Big Brother 7 (US)

Big Brother: All-Stars
Season Information
Country	United States
Host	Julie Chen
Season	7
Prize Money	$500,000
No. of Houseguests	14
No. of Days	72
Winner	Mike Malin
Runner(s)-up	Erika Landin
Returnees	Danielle Reyes (BBRG) Janelle Pierzina (BB14, BB22) Kaysar Ridha (BB22) Mike Malin (BB14)
Production
Network	CBS RealNetworks (live feeds) CBS.com (HC)
Executive Producers	Allison Grodner Arnold Shapiro Rich Meehan
Challenge Producers	Heath Luman
Casting	Robyn Kass
Announcers	Don Wollman Clayton Halsey
Production Company	Fly on the Wall Entertainment Endemol USA
Season Run	July 6, 2006 - September 12, 2006
Filming Dates	July 3, 2006 - September 12, 2006
No. of Episodes	28
Viewership	7.56m
Companion Shows	House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 6 (US)
Next Season	Big Brother 8 (US)

Big Brother 7 (US), also known as Big Brother: All-Stars is the 7th season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.). This season featured 14 out of a possible 20 eligible past contestants to return for a second time. It began on July 6, 2006, and aired on CBS for 69 days, concluding on September 12, 2006, when Mike Malin was crowned the winner with a 6-1 vote from the jury.

This is the first season to feature returning houseguests and the only season to feature no new houseguests until Big Brother 22 (US).

Twists/Changes

• Returning Players: For the first time in U.S. history, former houseguests returned to play the game.
• America Chooses The Houseguests: The twenty all-star candidates were announced to the public audience and they were allowed to vote for who they wanted to return. It was initially announced that six houseguests (three men and three women) would be voted in, but due to a high number of submissions, an extra man and an extra woman would be added. This meant that eight houseguests were selected by America and six houseguests were selected by the producers.
• Power of Veto Players Randomized: As a likely response to the backdooring strategy implemented in the previous two seasons, the Head of Household and the nominees no longer chose the players themselves; rather, the three Veto Competition players were randomly drawn out of a bag with chips with houseguests' names on them. Though one chip did contain "Houseguest's Choice" written on it. When drawn, the person drawing may choose a houseguest of their choice.
• Coup d'Etat: A word scramble was unleashed on the house and the winner would be given the power of the Coup d'Etat. The holder would only be able to use it for a short time but would overthrow the current Head of Household during the live eviction. They would be able to veto and select new nominations. However, the Coup d'Etat was never used, and eventually was taken away due to a rule violation.
• Double Eviction Night: On week 8, for the first time in Big Brother (US) history, two houseguests would be evicted within one night. This version of the Double Eviction would be the mainstay for future seasons of Big Brother.

Candidates

Big Brother All-Stars Candidates
Bunky George Howie James Jase Marcellas Kaysar Michael Mike Will Alison Dana Danielle Diane Erika Ivette Janelle Lisa Monica Nakomis Chosen Not Chosen

The voting page, retrieved 4/27/2017

Chosen

Public

These eight candidates were voted into the house by the public.

• Diane Henry - Season 5; Evicted: 3rd place
• Erika Landin - Season 4; Evicted: 4th place
• Howie Gordon - Season 6; Evicted: 5th place
• James Rhine - Season 6; Evicted: 7th place
• Janelle Pierzina - Season 6; Evicted: 3rd place
• Jase Wirey - Season 5; Evicted: 10th place
• Kaysar Ridha - Season 6; Evicted: 10th place
• Nakomis Dedmon - Season 5; Evicted: 4th place

Producers

These six candidates were chosen to go into the house by the producers.

• Alison Irwin - Season 4; Runner-Up
• Mike Malin - Season 2; Evicted: 8th place
• Danielle Reyes - Season 3; Runner-Up
• George Boswell - Season 1; Banished: 5th place
• Marcellas Reynolds - Season 3; Evicted: 5th place
• Will Kirby - Season 2; Winner

Not Chosen

Out of 20 candidates selected to participate in the show, six were not chosen by the public nor the producers to enter the house.

