MNRS 2: Big Brother - Summer of Secrets

## Series Chronology

***Big Brother: Summer of Secrets*** is the second season of M&N's Reality Series, which premiered on August 9, 2019, and ended with David R. being crowned the Winner over Tyler V. in a 4-2 Jury vote on November 11, 2019.

It is a format adaptation of CBS's *Big Brother USA*, where a group of people are placed together into a house, forced to nominate each other to face Eviction, whilst dodging twists and turns along the way.

## Production

The M&N Reality Series was announced to return on August 5, 2019, whilst *Big Brother - Summer of Secrets* was then revealed as the name and format of the second season the same day. Applications also opened on August 5, 2019, closing only three days later on August 8, 2019. Anyone was eligible to apply without restriction. 26 people applied, 9 were cut from the casting, 1 was selected to be a potential intruder, and 16 went on to become the houseguests competing in the game. The full cast was announced during the season premiere on August 9, 2019.

Nathan H. was originally selected as a houseguest but declined his spot on the season. He was replaced by David R..

**Players who were cut from the season, and went on to appear in a future season:**

* Lee C., Raul S., Ray G., and Sydney D..

The series is produced and hosted by 'Mike'#3460, with production assistance from OldNewz#8387.

## Format

Each "week" (a cycle of 2-4 days) the houseguests compete for the title of Head of Household. The Head of Household must take on the responsibility of nominating two houseguests for eviction. The winner of the Power of Veto then has the ability to save one of the two nominees, forcing the Head of Household to name a replacement nominee, or they may choose not to use it. The final two nominees on the block at the end of each week must then face the votes of all their fellow housemates, excluding the Head of Household. The person with the most votes is evicted, with the Head of Household making the final decision in the event of a tie. Once only the final two houseguests remain, a jury of previously evicted houseguests cast their votes to decide the winner of *Big Brother - Summer of Secrets*.

