Big Brother 9

## Series Chronology

***Big Brother 9***, also known as ***Big Brother Carnival***, is the ninth season of Suitman's Big Brother, which premiered on September 5, 2018, and ended with a live reunion on October 4, 2018.

After 28 days, LeQuisha Q. was crowned the winner over Jordan N. in a 5-3 Jury vote. LeQuisha was praised for her late game competition wins and willingness to make tricky decisions, however she was criticised for her hit and miss social game. Jordan was commended by some for playing a consistent low-key social game, but received negative feedback for not taking the opportunity to make big moves when they were available to him.

## Production

A ninth season was confirmed in an advance announcement on June 15, 2018 alongside the next season, *Big Brother Eruption*, announcing both would air in 2018, and that this season would feature no returning houseguests. The theme was revealed as *Big Brother's Carnvial* at the opening of applications for new houseguests on August 23, 2018, closing one week later on August 30. In total 31 people applied, 15 were cut from the casting, and the remaining 16 went on to become the houseguests competing in the game. The full cast of 16 was revealed on September 4, 2018.

Each "week" (a cycle of 2-3 days) the houseguests compete for the title of Head of Household. The HOH must take on the responsibility of nominating two houseguests for eviction. The winner of the Power of Veto then has the ability to save one of the two nominees, forcing the HOH to name a replacement nominee, or they may choose not to use it. The final two nominees on the block at the end of each week must then face the votes of all their fellow housemates, excluding the HOH. The person with the most votes is evicted, with the HoH making the final decision in the event of a tie. Once only the final two houseguests remain, a jury of previously evicted houseguests cast their votes to decide the winner of *Big Brother*.

The series remains produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance once again from aiwfwyattroh, manalord and NJKoda1998.

## Twists

* **Big Brother's Carnival:** This season introduced a brand new competition, which awards tickets to houseguests depending on their performance and placement. These tickets can later be used to buy a variety of advantages, powers and twists to be played in the game.
	+ **Instant Eviction:** This variant of the Double Eviction appeared in Week 8 on Day 18. It sees the two houseguests nominated automatically becoming the final nominees, as no POV competition is played. Voting immediately begins, ending in the second eviction of the week.
	+ **Coup d'Etat:** During the Instant Eviction on Day 18, Mari exercised her purchased power of Coup d'Etat, allowing her to overthrow HOH Eli, and change one or both of the final nominees at her discretion.
* **The Ghost Train:** This season, evicted houseguests were sent to the 'Ghost Train' - the BB Carnival's secret ride - to continue competing in the Carnival competitions, aiming to beat their fellow evictees to stay in contention. At a certain point, an evicted houseguest will earn enough tickets to buy their way back into the game.
* **Double Eviction:** It was announced in Weeks 4 and 11 that there would be a Double Eviction on Days 9 and 25, respectively, where a week's worth of competitions and ceremonies would go down in one night, ending in the two evictions for the week. A variation known as an Instant Eviction occurred during Week 8 on Day 18.

## Final Results

 Winner

 Runner-Up

 Jury: *Jordan*

 Jury: *LeQuisha*

 Jury: *LeQuisha*

 Jury: *Jordan*

 Jury: *LeQuisha*

 Jury: *LeQuisha*

 Jury: *LeQuisha*

 Evicted

 Jury: *Jordan*

 Evicted

 Evicted

 Evicted

 Evicted

 Evicted

## Voting History

* **^Note 1** : Evicted houseguests were sent to the Ghost Train to compete for a chance to re-enter the game. After Ryan returned in Week 8 on Day 16, the Ghost Train was finished.
* **^Note 2** : Mali was given immunity for Week 5 during the "Fishbowl Lanes" HOH competition.
* **^Note 3** : Tico bought the "Safe-Keshi-Tard" from the Carnival Gift Shop, granting him immunity for Week 7.
* **^Note 4** : Week 8 was a Double Eviction in the style of a Instant Eviction. The remaining houseguests played normal game week first, but were then faced with an extra HOH comp, in which the winner's nominees were the final ones, and no POV comp was played.
* **^Note 5** :      Mari used the Coup d'Etat on Day 18 to overthrow HOH Eli, take herself down, and nominate Tico in her place.
* **^Note 6** : For not voting at the second eviction in Week 8, LeQuisha was given one penalty vote for the next eviction in which she was nominated. This never came into effect as she made it to the final two.

