head of Household competition, Justin Giovinco prevailed and was crowned the next Head of Household. Justin decided to nominate two members of the opposing alliance, Nathan Marlow and Jack Owens, Jr.. His aim was to evict Nathan from the house, as he perceived him to be the bigger threat. At the Veto competition, Robert Roman won his second Power of Veto in a row. He decided to leave the nominations intact and to not use the Veto. Nathan was evicted unanimously.

Week 6

HOH    Erika

POV    Jun

Nominee 1 Vote    Robert

Evicted 3 Votes    Justin

After the first endurance competition of the season, Erika Landin was crowned Head of Household. Erika planned to break up the Dream Team. She did so by nominating Justin Giovinco and Robert Roman for eviction. At the Power of Veto competition, Jun Song won her first major competition of the season. She decided not to use the Veto. Justin was evicted by a vote of 3 to 1.

Week 7

HOH POV    Jee

Nominee 1 Vote    Erika

Evicted 2 Votes    Jack

At the Head of Household competition, Jee Choe was victorious for a second time. For the first time ever, the Veto competition was held before the nomination ceremony. At the Veto competition, Julie gave each of the houseguests dilemmas in the diary room. The houseguest that accepted one of the dilemmas would win the Power of Veto. All houseguests rejected the first two offers. However, Jee accepted his third offer which meant that he won the POV. This meant that all houseguests, except for himself, would have to eat only PB&J for one week. Jee decided to nominate Erika Landin and Jack Owens, Jr. for eviction. His plan was to break up the close relationship that they had formed with each other. However, his main objective was to evict Erika. Jack was evicted from the house.

Week 8

HOH    Jun

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Alison

Post-Veto Nominee 0 Votes    Robert

Evicted 2 Votes    Jee

At the Head of Household competition, Jun Song was victorious. Straight after Jun was crowned HOH, she was called to the diary room and told that she would be leaving the house to attend the MTV Music Video Awards. Once again, the Power of Veto competition occured before the nomination ceremony. The objective of the Veto competition, was to discover where Jun had gone. The houseguests were provided with clues to help them figure out where Jun was. If none of the houseguests correctly guessed where Jun was, then Jun would win the Veto. Alison Irwin guessed correctly and won the Power of Veto. After Jun returned to the house, she was told that Alison had won the POV. She decided to use this as a way to hide the fact that she and Alison had an alliance. So she nominated Alison and Jee Choe for eviction, knowing that Alison would save herself with the Veto. At the Veto ceremony, Alison removed herself from the chopping block. Jun chose Robert Roman as the replacement nominee. In the previous week, Jee angered many of the houseguests after he put the house on a PB&J. This ultimately resulted in Jee being evicted by a unanimous vote.

Week 9

HOH    Robert

Pre-DPOV Nominee Diamond POV    Alison

Nominee 0 Votes    Jun

Post-DPOV Nominee Evicted 1 Vote    Erika

At the Head of Household competition, Robert Roman was victorious for the first time. At the nomination cermony, Robert revealed that he had decided to nominate both Alison Irwin and Jun Song for eviction. Though his main objective was to get Alison out of the house. Alison won the first and only Diamond Power of Veto of the season; this meant that she had sole power over who was evicted. At the live Veto ceremony, Alison decided to remove herself from the chopping block once again. This meant that Alison had to evict either Jun or Erika. Alison decided to remain loyal to her alliance with Jun and chose to evict Erika Landin.

Week 10

HOH Pt. 1 Winner HOH Pt. 3 Winner Final HOH    Alison

HOH Pt. 2 Winner Nominee 0 Votes    Jun

Evicted 1 Vote    Robert

The final Head of Household 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, Alison Irwin won the challenge. Days later, Jun Song beat Robert Roman in the next challenge, meaning Robert was nominated. At the live HOH part 3 competition, Alison succesfully beat Jun in a personality guessing quiz, claiming the final HOH. She then chose to evict Robert.

Finale

Winner 6 Votes    Jun

Runner-Up 1 Vote    Alison

Jury

Jun Dana

Alison Nathan

Jun Justin

Jun Jack

Jun Jee

Jun Erika

Jun Robert

Trivia

• It was originally announced that there would only be four exes in the house. But after Brandon Showalter was ejected from sequester, a fifth couple was arranged with the addition of Jee Choe.
• This season featured the first act of sex between houseguests on the show when contestants Amanda Craig and David Lane had sex under the covers in the Head of Household room. The DVD that was released featured uncensored moments from the season that weren't allowed for broadcast, including this encounter.
• This was the first season to feature an uneven number of houseguests.
• This was the first season to feature houseguests that had formerly met each other prior to entering the House.
• This is the first season to feature two finalists with zero eviction votes cast against them.
• The three times the Power of Veto was used, they were all used on Alison Irwin.
• This is the first season with an Asian-American winner (Jun).
• This is the second season in a row featuring two female finalists.
• This is the first season where males were evicted for four weeks in a row. This would happen again in Big Brother 7 (US).
• Like the returnees from Big Brother 5, no one who returned for Big Brother All-Stars was part of the jury, as Alison Irwin was evicted pre-jury and Erika Landin was a finalist.
• This is the only season with no openly out LGBT houseguests
  • Big Brother 1 had no openly LGBT houseguests during the season either, however Jean Jordan has since come out as non-binary.
• Only pairs of exes were evicted on the pre-jury stage. They were also evicted consecutively from their other respective exes.

Ratings

Big Brother 4 (US) Ratings
#	Date	18–49 Demo (rating/share)	Viewers (millions)	Source
1	July 8, 2003		9.70
2	July 9, 2003		9.02
3	July 11, 2003		7.35
4	July 15, 2003		7.78
5	July 16, 2003		8.62
6	July 18, 2003		6.64
7	July 22, 2003		7.78
8	July 23, 2003		8.97
9	July 25, 2003		6.09
10	July 29, 2003		8.75
11	July 30, 2003		9.60
12	August 1, 2003		7.65
13	August 5, 2003		8.88
14	August 6, 2003		10.21
15	August 8, 2003		7.29
16	August 12, 2003	4.0/14	9.68
17	August 13, 2003	4.1/13	9.92
18	August 16, 2003	2.2/9	6.20
19	August 19, 2003	3.5/12	8.81
20	August 20, 2003	3.9/12	9.71
21	August 23, 2003	3.0/11	7.13
22	August 25, 2003	3.5/11	8.73
23	August 27, 2003	4.3/12	10.29
24	August 29, 2003	2.8/11	7.33
25	September 2, 2003	3.7/11	9.70
26	September 3, 2003	3.7/12	9.99
27	September 5, 2003	2.9/11	7.86
28	September 9, 2003	3.6/11	8.70
29	September 10, 2003	4.1/11	10.21
30	September 16, 2003		9.97
31	September 17, 2003		10.99
32	September 19, 2003		7.05
33	September 24, 2003		10.73

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