Big Brother 6 (American season)

The sixth season of CBS's American version of Big Brother consisted of thirty episodes which aired from July 7 to September 20, 2005. It was again hosted by Julie Chen.

For this season, the Big Brother house had been remodelled and enlarged, with a second floor being built that contained a larger Head of Household room with its own private bathroom.

Twists

The rules remaining mostly the same as in previous seasons, but this season contained twists that CBS dubbed the "Summer of Secrets".

The main twist that was each houseguest had a secret partner, who they already knew in the real world, a fact that they must keep a secret. Initially, each secret pair thought that they were the only secret pair. As a reward, should both secret friends make the final two, there would have been a grand prize of $1 million instead of $500,000. The secret pairs were April and Jennifer, who were sorority sisters; Janelle and Ashlea were ex-roomates; Eric and Maggie were friends; Howie and Rachel were friends; Ivette and Beau were formerly co-workers; Michael and Kaysar were neighbours; and James and Sarah were dating.

Another twist occured when the America's Choice Poll allowed the public to vote on which evicted houseguest would return back into the game. While Kaysar returned back into house after being evicted, he wasn't actually the first to do as Amy from Big Brother 3 had also returned to the house (but not in a public vote).

Houseguests

April

April Lewis (born July 29, 1974, from Dallas, Texas. Her secret partner was Jennifer. She finished in fourth place, being evicted in week 11 by houseguest Ivette who was the only houseguest eligible to vote.

Ashlea

Ashlea Evans (born April 24, 1983, from Plantation, Florida. Ashlea and Janelle were secret partners, being ex-roommates. She was the the first houseguest evicted in week two by a vote of 9-2.

Beau

Beau Beasley (born December 11, 1979) from Pembroke Pines, Florida. He was the show's third gay contestant after Bunky from season two and Marcellas from season three. Beau and Ivette were secret partners, being former co-workers. Beau was evicted in week 10 by a vote of 3-0.

Eric

Eric "Cappy" Littmann (born April 29, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts) was known as "Cappy" by his alliance. Eric and Maggie were secret partners, being friends. He was evicted in week four by a vote of 5-4.

Howie

Howie Gordon (born January 7, 1971, in Chicago, Illinois) who called himself "Jedi Howie" or "Hurricane Howie". Howie and Rachel were secret partners, being best friends. Howie finished in fifth place, being evicted in week 10 (a double eviction week) by a vote of 2-1. Howie would be selected to return in 2007 as a contestant on Big Brother: All Stars.

Ivette

Ivette Corredero born in 1980 and from Miami, Florida. Of Cuban and Dominican descent, she was also the first openly gay female contestant on the show. Ivette made it to the final two, where she lost to Maggie in the final vote by a margin of 4-3.

James

James Rhine (born December 6, 1975 in Miami, Florida) was a loss prevention manager (although he lied about his occupation to the houseguests). James and Sarah were secret partners, as they were dating. He was evicted in week nine by a vote of 4-0. James returned in 2007 for Big Brother: All Stars.

Janelle

Janelle Pierzina (born January 10, 1980, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is a is a cocktail waitress from Miami Beach. Janelle and Ashlea were secret partners, being ex-roommates. She finished third, being evicted in the final week by Head of Household Ivette who cast the only vote.

Janelle returned the next year for Big Brother: All Stars, where she placed third once again. She holds the distinction as the winner of the most HOH and Power of Veto competitions as well as most America's Choice prizes in Big Brother history.

Jennifer

Jennifer Vasquez (born April 8, 1978, is a Dallas Desperados dancer from Houston, Texas. Her secret partner was former sorority sister April. She was eliminated in week 8 by a vote of 5-1 and became the first member of the jury who would later select the champion.

Kaysar

Kaysar Ridha (born August 10, 1980, in Baghdad, Iraq) is a graphic designer from Irvine, California. He was the first Muslim contestant on the show. Kaysar and Michael were secret partners, being neighbours and friends. He was first evicted in week five by a vote of 7-1. Dubbed as one of the "most popular contestants ever" on Big Brother, he was voted back into the house after 82% of voters in an "America's Choice" poll selected him over Eric and Michael to return.

However, Kaysar was evicted again just two weeks later (the same week returned to the house), by a vote of 7-0.

He returned for Big Brother: All-Stars in 2007.

Maggie

Maggie Ausburn (born August 14, 1978, in Sonoma County, California) is an ER nurse from Las Vegas, Nevada. Maggie and Eric were secret partners, being friends. Maggie was voted as the champion of the show on Day 80, when the jury voted 4-3 to award her the $500,000 prize over Ivette.

