Big Brother 6

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## **Overview**

**Big Brother 6**  is the sixth season in the American reality show franchise. The season began on June 15th 2004, and wrapped on September 2nd 2004. Like Big Brother 5, the show lasted longer then the original four seasons, concluding on the 79th day. For the first time ever, each houseguest entered with someone they knew from the outside world, and if a pair was to make it to the final two they would be awarded with the largest cash prize in the show's history. Preston Holbrook won the season in a 4-3 vote, taking home a total of $1,000,000 in prize money. Runner-up Arush Dalal won a second place prize of $250,000, the largest runner-up prize in the show's history.

The show kept the Double Eviction twist intact for season six, appearing once in the pre-jury phase and again near the later half of the season. They also introduced Round Trip Ticket's which would allow an evicted houseguest to immediately head back into the house as a houseguest once again. Declan Dial held the Round Trip Ticket and re entered the game.

The game had the same format as it's previous season's, the only change was the three extra players playing in the Power of Veto competition were decided by a random draw instead of a houseguest's choice. This remained the staple for season's to come.

## **Twists/Changes**

* **Partners:** The overall twist of the season was each houseguest would not be entering the house alone, everybody would enter with a "secret partner", although the secret aspect was found out in the first few days of the game. Everybody entered with someone they knew from the outside world but houseguests would still play the game as individuals. It was not enforced to stay loyal to ones partner, that was all up to the players in the game.
* **Random Veto Draw:** The Power of Veto would return for the sixth season, cementing itself in the Big Brother format, but with a slight change from it's past appearances. Only six players would play each week, similar to the previous season. However, the Head of Household and the two nominees would each play, and they would each randomly draw a houseguest to play in the competition alongside them. There was also a "Houseguest's Choice" chip to draw, in which the person who draws the chip would be able to name their player of choice to play in the competition.
* **Prize Money:** After each eviction, the evicted houseguest would learn that the secret meaning to staying loyal to one's partner is the grand prize would double if a pair was to make it to the end. The winner would receive $1,000,000 instead of the usual $500,000, and the runner-up would be awarded with $250,000 instead of $50,000. Preston Holbrook and Arush Dalal made it to the end as a pair, and were awarded with the highest payout in the show's history.
* **Round Trip Tickets:** A twist implemented into the season was the Round Trip Ticket twist. In the first night, each houseguest chose one of fourteen sealed tickets. Thirteen of them being a One-Way Ticket and one of them being the Round Trip Ticket. After each eviction, the evicted houseguest would open their ticket and reveal the contents, if they held the Round Trip Ticket, they would immediately head back into the house and return to the game as a regular houseguest, as if they never left. Declan Dial opened the Round Trip Ticket in week three, and returned to the house until the final six when he was evicted for the second time.

