Big Brother 8

Season 8, logo

## **Overview**

**Big Brother 8**  is the eigth season in the American reality show franchise. Following the star-studded All-Star season, fourteen brand new houseguests entered the Big Brother house. The season began on June 27th 2006 and lasted 79 days, ending on September 14th 2006. The show was met with a slight increase of average viewership from the previous edition, averaging 11.9 Million viewers per episode. The show premiered to a total of 11.2 Million viewers in it's debut episode. Despite the premiere episode airing at an all-time series low the ratings would gradually increase as general interest grew across the nation. After eleven weeks, polarizing houseguest Parmona Kapoor was crowned the winner in a 4-3 jury vote. Isaiah Reilly was awarded runner-up.

## **Twists/Changes**

Following the All-Star season, the artistic direction of the show evolved and rebranded itself into a more modern look, with new set designs, a logo change and an overall aesthetic change heading into it's eighth season. The show morphed from a wacky reality tv show into an epic summer-long battle for a half-million dollars.

* **Format:** There were no format changes between Big Brother 7 and Big Brother 8. The random veto draw would return for it's third season solidifying it as the standard format. As would America's Favorite Player, in which Audrey Lancaster would be awarded the $25,000 cash prize.
* **Battle Back:** The Re-Entry Competition would return in season eight with a slight new format. Both houseguests who were evicted in the double eviction would face off against one another to return to the game the very same night they were evicted. Marco Alvarado beat out Tempest Webber in a controversial upset and re-entered the game.

## **Houseguests**

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Isaiah***

 **Jury: *Parmona***

 **Jury: *Parmona***

 **Jury: *Isaiah***

 **Jury: *Parmona***

 **Jury: *Isaiah***

 **Jury: *Parmona***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## **Big Brother 8 House**

KitchenDining AreaLiving RoomLounge AreaMain BathroomMain BedroomSecond BedroomHave-Not RoomSky BridgeHOH RoomHOH BathroomBackyardMemory Wall

## **Game History**

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the first week of Big Brother 8, fourteen brand new houseguests entered the Big Brother house with one goal in mind, to be the last houseguest standing. In the first night of the season, Julian Morales rose to power, winning the Treadmills competition and becoming the first Head of Household. Julian and Waylen Morrisette quickly hit it off, and the two of them along with Parmona Kapoor and Katrina Larkin formed the first alliance of the season. They pulled in Danny O'Connell and Niah Cross, and thus the Collision Crew was born. Julian wanted to make it through his Head of Household with minimal blood on his hands, so he nominated Dillon Jacobs and Tempest Webber whom he believed had very few bonds amongst the other houseguests. Tempest Webber and Marco Alvarado became very close in this first week, quickly blossoming a flirtmance. At the Power of Veto competition, Parmona secured the veto for her alliance and opted not to use it, keeping her ally Julian's nominations intact. Camerin Goldwing began getting very close to Marco as well. This sparked tension between Camerin and Tempest that would later bubble to the surface, however Marco believed they were better as a trio, rather than enemies and urged the two women to put their differences aside and focus on the game. The three of them called themselves Marco's Angels. Most of the house voted for Tempest to stay, as Dillon was a non-factor in the house and nobody was willing to ruffle feathers so early on. He was evicted in a 7-4 vote.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week two, Katrina Larkin won the Head of Household, putting the Collision Crew in power once again. Katrina, Parmona Kapoor and Niah Cross formed a final three deal within the Collision Crew, the women believed they had to stick together as they noticed the men in the house getting along well. They female trio called themselves the Side Chicks. Tempest Webber continued her sexual advances on Marco Alvarado, although he did not reciprocate these feelings, he still maintained a strong friendship with Tempest. It was during this week that a crack had formed within the Collision Crew. Julian Morales and Waylen Morrisette had began to take a disliking to Danny O'Connell, whom they had noticed was getting very close to Aylana Lavash. The entire house wanted Joel Kirkspatrick out of the game, as he struggled socially and was an easy-out for majority of the cast. Julian and Waylen approached the Side Chicks about nominating Aylana alongside Joel and potentially getting Aylana out of the house to ensure Danny stayed loyal to the Collision Crew. The women agreed that it was a good idea, and Katrina named Aylana and Joel as nominees. Aylana was able to pull out a clutch Power of Veto win, and when she did Danny was quite obviously happy at the competition results. This gave Julian and Waylen a reason to pitch a Danny backdoor, but the Side Chicks believed it was too early to eat one of their own, and Tempest was named a pawn in Aylana's place. Isaiah Reilly and Audrey Lancaster also formed a close bond at this early stage of the game. Noticing they were not in the majority alliance, they formed a final two deal called the Silent Strikers, their strategy for this beginning portion was to lay low. At the eviction, the house nearly unanimously evicted Joel, with the exception of a few pity votes from some members of the Collision Crew.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

