Big Brother 11

***Big Brother 11*** (also known as ***Big Brother: Clash of the Castaways***) is the eleventh installment of Stardust Studios.

## Season Overview

The eleventh installment of Stardust Studios was honestly an incredible season. Move aside, Childhood Nostalgia (BB3), because this has taken the cake for my favourite season of Stardust Studios. The addition of the 8 returning players created a fun dynamic and it was nice to see some familiar faces, but also to see a redemption storyline for such players as Anaya and Regina (even if Regina lasted only half way). I'd say the beginning of the season was not fantastic, I had higher hopes for the immunity idol twist to do some damage but it was flushed out week 1 and Raj was targeted and sent home once more. After Raj's exit, the game finally started heating up. I assumed that the new players would be picked off one by one, but in a turn of events, it was the other way around, giving us shocking evictions like Vanessa and especially Regina. This season served plenty of blindside evictions, I honestly had no idea who would win. During the midpoint of the season, the tribe switch came into play and proved to cause chaos as Esme was quickly assassinated at the hands of Anaya before Esme could become a big threat. From then on, rivalry ensued between Anaya and Lorelai as they won back to back HOHs for four weeks, constantly trying to take shots at eachother, however Anaya proved stronger as her loyalty to Kyran was her saving grace. Towards the end of the season, it was pretty much Anaya and Kyran's game as they dominated in competitions. At the final six, Irene's HOH win could have been the end for Anaya/Kyran's dominance, but Kyran winning veto and saving Anaya put a spanner in the works, causing under-the-radar Hanna's downfall. After Hanna's eviction came the Double Eviction, where Kyran won his first HOH competition. An opportunity arose for the outsiders once Aubrey won the veto, by saving Noah and forcing Kyran's number one ally, Anaya, onto the block. But Noah's ties with Anaya from their survivor season was unmatched for Aubrey, and completely torpedoed her plan. With her back against the wall heading into the final four, Aubrey's fate seemed sealed... but Anaya's loyalty to Noah won out over Kyran's loyalty, giving Aubrey the chance to stay. Once Anaya won the final veto and kept nominations the same, Noah used it as his opportunity to take out Kyran before the finals, shocking Anaya. Heading into the final three, it was Anaya's game to win... and she almost did. Anaya won Part 1, whilst Aubrey won Part 2, leaving Noah on the block and the two facing eachother in Part 3. It was tied 4-4 with only one question left, but Aubrey prevailed, winning the final HOH despite the odds. At the final eviction of the season, Anaya was given the boot, probably one of the most dominant players in 11 main seasons. At the finale, it was clear: Aubrey's social ability, her under the radar status and being able to win crucial competitions even when the back was against the wall was much more adored by the Jury compared to Noah's... non-existant gameplay. Therefore, the Jury crowned Aubrey the winner of Big Brother in the fifth unanimous win of the series. Overall, I was obsessed with this season. A constant power shift, exciting rivalries, numerous shocking evictions, twists that worked with the season: this season definitely has been the best one so far, and the cast was so iconic, I could definitely see a handful of people returning from this season. Aubrey was a good winner, and it was somewhat deserved, but overall it probably should have been Anaya's season to win for her ability to rise from the ashes from the middle point onwards and her overall redemption arc from Hex Island to Clash of the Castaways.

## Twists

* **Newbies V.S Castaways:** Returning from *Big Brother 4*, 8 brand new players will go head-to-head against 8 former "Moonlight Survivor" castaways in a Survivor-themed season.
* **Tribes:** Similar to *Survivor*, the houseguests were divided into two tribes of eight: Waitui which featured the new players, and Vonu which featured the former castaways. Each week, the tribes would compete against eachother for HOH. The winning tribe would be safe from eviction, and the HOH would have to nominate two players from the losing tribe.
* **Exile Island:** For the first four weeks of the game, the winning tribe had to send one of their own to Exile Island, where they would be forced to isolate after the HOH competition until the nomination ceremony.
* **Immunity Idol:** Upon entering the house, each houseguest grabbed a package on their way in. 15 packages contained nothing in them, but for one lucky houseguest, they would receive the Immunity Idol. Slightly different to how it works in Survivor to make it work for Big Brother, if the immunity idol holder was evicted at any point up until there was five houseguests remaining, the eviction would be cancelled and they would remain in the game. If the holder remained in the game past five houseguests, the idol would be null and void. Raj found the idol, but was evicted on Week 1. The idol was played, the eviction was cancelled and he remained in the game, only for him to be evicted the following week.
* **Cavern of Curses:** On the fourth and final visit to Exile Island, whichever houseguest was an inhabitant on the final visit would bring back a curse from the island, preventing that houseguest from voting at the upcoming live vote. Once the curse was over, they had to give it to another person at the following live vote. A person could only be cursed once during this twist's run. Lorelai was the first person to receive the curse on Week 4. Anaya was the last person to receive the curse on Week 11.
* **Tribe Expansion:** On Day 35, a third tribe, Monuriki, was introduced. The remaining twelve houseguests would be distributed between the randomly assigned three tribes of four houseguests. At the HOH competitions, only one tribe would win tribal immunity, leaving the other two tribes vulnerable.
* **Double Elimination:** Different to a Double Eviction, on Week 6, the HOH on the winning tribe would nominate two people from each tribe, totalling 4 nominees. At the end of the week, houseguests would vote out one member from each tribe. Depending on where which tribe placed resulted in whether the evictee would be the final member of pre-jury, or the first member of jury. Monuriki placed 3rd, and Vonu placed 2nd resulting in Regina being the first victim, and Ronan being the second victim.
* **Merged Tribe:** On Week 9, the three tribes were dissolved into one merged tribe with the remaining eight houseguests called "Kerea". Tribal Immunity was replaced by individual immunity.
* **Individual Immunity:** For Weeks 9, 10 and 11, there would be two rounds to the HOH competitions. The first round would be to crown the new HOH, whilst the second round would be to award individual immunity to the winner. The outgoing HOH couldn't play for HOH, but could play for individual immunity. Individual Immunity would prevent that houseguest from being nominated that week.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Aubrey***

 **Jury: *Aubrey***

 **Jury: *Aubrey***

 **Jury: *Aubrey***

 **Jury: *Aubrey***

 **Jury: *Aubrey***

 **Jury: *Aubrey***

 **Jury: *Aubrey***

 **Jury: *Aubrey***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **~~Evicted10 Votes~~Saved by Idol**

### Week 2

 **HOHPOV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee5 Votes**

 **Evicted8 Votes**

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee6 Votes**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee5 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee4 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

### Week 6

 **HOHPOV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted4 Votes**

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

### Week 8

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Individual Immunity**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

### Week 10

 **HOHPOV**

 **Individual Immunity**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

### Week 11

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **Individual Immunity**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted2 Votes**

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

### Week 12

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

### Week 13

 **HOH Pt. 2 WinnerHOH Pt. 3 Winner**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerEvicted1 Vote**

### Finale

 **Winner9 Votes**

 **Runner-Up0 Votes**

#### Jury

 **Aubrey**

 **Aubrey**

 **Aubrey**

 **Aubrey**

 **Aubrey**

 **Aubrey**

 **Aubrey**

 **Aubrey**

 **Aubrey**