DeSales Big Brother 2

**DeSales Big Brother 2** is the second season of DeSales Big Brother, and the third season of Johnston-hosted Big Brother games overall.

## Background

### Development

An initial poll gauging interest in the making of a second season was posted on September 24, 2020. Following a substantial response to the poll, production of DeSales Big Brother 2 was confirmed on October 10, 2020.

A few former HouseGuests were recruited by host Matt Johnston to assist with the development of the season: Eileen Deisemann was chosen to conduct exit interviews; Lucia Pastor and Evan Graham aided in the creation of competitions; and Molly Hofstaedter and Sammi Stec assisted in general promotion for the season.

### Casting

Casting opened on October 23, 2020. Official casting invitations were sent out on a rolling basis starting on November 14. The majority of the cast was confirmed by November 18. The final cast members were confirmed on November 21, just one day before the season premiere.

### Theme

The theme for this season is **The Holidays**. Examples of competitions designed to reflect this theme include Feast Invitations, Holiday Travels, Christmas Olympics, and others.

## Twists

* **Parting Gifts:** For the first three weeks of the game, each of the post-veto nominees must choose a HouseGuest to receive a Parting Gift in the event they are evicted. A few hours after each eviction, the person chosen by the evicted HouseGuest will secretly be given a Parting Gift, which contains a special power. The evicted HouseGuests do not know what power is contained in the Parting Gift they are leaving behind.
* **Double Eviction:** During Week 7, after the first eviction takes place, the HouseGuests will be forced to play a week's worth of game in one night, culminating in a second eviction for the week.

## Competition History

*Main article: List of competitions by season*

## Voting History

**Notes**

* Note 1: □  Jordan activated her Santa’s Safety power, giving her safety for the week. Megan attempted to nominate Jordan at the Week 3 Veto Meeting, but Jordan was safe. Megan nominated Anabelle instead.
* Note 2: □  Bobby activated his Frosty’s Frenzy power, allowing him to cancel two votes at the Week 4 Eviction. Bobby used his power to block Josh and PJ from voting.
* Note 3: As Head of Household, PJ was forced to break the tie on Day 36.
* Note 4: As Head of Household, Megan was forced to break the tie during the first eviction on Day 50.
* Note 5: This week was a double eviction week. Following the first eviction, the remaining HouseGuests played a week's worth of game—including HoH and Veto competitions and Nomination, Veto and Eviction ceremonies—during the remainder of the meeting, culminating in a second eviction for the week.
* Note 6: During the finale, the jury members voted for which finalist should win Big Brother.
* Note 7:  □  On Day 56, Bobby was expelled from jury due to multiple rule violations. As a result, several Big Brother alumni formed the Big Brother Committee to collectively cast a jury vote in Bobby’s place. This committee included Lucia and Evan from CSW Big Brother 2, and Eileen, Molly and Sammi from DeSales Big Brother 1.

## Trivia

* This is the only season to:
	+ ...have a jury vote that wasn't 4-3.
	+ ...have a HouseGuest expelled for rule violations.
	+ ...employ only one twist (besides a Double Eviction) the whole season.
* This is the final season to award a "Favorite HouseGuest" award at the finale.