Big Brother 6 (American season)

Production

Development

In September 2003, following the ratings success of Big Brother 4, Entertainment Weekly confirmed that CBS had renewed the series leading up until 2006, ensuring three more seasons to air during the Summer time period. This meant that Big Brother 6 was the second of these three seasons. Despite rumors of an All Star season, it was later confirmed this was not the case. Casting for the season began in late March, with producer Arnold Shapiro stating "Our goal this summer is to assemble the most colorful, competitive, and charismatic HouseGuests we’ve ever had. Right now, we’re seeking the most memorable and exciting competitors we can find." The fourteen HouseGuests for this season were revealed on June 30, 2005. That same day, the "Summer of Secrets" twist was revealed to the public. This season was the first to allow the Head of Household to blog while inside the house, a feature that would be carried out for all subsequent seasons. The HouseGuests officially entered the house on Sunday, July 3.

Prizes

The 14 HouseGuests this season were competing for the main prize of $500,000. The winner of the series, determined by the previously evicted HouseGuests sequestered in the Jury House, would win the $500,000 prize, while the Runner-Up would receive a $50,000 prize. If both of a set of two partners (predetermined before the start of the season) were to be the final two HouseGuests in the competition, the winner would receive a $1,000,000 prize with the runner up winning $250,000. Other than the main prize, various luxuries and prizes were given out throughout the season.

Broadcast

Big Brother 6 was broadcast on CBS from July 7, 2005, to September 20, 2005. This season featured the same schedule that was used in the previous edition, with episodes airing on Tuesdays, Thursday, and Saturday each week. The Thursday episode, which aired at 8pm Eastern Time, featured the live eviction and subsequent Head of Household competition taking place. During the live eviction, the show was hosted by Julie Chen. The Saturday episode, which aired at 8pm Eastern Time, featured the food competition and nomination ceremony, as well as some highlights from the previous days. The Tuesday episode featured the Power of Veto competition and the Power of Veto ceremony, along with more highlights of recent events in the game. Some changes to the scheduling format were made.

This season saw the return of the fantasy game first introduced in the previous season. In the game, players would make a team of HouseGuests and earn points when a member of their time did certain things in the game. The website for the series also featured a "Love 'Em or Leave 'Em" poll, in which fans could monitor the popularity of the HouseGuests each week. Much like the previous editions, the live feeds were also available again for this season. HouseGuests enter the house a few days before the premiere, and the feeds are not live for the first few days. They later go live after the broadcast of the launch episode. This season saw the return of the spin-off series House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show. The online webshow, hosted by Gretchen Massey and Big Brother 3 HouseGuest Marcellas Reynolds aired thirty-minute episodes on weeknights, and allowed fans to call in and express their opinions on the events of the game. Evicted HouseGuests were also interviewed on the series following their eviction.

House

The house used for Big Brother 6 differed greatly from the house used for the first five seasons. The program was filmed at CBS Studios in Studio City, California. The production team was located in the second story of the House which included the story department, audio department and the switchers and shaders. The House was equipped with 47 cameras and 76 microphones to record the participants. The art department that created the competitions for the program was located outside the House. The main new addition to the house was the addition of a second floor, which was home to the Head of Household bedroom. The spy-screen, which made its debut in Big Brother 5, returned for this season. Another new addition was that of an indoor gym, which the HouseGuests had to unlock by figuring out the passcode. The House featured two bedrooms, excluding the Head of Household room. The first room featured ten beds, three sleeping bags, and a cot. Rachel, the first Head of Household, was later given clues to find a second bedroom, which she eventually did. The new bedroom is adjacent to the first, and featured two queen-sized beds. The room was entirely gold colored, and featured three safe boxes.

Format

The format remained largely unchanged from previous seasons. HouseGuests were sequestered in the Big Brother House with no contact to and from the outside world. Each week, the HouseGuests took part in several compulsory challenges that determined who would win food, luxuries, and power in the House. The winner of the Head of Household competition was immune from nominations and was instructed to nominate two fellow HouseGuests for eviction. After a HouseGuest became Head of Household he or she was ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. HouseGuests also took part in a weekly food competition, with the losing team being placed on the peanut butter and jelly diet for a week. Some competitions allowed all HouseGuests to earn food for the week, while others cause them all to lose food for the week. The winner of the Power of Veto competition won the right to save one of the nominated HouseGuests from eviction. If the Veto winner exercised the power, the Head of Household then had to nominate another HouseGuest for eviction. In a minor format twist exclusive to this season, the HouseGuests were told that some Veto Competitions would possibly result in no winner, and no veto power being held. This did not eventuate in an impactful way, as all Veto Competitions were won.

On eviction night, all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees voted to evict one of the two nominees. This compulsory vote was conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household would break the tie and reveal their vote in front of the other HouseGuests. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the HouseGuests could discuss the nomination and eviction process open and freely. The nominee with the most votes from the other HouseGuests was evicted from the House on Thursday and interviewed by Julie Chen. HouseGuests could voluntarily leave the House at any time and those who broke the rules were expelled by Big Brother. The last seven evictees of the season, known as the jury members, voted for the winner on the season finale. The jury members were sequestered in a separate house and were not allowed to watch the show except for segments that included all of the HouseGuests. The jury members were not shown any Diary Room interviews or any footage that included strategy or details regarding nominations.

