Big Brother 1 (US)

**Big Brother 1 (US)**, also known as **Big Brother: The First Shot**, is the first installment of the US version of the reality television series Big Brother. This season is notable for featuring seventeen new houseguests who have nevered seen the game before, move into the Big Brother House. The season premiered on June 21, 2010, and concluded on September 1, 2010.

After 73 days, the jury crowned Adrian Mccarty as the winner of the game over Shuaib Lee in a 5-4 vote. Adrian made Big Brother US history becoming the first ever male, minority, and contestant to win the Big Brother game.

Due to high critical acclaim and positive reviews from viewers, season one would become one of the most successful seasons in Big Brother history across international with an average viewership of 17.3 million viewers.

## ***Format***

* **Alliances:** Alliances are made of duos, trios, or groups that are loyal to each other in Big Brother. The alliance works on taking themselves further into the game through winning competitions and staying safe with each other, taking out houseguests that prove a threat to themselves. These alliances can be dominative and can seize control in a game if they manage to get a majority. Many times, members of an alliance will defect, in order to increase their placings or if they feel betrayed by members of an alliance.
* **Tasks:** The tasks are the essential activities inside the Big Brother House that the houseguests must try their best to accomplish and complete. If the houseguests are successful in their weekly tasks, they earned a reward for themselves or the entire house. If the houseguests are not successful in the task, they recieve a punishment for themselves or the entire house.
* **Head of Household:** Every week, the houseguests compete in the Head of Household competition, where the winner will be named as the Head of Household. The HOH gains safety for the week free from the threat of eviction along with its perks, such as having their own private suite and gifts/photos from home. However, the HOH also gains the responsibility to name two nominees that will face eviction. The previous Head of Household is not eligible to play in the subsequent Head of Household competition, and thus, can not be Head of Household twice in a row (unless the houseguests are down to the final three). If the POV is used on one of their initial nominees, they are responsible for putting up a replacement nominee for eviction.
* **Immunity Competition:** Every week up into the final 6, the houseguests compete in a immunity competition to earn immunity for the week, being safe from the nominations. Everyone is eligible to compete in the competition, with the exception of the current HOH competing, due to them already being immune. The immunity competition takes place after the HOH competition and right before the nomination ceremony. Houseguests are able to win the immunity competition more than once and consecutively. Due to everyone allowed to compete except for the current HOH, the outging HOH is also allowed to compete in the competition, allowing them to be safe again.
* **Have/Have-Not Competition:** Every week, the houseguests compete for the chance to not be a Have-Not for the week and become a Have. The houseguests get to play individually or compete in teams. The winners of the Have/Have-Not competition become Haves for the week. The losers become Have-Nots for the week.
	+ **Have:** A houseguest that gets to sleep in a regular room, have normal food privileges, and take warm showers.
	+ **Have-Not:** A houseguest that has to eat slop, sleep in the Have-Not Bedroom, and take cold showers.
* **Nominations:** Every week, the Head of Household has the sole responsibility to nominate two houseguests for eviction. The Head of Household picks the nominees of their choice in their HOH bedroom. During the nomination ceremony, one at a time, the houseguests except for the HOH and immunity player, would put their keys in the box in front of them and twist their keys. If the box turned green, they are safe for eviction. If the box turned red, they are nominated for eviction. Once the nominations are revealed, the HOH gives their explanations for nominating the two nominees.
* **Power of Veto:** Every week, the houseguests participate in the POV competition. The winner of the POV is given the power to remove one of the nominations from the block. The Power of Veto also guarantees the holder safety should one of the nominees be removed, unless they are the only possible replacement nominee (if saved someone during Final 4 or by twists). Before the POV competition begns, all houseguests participate in the POV picking ceremony. Only 6 houseguest are allowed to participate in the POV competition. The HOH, the two nominees, and 3 random houseguests selected by random draw. The six houseguests later play in a competition to determine the winner of the Power of Veto.
* **Eviction:** During the eviction, the two nominees are given a chance to make their final pleas. After each nominee has spoken, the remaining houseguests head one at a time to the Diary Room to cast their vote to evict. The Head of Household and the two nominees are ineligible to vote. However, in the case of a tie, the Head of Household casts the determining vote to evict. After the votes are in, the results of the vote are revealed to the houseguests, telling them the number of votes cast in favor of each nominee. At that moment, the evicted houseguest has one minute to collect their bags, say good-byes, and walk out the front door, where they have an interview with the host before returning either to the real world or the Jury House. Evicted houseguests get to view a good-bye tape with messages from their fellow houseguests.
* **The Jury:**
* **Finale:**

## ***Twists***

* **Hit The Road:** In Week 1, all houseguests competed in the Hit The Road twist competition to win initial safety from the nominations. The two losers who failed to win the Hit The Road competition would be instanly be put up as the initial nominations.
	+ **Fast Forward:** In Week 1, the events of the first week hit the road competition would be fast forward with two houseguests being evicted in the same week. The first houseguest would be evicted on Day 2 and the second houseguest would be evicted on Day 7.
* **Instant Eviction:** For the first time in Big Brother (US) history, two houseguests would be evicted within one night and in the same week. All of the HOH competition, Immunity competition, Nomination ceremony, POV competition, POV ceremony, and eviciton would all span in just one single day.
* **Triple Eviction:** Unlike the usual double eviction, three houseguests would be send home on the same night. The triple eviction was used with two regular eviction cycles, meaning that two weeks worth of game all would occur on one day with two HOH competitions, two immunity competitions, two POV competitions, and three evictions all happening in just one day.

## ***Houseguests***

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury Member**

 **Jury Member**

 **Jury Member**

 **Jury Member**

 **Jury Member**

 **Jury Member**

 **Jury Member**

 **Jury Member**

 **Jury Member**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## ***Voting History***

### ***Notable Duos***

* **Advie** *(Adrian and Evie)*
* **A.I.P** *(Anne and Sophia)*
* **The Anarchy** *(Adrian and Shuaib)*
* **The Rebels** *(Jessica and Rose)*
* **True Hope** *(Rose and Sophia)*

### ***Notable Alliances***

* **Big Brother's Warriors** *(Evie, Jasmine, Jessica, Sophia, and Will)*
* **Silent Snipers** *(Grant, Jeremy, and Jessica)*
* **The Lion's Breath** *(Jasmine, Noel, Sylvie, and Will)*
* **The Overdogs** *(Evie, Grant, Jessica, and Rose)*
* **The Sisterhood** *(Anne, Jasmine, and Sophia)*

## ***Have/Have-Not Results***

Starting from Week 1 and ending in Week 5, Houseguests would compete in weekly Have-Not competitions to earn their right to eat food, have hot showers, and have nice beds. The HOH and Houseguests with a Slop Pass are already guaranteed Have status, making them ineligible to compete in the competition. The losers of the competition would become the week's Have-Nots. They would have to eat slop, have cold showers, and have uncomfortable beds for the rest of the week.

*Note: HOH's are safe from becoming a Have-Not for the week, thus making them automatically a Have for the week.*
*Note: Houseguests who won immunity for the week wins a Slop Pass for the week, automatically guaranteeing them Have status.*
*Note: For winning the first POV of the season, Rose earned a Slop Pass in the first week.*
*Note: In Week 6, the Have/Have-Not phase ended, with all remaining houseguests becoming Haves for the rest of their stay.*