Big Brother 12 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 12 is the 12th season of the American
reality television series Big Brother. The HouseGuests moved into the Big Brother House on July 3, 2010 and the season premiered on July 8, 2010. The show was broadcast on CBS
and Showtime 2 for 75 days, concluding on September 15, 2010 when Hayden Moss was crowned the winner with four votes from the jury. The format of the program remained largely unchanged from previous seasons: a group of contestants, referred to as HouseGuests, are enclosed in the Big Brother House under the surveillance of cameras and microphones. Each week the HouseGuests will vote to evict one of their own until two HouseGuests remain on finale night. The highlight programs are announced by Clayton A.S. Halsey. Julie Chen
hosts the season premiere, evictions and the season finale.
The program includes 13 participants whose fate in the House is decided by their peers. Originally, 14 participants were due to enter, but one voluntarily left during the pre-season sequester period and wasn't replaced. The HouseGuests compete to win a $500,000 prize, with a $50,000 prize offered to the runner-up. One of the HouseGuests, known as the Big Brother Saboteur, had the goal to disrupt life in the House and cause as much havoc as possible. Annie Whittington, the initial Big Brother Saboteur, did not compete for the grand prize but could have won $50,000 if she completed five weeks of sabotage without being evicted. Whittington was the first houseguest evicted and did not win the $50,000 prize. However, on Day 34, a new Saboteur, Ragan Fox, was chosen by the voting public. The new Saboteur was instructed to perform three acts of sabotage per week for two weeks and was told that if he survived two weeks as the Saboteur, he would receive $20,000. After these two weeks, houseguests were informed that the Saboteur twist was over.
Houseguests Brendon Villegas and Rachel Reilly returned to compete in Big Brother 13. Brendon placed 9th and on Day 75, Rachel was crowned the winner.
and Rich Meehan returning as executive producers. This season of the program was announced on September 10, 2009, five days before the season finale of Big Brother 11
. Casting for the program began during the final week of Big Brother 11 with potential applicants submitting video tape submissions that were due by April 23, 2010. Open auditions began on March 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California
and continued across the nation in various cities including Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.
; Las Vegas, Nevada
; and Columbus, Ohio
. Applicants chosen to be a finalist went to Los Angeles, California, from which forty finalists were chosen. CBS warned people of unofficial casting companies charging a fee to audition for the show while casting ended on May 20, 2010.
and Global Television Network
in Canada
. The episodes summarize the events of the previous two to three days in the House. Alongside these shows is a spin-off show, Big Brother: After Dark
on Showtime 2 and Global Reality Channel
in Canada
, which will air three hours live directly from the House.
Big Brother will maintain an online platform with live subscription feeds from RealNetworks
, a redesigned and relaunched website, online videos, full episodes, a fantasy game, a mobile game based on Big Brother, and two Twitter
accounts; one featured updates from the production staff and one featured updates from the current Head of Household. The website will contain more videos, photos, and other content which will include summaries of events in the House, descriptions of weekly challenges, and a voting history page. Episodes of Big Brother will continue to be streamed on CBS Mobile Channel on FLOTV
. Mobile users were also able to interact and influence the show through SMS text messaging and a simulation game based on Big Brother will also available to mobile customers. New features include a video trivia game and the Big Brother Ultimate Fan contest where the winner will be able to attend the season finale and the chance to meet the HouseGuests.
On eviction night all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees voted to evict one of the two nominees. Before the voting began the nominees had the chance to record a final message to their fellow HouseGuests. This compulsory vote was conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room by the host Julie Chen. 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.
Contestant's age at the start of the season.
distorted and the identity of the Saboteur blacked out, was then played on the plasma screen in the living room prior to the first Head of Household competition. The HouseGuests divided into two teams of six, with Andrew volunteering to sit out of the competition, becoming the mascot. Since the mascot was ineligible to become the first Head of Household, Andrew was given immunity
from the first eviction. In the backyard was a giant grill with two over-sized hot dogs hanging in the air. Each team used a series of pulleys to transfer their teammates one at a time from one side of the grill to the other on their respective team's hot dog. The first member of the winning team to make it on the other side would win $10,000, with the second receiving $1,000, and successive team members winning $100, $10, and $1. The final winning team member across the grill became the first Head of Household.
