Big Brother 4

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## **Overview**

**Big Brother 4** also known as ***Big Brother: The Unexpected**,* is the fourth season in the American reality show franchise. It began on June 20th, 2002 and aired on CBS for 70 days, concluding on August 29th 2002, Lynn Chan was crowned the winner with five out of seven jury votes from the evicted Houseguests. He won $500,000, while runner-up Mark Smart took home $50,000.

The twist this season was titled The Unexpected, which meant a new twist would be unleashed into the game at random intervals. These twists included the Golden Power of Veto becoming a weekly power, as well as never before seen format changed like the Instant Eviction, veteran players, and evicted houseguests re entering the game. Despite popular ratings, the twists had mixed reception from the fans. The season featured three returning players, Montana Fetter, Sherri Quest, and Hunter Pryor.

Jade Huang became the first player to ever be evicted from the game and return as a houseguest again. She was the first houseguest evicted from the season and narrowly beat out Sherri Quest in the re-entry challenge, her final placement was 7th.

## **Twists/Changes**

* **The Unexpected:** The overall theme for the season was named *The Unexpected*. At random points throughout the season, a twist would be unleashed into the game to throw the houseguests off their game.
* **Returning Players:** The first part of the Unexpected twist was three veteran players from previous seasons would be competing alongside the 10 new houseguests. The returning players were Sherri Quest from the first season of Big Brother, Hunter Pryor from Big Brother 2. And Montana Fetter from Big Brother 3.
* **Golden Power of Veto:** The Power of Veto would return for the fourth season of Big Brother, but instead of the Silver Power of Veto being in play, the Golden Veto from week eight of Big Brother 3 would return. Each week every houseguest would compete for the power and the winner would be able to remove themselves or someone else from the nomination block.
* **Instant Eviction:** On Day 15, immediately after the third Head of Household competition, the houseguests were told that there would be an instant eviction. The HOH, Shelly Ashes would immediately nominate two houseguests for eviction, there would be no Power of Veto competition and the houseguests would immediately vote a nominee out of the house.
* **Re-Entry Competition:** After the fifth eviction, the houseguests learned that one of the first five evicted houseguests would compete in the next Head of Household along with the eight remaining houseguests. The last evicted houseguest standing would re-enter the house, and the last houseguest standing overall would become the next Head of Household. Jade Huang who was the first evicted, re-entered the house.
* **Double Eviction:**  The double eviction week twist from the prior season would return in week seven of Big Brother 4.
* **Final Power of Veto:** The houseguests learned in the final four, that there would be a Power of Veto competition. And it's winner would have the sole-vote to evict, determining the final three.

## **Houseguests**

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Lynn***

 **Jury: *Lynn***

 **Jury: *Lynn***

 **Jury: *Lynn***

 **Jury: *Lynn***

 **Jury: *Mark***

 **Jury: *Mark***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## **Game History**

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV,Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

The season began with ten new players entering the house. They quickly learned that the season's theme was titled The Unexpected, and there would be a new twist released into the game throughout the season. The first twist was three veteran players were to re-enter the house as season four cast members, these included Sherri Quest, Hunter Pryor and Montana Fetter. Sherri was once again crowned the first Head of Household in the Treadmills competition. She quickly formed a petty rivalry with fellow veteran player Montana, and she nominated her alongside Mark Smart for eviction. At the Power of Veto competition, Montana earned her spot in the house when she won the Golden Power of Veto, she saved herself and Sherri was forced to nominate a third houseguest. She decided to nominate Jade Huang, feeling as though no one would be mad at her, since she already had Montana coming after her she didn't want more enemies. Jade was evicted near unanimously, with one pitty vote to her name from Derek Parker.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV,Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Jade Huang's eviction, Montana surprised no one when she own her first Head of Household competition. She used this HOH to retaliate against Sherri Quest, and nominated her alongside her ally Brianna Boyd. But at the veto competition Sherri was able to save herself yet again, forcing Montana to name a replacement nominee. There was a lot of discussion being made in the house about a potential boys alliance forming, being lead by close allies Hunter Pryor and Derek Parker, so Montana switched her sights onto Derek, as he had a lot of connections in the house and she might not have another opportunity to take a shot. In a close 5-4 vote, Derek was evicted after Mark Smart convinced Elliot Jagger to vote Derek out of the house, an an attempt to weaken Hunter and Sherri's side of the house.

