Big Brother 3

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## **Overview**

**Big Brother 3** is the third season in the American reality television series. It began on June 14th, 2001, and aired on CBS for 70 days, concluding on August 23rd 2001, Mike Caddell was crowned the winner with four out of seven jury votes from the evicted Houseguests. He won $500,000, while runner-up Anna Mae Sinclair took home $50,000.

Season three of Big Brother was similar to the previous two seasons. Each week a Head of Household would be crowned, and nominate two houseguests 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 8. The Golden Veto was similar to the Silver Veto, except that if a nominee won the Veto, they could use it on themselves. Anna Mae Sinclair was nominated and won the POV, she became the first player to use the power on herself.

## **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.
* **Double Eviction:**  In week six, after the eviction Julie called the houseguests to reveal that a second houseguest would be evicted in the same night. The houseguests were to play an entire weeks worth of game in one night and at the end of the night two houseguests were evicted.

## **Houseguests**

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Anna Mae***

 **Jury: *Mike***

 **Jury: *Mike***

 **Jury: *Mike***

 **Jury: *Anna Mae***

 **Jury: *Mike***

 **Jury: *Anna Mae***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## **Game History**

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the first week of the game Shane Madden won Head of Household and set his sites on Noah Spencer who he viewed as a threat to his game. The houseguests learned that in a new twist there would be a second competition every week, and the winner would win the Silver Power of Veto. They would be allowed to remove one of the nominations from the block, but could not use the power on themselves. Donna McDonald wpm the first ever Silver Power of Veto, and shocked the house when she chose to use the power on her friend Noah. Shane was upset and nominated Donna and Noah's ally Trevor Allen in retaliation. At the end of the week, pawn Casper Atoms was evicted in a 7-3 vote.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Montana Fetter won the second HOH of the season. She was getting close to Trevor Allen this week who urged her to nominate Shane Madden, but Montana felt she had to take out a threat to her own game, so she nominated Krista Shanks and Donna McDonald instead. Fearing the women would come after her. She won the Power of Veto alongside her Head of Household key and opted to leave the nominations the same. Montana decided on targeting Donna because she was capable of winning the next Head of Household and coming after her, and the house agreed that Donna was the better option to go home. She was evicted by a 7-2 vote, Trevor Allen and Anna Mae Sinclair being her two votes to save.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week three, Shane Madden won his second Head of Household competition in a row, and continued to target his now rival Noah Spencer. He nominated Montana Fetter as a pawn, although she pleaded to him that she was too big of a threat to be a pawn, and he should nominate someone like Krista Shanks who would most likely stay in the vote. Shane nominated Montana anyway. She was able to win the Power of Veto for a second time in a row this week, but unable to save herself she kept the nominations in place. She felt as though if she removed Noah from the block that she would become the new target. Despite her efforts, Montana was evicted in a 6-2 jury vote. She would later return the following season as part of The Unexpected twist.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Noah Spencer went from the block to Head of Household when he won the competition in week four. Noah knew he needed to get Shane Madden out, as he was already nominated by him on two separate weeks. He nominated Shane alongside his pawn Riccardo Romano, who was becoming good friends with players in the house such as Anna Mae Sinclair and Mike Caddell. And was a sure shot to stay against Shane, who had been rubbing the house the wrong way for weeks with his egotistical attitude. Noah's duo alliance Trevor Allen won the Silver Power of Veto this week, and decided to not use the power, to honor his alliance partners wishes. This was the week the Coalition alliance formed. AN alliance consisting of two duo's Trevor Allen and Noah Spencer, and Jonah King and Krista Shanks. Mike Caddell although not in a duo, was the fifth member of this alliance. Shane was evicted by a vote of 5-2, he received a pity vote from Mike and Trevor.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week five Erin Crumb won the endurance competition and wanted to target Riccardo Romano, as she thought he was in the majority alliance but she was mistaken. She nominated an actual member of the alliance in Krista Shanks next to him as a pawn. Riccardo won the Power of Veto and was unable to use it on himself, so he shocked Erin and the rest of the house when he removed Krista, who he did not have a friendship with, from the block. Krista was grateful but Erin had to make a quick decision on who to nominate next to Riccardo, as she had not planned on the Veto being used. She decided on Mike Caddell which shocked the rest of the house, as they thought Anna Mae Sinclair would be the sure replacement nominee. At the eviction, the houseguests were conflicted, The Coalition voted to save Mike except for Krista Shanks who felt like she owed Riccardo a vote because of her safety. The vote resulted in a tie, and Erin chose to evict Riccardo, making him the first member of the jury.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

The following week, Anna Mae Sinclair won the Head of Household competition, completely unaware of the Coalition alliance, she nominated Krista Shanks and Paula Cruz, two girls who were less than nice to Anna Mae thus far on the season. When Mike Caddell won the Power of Veto he used this power to get close to Anna Mae, with Riccardo Romano out of the house, Anna Mae felt alone so Mike used this opportunity to create a final two alliance with her, behind the Coalitions back. Mike discarded the veto as per Anna Mae's wishes, and the Coalition alliance voted to save their member Krista, and sent Paula to the jury house.