• Bunky Miller - Season 2; Evicted: 5th place
• Dana Varela - Season 4; Evicted: 9th place
• Ivette Corredero - Season 6; Runner-Up
• Lisa Donahue - Season 3; Winner
• Michael Ellis - Season 5; Runner-Up
• Monica Bailey - Season 2; Evicted: 3rd place

Houseguests

Winner     Mike

Runner-Up     Erika

Jury: Mike    Janelle

Jury: Mike    Will

Jury: Mike    George

Jury: Mike    Danielle

Jury: Mike    James

Jury: Mike    Howie

Jury: Erika    Marcellas

Evicted    Kaysar

Evicted    Diane

Evicted    Jase

Evicted    Nakomis

Evicted    Alison

Former Houseguest Visitors

Throughout the season, various past houseguests visited the house as a part of mini tasks.

Name	Season	Result	Days	Reason
Bunky Miller	Big Brother 2 (US)	Jury Member - 5th Place	Day 38	Appeared as an image for "The Ghosts of Big Brother Past" HoH Competition
Josh Feinberg	Big Brother 3 (US)	Jury Member - 9th Place
Holly King	Big Brother 5 (US)	Evicted - 12th Place
Eric Littmann	Big Brother 6 (US)	Evicted - 12th Place
Jun Song	Big Brother 4 (US)	Winner	Day 40	Judged the "Big Brother Bakery" Food Competition
Marvin Latimer	Big Brother 5 (US)	Jury Member - 6th Place
Nicole Nilson Schaffrich	Big Brother 2 (US)	Runner-Up
		Runner-Up	Day 41	Hosted the "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Veto" PoV Competition
Hardy Ames-Hill	Big Brother 2 (US)	Jury Member - 4th Place		Participated in the "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Veto" PoV Competition.
Jack Owens, Jr.	Big Brother 4 (US)	Jury Member - 6th Place
Scott Long	Big Brother 5 (US)	Evicted - 11th Place
April Lewis	Big Brother 6 (US)	Jury Member - 4th Place

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 47	Day 53	Day 60		Day 67	Finale
Mike	Alison	Nakomis	Jase	Vetoed Diane	Kaysar	Marcellas	Howie		Danielle	Rep		Janelle	Winner
Erika	Alison	Nakomis	Jase		Kaysar			James		Vetoed George			Runner-Up
Janelle		Diane	Jase		Vetoed James		Erika	Vetoed James	Vetoed Danielle		Vetoed Will		Mike
Will	Alison	Diane		Erika	Kaysar	Marcellas	Howie	James	Danielle	George	Rep		Mike
George	Alison	Nakomis	Vetoed Jase	Diane	Kaysar	Marcellas		Rep					Mike
Danielle		Nakomis	Jase	Diane		Vetoed Marcellas	Howie	George	Rep				Mike
James	Alison	Nakomis		Diane		Marcellas	Vetoed Erika						Mike
Howie	Alison	Nakomis	Jase	Diane	James	Marcellas	Rep						Mike
Marcellas	Alison	Nakomis	Jase	Diane	Kaysar	Rep							Erika
Kaysar	Alison		Jase	Diane	Rep
Diane	Danielle		Jase	Rep
Jase		Nakomis	Rep
Nakomis	Danielle
Alison

Key:

Nominated

Rep: Replacement Nominee

POV Holder

HOH

Dethroned HOH

Jury Member

Evicted

• Note: During the week 5 Head of Household competition, James won the power to nullify any vote during the elimination ceremony; he chose to nullify Janelle's vote.
• Note: During Week 6, Erika originally won the Head of Household competition, but due to technical difficulties, a redo was given where Janelle won the redo.