### Instant Eviction

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the Big Brother Knockout competition, it came down to Sherri Quest and Shelly Ashes, and Shelly surprised the entire house when she became the new Head of Household. In the next part of the Unexpected twist, the houseguests learned that this week would actually be an Instant Eviction, and Shelly was to immediately nominate two houseguests for eviction, and everyone was to immediately vote a second player out of the house. This shocked the entire house, and Shelly decided to nominate Brianna Boyd and her target Calem Gates, whom she had a feud with. The house voted Brianna out, as she was a part of the minority alliance and did not have many connections in the game.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

After the Instant, Carissa Day won her first Head of Household competition. She felt it was time to take Sherri Quest out of the game, as she was building he resume and the girls had no allegiance to each other. She nominated Sherri as the target, and Lynn Chan as the pawn. At the veto competition Mark Smart became the holder of the Power of Veto. Mark Smart and Gwen Bright took notice of the friendship forming between Elliot Jagger and Sherri this week, and this made them consider removing Lynn from the block. They decided it was the safest move, and vetoed Lynn from the block and Carissa replaced him with Elliot, to ensure one of them would leave. In a close 4-3 vote, Elliot was evicted when Gwen and Lynn switched their votes, because they felt Sherri was a bigger shield and wanted to keep her around.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

After the blindside, Mark Smart won Head of Household and was furious that all three veterans were still in the house four weeks into the game. He wanted to use his Head of Household to finally get one of them out, so he nominated the two strongest veterans, Sherri Quest and Montana Fetter. Mark didn't care which of the two girls left the game, he just wanted to knock out one of the strong girls. Gwen Bright won her first competition this week and held the Power of Veto. She was confident in not using the Power of Veto, but she overheard some talk in the house about sending Montana home, and Gwen felt that she would much rather send Sherri home as she had a deal with Montana. So shocking the house, the viewers and production, she used the Power of Veto on Montana and forced Mark to make a replacement nominee. He was flustered and blindsided and had not put much thought into a replacement nominee, he chose Hunter Pryor as he was the only other veteran in the house and he wanted to solidify one was leaving. Sherri was evicted in a 3-3 tie vote, when Montana voted to keep her, fearing she would be the next biggest threat after Sherri left. Mark broke the tie and sent Sherri out the door.

### Week 5

 **Returned**

 **HOH**

 **POV,Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

The next twist in the Unexpected would take way right after the eviction. The five evicted houseguests, Jade Huang, Derek Parker, Brianna Boyd, Elliot Jagger and Sherri Quest would compete alongside the remaining eight houseguests in the Head of Household competition, the last evictee standing would re enter the house and the last overall houseguest standing would become the new Head of Household. It came down to Jade and Sherri for the returnee spot, and ultimately Jade won her way back into the house after being the first houseguest evicted, and claimed her spot in jury. Gwen Bright won the Head of Household competition and immediately knew she wanted to target Shelly Ashes, feeling as though they did not get along, she had no trust for her, and it would leave Mark Smart all for herself. She nominated Jade as the pawn as it was the safest option, but Jade was able to win herself off of the block with the Power of Veto. She nominated Calem Gates because he was the least likely to retaliate, and the house voted out Shelly as she wished. She became the first member of the jury.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Carissa Day won her second Head of Household competition and formed an alliance with it. She made an alliance with her longtime ally Calem Gates along with newcomer Jade Huang. The three of them made a final three pact, although Carissa had a very strong relationship with Gwen Bright, who was her true final two. Gwen also formed an alliance this week, with Mark Smart and Lynn Chan. The three of them agreed on a final three deal. Carissa nominated Lynn and Hunter Pryor for eviction. Hunter was a non factor in the house which made many people fear him getting power, and Carissa had already nominated Lynn so the decision just made sense. Montana Fetter won the Power of Veto and wanted to prove her loyalty to Lynn, so she took him off the block, Carissa nominated Mark Smart as the replacement and pawn, due to a lack of options remaining. The house decided on Hunter's eviction, although he received a pity vote from Gwen.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Montana Fetter won her second Head of Household competition in week seven. She had a rocky relationship with Mark Smart up until this point, but had a strategic relationship with Gwen Bright, who she somewhat trusted. Gwen urged her to nominate Calem Gates and Jade Huang, as they had been spending a lot of time together, with Carissa Day also. And she feared the three of them would be a strong alliance heading into the final six. Montana agreed and nominated Calem and Jade. Lynn Chan won the Power of Veto, and with the advice of his side of the house, and his own intuition he decided not to use the Power of Veto. Everybody agreed to vote Jade out as Calem hadn't won anything yet and Carissa would have been very upset if they got rid of him over Jade. Jade focused heavily on campaigning to Lynn, describing him as "our people". He ultimately gave her a pity vote and she was evicted 3-1.

