On Day 1, the original fourteen HouseGuests entered the house. This season featured a total of eight women and six men, making it the only season to feature more female than male HouseGuests. That same night, the HouseGuests competed in the "Wipe Out" food competition. For this competition, HouseGuests split into two groups of seven, with each team standing on a surfboard in the center of a large pool. The people in the back of the surfboard were required to grab coconuts and get them to the front, while the person in the front attempts to throw the coconuts into a goal. The team with the most points at the end of the competition would be the winners, and would advance to the Head of Household competition. The team of Ashlea, Beau, Eric, Ivette, Jennifer, Kaysar, and Michael were placed on the peanut butter and jelly diet, and were not eligible to compete for Head of Household. The winning team then learned they would compete for the title of Head of Household by standing on their surfboard for the longest time. HouseGuests were not permitted to step off of the surfboard for any reason, otherwise they would be eliminated from the competition. While on the board, the seven players made a deal to not nominate one another. Ultimately, the group allowed Rachel to become the first Head of Household of the season after a two and a half hour competition. Shortly afterwards, Eric, James, Kaysar, and Michael made a deal to keep each other safe due to the larger number of women than men in the house. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Rachel selected Maggie, while Kaysar selected Eric and Ashlea chose Howie; Ivette was selected to host the competition. On Day 7, the HouseGuests competed in the "Rec-Tangled" Power of Veto competition. Following Ashlea's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Fast & Easy" Head of Household competition. On Day 13, HouseGuests competed in the "Snack Shack from Hell" food competition. These nominations, along with Michael speaking badly of Eric, led to an altercation in the backyard between Eric and Michael that required production to intervene; minutes later, production also had to separate Kaysar and Ivette. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Eric chose James to compete, while Janelle chose Rachel and Michael chose Howie; Beau was selected to host the competition. On Day 14, HouseGuests competed in the "High and Dry" Power of Veto competition. James later decided to leave Janelle and Michael nominated, choosing not to use the Power of Veto. On Day 19, Michael became the second HouseGuest to be evicted from the house in a vote of nine to one. Following Michael's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Majority Rules" Head of Household competition. On Day 20, the HouseGuests competed in the "Will Spell for Food" food competition. Following these nominations, Kaysar formed the "Sovereign Six" alliance, consisting of himself, Janelle, Howie, Rachel, James and Sarah. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Kaysar chose Howie, James chose Janelle, and Maggie chose Ivette; April was selected to host. On Day 21, HouseGuests competed in the "Knight Moves" Power of Veto competition. For this competition, HouseGuests had to move in an "L" formation on a life-sized chess board in an attempt to be the last HouseGuest remaining. Ultimately, James was the winner of the Power of Veto for the second week in a row. Shortly afterwards, Eric learned that he would be nominated as the replacement nominee, leading to numerous arguments in the house. James later chose to use the Power of Veto on himself, with Kaysar nominating Eric for eviction. On Day 26, Eric became the third HouseGuest to be evicted from the house in a vote of five to four. Following Eric's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Power Roller" Head of Household competition. Following this, April, Beau, Ivette, Jennifer, and Maggie formed "The Friendship" alliance, officially splitting the house into two sides. Maggie took over the leader role of the alliance. On Day 27, HouseGuests participated in the "Matching the Munchies" food competition. That same day, Maggie chose to nominate James and Kaysar for eviction, feeling they were the main reason Eric had been evicted the previous week. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Maggie chose Beau, Kaysar chose Janelle, and James chose Sarah; Rachel was selected to host the competition. On Day 28, HouseGuests competed in the "Couch Potato" Power of Veto competition. On Day 29, six of the HouseGuests competed to earn the right to watch the new film
Four Brothers. The team of Beau, Ivette, and Maggie competed against Jennifer, Rachel, and Sarah in the "Big Brother Movie Marquee" luxury competition. Sarah later chose to use the Power of Veto on James, with Janelle being nominated in his place. Following Kaysar's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Eliminator" Head of Household competition. Shortly afterwards, the HouseGuests learned that a previously evicted HouseGuest would be returning to the game in one week; Ashlea was not eligible as she had left sequester. On Day 34, HouseGuests split into teams to participate in the "Conveyer Belch" food competition. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Howie chose Rachel, Sarah chose Jennifer, and James chose Ivette; Janelle was selected to host. On Day 35, HouseGuests competed in the "A Lotta Pinata" Power of Veto competition. James chose to use the Power of Veto to remove himself from the block, with Ivette being nominated in his place. On Day 40, Sarah became the fifth HouseGuest to be evicted in a vote of six to one. Minutes later, it was revealed that the viewers had chosen Kaysar to return to the house, having received 82% of the public vote. Following Sarah's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Pressure Cooker" endurance Head of Household competition. During the competition, Jennifer promised Kaysar that she would backdoor James that week. On Day 41, Jennifer chose to nominate Janelle and Rachel for eviction. