Previously Evicted Houseguest

**Previously Evicted Houseguest** is a reoccurring twist in Big Brother Northwestern. The twist gives certain houseguests a second shot at winning the game, typically appearing with a Fake Eviction.

## History

### Big Brother Northwestern 1

In Big Brother Northwestern 1, Rounds 4 and 5 were predetermined to be Fake Evictions. Alex Branka was evicted 7-1 in Round 4 and Nathan Hiykel was evicted 4-3-1 in Round 5, and both were whisked away to the Secret Room. Following Nathan's eviction, the houseguests competed in the next Nominator Challenge, which was won by Nick Hollenbeck. It was then revealed to the house that the official nominees for the round were Alex and Nathan, and that instead of voting to evict, the houseguests would be voting for one of them to return to the game. As the winner of the Nominator Challenge, Nick received 2 votes. Nathan was selected to return in a 9-1 vote, resulting in Alex's permanent eviction.

### Big Brother Northwestern 2

In Big Brother Northwestern 2, Round 6 was predetermined to be a Fake Double Eviction. Khoi Le was evicted 3-2-1 and whisked away to the Secret Room. It was then revealed to the houseguests that it was a Double Eviction, and the two surviving nominees, Grace Wagner and Lili Tarnopol, would face a second eviction vote. The second vote saw Grace evicted 2-1 and she joined Khoi in the Secret Room. During Round 7, while the main houseguests competed in an Advantage Challenge, Grace and Khoi competed against each other to return to the game. Both houseguests were unable to complete the planned Re-Entry challenge, resulting in a last-minute replacement challenge which Khoi won, resulting in Grace's permanent eviction.

### Big Brother Northwestern 3

In Big Brother Northwestern 3, Round 7 was predetermined to be a Fake Eviction. Ethan Karas was evicted 6-1-0 and whisked away to the Secret Room. Following the Round 8 eviction, Ethan automatically returned to the house, bringing with him the official end to the BB Assassins twist.

### Big Brother Northwestern 4

In Big Brother Northwestern 4, Round 5 was predetermined to be a Fake Double Eviction in tandem with the Pairs twist. The pair of Anne-Sophie Lacombe-Garcia and Arwen-Vira Marsh was evicted 1-0, but instead of going to the Secret Room, they immediately faced a second vote to see which of the two would be permanently evicted. The house chose to evict Arwen-Vira 4-0, allowing Anne-Sophie to rejoin the game.

### Big Brother Northwestern 5

In Big Brother Northwestern 5, the Bonus Life power allowed one evicted houseguest the chance to return to the game. The power was won by Nathan Hiykel, who activated it upon his eviction in Round 2; however, he failed the Bonus Life challenge and his eviction was finalized.

### Big Brother Northwestern 6

In Big Brother Northwestern 6, Rounds 3 and 4 were predetermined to be Fake Evictions in tandem with the Walking Dead twist. Sofi Pascua was evicted 4-2-2 in Round 3 and Abby Ciabaton was evicted 6-2-0 in Round 4, but instead of being sent to the Secret Room, both houseguests stayed in the Big Brother house, being restricted to the Walking Dead chairs. During Round 5, it was announced that one of the Walking Dead houseguests would return to the game, and Abby and Sofi were nominated against Lola Bodé, who lost the Nomination Challenge. Sofi was evicted first by a 4-3-3 vote, and Clay Lawhead's tiebreaker vote named Lola as the second evictee, allowing Abby to return to the game.

### Big Brother Northwestern 7

In Big Brother Northwestern 7, the Round Trip Ticket twist was introduced prior to Round 1: each houseguest had an envelope, and upon their eviction would have their envelope opened. If their envelope contained the Round Trip Ticket, then they would be able to stay in the house. During the selection process, Phoebe Wrycha selected Envelope #4, which secretly contained the Round Trip Ticket. After being nominated during Round 2, Phoebe was shockingly evicted in a 6-2-2 vote, but the revelation that she possessed the Round Trip Ticket nullified her eviction and allowed her to stay in the game.

### Big Brother Northwestern 8

In Big Brother Northwestern 8, Round 3 was predetermined to be a Fake Double Eviction. Emily Thompson was evicted in a 4-3-1 vote and whisked away to the Secret Room. Following Emily's departure, the Double Eviction was announced as an effect of the Timebomb speeding up time in the house, and the two surviving nominees, Aidan Einhorn and Nini Bagundo, faced a second vote, where Aidan was evicted 4-1. Following the Round 4 eviction, it was announced that the Timebomb had slowed down Emily's and Aidan's departure from the house, and they both reentered the game.

## Trivia

* Anne-Sophie Lacombe-Garcia has the highest placement of any Previously Evicted Houseguest, finishing in 4th Place.
* Phoebe Wrycha has the lowest placement of any Previously Evicted Houseguest, finising in 11th Place.
	+ Phoebe is also the first Previously Evicted Houseguest to have their original placement and final placement be the same, being both Fake Evicted and permanently evicted in 11th Place.
* Season 8 is the first season to have multiple Previously Evicted Houseguests return to the game.
* Phoebe Wrycha is the first Previously Evicted Houseguest to be evicted immediately after returning.
	+ She would be followed by Emily Thompson.
	+ If one does not count winning challenges to guarantee safety, both Khoi Le and Ethan Karas fall into this category, as they were evicted at the first available opportunity, although it was not the first round after they returned.
* Nathan Hiykel is the first and currently only houseguest to have the opportunity to return to the game on mulitple seasons.
* Abby Ciabaton is the first Previously Evicted Houseguest to be a returning player during the season they re-entered the game.
* No houseguest that had returned to the game after a Fake Eviction has reached the Final 3.