Big Brother 12

***Big Brother 12*** (also known as ***Big Brother: All-Stars II - All-Star Airlines***) is the twelfth installment of Stardust Studios, and the third civilian season to feature only returning houseguests.

## Season Overview

The twelfth installment of Stardust Studios re-introduced us to sixteen previous All-Star houseguests as the highly anticipated All-Stars II finally arrived. I'd say that BB12 is in the top-half of my favourite seasons, but it was no way near the best. Brought back from the first All-Star season was the "immunity until jury" twist, and just like the AS1 recipient (Mae), Lía and Brodie didn't really make the most of the safe time, they just rode it out. On the flip side, the Hurricane Hijacker twist is definitely one of my favourite twists. It brought an interesting dynamic into the game and really put the social aspect into the forefront of the game, but it was also nice to see familiar faces return once more. Even though the twist only saw 4 out of the 10 hurricane hijackers enter the house, and 1 out of 4 succeeding, it was still an awesome twist. The season started out with BB9 dominating the competitions right out of the gate and using these weeks to target BB10 houseguests, the season with the most representatives with 4. As the weeks began to trail on, the women were getting knocked out left right and center. As soon as Jury began, the women were in a 7-4 numerical disadvantage. With Lía and Brodie's immunity now over, Brodie decided to strike whilst the iron was hot and took a swipe at Dal, who had been crushing competitions until that point. From that point on, the game set on fire. At the Final 10, after repeatedly hitting the block, Luke won HOH and used it to take out Brodie who had been untouchable until that week. With the numbers evening back up, the remaining girls Alycia, Lía, Esme and Emelia stuck by eachother as the men had begun taking shots at one another. A back-to-back HOH reign by Emelia and Alycia allowed for them to tip the numbers in their favor, sending out under-the-radar social butterfly Jaylen and quiet Juan. Despite the girls now having the numbers, a jury re-entry competition were a setback for them. Dal proved victorious, winning both the comeback and the HOH. He wasted absolutely no time setting his sights on power players Emelia and Hunter, who had yet to touch the block and had a few competition wins between them. After Hunter's downfall, the houseguests had no moment to settle as it was announced it was a Triple Eviction that night. Alycia rose to power for the second time that season and used it to decimate the remaining males. However, she put Lía on the block over Luke because he saved her earlier on in the season. Unfortunately for Alycia, Lía won the veto which forced her to pick between the remaining girls or Luke. She ended up stabbing Luke right in the back and nominated him as the replacement. The safe girls saw this as an opportunity to keep Daniel as he was the weaker contender, sending Dal and Luke out the door in the second half of the night. At the final five, it was looking bleak for Daniel as he was up against a team of four. Esme won full power, sealing his fate. With no more opposition, the girls had to turn on eachother. Emelia won the F4 HOH and POV, allowing her and Alycia to take out former winner, Lía, as she was a major threat to win. The final three was made up of BB11 alum Esme against two of the BB7 alumni Alycia and Emelia. Alycia won part 1, whilst Esme won part 2. Esme's place in the final two was all depending on part 3. They both tied in the competition, leading to it all coming down to a tiebreaker. Alycia was closer, giving her the final HOH. It came no surprise that she took her ally Emelia from both this season and BB7 over Esme. The Jury appreciated Alycia's strong yet brash gameplay and her ability to take out such threats like Jaylen, Luke, Dal, Esme and being the sole vote to evict the only winner, over Emelia's steady social game. Alycia's overzealous gameplay granted her the win in a vote of 7-2, only losing the votes of Brodie and Daniel. Overall, Alycia and Emelia were both deserving in their own way, but Alycia just stood out more and wasn't afraid to be the villain, and it worked out for her. I pretty much liked the season, but just like AS1, I'm just not a huge fan of steamrolling first with the four pre-jury girls this season and then 7 consecutive evictions of all the remaining males. A lot of good twists and exciting turns, just could have done without the steamroll.

## Twists

* **All-Stars**: For the second time in Big Brother history, the Big Brother House is an All-Star battleground. 16 former houseguests, consisting of winners, finalists, legends, memorable personalities and some of the best to never win the game, all have something to prove as they return for another chance at the $500,000 grand prize and to cement themselves as Big Brother Legends.
* **First Class Immunity**: During the first HOH competition, houseguests were paired up. The winning pair would be immune until Jury, with the higher placing member of the pairing becoming the first HOH. The pair that came in second place would be immune for the first 2 weeks.
* **Hurricane Hijackers**: From Weeks 1-10, a previous houseguest with strong physical stats from their original season(s) returned to the game to be "rivals" for the house each week. The newly crowned HOH would face off against a different rival each week in a duel, increasing in physical difficulty each week. If the HOH defeated the Hijacker, the Hijacker would be banished from the house and the week would continue on as normal. If the Hijacker defeated the HOH, the Hijacker would enter the house for the entire week and override the HOH and the houseguests in three different areas.
	+ **Hijacked Nominee**: The Hijacker would take up one of the HOH's nomination slots with their own nomination, meaning the HOH only named one nominee.
	+ **Plundering Pick**: The Hijacker would choose one person to play in the Power of Veto competition.
	+ **Vote Void**: The Hijacker would choose to void one houseguest's vote, meaning they could not vote during the eviction.
* **Triple Eviction**: Returning from Big Brother 5, a Triple Eviction took place on Week 10, taking the game from 8 players to 5 in the course of a night.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Alycia***

 **Jury: *Alycia***

 **Jury: *Emelia***

 **Jury: *Alycia***

 **Jury: *Alycia***

 **Jury: *Alycia***

 **Jury: *Alycia***

 **Jury: *Alycia***

 **Jury: *Emelia***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Hijacked Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted9 Votes**

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto Hijacked NomineePOV**

 **Nominee5 Votes**

 **Post-Veto Hijacked NomineeEvicted6 Votes**

### Week 3

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee5 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Hijacked Nominee2 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted7 Votes**

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Hijacked Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

### Week 10

#### Round 1

 **Re-EnteredHOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee2 Votes to Save**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted1 Vote to Save**

 **Evicted0 Votes to Save**

### Week 11

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

### Week 12

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

### Week 13

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerHOH Pt. 3 Winner**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **HOH Pt. 2 WinnerEvicted1 Vote**

### Finale

 **Winner7 Votes**

 **Runner-Up2 Votes**

#### Jury

 **Emelia**

 **Alycia**

 **Alycia**

 **Alycia**

 **Alycia**

 **Alycia**

 **Emelia**

 **Alycia**

 **Alycia**