Big Brother 8

**Big Brother 8** is the eighth season of *Big Brother*. It aired on 81 days, concluding when Jay Gonzalez was crowned the winner in a close 4-3 jury vote against Ben Virousso.

## Twists/Changes

* **Rivals:** Unbeknownst to the 11 Houseguests initially entering the house, 3 other Houseguests entered prior and were secluded in the HOH room, watching the other houseguests closely. These 3 players had a tense connection with someone else among the 11. They were not allowed compete in the first HOH competition but choose the first HOH among the pairs that competed in the first HOH competition, and were given immunity.
* **America's Player:** One houseguest; Manny DeLorean, played for the viewing public. The viewers voted and controlled his every game decision on which houseguest target, nominate, or evict. He was also given various other non-gameplay related secret tasks voted by the viewers.
	+ **America's Winner:** As Manny DeLorean reached the jury portion of the game, his jury vote was also controlled by the viewers. The viewers voted on the houseguest that Manny should vote for and campaign to win the game.

## House

The house design for Big Brother 8 had an Alice In Wonderland theme; The entrance was mirrored to represent the looking glass, The living room had large lights on the wall and a nomination couch vs the traditional nomination chairs. The bedrooms each had a different theme, The first bedroom made the houseguests feel like they were small, it featured large beds and dressers as well as a small door frame leading into the back bedroom which was made to make the houseguests feel large; the beds were tiny, and featured tiny furniture that outfitted the room. In between a giant magnifying glass. The Side Bedroom had an Moroccan/Aladdin theme, complete with 2 round beds. The kitchen also followed suit, with large cups adorning the cabinetry, the gym had multiple colors, the hallway leading to the bathroom was skewed to make the houseguests look large as they entered the bathroom. The balcony was meant to look like a whimsical forest, the HOH room was given a modern touch, and the back yard had a giant teacup that the houseguests could spin around in, as well as a giant chess board, and topiary animals to match.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Jay***

 **Jury: *Jay***

 **Jury: *Ben***

 **Jury: *Ben***

 **Jury: *Ben***

 **Jury: *Jay***

 **Jury: *Jay***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Walked**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Alliances

* **The Extras** *(Butch, Cindy, and Taylor)*
* **True Beauties** *(Jay, Tiffany, and Vita)*
* **Maskers** *(Ben, Brooke, Lena, Sasha, and Tiffany)*
* **Final Four** *(Brooke, Lena, Sasha, and Jay)*
* **The Full Packagé** *(Ben, Brooke, and Taylor)*

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOHPOV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted11 Votes**

Brooke Dyler and Ben Virousso were the winners of the first HOH competition. The eleven houseguests then learned that three of the houseguests, the nemeses, could not be nominated in the first week, as they did not compete for the title of HOH. They also learned that those three would pick who became the first HOH, Ben or Brooke. The group decided that since Brooke had been the one to ride the mushroom, she should have HOH. She nominated Lena Drewson and Tiffany Channing for eviction, after her new allies Ben and Manny DeLorean suggested nominating them. The decision was based on the fact that Lena and Tiffany were the first team eliminated from the HOH competition. Brooke was the winner of the first POV competition. The vast majority of the house later went to Brooke and asked her to nominate Andrew Robinson for eviction, as he had been making many sexist remarks about the women, as well as making many houseguests feel uncomfortable. Brooke chose to use the veto on Tiffany and put Andrew up in her place. Andrew was evicted by a unanimous vote of 11 to 0.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee4 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted6 Votes**

Taylor Nanchen won the HOH competition "Majority Rules". He nominated Lena Drewson and Sasha McCrae for eviction because he had the weakest relationship with the two of them. Sasha won the POV. Sasha used the Veto on herself, and Taylor put Cindy Andersen up in her place after she volunteered to be a pawn. The house seemed on board with evicting Lena. However, after America told Manny DeLorean to evict Cindy, he convinced his fellow houseguests to evict her. Cindy was evicted by a close vote of 6 to 4.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee**

 **Post-Veto NomineeWalked**

Jasmine Banks won the HOH competition "Getting Schooled". She nominated Ben Virousso and Brooke Dyler for eviction because she viewed them as a potentially strong duo, while at the same time taking out a person in the rivals twist. Ben won the Veto competition and saved himself with the Power of Veto, and Jasmine wanted to keep targeting the rivals, so Butch Dyler became the replacement nominee. Manny DeLorean was tasked to target Brooke, which made his allies suspicious that he was playing all sides. Butch was very uncomfortable and depressed about being nominated against his daughter. Wanting to save her from possible eviction, he chose to walk from the game, thus canceling the eviction.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted8 Votes**

Vita Sanune won the HOH competition "Eliminator". She nominated Angelo Rivera and Brooke Dyler for eviction, with Brooke being a decoy target after America wanted Manny DeLorean to nominate her. Vita discussed with her alliance about backdoorong Manny due to his shady antics and apparent unloyalty to everyone in the house. With Angelo being the backup plan if Manny won the veto. Manny won the POV and chose not to use it. Due to her strong alliance and affiliates, Brooke was confident she had the votes. Angelo was evicted by a unanimous vote.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted8 Votes**

