Big Brother 5

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## **Overview**

**Big Brother 5 ,** also known as ***Big Brother: DNA,*** is the fifth season in the American reality show franchise. It began on June 17th 2003, and aired on CBS for a record 79 days at the time. The season concluded on September 4th, 2003. Clarity Mitchell surprised the houseguest's and audience when she won the grand prize of $500,000 and was named the winner of Big Brother 5. Runner-up Sedric Quilliams took home the second place prize of $50,000.

*Big Brother 5* was the same format as *Big Brother 4*, in regards to the Power of Veto, Head of Household, Nomination process, eviction, and jury. However, this season featured 14 houseguest's instead of 13 although sisters Megan and Nicole Caddell would be playing as one houseguest. In the fifth season, only six players would participate in the Power of Veto competition. The HOH and both nominees would choose a houseguest to also compete.

## **Twists/Changes**

* **Longer Season:** As opposed to it's 70 day predecessor's, Big Brother 5 would last 79 days, extending the game by 9 days. The first week lasted 10 days instead of the usual 7, with the houseguests moving in on Tuesday June 19th, and the first eviction taking place on Thursday June 28th.
* **Golden Power of Veto:** The Power of Veto would return for the fifth season, but with a slight change from it's past appearances. Only six players would play each week for the Power of Veto. The Head of Household and the two nominees would each play, and they would each choose a houseguest to play in the competition alongside them.
* **DNA:** The overall theme for the season was dubbed "Big Brother DNA". It featured a full cast of houseguest's related or married to a past Big Brother alumni.
* **Co-HOH Week:** In week three of the game, the houseguests learned a twist would be unleashed into the house. Two houseguests would win Head of Household and they would each nominate one houseguest for eviction. Rebecca Church and Cohen Lake were the first two houseguests to ever share an HOH week.
* **Twin Twist:** This season featured a set of twins on the cast. Megan and Nicole Caddell would both be houseguest's on the season, however they would periodically switch in and out of the house, and both present themselves as Megan. If they were to make it to week five then both sisters would enter the game as individuals. They were evicted in week two.

## **Houseguests**

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Clarity***

 **Jury: *Sedric***

 **Jury: *Sedric***

 **Jury: *Clarity***

 **Jury: *Sedric***

 **Jury: *Clarity***

 **Jury: *Clarity***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## **Game History**

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the first week, Cole Dristan became the first Head of Household of the season. Some talk had been spreading around the house of a Big Brother 3 alliance, consisting of Houseguest's related to BB3 alumni, and this quickly circulated around the house. Out of fear of a potential large alliance forming, Cole nominated two season three related houseguests in Dakota Fetter and Megan Caddell. It was in the first week where Clarity Mitchell and Bobby Jenner would become extremely close, Maria Cruz also got close to Bobby but herself and Clarity had a weird frenemies type relationship. Cole and Cohen Lake also hit it off, they made a group pact with the trio not to target each other and the fans dubbed them the "Popular" clique. After the nomination ceremony Megan switched out with her sister Nicole Caddell for the first time. The houseguests learned that only six players would be playing in the Power of Veto challenge, the HOH and two nominees would each choose one player to play alongside them. Cole won the Power of Veto and held all the power, keeping his nominations intact. The houseguests voted Dakota out of the house as Nicole fought hard for herself and her sister to stay.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Dakota Fetter's eviction, Maria Cruz won her first competition in the Majority Rules quiz. She set her sights on targeting Dwayne Bright as he was a wildcard outside of her alliance and he had been making a lot of the women in the house uncomfortable with his inappropriate comments. She nominated Nicole Caddell (playing as Megan) alongside him, as she was already a pawn and she had received quite a few votes to stay. Dwayne won the Make a Drink competition, as did his wife in Big Brother 4, and pulled himself on the block. Maria was forced to make a new nomination and chose to target Dwayne's closest ally Monica Ziegler. Before the eviction Rebecca Church and Diego Romano feared the threat of the trio and the Popular's, so they hatched a plan to flip the vote on the twins in an attempt to save Monica, and align with her and Dwayne against the power in the house. They successfully pulled off the move, and Monica was evicted 5-4.