Michael

Michael Donnellan (born November 5, 1976, in Paris, France) is an artist based in Orange County, California. Michael and Kaysar were secret partners, being neighbours and friends. He had a brief love affair with Janelle on the show causing her to break up with her boyfriend back home on national television. He was evicted in week three by a vote of 9-1.

Rachel

Rachel Plencner is a computer technician and horse breeder from Parker, Colorado. Rachel and Howie were secret partners, being best friends. She was evicted in week 8 (another double eviction week) by a vote of 5-0.

Sarah

Sarah Hrejsa (born July 24, 1982 and from Stickney, Illinois. Sarah was the replacement secret partner of her boyfriend James after his original secret partner backed out. She was voted out in week six by a vote of 6-1.

Memorable Events

• The season was known for having the most bitterly divided house in the show's history, with more animosity between the houseguests than ever before.

• The house was divided almost down the middle into two alliances. The first alliance was known as "The Friendship" to its members but as the "Nerd Herd" to its enemies. It featured April, Jennifer, Beau, Ivette and Eric. They remained largely entact until the final days when Ivette finally expressed doubts at having stuck with them for so long. The other alliance in the house was the "Sovereign Six", featuring Kaysar, Janelle, Rachel, Howie, James and Sarah. This alliance was not as firm in its solidarity, however, as Howie, James and Janelle had all voted to evict Kaysar, and Janelle had also voted to evict James.

• Among the most explosive moments occured in week three. Eric and Michael had to be physically restrained from fighting in the backyard after Eric accused Michael of threatening his family and Michael called Eric a "midget". The same day, Kaysar and Ivette came close to a physical confrontation as well after he felt she insulted his beliefs. Big Brother had to intervene over the loudspeakers and give warnings to the houseguests.

• In the season's only actual physical confrontation, during week seven Janelle and Beau had a catfight after getting drunk from cocktails provided from a food reward. The fight included scratches, pushing and poking, and after it was broken up it continued with name calling that included Janelle calling Beau a "gold-digging whore".

• In week 8, Howie went on a 48-hour rampage against April, insulting her incessantly, calling her "Busto" (insulting her breast implants), and insulting her dog and husband.

• The Sovereign Six alliance were infuriated by Jennifer when Kaysar had allowed her to win an endurance Head of Household competition after she had tearily promised to save him. A few days later, however, she nominated him for eviction and successfully organized her alliance to vote him out.

