Big Brother

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## **Overview**

**Big Brother** is the first season in of the American reality television series. It began on June 17th, 1999, and aired on CBS for 70 days, concluding on August 26th 1999, when Elizabeth Lloyd was crowned the winner with five votes from the evicted Houseguests. She won $500,000.

Every week the houseguests would compete to become the Head of Household (HOH). The HOH would then nominate two houseguests for eviction. The fellow contestants would vote, and the player with the most votes would be evicted. On Finale night, seven former houseguests returned to vote for who they thought should win the grand prize.

## **Twists**

* **Nomination Discussion Allowed:** Unlike most international versions, the Houseguests were now free to talk about nominations.
* **Head of Household:** For the first time internationally, each week one Houseguest will be given the power to control nominations and nominate two Houseguests for eviction.
* **Houseguests Vote:** Unlike the international counterparts where the viewing public voted to banish the houseguests, the Houseguests themselves would decide who would be evicted.
* **The Jury:** For the first time internationally, a "jury" of peers will vote for the winner of the season rather than a voting public.

## **Houseguests**

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Liz***

 **Jury: *Liz***

 **Jury: *Liz***

 **Jury: *Justin***

 **Jury: *Liz***

 **Jury: *Liz***

 **Jury: *Justin***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## **Game History**

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

At the first ever Head of Household competition, Sherri Quest took the power and was tasked with naming the first two nominees in Big Brother history. She chose to nominate Bethany Ziegler and Todd Brownlee for eviction. She did not have a relationship with either nominee and Todd was isolating himself and becoming an outcast to his fellow houseguests. Sherri was indifferent on who she would like to see get evicted and told her fellow houseguests that she had no preference and they could "vote with their conscious". During this week Sherri formed a close bond with Robert Jenner. And the beginning formation of the Alliance would begin to form.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Todd's eviction, Robert Jenner became the new Head of Household. At the beginning of this week, Robert formed the solid alliance that would soon take control of the game, pulling in his close relationships with Sherri Quest. Carol Size, Elizabeth Lloyd, and Chris Crain. He would also pull in Shawn Reilly later in the week. This alliance was referred to by the houseguests as simply, The Alliance. Robert approached Shawn before nominations and asked him to be a pawn against Ewan Gil. Shawn was very hesitant but knew he didn't have a choice. Robert offered Shawn a spot in The Alliance if he complied and assured him they had the votes to keep him in the game, or evict him. Shawn felt as though Robert was threatening him but ultimately had to comply. Shawn survived against Ewan on the block in a close 5-3 vote. Justin Mendes and Bethany Ziegler voted Shawn because they were on the outs of The Alliance, and Chris Crain voted for Ewan out of pity.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the next Head of Household competition, Sherri Quest won once again and remained undefeated. In The Alliance, Sherri was a valuable asset because she was able to keep them all safe this week. She approached Shawn Reilly at the beginning of the week and apologized that he was nominated by Robert Jenner, he held no animosity for her and thanked Sherri for the safety for the week. Sherri approached her alliance and asked Carol Size, Elizabeth Lloyd and Chris Crain if they would be willing to vote Bethany Ziegler out of the house because Sherri feared Bethany would retaliate against her, they all agreed. Sherri nominated Tammy Werner as a pawn against Bethany for the reason that Sherri had no relationship with Tammy and Robert had an altercation with her in the week prior. It was near the end of the week when houseguests Carol Size and Robert Jenner noticed that Shawn had a growing relationship with Tammy. Fearing Shawn would flip on their alliance, they changed their votes to Tammy and she was evicted in a 4-3 vote, shocking Sherri and Shawn.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Tammy's blindside, Shawn and Sherri were immediately upset. But after Robert Jenner won his second Head of Household, they immediately had to suppress it. Robert Jenner and Carol Size explained their reasoning for keeping Bethany Ziegler to their allies Elizabeth Lloyd, Chris Crain and Sherri Quest. They explained that Tammy Werner was unpredictable and that Bethany was a weaker player than her. Robert revealed to his alliance that he wanted to backstab his former ally Shawn Reilly this week, his alliance was reluctant but Robert felt as though, especially after keeping Bethany, that Shawn would nominate him with the intent to get him out. At the nomination ceremony Robert nominated Shawn alongside Diane Evie as his pawn, but told Shawn that Diane would be evicted. After a strong campaign from both nominees, the vote resulted in the first tie vote of the series. Shawn receiving three votes to evict from Elizabeth Lloyd, Chris Crain and Bethany Ziegler. Robert evicted Shawn in the tiebreaker and Shawn became the first member of the jury.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In a very close Head of Household competition, it came down to Sherri Quest and Bethany Ziegler. Sherri nearly won her third competition in a row, but Bethany narrowly beat out her rival. Sherri pitched a heavy plead to Bethany, but after nominated her twice before there wasn't much she could do to change her mind. It was a fight between the other houseguests to remain off of the block as the second nominee, nobody from The Alliance wanted to sit next to Sherri. Carol Size had been working hard the past few weeks on securing safety with Bethany, voting to keep her in the game twice. Along with Robert Jenner keeping her safe on his two Head of Household's, and Justin Mendes being with her on the outs, Bethany's options were limited. She ended up nominating Elizabeth Lloyd alongside Sherri Quest for eviction, putting two major threats in the game on the block she preferred Sherri left the game but was okay with either of them leaving as she had no relationship with Liz. Ultimately The Alliance could not decide who to evict, but Carol Size kept her final two in the game and flipped her vote to save Liz, sending Sherri home as the second member of the jury.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Robert Jenner won his third Head of Household competition in a row this week, and wanted to have an easy and chill week for his alliance. Robert made two crucial deals in the game this week and wanted to set himself up so that he would be safe the following week no matter who won the Head of Household competition. He made a final two deal with Bethany Ziegler, she accepted unknowingly that Robert had already made a final two deal with Chris Crain on his second Head of Household. And he made a deal with Justin Mendes, he wanted to nominate Justin as a pawn in order to keep all of his allies safe, so he promised Justin that he would secure the votes for Diane to be evited prior to nominating him. Justin agreed and assured Robert Jenner that he would not nominate or vote him out if he survived this week. Ultimately the vote resulted in a tie, with Bethany voting to keep Diane because of their strong bond, and Carol Size voting to evict Justin because she saw him as a threat. Robert broke the tie in Justin's favor, and Diane became the third member of the jury.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

