Big Brother 15

**Big Brother 15** is the fifteenth season of the PMBB series.

## Background

The fate of the series remained unknown since the finale of the 14th season. However, as of November 3rd, the series was officially picked up and expected to return in December or January. The series went on indefinite hiatus after the season wasn't picked up in December/January. However, despite the looming cancellation the series will officially return sometime during the spring of 2021. The date was officially set for May of 2021.

## Twists

* **Ghost Reigns:** For the first five weeks of the game, the winner of the Head of Household competition would remain completely anonymous. The HoH would make their nominations and pick a player for veto while remaining anonymous.
* **Five Player Power of Veto:** Due to the anonymous HoH reigns, the HoH will not be automatically chosen to play in the veto competition. However, the HoH may be randomly drawn in the veto picking. After the Ghost Reigns end, the HoH will be automatically placed in the veto competition.
* **Have-Not Choosing:** After the first Have-Nots were determined by the first HOH, they then had to pick the new Have-Nots themselves for the following week, and the process repeated every week. They are not allowed to pick any other outgoing Have-Nots, including themselves. If an outgoing Have-Not was evicted, there would be no replacement and the number of overall Have-Nots would just decrease.
* **The Attic:** The first four evicted houseguests would be sent to the Attic where they will live with the fifth evictee joining this group. The four living in the Attic were able to see the happenings inside the house at random times. After five weeks of living in the Attic, the five evicted houseguests would compete for a chance to re-enter the game.
* **Triple Eviction**: Different from the Triple Eviction in Big Brother All Stars, there will be 2 weeks of gameplay played in a single night. Two HOH competitions, two POV competitions and three evictions all in one night!

## HouseGuests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Nathan***

 **Jury: *Mackenzie***

 **Jury: *Mackenzie***

 **Jury: *Mackenzie***

 **Jury: *Mackenzie***

 **Jury: *Mackenzie***

 **Jury: *Nathan***

 **Jury: *Nathan***

 **Jury: *Nathan***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee5 Votes**

 **Evicted8 Votes**

Sixteen houseguests returned to the Big Brother house after being abandoned by the previous season. The house was made aware that they had become the ghosts in the house and will run their Head of Households like ghosts, invisible. The winner would be anonymous and make their nominations in secret. In the first competition of the season, Mackenzie Skinner became the first Ghost HOH. In attempt to secure her safety, Rina Nakai created an alliance called "The Boo Crew" including Donovan Fowler, Kaleb Griffin, Mackenzie Skinner, Neila Ayton, Yamen Verity and herself. Completely against the alliance and the creator, Mackenzie set her target on Rina. At the nomination ceremony, she went against the alliance and nominated Rina and Kendrick Hawk for eviction. Since the identity of the HoH was a secret, the HoH would not automatically play and only leaving 5 players for veto. Kendrick won the Power of Veto and decided to save himself from the block. Nathan Estrada created an alliance with Glen Chou, Halle Neville, Kaleb, Lana Rakes, Mackenzie, Zavier Durand and himself, calling themselves The Ghostbusters. Mackenzie's loyalty to The Ghostbusters put the final nail in her alliance with The Boo Crew as she named Donovan as the replacement nominee. Despite being called out as the HoH by Donovan in his eviction speech, Mackenzie and the Ghostbusters sent Rina home in a 8-5 vote with The Boo Crew favoring Rina over Donovan.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee4 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted8 Votes**

Following Rina's eviction, Pearson Sultan rose to power and became the second anonymous HoH. With no real allies in the game, Pearson secretly nominated Yamen and Zavier for eviction with a backdoor of Kendrick. Despite Kendrick being picked for the veto, Zavier won the Power of Veto. Hoping to plant seeds of a backdoor of Kendrick, Pearson discussed with Zavier that Kendrick would be a great replacement nominee. After using the veto on himself, Pearson secretly nominated Kendrick as the replacement nominee. Zavier's conversation with Pearson makes him realize that Pearson is the HoH. Feeling the same way, The Ghostbusters and The Boo Crew came together on evicting Yamen in a 8-4 vote, with two outside votes and two hinky votes from Kaleb and Nathan.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted9 Votes**

Following Kendrick's eviction, Zavier became the third anonymous Head of Household. Threatened by Yamen's performance in competitions, he nominated Neila and Troian Yates as pawns to try to backdoor Yamen. The plan became successful when Yamen wasn't chosen to compete, and Neila won the Power of Veto to save herself from the block. Zavier followed through with the plan and nominated Yamen as the replacement nominee. The Boo Crew wanted to send Troian home in order to save Yamen, while The Ghostbusters wanted Yamen out of the game for being the biggest threat. At eviction, Kaleb and Mackenzie showed their cards to The Boo Crew by choosing to evict Yamen. Yamen was evicted in a 9-2 vote, leaving Donovan and Neila on the outs and Kaleb and Mackenzie against the Boo Crew.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee4 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

