Big Brother 6 (US) is the 6th season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.). It began on July 7, 2005 and aired on CBS for 76 days, concluding on September 20, 2005 when Maggie Ausburn was crowned the winner with four out of seven votes from the jury.
This season is most notable for the controversial conflicts between the two power alliances: the "Friendship" and the "Sovereign 6."
Background[]
Development[]
In September 2003, following the strong ratings of Big Brother 4 (US), Entertainment Weekly confirmed that CBS had renewed the series through 2006, ensuring three additional seasons would air during the summer. Big Brother 6 was the second of these three seasons.
Amid speculation about a potential Big Brother All-Stars season, it was later confirmed that this was not the case for Big Brother 6. On the same day the cast was revealed, the "Summer of Secrets" twist was introduced to the public.[1] Executive Producer Arnold Shapiro described the twist, stating, "This season we have what we are calling 'The Summer of Secrets,' meaning that because it is a brand new house, there will be multiple secrets uncovered throughout the summer that the HouseGuests will find." He further elaborated on the new two-story Big Brother house, which was recently built on the CBS Studio lot in California, saying, "The old house was torn down to make way for a state-of-the-art facility that will house CBS' two L.A. television stations."
Big Brother 6 also introduced a new feature: the Head of Household was allowed to blog while inside the house, a tradition that would continue in all subsequent seasons. The HouseGuests officially entered the house on Sunday, July 3.
Casting[]
Casting for the season began in late March, with producer Arnold Shapiro stating "Our goal this summer is to assemble the most colorful, competitive, and charismatic HouseGuests we’ve ever had. Right now, we’re seeking the most memorable and exciting competitors we can find."[2] The fourteen HouseGuests for this season were revealed on June 30, 2005.
Twists/Changes[]
- Secret Partners: Each houseguest was paired with a secret partner in the game. Despite being partners, they competed, were nominated, and were evicted as individuals. These partners had known each other prior to entering the house. Each pair initially believed they were the only secret duo. If both members of a secret pair reached the final two, the winner would receive a $1 million prize, while the runner-up would receive $250,000.
- Secret Room: On Day 3, Rachel discovered a hidden room while examining the spy screen in the Head of Household bedroom. After searching thoroughly and following several clues, she found a new room that contained a key to the hot tub and three locked safes, which the houseguests did not yet have the keys to. The room was entirely gold-colored and featured three safe boxes.
- On Day 27, during the "Matching the Munchies" food competition, houseguests attempted to match the names of food items to fill in the blanks of a given situation. Each correct match earned the group food for a specific day of the week. The houseguests succeeded in winning food for every day and earned the combination to one of the safes in the gold room. Inside the safe was a plate of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, one of which contained a "PB&J Pass," won by Janelle.
- On Day 56, during the "Playing Dirty" Power of Veto competition, houseguests had to dig through mud to find keys to unlock Veto symbols. The first to unlock three Veto symbols won the Power of Veto, while a fourth symbol would grant access to the second safe in the bedroom. April won the Power of Veto, and Janelle once again claimed the prize in the safe: a trip for two to the Bahamas, which she could use after leaving the house.
- In the first round of the final Head of Household competition, houseguests had to balance on a combination dial while holding onto a key above their head. If they let go of the key or stepped off the dial, they were eliminated. Ivette won the competition, which allowed her to open the final safe in the gold room, where she found two Vespa scooters.
- Two-Story House: A new, two-story house was introduced for the game.
- Previously Evicted HouseGuest: After the first four evictions, America voted for one of the evictees to return to the game.
Houseguests[]
Secret Partners[]
Sorority Sisters | Ex-Roommates | Former Co-Workers | |||
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Friends | Best Friends | Dating | Neighbors |
Voting History[]
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | |||||
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Day 47 | Day 49 | Day 61 | Day 63 | Day 76 | Finale | ||||||||||
Maggie | Ashlea | Michael | Sarah | Kaysar | Vetoed Jennifer |
Rachel | James | Beau | Howie | |
Winner | ||||
Ivette | Ashlea | Michael | Maggie | Kaysar | Rep |
Kaysar | Rep |
Rachel | James | Howie | Vetoed April |
Janelle | Runner-Up | ||
Janelle | Kaysar | Eric | Rep |
Sarah | Rachel | Vetoed James |
Beau | Vetoed April |
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Ivette | |||||
April | Ashlea | Michael | Maggie | Kaysar | Sarah | Kaysar | Ivette | Rachel | Beau | Rep |
Rep |
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Maggie | ||
Howie | Ashlea | Michael | Eric | Kaysar | Kaysar | Jennifer | |
Maggie | |||||||
Beau | Ashlea | Michael | Maggie | Kaysar | Sarah | Kaysar | Jennifer | James | |
Ivette | |||||
James | Kaysar | Michael | Vetoed Eric |
Vetoed Janelle |
Vetoed Ivette |
Kaysar | Jennifer | Rachel | Rep |
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Ivette | ||||
Rachel | Michael | Eric | Kaysar | Sarah | Vetoed Kaysar |
Jennifer | |
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Maggie | ||||||
Jennifer | Ashlea | Michael | Maggie | Kaysar | Sarah | |
Maggie | ||||||||
Kaysar | Janelle | |
Rep |
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Sarah | Ashlea | Michael | Eric | Kaysar | | ||||||||||
Eric | Ashlea | Rep |
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Michael | Ashlea | |
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Ashlea | |
Key: | Nominated | Rep: Replacement Nominee | HOH | Veto Winner | Re-Entry Voting | Evicted | Jury Member |
- Note: Kaysar was evicted for Week 5, before being voted back into the house.