Chronology

	Events	Competitions
Week 1	All 14 HouseGuests entered the Big Brother house. A majority alliance began to form and 4 people ended up as outcasts with no attachments: Ashlea, Michael, Janelle and Kaysar. Rachel nominated Ashlea because she did not get to know her well, and Kaysar for being introverted and not interacting with all the HouseGuests. On Day 12, Ashlea was the first contestant evicted in a 9-2 vote.	HoH: On Day 1, Rachel won the game "Wipe Out" by being the last one aboard a giant surfboard in a two hour endurance competition. Food: On Day 1, Rachel, Howie, Janelle, Sarah, James, Maggie, and April won the food competition "Wipe Out". POV: On Day 7, Rachel won the POV in the competition "Rec-Tangled". Rachel chose not to use the POV.
Week 2	Eric, as a member of the majority alliance, nominated two more of the outcasts: Janelle and Michael. On Day 19, and after a fight between Eric and Michael, the house decided to evict Michael in a 9-1 vote.	HoH: On Day 12, Eric won the HoH competition "Fast & Easy". Food: On Day 13, all the contestants competed for various food items in "Snack Shack from Hell". POV: On Day 14, James won the POV in the competition "High & Dry". James chose not to use the POV.
Week 3	Desperate for allies, he first recruited the person he had been becoming close friends with in the house, Janelle. He then lured two sets of secret partners (Rachel & Howie and James & Sarah) away from the dominant alliance, forming a group he called the "Sovereign Six". The Friendship alliance consisted of Eric, Maggie, Ivette, Beau, April and Jennifer. Kaysar nominated Maggie and James. The Sovereign Six worked so that James would win the POV, which he did, and used the power on himself. Kaysar replaced James with Eric, Maggie's secret partner. On Day 26, Eric, the leader of the Friendship alliance, was evicted in a close 5-4 vote.	HoH: On Day 16, Kaysar won the HoH competition "Majority Rules". Food: On Day 20, nobody won the food competition "Will Spell 4 Food". POV: On Day 14, James won the POV in the competition "Knight Moves". James used the POV on himself.
Week 4	Maggie nominated James and Kaysar, in revenge for evicting Eric. Sarah won the POV, and used it on her secret partner, James, forcing Maggie to replace him with Janelle. On Day 33, Kaysar, the leader of the Sovereign Six, was evicted in a 7-1 vote.	HoH: On Day 26, Maggie won the HoH competition "Power Roller". Food: On Day 27, everybody won the food competition "Matching Munchies". POV: On Day 28, Sarah won the POV in the competition "Couch Potato". Sarah used the POV on her secret partner, James.
Week 5	The remaining HouseGuests learn that a previously evicted HouseGuest will return by a viewer vote. Maggie was able to convince Howie (against his partner Rachel's better judgment) that James and Sarah were betraying their alliance and were immediate threats to everybody in the house. Howie nominated James and Sarah. James won the POV and used it on himself, forcing Howie to replace him with Ivette. On Day 40, Sarah was evicted in a 6-1 vote.	Luxury: On Day 29, Rachel, Jennifer, and Sarah all won a movie night in the luxury competition "Big Brother Movie Marquee". HoH: On Day 33, Howie won the HoH competition "Eliminator". Food: On Day 34, Jennifer, Howie, Rachel, James, and Sarah won the food competition "Conveyor Belch". POV: On Day 35, James won the POV in the competition "A Lotto Pinata". James used the POV on himself.
Week 6	Julie Chen announced that Kaysar won the public vote and would return to the house, after living in sequester. Jennifer, as HoH, promised that she would nominate two of her own alliance members in order to backdoor James. Jennifer ended up nominating Janelle and Rachel. Rachel won the POV and used it on herself, forcing Jennifer to replace her with Kaysar. Howie accused Apil pulling the strings in her alliance. On Day 47, Kaysar was, again, evicted from the house by a vote of 6-0.	HoH: On Days 40-41, Jennifer won the HoH competition "Pressure Cooker" and Beau, Janelle, April all won prizes during the competition. POV: On Day 42, Rachel won the POV in the competition "Coast for the Most". Rachel used the POV on herself.
Week 7	Julie Chen announced that this week would be a double eviction week. Meaning that less than 48 hours after the live Thursday night broadcast, another houseguest would be evicted. Janelle immediately nominated Jennifer, the HoH who evicted Kaysar, and Maggie, the figurehead of the Friendship alliance. After winning the POV, Janelle shocked the house and used the power on Maggie, replacing her with Ivette. On Day 48, Jennifer was evicted by a vote of 5-1, and became the first jury member. After winning the accelerated week's HoH, Beau nominated Howie and Rachel, who were secret partners. On Day 54, Rachel was evicted by a vote of 5-0, and became the second juror.	HoH: On Day 47, Janelle won the HoH competition "Face the Facts". POV: On Day 48, Janelle also won the POV in the competition "Goal for It". Janelle used the POV on Maggie. HoH: As part of a Double Eviction week, on Day 48, Beau won the HoH competition "On the House". POV: On Day 50, James won the POV in the competition "Get Your Pairings Straight". James chose not to use the POV.
Week 8	April nominated Howie and Janelle, but as pawns to get James evicted. After winning the veto, April used the POV on Janelle, and replacing her with James. On Day 61, James was evicted by a vote of 4-0, and became the third juror.	HoH: On Day 54, April won the HoH competition "High/Low". POV: On Day 56, April also won the POV in the competition "Playing Dirty", while Janelle won a trip to a taping of "Two and a Half Men". April used the POV on Janelle.
Week 9	In an America's Choice poll, Janelle received a phone call from former HouseGuest Michael. The Friendship alliance were angry with America's choice, with April calling viewers "pieces of shit". April also accused the producers of rigging the vote. Julie Chen announced that there would be another double eviction week. Howie HoH status would only last 48 hours, and nominated the last secret pair in the house Ivette and Beau. On Day 62, Beau was evicted by a vote of 3-0, becoming the fourth juror. After winning the second HoH competition of that week, Ivette nominated Howie and Janelle. Janelle used the POV on herself, forcing Ivette to nominate April. On Day 68, Howie was evicted by a vote of 2-1, becoming the fifth juror.	HoH: On Day 61, Howie won the HoH competition "Playing it Straight". POV: On Day 62, Maggie won the POV in the competition "Roll Me a Veto". Maggie did not use the POV. HoH: As part of a Double Eviction week, on Day 62, Ivette won the HoH competition "Magnetic Attraction". POV: On Day 63, Janelle won the POV in the competition "Morph-O-Matic". Janelle used the POV on herself.
Week 10	Janelle nominated Ivette and Maggie. Ivette used the POV on herself, forcing April to be nominated. On Day 73, April was evicted by a vote of 1-0, becoming the sixth juror.	HoH: On Day 68, Janelle won the HoH competition "Before or After". POV: On Day 70, Ivette won the POV in the competition "The Missing Link". Ivette used the POV on herself.
Week 11	Since there were only three HouseGuests left in the house, Janelle and Maggie were automatically nominated. Ivette was told earlier by her alliance that if she didn't vote to evict Janelle, they would not vote for her to win the money. On Day 76, Janelle was evicted by a vote of 1-0, becoming the seventh and final juror.	HoH Part I: On Day 73, Ivette won round one of three in the HoH competition "The Key to Being Safe". This win allowed Ivette to compete in the final round. Ivette also won a prize. HoH Part II: On Day 74, Janelle won round two of three in the HoH competition "Pad-Locked". This win advanced Janelle to compete in the final round. HoH Part III: On Day 76, Ivette won the HoH competition "Jury Statements" and became the final Head of Household.