## Game History

### Week 1

 HOH

 POV

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 1, Chandler won Head of Household in the "Hang Tough" HOH competition. He nominated Ben and Josh for eviction. After the HOH competition, houseguests were able to compete in the "Decisions Decisions" Carnival competition to try and earn tickets. On Day 2, Jordan, Lynette, Patrick and Ryan were picked to play alongside Chandler and Josh in the "Placement Pressure" POV competition, in which Patrick won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Patrick did not use the POV. At the eviction on Day 3, Josh was evicted by a vote of 11-2.

### Week 2

 HOH

 POV

 Vetoed Nominee

 Post-Veto Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 3, Ben won Head of Household in the "Gauntlet" HOH competition. He nominated Chandler and Jake for eviction. After the HOH competition, houseguests were able to compete in the "25%" Carnival competition to try and earn tickets. On Day 4, Brian, Ryan and Tico were picked to play alongside Ben, Chandler and Jake in the "Word Wall" POV competition, in which Ryan won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Ryan used the POV on Chandler, removing him from the block. Ben named Jordan as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the eviction with Jake. At the eviction on Day 5, Jake was evicted by a vote of 10-2.

### Week 3

 HOH

 POV

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 5, Patrick won Head of Household in the "Triple Threat" HOH competition. He nominated Brian and Chandler for eviction. After the HOH competition, houseguests were able to compete in the "Cubefield" Carnival competition to try and earn tickets, with the Carnival Shop now open for all houseguests. On Day 6, Jordan, Lynette, Mari, Ryan and Tico were picked to play alongside Patrick in the "Nutty Numerals" POV competition, in which Patrick won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Patrick did not use the POV. At the eviction on Day 7, Brian was evicted by a vote of 9-2.

### Week 4

#### Round 1

 HOH

 POV

 Vetoed Nominee

 Post-Veto Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 7, Chandler won Head of Household in the "Rebus Rising" HOH competition. He nominated Ben and Erik for eviction. After the HOH competition, houseguests were able to compete in the "Mail Mash-Up" Carnival competition to try and earn tickets. On Day 8, LeQuisha, Patrick, Shadi and Tico were picked to play alongside Chandler and Ben in the "What Hath God Wrought?" POV competition, in which Patrick won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Patrick used the POV on Ben, removing him from the block. Chandler named Tico as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the eviction with Erik. At the eviction on Day 9, Erik was evicted by a vote of 9-1.

#### Round 2

 HOH

 POV

 Vetoed Nominee

 Post-Veto Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 9, Ryan won Head of Household in "The Hitlist" HOH competition. He nominated JT and LeQuisha for eviction. On Day 9, Lynette, Mari and Patrick were picked to play alongside Ryan, JT and LeQuisha in the "Stay or Fold" POV competition, in which Mari won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Mari used the POV on LeQuisha, removing her from the block. Ryan named Patrick as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the eviction with JT. At the eviction on Day 9, JT was evicted by a vote of 6-3. The existence of the Ghost Train was then revealed to houseguests.

### Week 5

 HOH

 POVVetoed Nominee

 Post-Veto Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 10, Lynette won Head of Household in the "Fishbowl Lanes" HOH competition. She nominated Chandler and Tico for eviction. After the HOH competition, houseguests were able to compete in the "Sudoku" Carnival competition to try and earn tickets. On Day 11, Eli, Jordan and Ryan were picked to play alongside Chandler and Tico in the "Bottleneck Stampede" POV competition, in which Tico won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Tico used the POV on himself, removing him from the block. Lynette named Jordan as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the eviction with Chandler. At the eviction on Day 12, Chandler was evicted by a vote of 5-3.

### Week 6

 HOH

 POV

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 12, Patrick won Head of Household in the "Stop the Flood" HOH competition. He nominated Eli and Ryan for eviction. After the HOH competition, houseguests were able to compete in the "Criss-Cross" Carnival competition to try and earn tickets. On Day 13, Jordan, LeQuisha, Lynette and Tico were picked to play alongside Patrick and Ryan in the "Totally Categorical" POV competition, in which Patrick won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Patrick did not use the POV. At the eviction on Day 14, Ryan was evicted by a vote of 4-3.

### Week 7

 HOH

 POV

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 14, Shadi won Head of Household in the "Every Second Counts" HOH competition. He nominated Ben and Eli for eviction. After the HOH competition, houseguests were able to compete in the "Five-Question Sprint" Carnival competition to try and earn tickets. On Day 15, Jordan, Lynette, Mari and Tico were picked to play alongside Shadi and Ben in the "OTEV" POV competition, in which Lynette won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Lynette did not use the POV. At the eviction on Day 16, Ben was evicted by a vote of 5-1.

