Ashley's Big Brother 7

**Big Brother 7**, also known as **Ashley's Big Brother 7** and **Big Brother 7: Cliques**, is the seventh season of *Ashley's Big Brother*, which aired from July 18 to August 17, 2014. Fifteen housemates entered the house on launch night, with Ashlyn A. emerging as the winner on finale night.

Ashlyn and Ethan returned to compete in *Big Brother 8: All-Stars*.

## Production

For the first five weeks, the fifteen housemates were split into five cliques: Athletes, Offbeats, Nerds, Populars, and Socialites. Whilst the House Captain would win immunity from themselves, they also won immunity for their clique as well. On Day 1, the winner of the first House Captain competition was able to choose another clique to automatically face eviction, with the housemates voting for which member of the nominated clique to leave; the person with the most votes from their housemates would be immediately evicted. Day 2 saw the arrival of the "Cliques' Competition". The clique who won the first competition earned immunity; from the second week onwards, only one housemate could win the Cliques' Competition, with this person being given the choice of whether to save themselves, or another member of their clique. Following the eviction on Day 7, the "socialites" clique was disbanded and the two remaining members were merged into the other four cliques.

On Day 21, an ejection happened for the first time since the show's inception in 2013. Due to this, the nominations ceremony, the veto competition and the eviction was postponed to the following week.

### Format

Each week lasts four days and comprises of four different events: the *House Captain* competition, nominations, the *Power of Veto* competition and an eviction of a housemate at the end of the week. The *House Captain* competition takes place on the second day of the week and decides which housemate would be in power for that week. This housemate is given immediate immunity from eviction for the week, and holds the responsibility of nominating one other housemate for eviction. The housemates begin nominating soon after the competition has finished; they are given 22 hours to visit the Diary Room and nominate two other housemates for eviction, and the two or more housemates who receive the most nominations face eviction alongside the Captain's nomination. Following the nominations reveal, the housemates compete in the *Power of Veto* competition, which allows the winning housemate to save one of the nominated housemates for eviction and replace them with someone of their own choice, or choose not to use it at all. Following the announcement of the final nominees, a poll opens in which the public decide which housemate should be evicted. The eviction take place on the final day of the week, and the cycle continues.

## Nominations table

### Notes

* **Note 1** : On Day 1, Ashlyn, the winner of the first *House Captain* competition, had to immediately nominate one other clique for eviction. She chose to nominate the Offbeats (Brendon, Derek and Maria). Soon after, the housemates were informed that there would be no public vote, and instead the housemates would be voting to evict one of the Offbeat clique members. Derek received a unanimous vote to evict.
* **Note 2** : From Day 2 onwards, the "Cliques' Competition" came into play. This week, the housemates played the competition in their cliques, with the winning clique receiving immunity from the first public eviction. The competition was won by the Populars (Ethan, Jaya and Millie).
* **Note 3** : As she refused to vote, Camilla received an automatic penalty vote against herself.
* **Note 4** : As she refused to vote for a second time, Camilla automatically faced eviction in Week 6.
* **Note 5** : As she refused to vote for a third time, Camilla was removed from the *Big Brother* house, and the game was postponed. The nominations ceremony took place on Day 22, the Veto competition on Day 23 and the eviction on Day 24.
* **Note 6** : There were no nominations in the final week. Instead, *House Captain* Ashlyn was able to make one other housemate immune from the final eviction, giving them an automatic place in the final three. She chose Kayla, therefore David, Ethan and Millie faced a double eviction on Day 29.
* **Note 7** : For the final two days, the public were voting for the housemate they wanted to *win*, rather than evict.