## Twists

### Format: Theme Specific

* **Shack of Secrets:** A new room added to the Big Brother - Summer of Secrets House that allowed the surviving nominee of each week's Eviction to receive a prize, and to give a punishment to the outgoing Head of Household who nominated them. The Shack of Secrets opened in Week 1 on Day 1 and closed in Week 8 on Day 18.
	+ **Prizes**
		- **Bahamas Vacation:** This all-expense paid trip to the Bahamas allows a houseguest to exit the House for the week. This means that they cannot be nominated or evicted, however they also cannot win any competitions or cast an Eviction vote. The houseguest would return to the House after the next Head of Household competition, making them ineligible to win it. This prize was earned by David after surviving the Week 7 Eviction and was never used.
		- **Blackout:** Allows a houseguest to unleash Secret Week on the House. Secret Week functions like a normal week, except the winners of the Head of Household and Power of Veto competitions, as well as the Eviction vote total, are not publicly revealed. This prize was earned by Matt after surviving the Week 2 Eviction and was never used.
		- **Extra Life:** Allows a houseguest to unleash a Comeback competition into the game, which gives the most recently evicted houseguest the opportunity to return to the House. This prize was earned by Brian after surviving the Week 1 Eviction and was used in Week 5 on Day 15. Joey did not win the Comeback competition and failed to reenter the House. This meant that a punishment was enacted on the House, where Callia entered the House at the start of Week 6 on Day 15.
		- **Power Surge:** This power causes the Head of Household to have to nominate a third houseguest to face Eviction. This prize was earned by Kyle after surviving the Week 3 Eviction and was used in Week 7 on Day 17, forcing Sagar to nominate Silver as a third nominee.
		- **Punishment Pass:** The Punishment Pass grants a houseguest protection from any Shack of Secrets or Competition punishments throughout the entire season. This prize was earned by Tyler after surviving the Week 4 Eviction.
		- **Upgrade:** This power causes the Power of Veto to be upgraded from the Golden Power of Veto to the Diamond Power of Veto. The Diamond Power of Veto gives the Veto holder the power to name the replacement nominee if they choose to use the Veto. This prize was earned by Jimmy after surviving the Week 6 Eviction and was used in Week 7 on Day 17 to upgrade Silver's Veto, which he used on himself and then named Ashanti as the replacement nominee.
		- **Rigged Draw:** Gives a houseguest the power to select one houseguest to automatically play in the Power of Veto competition, and select one houseguest who will be forced to sit out of the Power of Veto competition. This prize was earned by Tyler after surviving the Week 7 Eviction and was never used.
		- **Safety Net:** This power grants a houseguest safety at the Veto Ceremony, making them ineligible to be named as the replacement nominee in the event that the Power of Veto is used. This prize was earned by Sagar after surviving the Week 5 Eviction and was never used.
	+ **Punishments**
		- **Alarm Clock:** The punished houseguest will have to shut an alarm clock off every hour, for 24-hours. Every time the houseguest fails to shut off the alarm clock they must forfeit either their next Eviction vote, playing in the next Head of Household competition, or playing in the next Power of Veto competition. No houseguest received this punishment.
		- **Curfew:** The punished houseguest will be put under a house curfew, meaning that they are not allowed to be online from the hours of 9 PM EST to 9 AM EST. Failure to comply with these rules will result in a penalty vote being issued to the houseguest, followed by a penalty nomination if rule-breaking continues. This punishment was given to Silver after being the Week 6 Head of Household. The punishment began in Week 8 on Day 20 and ended in Week 9 on Day 24.
		- **Plastic Cast:** The punished houseguest will have a plastic cast attached to their leg for two Weeks, putting them at a slight disadvantage in any Head of Household or Power of Veto competitions they compete in. This punishment was given to David after being the Week 1 Head of Household. The punishment began in Week 2 on Day 4 and ended in Week 3 on Day 10.
		- **Public Humiliation:** The punished houseguest will have to change their avatar to the standard new-user avatar, and will have to keep their avatar like that for the remainder of their time in the game. The punished houseguest will also be unable to cast an Eviction vote this week. No houseguest received this punishment.
		- **Role Reversal:** The punished houseguest will be secretly nominated as the week’s 3rd nominee. They will automatically get to play in the Power of Veto competition, but they will not be made aware of the fact that they have been nominated until the conclusion of the Power of Veto competition. This punishment was given to James after being the Week 2 Head of Household. The punishment began in Week 3 on Day 8 and ended on Day 9.
		- **Speaking Privileges:** The punished houseguest will have to format all of their messages in a specific way every time they wish to speak during the week. Failure to comply with these rules will result in a penalty vote being issued to the houseguest, followed by a penalty nomination if rule-breaking continues. This punishment was given to Joey after being the Week 4 Head of Household. The punishment began in Week 5 on Day 13 and ended on Day 15.
		- **Total Isolation:** The punished houseguest will be immediately removed from all game chats and is no longer allowed to communicate with any other of the houseguests for the remainder of the week. Failure to comply with these rules will result in a penalty vote being issued to the houseguest, followed by a penalty nomination if rule-breaking continues. This punishment was given to Tyler after being the Week 5 Head of Household. The punishment was nullified by Tyler's Punishment Pass.
		- **Twinning:** The punished houseguest will be paired up with another houseguest, and will be secretly playing the week as one houseguest. If either houseguest wins the Head of Household or the Power of Veto competition, they will both be safe for the week. If one houseguest is nominated, then the other houseguest will be automatically nominated as well. If they vote to evict different houseguests, then both of their votes will be voided, but if they vote to evict the same houseguest, then their vote will count as one vote. This punishment was given to Ashanti after being the Week 3 Head of Household. Her partner was Jimmy, and the punishment began in Week 4 on Day 10 and ended on Day 13.

