Big Brother 16

**Big Brother 16** is the 16th season of the PMBB series.

Parker Hollins won the season after laying low and relying on his social game before showing up towards the rear-end of the game against fellow third-time player, Keke Pittman in a unanimous vote of 7-0, only the second time the vote ended in unanimously.

## Background

After the finale of Big Brother 15, the idea of a new season was thrown around. Originally in place of this season would've spawned the first spin-off season of PM. However, the idea was scrapped, and the original season stayed on track.

## Twists

* **Returning Players vs. New Players:** There will be eight new houseguests competing against eight houseguests from previous seasons.
* **Rivals:** Unbeknownst to all the Houseguests, every single player would be entering the game with a rival. The new players would enter the game with a rival from their personal life, meanwhile, the returnees would enter the game with a rival from any of their seasons.
	+ **Angelina vs Chase**: College Rivals.
	+ **Deshawn vs Mickey:** Former Step Siblings.
	+ **Kayleigh vs Michelle:** Former Best Friends.
	+ **Paula vs Richard:** Legal Lawsuit.
	+ **Aiken vs Trystan:** *Big Brother 5*.
	+ **Estela vs Keke. *Big Brother 10***.
	+ **Danielle vs Parker:** *Big Brother 11*.
	+ **Halle vs Zavier. *Big Brother 15***.
* **Reward vs Risk Competition:** The winner of the Head of Household competition must decide whether they want to risk their reign as HoH going smoothly for a game-changing twist that would benefit their game. If they accept the offer, they would compete a challenge where if they win they would receive a reward. If they lose, they risk a punishment that could disrupt their game or their reign as HoH.
	+ **Safety for Three Weeks:** Mickey accepted the challenge during the first week and successfully earned himself safety for three weeks after his reign as HoH.
	+ **Veto Redraw:** Paula accepted the challenge during the fourth week and successful won the power of veto redraws. After the players have been drawn for the Power of Veto competition, if Paula is not satisfied with the player selection, she would be able to force the HoH and the two nominees to redraw the players. The last time to use it is at the final seven. Paula was evicted before she could use it.
* **Triple Eviction:** Similar to the previous season, a triple eviction will take out three people in one night with two weeks of gameplay.

## HouseGuests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Parker***

 **Jury: *Parker***

 **Jury: *Parker***

 **Jury: *Parker***

 **Jury: *Parker***

 **Jury: *Parker***

 **Jury: *Parker***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted12 Votes**

Four new players immediately entered the Big Brother House and were informed that they would be joined by four of their rivals. Following the first four were four new rivals. The eight new houseguests were also informed that eight returning players would enter the house with a rival from their respective season, creating the cast of 16 players. For the Head of Household competition, everyone would compete with their rivals for the endurance competition. Deshawn Marais and Mickey Panya won the competition, forced to make a decision on which of the two wanted to become the first HoH, leaving the other with only immunity. Mickey stepped into power as Head of Household. The house was made aware that the HoH would have to make a decision on whether they wanted to risk their reign as HoH in order to achieve a reward. On Day 3, Mickey chose to accept the offer and play for a reward. He successfully passed the challenge and earned safety for three weeks following his HoH. Later, he nominated Angelina Tiwari and Kayleigh Jackson for eviction with Kayleigh as the target for being least connected with her, and Angelina as the pawn feeling she would stay because her social game is good. Chase Nazari won the Power of Veto on Day 5, and decided to not use the Power of Veto. On Day 8, the house stood by Mickey's decision to target Kayleigh, ultimately leading to her eviction in a 12-1 vote.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **POVEvicted12 Votes**

Following Kayleigh's eviction, the houseguest competed in their second Head of Household competition where Angelina Tiwari won. She declined the offer to play in the Reward vs Risk competition. She set her sights on Mickey Panya for being a physical threat in the game. She learned that Mickey earned safety for the week, forcing her to shift her target to her rival, Chase Nazari. He eventually nominated Chase and Danielle Vitello for eviction, making Danielle the pawn. At the Power of Veto competition, Danielle won the competition. Dreadful of making a replacement nominee, Angelina pitched to Danielle that she shouldn't use the veto since she's a pawn. After going back and forth, Danielle wanted to risk her game in order for a reward of allies with Angelina. She discarded the veto. However, Angelina promised Chase safety after a conversation with him. Angelina shifted her target to Danielle with the help of The Hexagon and the house following suite. Danielle was evicted unanimously in a 12-0 vote.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Pre-POV NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-POV NomineeEvicted11 Votes**