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Jennifer chose April, Rachel chose Howie, and Janelle chose Kaysar; Maggie was selected to host. On Day 42, HouseGuests competed in the "Coast for the Most" Power of Veto competition. Rachel later chose to use the Power of Veto on herself, with Jennifer choosing Kaysar to be the replacement nominee. Jennifer's betrayal led to numerous arguments in the house, including an instance in which Beau and Janelle had a physical altercation. On Day 47, Kaysar was evicted for the second time in a unanimous vote of seven to zero. Following Kaysar's second eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Face the Facts" Head of Household competition. Following her win, the HouseGuests learned that this would be a Double Eviction week, and that Janelle would immediately make her nominations; she chose to nominate Jennifer and Maggie for eviction. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Janelle chose Howie, Jennifer chose April, and Maggie chose Ivette; Rachel was selected to host. On Day 48, HouseGuests competed in the "Goal For It" Power of Veto competition. Janelle later made the decision to remove Maggie from the block, replacing her with Ivette. This made it the first time in
Big Brother history that the HoH had chosen to change their nominations. On Day 49, Jennifer became the sixth HouseGuest to be evicted from the house in a vote of five to one. She became the first member of the Jury of Seven. Following Jennifer's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "On the House" Head of Household competition. On Day 50, Beau chose to nominate Howie and Rachel for eviction, with Rachel being his main target. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Beau chose James, Howie chose Janelle, and Rachel chose April; this competition featured no host. On Day 51, HouseGuests competed in the "Get Your Pairings Straight" Power of Veto competition. James later chose not to use the Power of Veto, leaving Howie and Rachel nominated. On Day 54, Rachel became the seventh HouseGuest to be evicted from the house in a unanimous vote of five to zero. She became the second member of the Jury of Seven. Following Rachel's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "High/Low" Head of Household competition. On Day 55, April chose to nominate Howie and Janelle for eviction, with the plan of backdooring James that week. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, April chose Maggie, Janelle chose Ivette, and Howie chose Beau; James was the host. On Day 56, HouseGuests competed in the "Playing Dirty" Power of Veto competition. Inside the safe was a trip for two to the Bahamas, which Janelle could use once she left the house. That same week, America voted for Janelle to receive a phone call from the person of her choice; she chose previously evicted HouseGuest Michael. April chose to use the veto to save Janelle, completing her backdoor plan of evicting James. On Day 61, James became the eighth HouseGuest to be evicted in a vote of four to zero. He became the third member of the Jury of Seven. Following James's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "
Playing It Straight" Head of Household competition. Minutes later, the HouseGuests learned that this would be a second Double Eviction Week, and that Howie had to immediately make his nominations. Howie chose to nominate Beau and Ivette for eviction, the last remaining pair in the house. On Day 63,
Big Brother 5 HouseGuest
Holly King entered the house to host the "Roll Me a Veto" Power of Veto competition. She later chose not to use the Power of Veto, ensuring either Beau or Ivette's eviction. On Day 63, Beau became the ninth HouseGuest to be evicted in a unanimous vote of three to zero. He became the fourth member of the Jury of Seven. Following Beau's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Magnetic Attraction" Head of Household competition. On Day 64, Ivette chose to nominate Howie and Janelle for eviction. On Day 68, Howie, the last man standing, became the tenth HouseGuest to be evicted from the house, with Ivette breaking a tie as the deciding vote. While the house now has an all female Final 4, Howie became the fifth member of the Jury of Seven. Following Howie's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Before or After" Head of Household competition. Janelle later won an America's Vote poll, and was able to leave the house to visit the set of the
CBS sitcom
Two and a Half Men. On Day 69, Janelle chose to nominate Ivette and Maggie for eviction. On Day 70, the HouseGuests competed in the "Missing Link" final Power of Veto competition. Ivette chose to use the Power of Veto on herself, with April being the only eligible HouseGuest to be nominated in her place. On Day 73, Ivette cast the sole vote to evict April from the game. She became the sixth member of the Jury of Seven. Following April's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the first round of the final Head of Household competition, called "The Key to Being Safe". For winning, she got to open the final safe in the gold room, and won two
Vespa scooters. On Day 74, Janelle and Maggie competed against one another in the "Pad-Locked" competition, which was the second round of the final Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests attempted to unlock an oversized lock by figuring out a combination based on past events in the game. Janelle was the winner of the competition. On Day 76, Ivette and Janelle competed against one another in the final round of the Head of Household competition. In the "Jury Statements" competition, HouseGuests attempted to guess how a previously evicted HouseGuest would have finished a sentence. Following a tie-breaker round, Ivette became the final Head of Household of the season. She then cast the sole vote to evict Janelle, making Ivette and Maggie the Final Two. On Day 80, Maggie was crowned the winner of
Big Brother 6 in a Jury vote of four to three. ==Episodes==