### Week 3

 **Co-HOH**

 **Co-HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week three, the houseguests learned of a twist in the game. Two houseguests would be named Head of Household for the week, and they would each be tasked with naming one nominee each. Rebecca Church and Cohen Lake became the Head of Household's. The two of them decided it would be easier for the both of them if they agreed on a target, they ultimately decided on targeting Dwayne Bright as his behavior was out of hand, and he was such an unpredictable player. Cohen named Dwayne as his nominee, while Rebecca nominated Maria Cruz, stating she was a pawn, but Rebecca had planned to potentially flip the vote on Maria if the opportunity presented itself. Maria won the Paintings veto competition and took herself on the block. Rebecca named Jia Chan as the pawn in her place as she was closer to Dwayne. Dwayne was evicted from the house.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POv**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

After Dwayne Bright left the house, Cole Dristan won his second Head of Household of the season. Cole wanted to continue out his plan from his last HOH, and get Monica Ziegler out of the house as he feared she would nominate himself and Cohen Lake if she were to win a Head of Household, so he nominated her alongside his alliance member Bobby Jenner who he felt would easily get the votes to stay as he was a good social player and well positioned in the house. This put a bit of a rift in the Popular alliance and formed mistrust amongst the trio and Cole/Cohen. Cole won the Power of Veto as well this week and opted to keep his nominations the same. Once again Rebecca Church and Diego Romano were scheming. They wanted to take the shot at Bobby while he was on the block and take out a trio member, and save Monica a second time as she would be in debt to them. They felt they had Sedric Quilliams as Rebecca was his best friend in the house, and they recruited Jia Chan who was virtually alone in the game. What Rebecca and Diego didn't know is that earlier in the week Sedric had made a deal with the trio, and they made him believe he was actually a part of their alliance. Which led Sedric with a choice at the eviction. To draw a line in the sand, or flip on his original alliance with Rebecca Church. He decided to flip on Rebecca and Diego, sending home Monica and keeping the trio intact heading into the jury phase.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following the reverse blindside, Sedric Quilliams was able to pull out a clutch Head of Household win, as he had just cast mistrust on his alliance with Rebecca Church and Diego Romano. Sedric as Head of Household wanted to get through the week with as little blood on his hands as possible and decided to target lone-wolf Jia Chan. So he nominated her alongside Cohen Lake who was under-the-radar and a part of the Popular group in the house. When Cohen won the Pumpkin Carving Power of Veto competition, he pulled himself off the block. Sedric Quilliams, being aligned with almost the entire house felt he only had one option and nominated Cole Dristan. As this meant he didn't have to backstab either of his alliances. The trio had discussed potentially flipping on Cole this week, but ultimately decided it was too early and they should dwindle the numbers down a bit first. Jia was evited in a unanimous vote when Rebecca and Diego sided with the trio, knowing there was no point in voting in opposition to them.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Jia Chan's eviction, Rebecca Church was crowned the new Head of Household. She and Clarity Mitchell had been getting closer as the weeks went on, but it was hard to form a friendship with someone who was on the other side of the house. So she made a deal with Clarity and Bobby Jenner. They decided on a two week truce in the game, that she wouldn't nominate either of them, as long as they kept their end of the deal next week and kept her safe. Bobby was hesitant to accept the deal, as it would leave Maria Cruz a sitting duck, but Clarity Mitchell assured him that they would have the votes to keep Maria regardless. They accepted the deal, and Rebecca nominated two other members of their alliance, Cole Dristan and Maria Cruz. Bobby won the Power of Veto competition, and was left with a difficult decision. He wanted to use the Power of Veto to save Maria, but feared that Clarity would be the replacement if he did, so he ultimately decided against using it, which made Maria extremely weary of her trio alliance, and led her to make a seperate deal with Sedric Quilliams as a back up plan. The house voted out Cole nearly unanimously, as he was the strongest competitor in the house. He received one vote to stay from his friend Cohen Lake, who was extremely angry that Cole was sent to the jury house.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week seven, the power shifted when Maria Cruz won the Head of Household position. She sought revenge against her rival Rebecca Church, and set her sights on her as her target. With the numbers dwindling, there were few options for her second nomination. Bobby Jenner and Clarity Mitchell were her allies, although she didn't fully trust Clarity, and she had just made a deal with Sedric Quilliams. This left Diego Romano and Cohen Lake as her options. She wanted to prevent Rebecca from winning the power of veto, and Diego had not yet won a competition so she wanted to gaurentee that Cohen played in the POV, nominating him as a pawn against her target. At the Power of Veto competiition, Bobby Jenner won for the second time in a row, and decided not to use it as he didn't want to upset Maria knowing that her and Clarity had a wishy-washy relationship. Both nominees had a strong campaign to stay in the house, and with Sedric and Diego gaurenteed to save Rebecca, it was down to Clarity and Bobby to tie the vote so Maria could send her target home. The pair intitially disagreed on who to save, Clarity wanting to save Rebecca, and Bobby feeling Cohen was a safer route. Ultimately the pair agreed to keep their end of the deal with Rebecca, and Cohen was evicted in a unanimous vote.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Cohen Lake's unanimous eviction, Sedric Quilliams was crowned the new Head of Household with a perfect score in the Points Quiz competition. Playing both sides of the fence, Sedric was in a difficult position as he was forced to either betray the trio, or his alliance with Rebecca Church and Diego Romano. He knew Rebecca and Maria Cruz were safe, and he didn't want to get rid of Clarity Mitchell as he was not threatened by her at all. So he decided to nominate the two other boys in the house, Bobby Jenner and Diego Romano. Rebecca was confused as to why Diego was on the block, and Sedric was being vague about his reasoning, saying "trust the process". This left Rebecca with more questions then answers. At the Power of Veto competition, Sedric Quilliams won and held all of the power this week, leaving the nominations the same meant that Diego would be leaving, as he knew Maria and Clarity would vote to save Bobby. Despite Rebecca urging him to backdoor one of Clarity or Maria, he kept the nominations intact, sending Diego to the jury house in a 2-1 vote. Leaving his "alliance" with the trio in the final five, along with his frustrated ally Rebecca.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Clarity Mitchell won her first competition at the final five, becoming the new Head of Household her nominations were pretty straight forward, she kept her alliance with Bobby Jenner and Maria Cruz safe, and nominated Rebecca Church and Sedric Quilliams. She assured both Rebecca and Sedric that they were just the pawn, and her true intentions were to keep her new found friend Rebecca in the game, as she felt she deserved to be there more then Sedric. Clarity also won her first Power of Veto this week an although she thought about backdooring Maria Cruz, she felt that her safest bet was to leave the nominations intact. Nearing the end of the week, Bobby Jenner and Clarity were weighing their options as to who to save and who to send home. They knew that it might be smart to bring Rebecca and Maria to the final four, as there was little chance they would team up, but they feared her repuration with the jury as well as her much better competition record then Sedric, so Bobby decided they should tie the vote and have Clarity make the final call. At the eviction Clarity stood before the nominations with tears in her eyes, and sent Rebecca to the jury house. Solidying the trio and Sedric in the final four.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Before the final five eviction, Maria Cruz made an alliance with Sedric, they agreed that in the final four, if they were both still in the house that they would team up against Bobby Jenner and Clarity Mitchell, because they both knew how strong of a duo they were, and that they would never turn on one another. For Clairty and Bobby, the task was simple at the final four, they just had to beat Sedric Quilliams in the competitions, and they would make it to the final three, but when Sedric won the Head of Household it was set in stone, for the first time in 70 days, the trio was in danger and one of them would for sure be leaving the house. Sedric started off the week naming Clairty and Bobby as the nominees, although they all knew the true power lied in the POV competition. At the Relay Race competition, Clarity won the Power of Veto for the second and last time this season. Running and jumping into Bobby's arms, screaming "Final three!!", Maria knew her biggest fear had come true, she felt at the bottom of the trio since the start, and this moment solidified it. Although feeling defeated, Maria gave her pitch to Clarity as to why Bobby was going to win the game if she sat next to him, but at the eviction it proved no use. Clarity stood at the head of the living room and sent Maria to the jury house, solidifying herself, Bobby and Sedric as the final three of season five.