Following Danielle's eviction, Deshawn Marais rose to power for The Hexagon. The Hexagon was intended on taking out their rivals, and with Deshawn's rival being immune for three weeks, he decided to target Chase Nazari. He nominated Chase and Paula de Leon for eviction with Chase as the target and Paula as the pawn. Paula won the Power of Veto, and in hopes of repeating last week's shock, he asked Paula not to use the veto. At the ceremony, Paula stood her ground and saved herself. Deshawn nominated Zavier as the replacement nominee. The target was clear until a new alliance called Saturn's Rings was created by Halle Neville included four members from the Hexagon with additions of Aiken Wood, Chase and Halle. Deshawn's new loyalty to Saturn's Rings shifted his target onto Zavier, and the rest of the alliance and the house followed behind. Zavier was evicted unanimously in an 11-0 vote.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-POV Nominee**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Post-POV NomineeEvicted7 Votes**

Following Zavier's eviction, Paula de Leon won the Head of Household competition. The house scrambled as Paula was a wildcard in the game and ultimately being the most disliked houseguest in the game. Paula asked Trystan Valverde to be a pawn for her this week, which he agreed to. She then asked Chase Nazari to be the second pawn for her, and he also agreed due to the support from Saturn's Rings. At the nomination ceremony, Paula nominated Trystan and Chase. Estela Serrato won the Golden Power of Veto. Paula approached Estela to use the veto on either of the nominees, they both agreed on Trystan. Estela used the veto on Trystan, allowing Paula to follow through with her plan to backdoor Angelina Tiwari. The final nominees were both apart of Saturn's Rings, forcing them to turn on themselves. The Hexagon set their sights on Chase, while the non-nominees in Saturn's Rings wanted Angelina. Numbers not in their favor, Keke Pittman and Deshawn Marais went with the majority of the house in the vote, sending Angelina home in a 7-3 vote.

### Week 5

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

Following Angelina's eviction, the houseguests compete in the Head of Household competition where Michelle Alarie became the new Head of Household. The fallout from the eviction created a divide in the Hexagon, leading to Deshawn Marais and Keke Pittman being kicked from the alliance. At the nomination ceremony, Michelle wanted to target the most liked players in the game, leading to the nominations of Aiken Wood and Keke. Keke became the target for Michelle with Aiken as the back-up target as a pawn. Chase Nazari won the Golden Power of Veto and feeling no loyalty to Saturn's Rings, he chose to discard the veto. Saturn's Rings viewed his move as a way to prevent another alliance member from touching the block. A day before the eviction, Michelle created an alliance with Mickey Panya, Keke and Deshawn. The alliance shifted Michelle's target from Keke to Aiken. At the eviction, still upset over the previous week, Estela Serrato and Richard Gilbert cast their votes against Keke, while the rest of the house evicted Aiken in a 7-2 vote.

#### Round 2

 **HOH/POV**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

Minutes after Aiken's eviction, the houseguests were informed that tonight would be another eviction. Halle Neville won the Head of Household competition, and decided to nominate Estela Serrato and Paula de Leon for eviction for disrupting the house's harmony. Halle won the Power of Veto and decided to discard the veto. Michelle's alliance wanted to target Estela, while the rest of the house wanted to get rid of Paula. At the eviction, Keke Pittman managed to pull in Chase Nazari to their side, but Deshawn Marais went with the Saturn's Rings alliance, leaving Mickey Panya to flip to the majority. The vote ended in a 5-3 vote with Paula leaving the game.

#### Round 3

 **HOH**

 **Pre-POV NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-POV NomineeEvicted7 Votes**

Minutes after Paula's eviction, the houseguests were informed that tonight was actually a Triple Eviction. Mickey Panya won the Head of Household competition, and immediately nominated Halle Neville and Richard Gilbert for eviction as pawns. Richard won the Power of Veto and saved himself from the block. Mickey went through with his plan to get rid of social threat, Chase Nazari, by naming him as the replacement nominee. The house unanimously agreed of Chase's social ability, causing Chase to be evicted in a 7-0 vote.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-POV Nominee**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Post-POV NomineeEvicted5 Votes**

After the Triple Eviction, Michelle Alarie won the following Head of Household. Wanting to target the heart of the other side, Michelle nominated Parker Hollins as the target alongside pawn Halle Neville. At the veto competition, Deshawn Marais won the competition, forced to show his cards as to which side he was most loyal to. At the veto ceremony, he stood by Saturn's Rings by saving Parker from the block. Michelle went to the next biggest threat from their alliance and chose to renominate Estela Serrato. Feeling that Deshawn didn't believe Parker to be the biggest threat to go, his alliance forgave him and welcomed him back with opening arms. Keke Pittman brought Estela's ally, Richard Gilbert into her alliance, leaving Michelle, Mickey Panya and Trystan Valverde on the outside. At the eviction, the target was similar for many people besides Trystan, causing him to vote alone in the 5-1 vote to send Estela to the Jury House.

