Big Brother Cheesecake 9: Friends Time

## Background

The ninth season of Big Brother Cheesecake began on September 27, 2023. This season's theme was Friends, the popular TV show. The cast featured eleven new houseguests and 5 returning pre-jurors.

After 31 days, the season ended on October 27, 2023, with Stephanie being crowned the winner in a 5-2 vote against Caleb.

## Twists

* **Express Season:** As opposed to the first 8 seasons, this season lasted 31 days, with each week lasting two or three days.
	+ **Ruby Power of Veto:** Because of the reduced time, there was no Head of Household competition each week. Houseguests started the game with a pre-determined amount of Ruby Power of Vetoes to use as currency. Each round, houseguests placed a bid for HoH in a silent auction and the winner became the Head of Household. Evicted houseguests could bequeath their Ruby PoVs to players remaining in the game.
* **Back to Basics:** For the first half of the game, the format followed that of Big Brother US 2, where no Power of Veto competition was held.
* **Lavender Power of Veto:** Similar to the Fast Forward twist from season 1, each houseguest held a Lavender Power of Veto that would grant them safety for the round, provided they were the first houseguest to play it.
* **Tie-breaking vote:** The HOH is not tasked with casting a vote in the event of a tie. Instead, a wheel is spun with all non-immune players, including the nominees. The player drawn is evicted.
	+ **Audience's Vote:** In order to increase the chances of a tie vote, viewers voted publically on the Facebook group for one of the nominees. This was the case only on weeks with an uneven pool of voters in the house.
* **Temptation Competiton:** On day 12, houseguests competed in the Yankee Swap Temptation Competition, where some earned prizes, while others received punishments. These would last through day 18.

1. Players are shown in the order they placed in the competition, from first to last.

2. This is the prize/punishment each player ended up with after the trades.

## Game History

### Notes

1. ↑ In weeks where the pool of voters was odd, the Audience publically voted for one of the nominees to receive an extra eviction vote.
2. ↑ The first eviction vote originally ended in a 7-7 tie between the nominees. However, Brooke changed her vote in order to avoid the wheel. Her vote is marked in *italics*.
3. ↑      Caleb decided to play his Lavender Power of Veto and earned safety.
4. ↑      Kendra decided to play her Lavender Power of Veto and earned safety.
5. ↑      Sam decided to play his Lavender Power of Veto and earned safety.
6. ↑      Roberto decided to play his Lavender Power of Veto and earned safety.
7. ↑      Casi used the Poo Brown Power of Veto on day 15, saving Sam from the block and nominating herself as replacement.
8. ↑ Because of his Green Mile punishment, every vote cast against Caleb on day 16 were doubled. These votes are underlined
9. ↑ Sam's vote on day 16 was tripled by his Vote Tripler. It is marked in *underlined italics*
10. ↑      Bonnie originally became the Head of Household on day 17, but Andrew used the Emerald Power of Veto and a new winner was chosen at random. Roberto was drawn and became the new Head of Household.
11. ↑      Stephanie decided to play her Lavender Power of Veto and earned safety.
12. ↑      Bonnie decided to play her Lavender Power of Veto and earned safety.
13. ↑ Day 20 was a Double Eviction day. The Head of Household nominated 4 people. After the veto, the two nominees with the highest amount of votes were evicted.
14. ↑      The Power of Veto this round was a Topaz Power of Veto. Caleb was forced to use it on one of the nominees, and there would be no replacement.
15. ↑ The eviction vote on day 23 originally ended in a 1-1 tie between the nominees. However, Stephanie changed her vote in order to avoid the wheel. Her vote is marked in *italics*.
16. ↑      The Power of Veto at the final 4 is a Silver Power of Veto. In the event a nominee wins the veto, they cannot use it to save themselves.
17. ↑ Because Andrew quit the game, he was banned from the jury. As the last pre-juror evicted, Will took his place.
18. ↑ Will failed to cast a vote for a winner. As the last pre-juror evicted before Will, Kendra took his place on the jury.