Big Brother 1

**Big Brother 1** was the inaugural season of *Big Brother: Sims Edition*.

## Background

Big Brother is a game show in which a group of contestants, referred to as HouseGuests, live in a custom-built "house", constantly under video surveillance. While in the house, the contestants are completely isolated from the outside world, meaning no phone, television, internet, magazines, newspaper, or contact with those not in the house. This rule could be broken, however, in the event of a medical injury, a family emergency or death. The format of the series is mainly seen as a social experiment, and requires HouseGuests to interact with others who may have differing ideals, beliefs, and prejudices. While a competition, the series allows viewers to witness the relationships formed in the house and the behavior of the HouseGuests. Though locked in the house, the HouseGuests are free to quit the game, though will not be allowed entry back into the house. Should a HouseGuest break the rules of the game, they could be expelled from the house, and unable to return. The contestants compete for a grand prize of $500,000.

### Cast Reveal

The cast was revealed in the Spring of 2000 showcasing the group of "experiments" waiting to enter the largest social experiment of all time. The cast featured eight men and eight women from different walks of life.

### Grand Prize

The housguests compete for a grand prize of $500,000 and the title of the winner of *Big Brother*.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Julien***

 **Jury: *Rachelle***

 **Jury: *Rachelle***

 **Jury: *Julien***

 **Jury: *Rachelle***

 **Jury: *Rachelle***

 **Jury: *Rachelle***

 **Jury: *Julien***

 **Jury: *Julien***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee6 Votes**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

At the inaugural season of *Big Brother: Sims Edition*, 16 houseguests from all different walks of life entered the house to start the battle for the $500,000 grand prize. The rules were laid out for the first time competitors stating that they would all compete for power by winning Head of Household, how nominations work, and evicting fellow houseguests. At the first Head of Household competition with the theme of Pool Week, the first person who uses the Pool in the backyard would win. Todd Stockton was the first to do so, granting him the power to nominate two houseguests for eviction. Not knowing what to do, Todd consulted the house about who would be the best options to nominate. Fingers were pointed towards Brayden Dukes and Jared Lindquist for being potential physical threats and Laura Herrman and Selena Broughton for being social threats. At the nomination ceremony, Todd's consultation with the house led to Brayden and Laura being the first two houseguests to be nominated. At the Power of Veto competition, keeping with the theme of Pool Week, Brayden was able to establish his safety by winning the competition. Considering what he was consulted with, Todd ended up putting up Jared as a replacement nominee. At the first live eviction, Laura became the first houseguest to be evicted by a close vote of 7 to 6.

### Week 2

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee6 Votes**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

After Laura's eviction, Brayden and Jared felt unsure about their positions in the house after being nominated for the first time. Brayden made an effort to try and displace the early target on his back by consoling other ideas for targets. The new theme of the week was announced as Chess Week where the first person to play chess will win HOH and POV. Kobe Hyatt successfully became the new Head of Household. Despite the ideas for nominations circulating around the house, Kobe only had eyes for ideas of his own and to rid the house of who he considered to be his biggest competition. At the nomination ceremony, Kobe nominated Lila Rushing because of her physicality and Selena Broughton for her social ability. At the Power of Veto competition, Kobe won and kept his nominations in tact. At the live eviction, it came down to a 6 to 6 tie forcing Kobe to make a decision between his two targets. Ultimately, Kobe decided to evict Selena.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee4 Votes**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

Following Selena's eviction, the theme of the week was revealed as Outside Week where the first person to go outside would win HOH and POV. Kolton Gipson won the Head of Household competition in a close race against Brayden. Ideas for nominations came full swing into Kolton's alliance with Brooklynn Roper, Julien Echols, and Carter Wharton. The group agreed that Brayden was a physical threat that needed to go and that he needed a pawn to sit next to him that no one would vote for. At the nomination ceremony, Kolton made his target clear by nominating Brayden alongside pawn Kassidy Min. At the Power of Veto competition, Brayden was able to establish his safety once again and took himself off of the block. Put in a predicament, Kolton decided to go after an unforeseen backdoor option and put up Rachelle Holley because of her intelligence as a player. Blindsided, Rachelle took action against Kolton's alliance and rallied numbers in the house to evict Kassidy instead of herself. At the live eviction, to Kolton's surprise, Rachelle stayed and Kassidy was evicted by a vote of 7 to 4.

