Big Brother 16

***Big Brother 16*** was the sixteenth season of *Big Brother SIMulator*. It began on November 27, 2020 and ended on December 5, 2020. In-game it lasted 30 days, ending when **Eli Ottawa**won over **Rachel Flynn** in a 7-0 vote.

## Twists

* **Twin Twist:** Similar to the Triplet Twist in *Big Brother 1*, a pair of twins, Karim Elizabeth and Andre Elizabeth, entered the house playing as one on the condition that, if they could survive as a single houseguest for three weeks, they would both get to enter the game as separate houseguests.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Eli***

 **Jury: *Eli***

 **Jury: *Eli***

 **Jury: *Eli***

 **Jury: *Eli***

 **Jury: *Eli***

 **Jury: *Eli***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

### Alliance Structure

* **Poolside:** Karim, Andre, Zinnia, Hannah, Mike, Ami, Eli, Roman, Mia *(fractured Week 4)*
	+ One side: Zinnia, Mia, Roman, Ami (*affiliated: Hannah*)
	+ Other side: Mike, Eli, Hannah, Karim, Andre (*affiliated: Rachel*)
		- Week 6 - **Team Maple:** Eli, Mike, Rachel
		- Week 6 - **The Family:** Hannah, Karim, Andre, Velda
* Week 3 - **Undercover:** Hannah, Karim, Andre, Velda (later known as The Family)
* Zinnia, Ami, Monica (*affiliated: Roman*)
* Mike, Eli, Rachel

### Noteworthy Pairs

* Hannah and Karim
* Monica and Velda
* Zinnia and Mia
* Roman and Ami
* Karim and Ami
* Eli and Rachel

### Noteworthy Rivalries

* Reed and Zinnia
* Eli and Roman
* Eli and Karim

## Game History

### Week 1

Immediately upon the start of the season clear outsiders were identified in the house in Wilbur, Reed and Monica. Although Monica got along well with Velda and Wilbur was well-liked by the house as comic relief, the vast majority of houseguests agreed that they should be the first to go. In an endurance HOH competition where houseguests actually aimed to be the second last to drop, Roman beat out Mia for the first HOH win of the season and followed through, nominating Monica and Wilbur for eviction. Ami then won a table sit endurance POV and kept nominations the same.

Many relationships began to solidify during the first week. Velda and Monica were very close, and Zinnia, Ami, and Mia were as well with Roman involved to a lesser extent. Rachel, Eli and Mike also got along well. The majority of the house also disliked Tristan, who was seen as cocky and a threat. Ultimately, the house voted as a group for the first eviction, sending Wilbur home over Monica in a 11-0 vote and making him the first evictee of the season.

### Week 2

In Week 2, a painting value HOH was held that Tristan won, which was upsetting for many houseguests who saw him as a potential target for the week. Tristan nominated Zinnia and Mia, two women he felt he would not be able to get along with, without discussing it with the house. Tristan also operated under the assumption that the guys would stick together, namely himself and Eli, Roman, Karim and Mike. However, the house was very wary of Tristan and his nominations only furthered the tides turning against him.

Mia pulled out the win in a roller skating endurance POV, taking herself off the block. As a replacement, Tristan finally listened to the demands of the house and put up Monica, who remained an outsider and made no effort to talk to him. Monica had also been having a hard time emotionally, which increased the target on her back. While Monica had the support of Velda, her friend in the house, and Reed, who did not like Zinnia and saw her as a threat, it was ultimately not enough to sway the majority of the house, and she became the second person evicted in a 8-2 vote.

### Week 3

At the start of Week 3 a dance endurance HOH was held and Roman beat out Rachel for his second HOH win of the season. To get back on track with the majority of the house, Roman nominated Tristan and Reed, both of whom were widely disliked. This blindsided Tristan, who had expected Roman and the other guys to be working with him. However, Roman said Tristan would have the chance to save himself in the POV as he respected him as a player.

Reed won a bonsai speed POV and was able to take himself off the block, forcing Roman to name a replacement nominee. He chose Velda as a pawn, as no one saw her as enough of a threat to vote her out. As Tristan had not formed the depth or range of relationships needed to stay alive in the game, making him the third evicted in a 9-0 vote.

After Tristan's eviction it was revealed that Karim had been a pair of twins playing together, and now Andre would be allowed to enter the house as a separate player. Some houseguests knew about this, namely Hannah and Eli. It was then revealed that the week would be a double eviction and that Karim and Andre would both have immunity for the week.

In a pressure cooker HOH, Zinnia won and put up Reed, who she had had previous issues with, and Velda, who was widely regarded as a pawn. This did not cause much uproar in the house. Then, in a social POV, Zinnia beat out Mike and was able to keep her nominations the same. As the house had grown tired of Reed who was seen as childish and annoying, he was sent packing as the fourth evictee in a 9-0 vote.

