Big Brother 15 (American season)

Big Brother 15 is the fifthteenth season of the American reality television show, Big Brother. It began airing on CBS starting on June 26, 2013 on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It will continue to air on CBS until September 18, 2013. It is being called the "longest season to date" in Big Brother history, lasting a total of 90 days. This season features sixteen HouseGuests. 

The show's format remained the same from previous seasons of the show. A group of contestants, known as "HouseGuests", compete to win the series by voting each other off. They must be the last HouseGuest remaining. Each week, one HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, must nominate two of their HouseGuests for eviction. The winner of the Power of Veto can remove one of the nominees from the block. The Head of Household must nominate another HouseGuest as a replacement. The HouseGuests then vote to evict one of them, the nominee with the most votes are removed from the show. When only two HouseGuests remain, the last seven evicted HouseGuests, known as the Jury of Seven, would decide which of them would win the $500,000 prize. A HouseGuest can be expelled from the show for not following rules.

There have been several controversial remarks from some of the Big Brother 15 HouseGuests. Their comments have angered viewers and because of this, the show's ratings have dropped. Many journalist have made negative reviews about the HouseGuests who made these remarks. HouseGuest including Aaryn Gries, GinaMarie Zimmerman and Spencer Clawson have made racist comments about two African American contestants on the show. Spencer made negative comments about a gay contestant calling him "Kermit the Fag". Aaryn and GinaMarie also made negative comments about Asian contestant Helen. Aaryn and GinaMarie were fired from their jobs because of their comments."Union Pacific statement regarding Spencer Clawson's comments on the Big Brother reality television show." http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/2013/spencer_big_brother.shtml . Retrieved 07-06-2013. However, they did not know about this until after the show because they were not allowed to be in contact with anyone outside of the Big Brother house. The show had to even put disclaimers before the episodes started to inform viewers that the comments made by houseguests were not the opinions of CBS. They are

HouseGuests
NameAge on entryOccupationResidence  22  College student   28 Real estate agent   26 Professor   29 Pediatric speech therapist   25 Lifeguard   27 Nutritionist   32 Pageant coordinator   37 Political consultant   29 Youth counselor   23 Boat shop associate   25 Unemployed   26 Property appraiser   23 Bartender   23 Pizza delivery boy   28 Entrepreneur   31 Railroad conductor 

 Future appearances 
Nick Uhas appeared on season 12 of America's Got Talent. He advanced past the initial audition stage, but was ultimately eliminated before the live shows. In 2019, Uhas became the host of the Netflix reality series Blown Away. Elissa Slater competed on The Amazing Race 31 alongside her sister (and former Big Brother winner) Rachel Reilly.

Have-Nots
 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Have-Nots Andy,Elissa,Helen,Howard,Judd Andy,Candice,Elissa,Helen Amanda,Jessie,Judd,McCrae    None   Have/Have Not Phase Finished N/A N/A N/A

Voting history

 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Evictionvotesreceived Day 43 Day 49   Head ofHouseholdMcCrae Aaryn Helen Judd Aaryn GinaMarie Aaryn Andy Aaryn Elissa  GinaMarie   (none)  M.V.P.Elissa Elissa Elissa America America America (none) Nominations(pre-veto)CandiceDavidJessie ElissaHelenJeremy AarynKaitlinSpencer AarynElissaKaitlin AmandaHowardSpencer AmandaCandiceJessie JessieSpencer JessieSpencer ElissaHelen AarynMcCrae  McCrae
Amanda   Veto WinnerMcCrae Jeremy Kaitlin Elissa Spencer Jessie Aaryn Andy Elissa Amanda  McCrae  (none) Nominations(post-veto)DavidElissaJessie ElissaHelen Nick AarynJeremySpencer AarynGinaMarieKaitlin AmandaCandiceHoward AmandaCandiceSpencer JuddSpencer JessieSpencer HelenSpencer AarynAndy  Spencer
Amanda  AndyDavid Nick Jeremy Kaitlin Howard Candice Judd Head ofHousehold Helen Nominated         GinaMarieElissa Elissa Jeremy NominatedHoward Head ofHouseholdJudd Jessie Helen Aaryn  Tiebreak(Amanda)     0 SpencerDavid Nick NominatedKaitlin Candice NominatedNominatedNominatedNominated Aaryn  Nominanted    Jury Member2 McCraeHead ofHouseholdNick Jeremy Kaitlin Howard Candice Judd Jessie Helen Aaryn      Jury Member JuddDavid Nick Jeremy Head ofHouseholdHoward Candice NominatedEvicted(Day 49) Aaryn      Jury Member7 ElissaNominatedNominatedJeremy Kaitlin Howard Candice Judd Jessie Spencer Head ofHousehold     Jury Member 9 AmandaDavid Nick Jeremy Kaitlin Nominated Nominated Judd Jessie Helen Aaryn  Nominated    Jury Member 0 AarynElissa Head ofHousehold Nominated Nominated Head ofHousehold Candice Head ofHousehold Jessie Head ofHouseholdNominated Evicted(Day 70) JuryMember 4 HelenDavid Nominated Head ofHousehold Kaitlin Howard Candice Judd Jessie Nominated Evicted(Day 63) JuryMember 4  JessieNominated Nick Jeremy Kaitlin Howard Candice Judd Nominated Evicted(Day 56) JuryMember 6 CandiceElissa Nick Jeremy Kaitlin Nominated Nominated Evicted(Day 49) JuryMember 7 HowardDavid Elissa Jeremy Kaitlin Nominated Evicted(Day 42) 7 KaitlinElissa Elissa Spencer Nominated Evicted(Day 35) 9 JeremyElissa Elissa Nominated Evicted(Day 28) 9 NickDavid Nominated Evicted(Day 21) 7 DavidNominated Evicted(Day 13) 7 Notes1 2 2, 3 3, 4 none  5      EvictedDavid7 of 12 votesto evictNick7 of 11 votesto evictJeremy9 of 10 votesto evict Kaitlin9 of 9 votesto evict  Howard7 of 8 votesto evictCandice7 of 7 votesto evictJudd7 of 7 votesto evictJessie6 of 6 votesto evictHelen4 of 5 votesto evictJuddWon re-entry into game       Aaryn4 of 4 votesto evict  

