Dirty Dozen 4

***Big Brother: Dirty Dozen 4*** is an Online Reality Game based loosely on the North American version of *Big Brother* and the fourth season in the *Dirty Dozen* series.

The season ended after 63 days with Deana as the winner, and Michael and Andrew the runners-up. This season featured an altered voting process compared to previous instalments where houseguests vote to save those nominated as opposed to evict and the inclusion of safety medallions that are awarded to those who finish in a high placement in the weekly Head of Household competition.

## Development

     A fourth season was announced on June 2nd, 2017 during the final seven of *Big Brother: Dirty Dozen 3* with the logo being revealed on the Dirty Dozen Facebook group. The Ultimatum competition played in season two and season three has since been confirmed to be the standard practice of determining who will face the jury on finale night. After the conclusion of Dirty Dozen 3, early development for a Survivor ORG began set for a European timezone but due to other commitments the series went into an "extended break" starting from July 5th, 2017 with a further update on the series return in 2018 on August 11, 2017. During this period, the series focused on *Survivor Mini*. The theme of the season is that of a ski lodge and in keeping with previous seasons all competitions are named after, or are alluded to the theme of the season. Early promotion stated a change in communication platform from Skype to Discord but was later reverted.

This season introduces "easter eggs" from previous seasons, the three previous champions, Rachel, Will and Eric were noted in the season premiere for never being nominated for eviction before the first competition, their cast pictures are shown in the Veto instructions in a picture above a fireplace as well as Eric and Will being team namesakes for the second HoH competition; *Snow Fight!*.

The decision to change the vote at the end of each cycle from evict to save was due to the previous variations of the double eviction where three houseguests would vote to save in a similar format to *Big Brother Canada* resulted in more deadlocked votes. Applications for the season opened on December 12, 2017 and closed on December 31, 2017 with the houseguests starting the game on January 8th, 2018 at 8pm (EST) with the cast revealed to the public at 9:30pm (EST)

The game finished production in 40 days as opposed to 42 days due to Deana, a finalist in this season, requiring surgery during the jury portion of the game. This reduced the jury questioning from a standard five-day process to three.

## Format

The contestants, referred to as houseguests take part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win luxuries and power in the house. At the start of each week, the houseguests compete in the Head of Household (HoH) competition. The winner of the HoH competition will select two houseguests to be nominated for eviction. Each week, six houseguests are selected to compete in the Power of Veto (PoV) competition: the reigning HoH, their two nominees and three houseguests selected by random draw. The winner of the PoV competition wins the right to either revoke the nomination of one of the nominated houseguests or leave them as is; if the veto winner uses this power, the HoH must immediately nominate another houseguest for eviction. The PoV winner is also immune from being named as the replacement nominee. The Have-nots will have their eviction vote be public knowledge. On eviction night, all houseguests vote to save as opposed to evict one of the nominees, with the exception of the nominees and the Head of Household, who is only allowed to vote in the event of a tie, in which case they must do so publicly. In addition the Head of Household will control any votes by houseguests not voting in time, the houseguests vote will remain a secret to them if their vote is controlled. This compulsory vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room. Unlike most other versions of Big Brother, the houseguests may openly and freely discuss the nomination and eviction process. The nominee with the majority of votes will be evicted, after which the cycle begins again. Houseguests may voluntarily leave the game at any time and those who break the rules may be expelled from the house. The last seven evicted houseguests will form the Big Brother jury and vote for the winner during the season finale. The jury members will be sequestered away from the competing houseguests and be granted access to view competitions and ceremonies that include all of the remaining houseguests; the jury members will not be shown any Diary Room interviews or any footage that may include strategy or details regarding nominations.

As the game takes place online, houseguests communicate with each other primarily through the application Skype that provides voice, video and text messaging. A group is created for the houseguests known as the "house" though other group conversations are created away from the main group for alliances and/or in-game events that require a fewer amount of houseguests involved.