By week three, Marco Alvarado had growing tension with Parmona Kapoor. The two of them did not get along and Marco believed that Parmona, along with Katrina Larkin were running the house. Marco wanted to take a shot at the power player females and nominated Parmona for eviction, however he did not want it to be obvious that's what he was doing so he nominated Aylana Lavash next to her. He told Parmona that she was a pawn, however Parmona and the Collision Crew knew that something was fishy. Danny was rather worried about Aylana being next to Parmona as the Collision Crew was likely to vote her out, this sparked an idea in his head to convince Marco to pull Aylana down if given the opportunity. He did not know that Marco's Angels was one step ahead of him and already planning on it. Danny's fears were relieved when Aylana won her second Power of Veto in a row and was able to save herself, this painted an extremely large target on her back as a gir who was once used as a pawn was now viewed as a serious competitor. Aylana's veto win sent the house in a tailspin, nobody knew where Marco's loyalties lied, and with Parmona already on the block it was a very scary position for the Collision Crew. Marco was beginning to have a strong relationship with both Julian and Waylen, and he used his Head of Household'd precarious position to form a three person alliance called The Hustle as it served as a side deal for all three members. At the Power of Veto meeting, Marco named fellow Side Chicks member Niah Cross as his renom. This shocked the house and rocked the Collision Crew as one of their core-members would be evicted. The campaign was fierce between the two ladies, however Parmona held more trust within the alliance and gained the backing of the entire Collision Crew alliance. The Silent Strikers were torn on who to evict, Audrey Lancaster believed Parmona was a huge threat and wanted to take the oppurtunity to get her out, but Isaiah Reilly didn't want to go against the grain of the house. Niah was ultimately evicted in a 7-2 eviction vote.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Niah Cross' eviction, the Side Chicks alliance was no more and the Collision Crew had to regroup. For Marco's Angels it felt as though the entire house was against them. Marco had officially declared war on Parmona and the Collision Crew, and he was beginning to butt heads with Audrey Lancaster in day-to-day living. His saving grace was when Julian Morales won his second Head of Household competition, and the two of them were in newly formed alliance The Hustle. The remaining members of the Collision Crew urged Julian to nominated both Tempest Webber and Marco Alvarado, but Julian expressed that Marco kept him safe the week prior and he would feel guilty putting him up. This had alarm bells blaring in Parmona Kapoor's ears, and would lead to us seeing her allegiances shift from the Collision Crew in the later weeks. Julian nominated Tempest next to Danny O'Connell, which had Danny fuming as they were supposed to be in the same alliance. When Tempest won the Power of Veto in an upset, the remaining Side Chicks pushed for a Marco backdoor, unknown of The Hustle alliance. Julian and Waylen discussed potential replacement nominee options, and with Danny already on the block they decided to completely screw over his game by backdooring Aylana Lavash and placing her next to her ally. Danny struggled to keep his cool throughout the week, mainly because he was on the block and didn't want to give the house a reason to vote him out. Parmona hatched a plan to mask the Collision Crew in an attempt to avoid two members on the block again. She organized a tie vote throughout the house to make it appear the lines were split in a confusing and unreadable way. This was very messy of her and in the long run accomplished nothing but it was fun to watch. The vote resulted in a 4-4 split, with Julian Morales breaking the tie in the Collision Crew's favor, sending Aylana home without a veto to save her.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Over the back half of week four and the beginning of week five, the Collision Crew would begin to fracture even further. Julian and Waylen would begin to butt heads with Katrina because of they felt as though she was constantly siding with Danny. This led to even more tension within the alliance. Camerin Goldwing rose to power in week five, after winning the Bowling competition. Marco's Angels discussed nominations and had a hard time coming to a consensus. Marco and Camerin had a one-on-one conversation, where Camerin suggested using Tempest Webber as a pawn to backdoor Katrina Larkin who was in the opposing alliance. Marco advised Camerin not to nominate Tempest, as she was a number for them in Marco's Angels, and the other side of the house would have the numbers to keep her. This didn't change Camerin's mind at all, as she secretly was okay with Tempest being evicted, and had a strong distaste for her. Camerin went rogue, nominating Tempest anyway alongside Collision Crew and The Hustle member Waylen Morrisette. This put Marco in a very precarious position as he was aligned with both the HOH and the nominees. Waylen ended up winning the Power of Veto, and Camerin followed her plan of nominating Katrina in his spot. With the fractured but still stable Collision Crew having majority of the vote, word quickly spread that Tempest was more than likely leaving, and in order to maintain their under the radar position the Silent Strikers decided to vote with the house. Marco gave Tempest a pity vote and Waylen casted a rogue vote for Katrina to attempt to spread paranoia throughout the house.