### Double Eviction

 **HOH**

 **POV,Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the double eviction Mark Smart won his second Head of Household competition and kept his loyalty to his side of the house, nominating Carissa Day and Calem Gates, knowing that Carissa would have the votes to stay and they could evict Calem, but when he shocked everyone and pulled out the Veto win, Mark was faced with a difficult decision. He weighed his options and decided to stay true to his final three with Gwen Bright and Lynn Chan. He nominated Montana Fetter as the replacement nominee, and with Gwen and Calem voting, her fate was sealed. She was evicted in a 2-1 vote against Carissa.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **POV,Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

At the final five, Carissa Day won her third Head of Household competition and was immediately placed in a difficult situation. She knew she was putting up Lynn Chan for the third time, as she had already nominated him twice, but she had deals and loyalties to all three of Gwen Bright, Calem Gates and Mark Smart. She decided on nominating Mark against Lynn, as she just felt more loyal to Gwen and Calem, and she knew full well that Mark and Lynn would vote to keep each other in the game. At the Power of Veto competition, it came down to a tense battle of Meditation between Lynn and Calem, and ultimately Lynn won the challenge and was able to secure his spot in the final four. Forcing Carissa to choose between her two closest allies throughout the entire season. She struggled with the decision heavily, but she ultimately chose to stay true to Gwen, and nominated Calem, who felt very betrayed by this decision. Many fans feel she made the wrong choice, ad Calem would have likely voted out Mark and Carissa could have broken the tie, bringing Gwen and Calem to the final four, but it was too little to late. Calem was evicted in a 2-0 vote, despite Carissa begging Gwen to keep him in the game.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **POV,Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

The final four began with the classic Jenga competition, and Gwen Bright won the challenge, solidifying her spot in final three and making it there unnominated. The nominations did not really matter, so she returned the favor to Carissa Day and nominated the boys, despite having a secret final three del with them. Mark Smart won the final Power of Veto of the season, and removed himself from the block, forcing Gwen to nominate Carissa in his place. He ultimately saved his closest ally Lynn Chan, and sent Carissa home for fourth. Gwen hugged Carissa on her exit and whispered "im sorry" to her, Carissa had no response.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the final week of the game, the houseguests were to compete in the three part Head of Household competition. The winner would decide who to bring with them to the final two. Mark Smart won the first part and advanced to the third part. Gwen Bright beat Lynn Chan in the second part and also advanced. In the final part Mark Smart narrowly beat Gwen and became the final Head of Household. Gwen had been working on both boys for the entire duration of the week, and Mark was seriously considering either option to take with him. He ultimately chose to evict Gwen for third, although she put in a strong campaign and he was almost convinced to take her. He feared she was a bigger threat to him then Lynn was, but he was wrong. The jury voted in favor of Lynn Chan being the winner of Big Brother 4, and he won in a 5-2 jury vote. He is the first Asian-American winner of the show.

#### The Jury

 **Lynn**

 **Lynn**

 **Lynn**

 **Lynn**

 **Lynn**

 **Mark**

 **Mark**