During the competition, Britney fell off of the Red team's hot dog, injuring her knee. Kathy, from the Yellow team, attended to Britney until the House medic arrived to examine the injury. While the injury was not serious, the medic advised she should not continue in the competition. In the interest of fairness, the Yellow team had to choose a red team member who had already crossed once to go again in place of Britney. They chose Kristen, and the Red team managed to quickly get their team across. Hayden was last from the red team to cross, becoming the first Head of Household (HoH), with Monet winning $10,000. After the competition, all the lights in the House were shut off, giving the Saboteur cover of darkness, in order to place a padlock on the storage room door. When the lights came back on, another message from the Saboteur was played informing the HouseGuests that all the food and supplies were locked in the storage room, but slop was in the kitchen to eat. Enzo later organized a four-man secret alliance between himself, Hayden, Matt, and Lane, which he nicknamed "The Brigade", as well as giving nicknames to each member ("The Meow Meow", "The Animal", "The Brains", and "The Beast", respectively). Brendon and Rachel became the first 2 nominated for eviction, by Hayden.
The next Friday saw the season's first Power of Veto competition. In a contest titled "Cinco de Mayo
(nnaise
)", Rachel, Hayden, Brendon, Enzo, Monet, and Andrew had 10 minutes to retrieve letters from mayonnaise
-filled pinatas scattered about the yard. The HouseGuest who spelled the longest, correctly-spelled, valid word would win the competition. Andrew finished last with the incorrectly spelled word "PASTUERIZED" [sic], topped by Enzo with "FACTORY" (7), Monet with "CHEATERS" (8), Hayden with "POSSIBLE" (8), Rachel with "CHEMISTRY" (9), and Brendon with "UNDERSTANDING" (13). Brendon therefore won the Power of Veto, which he used on himself. Forced to name a replacement nominee, Hayden chose to put up Annie in Brendon's place. Annie was evicted by a vote of 10-0 on Day 13, ousting the first Saboteur from the game.
In Week 2, Rachel won the Head of Household competition "Majority Rules", where the house-guests were given trivial questions and asked to respond with how they thought the majority of the House would respond, rather than their personal thoughts. Via video, Annie revealed to the house-guests that she had been the saboteur. At the nominations ceremony, Rachel nominated Britney and Monet for eviction, but Britney later won the Power of Veto in the "Big Brother Stockades" challenge, and used it on herself. A punishment (not mentioned on the show) saw contestants from the veto competition in the stockades for a period of time. Rachel choose to replace Britney with Matt, and on Day 20, Monet was evicted by a vote of 7-2, with only Britney and Kathy voting to evict Matt.
In Week 3, Matt won the endurance Head of Household competition "Hang Ten" in slightly over two hours. He later nominated Andrew and Kathy for eviction. Brendon won the counting-based Power of Veto competition and the nominations didn't change. On day 22, Kristen ate a spider. On Day 27, Andrew was evicted by a vote of 8-0. Julie revealed that Pandora's Box would return and a player will have the opportunity to become the new Saboteur; if they accepted the position and completed 2 weeks of work, they would receive $20,000.
In week 4, Rachel won her second Head of Household in a buzzer-based quiz competition, "BB Knockouts", and nominated Kristen and Hayden for eviction. This week featured a luxury competition instead of a Have/Have-Not competition in order to win an advance screening of the movie The Other Guys
staring Will Ferrell
and Mark Wahlberg
. In a pinball
-themed Power of Veto competition, "The Wizards of Pinball", Britney snagged the Power of Veto. The competition also saw Enzo win a flat-screen 3D Television
, Rachel win $5,000, Ragan win a pass ensuring his place in next week's Veto competition, Kristen win a "hippie-tard" (a tie-dyed unitard), and Hayden a day in solitary confinement. Britney chose to keep the nominations the same. It was revealed to viewers that Kristen had a boyfriend before entering the house. On Day 34, Kristen was evicted in her "hippie-tard" by a vote of 6-1 with the only vote to save her coming from Kathy.
