Big Brother 9 (US)

Big Brother 9 (US)
Season Information
Country	United States
Host	Julie Chen
Season	9
Prize Money	$500,000
No. of Houseguests	16
No. of Days	81
Winner	Adam Jasinski
Runner(s)-up	Ryan Quicksall
Production
Network	CBS RealNetworks (live feeds)
Executive Producers	Allison Grodner Rich Meehan Don Wollman
Challenge Producers	Trent Eaton
Casting	Robyn Kass
Announcers	Don Wollman Clayton Halsey
Production Company	Fly on the Wall Entertainment Endemol USA
Season Run	February 12, 2008 - April 27, 2008
Filming Dates	February 7, 2008 - April 27, 2008
No. of Episodes	33
Viewership	6.56m
Companion Shows	Big Brother: After Dark House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show Showtime Two (BBAD) CBS.com (HC)
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 8 (US)
Next Season	Big Brother 10 (US)

Big Brother 9 (US), also known as Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part is the 9th season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.). It began on February 12, 2008 and concluded on April 27, 2008 when Adam Jasinski was crowned the winner with six votes from the jury. This season was unique in that it was the first season of Big Brother to air during the winter as a result of the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

Background

Development

Following the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the trade magazine Variety reported that CBS, in response to the then-ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, was considering airing a winter edition of Big Brother, and that the network started cast auditions. Several sites speculated that the winter edition could have been an American version of Celebrity Big Brother but this was untrue as CBS released a statement that the next edition of Big Brother would be a regular season following the format of past editions. Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan returned as executive producers, and Julie Chen continued as the host.

Casting

CBS launched its casting call process on November 15, 2007, with auditions running from November 17 to December 8, 2007 with Robyn Kass serving as the casting director. The network organized casting events in 17 cities across the country, including major locations like Los Angeles, New York, and Houston. Despite the buzz about a potential early start for the season, CBS confirmed that the show would air in 2008, with specific premiere dates yet to be announced. The finalists for the season were chosen on December 27, 2007.

Twists/Changes

• Soulmates: Instead as playing as individuals, the 16 Houseguests were paired off based off of compatibility forms during their audition progress. They would win and hold the title of Head of Household together, win and use the vetos together, be nominated together, and be evicted together. This twist was abandoned shortly after the third eviction, where the evicted couple found out that a re-vote would occur only between the two of them. Should a member of the pair walk or be expelled, the remaining partner would choose one member of the previously evicted couple to re-enter the game and become their soulmate.
  • X-Factor: Houseguests Sharon Obermueller and Jacob Heald used to date before entering the house, and ended up being paired together.
  • Power Couple: The winners of the first competition became the Power Couple and had to instantly evict another couple from the house.
• Previously Evicted Houseguest
  • Due to Neil Garcia leaving the game, his soulmate; Joshuah Welch, had to choose either Jacob Heald or Sharon Obermueller; the previous evictees, to re-enter the game as his soulmate. Joshuah chose Sharon.
  • Shortly after the fourth eviction, the Houseguests had to vote either; the Houseguest they just evicted, or the "Mystery Houseguest"; a previous evictee voted by the viewers, back into the game.
• Secret Relationship: Houseguests Ryan Quicksall and Jen DiTurno were in a relationship prior to the game, and entered the house while still dating, however they weren't partnered together.

Houseguests

Winner    Adam

Runner-Up    Ryan

Jury: Adam    Sheila

Jury: Adam    Sharon

Jury: Adam    Natalie

Jury: Adam    James

Jury: Ryan    Joshuah

Jury: Adam    Chelsia

Jury: Adam    Matt

Evicted    Allison

Evicted    Alex

Evicted    Amanda

Evicted    Jen

Evicted    Parker

Walked    Neil

Evicted    Jacob

Couples

Original Couples
Adam & Sheila	Allison & Ryan	Chelsia & James	Alex & Amanda
Jacob & Sharon	Jen & Parker	Joshuah & Neil	Matt & Natalie

Couples Changes
Week #	Original Couple	Left	New Couple
1	Jacob & Sharon	Jacob	Joshuah & Sharon
	Joshuah & Neil	Neil