It was in week seven when Carol Size won her first Head of Household competition. Targeting her only threat in the game Justin Mendes. She nominated Bethany Ziegler as a pawn to ensure that he would be evicted. Over the past couple of weeks Elizabeth Lloyd had been growing a stronger bond with Justin. The two of them formed a very close relationship and alliance, some fans refer to them as the first "Showmance" of the franchise, but both Liz and Justin deny and romantic attraction to eachother. Carol approached Liz to ask her to vote Justin out in the beginning of the week, but she told Carol that she couldn't because of their bond, but was willing to allow Chris Crain and Robert Jenner vote him out for the betterment of Carol's game. With only six players in the game, she knew she needed two votes on Justin to ensure he would be evicted so she approached the duo of Robert and Chris and they both agreed that Bethany should stay and Justin should go. Nearing the end of the week, Justin approached Chris and warned him about Bethany and Robert's relationship. The two of them had always voted together and Robert kept her safe on all three of his HOH's despite her not being in their alliance. Chris grew paranoid and confronted Bethany, and Bethany being naive, told Chris that Robert had asked her to be in a final two alliance with her. Chris was stunned that Robert would make another final two in the game, so out of paranoia and anger he changed his vote to save Justin, sending Bethany home in a 2-1 vote.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

At the final five of the season, Elizabeth Lloyd won her first Head of Household, and wanted to target Chris Crain for eviction. Despite Carol Size and Robert Jenner urging Liz to nominate Justin Mendes, she had a strong bond with him and nominated Chris Crain and Robert Jenner instead, with the intent on getting Chris out of the house because she did not feel safe with him and Robert both in the final four, and she also felt that both Robert and Carol would evict Justin in the final four and final three. Her plan was for Carol to vote for Chris and for Justin to vote for Robert, and she would cast the third tiebreaking vote of the season. But Carol had other plans, she was growing frustrated with Liz for constantly making selfish decisions in the game, and being the reason that Justin kept surviving each week. Carol felt that she needed to make a big move in the game, and she also wanted to get some revenge on Liz, so she changed her vote to Robert, sending him home in a 2-0 vote.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Carol Size won her second Head of Household competition at the final four, securing her spot in the final three and making it there unnominated. Once again, for the fourth week in a row her target was Justin Mendes. She did not feel safe with him and wanted him gone. Keeping her word to her closest ally she kept Elizabeth Lloyd off of the block, nominating Chris Crain next to her target Justin. Urging Liz to vote Justin out, there was nothing Carol could do to change Liz' mind. Justin and Liz had formed a very strong bond and Carol realized she had made a mistake by putting Chris on the block. Liz voted to evict Chris, securing herself, Carol and Justin as the first ever final three of the series.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

The final Head of Household competition was broken into three parts. The houseguest that won the first part would automatically advance to the third part of the competition and would sit out of the second part. The houseguest that won the second part of the competition would also automatically advance to the third part. In part one, the houseguests were faced with a task in which they could accumulate points, and the person with the most points would win the round and advance to part three, Elizabeth Lloyd won this part. In the second competition Carol Size and Justin Mendes faced eachother with Justin winning and advancing to the third part to face against Liz. In the third part, the houseguests were given a quiz about their former houseguests and jury members. Both Justin and Liz got most of the questions wrong, but Justin narrowly beat her after 6 questions in a 2-1 final score. Justin as the final Head of Household cast his sole vote to evict Carol, as he felt she played a rewardable game and he felt he needed to repay Liz for saving him so many times. Liz gained the favor of the jury as most of them disliked Justin, although they were angry at Liz for keeping him in the game over her own alliance members, she was able to articulate her reasoning well and received five votes from the jury, becoming the first winner of Big Brother.

#### The Jury

 **Liz**

 **Liz**

 **Liz**

 **Liz**

 **Liz**

 **Justin**

 **Justin**

## **Trivia**

* This is the first season to feature Head of Household competitions.
* This is the first season to feature a jury and a final two.
* This was the first season with 12 houseguests.
* This is the first season to have seven jury members.
* This is the first season to have a male and female at the final two.
* This is the first season to have a female winner.
* This is the first season to have a male runner-up.