In week 5, Matt endured the Head Of Household competition "True Colors" and Kathy, who was the first contestant out, became the only Have-not for the week. Matt won an opportunity to open Pandora's Box, which he did, and like last season
, it induced both benevolent and malicious consequences. Matt won the Diamond Power of Veto, which allows the holder to remove any nominee from the block and replace him/her with a new nominee, valid for the next two evictions. However, Pandora's Box also triggered an offer to the house-guest chosen by the voting public, Ragan, to become the new Saboteur, which he accepted with some hesitation. Matt later nominated Brendon and Rachel for eviction. Jeff and Jordan of Big Brother 11
hosted the bowling Power of Veto competition ("Lovers Lane"), which was played by 7 house-guests instead of the regular six, due to Ragan's "Veto Pass", which he had won in the veto competition the week prior. Britney won the Power of Veto, beating Matt in the last round with a perfect pin score of 10, but didn't use it. Despite Brendon trying to anger others to become a target, on Day 41 Rachel was evicted by a vote of 6-0, but Julie Chen informed her, outside the House, that Rachel might not have seen the last of the House, yet. Rachel became the first Big Brother juror.
In week 6, Brendon captured his first Head of Household of the season, after winning the "Oh What a Tangled Web" HoH competition (untangling a tether
rope wrapped around rungs spaced above a trough of muddy water and hay bales, among other ground obstacles); he chose Britney, Matt, and Ragan to be Have-nots for the week. Brendon later nominated Lane and Ragan for eviction. On Day 43, because Brendon, who was the current HoH, opened Pandora's Box, he left the house for 24 hours and was replaced by Rachel, the last person evicted. Ragan won the Power of Veto and used it to take himself off the block. Brendon put Matt on the block to replace Ragan. On Day 48, during the live eviction, Matt used his Diamond Power of Veto to take himself off the block, and named Kathy as his replacement to go up on the block next to Lane. Kathy was evicted by a vote of 5-0 and became the second Big Brother juror. Ragan also won $20,000 on this night, as he had performed the required number of sabotage acts and survived two evictions from becoming the new Saboteur.
In week 7, Britney won her first Head of Household after winning the competition entitled "Big Brother Says", a true or false game where Julie repeated several quotes from a game played by Big Brother earlier in the week that was similar to Simon Says
, and houseguests had to correctly identify whether Big Brother had actually said the quote. After the Have/Have-Not competition, (where each team had to guess which of the members of the opposing team got a bad-tasting drink) Brendon, Enzo and Hayden became the Have-nots for the week, and Britney nominated Brendon and Enzo for eviction. On Day 50, Britney was tempted by Pandora's Box and decided to open it. She had to take one hour's worth of workout lessons with Jessie from seasons 10 and 11, while the rest of the house had a Hawaiian luau-style party. Brendon won the Power of Veto in the "Big Brother Zoo", where contestants started with 50 points and accepted prizes or punishments by giving or taking points, respectively, aiming to have the most points overall. Britney later replaced Brendon with Matt. The Brigade decided to take the chance they had to remove Matt from their alliance and evict him as they came to realize that if they do not take action with Matt, he can float to the end and win. The Brigade turned against Matt, and Lane and Hayden voted to evict him, resulting in his unanimous eviction vote of 4-0. A "double eviction" took place on Day 55, where an HOH competition, nomination ceremony, POV competition, and second eviction all took place in quick succession following the normal eviction. One hour and 30 minutes later, the houseguests played another Head of Household competition, "Delivering The Goods", where Julie asked a question concerning 2 evicted houseguests and the houseguests searched for their names in packing peanuts. Hayden won and nominated Brendon and Ragan. Ragan won the Veto competition "Before or After" (where the houseguests tried to figure out if an event took place before or after another event), and Hayden replaced him with Britney. Brendon was evicted by a vote of 3-0. During Matt's post-eviction interview he admitted he threw this weeks HOH competition thinking he "was safe" from eviction.
