Big Brother 5

This Season's Houseguests. (5 Not Pictured)

**Big Brother 5** was the sixth installment in the Big Brother Series overall, and the fifth in the nationally televised installment. Arisa Cox reprised her role as the host of the show, yet again. This season saw a record-number of 21 new houseguests take part in the summer-long struggle for half a million dollars.

Packed with quite a few controversial houseguests and explosive moments, Big Brother 5 made quite the name for itself. The season's narrative was largely driven by the extensive feud between front-runners Holly Allen and Christie Murphy, who created two separate alliances to target one another.

Finally, after weeks of random twists and surprise entries, the series boiled down to a final power struggle between the remnants of The Rebellion and The Superior Brazilian Alliance. While the stage was set for the final battle to unfold, Christie Murphy's untimely exit forced executive producers to cancel the season's final HOH--leaving the final three (Brooke Warnock, Daniel Caon, and Nicole Anthony) to face the jury together.

Ultimately, Nicole was crowned the winner over Brooke and latecomer Daniel in a 4-2-1 vote, thanks to the combination of her strategic maneuvering throughout the game and key competition wins.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Third Place**

 **Jury**

 **Ejected**

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Jury**

 **Imposter**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Walked**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Twists

* **Pre-Existing Relationships:** Among the sixteen houseguests, there are various that had known each other each before entering the house. The show acknowledged that Christie Murphy was in a previous relationship with Tommy Bracco's aunt during the premiere. However, it was discovered online that Holly Allen and Kathryn Dunn had been friends for years, and are Facebook friends. The show did not acknowledge the relationship between Holly & Kathryn until Episode 14, the eviction episode for Week 4.
* **Brazilian Invasion:** Due to the "excessive amount of white people," production introduced three Brazilian contestants: Rafa Kalimann, Thelma Assis, and Manu Gavassi.
* **Diamond Power of Veto:** In week 7, the Veto Holder had the ability to name the replacement nominee if they choose to save an initial nominee, taking that power away from the HoH.
* **Insta-Kill Eviction:** During Week 7, Americanada was given the chance to vote for an Insta-Kill eviction to take place--meaning that both nominees would automatically be evicted, and no vote would occur. Ultimately, the overwhelmingly positive response to the vote led both Jackson Michie and David Alexander to become the last two houseguests evicted before the Jury phase of the game.
* **Imposter Twist:** On Day 52, it was revealed that seemingly-legitimate houseguest Sam Smith was actually an imposter, who snuck onto the show illegally after not being cast. After his ejection from the game, the person who's spot he stole--Daniel Caon--was able to play the game from that point onward.
* **Americanada's Prankster:** As an addition to Prank Week, Americanada will vote to give one houseguest the power of "America's Prankster", granting them the ability to secretly control both nominees during the week. The Prankster will overtake both of the HoH's nominations in a combination of the Americanada's Care Package and Hacker twists. If the PoV is used on a Prankster Nominee, the Prankster will secretly name the replacement.
* **Three-Person Finale:** As a result of Christie Murphy's expulsion from the game, the season finale would not end in typical Big Brother fashion. To prevent the possibility of there being an even number of jury members, it was decided that there would be no final HOH--and instead, the seven jurors must pick a winner among the three finalists: Brooke Warnock, Daniel Caon, and Nicole Anthony.
* **No AFP Prize:** Because Christie Murphy rigged the votes for herself to win the prize, the distribution of the award was cancelled.