#### Day 37

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

 **Re-Entry**

Following Tempest Webber's eviction, the house learned that it was a surprise double eviction week and one more houseguest would be evicted before the night's end, Julie alluded to a twist at the end of the night, and prepped houseguests to 'Expect the Unexpected'. With the house spiraling in confusion about the rogue vote, the remaining Side Chicks were gunning for the Head of Household, however it was Silent Strikers Audrey Lancaster who took the power. Audrey met with ally Isaiah Reilly in the storage room for a brief consultation, and were shortly joined by Camerin Goldwing who Isaiah had a growing friendship with. The three of them decided that they wanted to take shot at the Collision Crew's lesser members, feeling as though it was too early to go for the Side Chicks who were at the top of the totem pole. Audrey nominated Waylen Morrisette and Danny O'Connell, with no particular target in mind. After Danny won the Power of Veto, Isaiah was pushing for Julian Morales to take his spot. Audrey had hesitation due to the twist Julie had alluded too earlier in the night and decided to play it safe. Nominating house target Marco Alvarado and shifting the target onto him, which Audrey was okay with because herself and Marco didn't get along anyways. In a whirlwind eviction, Marco was evicted in a 5-2 eviction vote, receiving a vote to save from his ally Camerin, and a second vote from Katrina who was re-paying the favor to Waylen earlier that night.

After Marco's eviction, Julie announced the twist to the remaining houseguests. The two houseguests evicted in the double eviction would face off against one another in a series of competitions, and the winner would return to the house as if they had never been evicted. This sent shockwaves throughout the house. Former allies and flirtmance Tempest Webber and Marco Alvarado faced off and in a controversial result Marco Alvarado returned to the game. Rendering the double eviction useless, and shaking the Silent Strikers to the core, as they were no longer under-the-radar.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

