B!g Brother 6: Illinois

is the sixth season of the B!g Brother series and first season to be played on the Discord platform.
The game featured a virtual house with channels as rooms. Apart from the Backyard (for Compet!tions) and the Living Room (for ceremonies), players could only be in one room at a time. Each room (the Kitchen, Lounge, Pantry and Bathroom) also had different occupancy limits and special restrictions, and were used for group discussions as group DMs were prohibited. Each week's HoH also had control over access to the Al Capone-themed HoH room, and houseguests stayed in either the Walt Disney Room, the Hugh Hefner Room (themed after two famous Illinois natives) and the Have Not Room.
As this season was set in Illinois, players were represented by reality TV contestants from Illinois. The competitions were mostly themed after Illinois landmarks, people and fun facts.
Haley Reinhart / andy48kau played a quiet game from the beginning but revealed her strength in the competitions later in the season and put herself in a position to cast late-game deciding votes. In the finale, Haley won with a 7-0 clean sweep against Marcellas Reynolds / Bigboyoy79, who had been on the block 7 times.  Jessica Milagros / Lukee__ was voted America's Favorite Houseguest.
== Houseguests ==
Name 	Username 	Reality Show 	Hometown / Place of Residence
Adrianne Curry 	lnklnk 	America's Next Top Model	Joliet, IL
Amanda Craig 	gchst 	Big Brother 	Chicago, IL
Andy Herren 	Austin I 	Big Brother 	Chicago, IL
Derrick Kosinski 	Chev D 	Big Brother 	Chicago, IL
Dustin Erikstrup 	jakebway 	Big Brother 	Chicago, IL
George Boswell 	imthatguy42123	Big Brother 	Rockford, IL
Haley Reinhart 	andy48kau 	American Idol 	Wheeling, IL
Helen Kim 	Zay/Joss 	Big Brother 	Chicago, IL
Jeff Schroeder 	Sped 	Big Brother 	Norridge, IL
Jessica Milagros 	Lukee_ 	Big Brother 	Oak Park, IL
Katie Cleary 	Colby John 	America's Next Top Model	Chicago, IL
Marcellas Reynolds 	Bigboyoy79 	Big Brother 	Chicago, IL
Monet Stunson 	Brayden 	Big Brother 	Glen Carbon, IL
Sarah Hresja 	Johnathan 	Big Brother 	Stickney, IL
Scottie Salton 	Nekolu 	Big Brother 	Shorewood, IL
Jaren "Shea Couleé" Merrell	zucc 	RuPaul's Drag Race 	Chicago, IL
== Weekly Summary ==
Week 1: The 16 houseguests moved into the house and each immediately picked one of two rooms to stay in: the Hugh Hefner Room and the Walt Disney Rooms, both named after famous Illinois entrepreneurs. Julie informed the houseguests that, in a reference to Chicago's mob and gang scene during the Prohibition era, group DMs would be prohibited in the house except in open-access rooms / Discord channels in the house. Julie also announced that the first week would be a Double Ev!ction: in classic gang tradition, each room would sort out its internal affairs by playing through a week of B!g Brother on their own. The houseguests played in the HoH Compet!tion, "Seeing Stars", to identify photos of famous Illinois natives. For the Disney Room, Scottie won HoH and nominated Helen and Dustin for Ev!ction. For the Hefner Room, Sarah won HoH and nominated Jessica and George. Andy, Helen, Jeff and Shea were the lowest scorers in the HoH Compet!tion and had to move into the Have Not room, an icy park with benches as beds and a giant fan to simulate the gusts of the Windy City. Katie and George won the PoV Compet!tion, "Fishing Expedition", by fishing in Lake Michigan for letters to construct the longest word. George pulled himself off the block and Sarah nominated Derrick as the replacement. Katie chose not to use her PoV. Before Ev!ction night, George, Derrick, Dustin, Monet, Scottie won the Luxury Compet!tion and got to leave the house to attend the Surv!vor 34: San Juan Del Sur finale red carpet event for 2 hours.  The respective rooms evicted Helen and Derrick in unanimous votes.
Week 2: Week 2 in the house started with the ejection of Andy for inactivity. Katie managed her power grid with strategic number choices and won the HoH Compet!tion, "Going Nuclear". Dustin, Jeff and Jessica were the first 3 houseguests eliminated from the Compet!tion and became Have Nots for the week. Katie nominated Amanda and Sarah. Things got even more nuclear when Sarah and Scottie had a public fight in the Kitchen. Sarah counted calories in McDonald's items the quickest and won the PoV in "Super Size This Veto". She pulled herself off the block and Katie nominated Shea as the replacement. The house voted to evict Shea in a 7 to 1 vote, with only Sarah voting to save Shea. Subsequently, Dustin was ejected for inactivity.
