Big Brother 9

**Big Brother 9**, also known as **Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part**, was the ninth season of *Big Brother*. It aired for 81 days, concluding when Anna Davenport was crowned the winner in a close 4-3 jury vote against Vincent Welker.

Due to a lot of technological issues, the series went on a 3-month hiatus to fix the problems. This is the first season to have production delayed.

## Twists/Changes

* **Soulmates:** Instead as playing as individuals, the 16 Houseguests were paired off based off of compatibility forms during their audition progress. They would win and hold the title of Head of Household together, win and use the vetos together, be nominated together, and be evicted together. This twist was abandoned shortly after the third eviction, where the evicted couple found out that a re-vote would occur only between the two of them. Should a member of the pair walk or be expelled, the remaining partner would choose one member of the previously evicted couple to re-enter the game and become their soulmate.
	+ **Power Couple:** The winners of the first competition became the Power Couple and had to instantly evict another couple from the house.
* **X-Factor:** Houseguests Jenn Harthome and Ken Isdrel used to date before entering the house but ended up being paired with different people.
* **Previously Evicted Houseguest**
	+ Due to Ken Isdrel leaving the game, his soulmate; Penelope Mellenchi, had to choose either Jenn Harthome or Mark Blalock; the previous evictees, to re-enter the game as her soulmate. Penelope chose Jenn.
	+ Shortly after the fourth eviction, the Houseguests had to vote either; the Houseguest they just evicted, or the "Mystery Houseguest;" a previous evictee voted by the viewers, back into the game.
* **Secret Relationship:** Houseguests Anna Davenport and Vincent Welker were in a relationship prior to the game, and entered the house while still dating, however they weren't partnered together.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Anna***

 **Jury: *Vincent***

 **Jury: *Vincent***

 **Jury: *Anna***

 **Jury: *Vincent***

 **Jury: *Anna***

 **Jury: *Anna***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Expelled**

 **Evicted**

## Alliances

* **JennAnnPenn** *(Anna, Jenn, and Penelope)*
* **FOURever** *(Anna, Jenn, Jodie, and Penelope)*
* **The Money Makers** *(Anna, Carter, Jodie, and Zach)*
* **The Bank Robbers** *(Anna, Tera, Vincent, and Will)*

## Voting History

* *Note: Jenn was evicted for part of Week 1, before being chosen by Penelope to get back into the house, replacing Ken's spot as Penelope's soulmate.*

* *Note: Zach was evicted for part of Week 5, before being voted back into the house.*

## Game History

### Week 1

#### Round 1

 **Power Couple**

 **Power Couple**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

At the start of the season, the houseguests competed to declare the first Power Couple of the season. Danielle and Spencer were victorious, also winning ten thousand dollars, and debated on who they should send home. When Jenn shared personal information about her abusive past relationship with Ken, Danielle became worried that Jenn could use this to gain sympathy. Danielle then told Spencer to evict Jenn because no one liked her. They chose to send Jenn and her partner, Mark out the door, making them the first evicted.

#### Round 2

 **Re-Entered**

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted8 Votes**

 **Expelled**

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted8 Votes**

For the first Head of Household competition of the season, the houseguests competed in the "Do You Know Your Partner?" competition featuring previous Big Brother 7 lovers Dan Waldron and Natalie Sharma as hosts. Andrea and Carter were victorious and nominated pairs Jodie and Zach, along with Danielle and Spencer. When Ken left the game due to making many women in the house feel uncomfortable, Penelope was able to choose a new partner between Jenn and Mark, which of she chose the former. Danielle and Spencer won the first Power of Veto competition of the season and saved themselves. Andrea and Carter nominated Aaron and Valerie in their place. Aaron and Valerie were evicted by a 4-0 vote.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

After the "Big Brother Democracy" Head of Household competition, Jenn and Penelope were triumphant, winning the competition. They nominated Tera and Vincent as pawns, along with Danielle and Spencer, whom were their targets, to be evicted this week. Andrea and Carter won the Power of Veto and chose to keep nominations the same. Danielle attempted to throw Penelope under the bus by telling Zach that Penelope wanted to target him and his partner Jodie. This sparked a major fight between Danielle and Penelope. Danielle and Spencer were evicted in a 3-0 vote.

### Week 3

#### Round 1

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

Following Danielle and Spencer's eviction, Tera and Vincent won the "Words Of Love" Head of Household competition. They put up couples Andrea and Carter & Jodie and Zach for eviction, with their target being the latter. When Tera and Vincent won the Power of Veto competition "Cupid is as Cupid Does", they decided to discard it. Andrea and Carter were "evicted" 2-0.

#### Round 2 (Reset)

 **HOH**

 **HOH**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

When the emergency siren sounded, the houseguests were informed that the couples twist was over and that only either Andrea or Carter would go home this week. As Tera and Vincent together still held the title of HOH, they would still only vote in case of the tie; nevertheless, it wasn't necessary as the other houseguests voted again and Andrea was evicted by a 5-1 vote, but not before she exposed the FOURever alliance.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

Following Andrea's eviction and the couple twist out out of play, Will won his first Head of Household competition, "Time After Time". He nominated Carter and Zach for eviction, with the intentions of backdooring Vincent. Vincent won the "Color of Veto" Power of Veto competition and shockingly took Carter off the block, admitting that he didn't tell anyone he was doing it. This led to the nomination of his partner Tera. Zach was evicted in a 4-2 vote.