With Audrey Lancaster unable to play. Isaiah Reilly pulled out a clutch Head of Household win in week six. This HOH gave Isaiah and Camerin Goldwing lots more time to get to know eachother, and the two of them became extremely close friends, vowing to take eachother far into the game. This was also the week that Camerin and Parmona Kapoor would begin their working relationship. Parmona noticed how fractured the Collision Crew had become, and was beginning to look at other options in the game. Isaiah wanted to help repair his Silent Strikers partner Audrey Lancaster's game. Nominating Danny O'Connell and Marco Alvarado for eviction. Nominating Marco was a ploy to appease the rest of the house, in order to protect the Silent Strikers in the following week. When Marco Alvarado won the veto with his back up against the wall, Isaiah and Audrey had to rethink their strategy. They ultimately landed on Julian Morales going on the block as a pawn, as Waylen had a rocky relationship with Katrina and they wanted to get Danny out of the house, so Julian was a safer pawn option. Danny was evicted in a 4-2 eviction vote. Receiving a pity vote from Camerin who was working on her jury management, and Katrina who he had a strong relationship with in the Collision Crew.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Danny O'Connell's eviction, Parmona Kapoor rose to power in the classic Trick or Treat competition. Parmona used this Head of Household to solidify her alliance with Camerin Goldwing, and the two women named themselves the Black Widows. Their gameplan was similar to The Evil Eye's plan from Big Brother 7. Parmona was going to utilize her connection to the Collision Crew and Camerin was going to utilize her connection to the Silent Strikers. Parmona's HOH reign was very straight forward, she needed Marco Alvarado out of the house, this time for good. She nominated Marco up against her pawn Audrey Lancaster. This was the first time the Silent Strikers were in any kind of danger this season. Parmona was prepared to nominate Isaiah Reilly in the event Marco pulled himself down. and in a clutch POV victory, Isaiah secured the power. Audrey and Isaiah had a discussion about the veto power, but Isaiah was hesitant to use it on her. He didn't want to expose that himself and Audrey had a final 2 deal, and wanted to maintain the perception that himself and Camerin were a duo to mask the Silent Strikers. Audrey did not like this plan at all, but Isaiah took a risk and discarded the veto, leaving his final two alliance on the chopping block. The boys of The Hustle put in work with the remaining Collision Crew members to attempt to save Marco, however the girls of the Side Chicks were not budging, and with Katrina and Isaiah's vote locked, Camerin became the swing. Camerin had to choose between her former Marco's Angels alliance member, or who new alliance in the Black Widows. She ultimately chose the strategic option, and blindsided The Hustle at the eviction. Marco was not pleased.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In week eight, Isaiah Reilly won his second Head of Household competition, securing the Silent Strikers in the final six. With the numbers dwindling down, Isaiah had to choose between two duos from the Collision Crew alliance. Either Julian Morales and Waylen Morrisette or Parmona Kapoor and Katrina Larkin. He ultimately decided to nominate the men because himself and Audrey viewed them as stronger physical threats. He also had Camerin Goldwing in his ear campaigning to keep Parmona safe, who was a part of her Black Widows alliance. Julian and Waylen were devastated to be on the block together, and vowed that they wouldn't campaign against one another this week. Audrey Lancaster secured her first Power of Veto win and after a brief discussion with the Silent Strikers, they decided to keep the nominations the same, securing one of Julian and Waulen would be leaving the house this week. Katrina and Waylen had been butting heads for weeks now, and it seems as if their petty rivalry would finally come to a forefront as Katrina held one of four votes this week. The Side Chicks deliberated on which boy of the Collision Crew to send home and ultimately decided on Waylen as Julian was a better at the competitions. Audrey feared a Waylen Head of Household considering she nominated him in the double eviction and sided with the girls. Waylen was evicted in a unanimous vote and became the third member of the jury.

#### Day 58

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Immediately following Waylen Morrisette's eviction, Julie announced that it was another double eviction and a second houseguest would be heading to jury, for real this time. In a fight for Head of Household, Julian Morales won his third HOH and screamed "That's for you Waylen!". He sought revenge on the people he believed responsible for Waylen's eviction, nominating the Silent Strikers Isaiah Reilly and Audrey Lancaster for eviction. At a crucial Power of Veto competition, Camerin Goldwing secured the veto and a game of tug of war for the power commenced. Parmona Kapoor tried convincing Camerin to discard the veto, telling her that she knows her and Isaiah are close but they could evict Audrey from the house if she decided not to use it. Isaiah pitched to Camerin that Julian, Katrina and Parmona were still in an alliance. He had done a good job over the past few weeks convincing Camerin that he was her true final two, so this information fueled Camerin to make one of the biggest moves of the season. She used the veto on Isaiah forcing Julian to name one of his Collision Crew members for a replacement nominee, basically sacrificing one knowing that Isaiah and Camerin would vote to save Audrey. He nominated Katrina and she was evicted in a 2-1 vote, leaving the Collision Crew with only two members remaining and the Silent Strikers in the final five.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