Game History

#	HOH		Initial Nominations		Veto Holder	Used?	Final Nominations		Result
Week									Houseguest	Vote	Finish
1	Janelle	Jase	Alison	Danielle	Janelle		Alison	Danielle	Alison	8-2	1st Evicted Day 11
2	Kaysar		Diane	Nakomis	Erika		Diane	Nakomis	Nakomis	8-2	2nd Evicted Day 18
3	James		George	Will	George		Jase	Will	Jase	9-0	3rd Evicted Day 25
4	Janelle		Erika	Mike	Mike		Erika	Diane	Diane	7-1	4th Evicted Day 32
5	Danielle		James	Janelle	Janelle		James	Kaysar	Kaysar	5-2 5-1	5th Evicted Day 39
6	Erika	Janelle	Danielle	Erika	Danielle		Erika	Marcellas	Marcellas	6-0	6th Evicted 1st Jury Member Day 46
7	George		Erika	James	James		Erika	Howie	Howie	3-2	7th Evicted 2nd Jury Member Day 47
	Mike		James	Janelle	Janelle		George	James	James	3-1	8th Evicted 3rd Jury Member Day 53
8	Erika		George	Janelle	Janelle		Danielle	George	Danielle	3-0	9th Evicted 4th Jury Member Day 60
	Janelle		Erika	George	Erika		George	Mike	George	2-0	10th Evicted 5th Jury Member Day 60
9	Mike		Erika	Janelle	Janelle		Erika	Will	Will	1-0	11th Evicted 6th Jury Member Day 65
10	Mike						Erika	Janelle	Janelle	1-0	12th Evicted 7th Jury Member Day 67
									Erika	6-1	Runner-Up
									Mike		Winner

Week 1

Co-HOH    Jase

Co-HOH POV    Janelle

Nominee 2 Votes    Danielle

Evicted 8 Votes    Alison

14 out of the 20 candidates were either voted back in or chosen to compete for another season. Jase and Janelle won the "Falling Stars" HOH competition, where they had to share the duties of Head of Household for a week, and if they disagreed with their nominations, both of them would instead be the nominees. Danielle told Alison about a plan to get Jase to purposefully disagree with Janelle's nominations, which the latter told many houseguests about. This gets back to the Co-HOHs, who decides to nominate the both of them for eviction. Janelle won the first POV competition, and left the nominations the same. After a last minute flip from the close vote, Alison was voted out by an 8-2 vote.

Week 2

HOH    Kaysar

POV    Erika

Nominee 2 Votes    Diane

Evicted 8 Votes    Nakomis

After the eviction of Alison, Kaysar won the "Alison Rules" HOH competition, continuing the dominance of the Season 6 alliance. Wanting to either target the obvious pairs of either Will and Mike or Nakomis and Diane, Kaysar nominated the latter pair to dwindle the numbers of the "floaters" and to dismantle the heavily rumored "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" alliance between Diane and Jase. Erika won the POV competition, and left the nominations the same, since she feared of who would have been the replacement. Nakomis was evicted by an 8-2 vote, since she was seen as the stronger player out of the two.

Week 3

HOH    James

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    George

Nominee 0 Votes    Will

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 9 Votes    Jase

After Nakomis' eviction, James won the "Pay Attention" HOH competition, continuing the winning streak of the Season 6 alliance. He decided to put up Will as a pawn against his main target George. This plan fails when George wins the POV, which caused his alliance to force him to put up Jase, much to his chagrin. After a confrontation with Marcellas and lashing out after his nomination, he was unanimously evicted with a 9-0 vote, despite a close campaign from Diane and Danielle to save him.

Week 4

HOH    Janelle

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Mike

Nominee 1 Vote    Erika

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 7 Votes    Diane

After Jase's eviction, Janelle won her second HOH competition during the "Define & Dismiss" competition. Worried about the amount of "floaters" in the house, she nominated Erika and Mike as pawns, so she can backdoor a stronger "floater", and made a deal with Chilltown. After Mike won the POV, and used it on himself, Janelle nominated Diane as the replacement nominee, which angered her allies, Marcellas and James. James even considered flipping on his alliance and targeting Janelle. Diane is evicted by a 7-1 vote, causing all of the Big Brother 5 representatives to leave before the jury stage.

