Backwards Week

Backwards Week, also known as Upside-Down Week in Big Brother: Stranger Things, is a recurring twist in the Big Brother format. Since its debut, it has also appeared in Hacked and Big Brother: Roulette.
It reverses the usual process of a Big Brother week, making all houseguests cast two votes to nominate, then switching the competition order, playing POV before HOH. The HOH winner then gets the sole vote for the eviction.
== Backwards Week History ==
=== Big Brother: Stranger Things ===
			
This week is known as "where it all started" for the houseguests. Essix announced that this week would be backwards (or upside-down, whichever you prefer), themed after The Upside-Down in Stranger Things. Upside-Down Week begins with each houseguest individually voting for 2 people to be nominated. 
The Outcasts, also known as the JKTW, took advantage of this week. Karen rallied a quartet of themselves, Jamie, Tyler, and Webb. All four members voted to nominate Yoohoo, due to his double competition win in Week 2. They did not nominate Andrew, despite doing the same, as he was Karen's ally. Alongside the main alliance, Olive was also known as an outcast in the house. With this, Yoohoo was successfully nominated with 5 votes. Jamie was also nominated with 5 votes, but for inactivity and by the No Panic All Disco alliance. Nobody voted for both Jamie and Yoohoo, meaning that the house was in a full 5-5 split.
Voted to Nominate Jamie 	Voted to Nominate Yoohoo
DawnVoted Jamie & Olive 	TylerVoted Yoohoo & Andrew
AndrewVoted Jamie & Tyler	OliveVoted Yoohoo & Tyler
AidenVoted Jamie & Olive 	KarenVoted Yoohoo & Dawn
ShelbyVoted Jamie & Tyler	JamieVoted Yoohoo & Dawn
YoohooVoted Jamie & Tyler	WebbVoted Yoohoo & Dawn
During this round, while there were no formal five-person alliance chats representing the different sides, several alliances were in play. As previously mentioned, The Outcasts consisted of Jamie, Karen, Tyler, Webb, sometimes roping in Olive - although she wasn't a part of the official chat. On the other hand, No Panic All Disco comprised Andrew, Dawn, Shelby, and Yoohoo, with a plan focused on an "easy vote" to evict Jamie. No Panic All Disco also maintained contact with Aiden, as they could easily influence his voting decision. Additionally, Karen utilized The Underwear Alliance, consisting of Andrew, Dawn, Karen, Shelby, and Yoohoo, to divert suspicion and gain insider information.
With numerous alliances at play, the pressure intensified for everyone in the house. A single competition win - the HOH - had the potential to tip the balance and alter the entire course of the season.
Andrew emerged as the winner of the Power of Veto, but he made the surprising decision to discard it for two reasons. Firstly, in an effort to save time, the host, Essix, decided to bypass a revote and instead select the houseguest with the third-highest number of nomination votes. This left Andrew uncertain about who the replacement nominee would be. Ironically, Tyler had received four votes for nomination, placing him ahead of everyone else. If the usual rules had been followed, Tyler would have been the replacement nominee, which would have significantly benefited Andrew and given his side the majority throughout the season. Secondly, leaked strategic plans led Andrew to believe that his top ally, Dawn, would be nominated. This assumption was based on the hypothetical scenario where Olive had voted for Dawn and Yoohoo instead of Tyler and Yoohoo.
Finally, it was time for the HOH competition. As the outgoing HOH, Andrew was ineligible to compete, increasing the probability of someone from The Outcasts winning the challenge. As fate would have it, Webb emerged as the victor, marking his first and only competition win. Aligned with his alliance's wishes, Webb cast the sole vote to evict Yoohoo.
==== Challenges ====
<tabber>Power of Veto=Challenge: DemonymsHouseguests must respond with a country to a text prompt of a demonym. A demonym is a noun used to denote the inhabitants of a particular country - such as "Chinese" or "Swedish". If there is a tie for the amount of prompts answered correctly, then the houseguest's time taken will be used as a tiebreaker.Winner: Andrew|-|Head of Household=Challenge: Periodic Table UnscrambleHouseguests are given a string of chemical elements on the periodic table. To get the correct answer, they must shorten the chemical element name to its chemical symbol. For example, "Helium Xenon" would be the word "hex". If there is a tie for the amount of prompts answered correctly, then the houseguest's time taken will be used as a tiebreaker.Winner: Webb</tabber>
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