### Double Eviction

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

After Paula Cruz's eviction. The houseguests were informed that tonight was a double eviction, and another one of them would be joining the jury. The houseguests were shocked, and everyone was gunning for the Head of Household to ensure their safety. Krista Shanks won the Head of Household, and targeted Anna Mae Sinclair who was not a part of her alliance and had come after her the previous week. She nominated Erin Crumb next to her as a pawn. At the veto competition Mike Caddell won for the second time and completely blindsided his alliance when he used the Power of Veto on Anna Mae. He didn't want to risk the Coalition voting her out. This forced Krista to use one of her alliance members as a pawn, so she chose Trevor Allen. In a 3-1 eviction vote, Erin was evicted and became the third member of the jury.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

At the final six, Mike Caddell won the Head of Household competition and wanted to turn on his alliance, as it was just the Coalition, and Anna Mae Sinclair left in the game, and he felt Anna Mae would be loyal to him and he could beat her at the end. He nominated one houseguest from each duo on the block, but ultimately decided on targeting Krista Shanks, with Trevor Allen next to her as a pawn. Mike discarded the veto and asked Anna Mae, who was the swing vote, to vote Krista out. As she was a bigger threat to them than Trevor was at this time. She followed through and Krista was evicted in a 2-1 vote, placing 6th.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **POV,Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week eight, Trevor Allen won his first Head of Household competition. His target was Anna Mae Sinclair, as he had a better game and personal relationship with the other boys in the house. The houseguests learned that there was a twist this week, instead of the Silver Power of Veto being in play again, the Golden Power of Veto would make its debut in the house, and the winner would be able to remove themselves from the block if they are nominated. Anna Mae Sinclair won the first ever Golden Veto, and removed herself from the block, leaving Jonah King alone on the nomination block. The replacement had to be either Noah Spencer or Mike Caddell, feeling safe Noah didn't campaign, but Mike put in a lot of work on Trevor. He promised him that whether Anna Mae or Noah won the next Head of Household, regardless of who he was up against Mike would not vote him out or nominate him for eviction. After some self deliberation, Trevor took the deal and nominated his duo partner Noah for eviction. Mike and Anna Mae tied the vote, they wanted Trevor to have to make the decision, and Trevor decided to evict Jonah in the tie.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

At the final four, the houseguests learned that the veto twist would no longer be in play, and like the previous two seasons, the nominees would be final. Anna Mae won the Head of Household in the final four, securing her spot in the final three. She kept her ally Mike Caddell safe, and nominated the duo of Noah Spencer and Trevor Allen. Mike knew the smartest move for his game was to evict Trevor, but he wasn't sure if he could be so cold after Trevor stuck his neck out for him last week. Ultimately after weighing the pros and cons, Mike stabbed Trevor in the back and sent him home for fourth. This was one of the most brutal moments in the early days of the game.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the final week of the game, the Head of Household competition worked the same way as the prior two seasons. The three remaining houseguests would compete in a final three part Head of Household competition. The winners of part one and part two would advance to the third part, and the winner of the third part would become the final Head of Household. Anna Mae Sinclair won the first part in a battle of endurance and automatically advanced to part three. Noah Spencer and Mike Caddell went head to head in the second part, where Noah won and advanced to the third part with Anna Mae. Anna Mae narrowly beat Noah by one question, in the third jury questions section, and became the final Head of Household, where she chose to remain loyal to her ally and evicted Noah Spencer, sending him home as the final member of the jury. Mike and Anna Mae both gave their speeches to the jury, Mike apologized for his backstabbing ways and reminded the jury that it was a game, Anna Mae failed to articulate her strategy well, but still made her points. The jury crowned Mike the winner of Big Brother 3, in a 4-3 vote.

#### The Jury

 **Mike**

 **Mike**

 **Mike**

 **Mike**

 **Anna Mae**

 **Anna Mae**

 **Anna Mae**

## **Trivia**

* This is the first season to feature a male winner.
* This is the first season to feature a female runner-up.
* This was the silver power of veto's first appearance.
* This was the first season to have a double eviction.
* This was the first season to feature the golden power of veto.
* This was the first season to have thirteen cast members.