* **Secrets Pairs:** On Day 1, the houseguests were informed that there was a secret pair in the House, and that the secret pair would receive an advantage if they were both able to survive to certain weeks in the game. Unbeknownst to the houseguests, all of them were placed into secret pairs with another houseguest while playing under the assumption that they were the only secret pair in the House. After much speculation and confusion leading up to the Week 4 Eviction, it was formally announced to the houseguests after the Eviction on Day 13 that there were actually 8 secret pairs in the game, and that the last surviving pair would be eligible to claim the advantage. Silver and Tyler were officially the last secret pair remaining in the game after Jimmy walked from the game in Week 9 on Day 22. Tyler claimed the advantage and received Safety during Week 10 after Silver was evicted from the House in Week 9 on Day 24.
	+ **Final 9:** If one member of the secret pair is evicted when there are 9 houseguests remaining, the other partner will receive Safety at the Final 8.
	+ **Final 8:** If one member of the secret pair is evicted when there are 8 houseguests remaining, the other partner will receive Safety at the Final 7.
	+ **Final 7:** If one member of the secret pair is evicted when there are 7 houseguests remaining, the other partner will receive Safety at the Final 6.
	+ **Final 6:** If one member of the secret pair is evicted when there are 6 houseguests remaining, the other partner will receive Safety at the Final 5.
	+ **Final 3:** If both members of the secret pair make it to the Final 3, then the other remaining houseguest will be immediately evicted and the secret pair will advance to the Final 2.

### Format: General

* **Double Eviction:** It was announced in Week 6 that there would be a Double Eviction on Day 17, where a week's worth of competitions and ceremonies would happen in one night, ending in two evictions for the week.
* **Comeback Competition:** It was announced after the Week 5 Eviction that a Comeback competition would take place. Joey failed the "Devil's Puzzle" Comeback competition and did not reenter the House on Day 15 in Week 5.
* **The 17th Houseguest:** It was announced at the start of Week 6 that a new houseguest would be entering the House. Callia entered the House on Day 15 in Week 6 as the 17th houseguest.

## Voting History

* **^Note 1** : James was a secret third nominee for the week as a part of the "Role Reversal" punishment he received after being Head of Household in Week 2.
* **^Note 2** : Ashanti and Jimmy were secretly paired up for the week as a part of Ashanti's "Twinning" punishment she received after being Head of Household in Week 3. Since Ashanti and Jimmy failed to vote for the same houseguest, both of their Eviction votes were voided.
* **^Note 3** : Callia entered the House as the 17th Houseguest due to Joey failing the Comeback competition. Callia was given Safety for the week, but could not play in the Head of Household or Power of Veto competitions or cast an Eviction vote.
* **^Note 4** : Due to the 4-4 Eviction vote tie between James and Jimmy, Head of Household Silver cast the deciding vote to evict James.
* **^Note 5** : Sagar initially nominated David and  Tyler for eviction, however, Kyle secretly used the "Power Surge" prize that he earned for surviving the Week 3 Eviction, forcing Sagar to nominate a third houseguest. Sagar nominated Silver for eviction.
* **^Note 6** : Jimmy secretly used the "Upgrade" prize that he earned for surviving the Week 6 Eviction, upgrading the Golden Power of Veto to the Diamond Power of Veto. Silver used the Veto on himself, removing him from the block, and named Ashanti as the replacement nominee.
* **^Note 7** : Silver won Safety for the week as a prize featured in the "Fishbowl Lanes" Head of Household competition.
* **^Note 8** : After his secret partner Silver was evicted in Week 9, Tyler gained Safety for the week as he was the last member of the last fully remaining secret pair.
* **^Note 9** : Due to the 1-1 Eviction vote tie between Brian and Zee, Head of Household Kyle cast the deciding vote to evict Brian.

## Game Summary

### Week 1

 HOH

 POVVetoed Nominee

 Post-Veto Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 1, David won Head of Household in the "Jungle Fever" Head of Household competition. On Day 2, he nominated Colin and Nick for eviction. Ashanti, Silver and Tyler were picked to play alongside David, Colin and Nick in the "Coconut Chaos" Power of Veto competition, in which Nick won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony on Day 3, Nick used the Veto on himself, removing him from the block. David named Brian as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the Eviction with Colin. At the Eviction on Day 4, Colin was evicted by a vote of 11-2.

### Week 2

 HOH

 POV

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 4, James won Head of Household in the "Rock Paper Scissors" Head of Household competition. On Day 5, he nominated Matt and Nick for eviction. Ashanti, Brian and Tyler were picked to play alongside James, Matt and Nick in the "Sequence" Power of Veto competition, in which Tyler won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony on Day 6, Tyler did not use the Veto. At the Eviction on Day 7, Nick was evicted by a vote of 9-3.