At the final five, Camerin Goldwing won her second Head of Household competition. Her nominations were obvious and she knew what she was doing the second she won, as she had a close relationship with Isaiah and she had the Black Widows alliance with Parmona. She nominated Julian Morales and Audrey Lancaster with her intentions to send Julian to the jury house because she wanted Parmona exclusively loyal to her, and believed Isaiah would pick her over Audrey. Isaiah Reilly won the Power of Veto, and was not taking the same risk he did in week seven, using the Power of Veto to save the Silent Strikers and securing them in the final four. Camerin had no choice but to nominate Parmona as her replacement nominee. Audrey pushed Isaiah hard to evict Parmona, knowing how big of a strategic threat she was and shedding light on how close her and Camerin had become, but Isaiah was too threatened by Julian's three Head of Household wins, believing nobody could beat Julian in the jury and he was a shoe-in to win the game. Audrey and Isaiah agreed it would be smart to vote separately in the hopes that although Isaiah vetoed her, the Silent Strikers would remain anonymous. The vote resulted in a tie and Camerin stood at the head of the living room and cast her vote to evict Julian, bringing her Black Widows alliance with her to the final four, and explicitly stating in the diary room that "I have this game wrapped, write me the check". She would soon eat those words.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Julian Morales' eviction, Parmona Kapoor won her second Head of Household in the classic Jenga competition. The house was aware that the initial nominees didn't carry much weight in the final four, but Parmona still wanted to keep Camerin Goldwing off of the block as a gesture for not nominating her initially in the previous week. The Silent Strikers were on the block together once again and with the upcoming POV comp looming, it was do or die. At the famous Relay Race competition, Isaiah Reilly won his third Power of Veto and secured his spot in the final three, but was left with a difficult decision. He had been working alongside Audrey Lancaster for the entirety of the game in the Silent Strikers, and he also had a final two deal with Camerin. It was up to betray one of his ally's and at the live eviction ceremony he made his choice. Isaiah completely blindsided Camerin and she was left speechless and stumbling around looking for her suitcase. She left without saying a word or hugging a single houseguest and was in awe with how played she was by Isaiah. The final three was decided, the ring leader of the Collision Crew Parmona, and the undercover Silent Strikers were left to battle it out for the half million dollar prize.

### Week 11

 **HOH**

 **80a6e7**
 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

At the final three, the jury reflected on each of the finalists journey's to the final three. Parmona Kapoor played a very strategic and cut-throat game, but the jury viewed her strategy as chaotic and unpredictable. It rubbed a lot of them the wrong way. "Parmona was often seen running about the house in a crazed state, she was by far the most paranoid player and strong-armed multiple people into doing her bidding, I don't know if I want to reward that." said Katrina Larkin. The jury reflected on the Silent Strikers and how against all odds, they made it to the final three. Isaiah and Audrey were on the outs in the beginning of the game, excluded from the Collision Crew they still managed to make subtle strategic plays despite having no sway in the house. They won competitions when they needed to and they each stepped up to the plate when it was most necessary. However, the jury mainly favored Isaiah, Audrey was believed to be a strong player but the jury was conflicted on voting for her to win the entire season. "The two of them did what they had to do to get there, but they were liars, they were snakes and I don't know if that's who I want representing the season." said Camerin Goldwing.

The final Head of Household, as usual was played in three separate parts. The first part was the Hot Tub Endurance competition, where Isaiah Reilly beat the two other ladies and secured his spot in the third part. The second part was the famous Blic Bloc challenge, where Parmona Kapoor completely stomped Audrey Lancaster and went on to face Isaiah in part three on finale night. Audrey gave her pitch to both Isaiah and Parmona, however she believed Isaiah would take her to the final two regardless of her pitch or not. Parmona spent a lot of time working on Isaiah between part two and the finale. She tried convincing him that Audrey was a lock to win the game, and she would have a harder time because she worked against the Collision Crew numerous times, they wouldn't want to vote for her to win. Her pitch in the end wouldn't matter because Parmona won the third and final part of the Head of Household at the finale. She chose to evict Audrey and take Isaiah with her to the final two, feeling as though Isaiah betrayed more people and she might be able to sway some votes her way. Audrey was evicted to roaring applause.

Parmona highlighted her strategic and social game in her final speech. She believed she was the most vocal player of the season and fought the most for the chance to sit before the jury. Isaiah highlighted his social game and his ability to win competitions when he needed to, he apologized for being so cut-throat but he had no other choice if he wanted to make it to the end. After jury questioning, the jury had settled on their decision and Parmona Kapoor was named the winner of Big Brother 8. Audrey Lancaster was awarded the America's Favorite Player title and received a $25,000 prize.

#### The Jury

 **Parmona**

 **Parmona**

 **Parmona**

 **Parmona**

 **Isaiah**

 **Isaiah**

 **Isaiah**