Big Brother 3

***Big Brother 3*** was the third season of the American reality television series *Big Brother*. It began on July 10, 2002 and aired on CBS for 82 days, concluding on September 25. Lisa Donahue was crowned the winner with nine votes from the evicted houseguests, claiming the $500,000 prize. Lori Olson was the runner-up, and Tonya Paoni was named as America's Favorite Juror.

Season 3 of *Big Brother* was similar to *Big Brother 2*. Each week, the Head of Household would nominate two players for eviction. On a live Eviction episode, the other houseguests would vote to evict one member. However, the *Silver Power of Veto* was introduced in Season 3. All houseguests competed to win the power. The Veto could be used to save one of the nominees from eviction, forcing the Head of Household to nominate another houseguest. The Head of Household could not nominate the Veto winner. If a nominee won the Silver Power of Veto, they could not save themselves, but could choose to save the other nominee from eviction. The *Golden Power of Veto* was introduced in Week 9. The Golden Veto was similar to the Silver Veto, except that if a nominee won the Veto, they could use it on themselves. TBA was evicted in Week ?, but in Week 6 the house voted them back into the game and they made it until Week ?.

## Twists/Changes

* **Power of Veto:** For the first time internationally, each week one HouseGuest will be given the power to save a nominee from eviction with the Sliver Power of Veto, in that case the Head of Household would name a replacement nominee. The Silver Power of Veto did not allow a nominee to save themselves, but a Golden Power of Veto was introduced at the final 5 as the final veto in the season, which, unlike the former; allowed a nominee to save themselves from the block.
* **Previously Evicted Houseguest:** After the fifth eviction, the first four evicted houseguests fought for a chance to return to the game through competitions and then by a house vote.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Lori***

 **Jury: *Lori***

 **Jury: *Lisa***

 **Jury: *Lisa***

 **Jury: *Lori***

 **Jury: *Lisa***

 **Jury: *Lisa***

 **Jury: *Lisa***

 **Jury: *Lisa***

 **Jury: *Lisa***

## Voting history

### Notes

* **Note 1**: Week 1 introduced the Silver Power of Veto. The holder of the Power of Veto has the ability to veto a nomination and force the Head of Household to make another nomination. the nominee. A Nominated HouseGuest could not veto their nomination but could veto the nomination of the other nominee.
* **Note 2**: As the house’s vote was tied, the Head of Household cast a tie-breaker vote.
* **Note 3**:      During week 5, the first four evicted HouseGuests (who were sequestered from the outside world following their respective evictions) competed in a task to see who wanted to return to the house the most. The two winners of the task would face a house vote to return after the following eviction. Amy and Eric won the task, with Amy being voted to return the house.
* **Note 4**: The Finale Power of Veto competition was for the Golden Power of Veto. The Golden Veto allowed a nominee to veto their own nomination. Marcellas won the Golden Veto but chose not to use it.
* **Note 5**: During the finale, the previously evicted HouseGuests voted for which finalist should win *Big Brother*.