Voting History

		Week 1		Week 2	Week 3		Week 4	Week 5		Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11
		Day 1	Day 5		Day 22	Day 28		Day 35	Day 36						Day 77	Finale
	Adam	Ineligible	Jen Parker	Alex Amanda	Rep	Allison	James	James	Ryan		Joshuah		Vetoed Sharon	Sharon		Winner
	Ryan	Ineligible		Alex Amanda				Alex		Chelsia	Joshuah	James	Natalie		Sheila	Runner-Up
	Sheila	Ineligible	Jen Parker	Alex Amanda	Rep	Allison	James	Alex	Vetoed Ryan	Chelsia	Joshuah	Vetoed James	Natalie			Adam
	Sharon	Ineligible	Jen Parker	Alex Amanda				James	Matt	Rep	Rep					Adam
	Natalie	Ineligible	Allison Ryan		Vetoed Allison Ryan	Allison	James	James	Ryan	Chelsia		James	Rep			Adam
	James	Ineligible	Jen Parker		Allison Ryan	Allison	Rep		Matt	Vetoed Chelsia	Vetoed Sharon	Rep				Adam
	Joshuah	Ineligible	Jen Parker	Alex Amanda			James	James	Matt	Chelsia						Ryan
	Chelsia	Ineligible	Jen Parker		Allison Ryan	Allison	Vetoed Sharon	James	Matt							Adam
	Matt	Ineligible	Allison Ryan		Vetoed Allison Ryan	Allison	James	Alex	Rep							Adam
	Allison	Ineligible		Alex Amanda
	Alex	Ineligible						Mystery Houseguest
	Amanda	Ineligible
	Jen	Jacob Sharon
	Parker	Jacob Sharon
	Neil	Ineligible
	Jacob	Ineligible

Key:

Nominated

Rep: Replacement Nominee

POV Holder

HOH

Power Couple

Vote to Re-Enter

Jury Member

Evicted

Walked

• Note: Sharon was evicted for part of Week 1, before being chosen by Joshuah to get back into the house, replacing Neil's spot as Joshuah's soulmate.
• Note: James was evicted for part of Week 5, before being voted back into the house.

Game History

#	HOH (Power Couple)		Initial Nominations		Veto Holder		Used?	Final Nominations		Result
Week										Houseguest		Vote	Finish
1	Jen	Parker								Jacob	Sharon	1-0	1st & 2nd Evicted Day 3
	Alex	Amanda	Allison	Ryan						Neil		Walked Day 7
			Jen	Parker						Sharon		1st Returnee Day 7
			Allison	Ryan	Matt	Natalie		Allison	Ryan	Jen	Parker	3-1	3rd & 4th Evicted Day 14
			Jen	Parker				Jen	Parker
2	Chelsia	James	Alex	Amanda	Joshuah	Sharon		Alex	Amanda	Alex	Amanda	3-0	5th & 6th Evicted Day 21
			Matt	Natalie				Matt	Natalie
3	Joshuah	Sharon	Allison	Ryan	Matt	Natalie		Adam	Sheila	Allison	Ryan	2-0	Eviction Cancelled Couples Split Up
			Matt	Natalie				Allison	Ryan
								Allison	Ryan	Allison		6-0	7th Evicted Day 28
4	Ryan		Chelsia	Sharon	Chelsia			James	Sharon	James		5-1	8th Evicted Day 35
5								Alex	James	James		5-3	2nd Returnee Day 35
	James		Ryan	Sheila	James			Matt	Ryan	Matt		4-3	9th Evicted 1st Jury Member Day 42
6	Adam		Chelsia	James	James			Chelsia	Sharon	Chelsia		5-0	10th Evicted 2nd Jury Member Day 49
7	Natalie		James	Joshuah	James			Joshuah	Sharon	Joshuah		3-1	11th Evicted 3rd Jury Member Day 56
8	Adam		Sharon	Sheila	Ryan			James	Sharon	James		3-0	12th Evicted 4th Jury Member Day 63
9	Sheila		Adam	Sharon	Adam			Natalie	Sharon	Natalie		2-1	13th Evicted 5th Jury Member Day 70
10	Ryan		Sharon	Sheila	Ryan			Sharon	Sheila	Sharon		1-0	14th Evicted 6th Jury Member Day 75
11	Ryan							Adam	Sheila	Sheila		1-0	15th Evicted 7th Jury Member Day 77
										Ryan		6-1	Runner-Up
										Adam			Winner

Week 1

Round 1

Power Couple    Parker

Power Couple    Jen

Evicted    Jacob

Evicted    Sharon

At the start of the season, the houseguests competed to declare the first Power Couple of the season. Jen and Parker were victorious, also winning ten thousand dollars, and debated on who they should send home. When Jacob caused some drama with the Power Couple, they chose to send him and his partner, Sharon out the door, making them the first evicted.

Round 2

Re-Entered    Sharon	HOH    Alex	POV    Matt	Nominee 2 Votes    Allison	Evicted 6 Votes    Jen
Walked    Neil	HOH    Amanda	POV    Natalie	Nominee 2 Votes    Ryan	Evicted 6 Votes    Parker

For the first Head of Household competition of the season, the houseguests competed in the "Do You Know Your Partner?" competition featuring previous Big Brother 8 lovers Eric Stein and Jessica Hughbanks as hosts. Alex and Amanda were victorious and nominated pairs Ryan and Allison, along with Jen and Parker. When Neil left the game due to urgent personal matters after the nomination ceremony, Joshuah was able to choose a new partner between Jacob and Sharon, which of he chose the latter. Matt and Natalie won the first Power of Veto competition of the season and chose to leave the nominations the same. Jen and Parker were evicted by a 3-1 vote.

