Ashley's Big Brother 8

**Big Brother 8**, also known as **Ashley's Big Brother 8** and **Big Brother 8: All-Stars**, is the eighth season of *Ashley's Big Brother*, which premiered exactly a year after the series began on August 23, 2014, and ended over a month later on September 27. It is currently the longest running season to date, airing for a total of 35 days; it also marked the first time that the show has breached its usual ten-week run, and the first time there was an uneven ratio of female and male housemates on launch night. *Big Brother 5* runner-up Chris G. emerged as the winner on finale night, surpassing *Big Brother 3* winner Janelle P.

Sixteen housemates entered the house on launch night. Nine were chosen by the producers, whilst the remaining seven were voted in by the viewers. Following launch night, the public were able to choose one of three wildcard housemates to enter after the first eviction. Natasha from *Big Brother 2* received the most votes, and entered the house on Day 4.

## Production

*Big Brother 8* featured many fan favourite twists and competitions to celebrate the All-Star season. The first week featured the "Three House Captains" twist from *Big Brother 3*. Week 4 saw the return of *Pass the Bomb* from *Big Brother 6*, in which the housemate still holding the bomb at the end of the game would automatically face eviction. Week 9 featured face-to-face nominations, a recurring twist that previously appeared in *Big Brother 2*, *Big Brother 4* and *Big Brother 6*. On Day 31, a double eviction took place, a twist that has only happened once before during the fourth season. following this, America became the final House Captain of the season in a reappearance of the "American Rules" twist which was also from *Big Brother 4*.

As well as featuring past twists, new format changes were introduced to the game, the first of which being the use of a "vote to save" rather than a vote to evict, where the housemate who receives the *least* votes is evicted. This season was also the first to feature the "Fast Forward" twist, where a whole week of *Big Brother* took place in 24 hours. This would later become a recurring twist in the *Big Brother* game alongside face-to-face nominations and reverse week. *Big Brother 8* was also the first to feature a two-part finale, where the housemate with the least votes to win would be evicted prematurely, with voting then taking place between the final two housemates.

### Format

Each week lasts four days and comprises of four different events: the *House Captain* competition, nominations, the *Power of Veto* competition and an eviction of a housemate at the end of the week. The *House Captain* competition takes place on the second day of the week and decides which housemate would be in power for that week. This housemate is given immediate immunity from eviction for the week, and holds the responsibility of nominating one other housemate for eviction. The housemates begin nominating soon after the competition has finished; they are given 22 hours to visit the Diary Room and nominate two other housemates for eviction, and the two or more housemates who receive the most nominations face eviction alongside the Captain's nomination. Following the nominations reveal, the housemates compete in the *Power of Veto* competition, which allows the winning housemate to save one of the nominated housemates for eviction and replace them with someone of their own choice, or choose not to use it at all. Following the announcement of the final nominees, a poll opens in which the public decide which housemate should be evicted. The eviction take place on the final day of the week, and the cycle continues.

## Nominations table

### Notes

* **Note 1** : On Day 2, Austin, Janelle and JoJo were all named *House Captains*, mirroring the "Three House Captains" twist from *Big Brother 3*. They were required to decide as a team on one housemate to nominate for that week.
* **Note 2** : Natasha, who was voted into the house as a "wildcard housemate", was exempt from nominations and could not nominate or be nominated by her fellow housemates.
* **Note 3** : As John refused to nominate this week, he receive an automatic penalty vote for himself.
* **Note 4** : Following the eviction on Day 13 until the fourth *House Captain* competition on Day 14, the housemates participated in the game of *Pass the Bomb* from *Big Brother 6*. John, the most recent evictee, began the game by passing the bomb to Colleen; when time was up, the bomb had landed on Ashlyn, who was subsequently put up for eviction automatically.
* **Note 5** : Before nominations, Lauren opted to give her Immunity Necklace to Janelle, meaning that any nominations cast against her this week did not count. Had the necklace not been used, Danny and Janelle would have been nominated.
* **Note 6** : Week 8 introduced "Fast Forward" week, in which all of the elements of the *Big Brother* game were suppressed into 24 hours. Following the eviction on Day 24, the housemates competed in the *House Captain* competition before immediately being asked to submit their nominations. Following the nominations ceremony, the housemates competed in the Veto competition to decide who will face eviction the following day. As he refused to vote during the Fast Forward nominations, James received an automatic penalty vote for himself. Natasha already discussed with Big Brother that she wouldn't be able to make it to the Fast Forward, and thus did not receive the repercussions.
* **Note 7** : The housemates nominated face-to-face on Day 27, a twist that appeared in *Big Brother 2*, *Big Brother 4* and *Big Brother 6*.
* **Note 8** : Following the eviction on Day 28, all housemates were put up for eviction. However, the housemates were unaware of this. They participated in a fake *House Captain* competition, submitted fake nominations and competed in a fake Veto competition, before being informed that this had all been for nothing, and that they were all facing eviction. Another shock was unleashed on Day 31, in which a second housemate was unexpectedly evicted that night.
* **Note 9** : On Day 31, it was revealed that the public won *House Captain* status for the final week. They were required to save one housemate from the final eviction by giving them a pass to the final; they chose to save Angie, meaning the remaining four housemates faced a double eviction. As usual, the public were voting for the housemate they wanted to become a finalist.
* **Note 10** : For the final three days, the public were voting for the housemate they wanted to *win*, rather than save. On Day 34, voting closed temporarily and Angie was shock evicted from the house having received the least votes to win. Voting reopened soon afterwards between the two finalists, Chris and Janelle.