Game History[]
Week 1[]
All 14 houseguests entered the house with their secret partner. The members of the winning team from the food competition competed in an endurance competition against each other, which Rachel Plencner won. The seven members of the team that won the food competition promised to stick together for a few weeks, while Eric Littmann attempted to form a guys alliance with himself, Kaysar Ridha, Michael Donnellan and James Rhine. Rachel decided to nominate Kaysar and Ashlea Evans. At the Veto competition, Rachel was victorious and was awarded the Power of Veto. Though initially considering using the POV on Ashlea to nominate Jennifer Vasquez, Rachel ultimately chose not to use the POV. Ashlea was evicted in a nine to two vote.
Week 2[]
Following Ashlea Evans's eviction, Eric Littmann won the "Fast & Easy" Head of Household competition. Before making his nominations, Eric made a deal with every houseguest stating, that if he did not put them up for eviction, then they would "give him safety" for one week. Eric nominated Michael Donnellan and Janelle Pierzina in the house, who had formed a romantic relationship in the house. James Rhine won the "High and Dry" Veto competition. He chose not to use the Veto. Michael was evicted by a 9 to 1 vote.
Week 3[]
Following Michael Donnellan's eviction, Kaysar Ridha won the "Majority Rules" HOH competition. Kaysar later nominated James Rhine and Maggie Ausburn for eviction. When talking with James, Kaysar revealed he knew that James and Sarah Hrejsa were partners, and after James confessed, Kaysar made an alliance with them. He then added Rachel Plencner, Howie Gordon, and Janelle Pierzina to the alliance, and they began to refer to themselves as the Sovereign Six alliance. The alliance came up with a plan to let James win the Veto, remove himself from the block and backdoor Eric Littmann. James won the "Knight Moves" POV competition. James later used the Veto to save himself, and Eric was named his replacement nominee. Eric was evicted in a five to four vote.
Week 4[]
Following her partner's eviction, Maggie Ausburn won the "Power Roller" HOH competition. After winning HOH, Maggie officially formed the Friendship alliance with Ivette Corredero, Beau Beasley, Jennifer Vasquez, and April Lewis. Maggie nominated Kaysar Ridha and James Rhine for eviction, feeling they were most responsible for Eric Littmann's eviction the previous week. The following day, Sarah Hrejsa won the POV and chose to use it on James. Maggie named Janelle Pierzina his replacement nominee. Kaysar was evicted in a 7 to 1 vote.
Week 5[]
Following Kaysar Ridha's eviction, Howie Gordon won the "Eliminator" competition and was crowned HOH. When talking with Maggie Ausburn, Howie learned that James Rhine had sworn on the bible to nominate Howie and Rachel should he win HOH. Not realizing James was lying, Howie nominated James and Sarah Hrejsa for eviction, causing a rift in the Sovereign alliance. James later won the "A Lotta Pinata" POV competition and used the Veto on himself. Howie chose to nominate Ivette Corredero as a replacement nominee. On Day 40, Sarah was evicted in a six to one vote. Minutes later, it was revealed Kaysar Ridha would be returning to the house, having earned 82% of the public vote over Eric Littmann and Michael Donnellan.
Week 6[]
Following Kaysar Ridha's return to the house, houseguests competed in the "Pressure Cooker" HOH competition. When the competition came down to Kaysar and Jennifer Vasquez, she promised Kaysar safety and said she would backdoor James Rhine from the house. He agreed, and Jennifer became the new HOH. Jennifer nominated Janelle Pierzina and Rachel Plencner for eviction and said she would backdoor James after the Veto was used. Rachel won the "Coast For the Most" Veto competition and used the POV on herself. Jennifer went back on her word and nominated Kaysar as a replacement nominee. Kaysar was re-evicted in a seven to zero vote.