## Twists

* **Final Three and Jury of Seven**: This season three houseguests will face a jury of seven similar to *Big Brother: Dirty Dozen 2*
* **Have-Nots Removed**: Have-Not punishments as a result of the HoH competition will not be in play for the season.
* **Siblings**: Donovan and Dontai who are biological siblings entered the game on day one knowing they would be competing against each other.
* **Day 1 Eviction**: Houseguests were told about a special "Hit the Road" competition whereby the two houseguests that weren't given "super safety" by the rest of the house would be evicted immediately.
* **Three Nominees**: During the first four weeks of the game, the Head of Household will nominate three houseguests for eviction.
* **Vote to Save**: Votes at evictions this season are votes to *save* as opposed to *evict* with the Head of Household breaking any tie by also voting to save.
* **Safety Medallions**: Head of Household competitions have Safety Medallions that grant the winners immunity for the week determined by overall placement, alignment or at the discretion of the Head of Household. The twist concluded on the fifth week.
* **Double Eviction**: During the second and fourth week it was announced that a double eviction would take place, the format follows previous seasons.
* **Live Night**: Following certain evictions, the remaining HouseGuests play a week's worth of games—including HoH and Veto competitions and Nomination, Veto and Eviction ceremonies culminating in a live eviction.
* **Golden Key**: Introduced in the fourth Head of Household competition, the houseguest who accrues the highest number of golden coals will be given an invitation "to change the outcome of the game". It was revealed in Week 6 that the Invitation was a Golden Keycard that voids all votes against a houseguest of their choice. The power is similar to the one used in *Big Brother: Dirty Dozen 3*.
* **All Head of Household**: At the start of week six, the remaining seven houseguests were notified that they would all be the Head of Household and would nominate two houseguests for eviction.
* **Diamond Power of Veto**: Introduced in the *Sn-"Oh" Balls!* Power of Veto competition, the winner earns the Diamond Power of Veto that will veto and name the replacement nominee if exercised.
* **Ultimatum**: When a certain number of houseguests remain, they will compete in a variation of the Final Head of Household where the winner of each round advances to the final. The losing houseguest in the third round will be evicted.

## Houseguests

Sixteen houseguests were chosen this season.

## Game Summary

Twenty four hours prior to the game starting the sixteen houseguests were sequestered

     into four groups of four. Michael, Sarah, Chris and Drew were the first group. Donovan, Regan, Shawn and Luis were the second group. Dontai, Adam, Elise and Parker were the third group and Vicki, Noah, Deana and Andrew were the final group. On day one the houseguests officially entered the *Dirty Dozen* house and were told that there would be three nominees each week but at the weekly eviction the vote would be to *save* instead of a vote to *evict*. The opening competition *Suck it Up* was a "Hit The Road" competition where houseguests would attempt to give "super safety" to another houseguest of their choice but were unable to hand it to themselves. The two houseguests that aren't given "super safety" would be immediately evicted by the end of the first night. After twelve hours Regan and Sarah were not given safety and were evicted together. Hours later, the fourteen houseguests competed in their first Head of Household competition; *The 46 Days of Winter* where houseguests move around signposts collecting as many points as possible without crossing anothers path which would stop their overall score. The highest scoring houseguest wins. Michael was the winner whilst Chris and Shawn each received a safety medallion making them safe for the week. At the nomination ceremony, Michael chose Donovan and Dontai due to their unbreakable pairing as brothers and Vicki by being associated with them. The Picking Players meeting randomly determined Shawn and Drew would join the HoH and nominees in the PoV competition; *Cash for Veto* where houseguests attempt to find the most expensive word with each color on the board denoted a dollar value. The houseguest with the most expensive word, wins. Dontai was the winner and vetoed himself, forced to name a replacement, Michael chose Noah assuring him that he is not the target. At the eviction Noah was saved with five votes and Vicki with four votes whilst Donovan became the next person evicted with a solitary vote to save.

After Donovan's eviction the houseguests learned that a double eviction would take place. The eligible housegusts then competed in the next HoH competition; *Snow Fight!* with Chris, Dontai, Drew, Elise, Noah and Shawn on Team Eric and Adam, Andrew, Deana, Luis, Parker and Vicki on Team Will where they'll have a finite amount of time to hide their opposing sides flag by barricading it. The first person to find their teams flag will become the Head of Household and the rest of the team will earn a safety medallion each. Michael as the outgoing HoH will back a team of their choice, if he is correct then he will earn a safety medallion. Michael chose to support Team Will. Parker won for Team Will. At the nomination ceremony, Parker selected Dontai, Elise and Noah. At the Picking Players meeting, Adam and Vicki were randomly drawn to join the HoH and nominees in the PoV competition; *Frost Buster* where houseguests navigate across a board answering questions based on the letter they land on (an A tile must be answered with a word starting with A etc.) however if a question is answered incorrectly the tile becomes unusable, the houseguest to move across the board in the fastest time or reach the farthest letter in the fastest time wins. Noah was the winner and vetoed himself, forcing Parker to name a replacement. Parker nominated Drew after speaking with the rest of the houseguests. At the eviction, Dontai became the fourth person evicted with no votes to save followed by Elise with four votes. Drew survived with five votes to save.