Week 5

HOH    Danielle

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Janelle

Nominee 1 Vote    James

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 5 Votes    Kaysar

After Diane's eviction, the remaining houseguests competed in the "Caught in A Web" HOH competition, and with the "floaters" determined to make sure that the Season 6 alliance does not win their 5th consecutive HOH, Danielle won the competition, becoming the new HOH. As a ploy to keep her hidden alliance with James, she decides to put him up for nominations against Janelle, knowing that the house wants her out, and since he is capable of beating her in the POV competition. This plan fails when Janelle won the Power of Veto, forcing Danielle to have to put up a replacement nominee. Despite pressures from her allies Mike, Will, and James to put up Marcellas as the replacement, she refuses, and puts up Kaysar to determine that someone from Big Brother 6 would be evicted. Kaysar was evicted by a 5-1 vote. With Janelle's nullified vote, it would have been a 5-2 vote, and Kaysar was leaving regardless.

Week 6

HOH    Janelle

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Danielle

Coup d'État    Mike

Dethroned HOH Nominee 0 Votes    Erika

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 6 Votes    Marcellas

After Kaysar's eviction, and Erika's HOH being taken after a controversy, Janelle won the "The Ghosts of Big Brother Past" HOH competition. Following the Head of Household competition, the houseguests learned that a new special power could impact the game and that the first houseguest to correctly guess a secret phrase would be the winner. In addition, the houseguests would also receive three clues to help them figure out the phrase. Out for revenge for her ally's eviction, she easily nominated Erika and Danielle, hoping that the latter will be evicted at the end of the week. Wanting to have Danielle and Janelle to continue to target one another in the upcoming weeks, Chilltown helped the former win the Power of Veto competition, and convinced the latter to put up her secret ally Marcellas up for eviction as a pawn (though they had intentions to evict him). After the houseguests received all three clues, it was revealed to the audience that Mike "Boogie" Malin had won the secret power, which was called the Coup d'Etat, which he could use at any of the next three evictions. Janelle was the only one surprised when Marcellas was evicted and sent to the jury house by a 6-0 vote.

Week 7

Round 1

HOH    George

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    James

Nominee 2 Votes    Erika

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 3 Votes    Howie

After Marcellas' eviction, George surprisingly won the "Prom Night" HOH competition, and had to immediately nominate his target James and a pawn Erika for eviction, since it was announced that this week would be a Fast Forward Double Eviction week. With the houseguests generally displeased with George, they pressured him to backdoor Janelle, especially after James won the POV. After refusing to backdoor her (since it goes against all of his morals), he nominated her biggest ally Howie as the replacement nominee. Controlling most of the votes, The Legion of Doom debated as to whether they should keep Erika or Howie, but after a close vote, the latter was evicted by a 3-2 vote, engaging in a confrontation with Mike before he left.

Round 2

HOH    Mike

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Janelle

Post-Veto Nominee 1 Vote    George

Evicted 3 Votes    James

Soon after Howie's eviction, Mike gave ChillTown their first HOH win after he won the "Revenge of the Gnomes" competition, which meant that he could no longer use the Coup d'État. He easily nominated both James and Janelle, since they were the biggest threats in the game. After many of the houseguests threw the competition so Janelle could successfully win the POV, George was put up as the replacement nominee. Will's distrust of James potentially dipping between both sides of the house fractured the The Legion of Doom, as Danielle Reyes and James Rhine were hoping that George Allen Boswell would be evicted. James was evicted by a 3-1 vote.

Week 8

Round 1

HOH    Erika

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Janelle

Nominee 0 Votes    George

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 3 Votes    Danielle

After James' eviction, Erika Landin won the "But First" HOH competition, and after being pressured by a vengeful Danielle to put up ChillTown, with the intention of evicting Will Kirby, she decides to nominate George and Janelle, targeting the latter. Knowing that Danielle wanted to split them up, Mike and Will planned her demise, as after Janelle won the POV to save herself, they convinced Erika to put up her closest ally up as the replacement nominee. Danielle Reyes was evicted by a unanimous vote of 3-0, right after the announcement of another Double Eviction is announced.