Aside from the usual format, various changes were made for Big Brother 6. The main change was that each HouseGuest had a secret partner in the game. Unlike in Big Brother 9, the partners each competed as individuals, were nominated as individuals, and were evicted as individuals. The partners in the game had pre-existing relationships. April and Jennifer were sorority sisters, Ashlea and Janelle were former roommates, Beau and Ivette were former co-workers, Eric and Maggie are friends, as are Howie and Rachel, and Kaysar and Michael are neighbors. James was originally supposed to bring his friend Mike into the house as his secret partner, but Mike dropped out last minute without even telling James. James then picked his girlfriend, Sarah, to be his secret partner. Initially, each secret pair thought that they were the only secret pair. If both members of a secret pair reached the final two, the game's winner would receive a prize of $1 million, while the runner-up would receive $250,000. Despite this, the HouseGuests quickly figured it out, and host Julie Chen officially confirmed the twist minutes after the third live eviction.

HouseGuests

Future appearances

Janelle Pierzina, James Rhine, Howie Gordon, and Kaysar Ridha returned to compete on Big Brother: All-Stars in 2006. Ivette Corredero was a candidate to return for that season, but ultimately was not selected. April Lewis and Eric Littman also made appearances that season during competitions. Janelle went on to make brief appearances in seasons eight, ten, and eleven. Janelle later returned as a coach in 2012 for Big Brother 14. Janelle competed on The Amazing Race 31 with Britney Haynes Godwin (from Big Brother 12). In 2020, Janelle and Kaysar returned to compete on Big Brother 22. In 2022, Janelle was a contestant on the USA Network reality competition series, Snake in the Grass. She also went to competed on the second season of The Traitors.

Summary

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.

On Day 3, Rachel chose to nominate Ashlea and Kaysar for eviction. 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 65, HouseGuests competed in the "Morph-O-Matic" Power of Veto competition. 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

Voting history

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Reception

Ratings

Big Brother 6 averaged a total of 7.24 million viewers, the lowest for the series at the time. The season premiere had a total of 8.47 million viewers, ranking it first for the hour and in all key demographics. The Tuesday, July 12 episode of the series saw a total of 8.8 million viewers. The Thursday, July 14 eviction episode had a total of 7.9 million viewers, slightly down from previous episodes of the same season. For that week, Big Brother 6 came in tenth place in terms of ratings. The Tuesday, July 19 episode had a total of 8.3 million viewers, despite being delayed by 11 minutes. The Thursday, July 21 eviction episode had a total of 8 million viewers, ranking first for the night. This episode featured a 5.2 rating and a 10 share. The Tuesday, August 16 episode had a total of 9 million viewers, winning in numerous key demographics. The Thursday, August 18 episode featured a total of 8.4 million viewers. For that week, the series came in eleventh place in terms of average viewers. The Tuesday, August 23 episode had a total of 8 million viewers. The Thursday, August 25 episode had the same number of viewers, and ranked first in the hour. The Tuesday, September 6 episode drew in 8.1 million viewers, and came in first for the night. The special Friday, September 16 episode of the season had a total of 7.1 million viewers.

Critical response

In the second week, Eric Littman and Michael Donnellan got into a confrontation regarding comments Michael made about Eric's family. Earlier in the evening, Rachel, who was eavesdropping on Janelle and Michael in the Gold Room, overheard Michael make a poor joke about Eric's grandparents to Janelle. Rachel told Eric that she heard them badmouthing his family. Later that night, Eric and Ivette were outside discussing the incident when Michael went outside. Eric provoked Michael who retorted, calling Eric "a midget with a small penis." Eric lost all control going after Michael. The other HouseGuests blocked Eric's attack at Michael. Big Brother intervened, telling Eric to go to the Diary Room, and telling Michael to go to the storage room. Shortly afterwards, Ivette told Kaysar he had no respect for women, attacked Kaysar's beliefs, and made racial remarks. Big Brother intervened again, giving warnings to all HouseGuests. Eric apologized to his fellow HouseGuests, saying he would never hurt anyone.

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146. "All-Stars top 'Rock Star' Tuesday". IMDb.
147. "ABC's 'Hooking Up' matches with viewers". IMDb.
148. "Unavailable News Item". IMDb.
149. "CBS rules Tues. interrupted by Bush announcement". IMDb.
150. "CBS rules Tues. interrupted by Bush announcement". IMDb.
151. "CBS gets lift Thurs. from 'Big Brother 6'". IMDb.
152. "Unavailable News Item". IMDb.
153. "'Brother' scores big win Tuesday". IMDb.
154. "'Trace,' 'CSI' tops for CBS Thursday night". IMDb.
155. "Unavailable News Item". IMDb.
156. "'NCIS,' 'Big Brother' lift CBS to Tues. win". IMDb.
157. "'Big Brother,' 'CSI' lift CBS Thurs.". IMDb.
158. "Reality is good for CBS on Tuesday". IMDb.
159. "CBS has hot date on Friday". IMDb.
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