### Week 4

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee5 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

Following Kassidy's eviction, the new theme of the week was Drink Week where the first person to get a drink would be the new HOH and would win POV. Kaylyn Lee conquered the competition and became the new Head of Household. To the benefit of Rachelle, who was previously nominated, Kaylyn was willing to target the alliance of Kolton, Brooklynn, Julien, and Carter. However, Kaylyn also noticed the growing friendship between Brooklynn and Mateo Lyons which she interpreted as the alliance sucking Mateo into their power. At the nomination ceremony, Kaylyn nominated Brooklynn and Mateo because of their growing bond. At the Power of Veto competition, Kaylyn once again came out on top and secured complete power for the week. Brooklynn's alliance tried to convince Kaylyn to use the veto and bring her on their side, however Kaylyn didn't buy the scheme and didn't use the veto. At the live eviction, the votes tied 5 to 5 due to Kolton's surprising flip against Brooklynn. Kaylyn ultimately decided to evict Brooklynn because of her connection with a large alliance.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee4 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted5 Votes**

Following Brooklynn's eviction, the theme of the week was Fitness Week where the first person to do any exercise activity that included using gym equipment, personal workout, or pool laps would become the new HOH and would win POV. Jared, who was originally under the radar for the majority of the house, became the new Head of Household. Not knowing where Jared's head was at, the rest of the house scrambled with nominations trying to convince him with the best options. However, Jared's intended targets included physical threats as well as revenge for Todd nominating him Week 1. At the nomination ceremony, Jared laid out his targets by nominating Todd and Mateo. At the Power of Veto competition, Mateo was able to secure his safety by winning and using the veto on himself. Continuing with his intent of getting rid of physical targets, Jared put Brayden up as the replacement nominee. At the live eviction, it came down to a close vote between Todd and Brayden; however, by a vote of 5 to 4 Brayden was evicted.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

Following Brayden's eviction, the new theme of the week was Social Week where the first person to socialize with another person would become the new HOH and would win the POV. Rachelle became the new Head of Household with a dead set target: Kolton. At the nomination ceremony, as expected, Rachelle nominated Kolton as payback and put one of his closest allies, Carter, up next to him. Kolton's alliance began to scramble for scenarios incorporating the veto and replacement nominees. At the Power of Veto competition, Nylah Soriano won and was immediately bombarded by both Rachelle and Kolton's alliance on her decision with the veto. However, Rachelle was able to convince Nylah that it would be in the house-minority's best interest to continue to split up Kolton's alliance. Nylah's decision was to keep the nominations the same. At the live eviction, Rachelle's hopes of evicting Kolton weren't realized when Carter was evicted by a vote of 5 to 3 and became the first member of the jury.

### Week 7

#### Day 42

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

Following Carter's eviction, the new theme of the week was Hunger Week where the first person to satisfy their hunger need would become the HOH and would also win the POV. Lila came out on top and became the new Head of Household. Plotting revenge against Kobe for nominating her, Lila made her target clear for the week. At the nomination ceremony, Lila nominated Kobe for targeting her and Nylah because of a lack of social connection. At the Power of Veto competition, Lila once again came out on top and earned the power to save a nominee or keep the nominations the same. Kobe worked as many angles as possible throughout the house and laid out all of his cards to hopefully establish new allies to keep him safe. Lila decided not to use the veto which prompted even more scrambling by Kobe and Nylah. Nylah addressed Kobe's likable character and his knowledge of the game to deflect the target away from her. At the live eviction, the house sided with Nylah and evicted Kobe to the jury by a close vote of 4 to 3.

#### Day 49 (Double Eviction)

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

Immediately following Kobe's eviction, it was revealed that a double eviction would take place. During a double eviction, the HOH and POV would be randomly decided which requires the houseguests to strictly rely on their social game and relationships. Fortunately for Mateo, he was randomly selected as the new Head of Household. With limited time, Mateo discussed ideas for nominations with Kolton's alliance and Rachelle's alliance. Mateo nominated Nylah for her persuasiveness in evicting Kobe and Jared for nominating him earlier in the game. In a feat of luck, Nylah was randomly selected as the veto winner and was able to take herself off the block. After Nylah saved herself, Kolton re-branded the idea of backdooring Rachelle. Mateo was convinced Rachelle was a threat to his game and put her up as the replacement nominee. With limited time, Rachelle scrambled to secure votes. At the eviction vote, Rachelle was spared from a backdoor for the second time and Jared was evicted to the jury by a vote of 5 to 1.

### Week 8

 **HOHPOV**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

In the wake of Jared's eviction and the double eviction, the new theme of the week was revealed as Bathroom Week where the first person to use the bathroom would become the new HOH and would also with the POV. Tension between Kolton and Rachelle continued to escalate into drama and new deceptive plots against one another. However, unexpectedly, Julien won the competition and became the new Head of Household. Riding in the middle of the two major alliances, Julien wanted to take hits at both simultaneously to continue to fuel the fight between them. At the nomination ceremony, Julien nominated Kaylyn and Todd who are both members of Rachelle's alliance. At the Power of Veto competition, Todd was able to secure his safety by winning and saving himself. Keeping with his intent of fueling the fire between the two alliances, Julien put up Mateo as the replacement nominee. At the live eviction, despite Rachelle and Nylah's efforts to keep Kaylyn, it wasn't enough and she was evicted to the jury by a vote of 3 to 2.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-POV Nominee2 Vote**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Following Kaylyn's eviction, the new theme of the week was revealed as Sleep Week where the first person to fall asleep would become the new HOH and would also win the POV. Lila became the new Head of Household after successfully falling asleep first. Feeling on the outside of the major house alliances, Lila decided to make a move to finally settle the fued. At the nomination ceremony, Lila put up Nylah for her competition wins and Kolton for leading one of the major house alliance. Both alliances found themselves in a bind and persisted ideas against one another to Lila. At the Power of Veto competition, Kolton won and was able to take himself off the block. Lila then put up Julien as the replacement nominee after being persuaded by Kolton's alliance that he was too much of a wildcard in order to prevent Mateo from being put up. At the live eviction, the votes tied 2 to 2 between Rachelle's alliance and Kolton's alliance. Lila ultimately stuck with her intentions of stopping the major house alliances and evicted Nylah to lessen Rachelle's power in numbers.