Following Yamen's eviction, Kaleb became the next anonymous Head of Household. During the competition, Halle won immunity for the week. With back turned to the Boo Crew, he set his sights on strategic players outside of his alliance. He nominated Neila and Pearson for eviction, with his primary target on Pearson. Halle won the Power of Veto. After a conversation with Pearson, Kaleb felt that the best person to go might be Neila. The Ghostbusters decided that the best move would be to keep nominations the same. Donovan still hopeful that the Boo Crew would stick together and evict Pearson. Halle, Mackenzie and Zavier thought that evicting Neila would be a waste of a move. At the eviction, Halle, Mackenzie and Zavier flipped on The Ghostbusters with the help of Donovan, Rachel Torres and Troian to evict Pearson in a 6-4 vote.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted6 Votes**

Following Pearson's eviction, Zavier secured the win as Head of Household in order to prevent backlash for his risky move to flip the vote. Feeling on a high from the high risk move, Zavier made a move to get out another strategic threat for his game. At the nomination ceremony, he nominated Mackenzie alongside Neila with Mackenzie as the target and Neila as the pawn. Troian came out of the Power of the Veto competition victorious. Feeling loyalty to each other, Troian learned Zavier was the Head of Household, she promised to do whatever he wanted with the veto. After conversation with Mackenzie, Zavier realized that Mackenzie was the wrong person to take out of the game. He wanted to pin the flip on someone, only leaving Halle. Troian followed through with Zavier's plan by saving Mackenzie with the veto, leading to Zavier secretly nominating Halle as the replacement nominee. Despite already being a clear target for Zavier, Halle's paranoid turned more houseguests against her. At the eviction, Zavier gained support from Donovan, Mackenzie, Rachel, Troian and Victoria Martinez. While Glen, Kaleb, and Lana wanted to stay loyal to the alliance. Despite feeling loyalty to the alliance, Nathan refused to vote in the minority. Halle was then evicted in a 6-3 vote, dividing the Ghostbusters alliance into two sides.

### Week 6

 **Re-Entered**

 **HOH/POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted6 Votes**

The houseguests learned that the first four evicted houseguests were secretly living in the BB Attic. The first four plus recently evicted houseguest Halle would compete for a chance to return to the game while the remaining houseguests competed in the next Head of Household competition. Nathan won the Head of Household competition while Pearson returned to the game with immunity for the week. Despite being forced onto a side with Mackenzie and Zavier in the Ghostbusters, Nathan felt more loyalty to Glen, Kaleb and Lana. At the nomination ceremony, he nominated outside of the Ghostbusters by naming Neila and Troian as the nominees. Although his nominations seemed like a ploy to keep the Ghostbusters together, Nathan wanted to avenge Halle by trying to backdoor Zavier. Zavier was not picked to play in the veto competition, and Nathan won the Power of Veto. Nathan promised Neila that he would use the veto on her if he would get her vote in the eviction. She agreed and Nathan used the veto on Neila, allowing him to name Zavier as the replacement nominee. At the eviction, the house took a stand against the Zavier who they figured out to be the one winning competitions and making cutthroat moves. Zavier was evicted in a 6-3 vote, only having Mackenzie, Pearson, and Rachel's vote to stay.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted7 Votes**

Following Zavier's eviction, the houseguests were informed that they had made it to the jury stage of the game. The houseguests competed in the Head of Household competition where Glen rose to power. Wanting to get rid of Neila for being someone he hasn't trusted or gotten along with, he needed to put a pawn besides her. Although allied together, Glen asked Kaleb to become his pawn, hesitant he ultimately agreed. Glen nominated Kaleb and Neila for eviction. Troian won the Power of Veto. Feeling loyal to Kaleb, Troian decided to use the veto on Kaleb. Glen was forced to make a renomination ultimately choosing Mackenzie. At the eviction, the house agreed that Neila's time has come to an end, evicting her in a 7-1 vote with Donovan being the only vote for her to stay.