## **Houseguests**

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Arush***

 **Jury: *Preston***

 **Jury: *Preston***

 **Jury: *Arush***

 **Jury: *Preston***

 **Jury: *Preston***

 **Jury: *Arush***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## **Game History**

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Starting off the season, on day one all of the houseguests entered the game and quickly learned that each of them had been entering with a pair. There was a total of fourteen individual houseguests for the first time, and a total of seven pairs in the game. The houseguests had not yet learned the significance of the pairs, just that they were present. Upon beginning the first Head of Household competition, each houseguest was asked to choose one of fourteen envelopes. Inside thirteen of the envelopes were "One-Way Tickets", and inside one was the "Round Trip Ticket". After each eviction, Julie would open the envelope of the evicted houseguest, and if they held the Round Trip Ticket they would immediately re-enter the game, as if they had never been evicted in the first place. At the first HOH competition of the summer, it came down to father and daughter pair Tom Decarlo and Sydney Decarlo. Sydney became victorious and won the first HOH of season six, after having a hard first few days from not relating to her fellow houseguests and being an outcast. Sydney set her target on Courtney Lane. Whom she did not get a long with and had butt heads with earlier on in the week. She nominated Sam Court as her pawn. At the Power of Veto competition, the houseguests learned that the player selection for the Veto would be different this season. Instead of the HOH and the nominees each choosing a houseguest to compete, they would randomly draw from a bag of chips to select the three additional players. However, there was a "Houseguest's Choice" chip implemented to give whoever draw's it the choice of who to play. Preston Holbrook won the first Power of Veto competition, and decided to discard it being that himself and his partner Arush Dalal were both safe. Prior to the eviction, Preston and Arush along with Stacy Davis and her partner Estelle Dyson formed the first alliance of the season and wanted to recruit Courtney Lane as well as her partner Jocelyn Halibute for their alliance. They gathered all of their votes and along with Raydan Erikson and Ginny Hue they flipped the vote for Courtney to stay and Sam Court was the first houseguest evicted in a 6-5 vote.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Sam Court's eviction, Estelle Dyson became the new Head of Household, putting the Original 6 in power for the first time in the game. After an alliance discussion in the storage room between Estelle, Stacy Davis, Preston Holbrook, and Arush Dalal, they decided it would be beneficial to take a shot at the Decarlo's. As they were forming an alliance of their own of the other side of the house with Declan Dial and his sister Delaney Dial. So Estelle nominated Tom Decarlo and Delaney Dial in an effort to turn the group against itself. When Stacy Davis won the Power of Veto, they were in complete control. She decided not to use it and keep the nominations the same. The Original 6 was fracturing near the end of week two, when the group had disagreements on who to evict. Some feared the Decarlo's and their influence in the game, and others felt that Delaney was a personal threat for themselves. Courtney Lane and Jocelyn Halibute also began to notice they were on the bottom of the alliance at this time. Ultimately the Original 6 decided to vote personally and not based on what the group decides. Tom was evicted in a 6-4 vote, leaving Sydney to fend for herself in the game.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

 **Round Trip**

After Tom Decarlo's eviction, Stacy Davis became the new Head of Household, keeping herself and Estelle Dyson in power, as well as her Original 6 (more like Original 4 at this point) in power. The alliance discussed who to target, but Stacy and Estelle ultimately had the final decision. They decided on breaking up Declan Dial and his sister Delaney Dial, as they were a strong pair together. So Stacy nominated them both for eviction. At the Power of Veto competition, Raydan Erikson became victorious. Him and Ginny were lying under the radar, falling somewhere in between the two alliances in the house. It was during this week where fans took note the friendship Preston Holbrook was forming with the pair of Ginny and Raydan, moreso Ginny then anything. Fans were shocked when they witnessed Ginny Hue returning Preston's flirty advances, despite having her boyfriend from the outside world with her in the house. At the Power of Veto meeting, Raydan opted to leave the nominations the same, as per Ginny's advice. Despite Estelle Dyson wanting to evict Delaney, the rest of her group locked in their votes for Declan to be evicted, and in a 5-4 vote they got their way. After Declan's eviction it was revealed to the house and the viewers that he in fact held the Round Trip Ticket, so he re entered the game once again. Stacy and Estelle were not happy to say the least, and it sparked a war in the house.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the fourth week of the game, Ginny Hue fell into power and was left with the decision on which side of the house to target. Wanting to maintain her position in the game, she decided on targeting Sydney Decarlo as her partner had already left the house and there would be no one in the house that would come after her in retaliation if she went home, so she nominated Sydney as her target, and Courtney Lane as her pawn knowing that the Original 6 would essentially vote to evict Sydney as well as her partner Raydan Erikson. At the Power of Veto competition, Sydney Decarlo made an upset when she won the golden Veto. With the plan in shambles, Ginny was left with making a new decision and a new target. Being close to Courtney's partner Jocelyn Halibute, she knew she couldn't target Courtney (although she wanted to) because Jocelyn would be upset and likely stop working with her. So Ginny decided on putting up Leroy Yamen as her replacement nominee, as he was along in the game since Sam Court left, and she didn't want any blood on her hands. Again, Estelle Dyson wanted Courtney to be the one evicted, as she feared her and Jocelyn would turn on the Original 6, but the rest of the alliance disagreed. Leroy was evicted in a close 5-4 vote and was sent back home to North Carolina.