In week 8, Lane won his first Head of Household (and his first competition in the game so far, leaving Enzo as the only remaining houseguest at that point to have not won a HoH or Veto competition) in "Big Brother Blackjack" (rolling up to 5 balls onto a grid of cards trying to match 2 cards totaling 21
). On Day 56, Lane was given the option to open Pandora's Box and chose to open it. He won $91.17 from the "money tree", followed by unleashing 3 punishments on the entire house (in order, not having any silverware or utensils for 1 week, having to use sock puppets to speak, and having to dance whenever music was played). Lane nominated Enzo and Ragan for eviction. The Power of Veto competition featured "Otev the Broadway Clam" (voiced by the announcer), who sang a song about two houseguests and the contestants searched the yard for the CD with a portmanteau of the houseguests' names for the title (a song about Rachel and Kristen had the title "Rasten", for example). Enzo won the Power of Veto, his first victory of the season, used it on himself, and Lane put Hayden up as his replacement. Ragan was evicted by a vote of 2-0.
In week 9, Hayden won the Head of Household competition "Big Brother Christmas", by decorating a Christmas Tree
by manuvering ornaments into cups opposite a fence screen from the houseguests, followed by moving a star up to the tree's top. Shortly after, the final 4 houseguests played a hide-and-seek based luxury competition, where each houseguest was given 90 seconds to hide a coin with their name on it somewhere in the house. Britney won the competition, as well as $10,000. Hayden decided to nominate Britney and Lane for eviction. Hayden then won the Power of Veto in the competition "Big Brother Marque", giving Enzo the single vote in that week's eviction. Hayden, Enzo, and Lane decided to tell Britney about The Brigade out of respect, and Enzo later evicted Britney. The final Head of Household competition began with Part 1, "Rumble In The Big Brother Jungle". Hayden won this part of the competition, and automatically advanced to Part 3 while Lane won the second part of the competition "It's Alive" and also advanced to part 3. Julie Chen revealed on one of her EW blogs that Zingbot 3000 will be making another appearance this season on the final episode. Zingbot 3000 later appeared during the second eviction show audience of Big Brother 13 with a sign "Comic Con or Bust!"
On day 75, Hayden and Lane competed in the final part of the Head of Household competition. The players had to guess the ending of statements made by the jury members. There were two possible answers and the players had to guess the correct ending by picking A or B. After the six jury statements the score was tied 4-4 and each player had to answer the tiebreaker question, "In part one of the final HoH competition, how many times were they slammed against the walls?" The correct answer was 250, and Hayden won the final Head of Household competition by answering 91. Hayden chose to evict Enzo from the House. Shortly after, the jury members voted for the winner after asking a series of questions. Lane was named the runner-up with three votes from his fellow Housemates. Britney won the public vote for "America's Favorite HouseGuest" and won $25,000. Hayden won the season after receiving four votes from his fellow Housemates.
placing first in viewers with 7.9 million viewers. Big Brother 12 was first in total households with a 4.4/8 compared to Wipeouts 4.3/8 and was first in adults 18-34. Both shows tied in the adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 demographics with a 2.4/9 and a 2.9/9 respectively. When compared to the season premiere of Big Brother 11
viewers were up 11%, adults 18-34 posted a 17% increase while both adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 were up 4%.
Big Brother 12 has experienced ratings growth versus season 11 in viewership and adults 18-49 for every episode. Episode 22 reached multiple season highs while episode 21 saw the highest adults 18-34 rating since 2007. For the season, Big Brother 12 averaged 7.31 million viewers, a substantial increase over the season 11 average of 6.86 million viewers.
on the same day the program was broadcast.
