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Big Brother 7, also known as Big Brother: All-Stars, was the seventh season of the American reality television series Big Brother. 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.[1]
  • 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
BB7 Bunky
BB7 George
BB7 Howie
BB7 James
BB7 Jase
BB7 Marcellas
BB7 Kaysar
BB7 Cowboy
BB7 Mike
BB7 Will
BB7 Allison
BB7 Dana
BB7 Danielle
BB7 Diane
BB7 Erika
BB7 Ivette
BB7 Janelle
BB7 Lisa
BB7 Monica
BB7 Nakomis
Chosen
Not Chosen
BBAS Vote Page

The voting page, retrieved 4/27/2017

Chosen[]

Public[]

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

Producers[]

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

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.

Houseguests[]

Mike Malin
 Winner  
 
Mike
Erika Landin
 Runner-Up  
 
Erika
Janelle Pierzina
 Jury: Mike 
 
Janelle
Will Kirby
 Jury: Mike 
 
Will
George Allen Boswell
 Jury: Mike 
 
George
Danielle Reyes
 Jury: Mike 
 
Danielle
James Rhine
 Jury: Mike 
 
James
Howie Gordon
 Jury: Mike 
 
Howie
Marcellas Reynolds
 Jury: Erika 
 
Marcellas
Kaysar Ridha
 Evicted 
 
Kaysar
Diane Henry
 Evicted 
 
Diane
Jase Wirey
 Evicted 
 
Jase
Nakomis Dedmon
 Evicted 
 
Nakomis
Alison Irwin
 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 BB7 Janelle
Janelle
BB7 Jase
Jase
BB7 Allison
Alison
BB7 Danielle
Danielle
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
No! BB7 Allison
Alison
BB7 Danielle
Danielle
BB7 Allison
Alison
8-2 1st Evicted
Day 11
2 BB7 Kaysar
Kaysar
BB7 Diane
Diane
BB7 Nakomis
Nakomis
BB7 Erika
Erika
No! BB7 Diane
Diane
BB7 Nakomis
Nakomis
BB7 Nakomis
Nakomis
8-2 2nd Evicted
Day 18
3 BB7 James
James
BB7 George
George
BB7 Will
Will
BB7 George
George
Yes! BB7 Jase
Jase
BB7 Will
Will
BB7 Jase
Jase
9-0 3rd Evicted
Day 25
4 BB7 Janelle
Janelle
BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 Mike
Mike
BB7 Mike
Mike
Yes! BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 Diane
Diane
BB7 Diane
Diane
7-1 4th Evicted
Day 32
5 BB7 Danielle
Danielle
BB7 James
James
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
Yes! BB7 James
James
BB7 Kaysar
Kaysar
BB7 Kaysar
Kaysar
5-2
5-1
5th Evicted
Day 39
6 BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
BB7 Danielle
Danielle
BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 Danielle
Danielle
Yes! BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 Marcellas
Marcellas
BB7 Marcellas
Marcellas
6-0 6th Evicted
1st Jury Member
Day 46
7 BB7 George
George
BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 James
James
BB7 James
James
Yes! BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 Howie
Howie
BB7 Howie
Howie
3-2 7th Evicted
2nd Jury Member
Day 47
BB7 Mike
Mike
BB7 James
James
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
Yes! BB7 George
George
BB7 James
James
BB7 James
James
3-1 8th Evicted
3rd Jury Member
Day 53
8 BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 George
George
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
Yes! BB7 Danielle
Danielle
BB7 George
George
BB7 Danielle
Danielle
3-0 9th Evicted
4th Jury Member
Day 60
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 George
George
BB7 Erika
Erika
Yes! BB7 George
George
BB7 Mike
Mike
BB7 George
George
2-0 10th Evicted
5th Jury Member
Day 60
9 BB7 Mike
Mike
BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
Yes! BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 Will
Will
BB7 Will
Will
1-0 11th Evicted
6th Jury Member
Day 65
10 BB7 Mike
Mike
BB7 Erika
Erika
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
BB7 Janelle
Janelle
1-0 12th Evicted
7th Jury Member
Day 67
BB7 Erika
Erika
6-1 Runner-Up
BB7 Mike
Mike
Winner

Week 1[]

Jase Wirey
 Co-HOH 
 
Jase
Janelle Pierzina
 Co-HOH
POV
 
 
Janelle
Danielle Reyes
 Nominee
2 Votes
 
 
Danielle
Alison Irwin
 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[]

Kaysar Ridha
 HOH 
 
Kaysar
Erika Landin
 POV 
 
Erika
Diane Henry
 Nominee
2 Votes
 
 
Diane
Nakomis Dedmon
 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[]