Taylor Nanchen won the HOH competition "Times Up". Despite many houseguests wanting Taylor to nominate Manny DeLorean, Taylor made it his mission to get Jasmine Banks out of the house after she said she wanted to target the remaining rivals in the house. Jasmine and Jay Gonzalez were nominated together. Taylor confirmed to Jay that he was just a pawn, and he did, indeed want Jasmine out of the house. Brooke Dyler won the POV and despite her heart telling her to pull Jay off the block, her head told her to discard the veto, so she chose not to use it. Despite her pleas, Jasmine was evicted by a unanimous 7-0 vote.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted5 Votes**

Jay Gonzalez won the "Let's Make a Duel" HOH competition. After winning HOH, Jay found out from Manny DeLorean that Vita Sanune lost trust with Jay after he didn't vote to evict Cindy Andersen, sparking a fight between Vita and Manny. Jay nominated Taylor Nanchen and Vita for eviction as pawns so he could backdoor Manny. Vita won the POV, and she chose to use the POV to save herself. Jay followed through with his plan and put Manny up as a replacement nominee. After Manny found out he was the target, he campaigned to his housemates that he should stay over Taylor because he had a bigger target than Taylor. Brooke Dyler considered flipping the vote to save Manny with her allies Ben Virousso and Lena Drewson. However, Ben and Brooke backed out, and Manny was evicted by a vote of 5 to 1.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Brooke Dyler won the "Strange Visitors" HOH competition. She nominated Taylor Nanchen and Vita Sanune for eviction for being the only people she wasn't in an alliance with. Taylor won the POV and chose to remove himself from the block and nominating Sasha McCrae in his place as a pawn. In order to save their ally, Jay Gonzalez and Tiffany Channing tried to sway Lena Drewson to keep Vita. Despite initially seeming on board, Lena ultimately backed out last minute and Vita was evicted by a vote of 3 to 2.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Ben Virousso won the HOH competition "Tanks For the Memories". Staying loyal to his alliances with Jay Gonzalez, Brooke Dyler, and Taylor Nanchen, he nominated Sasha McCrae and Tiffany Channing for eviction. Jay won his first Power of Veto and saved his ally Tiffany. Ben nominated Lena Drewson as the replacement nominee. Sasha was evicted by a vote of 3 to 1.

### Week 9

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

Lena Drewson won the HOH competition "Big Brother Tea Party", after making a deal with Jay Gonzalez to keep him and Tiffany Channing safe. Lena honored this deal and nominated who she viewed as the biggest threats, Ben Virousso and Brooke Dyler. Ben won his second POV of the season. He chose to save himself, and Lena nominated Taylor Nanchen in his place. Ben did not want to choose between his allies, so he asked Jay and Tiffany to make the decision to evict, and then tell him. Tiffany discussed with Jay the possibility of lying to Ben about the vote and make him the sole vote against Taylor to break trust between them. This plan worked and Brooke was evicted by a vote of 2 to 1.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

After Brooke Dyler's eviction, the houseguests learned it would be a double eviction night. Tiffany Channing won the HOH competition "Before or After". She immediately had to pick her nominees, and chose Ben Virousso and Taylor Nanchen. Ben then went on to win the "Niagara Balls" Veto competition. He chose to use the POV on himself. Tiffany made the hard decision to replace him with Jay Gonzalez after an explosive conversation with Lena Drewson. During the second eviction of the night, the votes tied 1-1. Tiffany broke the tie, sending Taylor out of the house on a 2-1 vote.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted1 Vote**

Jay Gonzalez won the HOH competition "Picture This". After he won, him and Tiffany Channing agreed to try to evict Ben Virousso, and Ben was nominated for the third time in a row, this time against Lena Drewson. Lena was the first to get all her answers right and won her first POV. Prior to the veto meeting, Ben told Lena that if she evicted him, her only chance of getting to the final two was by winning the final HOH, and listed several points showing that Tiffany and Jay would always be taking each other to the final two. Lena chose to use the Power of Veto on herself, automatically nominating Tiffany in her place. Lena listened to to Ben's campaign, immediately casting the sole vote against Tiffany, and she was subsequently evicted.

### Week 11

 **HOH Pt. 2 WinnerHOH Pt. 3 WinnerFinal HOH**

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerNominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

The final HOH competition is played out in three challenges, to give the remaining houseguests a fair shot at securing a place in the final two. During the first endurance HOH competition, Jay Gonzalez won an endurance challenge. Days later, Ben Virousso beat Lena Drewson in a memory recognition challenge, meaning Lena was nominated. At the live HOH part 3 competition, Ben beat Jay in a personality guessing quiz, claiming the final HOH. He then chose to evict a shocked and angry Lena.

### Finale

 **Winner4 Votes**

 **Runner-Up3 Votes**

#### The Jury

 **Jay**

 **Jay**

 **Ben**

 **Ben**

 **Ben**

 **Jay**

 **Jay**

## Trivia

* This is the first season to feature the America's Player twist.
* This is the first season to have America vote for a winner.
* This season holds the record for the most amount of the Golden Power of Veto was used on a nominee. Being used 9 times.