Week 2

HOH    Chelsia	POV    Joshuah	Nominee 0 Votes    Matt	Evicted 6 Votes    Alex
HOH    James	POV    Sharon	Nominee 0 Votes    Natalie	Evicted 6 Votes    Amanda

After the "Big Brother Democracy" Head of Household competition, James and Chelsia were triumphant, winning the competition. They nominated Matt and Natalie as pawns, along with Alex and Amanda, whom were their targets, to be evicted this week. Joshuah and Sharon won the Power of Veto and chose to keep nominations the same. Alex and Amanda were evicted on a 3-0 vote. It should be noted as well that Amanda and Allison had medical issues at almost the exact same time on Day 16, but both eventually returned to the house.

Week 3

Round 1

HOH    Joshuah	Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Matt	Post-Veto Nominee 0 Votes    Adam	Evicted 4 Votes    Allison
HOH    Sharon	Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Natalie	Post-Veto Nominee 0 Votes    Sheila	Evicted 4 Votes    Ryan

Following Alex and Amanda's eviction, Joshuah and Sharon won the "Words Of Love" Head of Household competition. They put up couples Matt and Natalie & Ryan and Allison for eviction, with their target being the latter. When Matt and Natalie won the Power of Veto competition "Cupid is as Cupid Does", Joshuah and Sharon nominated Adam and Sheila as the replacement nominees. Ryan and Allison were "evicted" 2-0.

Round 2 (Reset)

HOH    Joshuah

HOH    Sharon

Nominee 0 Votes    Ryan

Evicted 6 Votes    Alison

When the emergency siren sounded, the houseguests were informed that the couples twist was over and that only either Ryan or Allison would go home this week. As Joshuah and Sharon together still held the title of HOH, they would still only vote in case of the tie; nevertheless, it wasn't necessary as the other houseguests voted again and Allison was evicted unanimously by a 6-0 vote.

Week 4

HOH    Ryan

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Chelsia

Nominee 1 Votes    Sharon

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 5 Votes    James

Following his partner's eviction and the couple twist out out of play, Ryan won his first Head of Household competition, "Time After Time". He nominated Chelsia and Sharon for eviction, viewing them as strong. Chelsia won the "Color of Veto" Power of Veto competition and took herself off the block, which lead to the nomination of James, instead of Matt, whom many houseguests wanted to go up. James was evicted on a 5-1 vote.

Week 5

Round 1 (Re-Entry)

Re-Entered 5 Votes    James

Mystery HG Did Not Re-Enter 3 Votes    Alex

Following James's eviction, the houseguests had a choice to vote either him or the Mystery Houseguest; voted by America; back into the house. When James won by a vote of 5-3, he returned to the game.

Round 2

HOH POV    James

Pre-Veto Nominee    Sheila

Nominee 3 Votes    Ryan

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 4 Votes    Matt

Following James's return, he then quickly won the Head of Household competition "Big Brother Disco" and nominated Sheila and Ryan for eviction that week due to previous actions. James then won the "Trapped in the Cage" Power of Veto competition and took off nomination Sheila and replaced her with Matt, going back on a deal he made with Natalie. Matt and Ryan were tied 3-3, but James broke the tie, sending Matt to the jury house 4-3.

Week 6

HOH    Adam

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    James

Post-Veto Nominee 0 Votes    Sharon

Evicted 5 Votes    Chelsia

Following the eviction of fellow houseguest Matt, Adam won his first Head of Household competition, which was the "En Garde" competition. He nominated James and Chelsia, viewing the two as threats due to them both being good at competitions. When James won his second Power of Veto in a row, at the competition "Club Evel". Sharon was soon the replacement nominee for James and his girlfriend was soon evicted 5-0.

Week 7

HOH    Natalie

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    James

Post-Veto Nominee   1 Vote    Sharon

Evicted 3 Votes    Joshuah

Following Chelsia's eviction, the houseguests competed in the "Big Brother Election" competition, leading to Natalie's first Head of Household. She nominated both James and Joshuah for eviction, seeing both as threats. Winning his third Power of Veto competition, "Big Brother Boardwalk", in a row, James pulled himself off the block. Sharon was again nominated as a replacement and her friend Joshuah was evicted from the house 3-1.