### Week 8

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted5 Votes**

Following Neila's eviction, Pearson won the Head of Household competition. In the previous week, Kaleb, Mackenzie and Nathan extended an olive branch to Pearson, Troian and Victoria as the second half of the Ghostbusters without revealing the name. This play focused his target on two physical players outside of this new six. At the nomination ceremony, Pearson nominated Glen and Lana for eviction. Glen won the Power of Veto. Glen used the veto on himself and Pearson named Donovan as the replacement nominee. Initially wanting to take the shot at Lana, the new six of the reformed Ghostbusters viewed Lana as weak compared to Donovan. At the eviction, the majority took the shot at Donovan opposed to Lana, evicting him in a 5-2 vote.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

Following Donovan's eviction, the houseguests were informed that another houseguest would be leaving the house within the hour. Kaleb won the Head of Household competition. He immediately nominated Glen and Lana for eviction, turning his back on the original Ghostbusters for the improved version. Mackenzie won the Power of Veto and chose to keep the nominations the same. At the eviction, the targets were up for debate. The vote resulted in a 3-3 tie, forcing Kaleb to make a choice. Despite multiple close allies choosing to evict Lana, Kaleb took the shot at a bigger threat and evicted Glen.

#### Round 3

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Following Glen's eviction, the houseguests were gathered in the living room for a final surprise. A third houseguest would also be leaving the house. They competed in the Head of Household where Mackenzie won. Hoping to seal the fates any remaining outsiders, she nominated Lana and Troian for eviction. Kaleb won the Power of Veto and decided to keep nominations the same. At the eviction, Mackenzie urged the reformed Ghostbusters to evict Lana. The votes were revealed to 3-2 with Lana leaving the house.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Following the triple eviction, the houseguests competed in the next Head of Household competition. Troian became the next HoH. Still feeling loyal to the Ghostbusters, Troian nominated Rachel and Pearson on the block together. Victoria won the Power of Veto. Not wanting anyone else wanting to go on the block, Victoria chose to discard the veto. Kaleb, Nathan and Victoria felt that Pearson would be the better option to go than Rachel. Mackenzie wanting to be loyal until the six voted to keep Pearson. Pearson was then evicted in a 3-1 vote.

### Week 10

#### Round 1

 **HOH/POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Following Pearson's eviction, Kaleb won the Head of Household competition. He nominated Rachel and Troian for eviction in order to keep his best allies off the block. Kaleb won the Power of Veto competition and decided to keep the nominations the same. The alliance once again felt the best move would be to take out Troian rather than Rachel. At the eviction, the house unanimously evicted Troian.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

Following Troian's eviction, the houseguests were informed that it was a double eviction. Victoria became the new Head of Household. Victoria wanted to pick off another member of the alliance. She nominated Rachel along Nathan. Kaleb won the Power of Veto and decided to discard the veto. Victoria pushed for Nathan to leave the game, only needing Kaleb's vote to force a tie. Mackenzie wanted to stay loyal to the original three. Kaleb ultimately decided to get rid of the only person who wouldn't take him to the final two, evicting Rachel in a 2-0 vote.

### Week 11

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **Pre-POV NomineePOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

After Rachel's eviction, Mackenzie won the final four Head of Household competition, securing her spot in the finale. Mackenzie wanting to keep her final two off of the block, she nominated Nathan and Victoria for eviction. Victoria won the Power of Veto. Betrayed by Kaleb in the previous vote, Victoria realized that Kaleb was playing the best game in the house. Victoria saved herself from the block, forcing Kaleb as a nominee. At the surprise eviction after the veto ceremony, Victoria cast the sole vote to evict Kaleb.

#### Round 2

 **HOH Pt. 2 WinnerHOH Pt. 3 Winner**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerNominee1 Vote**

After Kaleb's eviction, the houseguests competed in Part 1 of the Final Head of Household competition. Victoria won Part 1 and advanced to Part 3. Nathan won Part 2 of the Final Head of Household competition, automatically making Mackenzie a nominee for the week. At the live finale, Nathan and Victoria faced off against each other where Nathan became the Final Head of Household. Honoring his alliance and relationship with Mackenzie, Nathan chose to evict Victoria from the game.

### Finale

 **Winner5 Votes**

 **Runner-Up4 Votes**

The jury respected Nathan's strategic gameplay throughout the season to avoid votes cast against him and staying off the block for so long, however, the jury respected Mackenzie's competition wins, likability and ability to use the twists thrown to her advantage. The vote ended in a 5-4 with Mackenzie becoming the winner of the season.

#### ***The Jury***

 **Nathan**

 **Nathan**

 **Nathan**

 **Mackenzie**

 **Mackenzie**

 **Mackenzie**

 **Mackenzie**

 **Mackenzie**

 **Nathan**

## Trivia

* This season holds the record for male HouseGuests winning HoH for six weeks in a row and a total of eight male HOHs during the duration of the six weeks.