### Week 11

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the first part of the final Head of Houshold competition, the final three competed in a battle of Hot Tub Endurance. Bobby Jenner was the winner of this part of the HOH, forcing Clarity and Sedric to face off against one another in the second part. Bobby and Clarity needed to win the first and second part of the HOH, so that it didn't matter who won part three, but when Sedric Quilliams crushed Clarity Mitchell in Blic Bloc, he advanced to part three against Bobby. In part three Sedric Quilliams was named the final Head of Household. He stood up in front of the day one duo, and made his decision. Sending Bobby Jenner to the outside world as the final juror, bringing Clarity Mitchell with him to the final two, believing he could beat her. The jury questioned the final two, some of them angry at Sedric, blaming his blind trust for the trio as reason for their eviction. Others were dissapointed with Ckarity, feeling as though Bobby did all of the work in their partnership. Ultimately, the jury was in favor, and Clarity Mitchell was named the winner of Big Brother 5, collecting votes from Bobby Jenner, Diego Romano, Cole Dristan, and Jia Chan. She was awarded the grand prize of $500,000, while Sedric went home with the runner-up prize of $50,000.

#### The Jury

 **Clarity**

 **Clarity**

 **Clarity**

 **Clarity**

 **Sedric**

 **Sedric**

 **Sedric**