### Week 7

 **HOH/POV**

 **Pre-POV Nominee**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Post-POV NomineeEvicted4 Votes**

After Estela's eviction, Deshawn Marais won the following Head of Household competition. Deshawn instantly viewed Trystan Valverde as a threat to his game by being the only person to keep Estela the previous. Afraid of Trystan winning the Power of Veto, he nominated his former allies, Michelle Alarie and Mickey Panya as the pawns for the week. Deshawn was able to secure the Power of Veto despite attempting to backdoor Trystan. He used his veto to save Michelle and renominate Trystan alongside rival Mickey Panya. Not caring which of the two nominees go home, he let his alliances decide on how to vote. Even though went against most of their game plans, Halle Neville and Parker Hollins went with the wishes of Deshawn, evicting his primary target, Trystan, in a 4-1 vote.

### Week 8

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

After Trystan's eviction, Keke Pittman won the Head of Household competition, forcing her to choose a side after playing both sides of the game. Keke went with the numbers and went after the alliance of two, nominating Michelle Alarie and Mickey Panya for eviction. With the intentions of targeting Michelle for eviction. Deshawn Marais won the Power of Veto for the third time in a row. He decided to seal the fate of his previous alliance members as well by choosing not to use the veto. However, Richard Gilbert pulled in the right people with Michelle being included that allowed the house's intentions to shift to Mickey. At the eviction, the house went in favor of the new safety deal proposed, choosing to evict Mickey in a 4-0 vote.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

The houseguests were made aware that it would be a Double Eviction. Parker Hollins won his first Head of Household competition, focusing on protecting the remaining Saturn's Rings, he nominated Michelle Alarie as the target and Richard Gilbert as collateral. Deshawn Marais won his fourth veto win in a row, and following the same plans as Parker, chose to not use the veto. At eviction, the safety pact made was broken with Deshawn Marais and Halle Neville voting in favor with the HoH, and Keke Pittman voting her best interest. Michelle was evicted in a 2-1 vote.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Pre-POV NomineePOV**

 **Post-POV Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

Following the Double Eviction, Keke Pittman won the Head of Household competition, allowing her to make the first move against her alliance. She nominated Parker Hollins alongside her target Richard Gilbert, fearing Parker would use the veto to save Richard. Parker won the Power of Veto, and saved himself with the veto. Keke keeping her closest ally, Halle Neville safe from the block, she chose to renominate Deshawn Marais for eviction. Despite the big target on his back, the inner circle decided to cut the last member from the outer circle from the Saturn's Rings, evicting Richard in a 2-0 vote.

### Week 10

#### Round 1

 **HOH/POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

Following Richard's eviction, Deshawn, Halle and Parker competed in the Final Four HoH. Halle won the Head of Household competition. She nominated Deshawn and Keke for eviction in attempts to keep her close ally off of the block. Halle was able to win the Power of Veto and keep the nominations the same. Fearing of his competition wins, Halle wanted Parker to evict Deshawn. Parker having a close and tight relationship with Deshawn struggled to evict him, but made the cutthroat move to evict him instead of Keke.

#### Round 2

 **HOH Pt. 2 WinnerHOH Pt. 3 WinnerFinal HOH**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerNominee1 Vote**

The final Head of Household competition was played out in three different parts. The first part of the HoH, which Halle won. The following day, Parker defeated Keke in the second part, meaning Keke had become nominated. At the third part of the HoH competition, Parker beat Halle in final part, thus winning the final HoH. Parker then chose to evict Halle, making Halle the seventh and final member of the Jury. Parker making a final cutthroat move against a close ally, in hopes of sitting next to someone he could beat.

### Finale

 **Winner7 Votes**

 **Runner-Up0 Votes**

Despite Keke's strategic gameplay, Keke made tons of enemies throughout the season by playing the middle and breaking alliances with them. The jury favored Parker's social game the most with his end-game performance. The jury awarded Parker the win over Keke in a 7-0 vote, also making him the second houseguest to play a perfect game.

#### Jury

 **Parker**

 **Parker**

 **Parker**

 **Parker**

 **Parker**

 **Parker**

 **Parker**

## Trivia

* This is the first season to have returnees and newbies.
	+ This is the third season returnees have returned to the game.
* This is first season since Big Brother 5 to have a unanimous jury vote.
* *Big Brother 16* is the first season to have all final three contestants return to play the same season.