Round 2

HOH    Janelle

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Erika

Post-Veto Nominee 0 Votes    Mike

Evicted 2 Votes    George

Janelle Pierzina won the "Battle of the Sexes" HOH competition soon after Danielle's eviction, and was manipulated by Will to nominate Erika and George, with the intention of evicting the former. The plan fails when Erika Landin wins the POV and saves herself from eviction, causing Janelle to choose Mike as the replacement nominee. George Allen Boswell was quickly evicted with a unanimous vote of 2-0.

Week 9

HOH    Mike

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Janelle

Nominee 0 Votes    Erika

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 1 Vote    Will

Mike won the "Big Brother Bowl" after the Double Eviction, and nominating the non members of Chilltown; Erika and Janelle for eviction. After Janelle won the POV to save herself, and becoming the sole vote to evict, she was convinced by Erika that both of the men has been playing and using them for the entire season, which caused her to use her sole vote to evict Will from the house.

Week 10

HOH Pt. 2 Winner HOH Pt. 3 Winner Final HOH    Mike

HOH Pt. 1 Winner Nominee 0 Votes    Erika

Evicted 1 Vote    Janelle

After Will's eviction, the girls were planning on ousting Mike from the house, which seemed like it was possible after he threw the first part of the final HOH, and Janelle was disqualified, automatically bringing Erika to Part 3. Mike became the final HOH after winning both Part 2 and 3, choosing to evict Janelle.

Finale

Winner 6 Votes    Mike

Runner-Up 1 Vote    Erika

Jury

Erika Marcellas

Mike Howie

Mike James

Mike Danielle

Mike George

Mike Will

Mike Janelle

Trivia

A photo of all 20 candidates in full body, posted by Janelle in December 2023.

• The season was preceded by a launch special titled Big Brother All-Stars: America's Vote, which reintroduced all 20 candidates and allowed them to plead their cases to the audience for votes. It aired on June 21, 2006, with voting open until June 28th. The number of houseguests increased from 12 to 14, and the selected All-Stars moved in on July 3rd, before the season premiere on July 6th.
• This season holds the record for most consecutive Veto uses in an American season, with nine.
  • Big Brother Canada 11 holds the overall record with 10 consecutive veto uses. This record would later be tied by Big Brother 26 (US) which is still airing.
  • Only the first two vetoes were not used.
  • All nine vetoes were used by nominees.
  • However, Big Brother 15 (US) has the most total Veto uses in a single season with 11.
  • This record was later broken in Big Brother 26 (US) by the POV being used consecutively for the first eleven Veto Ceremonies.
• None of the Big Brother 5 (US) candidates reached the jury stage (all other seasons had at least one candidate make it).
  • The jury also lacked representatives from Big Brother 4 (US), as Alison was evicted pre-jury and Erika made the Final 2.
• This is the first season with only returnees, followed by Big Brother 22 (US).
• All eight contestants voted in by America were from seasons 4 through 6. Five of the six contestants chosen by production were from seasons 1 through 3, with Alison being the exception.
• A hurricane hit the Jury House between James and Danielle's evictions, resulting in James, Howie, and Marcellas being evacuated to a new house.
• Females won more competitions than males for the second consecutive season, winning 14 out of 23 competitions.
• Every houseguest this season, except for the Final 2, either placed worse or the same compared to their original season.
• Excluding George, houseguests who didn't make jury in their original season also didn't make jury this season.
• This is the only season with returning winners to feature just one returning winner, as Lisa Donahue did not make the cast.
• During the season, James Rhine, Danielle Reyes, George Allen Boswell, and Will Kirby escaped the Jury house during an outing and partied. Will and Danielle were spotted at a karaoke bar, causing false rumors of their removal from the jury. These escapes led to stricter jury regulations in future seasons.
• Mike Malin broke the rules by telling Will Kirby he won the Coup d'Etat between the first two weeks he could use it. As a result, production revoked it, making him ineligible to use it in the second or third weeks. This information was never aired or acknowledged by production.

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