Big Brother 7

## *Big Brother: All-Stars*

**Big Brother 7**, also known as ***Big Brother: All-Stars***, is the seventh season of the reality television series *Big Brother*. This season featured 14 out of a possible 20 eligible past contestants to return for a second time. It aired for 72 days, concluding when Zach Lamb was crowned the winner with a 5-2 vote from the jury.

## Twists/Changes

* **Returning Players:** For the first time in Big Brother history, former houseguests returned to play the game.
* **America Chooses The Houseguests:** The twenty all-star candidates were announced to the public audience and they were allowed to vote for who they wanted to return. It was initially announced that six houseguests (three men and three women) would be voted in, but due to a high number of submissions, an extra man and an extra woman would be added. This meant that eight houseguests were selected by America and six houseguests were selected by the producers.
* **Power of Veto Players Randomized:** As a likely response to the backdooring strategy implemented in the previous two seasons, the Head of Household and the nominees no longer chose the players themselves; rather, the three Veto Competition players were randomly drawn out of a bag with chips with houseguests' names on them. Though one chip did contain "Houseguest's Choice" written on it. When drawn, the person drawing may choose a houseguest of their choice.
* **Coup d'Etat:** The second place winner during the Week 6 HOH competition would be given the power of the Coup d'Etat. The holder would only be able to use it for a short time but would overthrow the current Head of Household during the live eviction. They would be able to veto and select new nominations. However, the Coup d'Etat was never used.
* **Double Eviction Night:** On week 8, for the first time in *Big Brother* history, two houseguests would be evicted within one night. This version of the Double Eviction would be the mainstay for future seasons of *Big Brother*.

## Candidates

### Chosen

#### Public

These eight candidates were voted into the house by the public.

* Anita LeBoan - Season 2; Runner-Up
* Dan Waldron - Season 6; Evicted: 9th place
* Kel Ying - Season 4; Winner
* Lisa Ridgeway - Season 5; Evicted: 9th place
* Natalie Sharma - Season 1; Runner-Up
* Nolan Fanderos - Season 4; Evicted: 9th place
* Reed Holsman - Season 5; Evicted: 11th place
* Ruby Versa - Season 4; Evicted: 3rd place

#### Producers

These six candidates were chosen to go into the house by the producers.

* Chelsea Dunn - Season 3; Winner
* Emma Waviok - Season 6; Evicted: 3rd place
* John Sullient - Season 2; Winner
* Luke Amatz - Season 3; Evicted: 6th place
* Stella Mainrock - Season 2; Evicted: 4th place
* Zach Lamb - Season 5; Evicted: 5th place

### Not Chosen

Out of 20 candidates selected to participate in the show, six were not chosen by the public nor the producers to enter the house.

* Caitlin Ray - Season 5; Runner-Up
* Corinne Loskey - Season 6; Evicted: 10th place
* Daniel Smith - Season 3; Evicted: 5th place
* Max Downing, Sr. - Season 4; Evicted: 5th place
* Olivia Hanson - Season 3; Evicted: 4th place
* Russ Bruno - Season 2; Evicted: 3rd place

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Zach***

 **Jury: *Zach***

 **Jury: *Zach***

 **Jury: *Reed***

 **Jury: *Zach***

 **Jury: *Reed***

 **Jury: *Zach***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Alliances

* **Winners Alliance** *(Chelsea, John, and Kel)*
* **Season 5 Alliance** *(Lisa, Reed and Zach)*
* **Season 2 Alliance** *(Anita, John and Stella)*
* **Zach's Attack 2.0** *(Dan, Lisa, Natalie, Reed, and Zach)*

## Game History

### Week 1

 **Co-HOH**

 **Co-HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted8 Votes**

14 out of the 20 candidates were either voted back in or chosen to compete for another season. Lisa and Luke won the "Falling Stars" HOH competition, where they had to share the duties of Head of Household for a week, and if they disagreed with their nominations, both of them would instead be the nominees. Lisa and Luke initally disagree with the nominations. Lisa wanted to nominate Nolan and Ruby because she heard them talking strategy following the HOH competition. Luke wanted to nominate Chelsea in order to get revenge for evicting him in *Big Brother 3*, with Natalie being a pawn. The two decided to nominate one person each, and chose to nominate Chelsea and Nolan. Stella won the first POV competition, and left the nominations the same. Luke heavily campaigned to get Chelsea evicted; however this fell on deaf ears as Nolan was voted out by an 8-2 vote.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

After the eviction of Nolan, Kel won the "Nolan Rules" HOH competition, putting the winners in control. Wanting to target the strongest physical players in the house, Kel nominated Emma and Zach, as well as splitting up their respective duo partners, Dan and Reed. Kel also had a back up plan to backdoor Luke if one of them came off the block. Coincidentally, Luke won the POV competition, and left the nominations the same, since he didn't want the target on his back to get bigger. Emma was evicted by a 7-3 vote, since she was seen as the stronger player out of the two.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted9 Votes**

After Emma's eviction, Zach won the "Pay Attention" HOH competition, shifting the power in the house away from the winners alliance. He decided to make a big move by putting up two winners, John and Kel, with Kel as his target. This plan fails when Kel wins the POV. Chelsea then went to Zach and offered a deal in order to spare herself from possible eviction; trying to convince Zach to put up Luke, who was a big target. Zach decided to keep Chelsea off the block, but still wanted to assure that a winner would be evicted by putting up Anita as a pawn. John was unanimously evicted with a 9-0 vote, despite a close campaign from Chelsea and Kel to save him.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