### Week 4

A speed running return competition was held which Reed won, allowing him to re-enter the game just after his eviction. A large majority alliance of almost all the young people in the house officially solidified known as Poolside because of large amounts of time they spent at the pool. It contained Karim, Andre, Zinnia, Hannah, Mike, Eli, Ami, Roman, and Mia. Additionally, Zinnia, Mia, Hannah, Ami, and Roman made a side alliance. Karim and Hannah solidified a showmance that had been developing, and further formed an alliance with Andre and Velda, the latter of which had been close to Karim and Andre in an interesting dynamic throughout the season.

In the swim endurance HOH, Eli won and nominated Velda and Rachel, two outsiders. However, many of the houseguests in Poolside began to feel discontent with their alliance, as it was too big and felt tiered socially. This included Eli, Mike, and Hannah, who spearheaded a campaign to disrupt this order and send home one of the social threats between Roman and Zinnia. Due to Eli's good relationship with Roman, the preference was placed on backdooring Zinnia, blindsiding and betraying Poolside,

In a grill quality POV, Eli beat out Ami which allowed him to follow through on his backdoor plan. In a shocking POV ceremony he took his own nominee and friend, Rachel, off the block, and put up Zinnia in her place. This shocked the members of Poolside who were not involved. Ami, Roman and Mia campaigned to keep their close ally, Zinnia, but it was too late, as she was the fifth person evicted in a 6-3 vote.

### Week 5

All hell broke loose in a contentious HOH following Zinnia's backdoor, as multiple sides of the house desperately fought for power. Things became even weirder when a seemingly absolute outsider, Velda, won a speed HOH. With little discretion she nominated people she knew were not on her side, Roman and Mia.

In a mural speed POV Roman won and was able to take himself off the block. Continuing with her previous moves, Velda nominated Ami in his place. On eviction night, Mia had weaker social connections with the other side and also a stronger personality than Ami, resulting in her eviction in a 8-0 vote and making her the sixth person evicted.

Once again it was announced there was a double eviction, this time being the last pre-jury week and a Chain Week. In a weightlifting endurance HOH Karim pulled out the win, allowing him to start the chain. He picked his twin Andre, who then picked Karim's showmance Hannah. Hannah chose to save a friend from the other side, Ami, which confused Eli and Mike. She did this with the hope of maintaining her place in the middle. Ami then chose her close ally Roman, who chose another player who seemed in the middle but was really on the other side, Mike, Mike chose his ally, Rachel, and Rachel chose her friend, Eli. This left Eli as the final decision maker with the nominees as Reed and Velda. Eli chose to evict Reed, who had been on the outside all game, and keep Velda, who had connections with Hannah, Eli's ally. This was Reed's second eviction and made him the seventh eviction of the season.

### Week 6

Following the eviction of Reed, the house was forced to reassess alliance structures. With the prior evictions of Zinnia and Mia, Ami and Roman were in a particularly isolated and vulnerable position. Especially considering the way Poolside fractured, they were left as the easy targets. Andre, Hannah, Karim and Velda solidified their alliance moving forward, and the new group of Mike, Rachel, and Eli, though Mike maintained his sneaky nature and, not to his group member's knowledge, was willing to turn on them at any time. The two groups seemed to be working together against targets Ami and Roman, but in actuality cracks were forming along these lines. Additionally, Karim built on his relationship with Ami in the event they needed to pull her in for numbers.

In a stargazing HOH Rachel had her first win of the season, beating out Andre and therefore allowing her to nominate Roman and Ami per the house's wishes. Then, in a modeling value POV, Karim won his first veto, allowing him to keep nominees the same. This left Roman and Ami as the final nominees. Because of Roman's frequent competition wins he was viewed as more of a threat, which led him to become the first member of the jury in a unanimous 6-0 vote.

### Week 7

As the week began, it was clear Ami was in the most vulnerable position. While the two sides of the majority debated on turning each other, it greatly depended on who would win the HOH, as the main people considering targeting the other side was Karim and Hannah, who wished to take out Eli and Mike. However, in a basketball free throw HOH, Eli became the new Head of Household and nominated Ami, the house target, and Velda, a pawn he was not particularly close to and had a history of being nominated.

In a drink making quality POV Hannah had her first win of the season and decided to keep the nominations the same, as she was unsure who Eli would use as a replacement nominee. With Ami and Velda left on the block, the house made the easy decision to rally against its universal target and Eli's target, Ami. Ami was evicted in another unanimous vote of 5-0 and became the second member of the jury.