### Week 5

#### Round 1 (Re-Entry)

 **Re-Entered5 Votes**

 **Mystery HGDid Not Re-Enter3 Votes**

Following Zach's eviction, the houseguests had a choice to vote either him or the Mystery Houseguest; voted by America; back into the house. When Zach won by a vote of 5-3, he returned to the game.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

Following Zach's return, Jodie won the Head of Household competition "Big Brother Disco" after making a deal with Carter and Anna. She nominated her allies Jenn and Penelope for eviction that week after she realized she was the outsider in their alliance. Will then won the "Trapped in the Cage" Power of Veto competition and left the nominations the same. Jenn was sent to the jury house in a unanimous 6-0 vote.

### Week 6

 **HOHPOV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Following the eviction of fellow houseguest Jenn, Carter won his second Head of Household competition, which was the "En Garde" competition. He nominated Penelope and Tera, both as pawns with the intentions of backdooring Vincent for his strong performance in competitions and Carter's dislike for him. Carter won the Power of Veto at the competition "Club Shots". He followed through with his plan by using the Veto on Tera and nominating Vincent. Anna and Tera worked to get Will to flip and save Vincent, which ultimately paid off as Penelope was blindsided by a 3-2 vote.

### Week 7

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

Following Penelope's eviction, the houseguests competed in the "Big Brother Election" competition, leading to Vincent's second Head of Household. He nominated both Carter and Jodie for eviction, with Carter being the target, and after Jodie volunteered to be a pawn. Vincent won the "Big Brother Boardwalk" Power of Veto competition and decided not to use it. Carter's campaigns fell on deaf ears, and he was evicted from the house 4-0.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Following Carter's eviction, the houseguests competed in the "More.. or Less" Head of Household competition, letting Will win his second Head of Household of the season. He quickly nominated Jodie and Zach, with the intentions of backdooring Vincent, citing him as the biggest threat. Tera won "The Rainmaker" Power of Veto competition and was torn between betraying Vincent or angering the house. Anna convinced Tera to not use the veto, causing a major fight between everyone in the house. Despite Anna wanting to keep Jodie, Vincent and Tera viewed her as the bigger threat. Jodie was evicted in a 3-0 vote.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted2 Votes**

Following Jodie's eviction from the house, the houseguests competed in the "Glass Houses" Head of Household, leading to Zach's first Head of Household this season. He nominated Vincent and Will for eviction, viewing them as the two stronger players from the two remaining pairs of "soulmates". When Vincent won the "PoTV" Power of Veto competition, Zach soon nominated Tera as the replacement so that he would likely have the power to evict. Anna campaigned to Zach that Will would be more helpful to him in his goal of evicting Vincent next week. When the votes tied 1-1, Zach broke the tie, sending Tera out of the house in a 2\*-1 vote.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

Following Tera's eviction, Will won the Head of Household competition "Fact or Fiction". He later nominated Vincent and Zach for eviction that week, keeping his ally Anna off the block. Anna later won the "Big Brother Derby" Power of Veto competition and kept the nominations the same, granting her a spot in the final three. Will and Zach were under the assumption that Anna would evict Vincent. However, due to her loyalties, Anna chose to evict Zach from the house in a 1-0 vote.

### Week 11

 **HOH Pt. 2 WinnerHOH Pt. 3 WinnerFinal HOH**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerEvicted1 Vote**

Following the eviction of Zach, the final three competed and went "Up The Creek" in the Head of Household competition, with Will winning. When Part 2 came along, Anna and Vincent competed in the "Who's The Guinea Pig Now?" Head of Household, with Vincent winning. Vincent won the final part of the Head of Household competition, "Jury Statements" and chose to take Anna with him to the finale. Will was therefore evicted, 1-0.

### Finale

 **Winner4 Votes**

 **Runner-Up3 Votes**

#### Jury

 **Anna**

 **Anna**

 **Vincent**

 **Anna**

 **Vincent**

 **Vincent**

 **Anna**

## Controversy

### Danielle DeLauch's Week 1 actions

Following the first ever Power Couple competition in *Big Brother* history, Penelope Mellenchi talked with several of her housemates about how she was bothered by how she was being treated by her soulmate Ken Isdrel. This prompted Jenn Harthome to reveal her pervious relationship with Isdrel, that ended prior to the season airing. She mentioned to her housemates not to inform Isdrel about this, as she wanted to discuss their situation in private when the time felt right. Many houseguests offered their support and understood how hard it must've been for Harthome to endure. However, Danielle DeLauch took the information the wrong way and viewed it as a way for Harthome to gain sympathy from other houseguests, as well as potential allies. DeLauch then went to Isdrel and told him that Harthome wished to speak with him. After Harthome informed him that she did not, in fact, want to speak to him, he shared with her that DeLauch told him to see her.

Harthome later asked DeLauch why she did it, and DeLauch confirmed that she didn't want Harthome to gain sympathy from other people. Harthome informed her that she initially shared it with Mellenchi to make her feel comfortable due to Isdrel's treatment of Mellenchi. Sharing this story with Mellenchi gave Harthome the courage to tell her fellow houseguests. DeLauch then went to Mellenchi, where Mellenchi confirmed that she felt attacked by Isdrel's comments about her weight. DeLauch took this information and went to Isdrel, where he lied and told DeLauch that it was all miscommunication and that he was actually complimenting Mellenchi. DeLauch then suspected Harthome of lying, and told her soulmate, Spencer Handlin (who was unaware of the previous relationship), that they should evict Harthome due to making lies about personal matters. Handlin agreed to this, and together they evicted Harthome, as well as her partner, Mark Blalock; an eviction that shocked several houseguests, including Isdrel.

Many fans were outraged by DeLauch's behavior, and insisted she be removed from the house. However, she merely received a warning from production.

## Trivia

* This season is the first season to have 16 players.
* This season has the largest amount of players win at least one competition. 12 of the 16 houseguests won either Head of Household or the Power of Veto.
* This is the first season where a female HouseGuest took first prize over a male HouseGuest in the Final Two.