Week 3: Viewers voted and commented on Jack-O-Lanterns carved by the houseguests and picked George to win HoH for his Elmo carving in "Oh My Lantern". The bottom 3 vote-getters, Jeff, Monet and Adrianne, became Have Nots. George nominated Sarah and Monet for Ev!ction. Another fight erupted in the Kitchen as Monet was upset about being nominated. Right before the PoV Compet!tion started, Sarah saw that her chances of surviving were slim and decided to give up instead by climbing over the Backyard fence to leave the house, thus eliminating herself. George was required to nominate a replacement, and he picked Amanda. George also won the PoV Compet!tion, "Ghostbusters", by vanquishing the most ghosts in the haunted house, and kept his nominations the same. Katie and Monet received punishments from the PoV Compet!tion and were required to dress and act like a screaming banshee and a howling werewolf respectively for the rest of the week. At the Ev!ction Ceremony, the house voted to evict Amanda 4 to 3, the closest vote so far. However, Amanda was told to remain on the couch. The doorbell rang and Helen, Derrick and Shea walked back into the house.
Week 4: The remaining houseguests and the ejected players played in the HoH cum Battle Back Compet!tion, "Route To Redemption", which required them to rack up points in a series of Route 66-themed tasks. Shea beat out the other evicted houseguests to return to the game, and Scottie won HoH. Scottie and Shea forged an alliance in the HoH room. Scottie nominated Haley and Marcellas. Jeff won the PoV Compet!tion "Licence To Kill" by deciphering licence plates featuring rebus puzzles of Illinois cities. Jeff took Marcellas off the block and Scottie nominated Monet as his replacement. The house voted to evict Monet 6 to 1, with only Jessica voting for Haley, and Monet was sent to the Jury house as the reserve Juror.
Week 5: On Week 5, houseguests played in the HoH Compet!tion "Gaining Traction" and rolled John Deere tractors as far as they could down a narrow track. Although Marcellas had the lead, he inexplicably decided to make another attempt and was eliminated when he failed to beat his previous score. As they were eliminated first from the Compet!tion, Marcellas and Jessica became the final Have Nots of the season. Jeff won HoH and nominated Marcellas and Adrianne for Ev!ction, with the intention of backdooring Scottie. In the PoV Compet!tion "Knives Out", the players chopped up deep-dish pizza ingredients and Jessica emerged victorious. She vetoed Marcellas' nomination and Jeff nominated Scottie as his replacement. However, Scottie survived Ev!ction with 1 vote (from Haley) and Adrianne was sent to the Jury house with 5 votes.
Week 6: Julie announced to the house that it was Silence Week in the house. For the rest of the week, the houseguests were not permitted to communicate via DMs and could only do so using the semi-private server channels / rooms in the house. Several important conversations took place in various rooms of the house, notably in the small, private Bathroom. In "Pier Pressure", Shea won HoH by having the best read on what her fellow houseguests preferred doing on a fun day out on Chicago's Navy Pier. Shea, George, Marcellas and Scottie created an alliance in the HoH room. Shea then nominated Jessica and Jeff. The PoV Compet!tion was the much-anticipated "Otev the Blasé Bear" where players had to listen attentively to rhymes and retrieve Netflix shows featuring eliminated houseguests for an uninterested and snappy Otev's consideration in a musical chairs-style elimination game. Shea won the Veto and kept her nominations the same. On Ev!ction night, Jeff was evicted over Jessica in a close 3-2 vote.
Week 7: In the next HoH Compet!tion "Short Story Showdown", houseguests had to proofread excerpts by Illinois author Ernest Hemingway to spot typos. Spelling bee savant Jessica won and nominated Haley and Katie. Houseguests were greeted by the savage and much-anticipated Zingbot, who was programmed by the viewers to roast the houseguests mercilessly. In the PoV Compet!tion "You Had It Coming", players taught Zingbot a routine from Cell Block Tango from the musical Chicago. George beat Katie by 4 seconds to win the Veto, but used it on her nonetheless. Jessica nominated Shea as Katie's replacement. Katie, however, pulled out the Hidden Veto which she had previously found in the Bathroom, and saved Haley from Ev!ction as well. Jessica had to put up yet another nominee and nominated Marcellas. The house voted to evict Shea again, this time with all 4 houseguests' votes against 1 penalty vote for Marcellas.