After Ami's eviction it was announced that this would be the third double eviction of the season. Hannah, Karim, Andre and Velda were already poised and eager to take out Eli. While Eli, Mike and Rachel were similarly ready to take a shot, they had not been planning prior and were unsure who to target. Mike tried to get closer to Hannah, Karim, Andre, and Velda in the past weeks, which helped limit him from being considered a target on par with Eli, but he was still on their minds.

Karim won a grilling quality HOH, which allowed him to take a shot at Eli, nominating Rachel and Eli for eviction. Because Mike had put in the leg work on his relationship with Karim, Hannah, and Andre, and because Rachel was perceived as a better pawn, Mike was able to stay off the block. Eli and Rachel felt somewhat blindsided, as they had not realized how strong alliance lines were.

However, after Eli won a violin level POV, he was able to take himself off the block and The Family was forced to reconsider who they would target, as they knew they would name Mike as a replacement nominee. Ultimately, despite being closer to him, they decided to target Mike, who was viewed as a bigger threat than Rachel. Eli, however, wanted to keep Mike who he incorrectly saw as more loyal and felt was a stronger ally. This led Mike to being evicted in a 3-1 vote and becoming the third juror.

### Week 8

Entering the season's eighth week the numbers of the house were clearly divided 4 vs. 2, with Karim, Andre, Velda and Hannah making up the majority alliance as The Family and Rachel and Eli being the lone remaining members of Team Maple. However, when Eli beat out Rachel in a high-up sitting endurance challenge it became clear that a member of the majority would be heading home this week. After Karim tried targeting Eli in the double eviction, Eli decided to return the favor by nominating Karim alongside his showmance Hannah, citing that the two had been running the game and tried to orchestrate his eviction.

Hannah pulled out a leaf burning speed POV, requiring Eli to name a replacement nominee heading into the eviction. He did not see Velda as a threat and so nominated Andre, forcing the twins to face off against each other come eviction night. While Eli and Rachel targeted Karim, who was perceived to be the biggest target in the house, Hannah strongly advocated to Velda to keep her showmance in the game, and Velda had been closer to Karim than Andre throughout the season. Ultimately, this led to Andre's eviction in a 2-1 vote, making him the fourth juror.

### Week 9

While The Family suffered its first casualty it still held a 3-2 majority, meaning the only way Team Maple would not lose another member was if Rachel pulled out an HOH win. The high-stakes swing height HOH did just that, with Rachel gaining a clutch win and upsetting the majority alliance that had been controlling things behind the scenes for the entire season. Once again, Rachel and Eli targeted Karim by putting up Karim and Hannah.

However, in a swing endurance POV Hannah won again and took herself off the block, forcing Rachel to name a replacement nominee. She chose Velda, the remaining member of the opposing alliance, but was still set on targeting Karim with Eli. Going into the vote things were split, as Hannah voted to keep her showmance but Eli voted out his number one target. This left Rachel with a deciding tiebreaker vote, and she chose to evict Karim per her prior plan, making him the season's fifth juror.

### Week 10

With sides finally evened out in a 2-2, it was anyone's game to win entering the final four HOH. In a sandcastle speed build HOH Eli pulled out an impressive come from behind win and guaranteed himself safety for the week. He then went on to nominate Hannah and Velda, keeping his ally Rachel safe.

Things all came down to the POV, though, and the houseguests fought hard to secure power. Ultimately, in the swim endurance POV, Eli pulled out his second competition win of the week and was able to keep his nominations the same. This left Rachel with a second deciding vote in a row, and she chose to evict the biggest remaining threat in Hannah, making her the sixth juror.

### Week 11

In a fishing variety final HOH, Rachel pulled out the win and won the right to decide who she would bring with her to the finale. She saw Velda as the weaker player, but wanted to remain loyal to her long-time ally in Eli and felt that bringing him would show that she was confident in the game she played. For her third deciding vote in a row, Rachel went on this feeling and voted to evict Velda, making her the seventh and final juror.

### Week 12

The jury saw Rachel's decision to bring Eli to the finale as the wrong decision, as she had a much stronger case against Velda. Rachel's game was seen as one without control, as she had no allies and was on the bottom all the way until the formation of Team Maple, and even then she was viewed as taking orders rather than making them. Eli, on the other hand, was told his game was sloppy and he was much too trusting in allies who were eager to turn on him. However, Eli was able to maintain much more control than Rachel once the double eviction came and he clearly saw sides, and played a game with more strategic autonomy than Rachel. The entire jury was in agreement that while neither played perfectly Eli played the stronger game, leading him to win the season in a unanimous 7-0 vote.

Later, the Fan Favorite award was revealed, and Karim won with Hannah and Roman as the runner-ups.