Voting history

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Results
Head of Household	Rachel	Eric	Kaysar	Maggie	Howie	Jennifer	Janelle	Beau	April	Howie	Ivette	Janelle	Ivette	(none)
Nominations (pre-veto)	Ashlea Kaysar	Janelle Michael	James Maggie	James Kaysar	James Sarah	Janelle Rachel	Jennifer Maggie	Howie Rachel	Howie Janelle	Beau Ivette	Howie Janelle	Ivette Maggie	Janelle Maggie
Veto Winner	Rachel	James	James	Sarah	James	Rachel	Janelle	James	April	Maggie	Janelle	Ivette	(none)
Nominations (post-veto)	Ashlea Kaysar	Janelle Michael	Eric Maggie	Janelle Kaysar	Ivette Sarah	Janelle Kaysar	Ivette Jennifer	Howie Rachel	Howie James	Beau Ivette	April Howie	April Maggie	(none)
Maggie	Ashlea	Michael	Nominated	Head of Household	Sarah	Kaysar	Jennifer	Rachel	James	Beau	Howie	Nominated	Nominated	Winner $500,000
Ivette	Ashlea	Michael	Maggie	Kaysar	Nominated	Kaysar	Nominated	Rachel	James	Nominated	Howie	April	Janelle	Runner-Up $50,000
Janelle	Kaysar	Nominated	Eric	Nominated	Sarah	Nominated	Head of Household	Rachel	James	Beau	April	Head of Household	Nominated	Ivette
April	Ashlea	Michael	Maggie	Kaysar	Sarah	Kaysar	Ivette	Rachel	Head of Household	Beau	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 73)	Maggie
Howie	Ashlea	Michael	Eric	Kaysar	Head of Household	Kaysar	Jennifer	Nominated	Nominated	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 68)		Maggie
Beau	Ashlea	Michael	Maggie	Kaysar	Sarah	Kaysar	Jennifer	Head of Household	James	Nominated	Evicted (Day 62)			Ivette
James	Kaysar	Michael	Eric	Janelle	Ivette	Kaysar	Jennifer	Rachel	Nominated	Evicted (Day 61)				Ivette
Rachel	Head of Household	Michael	Eric	Kaysar	Sarah	Kaysar	Jennifer	Nominated	Evicted (Day 54)					Maggie
Jennifer	Ashlea	Michael	Maggie	Kaysar	Sarah	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 49)						Maggie
Kaysar	Nominated	Janelle	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 33)	Nominated	Re-evicted (Day 47)
Sarah	Ashlea	Michael	Eric	Kaysar	Nominated	Evicted (Day 40)
Eric	Ashlea	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 26)
Michael	Ashlea	Nominated	Evicted (Day 19)
Ashlea	Nominated	Evicted (Day 12)
Notes	None					Note 1	Note 2		None	See notes 3, 4		None	Note 5	Note 6
Evicted (number of votes)	Ashlea 9 of 11	Michael 9 of 10	Eric 5 of 9	Kaysar 7 of 8	Sarah 6 of 7	Kaysar 6 of 6	Jennifer 5 of 6	Rachel 5 of 5	James 4 of 4	Beau 3 of 3	Howie 2 of 3	April 1 of 1	Janelle 1 of 1	Ivette 3 to win
														Maggie 4 to win

Template:Fnb Kaysar was evicted for the first time on Day 33 and re-entered the house after Day 40.
Template:Fnb Double eviction, less than 48 hours after the live Thursday night broadcast, another houseguest would be evicted. Within 48 hours a HoH competition, nominations, Power of Veto competition, Veto ceremony and eviction was held.
Template:Fnb Another double eviction took place, within 48 hours a HoH competition, nominations, Power of Veto competition and Veto ceremony and eviction was held.
Template:Fnb During the second eviction of Week 10, Ivette as the HoH had to vote to break a tie.
Template:Fnb In the final week, the HoH is the only houseguest eligible to vote for eviction since the other two houseguests are up for eviction by default.
Template:Fnb Votes in the finale are cast for the houseguest's choice to win, not for who to evict. Only the last seven houseguests evicted can vote.

External links

• CBS Offcial Site