Week 8: Houseguests sailed down the Chicago River in the HoH Compet!tion "Time Me A River". Haley's time was closest to the target of 66 minutes and 6 seconds and she won HoH. Haley nominated Scottie and Marcellas for Ev!ction. Haley went on to win the Veto by making bold moves in a counting and estimation PoV Compet!tion, "Candy Counter". She kept her nominations the same. Scottie was evicted in a 2-1 vote.
Week 9: Houseguests entered the Backyard to see a giant Cloud Gate replica with images of houseguests' faces projected on it. In the HoH Compet!tion "Head In The Clouds", they had to identify the houseguests whose faces were in the composite face images based on their Memory Wall photos. Jessica won HoH and nominated George and Haley for Ev!ction. Both George and Haley knew that they had to win in order to survive. Haley won the Veto by matching the 5 former B!g Brother winners to unitards and shops by deduction in "Shop Till You Drop" and took herself off the block. Jessica nominated Marcellas as a replacement. As Katie accidentally failed to vote in time, Haley cast the sole vote for George to leave the game.
Week 10: The Final 4 HoH Compet!tion was the BB classic "What The Bleep?". Katie had the most correct answers and won HoH. Katie nominated Jessica and Marcellas for Ev!ction. For the Final PoV Compet!tion, "Chica-GO!", houseguests kept their focus on a screen showing the word "Go" and had to run when the number of upper case "O"s exceeded the number of lower case "O"s. Haley won the Veto and was informed that she had to make her decision immediately, live. She faced the house and announced that she would be keeping Katie's nominations the same, and subsequently voted to evict Jessica from the game.
Week 11: The final 3 houseguests played in the final HoH Compet!tion. Part 1, "Hit The Bricks", was an endurance Compet!tion where houseguests walked or ran barefoot on a track of Lego bricks - a world record which was set in Illinois. Haley won Part 1 and advanced to the final round. Katie and Marcellas faced off in Part 2, "Blast From The Past", a memory competition where players had to fill the names of eliminated houseguests into a grid using clues relating to events this season. Marcellas won and advanced to Part 3. In Part 3, "Jury Fury", Haley and Marcellas had to answer True or False questions featuring statements from each juror about events this season which they were still upset about. Marcellas won his first and the most important Compet!tion of the season, and surprised the house, Jury and viewers by voting to evict Katie. Haley and Marcellas faced the Jury. Although the Jury was initially dissatisfied with Haley's answers, they acknowledged that she had played the better game and voted unanimously for her to win over Marcellas.
==Summary Chart==
 	Week 1 	Week 1 	Week 2 	Week 3 	Week 4 	Week 5 	Week 6 	Week 7 	Week 8 	Week 9 	Week 10 	Finale 	 					
Head ofHousehold 	Scottie 	Sarah 	Katie 	George 	Scottie 	Jeff 	Shea 	Jessica 	Haley 	Jessica 	Katie 	Marcellas 	 					
Nominat!ons(pre-veto) 	HelenDustin 	JessicaGeorge 	Amanda Sarah 	
Sarah Monet
Amanda 	Haley Marcellas 	Marcellas Adrianne 	Jessica Jeff 	Haley Katie 	Scottie Marcellas 	George Haley 	Jessica Marcellas 	Haley Katie 	 					
Veto Winner 	Katie 	George 	Sarah 	George 	Jeff 	Jessica 	Shea 	George 	Haley 	Haley 	Haley 	(none) 	 					
Nominat!ons(post-veto)	HelenDustin 	Jessica Derrick 	Amanda Shea 	Monet Amanda 	Haley Monet 	Adrianne Scottie 	Jessica Jeff 	Shea Marcellas 	Scottie Marcellas 	George Marcellas 	Jessica Marcellas 	(none) 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
Haley 	Helen 	Ineligible 	Shea 	Amanda 	Nom!nated 	Scottie 	Jessica 	Shea 	Head ofHousehold 	George 	Jessica 	Nom!nated 	Winner 					
Marcellas 	Helen 	Ineligible 	Shea 	Amanda 	Monet 	Did not vote 	Jeff 	Nom!nated 	Nom!nated 	Nom!nated 	Nom!nated 	Katie 	Runner-Up 					
Katie 	Helen 	Ineligible 	Head ofHousehold 	Monet 	Monet 	Adrianne 	Jessica 	Shea 	Scottie 	Did not vote 	Head ofHousehold 	Evicted(Nov 28th) 	Haley 					
Jessica 	Ineligible 	Nom!nated 	Shea 	Monet 	Haley 	Adrianne 	Nom!nated 	Head ofHousehold 	Marcellas 	Head ofHousehold 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(Nov 25th) 	Haley 					