### Day 31

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Immediately after Leroy Yamen's eviction, the houseguest's learned that it was a double eviction night, and another one of them would be leaving the house. At the Big Brother Knockout competition, Arush Dalal won his first Head of Household competition, securing himself and his alliances safety for the double eviction. After a brief discussion in the backyard between Arush, Preston and Stacy Davis, Arush decided he wanted to take a shot at backdooring Sydney Decarlo, and if anything went wrong they would evict Delaney Dial. His alliance disagreed, as Courtney and Jocelyn would be targeting Sydney anyways, and they wanted to break up the Dial siblings. Arush nominated Delaney and Original 6 member Jocelyn Halibute as a pawn. In the veto competition, Courtney Lane won the golden veto and used it to save her partner Jocelyn, Arush followed through with his plan and nominated Sydney Decarlo as his replacement nominee. Despite Arush's wishes, his Original 4 alliance members all voted to evict Delaney, while the rest of the house voted Sydney out and she was evicted in a 5-3 vote.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Courtney Lane became the new Head of Household after the double eviction. After Arush Dalal nominated Jocelyn Halibute, Courtney and Jocelyn felt their game with the Original 6 was over, they knew they were on the bottom of the alliance and felt it was time to play their own game. Courtney nominated Ginny Hue as her target, knowing how close she was to Preston Holbrook, as well as Ginny's nomination of Courtney it just made sense for her game to target her, she nominated Estelle Dyson knowing her allies Stacy Davis, Arush Dalal, and Preston would vote to keep her. Jocelyn won the golden Power of Veto, and honored her partner and best friend's wishes in not using it and closing the box. Preston had a hard time with this vote, he had his close friend and flirtmance Ginny Hue on one side, but his alliance on the other side expecting him to save Estelle. It was up to him to decide which alliance he wanted to move forward with, and ultimately he sided with Ginny, voting Estelle out and sending her home in a 4-3 eviction vote. She was the last member of the pre-jury.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Following Estelle Dyson's eviction, it came down to Raydan Erikson and Declan Dial in the Chess Head of Household competition, and Declan Dial ended up winning it becoming the new HOH. Being on the outs of the main alliance in the house, Declan wanted to make a move on the players who have had power in the game, and also get revenge on those responsible for his prior eviction. He nominated Stacy Davis as his target, and Preston Holbrook as his pawn knowing very well that Arush Dalal and Ginny Hue would put in work to save Preston. At the Power of Veto competition. It was a steamroll by Declan once again, and he opted to discard the Power of Veto and keep his nominations intact. It seemed as though Stacy's fate was sealed, and despite a strong campaign she just couldn't scrape together the votes. She was evicted almost unanimously and became the first juror of the season.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

Delaney Dial won her first competition at The Wall competition, becoming the new Head of Household and keeping herself and her brother safe and in power for the second week in a row. She wanted to break up a strong pair in the game, so she nominated Arush Dalal alongside Raydan Erikson. At this point Preston Holbrook and Arush had to rethink their strategy, with their alliance members Estelle Dyson and Stacy Davis out of the game, they were left without an alliance to fall back on. So Preston made a final three deal with himself, Ginny Hue and Arush Dalal. Although Arush was hesitant to the idea of the alliance, knowing how close Preston and Ginny, and doubting her loyalty to the threesome as long as Raydan was in the house. At the POV competition Jocelyn Halibute won the game, and used it to keep the nominations the same in an attempt to keep herself and Courtney safe another week. Arush Dalal worked hard on swaying Jocelyn and Courtney's votes, as they were the deciding factor this week, and they ultimately agreed to keep him, making a deal with himself and Preston to keep eachother safe for the next week ahead knowing the odds of one of them winning HOH were very high and wanting to weaken Ginny's game by evicting her boyfriend. At the eviction vote, Jocelyn voted to save Raydan as a pity vote, and he was evicted 3-2 with Ginny being his other save. He was the second member of the jury.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Saved**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

