Big Brother 2

Season 2, Logo

## **Overview**

**Big Brother 2** is the second season in the American reality television series. It began on June 15th, 2000, and aired on CBS for 70 days, concluding on August 24th 2000, when Natasha Taylor was crowned the winner with four out of seven votes from the evicted Houseguests. She won $500,000.

There was no changed to the format from it's original counterpart. Every week the houseguests would compete to become the Head of Household (HOH). The HOH would then nominate two houseguests for eviction. The fellow contestants would vote, and the player with the most votes would be evicted. On Finale night, seven former houseguests returned to vote for who they thought should win the grand prize.

## **Twists**

* **Nomination Discussion Allowed:** The rule remained the same from the previous installment. Houseguests were free to discuss nominations and evictions.
* **Head of Household:** The Head of Household power remained the same. Each week one Houseguest will be given the power to control nominations and nominate two Houseguests for eviction.
* **Houseguests Vote:** The Houseguests themselves would decide who would be evicted.
* **The Jury:**  A "jury" of peers will vote for the winner of the season rather than a voting public.

## **Houseguests**

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Natasha***

 **Jury: *Marcus***

 **Jury: *Natasha***

 **Jury: *Natasha***

 **Jury: *Natasha***

 **Jury: *Marcus***

 **Jury: *Marcus***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## **Game History**

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Hunter Pryor won the first Head of Household of Season 2, and used it to create the first alliance of the season, the Elite Four consisting of Hunter, Lauren Mosely, Kelly Morretz and Evan Lake. Hunter set his target on Marcus Frasier for unknown potentially racially motivated reasons. He nominated Susan Wagner as pawn next to Marcus. Marcus campaigned very hard for the votes to remain in the game. Despite Hunter urging his alliance to vote Marcus out, in fear of retaliation, they agreed. Before the live eviction, Marcus was able to convince David Mitchell to vote to save him, despite David being close with Susan. David told Lauren that he wanted to save Marcus, and she agreed because she felt he was good for her game, and voted against the Elite Four. Resulting in a 5-4 eviction vote and Susan's departure from the game.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the second week of the game, Nathan Tinsley won Head of Household and targeted David Mitchell who he did not like or get along with in the house at all. It was during this week that the Brogade formed, a three persona alliance consisting of Nathan, Jason Bentley, and Marcus Frasier. Despite the alliance not being solid, Nathan believed in it and kept the other boys safe. He nominated David against pawn Allison Jacobson. The house sided with David and felt that Allison was hard to live with and did not deserve to stay. The Elite Four's original plan was to vote David out and honor Nathan's wishes, as he kept all four of them safe. But Hunter Pryor and Lauren Mosely ended up voting separately from their alliance, resulting in a 5-3 vote count in David's favor.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following surviving the block, David won Head of Household and targeted Nathan Tinsley for eviction, nominating him against pawn Evan Lake. The Elite Four was already cracking, but being nominated, Evan fell into a spiral. Calling out Hunter Pryor at the nomination ceremony, feeling as though for some reason Hunter was in on the nomination because of his close relationship with David. This pushed the Elite Four even further into breaking up. Despite his meltdown, Hunter Pryor and Lauren Mosely still tried to salvage the alliance in the eviction vote. But to their surprise Kelly Morretz turned on her alliance, officially ending the foursome. The vote ended up in a 4-3 flip, causing Nathan to stay and Evan to go.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week four, Nathan Tinsley won his second Head of Household in a row and once again targeted David Mitchell. Nominating him against pawn Angela Chang. It was in this week that a new alliance formed, a final four deal called the Pact, consisting of David Mitchell, Lauren Mosely, Marcus Frasier and Natasha Taylor. This was Lauren’s second alliance after the fallout of the Elite Four. The members of the Pact put in work to save David from eviction, and because they were at all corners of the house pushing Angela to leave the game, she was evicted in the first landslide unanimous vote of the series. She was the first member of the jury.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

