Big Brother Cheesecake 7: Chocolate Heaven

## Background

The seventh season of Big Brother Cheesecake started on June 1, 2022. This season's theme was Chocolate Heaven, with twists and competitions working around it. Host Andrew Scheftsik deemed this season "the most twisted ever," for the amount of twists featured.

The season ended on August 24, 2022, with Michael beating Owen in a 5-2 vote.

## Twists

* **Willy Wonka:** This season, the viewers had a chance to influence the game. Every week they would vote for a houseguest to become Willy Wonka. Houseguests could only be Willy Wonka once in the game, and it would remain a secret for everyone until the end of the game. As Willy Wonka, a player had the power to secretly nominate someone for eviction, so every week there were 3 players up for eviction.
	+ **Head of Household Card Pick:** In the event that the Golden Power of Veto was used, the Head of Household would draw one of 5 playing cards. Four of the cards had a prize for the current HoH, and one card was a joker. If the joker was drawn, then Willy Wonka would name the replacement nominee, and cast the tiebraking vote in the event of a tie in the eviction vote.
* **Zero Vote Fast Forward:** If at any point in the game one of the three nominees received zero votes to evict, that player would receive a Fast Forward that they could use in any subsequent week up until the final 6. While players believed this to be the case for every eviction, the twist would end after the first occurance.
* **Survivor Week:** The week after every player still in the game had been Willy Wonka, the round format would be switched to a Survivor round, with the Head of Household and Power of Veto competitions being replaced by Immunity challenges. No nomination ceremony was held this week, and all players still in the game cast a vote at the eviction ceremony.
* **Hidden Advantages:** Throughout the game, there were hidden advantages in the episodes for houseguests to discover.
	+ **Steal a Vote:** The player who found the Steal a Vote had the power to steal someone else's vote at the eviction ceremony. It could be used even as a Head of Household or a nominee.
	+ **Hidden Immunity Idol:** Clues to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol were hidden for players to find. The hidden Immunity Idol would only be usable during Survivor Week.
* **Lindor Sampler:** Each week, one or two players would be tempted to eat one of twelve Lindors. Eight contained an advantage, while four had a disadvantage. Players would be drawn on a wheel, and houseguests had the chance to add wedges to the wheel to increase their odds at being picked.
	+ **Extra Lindors:** On week 7, two extra Lindors were offered to the houseguests. One had an extra vote and the other prevented the player from voting, both being effective week 7.

## Game History

This season, three people were nominated each week, two by the Head of Household, and one by Willy Wonka, shown in **bold**.

### Notes

1. ↑ For being the first person eliminated in the first HoH competition, Michael was tempted to compete for safety, risking being one of the HoH's nominees for up to 5 weeks in a row. He lost the competition and was automatically nominated for the first 3 weeks. This is marked in *italics*.
2. ↑      Kly received a Double Fast Forward in the Lindor Sampler, earning safety for the first two weeks.
3. ↑ Kennedy received a disadvantage in the veto competition and lost her vote in the following three evictions.
4. ↑      Rae Ann received a Triple Fast Forward in the Lindor Sampler, earning safety for weeks 3-5.
5. ↑ Jennah drew the joker in the HoH Card Pick, which meant that Willy Wonka named the replacement nominee (Ronnie, marked in **bold**).
6. ↑ Week 5 was a Double Eviction week. The Head of Household nominated 3 people, making the total number of initial nominees 4, with Willy Wonka's nominee. The two nominees with the highest amount of votes were evicted.
7. ↑      The Power of Veto this week was a Topaz Power of Veto. Michael was forced to use it on one of the nominees, and there would be no replacement.
8. ↑ As stated by the rules, any vote cast in any format other than "I vote to evict [name]" would be randomized and count towards one of the other 2 nominees. Both Kennedy and Rae Ann failed to vote in the correct format, thus their votes were randomized and counted for Kly to be evicted. Said votes are marked in *italics*.
9. ↑ Michael drew a prize in the HoH Card Pick and received an Extra Vote, which he used in order to cast a vote as the Head of Household.
10. ↑      Owen received a Fast Forward in the Lindor Sampler, earning safety for the week.
11. ↑ Michael and Owen chose one of two extra Lindors offered to houseguests on week 7. Michael received an Extra Vote, while Owen lost his.
12. ↑      Bridget used the Poo Brown Power of Veto on week 8, saving Owen from the block and nominating herself as replacement.
13. ↑ Week 10 was Survivor Week. There were no official nominees and everyone cast a vote to evict. Both Javier, as Head of Household, and Michael, as the Power of Veto holder, were safe from the vote.
14. ↑      Jennah earned a Fast Forward on week 8 after receiving no votes in the eviction. She used it on week 10.
15. ↑      The Power of Veto at the final 4 was a Silver Power of Veto. In the event a nominee wins the veto, they cannot use it to save themselves.