Big Brother US 2

## Background

### Development

Big Brother 2 is the second season of Shantesza Studios Era 2. It started on the 16th of February 2021 and ended on Saturday the 12th of June 2021, making this season 4 months long. There was a twist this season which would occur in the Final 3. Instead of Part 1,2&3 HOH, There would be none of that. It would just skip to the Jury votes and out of the 3, the houseguest with the most votes would win.

### Casting

The applications were released on Thursday the 8th of November 2020. They then closed on the 27th of January 2021. The cast was revealed on Wednesday the 10th of February 2021. It was revealed that there would be 14 new houseguests with 2 veterans returning. They were Amore & Sasha.

## Twists

**Week 1:** It was revealed that there were only 14 houseguests BECAUSE... there was 2 veterans waiting to enter from Season 1. They were Amore & Sasha.

## Departures

**Week 8:** Viv was expelled from the house due to offensive comments.

## Have-Nots

* The 4 Have-Nots for Week 1 were: **Hero, Jean, Mage & Viv**
* The 4 Have-Nots for Week 2 were: **Ciara, Dollie, Jett & Mage**
* The 4 Have-Nots for Week 3 were: **Connie, Dollie, Hero & Mage**
* The 4 Have-Nots for Week 4 were: **Ashley, Dollie, Hero & Jordan**
* The 4 Have-Nots for Week 5 were: **Amore, Jaxon, Jett & Noah**
* The 4 Have-Nots for Week 6 were: **Amore, Hero, Jordan & Noah**
* The 4 Have-Nots for Week 7 were: **Amore, Dollie, Sasha & Viv**
* The 4 Have-Nots for Week 8 were: **Amore, Hero, Jett & Jordan**

## **Houseguests**

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Third Place**

 **Jury: *Ashley***

 **Jury: *Ashley***

 **Jury: *Ash***

 **Jury: *Ashley***

 **Jury: *Ashley***

 **Expelled**

 **Jury: *Ashley***

 **Jury: *Ashley***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted12 Votes**

14 Brand new houseguests & 2 past houseguests (Amore & Sasha) entered the house. They got to know eachother. Shortly after everybody introduced themselves, it was time for the very first HOH of the summer! it was Vibrations. Houseguests had to stand on a small podium, with 2 handles. They would be vibrated more and more, it getting stronger. The last to fall would win HOH. Venus ended up coming 3rd, with Ashley coming 2nd. Dollie won the HOH and decided to nominate Jean & Viv. She chose Hero, Jean, Mage & Viv as her Have-Nots. POV began. Viv, Jean, Dollie, Ashley, Ciara and Amore all had to stand on a podium, attached to a piece of rope. They would slightly be vibrated. The podiums would start swinging, the last to fall would win. Viv was the last to fall and therefore won POV, saving himself. Dollie chose Mage as the replacement nominee. Jean was then sent home over Mage in a vote of 12-0.

## Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted8 Votes**

The HOH was FF a friend. A random houseguest would be FF'ed, then choose to FF someone, then they choose to FF someone else and so on. By the end of each round, whoever wasn't FF'ed would be out. This went on until the last standing. Ashley ended up winning over Ash. She decided to nominate Hero & Mage. Her 4 Have-Nots were Ciara, Dollie, Jett & Mage. POV began, it was Counting Apples, similar to the Week 6 POV in season 1. The players were Ashley, Hero, Mage, Sasha & Ashley's 2 picks were Ciara & Dollie. There was a total of 94 apples. All houseguests had to count the amount of apples, then run back and write their number. Whoever got the closest to 94 would win. Ashley got last with 81, then Sasha with 86, Hero with 88, Dollie with 96, Mage with 95 meaning Ciara won with exactly 94 apples. She decided to save Hero and Ashley chose Venus as the replacement nominee. Venus was evicted over Mage in a 8-2 vote.

## Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Co-HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

HOH began. This week's HOH was 'Head Hops'. Houseguests had to jump down from a wall, and run to the other wall. Jumping on each others heads in order to get up the wall. whoever was last and didn't make it up the wall each round would be out. This went on until the last houseguest remained. Amore won and Noah came 2nd. As Amore was unable to nominate, Noah became the Co-HOH and made the decision. He chose to nominate Mage & Hero. His 4 Have-Nots were Connie, Dollie, Hero & Mage. POV was Color Puzzle. Hero, Mage, Noah, Connie, Mage's pick Ash and Noah's pick Ashley all played. Houseguests had to fix the puzzler in color order from light blue to dark blue, same for green, red and yellow. The first houseguest to do so would win POV. Ash won POV and discarded. Mage was then evicted over Hero in a 4-3 vote.

## Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted8 Votes**

HOH Began, it was bridge crossing. All houseguests would cross the bridge. It would get thinner each round. The aim of the game is to cross without falling. This went until the last houseguest was standing. Sasha won HOH and nominated Ciara & Jordan. Her 4 Have-Nots were Ashley, Dollie, Hero & Jordan. POV was a podium parkour, each round, 2 houseguests would race to the end. Hopping from a podium to another without tripping & falling off. Sasha, Jordan, Ash, Connie, Noah and Sasha's pick Ashley played. First up was Ash vs Jordan. Ash won and chose Noah and Sasha to play in part 2. Sasha won so that meant Ashley and Connie would play in part 3. Ashley won so Ashley, Ash and Sasha would all face off in the final part. Ash won and discarded the POV. Ciara went home over Jordan in a vote of 8-1.