The following week the stage was set for Kelly Morretz to be evicted. She had been rubbing everyone else in the house the wrong way, they felt as though she was rude and did not deserve to advance in the game. Against all odds Kelly won the Head of Household. She wanted to nominate her former allies Hunter Pryor and Lauren Mosely out of petty revenge, but before the nomination ceremony Lauren was able to convince her to not nominate her, and to put someone else on the block. Kelly ended up nominating Hunter, and Marcus Frasier as a pawn, knowing Marcus was well set up and would likely stay. Hunter and Kelly got into a heated argument regarding his nomination. This was a hard week for David Mitchell who was close friends with both Hunter and Marcus. Ultimately Hunter was evicted from the game in a 3-2 vote, when Lauren sided with the Pact and officially ended her affiliation with the Elite Four.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

The following week the house was in agreement that Kelly Morretz or Nathan Tinsley would be the next person to be evicted if Nathan was to lose the Head of Household, and that’s exactly what Lauren Mosely did when she won Head of Household. Nominating both players that were widely disliked in the house and keeping the blood off of her hands. Lauren made it clear that she didn’t care who was evicted but made it known that if the vote resulted in a tie that she would be evicting Kelly. It was also in this week that Natasha Taylor and Jason Bentley’s relationship would begin to flourish. Jason made it part of his strategy to flirt with the female houseguests in an attempt to gain favor with them, and used this strategy on Lauren this week. Nathan was ultimately evicted in a 3-1 vote against Kelly, and became the third member of the jury.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week seven Marcus Frasier won his first Head of Household competition. He wanted to fulfill the Pact agreement and target Kelly Morretz for eviction this week, nominating her against a pawn in Jason Bentley who was flying under the radar and not a part of his alliance. Kelly was almost able to convince Lauren Mosely to save her in the vote and evict Jason instead, telling her that Jason and Natasha Taylor were closer than she thought and they could be a threat in the end of the game. But Lauren stayed loyal to her alliance and voted Kelly out. She left in a 2-1 eviction vote and received 6th place. The houseguests were very happy that she was gone as she bullied them on a daily basis.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the final five, Natasha Taylor won her first and only Head of Household competition. Being pulled in all directions, with her Pact alliance on one side and her flirtationship with Jason Bentley on the other, she was conflicted on what to do and who to move forward with. She didn’t want to backstab her final four agreement with her alliance but she also felt terrible about the possibility of stabbing Jason Bentley in the back. But she ultimately made the better move for game, nominating her alliance members David Mitchell and Lauren Mosely for eviction. Keeping her closer ally Marcus Frasier safe and targeting David for eviction. David campaigned hard to Marcus and Jason but was unable to get through to them, as they both had stronger bonds and deals with Lauren, who was preparing to be in this position, and even pulled the three of them into a room while David was sleeping and campaigned to them. David was evicted in 5th place and became the fifth member of the jury.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week nine, Jason Bentley won a competition for the first time, becoming the Head of Household at the final four and securing his spot in the final three. He nominated Marcus Frasier and Lauren Mosely for eviction. Keeping Natasha Taylor off of the block because of their bond and the fact that she chose him over her alliance in the prior week. Tasha had a big decision on her hands in who she wanted to take with her to the final three, having a close bond and alliance with both Marcus and Lauren. She ultimately decided to keep Marcus and evict Lauren. She felt as though Marcus would take her to the final two, and she was unsure what Lauren would do as she was more unpredictable. Lauren was evicted and finished in fourth place.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the final week of the game, the Head of Household competition worked the same way as the prior season. The three remaining houseguests would compete in a final three part Head of Household competition. The winners of part one and part two would advance to the third part, and the winner of the third part would become the final Head of Household. Natasha Taylor won the first part in a battle of endurance and automatically advanced to part three. Jason Bentley and Marcus Frasier went head to head in the second part, where Marcus won and advanced to the third part with Natasha. Marcus narrowly beat Natasha in the third jury questions section, and became the final Head of Household, where he chose to remain loyal to his ally and evicted Jason Bentley, sending him home as the final member of the jury. Marcus and Natasha both gave strong speeches to the jury, Natasha highlighted her social and strategic game, while Marcus highlighted his struggles and story. After a close deliberation, the jury crowned Natasha the winner of Big Brother 2, in a 4-3 vote.

#### The Jury

 **Natasha**

 **Natasha**

 **Natasha**

 **Natasha**

 **Marcus**

 **Marcus**

 **Marcus**

## **Trivia**

* This is the first season to future to POC in the final two.
* This is the first season with a black winner.
* This is the first season with a POC winner.