Big Brother 5

***Big Brother 5*** (also known as ***Big Brother: Paradox of Psychology***) is the fifth installment of Stardust Studios.

## Season Overview

The fifth installment of Stardust Studios was a... mixed bag. The season started off with a highly anticipated "Illusionary Impostors" twist, throwing a rival team into the mix of houseguests and letting the chaos ensue. However, due to several early season rivalries, most notably Tiera and Bernie & Tiera and Ursula, two of the three members were evicted within the first three weeks. There was no real ringleader at the beginning of the game, but soon the Train of Thought twist quickly heated up the competition, however that also faltered. The Boomerang POV was discarded, Victor never used his safety, Zachery never sat out of a competition and Bernie was evicted without volunteering via punishment. Competition threats such as Vonni and Johnny began to bubble to the surface in the late pre-jury stages. A shockwave blew through the house when Daisy was revealed to be a twin and that twin, Azalea, entered the game as Daisy survived 5 weeks in the house. The middle of the game was centered around Vonni and Johnny's fall from grace, with Vonni being picked off in a spicy Double Eviction and Johnny being consecutively nominated for four weeks before finally being cut. New houseguest, Azalea, quickly rose to the top, being both a physical and social threat. The Pavia twins went on a power trip, winning 3 back-to-back HOHs before Azalea finally gave her sister the chop at the Triple Eviction. Towards the endgame, there was a strong pairing at the final four, Alison and Tiera, that needed to be disposed of. Despite Alison winning the HOH, all hope was not lost for outsiders Hugh and Azalea, as Hugh managed to win the final veto, forcing Alison's closest ally onto the block and voting the social threat out. With Azalea, Alison and Hugh reaching the final three, it was an all-out war for the final two seats. Hugh managed to beast his way through the third part of the HOH, earning himself a spot in the final two. He decided to take his strongest competition, Azalea, to the final two, so he felt like he would win fairly instead of bringing a weaker player. It was revealed that Alison was the third and final member of the Illusionary Impostors, after making it much further than her other two members. The vote came close, but the jury decided that Hugh was more of the underdog and had a more stronger case against competition and social beast Azalea, who had only been in the house for half the time he was. The jury awarded Hugh the win in a 5-2 vote, with Tiera and Tanner voting for Azalea. Hugh became the first winner to have never been on the block come eviction night, thus never facing the live vote. Overall, it was an up-and-down season. The twists didn't really have an outcome on the game, however Azalea definitely threw the houseguests through a loop. Even though I'd have liked for the Train of Thought and Illusionary Impostors to have a bigger effect on the game, the twist-less gameplay of the houseguests was also quite enjoyable, despite it being a heavily caucasian-dominated game even when women of colour controlled 7 out of 12 HOHs, but nonetheless, Hugh was well and truly the one that deserved to win the season above everybody.

## Twists

* **Illusionary Impostors**: Three houseguests would be a part of a "rival team" that would sabotage the game in three different opportunities. For each week they survive, each member would earn $10,000. If another houseguest sent them home, that houseguest would take the impostors' earnings.
	+ **The Obscurer**: The Obscurer was the first member of the Illusionary Impostors. They would eliminate a houseguest from the HOH competition each week. The Obscurer was uncovered to be Alison Laurito after she was evicted at the final three.
	+ **The Eraser**: The Eraser was the second member of the Illusionary Impostors. They would remove a houseguests' chip from the veto box during the POV pickings, erasing their chance of being picked to play veto. The Eraser was uncovered to be Ursula Yoshioka after she was evicted after Week 2.
	+ **The Nullifier**: The Nullifier was the third member of the Illusionary Impostors. They would nullify a vote at the live eviction, making that houseguest unable to cast a vote to evict. The Nullifier was uncovered to be Bernie Ferrari after he was evicted after Week 3.
* **Train of Thought**: Each week for the first four weeks, every houseguest played in the Train of Thought competition. In the first two weeks, the winner of the competitions would receive a secret power. After Week 2, the Illusionary Impostors derailed the train, swapping the powers for punishments for the losers of the competitions for the following two weeks.
	+ **Safety Sapphire**: The winner of the first Train of Thought competition would receive the Safety Sapphire, allowing the holder to be able to keep themselves safe for the week. It was available to use until F8, otherwise, it'd expire. Victor Velazquez won this power, but he was evicted before he could use it.
	+ **Boomerang POV Upgrade**: The winner of the second Train of Thought competition would receive the Boomerang POV Upgrade, allowing the holder to upgrade the POV competition into giving away a Boomerang Power of Veto as its reward. The Boomerang Power of Veto will allow its user to play a Power of Veto twice, which means none, one or both nominees can come down. Desiree Kingsley won the upgrade, and it was upgraded on Week 5. Tiera Seabrooke won the Boomerang POV, earning full power, but discarded the veto, rendering it gone.
	+ **The Void's Volunteer**: The loser of the third Train of Thought competition would receive the Void Volunteer's punishment. The Void's Volunteer will force the loser of this competition to nominate themselves as a nominee only once within the next 3 nomination ceremonies, meaning the HOH will only have to nominate one nominee at the nomination ceremony. Bernie Ferrari lost this competition, so he received the punishment. However, he was evicted before he could volunteer himself.
	+ **Blackout**: The loser of the fourth Train of Thought competition would receive the Blackout punishment. Blackout will force the loser of this competition to spin a wheel with 1-3 labeled on it. Whichever number it lands on will force that houseguest to sit out of that amount of weeks' worth of competitions, unless they are a nominee. HOHs, however, cannot compete in the veto for the week they are HOH if they receive the Blackout. If the blackout houseguest is drawn for the veto, they will sit out and there will be no redraw, making it 5 people competing. Zachery O'Hannagan lost this competition, so he received the punishment. However, he was nominated the week he lost the competition, so he never sat out of a competition prior to his eviction.
* **Double Vision**: HouseGuest Daisy Pavia has an identical twin, Azalea Pavia. The two girls alternated shifts in the house, secretly switching places throughout the first 5 weeks. They survived the first five evictions playing as Daisy, so both twins entered the game and played as individuals.
* **Triple Eviction**: In the second round of Week 8, three houseguests are nominated for eviction by the HOH, and the voting houseguests cast their vote to save a nominee.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 ***Jury:* Hugh**

 ***Jury:* Azalea**

 ***Jury:* Hugh**

 ***Jury:* Azalea**

 ***Jury:* Hugh**

 ***Jury:* Hugh**

 ***Jury:* Hugh**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted8 Votes**

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted7 Votes**

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

### Week 5

 **HOHBoomerang POV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

### Week 6

#### Round 1

 **Entered**

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

### Week 7

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

### Week 8

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

#### Round 2 (Triple Eviction)

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee2 Votes to Save**

 **Evicted1 Vote to Save**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted0 Votes to Save**

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted1 Vote**

### Week 10

 **HOH Pt. 2 WinnerHOH Pt. 3 Winner**

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerNominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

### Finale

 **Winner5 Votes**

 **Runner-Up2 Votes**

#### Jury

 **Hugh**

 **Hugh**

 **Hugh**

 **Azalea**

 **Hugh**

 **Azalea**

 **Hugh**