### Week 3

 HOH

 POVVetoed Nominee

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 7, Ashanti won Head of Household in the "Risky Raceway" Head of Household competition. On Day 8, She nominated Bryan and Kyle for eviction. James was a secret third nominee for the week as a part of the "Role Reversal" punishment he received after being Head of Household in Week 2, and automatically got to play in the Power of Veto competition. On Day 9, Brandan and Sagar were picked to play alongside Ashanti, Bryan, James and Kyle in the "100-Meter Dash" Power of Veto competition, in which James won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, James used the Veto on himself, removing him from the block. No replacement nominee was named, leaving Bryan and Kyle to face Eviction. At the Eviction on Day 10, Bryan was evicted by a vote of 8-3.

### Week 4

 HOH

 POV

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 10, Joey won Head of Household in the "Wheel of Fate" Head of Household competition. On Day 11, he nominated Brandan and Tyler for eviction. Ashanti, James and Jimmy were picked to play alongside Joey, Brandan and Tyler in the "Plinko Panic" Power of Veto competition, in which James won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony on Day 12, James did not use the Veto. At the Eviction on Day 13, Brandan was evicted by a vote of 6-2. Ashanti and Jimmy were secretly paired up for the week as a part of Ashanti's "Twinning" punishment she received after being Head of Household in Week 3. Since Ashanti and Jimmy failed to vote for the same houseguest, both of their Eviction votes were voided.

### Week 5

 HOH

 POV

 Vetoed Nominee

 Post-Veto Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 13, Tyler won Head of Household in the "Trivia Trouble" Head of Household competition. On Day 14, he nominated Jimmy and Joey for eviction. Ashanti, James and Sagar were picked to play alongside Tyler, Jimmy and Joey in the "Stay or Fold" Power of Veto competition, in which Ashanti won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Ashanti used the Veto on Jimmy, removing him from the block. Tyler named Sagar as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the Eviction with Joey. At the Eviction on Day 15, Joey was evicted by a vote of 7-2. Brian secretly used the "Extra Life" prize that he earned for surviving the Week 1 Eviction, unleashing a Comeback competition on the House. Joey failed the "Devil's Puzzle" Comeback competition and did not reenter the House.

### Week 6

 Entered House

 HOH

 POV

 Vetoed Nominee

 Nominee

 Post-Veto NomineeEvicted

At the start of Week 6, Callia entered the House as the 17th Houseguest due to Joey failing the Comeback competition. Callia was given Safety for the week, but could not play in the Head of Household or Power of Veto competitions or cast an Eviction vote. On Day 15, Silver won Head of Household in the "Viral Video" Head of Household competition. On Day 16, he nominated Ashanti and Jimmy for eviction. James, Sagar and Zee were picked to play alongside Silver, Ashanti and Sagar in the "Trivia Traffic" Power of Veto competition, in which Sagar won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Sagar used the Veto on Ashanti, removing her from the block. Silver named James as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the Eviction with Jimmy. At the Eviction on Day 17, James was evicted by a vote of 5-4 after the Head of Household Silver cast the tiebreaker vote to evict him.

### Week 7 [Double Eviction]

 HOH

 Diamond POVVetoed Nominee

 Nominee

 Nominee

 Post-Veto NomineeEvicted

 Walked

It was announced during Week 6 that after the Eviction a Double Eviction would take place. On Day 17, Sagar won Head of Household in the "Flashback Face-Off" Head of Household competition. He nominated David and Tyler for eviction. Kyle secretly used the "Power Surge" prize that he earned for surviving the Week 3 Eviction, forcing Sagar to nominate another houseguest. Sagar nominated Silver for eviction. Brian and Kyle were picked to play alongside Sagar, David, Silver and Tyler in the "Face-Off Flashback" Power of Veto competition, in which Silver won the Power of Veto. Jimmy secretly used the "Upgrade" prize that he earned for surviving the Week 6 Eviction, upgrading the Golden Power of Veto to the Diamond Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Silver used the Veto on himself, removing him from the block. Silver named Ashanti as the replacement nominee, forcing her to face the Eviction with David and Tyler. At the Eviction, Ashanti was backdoored by a vote of 6-1-0. Immediately following the Eviction, Sagar chose to walk from the game due to increasing frustrations about the pace of the game, the stress of the Double Eviction, his two allies being evicted back-to-back, a disagreement about the spelling of the word 'Coca-Cola', and no longer having any fun with the game.