## Week 5

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

This weeks HOH was Fish Fight. Houseguests were scattered in an arena, they had a fish. They needed to whack each other to death and be the last houseguest standing. It came down to Amore getting 3rd, Ashley getting 2nd and Ash winning. She decided to nominate Jaxon & Noah. Her 4 Have-Not picks were Jaxon, Noah, Amore and Jett. POV began, 6 Houseguests all had to solve their puzzle first, by putting all 9 of their blocks on the correct color plate of the block. The 1st houseguest to so do would win. Noah, Jaxon, Hero, Sasha, Jett & Viv played. Noah won and saved himself, Ash chose Jett as the replacement hoping that Jaxon would get evicted. Jaxon was then evicted over Jett in a vote of 7-2.

## Week 6

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominated0 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

HOH was "Color Race". The competition was 'Color Race'. Houseguests were all in a separate booth. There was a big sign in front of them all. It would change to a different color each round. The first houseguest to name the color would eliminate someone. Connie managed to win over Ashley and therefore was crowned the first HOH of Jury. She decided to nominate Jordan and Noah. Her 4 Have-Nots were Amore, Hero, Jordan and Noah. POV began. Houseguests were on a colored platform, when the host called a color out, they had to rush to it without falling. they had to walk across a thin brick to get there. Jett, Dollie, Ashley, Connie, Noah & Amore played. Ashley won over Amore and discarded the POV. Noah was sent home over Jordan in a 6-0 vote.

## Week 7

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominated2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

HOH was "Sit, Trip, Spin & Vibrate". Houseguests were all standing on a stud, trying not to fall of after being sat, tripped, spun and vibrated. Ashley was the last to fall and therefore won HOH. She chose Amore, Dollie, Sasha & Viv as the Have-Nots. She then nominated Dollie & Jordan. POV began, the 6 players had their own circle, they had to push as many balls into their zone as possible. The houseguest with the most balls would win POV. Jett, Jordan, Viv, Ash, Ashley & Amore played. Ashley won POV and therefore had full power. She chose to discard. Dollie was then evicted over Jordan in a 3-2 vote.

## Week 8

 **Expelled**

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

HOH was Head Hops. Houseguests had to jump off a wall and jump up another one. They were only allowed to go when I said "Go!". If i said it on lowercases, caps, or different grammar, they would not go. Otherwise they would be eliminated. They had to jump on eachothers heads to get up. Last to get up would be out. Ash won HOH and nominated Amore & Jordan. Her 4 Have-Nots were Amore, Hero, Jett & Jordan. POV was "Knife Crime". Ash, Ashley, Sasha, Hero, Jett & Connie played. Houseguests had to go in 2's. They would duel and whoever won picked the next 2 to fight. This went on until 4 were out. The final 2 remaining sat out and watched the eliminated players battle it out to redeem themselves. Hero, Ashley, Sasha and Jett were all eliminated and had to fight to return. Ashley returned and then it was down to Ash, Ashley and Connie. Connie won POV with Ashley coming 2nd. She chose to save Jordan. Ash chose Ashley as the replacement nominee, but she was saved over Amore in a 4-1 vote.

## Week 9

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominated2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

HOH was 4 Corners. Houseguests had to run to either Blue, Red, Green or Yellow. The previous HOH, Ash, had to choose 1 of the 4 colors. Whatever color she picked, whoever was on that color would be eliminated. Sasha won this competition and nominated Hero & Jordan. It was announced that there would be no more Have-Nots this season as it had reached the final 7. POV was Houseguest participated in 'Knight Moves'. Houseguests all started off in a corner. They had to move 2 spaces vertical and 1 horizontal, or 2 spaces horizontal and 1 vertical. In a L shape. If you ran out of moves, you were eliminated. Ashley, Ash, Sasha, Connie, Hero and Jett all played. Ashley won this with Sasha coming close in 2nd and she chose to discard. Jordan and Hero both received 2 votes to evict meaning Sasha had to make the deciding vote. She chose to evict Hero.

## Week 10

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

HOH was Sit, Trip & Spin but in teams, Connie & Ashley were on the red team with Jordan and Jett on the blue team. Whatever team lasted the longest would face off against each other. Ashley was the last standing so she and Connie faced off in the 2nd and final round. Connie was the last to fall and won HOH. She chose to nominate Jordan & Ash. POV was Trivia. Houseguests were asked a question. Whoever got it wrong would lose a life, unless everyone got it wrong. If only 1 person got the answer correct, they would choose 1 person to lose a life instead of everyone else. Ashley, Ash, Jett, Connie, Sasha & Jordan all played as they were the final 6. Ash won over Connie and saved herself. Sasha was renamed as the replacement nominee but managed to stay over Jordan in a vote of 2-1.

## Week 11

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominated1 Vote to Save**

 **Evicted0 Votes to Save**

 **Evicted0 Votes to Save**

HOH was Pinball. Houseguests had to roll their ball down a ramp with blocks blocking the ball. Whatever ball landed in the highest score won. Ashley won HOH and nominated Jett, Ash and Connie at random. POV was Laser Tag. Houseguests had to run around with laser guns shooting each other. The last houseguest standing would win POV. Sasha won and decided to discard as there was no other nominee options. She chose to save Ash meaning Jett and Connie were sent home in a double.