United States
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reality television series Big Brother. The HouseGuests moved into the Big Brother House on July 3, 2010 and the season premiered on July 8, 2010. The show was broadcast on CBS
CBS
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and Showtime 2 for 75 days, concluding on September 15, 2010 when Hayden Moss was crowned the winner with four votes from the jury. The format of the program remained largely unchanged from previous seasons: a group of contestants, referred to as HouseGuests, are enclosed in the Big Brother House under the surveillance of cameras and microphones. Each week the HouseGuests will vote to evict one of their own until two HouseGuests remain on finale night. The highlight programs are announced by Clayton A.S. Halsey. Julie Chen
Julie Chen
Julie Suzanne Chen is an American television personality, news anchor, and producer for CBS. She has 16 years of newscasting experience. She is best known for co-anchoring CBS's The Early Show, alongside Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez. She has been the host of the U.S. version of Big Brother...
hosts the season premiere, evictions and the season finale.
The program includes 13 participants whose fate in the House is decided by their peers. Originally, 14 participants were due to enter, but one voluntarily left during the pre-season sequester period and wasn't replaced. The HouseGuests compete to win a $500,000 prize, with a $50,000 prize offered to the runner-up. One of the HouseGuests, known as the Big Brother Saboteur, had the goal to disrupt life in the House and cause as much havoc as possible. Annie Whittington, the initial Big Brother Saboteur, did not compete for the grand prize but could have won $50,000 if she completed five weeks of sabotage without being evicted. Whittington was the first houseguest evicted and did not win the $50,000 prize. However, on Day 34, a new Saboteur, Ragan Fox, was chosen by the voting public. The new Saboteur was instructed to perform three acts of sabotage per week for two weeks and was told that if he survived two weeks as the Saboteur, he would receive $20,000. After these two weeks, houseguests were informed that the Saboteur twist was over.
Houseguests Brendon Villegas and Rachel Reilly returned to compete in Big Brother 13. Brendon placed 9th and on Day 75, Rachel was crowned the winner.
Production
Big Brother 12 is produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment with Allison GrodnerAllison Grodner
Allison Grodner is an award-winning director, producer and writer, who has worked in documentary and reality-based programming for the past fifteen years. She is best known for her work on the American version of the reality TV show Big Brother. She is an executive producer of Big Brother and Big...
and Rich Meehan returning as executive producers. This season of the program was announced on September 10, 2009, five days before the season finale of Big Brother 11
Big Brother 11 (U.S.)
Big Brother 11 is the 11th season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It began on July 9, 2009 and aired on CBS and Showtime 2 for 73 days, concluding on September 15, 2009 when Jordan Lloyd was crowned the winner with four votes from the jury and one vote from the viewing public...
. Casting for the program began during the final week of Big Brother 11 with potential applicants submitting video tape submissions that were due by April 23, 2010. Open auditions began on March 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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and continued across the nation in various cities including Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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; Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
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; and Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
. Applicants chosen to be a finalist went to Los Angeles, California, from which forty finalists were chosen. CBS warned people of unofficial casting companies charging a fee to audition for the show while casting ended on May 20, 2010.
Broadcasts and platforms
The main television coverage of Big Brother will be screened in three weekly highlight programs that will be transmitted on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, all at 8 p.m. ET/PT (live ET/delayed PT) on CBS in the United StatesUnited States
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and Global Television Network
Global Television Network
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in Canada
Canada
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. The episodes summarize the events of the previous two to three days in the House. Alongside these shows is a spin-off show, Big Brother: After Dark
Big Brother: After Dark
Big Brother: After Dark is an uncensored, uncut live feed from the American Big Brother House. The program debuted on July 5, 2007 as a companion show to Big Brother 8 and it airs on Showtime 2 and Global Reality Channel....
on Showtime 2 and Global Reality Channel
Global Reality Channel
Global Reality Channel is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Shaw Media. The channel broadcasts reality television series and related programming...
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, which will air three hours live directly from the House.