The houseguests convened shortly after the double eviction to compete in *Live Night* where an entire round is played in an hour. The HoH competition; *Ice Ice Reb-Ice* tasked the houseguests to solve five rebus puzzles with the first place finisher winning Head of Household and the second place finisher winning a safety medallion. Michael won his second HoH of the season and Noah won the safety medallion. At the nomination ceremony, Michael chose Andrew, Chris and Vicki for eviction with Deana, Noah and Shawn randomly drawn to compete in the Power of Veto\*; *Snowstorm of Letters* with the houseguests deciphering scrambled, flashing letters that form a word. The winner of each round would eliminate a houseguest from the competition. Noah was the winner and vetoed Vicki. Forced to name a replacement, Michael chose Drew. At the eviction, Chris received the fewest votes to save in a 3-3-1 decision.

Shortly after the Live Night, the houseguests were told that they made the jury phase but that next round would be the final double eviction of the season. At the next Head of Household competition; *Coal-y Hell!* the competing houseguests will distribute five pieces of coal from a pile of ten coals that have varying degrees of point deduction or to accrue. The highest scoring houseguest will become the Head of Household, in addition there is a golden piece of coal that grants the houseguest with the most pieces of golden coal an invitation to change the game. Luis won the competition and Shawn won the invitation. Luis nominated Noah for a lack of communication, Vicki for not reaching out during Luis' reign as HoH and Andrew as it is best for his game. At the Picking Players meeting, Adam and Shawn were randomly drawn to compete in the Power of Veto; *Sorry We're Frozen!* where the houseguests cover their head with a pillowcase with their hands resting on the top of their head for four minutes - the houseguest who is closest to the time (without going over) wins. Luis won, securing all the power for the week and chose to keep nominations the same. At the eviction, Andrew received five votes to save, with Noah earning zero votes becoming the first juror and Vicki picking up the spare vote becoming the second juror.

The houseguests were told that the three nominees would revert to two nominees for the rest of the season and convened to compete in the *Live Night* where an entire round is played in an hour. In the HoH competition; *Get Out Of My Igloo!* houseguests had to navigate around a four-chamber maze with the first place finisher winning Head of Household and the houseguests finishing second and third respectively earning the final safety medallions of the season. Shawn won the competition with Andrew and Adam winning a safety medallion. At the nomination ceremony, Shawn chose Deana and Drew. At the Picking Players meeting, Adam, Andrew and Luis were drawn to compete in the PoV; *Counting Cold* where the houseguests must count how many snowmen are shown in the backyard but may only attempt to guess once, the first houseguest to correctly guess the number wins but if all the houseguests are incorrect they may guess again. Andrew won, vetoing Drew. Forced to name a replacement, Shawn chose Parker and at the eviction, Parker was sent to the jury in a 3-2 vote to save.

Following Parker's eviction the houseguests were informed that the next Head of Household would be awarded to everyone, granting them the ability to nominate two houseguests for eviction with the two (or more) houseguests with the most votes being nominated for the week. Andrew and Drew earned the majority of nominations. Adam, Deana, Michael and Shawn were then randomly drawn to compete in the Power of Veto; *Sn-"Oh" Balls!* where houseguests attempt to build as many 3-tier snowball pyramids in a twenty-four hour period, this competition upgraded the veto to a Diamond Power of Veto where the winner will have the option to veto and name the replacement nominee in lieu of a singular Head of Household. Shawn was the winner and vetoed Drew, replacing him with Luis for his questionable moves and although having a final three agreement he could not trust him further on. At the eviction, the Invitation was exercised which was revealed to be a Golden Keycard that void all votes to save against a nominee of their choice - the Golden Key was applied to Luis as his two save votes were void with Andrew's three votes keeping him safe sending Luis to the jury.

The final six Head of Household; *Cold Snap* had houseguests compete in two parts with part one answering questions based on the previous competitions with a ten second window to answer. For every correct answer the less difficult puzzle given to each houseguest. The houseguest to complete their puzzle the fastest, wins. Michael was the winner. At the nomination ceremony, Michael acknowledged a four person alliance and continued to stay loyal to them and nominated Andrew and Drew. At the Power of Veto competition; *Freaksnow* houseguests had to identify distorted ex-houseguests that were frozen in ice in ten minutes. Andrew was the winner, vetoed himself and forced to name a replacement Michael chose Adam. At the eviction, Drew was saved unanimously sending Adam to the jury.

