Tied Votes

A **tied vote** occurs when multiple houseguests receive the same number of votes. Typically the power of breaking the tie goes to the winner of the nominator challenge.

## History

### Big Brother Northwestern 3

The first tie occured at the Final 5 of Big Brother Northwestern 3. Esteban Ortiz won the nominator challenge and nominated Ashley Valent and Bobby Axelrod for eviction. The vote came down to a 1-1 tie, and Esteban chose to evict Bobby because he wanted to have a woman in the Final 4.

### Big Brother Northwestern 4

In Round 3 of Big Brother Northwestern 4, Talya Braverman won the nominator challenge and nominated Abby Ciabaton, Alex Branka, and Anne-Sophie Lacombe-Garcia for eviction. Despite a majority of the house agreeing to evict Abby, the vote ended up being a 4-4-1 tie between Abby and Alex. Talya cast the tiebreaker vote to evict Abby.

In Round 6, Talya Braverman once again won the challenge, this time nominating Alena Haney, Alex Branka, and Morgan Barber for eviction. Meanwhile, Drew Slager gathered Alena and Alex to force a tie to get more blood on Talya's hands. The vote ended up being a 3-3 tie between Alex and Morgan, and Talya cast the tiebreaker vote to evict Alex.

A third tie occurred at the Final 5, when Morgan Barber won the nominator challenge and nominated Alena Haney and Drew Slager for eviction. Despite agreeing to evict Drew, Anne-Sophie Lacombe-Garcia changed her vote at the last minute, resulting in a 1-1 tie. Ultimately it did not change anything, as Morgan cast the tiebreaker vote to evict Drew.

### Big Brother Northwestern 5

In Round 2 of Big Brother Northwestern 5, Alex DeVito won the nominator challenge and nominated Nathan Hiykel as their target alongside Abraham Deitz-Green and Eli Blanks. Despite the house seeing Nathan as a threat and presuming he held a secret advantage, Ashley Valent campaigned to evict Eli as revenge for Season 3. The vote ended up being a 4-4 tie between Eli and Nathan, and Alex cast the tiebreaker vote to evict Nathan.

### Big Brother Northwestern 6

In Round 5 of Big Brother Northwestern 6, Abby Ciabaton and Sofi Pascua had both been evicted and turned into the Walking Dead. The other houseguests all competed in a nomination challenge, with the loser joining Abby and Sofi on the chopping block where two of them would be evicted. As the first person to finish the challenge, Clay Lawhead earned the tiebreaker power should a tie arise, while Lola Bodé lost the challenge and became the Walking Dead. At the eviction, the vote ended up being a 4-3-3 vote, determining Sofi as the first evictee but leaving a tie between Abby and Lola. Clay decided to make a move against Theo Gyra, who he saw as a big threat in the game, and used the tiebreaker vote to evict Lola.

### Big Brother Northwestern 8

The first tie of Big Brother Northwestern 8 occurred in Round 1. North Hinze won the nominator challenge and nominated Elliott Hansen, Kate Horton, and Morgan Barber for eviction, with Elliott as the target. Despite this, the vote ended up being a 5-5-1 tie between Elliott and Morgan. North used the tiebreaker vote to evict Elliott.

In Round 5, Bobby Axelrod and Kate Horton won the pairs nominator challenge and decided to target Emily Thompson, with Jeff Snedegar and Paula Perez-Glassner as the other two nominees. The remnants of the Sweeney Todd majority decided to evict Jeff, resulting in a 3-3-1 tie between Emily and Jeff. Bobby and Kate decided to stick to their plan and used their joint tiebreaker vote to evict Emily.

The next round was announced to be Backwards Week, with the houseguests participating in House Nominations. Aidan Einhorn and Nini Bagundo were determined to be the first two nominees, but the third nominee was a tie between James Cavanaugh-Gialloreto, Jeff Snedegar, and Paula Perez-Glassner, all of whom received 2 nominations. As the only houseguests not nominated or tied, Bobby Axelrod, Kate Horton, and Morgan Barber all cast tiebreaker votes to determine the final nominee, which ended up being Paula in a 2-1 vote.

In Round 9, James Cavanaugh-Gialloreto won the nominator challenge and nominated Bobby Axelrod and Morgan Barber for eviction. Kate Horton conspired to tie the vote to get out Bobby and succeeded, as the vote ended up being a 1-1 tie. James used the tiebreaker vote to evict Bobby, who he saw as the bigger threat.

## Trivia

* Esteban Ortiz is the first houseguest to cast a tiebreaker vote.
* Bobby Axelrod is the first houseguest to be evicted by a tiebreaker vote.
* Talya Braverman is the first houseguest to cast multiple tiebreaker votes.
* Clay Lawhead is the first houseguest to cast a tiebreaker vote without having won a Nomiantor Challenge
	+ This is due to the Walking Dead twist in Season 6.
	+ He would be followed by Bobby Axelrod, Kate Horton, and Morgan Barber in Season 8 (due to House Nominations)
* Alex Branka is the first houseguest to be involved in a tie vote twice as a nominee.
	+ He would be followed by Abby Ciabaton, Morgan Barber, Jeff Snedegar, and Bobby Axelrod.
		- Morgan and Jeff are currently the only houseguests to survive multiple tied votes
		- Bobby is the only person is this group to never survive a tied vote.
* Morgan Barber is the first houseguest to cast a tiebreaker vote and be involved in a tie as a nominee in the same season.
	+ She would be followed by James Cavanaugh-Gialloreto and Bobby Axelrod.
* Kate Horton is the first houseguest to cast a tiebreaker vote and not be in the majority.
	+ This is due to the House Nominations tiebreaker in Season 8
	+ As a result, Jeff Snedegar is the first houseguest to have a tiebreaker vote cast against him and not be the person with the most votes.