Parting Gifts

**Parting Gifts** are the main twist of DeSales Big Brother 2.

## Details

This twist was announced immediately following the first eviction of the season. For the first three weeks of the game, each HouseGuest who is evicted must choose one HouseGuest to leave with a Parting Gift. Each Parting Gift contains a potentially game-changing power. Moments before each eviction ceremony, both nominees must privately choose who will receive their Parting Gift if they are evicted. They do not know what power is contained in the Parting Gift. The receiving of Parting Gifts happens in secret, so they may need to name a second choice, if applicable.

A few hours after the eviction, the HouseGuest who was chosen by the evicted HouseGuest will be called to the Diary Room, where they will learn in secret that they have received a Parting Gift. They will then be informed of what the power does. They can choose to tell people about their power, or continue to keep it a secret. (However, using the power will reveal to the house who had it.)

No HouseGuest can win a Parting Gift more than once. Each Parting Gift power can only be used for a limited time; if not used before a certain date, the power will expire.

## List of Parting Gifts

 **Santa's Safety**

**Description**: "With this power, you can grant yourself safety for an entire week if you are worried you could be nominated. Activate Santa’s Safety prior to the nominations ceremony, and if the Head of Household attempts to nominate you at the nominations ceremony OR veto meeting, he or she will be forbidden from doing so. You may use this power this week or next; after the third eviction, this power will expire. Good luck!"

**Outcome**: The first evicted HouseGuest, Nicole Lawrie, gave this Parting Gift to Jordan Frantz. Jordan did not use the power Week 2 because she felt safe with Sam Eroh as Head of Household. Many HouseGuests suggested Jordan to Sam as a backdoor target; however, Sam chose to keep her safe. During Week 3, however, Megan Dean won HOH, and Jordan immediately felt unsafe and activated her power. Jordan's uneasiness turned out to be correct, as Jordan was in fact Megan's number-one target. Despite the whole house (including Megan) knowing about Jordan's power, Megan attempted to nominate Jordan at the veto meeting; the power activated and Jordan was safe. Megan decided to instead target Anabelle Silkworth, fearing that she may be working with Jordan. The Santa's Safety power bought Jordan another week in the game; however, she would then be backdoored and evicted the very next week.

 **Rudolph's Red Card**
**Description**: "With this power, you may prevent a HouseGuest of your choice from playing in a competition that they would otherwise be eligible to compete in. The Red Card can be used immediately before an HOH competition to block anyone from playing, OR after veto players are drawn, to block one of the players selected by random draw. You have the Red Card for the next five weeks, but you may only activate it once, so use it wisely!"

**Outcome**: The second evicted HouseGuest, William Borusiewicz, gave this Parting Gift to PJ Moran. PJ would keep this power a secret for several weeks, only telling Megan Dean and Sam Eroh along the way. He finally activated the power during Week 7 to block Kylie Menow from playing in the HOH competition, Grow a Tree. This power would work to his advantage, as PJ's closest ally Megan would win Head of Household.

 **Frosty's Frenzy**
**Description**: "With this power, you can block two HouseGuests of your choice from casting a vote at the upcoming eviction, granting you a larger influence on the results of this week’s vote. On eviction night, Matt will call on you to choose the two HouseGuests you want to prevent from voting, thus eliminating their eviction votes. You are not required to use this power, but it can only be used at this next eviction, so plan this week carefully!"

**Outcome**: The third evicted HouseGuest, Anabelle Silkworth, gave this Parting Gift to Bobby Rice. HOH Sam nominated Bobby as a pawn this week along with Kylie, as a setup to backdoor Jordan. Though the plan was for Bobby to come off the block, Lexie Montero chose to use the Power of Veto on Kylie instead, so it came in handy that Bobby had this power. Though he was told he was safe, Bobby chose to use the power to block Josh Schwirtz and PJ Moran from voting. Though Bobby survived the eviction, this decision ultimately backfired, as Josh and PJ would then outlast Bobby in the endurance HOH competition, and PJ would win HOH and target Bobby for eviction.

## Trivia

* Every single Parting Gift ultimately was used before expiring.