Big Brother 17

***Big Brother 17*** was the seventeenth season of *Big Brother SIMulator*. It began on December 14, 2020 and ended on December 20, 2020. In-game it lasted 30 days, ending when **Dhiya Khan**won over **Lee Zimmerman** in an 8-1 vote.

## Twists

* **Major Conflict:** This season was entirely comprised of college students. The houseguests were divided into four separate groups based on their respective college majors, the groups being Humanities, STEM, Arts and Trades. The Major Conflict twist would continue until Week 9, when the groups would then be disbanded and the house would return to a standard *Big Brother* format.
	+ **Major Player Competition:** Every week these four groups would participate in a competition and the winning group would become immune for the week. The members of that group would then go on to compete in a Head of Household competition.
	+ **Nominations:** The HOH must nominate one member from each group for nomination, resulting in three nominations from each separate group. A POV competition would be held, and if the POV was used on one of the nominees the HOH would name a replacement nominee from the same group as the vetoed nominee. If no members of a group are left to be nominated, the HOH has freedom to choose a nominee from any group other than their own, as their own group is already immune due to the Major Player Competition. On eviction day, there would therefore be a total of three nominees, one from each group that lost the Major Player Competition unless there are too few members in one group, with the final nominee with the most votes to evict being evicted, per usual.
* **Instant Eviction:** In Week 5 an Instant Eviction was held, where a Major Player and HOH competition were held, the winning HOH of which would go on to nominate one member of each other group per usual. No veto competition was held, and the final nominee who received the most votes to evict would be evicted.
* **BB Bloodbath:** Bringing back the game-altering twist that originated in *Big Brother 5*, the BB Bloodbath made a return this season in Weeks 7 and 8. However, it was not conducted the same as the Bloodbath in previous seasons. In these weeks, a Major Conflict competition was held, and the winning group would, like any week, go on to play a Head of Household competition, unlike previous seasons where the HOH was determined via a house vote. Like other weeks, the HOH would name one nominee from each other group as long as it was possible, and then a veto competition would be held. However, after the veto ceremony, all remaining houseguests nominated would immediately be evicted, resulting in two back-to-back weeks of triple evictions without voting.
* **Instant Double Eviction:** In Week 11 an Instant Double Eviction was held. The winning HOH would name three nominees for eviction, and the eligible voting houseguests would vote for which of the three nominees they would like to save. The two houseguests with the fewest votes to save would be evicted from the house.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Lee***

 **Jury: *Dhiya***

 **Jury: *Dhiya***

 **Jury: *Dhiya***

 **Jury: *Dhiya***

 **Jury: *Dhiya***

 **Jury: *Dhiya***

 **Jury: *Dhiya***

 **Jury: *Dhiya***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Voting History

### Notes

* *1* The houseguests were divided into four separate groups based on their respective college majors, the groups being Humanities, STEM, Arts and Trades. Every week these four groups would participate in a competition and the winning group would become immune for the week. The members of that group would then go on to compete in a Head of Household competition. The HOH must nominate one member from each group for nomination, resulting in three nominations from each separate group. A POV competition would be held, and if the POV was used on one of the nominees the HOH would name a replacement nominee from the same group as the vetoed nominee. If no members of a group are left to be nominated, the HOH has freedom to choose a nominee from any group other than their own, as their own group is already immune due to the Major Player Competition. On eviction day, there would therefore be a total of three nominees, one from each group that lost the Major Player Competition unless there are too few members in one group, with the final nominee with the most votes to evict being evicted, per usual.
* *2* In Week 5 an Instant Eviction was held, where a Major Player and HOH competition were held, the winning HOH of which would go on to nominate one member of each other group per usual. No veto competition was held, and the final nominee who received the most votes to evict would be evicted.
* *3* The BB Bloodbath made a return this season in Weeks 7 and 8. However, it was not conducted the same as the Bloodbath in previous seasons. In these weeks, a Major Conflict competition was held, and the winning group would, like any week, go on to play a Head of Household competition, unlike previous seasons where the HOH was determined via a house vote. Like other weeks, the HOH would name one nominee from each other group as long as it was possible, and then a veto competition would be held. However, after the veto ceremony, all remaining houseguests nominated would immediately be evicted, resulting in two back-to-back weeks of triple evictions without voting.
* *4* In Week 9, the Major Conflict twist ended.
* *5* In Week 11 an Instant Double Eviction was held. The winning HOH would name three nominees for eviction, and the eligible voting houseguests would vote for which of the three nominees they would like to save. The two houseguests with the fewest votes to save would be evicted from the house.
* *6* During the finale, the Jury voted for which finalist should win *Big Brother 17*.

## Trivia

* The post-season gameplay rankings went as follows, from best to worst: Dhiya, Jalen, Jasmine, Ritu, Pharoah, Constantine, Molly, Spencer, Lee, Devesh, Jayden, Hartleigh, Maya, Thomas, Sonya, Darren, Riley, Soren, Na'ilah, and Natali.

### Post-Season

There are **2** houseguests that debuted this season and returned for a later season of *Big Brother*, giving the cast a **10%** returnee rate.

* Jalen Baldwin and Hartleigh Norton returned for *Big Brother 18*.
	+ Jalen was crowned the winner of the season.