### Week 8

#### Round 1

 Returned from Ghost Train

 HOH

 POVVetoed Nominee

 Post-Veto Nominee

 Evicted

Following the eviction on Day 16, Ryan re-entered the game from the Ghost Train. On Day 16, Ryan won Head of Household in the "The Great GIFvasion" HOH competition. He nominated Lynette and Patrick for eviction. After the HOH competition, houseguests were able to compete in the "Day-Durance" Carnival competition to try and earn tickets for the last time. On Day 17, Eli, Jordan and Shadi were picked to play alongside Ryan, Lynette and Patrick in the "Sporcle Minefield" POV competition, in which Lynette won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Lynette used the POV on herself, removing her from the block. Ryan named LeQuisha as the replacement nominee, forcing her to face the eviction with Patrick. At the eviction on Day 18, Patrick was evicted by a vote of 5-1.

#### Round 2

 HOH

 Coup d'EtatPre-Coup Nominee

 Nominee

 Post-Coup NomineeEvicted

It was announced this week would be also feature an Instant Eviction, featuring one extra HOH competition, but no POV competition. On Day 18, Eli won Head of Household in the "Avatar Alteration" HOH competition. He nominated Mari and Shadi for eviction. However, before the final nominations were confirmed, Mari exercised the power of Coup d'Etat to overthrow Eli as HOH, and removed herself from the block. She then named Tico as her replacement. At the second eviction on Day 18, Tico was backdoored by a vote of 3-0. LeQuisha picked up a penalty vote for not voting at the eviction.

### Week 9

 HOH

 POV

 Vetoed Nominee

 Nominee

 Post-Veto NomineeEvicted

On Day 19, LeQuisha won Head of Household in the "Caesarian Shift" HOH competition. She nominated Eli and Jordan for eviction. On Day 20, Lynette, Mari, Ryan and Shadi were picked to play alongside LeQuisha and Jordan in the "Real-Estate Rumble" POV competition, in which LeQuisha won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, LeQuisha used the POV on Jordan, removing him from the block. LeQuisha named Ryan as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the eviction with Eli. At the eviction on Day 21, Ryan was backdoored by a vote of 3-1.

### Week 10

 HOH

 POVVetoed Nominee

 Post-Veto Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 21, Lynette won Head of Household in the "Typing Test" HOH competition. She nominated Eli and Jordan for eviction. On Day 22, Mari and LeQuisha played alongside Lynette, Eli and Jordan in the "BB Tuck Shop" POV competition, in which Jordan won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Jordan used the POV on himself, removing him from the block. Lynette named Mari as the replacement nominee, forcing her to face the eviction with Eli. At the eviction on Day 23, Eli was evicted by a vote of 3-0.

### Week 11

#### Round 1

 HOH

 POV

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 23, Mari won Head of Household in the "Thunderdome" HOH competition. She nominated Lynette and Shadi for eviction. On Day 24, Jordan and LeQuisha played alongside Mari, Lynette and Shadi in the "Face the Answer" POV competition, in which Mari won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Mari did not use the POV. At the eviction on Day 25, Lynette was evicted by a vote of 2-0.

#### Round 2

 HOH

 POV

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 25, Shadi won Head of Household in the "Panic Button" HOH competition. He nominated LeQuisha and Mari for eviction. On Day 25, Jordan played alongside Shadi, LeQuisha and Mari in the "Veto Outa Hell" POV competition, in which Jordan won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Jordan did not use the POV. At the second eviction on Day 25, Jordan used his sole vote to evict Mari, and she was evicted 1-0.

### Week 12

 HOH

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 26, LeQuisha won "Light It Up", the first part of the Final HOH competition. Then Shadi won "BB Pentathlon", the second part of the Final HOH competition. On Day 27, LeQuisha and Shadi played in "Say What?" - the third part of the Final HOH competition, in which LeQuisha was crowned the final Head of Household. At the eviction on Day 27, LeQuisha used her sole vote to evict Shadi, and he was evicted 1-0.

### Finale

 Winner

 Runner-Up

On Day 28, Jordan and LeQuisha faced the jury to decide the winner. Jordan got 3 votes from Chandler, Eli and Shadi, placing him as runner-up, whilst Andy received 5 votes from Lynette, Mari, Patrick, Ryan and Tico, declaring her the winner of *Big Brother*.

#### Jury

 LeQuisha

 LeQuisha

 LeQuisha

 LeQuisha

 LeQuisha

 Jordan

 Jordan

 Jordan