Big Brother will maintain an online platform with live subscription feeds from RealNetworks
RealNetworks
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, a redesigned and relaunched website, online videos, full episodes, a fantasy game, a mobile game based on Big Brother, and two Twitter
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accounts; one featured updates from the production staff and one featured updates from the current Head of Household. The website will contain more videos, photos, and other content which will include summaries of events in the House, descriptions of weekly challenges, and a voting history page. Episodes of Big Brother will continue to be streamed on CBS Mobile Channel on FLOTV
MediaFLO
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. Mobile users were also able to interact and influence the show through SMS text messaging and a simulation game based on Big Brother will also available to mobile customers. New features include a video trivia game and the Big Brother Ultimate Fan contest where the winner will be able to attend the season finale and the chance to meet the HouseGuests.
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 Have vs. Have-Not competitions were they would be divided into either the "Haves" or the "Have Nots" depending on their performance in the competitions. HouseGuests that became "Have Nots" for the week were only allowed to eat slop and a weekly food restriction, chosen by the viewing public, take cold showers, and sleep on uncomfortable beds. 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.On eviction night all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees voted to evict one of the two nominees. Before the voting began the nominees had the chance to record a final message to their fellow HouseGuests. This compulsory vote was conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room by the host Julie Chen. 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
Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
, 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.
HouseGuests
Fourteen HouseGuests had been cast for this season, but one, Paola Aviles, a 30-year-old real estate agent, voluntary left during the sequester period and was not replaced. The HouseGuests entered the House on July 3, 2010.| Name | Age | Occupation | Hometown | |
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| 27 | Bartender Bartender A bartender is a person who serves beverages behind a counter in a bar, pub, tavern, or similar establishment. A bartender, in short, "tends the bar". The term barkeeper may carry a connotation of being the bar's owner... |
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| 30 | High School High school High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions.... Swim Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... Coach Coach (sport) In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:... |
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| 22 | Hotel Hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms... Sales Sales A sale is the act of selling a product or service in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity.... Manager Management Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively... |
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| 32 | Insurance Insurance In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for payment. An insurer is a company selling the... Adjuster |
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| 24 | College Student | |||
| 40 | Deputy Sheriff - Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent.... |
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| 24 | Boutique Boutique A boutique is a small shopping outlet, especially one that specializes in elite and fashionable items such as clothing and jewelry. The word is French for "shop", via Latin from Greek ἀποθήκη , "storehouse".... Manager Management Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively... |
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| 24 | Oil Rig Drilling rig A drilling rig is a machine which creates holes or shafts in the ground. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill water wells, oil wells, or natural gas extraction wells, or they can be small enough to be moved manually by one person... Salesman |
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| 32 | Web designer | |||
| 24 | Model Model (person) A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art.... |
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| 26 | Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds.... Graduate Student/VIP VIP VIP and V.I.P. is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:-In general:* Vacuum insulated panel* Values, Influence, and Peers, an anti-crime campaign in Ontario elementary schools* Variable Information Printing, a form of on-demand printing... Cocktail Cocktail A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol... Waitress |
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| 34 | College Professor |
Contestant's age at the start of the season.
Summary
During the first night, the HouseGuests were informed of the (first) Big Brother Saboteur. The Saboteur's primary goal is not to win the grand prize, but to cause as much havoc and disrupt the lives of the HouseGuests as much as possible for the first five weeks of the game. If the Saboteur successfully avoids eviction for the first five weeks, he or she will win $50,000, but if the Saboteur is evicted before the five weeks are over, he or she would win nothing. The Saboteur can sabotage an individual, a group, or all of the HouseGuests, and is eligible to win Head of Household and the Power of Veto. A message from the Saboteur, with the voice of Dan CastellanetaDan Castellaneta
Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter. Noted for his long-running role as Homer Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, he voices many other characters on The Simpsons, including Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble,...
distorted and the identity of the Saboteur blacked out, was then played on the plasma screen in the living room prior to the first Head of Household competition. The HouseGuests divided into two teams of six, with Andrew volunteering to sit out of the competition, becoming the mascot. Since the mascot was ineligible to become the first Head of Household, Andrew was given immunity
Immunity (reality television)
Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...
from the first eviction. In the backyard was a giant grill with two over-sized hot dogs hanging in the air. Each team used a series of pulleys to transfer their teammates one at a time from one side of the grill to the other on their respective team's hot dog. The first member of the winning team to make it on the other side would win $10,000, with the second receiving $1,000, and successive team members winning $100, $10, and $1. The final winning team member across the grill became the first Head of Household.