George 	Ineligible 	Derrick 	Shea 	Head ofHousehold 	Monet 	Adrianne 	Jeff 	Shea 	Scottie 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(November 22nd) 	Evicted(November 22nd) 	Haley 					
Scottie 	Head ofHousehold 	Ineligible 	Shea 	Amanda 	Head ofHousehold 	Nom!nated 	Jeff 	Shea 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(November 18th) 	Evicted(November 18th) 	Evicted(November 18th) 	Haley 					
Shea 	Ineligible 	Derrick 	Evicted(Oct 27th - Nov 1st)	Evicted(Oct 27th - Nov 1st)	Monet 	Adrianne 	Head ofHousehold 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(November 14th) 	Evicted(November 14th) 	Evicted(November 14th) 	Evicted(November 14th) 	Haley 					
Jeff 	Helen 	Ineligible 	Shea 	Monet 	Monet 	Head ofHousehold 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(November 11th) 	Evicted(November 11th) 	Evicted(November 11th) 	Evicted(November 11th) 	Evicted(November 11th) 	Haley 					
Adrianne 	Ineligible 	Derrick 	Did not vote 	Amanda 	Monet 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(November 8th) 	Evicted(November 8th) 	Evicted(November 8th) 	Evicted(November 8th) 	Evicted(November 8th) 	Evicted(November 8th) 	Evicted(November 8th) 					
Monet 	Helen 	Ineligible 	Shea 	Nom!nated 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(November 5th) 	Evicted(November 5th) 	Evicted(November 5th) 	Evicted(November 5th) 	Evicted(November 5th) 	Evicted(November 5th) 	Evicted(November 5th) 	Haley 					
Amanda 	Ineligible 	Derrick 	Nom!nated 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(October 31st) 	Evicted(October 31st) 	Evicted(October 31st) 	Evicted(October 31st) 	Evicted(October 31st) 	Evicted(October 31st) 	Evicted(October 31st) 	Evicted(October 31st) 	Evicted(October 31st) 					
Sarah 	Ineligible 	Head ofHousehold 	Amanda 	Nom!nated 	Walked(October 28th) 	Walked(October 28th) 	Walked(October 28th) 	Walked(October 28th) 	Walked(October 28th) 	Walked(October 28th) 	Walked(October 28th) 	Walked(October 28th) 	Walked(October 28th) 					
Dustin 	Nom!nated 	Ineligible 	Did not vote 	Ejected(October 28th) 	Ejected(October 28th) 	Ejected(October 28th) 	Ejected(October 28th) 	Ejected(October 28th) 	Ejected(October 28th) 	Ejected(October 28th) 	Ejected(October 28th) 	Ejected(October 28th) 	Ejected(October 28th) 					
Andy 	Ineligible 	Did not vote 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 	Ejected(October 25th) 					
Derrick 	Ineligible 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 					
Helen 	Nom!nated 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 	Evicted(October 24th) 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
Notes 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
Ev!cted 	Helen5 of 5votes to evict	Derrick4 of 5votes to evict	Shea7 of 8votes to evict 	Amanda4 of 7votes to evict 	Monet6 of 7votes to evict	Adrianne5 of 6votes to evict	Jeff3 of 5votes to evict	Shea4 of 5votes to evict	Scottie2 of 3votes to evict	George1 of 1vote to evict	Jessica1 of 1vote to evict	Katie1 of 1vote to evict	Marcellas0 votesto win					
Ev!cted 	Helen5 of 5votes to evict	Derrick4 of 5votes to evict	Shea7 of 8votes to evict 	Amanda4 of 7votes to evict 	Monet6 of 7votes to evict	Adrianne5 of 6votes to evict	Jeff3 of 5votes to evict	Shea4 of 5votes to evict	Scottie2 of 3votes to evict	George1 of 1vote to evict	Jessica1 of 1vote to evict	Katie1 of 1vote to evict	Haley7 votesto win 					
=== Notes ===
 In the first week, the Houseguests divided themselves into two rooms. They were then informed that it would be a Double Ev!ction and that each room would play out the first week of the game within themselves, with their own set of Compet!tions and Nom!nations. 
 As Adrianne failed to vote during the Ev!ction, she incurred a penalty self-vote the next time she faced Ev!ction, which was on Week 5. 
 Sarah was nominated but decided to walk during the Veto Compet!tion. As a result, George nominated Amanda as a replacement nominee before the Veto Compet!tion was played. 
 Shea won the Battle Back Compet!tion and returned to the game. 
 As Marcellas failed to vote during the Ev!ction, he incurred a penalty self-vote the next time he faced Ev!ction, which was on Week 7. 
 Katie found the Hidden Power of Veto in the Bathroom on Week 5 and chose to use it on Haley on Week 7, which was the last time it could be used. Jessica nominated Marcellas as Haley's replacement.