At the final Head of Household competition; *King Eskimo* the houseguests battled one another to stay in a spotlight for the longest accrued time in a twenty-four hour period. Andrew was the winner and at the nomination ceremony chose Michael and Shawn for being strong in competitions and avoiding the block all season. This is the first season where no player becomes part of the Never Nominated Club. The final Power of Veto; *Frozen In Time* had houseguests solve a series of color coded grids to uncover the right coordinates to move to the next puzzle and so on until finally arriving at a task to complete. The houseguest who completes all three puzzles and the task in the fastest time wins. Michael was the winner and vetoed himself, Andrew then nominated Deana and at the eviction Deana expected not to be saved and was shocked when Shawn received no votes to save and became the sixth member of the jury.

The final four were told of the **Ultimatum** where they will compete in a three-part HoH style competition with the winner of each round advancing to the final three and the loser of the final competition evicted and sent to the jury. The first competition; *Ice That Binds* tasked houseguest to find unique connections between a finite number of current and former houseguests. Andrew won advancing to the finale, in the second competition; *Pillowtalk* Deana, Drew and Michael had to recite the boot order of the houseguests thus far. Deana won advancing to the finale and in the final competition; *Skating to the End* both Drew and Michael had to connect game-related facts to the six members of the jury in the fastest time. Michael was the winner, evicting Drew as the final member of the jury.

At the finale, Andrew earned Adam's vote, Michael earned Vicki, Shawn and Drew's votes and Deana earned Luis, Parker and Noah's votes. With Andrew receiving one vote to win and with the vote tied, Andrew became the final member of the jury and voted Deana as the winner of Big Brother: Dirty Dozen 4 with Michael as the runner-up whilst Adam was revealed to be the Favorite Juror beating Luis and Vicki in the public vote.

### Footnotes

* **^Week 3 PoV:** As Andrew was not present for the Power of Veto, there was a draw for three people to compete as opposed to two.

## Safety Medallion History

Introduced as a replacement to the previous seasons Have/Have-Nots are Safety Medallions. At the Head of Household competition there are a number of safety medallions on offer that when either rewarded to the houseguest or earned by final placement will give the houseguest immunity for the remainder of the cycle. A medallion still permits the wearer to compete in further competitions. The twist ended after the week five Head of Household.

As Sarah and Regan were evicted before Safety Medallions were introduced to the game they are not shown on the table.

### Notes

* The houseguest earned a **Safety Medallion** and was immune for the week.
* The houseguest was the Head of Household and automatically earned immunity.
* The houseguest was did not earn a safety medallion and was eligible to be nominated.
* Due to the inclusion of an Invitation in the fourth week Head of Household competition, Safety Medallions were not in play.

## Voting History

The houseguests this season vote to save a nominee as opposed to evict in previous seasons.

### Notes

* **^Note 1** : On the first day the houseguests were informed of an immediate eviction where two houseguests who did not receive "super safety" from their fellow houseguests would be immediately evicted from the game.
* **^Note 2** :      The houseguest earned a **Safety Medallion** and was immune for the week.
* **^Note 3** : Week 2 was a double eviction week. Following Donovan's eviction, the Head of Household, Parker, will nominate three HouseGuests for eviction as usual. In a twist, two houseguests will be evicted on the same day who receive the fewest votes to save.
* **^Note 4** : Following the double eviction, the remaining HouseGuests played a week's worth of games—including HoH and Veto competitions and Nomination, Veto and Eviction ceremonies—during the remainder of the live show, culminating in the weekly eviction.
* **^Note 5** : Week 4 was a double eviction week. Following Chris's eviction, the Head of Household, Luis, will nominate three HouseGuests for eviction as usual. In a twist, two houseguests will be evicted on the same day who receive the fewest votes to save.
* **^Note 6** : At the start of Week 6 a House Vote was held to name the week's nominees, with each HouseGuest voting for two nominees. Then the HouseGuests competed in the PoV competition.
* **^Note 7** :      The Power of Veto for Week 6 was for a Diamond Power of Veto. The winner of the DPOV has the ability to veto and name the replacement nominee of their choice.
* **^Note 8** : The Golden Keycard was exercised, negating all save votes for Luis.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/groups/DirtyDozenSeries/permalink/657981864402003/
2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/groups/DirtyDozenSeries/permalink/691114244422098/
3. ↑ http://bb-dirtydozen4.proboards.com/thread/26/veto

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