During the competition, Britney fell off of the Red team's hot dog, injuring her knee. Kathy, from the Yellow team, attended to Britney until the House medic arrived to examine the injury. While the injury was not serious, the medic advised she should not continue in the competition. In the interest of fairness, the Yellow team had to choose a red team member who had already crossed once to go again in place of Britney. They chose Kristen, and the Red team managed to quickly get their team across. Hayden was last from the red team to cross, becoming the first Head of Household (HoH), with Monet winning $10,000. After the competition, all the lights in the House were shut off, giving the Saboteur cover of darkness, in order to place a padlock on the storage room door. When the lights came back on, another message from the Saboteur was played informing the HouseGuests that all the food and supplies were locked in the storage room, but slop was in the kitchen to eat. Enzo later organized a four-man secret alliance between himself, Hayden, Matt, and Lane, which he nicknamed "The Brigade", as well as giving nicknames to each member ("The Meow Meow", "The Animal", "The Brains", and "The Beast", respectively). Brendon and Rachel became the first 2 nominated for eviction, by Hayden.
The next Friday saw the season's first Power of Veto competition. In a contest titled "Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday held on May 5. It is celebrated nationwide in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla...
(nnaise
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise, , often abbreviated as mayo, is a sauce. It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either vinegar or lemon juice, with many options for embellishment with other herbs and spices. Lecithin in the egg yolk is the emulsifier. Mayonnaise varies in color but is often white, cream, or pale...
)", Rachel, Hayden, Brendon, Enzo, Monet, and Andrew had 10 minutes to retrieve letters from mayonnaise
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise, , often abbreviated as mayo, is a sauce. It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either vinegar or lemon juice, with many options for embellishment with other herbs and spices. Lecithin in the egg yolk is the emulsifier. Mayonnaise varies in color but is often white, cream, or pale...
-filled pinatas scattered about the yard. The HouseGuest who spelled the longest, correctly-spelled, valid word would win the competition. Andrew finished last with the incorrectly spelled word "PASTUERIZED" [sic], topped by Enzo with "FACTORY" (7), Monet with "CHEATERS" (8), Hayden with "POSSIBLE" (8), Rachel with "CHEMISTRY" (9), and Brendon with "UNDERSTANDING" (13). Brendon therefore won the Power of Veto, which he used on himself. Forced to name a replacement nominee, Hayden chose to put up Annie in Brendon's place. Annie was evicted by a vote of 10-0 on Day 13, ousting the first Saboteur from the game.
In Week 2, Rachel won the Head of Household competition "Majority Rules", where the house-guests were given trivial questions and asked to respond with how they thought the majority of the House would respond, rather than their personal thoughts. Via video, Annie revealed to the house-guests that she had been the saboteur. At the nominations ceremony, Rachel nominated Britney and Monet for eviction, but Britney later won the Power of Veto in the "Big Brother Stockades" challenge, and used it on herself. A punishment (not mentioned on the show) saw contestants from the veto competition in the stockades for a period of time. Rachel choose to replace Britney with Matt, and on Day 20, Monet was evicted by a vote of 7-2, with only Britney and Kathy voting to evict Matt.
In Week 3, Matt won the endurance Head of Household competition "Hang Ten" in slightly over two hours. He later nominated Andrew and Kathy for eviction. Brendon won the counting-based Power of Veto competition and the nominations didn't change. On day 22, Kristen ate a spider. On Day 27, Andrew was evicted by a vote of 8-0. Julie revealed that Pandora's Box would return and a player will have the opportunity to become the new Saboteur; if they accepted the position and completed 2 weeks of work, they would receive $20,000.