### Week 10

#### Day 70

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

Following Nylah's eviction, the new theme of the week was revealed as Cooking Week where the first person to cook, as in using an appliance, to make food would become the new HOH and also with the POV. After a long period of time, Todd was able to pull away with the win and became the new Head of Household. Being a part of Rachelle's alliance, Todd was able to drive the alliance's interests above the other players. At the nomination ceremony, Todd nominated Julien as a pawn and Mateo out of fear of his likability and physical ability. At the Power of Veto competition, Julien secured his safety by winning and took himself off the block. Rachelle and Todd finally had the guaranteed option to break up Kolton's alliance by putting Kolton up as the replacement nominee. At the live eviction, still fearful of Mateo's likability and the hope in Kolton not winning the next HOH, Rachelle convinced Julien to evict Mateo in a vote of 2 to 1, sparing Kolton.

#### Day 77 (Double Eviction)

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

Immediately following Mateo's eviction, it was revealed that there would be another double eviction. The same rules of randomized HOH and POV were applied as mentioned at the first double eviction. The randomly selected Head of Household was Julien, securing his safety and granting him power over the nominations. Due to the uncertainty of his position in the house, Julien nominated Todd and Lila to make minimal waves with Rachelle and Kolton. The randomly selected Power of Veto winner was Kolton, to the dismay of Rachelle. Knowing the possibility of the veto being used on Lila which would forcibly put her up as the replacement, Rachelle did damage control with Kolton promising to take him to the final 3 with her and Todd. Without any options at his disposal, Kolton found trust in Rachelle and decided not to use the veto to keep the nominations the same. Rachelle and Todd continued to press their promises of safety until final 3 and to get rid of Lila because of her erratic gameplay. At the eviction vote, for the first time the entire season, Kolton and Rachelle sided together and evicted Lila by a vote of 2 to 0.

### Week 11

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted1 Vote**

Following Lila's eviction, the new theme of the week was revealed as Sitting Week, where the first person to sit down after standing for several hours would become the new HOH and would also win the POV. After several hours, Rachelle powered through to become the new Head of Household. Despite her promises to Kolton, she tried to keep him comfortable by ensuring he wouldn't be going home if he gets nominated. At the nomination ceremony, Rachelle nominated both Julien and Kolton hoping that her assurance to Kolton would remain in tact. At the Power of Veto competition, Julien beat the odds and secured his safety by using the veto on himself. Todd was then put up as the replacement by default. In a panic, Rachelle tried to work over Julien by explaining her promises to Kolton and implying they were just tools to keep him comfortable and that she would actually be evicting him. However, Julien didn't buy Rachelle's story and stuck to the idea that it was two against one against one. At the live eviction, Julien evicted Todd to even out the odds among himself, Rachelle, and Kolton.

### Week 12

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

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerNominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

Following Todd's eviction, the three remaining houseguests battled for the final HOH competition. The themes for each part, in order, consisted off spinoffs of Chess, Pool, and Cooking week. Rachelle won part 1 which was chess themed. Julien conquered part 2 against Kolton which was pool themed. During part 3, which was cooking themed, Rachelle and Julien tried to make deals with one another to take each other to the end behind Kolton's back. Julien ended up winning part 3 and became the final Head of Household of the season. Rachelle continued to work Julien for hours on end to ensure her position in the final 2 while Kolton assumed his position with Julien was good enough and didn't talk as much game. At the final eviction, Julien laid out the positive and negatives of taking either to the end with him but he ultimately was convinced by Rachelle which led to him to cast the sole vote to evict Kolton.

### Finale

 **Winner  5 Votes**

 **Runner-Up  4 Votes**

Following Kolton's eviction, the jury came together to vote for the winner of the inaugural season of *Big Brother: Sims Edition*. Julien's final speech to the jury consisted of his underdog status and how he conquered the major alliances in the house to sit in the end. Rachelle's final speech consisted of her ruthless gameplay and her social game that convinced many different people to do her bidding throughout the game. Ultimately, in a close vote, the jury sided with Rachelle and voted her to win over Julien in a 5 to 4 vote.

#### Jury

 **Julien**

 **Julien**

 **Rachelle**

 **Rachelle**

 **Rachelle**

 **Julien**

 **Rachelle**

 **Rachelle**

 **Julien**