James Rhine
 HOH 
 
James
George Allen Boswell
 Pre-Veto Nominee
POV
 
 
George
Will Kirby
 Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Will
Jase Wirey
 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[]

Janelle Pierzina
 HOH 
 
Janelle
Mike Malin
 Pre-Veto Nominee
POV
 
 
Mike
Erika Landin
 Nominee
1 Vote
 
 
Erika
Diane Henry
 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[]

Danielle Reyes
 HOH 
 
Danielle
Janelle Pierzina
 Pre-Veto Nominee
POV
 
 
Janelle
James Rhine
 Nominee
1 Vote
 
 
James
Kaysar Ridha
 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[]

Janelle Pierzina
 HOH 
 
Janelle
Danielle Reyes
 Pre-Veto Nominee
POV
 
 
Danielle
Mike Malin
 Coup d'État 
 
Mike
Erika Landin
 Dethroned HOH
Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Erika
Marcellas Reynolds
 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[]

George Allen Boswell
 HOH 
 
George
James Rhine
 Pre-Veto Nominee
POV
 
 
James
Erika Landin
 Nominee
2 Votes
 
 
Erika
Howie Gordon
 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[]

Mike Malin
 HOH 
 
Mike
Janelle Pierzina
 Pre-Veto Nominee
POV
 
 
Janelle
George Allen Boswell
 Post-Veto Nominee
1 Vote
 
 
George
James Rhine
 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[]

Erika Landin
 HOH 
 
Erika
Janelle Pierzina
 Pre-Veto Nominee
POV
 
 
Janelle
George Allen Boswell
 Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
George
Danielle Reyes
 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[]

Janelle Pierzina
 HOH 
 
Janelle
Erika Landin
 Pre-Veto Nominee
POV
 
 
Erika
Mike Malin
 Post-Veto Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Mike
George Allen Boswell
 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[]

Mike Malin
 HOH 
 
Mike
Janelle Pierzina
 Pre-Veto Nominee
POV
 
 
Janelle
Erika Landin
 Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Erika
Will Kirby
 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[]

Mike Malin
 HOH Pt. 2 Winner
HOH Pt. 3 Winner
Final HOH
 
 
Mike
Erika Landin
 HOH Pt. 1 Winner
Nominee
0 Votes
 
 
Erika
Janelle Pierzina
 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[]

Mike Malin
 Winner
6 Votes
 
 
Mike
Erika Landin
 Runner-Up
1 Vote
 
 
Erika

Jury[]

Marcellas Reynolds
 Erika
Marcellas
Howie Gordon
 Mike
Howie
James Rhine
 Mike
James
Danielle Reyes
 Mike
Danielle
George Allen Boswell
 Mike
George
Will Kirby
 Mike
Will
Janelle Pierzina
 Mike
Janelle

Trivia[]

BB7 Candidates Picture

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

  • This season holds the record for most Veto uses in a row in an American Season, with nine.
    • Big Brother Canada 11 hold the record for most consecutive veto uses, being used all 10 times it was won.
    • Only the first two vetoes were not used.
    • All nine vetos were used by a nominee.
    • However, this season does not have the most total Veto uses in a single season, as the veto was used 11 times in Big Brother 15.
  • None of the Big Brother 5 candidates reached the jury stage (the other five seasons had at least one candidate make it).
    • The jury didn't have anyone from Big Brother 4, either, 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.
  • Of the eight contestants who were voted into the cast by America, all of them spanned from seasons 4 through 6. Meanwhile, five of the six contestants who were chosen by production spanned from seasons 1 through 3, with the exception being Alison.
  • Between James and Danielle's evictions, a hurricane hit the Jury House. As a result, James, Howie, and Marcellas were evacuated to a new house. 
  • This is the second season in a row where females won more competitions than males. Females won 14 out of the 23 competitions.
  • Every houseguest this season, with the exception of the Final 2, either placed worse or exactly the same compared to their original season.
  • Excluding George, the houseguests that didn't make jury their original season didn't make jury this season.
  • Due to Lisa Donahue not making the cast, this is the only season with returning winners to feature only one returning winner.
  • During the season, James RhineDanielle ReyesGeorge Allen Boswell, and Will Kirby all escaped the Jury house during an outing and partied. Will and Danielle were spotted at a karaoke bar, which caused false rumors of them being kicked off the jury. James had hinted that there were more escapes as well. These escapes have caused production to be much more strict with the Jury in future seasons and taking away outings.[2][3]
  • It was revealed that Mike Malin had broken the rules by telling Will Kirby that he won the Coup d'Etat in between the first two weeks he could use it, so production ended up taking it away from him, meaning he was ineligible to use it in the second or third weeks, even if he hadn't been HOH. This information never made air and was never acknowledged by production.[4]

References[]

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