Notes

: For the first three weeks, viewers voted for which HouseGuest they believed to be playing the best game. This HouseGuest is named the Most Valuable Player, or M.V.P., and has the power to nominate one HouseGuest for eviction. This nomination is made privately and the HouseGuest is not obligated to reveal their identity. If the veto is used to save the M.V.P.-nominated HouseGuest, the M.V.P. also privately nominates the replacement. Their nominations are shown in bold.
:  For weeks four through six, America was given the M.V.P. power. The HouseGuest with the most viewer votes, other than the HoH and their two nominees, became the third nominee.  If the veto is used to take the original M.V.P. nominee off the block, then the next eligible HouseGuest with the highest amount of viewer votes will be nominated in their place. The nominations are shown in bold.
: Week 6 was a double eviction week. Following the first eviction, the remaining HouseGuests played a week's worth of game – including HoH and Veto competitions, and Nomination, Veto, and Eviction ceremonies – during the remainder of the live show, culminating in a second eviction for the week.
: After the normal Week 6 eviction, the M.V.P. power was removed from the game. All nominations after Week 6, including that week's second eviction, only have two HouseGuests nominated for eviction.
: During the Head of Household competition in Week 9, the first four jurors were allowed to compete for an opportunity to come back into the game. The juror who lasted the longest would return to the game to win and was eligible to become Head of Household if that juror finished first amongst the other HouseGuests in the competition.

 Show ratings 
 # Air Date United States Source Households(rating/share) 18–49(rating/share) Viewers(millions) Rank(timeslot) Rank(night) 1 Wednesday, June 26 3.9/7 2.2/8 6.51 1 1 2 Sunday, June 30 3.5/6 1.9/6 5.81 1 1  3 Tuesday, July 2 3.6/6 1.9/6 5.64 2 3 4 Wednesday, July 3  1.6/7 5.42 1 1  5 Sunday, July 7 3.8/7 2.1/7 6.24 1 1 6 Wednesday, July 10 3.7/7 2.0/7 5.85 2 3  7 Thursday, July 11 4.0/7 2.1/7 6.18 1 1  81 Sunday, July 14  2.1/3 6.27 1 1 9 Wednesday, July 17 3.9/7 2.2/8 6.44  1 2 (Tie) 10 Thursday, July 18 4.2/7 2.4/7 6.70 1 1 11 Sunday, July 21 4.1/7 2.5/8 6.91 1 1  12 Wednesday, July 24  2.3/8 6.44 1 3  13 Thursday, July 25 4.2/7 2.5/8 6.90 1 1  / 14 Sunday, July 28 4.1/7 2.3/7 6.81 1 1  // 15 Wednesday, July 31  2.1/7 6.25 2 3  16 Thursday, August 1  4.4/7 2.5/8 7.12 1 1http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/08/tv-ratings-big-brother-hits-season-high-in-viewers-thursday.html ? 17 Sunday, August 4 4.1/7 2.3/7 6.79 2 2  18 Wednesday, August 7  2.2/8 6.43 1 2  192 Thursday, August 8   2.4/7 7.10 1 1  203 Sunday, August 11  2.4/8 7.14 1 1  21 Wednesday, August 14  2.0/7 6.17 1 3  22 Thursday, August 15  2.2/7 6.90 1 1  23 Sunday, August 18  2.1/6 6.48 1 1  24 Wednesday, August 21      25 Thursday, August 22      26 Sunday, August 25    27 Wednesday , August 28    28 Thursday, August 29   

: Episode 8 was delayed by 20 minutes due to live golf coverage.
: Episode 19 was delayed by up to an hour on the West Coast due to live football coverage.
: Episode 20 was delayed by 8 minutes ET/CT due to live golf coverage.

 References 

 Other websites 
CBS Official Site
Global TV Official Site 
Official Casting Website

Category:2013 American television seasons
Category:Big Brother seasons