Week 7[]
Round 1[]
Following Kaysar Ridha's second eviction, Janelle Pierzina won the "Face the Facts" quiz based HOH competition. After returning inside, the houseguests learned that it was a Double Eviction week and that Janelle would immediately make her nominations. Janelle nominated Jennifer Vasquez and Maggie Ausburn for eviction after Jennifer nominated Kaysar as the replacement nominee the previous week. Janelle won the "Goal For It" Veto competition, which had a hockey theme. She removed Maggie from the block and nominated Ivette Corredero as her replacement nominee. Jennifer was evicted in a five to one vote, only receiving the vote of her partner, April Lewis.
Round 2[]
Following Jennifer Vasquez's eviction, Beau Beasley won the "On the House" HOH competition. Targeting the remaining members of the Sovereign Six alliance, he nominated Rachel Plencner and Howie Gordon for eviction. James won the "Get Your Pairings" straight Veto competition and left nominations the same. Rachel was evicted unanimously.
Week 8[]
Following Rachel Plencner's eviction, April Lewis won the "High/Low" HOH competition. She nominated Howie Gordon and Janelle Pierzina for eviction, though secretly planned on backdooring James Rhine. April won the "Playing Dirty" Veto competition. After winning the competition, April used the Power of Veto on Janelle and nominated James as a replacement nominee. James was evicted in a four to zero vote.
Week 9[]
Round 1[]
Following James Rhine's eviction, Howie Gordon won the "Playing It Straight" HOH competition. Upon returning inside, the houseguests learned it would be another Double Eviction Week, and Howie would immediately make his nominations. He chose to nominate Ivette Corredero and Beau Beasley, the last secret pair remaining in the house. Maggie Ausburn won the Power of Veto and chose to leave nominations the same. Beau was evicted in a three to zero vote.
Round 2[]
Following Beau Beasley's eviction, Ivette Corredero won the "Magnetic Attraction" quiz based HOH. Targeting the final two members of the opposing alliance, she nominated Howie Gordon and Janelle Pierzina for eviction. After Janelle won the "Morph-O-Matic" Veto competition, she removed herself from the block and April Lewis was named her replacement nominee. The vote came down to a tie, and Ivette cast the deciding vote to evict Howie from the house.
Week 10[]
Following Howie Gordon's eviction, Janelle, the outcast of the house, won the "Before or After" HOH competition. This ensured her a spot in the final three. She nominated Maggie Ausburn and Ivette Corredero for eviction. Ivette won the "Missing Link" final POV competition and chose to remove herself from the block. She then cast the sole vote to evict April Lewis from the house.
Week 11[]
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, Ivette Corredero won an endurance challenge. Days later, Janelle Pierzina beat Maggie Ausburn in a memory recognition challenge, meaning Maggie was nominated. At the live HOH part 3 competition, Ivette beat Janelle in a personality guessing quiz, claiming the final HOH. She then chose to evict Janelle.
Finale[]
Jury[]
Trivia[]
- James Rhine was originally supposed to bring his friend Mike into the house as his secret partner, but Mike dropped out last minute without even telling James. James then picked his girlfriend, Sarah Hrejsa, to be his secret partner, which likely explains the imbalance of women to men in the house.
- This season has the largest variety of "winning" HouseGuests out of any Big Brother season. Twelve out of the fourteen HouseGuests won at least one individual competition during their stay in the house.
- This season holds the longest HOH competiton to date.
- This season has the most unique HOH winners in a row, going 8 weeks and 9 cycles before having a repeated HOH winner.
- This season features the most competition wins by females in Big Brother, with Ashlea Evans being the only female to not win a competition.
- This season was the first to have more than one person win HOH and POV in the same week.
- This season, along with Big Brother 17, Over The Top, Celebrity 1, and 25 are the only seasons to feature more female HouseGuests than male HouseGuests.
- This season marks the first (and so far only) time the final 4 were all one gender, with this season's final being all female.
- This season had the most representatives in Big Brother 7 with 4 (Kaysar Ridha, James Rhine, Howie Gordon, and Janelle Pierzina).
- Ivette Corredero was the only candidate from this season to not return for Season 7.
- This season had the most houseguests be evicted the week after they were Head of Household out of all seasons, with 5.
- Prior to the first veto competition, it was announced that some veto competitions this season could result in no one winning the Power of Veto. However, this twist never came into play as all veto competitions were won.
- This season is the only season to be represented in both All-Star seasons.
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