After John's eviction, Lisa won her second HOH competition during the "Define & Dismiss" competition. Worried about the amount of "floaters" in the house, she nominated Ruby and Stella, who she considered the strongest of the floaters; with Ruby as her target. After Chelsea won the POV, and decided not to use it, Dan decided to take the game into his own hands and target someone who he wanted out since week 1, Stella. Dan went to his alliance and convinced them to change their vote. Dan's plan worked as Stella was evicted by a 7-1 vote, being the second Big Brother 2 representative to leave in a row.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted4 Votes**

After Stella's eviction, the remaining houseguests competed in the "Caught in A Web" HOH competition, and despite the number "floaters" in the house getting smaller, Ruby won the competition, becoming the new HOH. Wanting to target a duo in the house, Ruby targeted Dan and Natalie for their showmance, with her main target being Natalie. After Zach won the POV competition, he wanted to protect his alliance and told Ruby that Natalie was not getting evicted over Dan due to her social bonds with everyone else, and he suggested putting up someone else up as a pawn in Dan's place. At the POV ceremony, Zach used the veto on Dan, and Ruby named Anita as the replacement nominee, believing she had the votes to stay. Anita was evicted in a 4-3 vote, shocking half the house and ultimately causing all of the Big Brother 2 representatives to leave before the jury stage.

### Week 6

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

After Anita's eviction, Dan won the "The Ghosts of Big Brother Past" HOH competition. During the Head of Household competition instructions, the houseguests learned that a new special power could impact the game, but the Head of Household could not win it. The houseguests were not informed that whoever came in second during the HOH competition would be the winner. Due to a deal he made with Chelsea, Dan nominated two other people outside his alliance, Kel and Luke, hoping that the former will be evicted at the end of the week. During the POV competition, Dan barely beat out Luke and won the Power of Veto. Prior to the veto ceremony, it was revealed to the audience that Lisa had won the secret power, which was called the Coup d'Etat, which she could use at any of the next three evictions. At the POV ceremony, Dan discarded the veto, leaving his nominations the same. Reed told Chelsea and Ruby that he and Zach would vote with them and save Kel. However Reed went back on his word, and shocked the two women when Kel was evicted and sent to the jury house by a 4-2 vote.

### Week 7

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

After Kel's eviction, Zach won the "Prom Night" HOH competition, and had to immediately nominate his target Luke and a pawn Ruby for eviction, since it was announced that this week would be a Fast Forward Double Eviction week. Despite the odds stacked against him, Luke won the Power of Veto and saved himself. Despite considering nominating Chelsea, he wanted to honor a deal he made with her a few weeks prior, and he shockingly nominated his alliance member and ally Lisa as the replacement nominee in order to lower suspision that she would be in the majority alliance. Sensing there was a majority, Chelsea tried to convince Dan and Natalie to flip, but was unsuccessful. Ruby was evicted unanimously by a 5-0 vote, wishing Reed luck as she left.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

Soon after Ruby's eviction, Reed won his first ever HOH after he won the "Revenge of the Gnomes" competition. He nominated both Chelsea and Luke, viewing them as the biggest threats, but also because they were the last two outsiders. Chelsea suspected that there was a majority alliance, and tried to tell Luke about it, but he brushed her off. Dan managed to win his second Power of Veto of the season, and ultimately chose not to use it. Luke tried to flip the vote in his favor by telling Dan that Chelsea was onto him. But this fell on deaf ears as Luke was evicted by a 4-0 vote.

### Week 8

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted2 Votes**

After Luke's eviction, Chelsea won the "But First" HOH competition, and after deciding to target one of the two remaining duos, she decides to nominate Reed and Zach, viewing them as stronger competitors than Dan and Natalie. Zach ultimately won the POV and saved himself, and Chelsea decided to nominate Natalie in his place, stating that she wanted to stick to her original plan of targeting a duo; she also believed Dan showed loyalty to her by sticking to their deal by not nominating her when he was HOH. Lisa was viewed as the swing vote, and was pressured by both sides to vote with them. Ultimately, Natalie evicted by a vote of 2-1, right after the announcement of another Double Eviction is announced.

#### Round 2

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

Zach won the "Battle of the Sexes" HOH competition soon after Natalie's eviction, and decided to nominate Chelsea and Dan, with the intention of evicting the former. The plan succeeds when Zach wins the POV and decides not to use it. Chelsea was quickly evicted with a unanimous vote of 2-0.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **POVNominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted1 Vote**

Dan won the "Big Brother Bowl" after the Double Eviction, and nominating the last duo in the house; Reed and Zach for eviction. After Reed won the POV, he made the decision to save Zach from the block, giving him the sole vote to evict. He chose to stick with his number one ally Reed, which caused him to use his sole vote to evict Lisa from the house.

### Week 10

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerHOH Pt. 3 WinnerFinal HOH**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **HOH Pt. 2 WinnerEvicted1 Vote**

After Lisa's eviction, Dan knew he had to win the final Head of Household to win, but was unsuccessful after Zach won Part 1, automatically bringing him to Part 3. Dan beat Reed in Part 2, allowing Dan to face off against Zach in Part 3. Zach became the final HOH after winning Part 3, choosing to evict Dan.

### Finale

 **Winner5 Votes**

 **Runner-Up2 Votes**

#### The Jury

 **Zach**

 **Reed**

 **Zach**

 **Reed**

 **Zach**

 **Zach**

 **Zach**

## Trivia

* This is the first season with only returning players.