Week 8

HOH    Adam

POV    Ryan

Pre-Veto Nominee    Sheila

Nominee 0 Votes    Sharon

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 3 Votes    James

Following Joshuah's eviction, the houseguests competed in the "More.. or Less" Head of Household competition, letting Adam win his second Head of Household of the season. He quickly nominated Sharon and Sheila, stating that if the house wanted James out, they should win the Power of Veto. Ryan won "The Rainmaker" Power of Veto competition, pulling Sheila off the block. Adam put James on the block to please the house. James was evicted on a 3-0 vote.

Week 9

HOH    Sheila

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Adam

Nominee 1 Votes    Sharon

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 2 Votes    Natalie

Following James's eviction from the house, the houseguests competed in the "Glass Houses" Head of Household, leading to Sheila's first Head of Household this season. She nominated Adam and Sharon for eviction, with her intended target being Natalie. When Adam won the "PoTV" Power of Veto competition, Sheila soon nominated Natalie has the replacement. When the votes tied 1-1, Sheila broke the tie, sending her fellow ally and friend out of the house, Natalie, on a 2*-1 vote.

Week 10

HOH POV    Ryan

Nominee 0 Votes    Sheila

Evicted 1 Votes    Sharon

Following fellow ally Natalie's eviction, Ryan won the Head of Household competition "Fact or Fiction". He later nominated Sheila and Sharon for eviction that week, keeping his ally Adam off the block. Ryan later won the "Big Brother Derby" Power of Veto competition and kept his nominations the same, believing Adam would evict Sheila. However, due to loyalties, Adam chose to evict Sharon from the house.

Week 11

HOH Pt. 1 Winner HOH Pt. 3 Winner Final HOH    Ryan

HOH Pt. 2 Winner Nominated 0 Votes    Adam

Evicted 1 Vote    Sheila

Following the eviction of Sharon, the final three competed and went "Up The Creek" in the Head of Household competition, with Ryan winning. When Part 2 came along, Adam and Sheila competed in the "Who's The Guinea Pig Now?" Head of Household, with Adam winning. Ryan won the final part of the Head of Household competition, "Jury Statements" and chose to take Adam with him to the finale. Sheila was therefore evicted.

Finale

Winner 6 Votes    Adam

Runner-Up 1 Vote    Ryan

Jury

Adam Matt

Adam Chelsia

Ryan Joshuah

Adam James

Adam Natalie

Adam Sharon

Adam Sheila

Trivia

• This season is the first season to have 16 players.
• This is the first season to have a person walk from the game.
• This is the first time the houseguests played as teams.
• This is the first season to end on a Sunday.
• This is one of 4 seasons to have people seek medical attention.
• This is the only season in Big Brother history to air during the winter, due to a writer's strike.
  • The spin-off series Celebrity Big Brother (US) also aired during the winter.
• Big Brother 9 is the only season from seasons 1-14 to not have a player return to play in another season.
• This is the first season to have the same amount of jurors as pre-jurors.
• This is the first season to have "couples" be paired up as duos.

Ratings

United States

Template:US 9 Ratings - United States

United Kingdom

Big Brother 9 (US) Ratings - In United Kingdom
#		UK Air Date	Viewers	Season Avg Viewers
Week	Episode
1	1	February 14, 2008	326,000
	2		302,200	314,100
	3	February 19, 2008	137,100	255,100
	4	February 21, 2008	181,900	236,800
	5		150,300	219,500
2	6	February 26, 2008	113,800	201,883
	7	February 28, 2008	194,600	200,842
	8		161,000	195,863
3	9	March 4, 2008	138,400	189,478
	10	March 6, 2008	87,500	179,280
	11		93,100	171,445
4	12	March 11, 2008	137,500	168,617
	13	March 13, 2008	154,700	167,546
	14		144,400	165,893
5	15	March 18, 2008	150,000	164,833
	16	March 20, 2008	166,400	164,931
	17		124,600	162,559
6	18	March 25, 2008	142,000	161,417
	19	March 27, 2008	177,400	162,258
	20		134,800	160,885
7	21	April 1, 2008	153,800	160,548
	22	April 3, 2008	96,200	157,623
	23		94,100	154,861
8	24	April 8, 2008	98,800	152,525
	25	April 10, 2008	140,700	152,052
	26		122,300	150,908
9	27	April 15, 2008	149,700	150,863
	28	April 17, 2008	115,100	149,586
	29		109,000	148,186
10	30	April 22, 2008	79,000	145,880
	31	April 24, 2008	89,700	144,068
	32		62,200	141,509
11	33	April 29, 2008	107,600	140,482

Note: This is ratings information for the season that broadcasts in the United Kingdom on E4. Ratings below are overnight figures from Channel4Sales

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Increase

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References

References

External Links

• CBS Official Site
• Global Official Site
• Wikipedia Page