After Raydan Erikson's eviction, Declan became the new Head of Household for the second time in a row. He wanted to continue his sisters plans by eliminating the pairs in the game, as himself and Delaney Dial being the only pair in the end game was ideal for them. Declan nominated Preston Holbrook and Jocelyn Halibute. At a crucial Power of Veto competition, it came down to Delnaney, Ginny Hue, and Courtney Lane, and Ginny ended up winning the Power of Veto. She used the POV to save her closest ally and showmance partner Preston, and when tasked to name a replacement nominee Declan shocked the entire house and America when he named his sister as his replacement. Declan was sure the rest of the house would evict Jocelyn as her and Courtney were a strong pair that needed to be broken up, but he underestimated the strength of himself and his sister. The house blindsided Declan by voting Delaney out, and on her way out she cursed out her brother. She was the third member of the jury.

### Day 59

 **HOH**

 **POV, Saved**

 **Rep Nominee**

 **Evicted**

That same night, the houseguests were informed it was a double eviction. In the Head of Household competition Preston Holbrook won and set his sights on getting Declan Dial out of the house. He nominated Declan against Courtney Lane. In the Power of Veto competition Courtney won the golden power and became the first houseguest to ever win two Power of Veto's during double evictions in one season. She used the power to take herself off of the block and she was replaced by her partner Jocelyn Halibute. In the vote Declan was evicted and followed his sister out the door. He was met with boo's from the audience and was widely disliked by America and the alumni.

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

After the double eviction, Arush Dalal won the Horseshoes competition in a stomping, and became the new Head of Household at the final five. The obvious target for Arush and Preston Holbrook was to break up Courtney and Jocelyn, so that they would become the last pair in the game and have a great shot in the final four. Preston and Ginny Hue both wanted Courtney Lane to be the one of the two evicted, but Arush feared the bond that Jocelyn and Ginny had and was afraid the girls would team up on him and Preston next week. So Arush nominated Jocelyn Halibute and Ginny Hue in an attempt to force Preston's vote to go to Jocelyn, so he could break the tie and send her home. When Preston won the golden Power of Vetom, Ginny bagged him to use the veto on her. Arush was asking Preston to trust his decision and discard the veto. The two of them played a tug of war for Preston's veto, but he ultimately sided with his partner Arush, and left Ginny up on the block. At the vote, the vote result tied and Arush evicted Jocelyn Halibute in fifth place, making himself and Preston the last pair standing in the game.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

At the final four, Courtney Lane became the new Head of Household and secured her spot in the final three. She knew no matter who she brought to the final three with her, that she would have to win the final Head of Household in order to make it to the final two. So she set her sights on her long-time rival Ginny Hue, and although it was petty to target her when there was a pair still in the game, Courtney didn't care. Courtney won the Power of Veto and left Ginny Hue and Preston Holbrook on the block together as final nominees. Arush Dalal made the obvious decision and voted Ginny out of the house, bringing his former college roommate to the final three with him alongside Courtney.

### Week 11

 **HOH**

 **Nominee**

 **Evicted**

In the final three, the three houseguests remaining competed in the Hot Tub Endurance competition, and Arush Dalal became the winner of the first part of the three part Head of Household competition. In the second part, Courtney Lane won Blic Bloc over Preston Holbrook, securing her spot in the final and third part of the competition. The third part was extremely close, going to a tie breaker question between the two finalists. Ultimately Arush Dalal won the final part. He chose to bring Preston Holbrook to the final two with him, evicting Courtney in third place. The two men were questioned by the jury, and they were informed by Julie that because they were a pair and they made it to the end together, the prize money had been doubled to $1,000,000 in a twist called "Double or Nothing". The jury favored Preston when he won the grand prize home in a 4-3 jury vote. Arush was awarded with second place and $250,000, along with respect from the fans and the alumni.

#### The Jury

 **Preston**

 **Preston**

 **Preston**

 **Preston**

 **Arush**

 **Arush**

 **Arush**