### Week 8

 HOH

 Safety

 POV

 Vetoed Nominee

 Post-Veto Nominee

 Walked

 Evicted

On Day 18, Kyle won Head of Household and Silver N. won Safety for the week in the "Fishbowl Lanes" Head of Household competition. On Day 19, Kyle nominated Callia and Matt for eviction. On Day 20, David, Jimmy and Zee were picked to play alongside Kyle, Callia and Matt in the "Concentration 64" Power of Veto competition, in which Kyle won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Kyle used the Veto on Matt, removing him from the block. Kyle named Zee as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the Eviction with Callia. On Day 21, Matt chose to walk from the game before the Eviction due to his desire to leave the website. At the Eviction, Callia was evicted by a vote of 4-1.

### Week 9

 HOH

 POVVetoed Nominee

 Nominee

 Walked

 Post-Veto NomineeEvicted

On Day 22, Zee won Head of Household in the "King’s Court" Head of Household competition. Immediately following the Head of Household competition, Jimmy chose to walk from the game due to his annoyance with the game being delayed by multiple days, his displeasure with the Head of Household winner, and his belief that he would be evicted that week. On Day 23, Zee nominated Kyle and Tyler for eviction. Brian, David and Silver played alongside Zee, Kyle and Tyler in the "OTEV the Dreadful Dragon" Power of Veto competition, in which Tyler won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Tyler used the Veto on himself, removing him from the block. Zee named Silver as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the Eviction with Kyle. At the Eviction on Day 24, Silver was evicted by a vote of 2-1.

### Week 10

 Safety

 HOH

 POVVetoed Nominee

 Nominee

 Post-Veto NomineeEvicted

After his secret partner Silver was evicted in Week 9, Tyler gained Safety for the week as he was the last member of the last fully remaining secret pair. On Day 24, Kyle won Head of Household in the "Gif-O-Matic" Head of Household competition. On Day 25, he nominated David and Zee for eviction. Brian and Tyler played alongside Kyle, David and Zee in the "Hide and Go Veto" Power of Veto competition, in which David won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, David used the Veto on himself, removing him from the block. With no other options Kyle named Brian as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the Eviction with Zee. At the Eviction on Day 26, Brian was evicted by a vote of 2-1 after the Head of Household Kyle cast the tiebreaker vote to evict him.

### Week 11

 HOH

 POV

 Vetoed Nominee

 Nominee

 Post-Veto NomineeEvicted

On Day 27, Zee won Head of Household in the "Days Gone By" Head of Household competition. On Day 28, he nominated David and Tyler for eviction. Kyle played alongside Zee, David and Tyler in the "Web of Lies" final Power of Veto competition, in which Zee won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Ceremony, Zee used the Veto on Tyler, removing him from the block. With no other options, Zee named Kyle as the replacement nominee, forcing him to face the Eviction with David. At the Eviction on Day 29, Kyle was evicted by a vote of 1-0 after Tyler cast the sole vote to evict him.

### Week 12

 HOH

 Nominee

 Evicted

On Day 30, David won "Flipper", the first part of the final Head of Household competition. On Day 31, Tyler won "Best of Three", the second part of the final Head of Household competition. On Day 32, David and Tyler played in "Black and White", the third part of the final Head of Household competition, in which David was crowned the final Head of Household. At the eviction on Day 32, Zee was evicted by a vote of 1-0 after David cast the sole vote to evict him.

### Finale

 Winner

 Runner-Up

On Day 33, David and Tyler faced the jury to decide the winner. Tyler got 2 votes from Brian and Zee, placing him as the Runner-Up, whilst David received 4 votes from Ashanti, Callia, Kyle and Silver, declaring him the Winner of *Big Brother - Summer of Secrets*.

### Jury

 David

 David

 David

 David

 Tyler

 Tyler