In week 4, Rachel won her second Head of Household in a buzzer-based quiz competition, "BB Knockouts", and nominated Kristen and Hayden for eviction. This week featured a luxury competition instead of a Have/Have-Not competition in order to win an advance screening of the movie The Other Guys
The Other Guys
The Other Guys is a 2010 American action comedy film directed and co-written by Adam McKay, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, and featuring Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, and Ray Stevenson...
staring Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell
John William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...
and Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is an American actor, film and television producer, and former rapper. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier years, and became famous for his 1991 debut as a musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He was named No. 1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of...
. In a pinball
Pinball
Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...
-themed Power of Veto competition, "The Wizards of Pinball", Britney snagged the Power of Veto. The competition also saw Enzo win a flat-screen 3D Television
3D television
A 3D television is a television set that employs techniques of 3D presentation, such as stereoscopic capture, multi-view capture, or 2D-plus-depth, and a 3D display – a special viewing device to project a television program into a realistic three-dimensional field.- History :In the late-1890's,...
, Rachel win $5,000, Ragan win a pass ensuring his place in next week's Veto competition, Kristen win a "hippie-tard" (a tie-dyed unitard), and Hayden a day in solitary confinement. Britney chose to keep the nominations the same. It was revealed to viewers that Kristen had a boyfriend before entering the house. On Day 34, Kristen was evicted in her "hippie-tard" by a vote of 6-1 with the only vote to save her coming from Kathy.
In week 5, Matt endured the Head Of Household competition "True Colors" and Kathy, who was the first contestant out, became the only Have-not for the week. Matt won an opportunity to open Pandora's Box, which he did, and like last season
Big Brother 11 (U.S.)
Big Brother 11 is the 11th season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It began on July 9, 2009 and aired on CBS and Showtime 2 for 73 days, concluding on September 15, 2009 when Jordan Lloyd was crowned the winner with four votes from the jury and one vote from the viewing public...
, it induced both benevolent and malicious consequences. Matt won the Diamond Power of Veto, which allows the holder to remove any nominee from the block and replace him/her with a new nominee, valid for the next two evictions. However, Pandora's Box also triggered an offer to the house-guest chosen by the voting public, Ragan, to become the new Saboteur, which he accepted with some hesitation. Matt later nominated Brendon and Rachel for eviction. Jeff and Jordan of Big Brother 11
Big Brother 11 (U.S.)
Big Brother 11 is the 11th season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It began on July 9, 2009 and aired on CBS and Showtime 2 for 73 days, concluding on September 15, 2009 when Jordan Lloyd was crowned the winner with four votes from the jury and one vote from the viewing public...
hosted the bowling Power of Veto competition ("Lovers Lane"), which was played by 7 house-guests instead of the regular six, due to Ragan's "Veto Pass", which he had won in the veto competition the week prior. Britney won the Power of Veto, beating Matt in the last round with a perfect pin score of 10, but didn't use it. Despite Brendon trying to anger others to become a target, on Day 41 Rachel was evicted by a vote of 6-0, but Julie Chen informed her, outside the House, that Rachel might not have seen the last of the House, yet. Rachel became the first Big Brother juror.
In week 6, Brendon captured his first Head of Household of the season, after winning the "Oh What a Tangled Web" HoH competition (untangling a tether
Tether
A tether is a cord, fixture, or signal that anchors something movable to a reference point which may be fixed or moving. There are a number of applications for tethers: balloons, kites, tethered wind-energy conversion systems, anchors, tethered water-flow energy conversion systems, towing, animal...
rope wrapped around rungs spaced above a trough of muddy water and hay bales, among other ground obstacles); he chose Britney, Matt, and Ragan to be Have-nots for the week. Brendon later nominated Lane and Ragan for eviction. On Day 43, because Brendon, who was the current HoH, opened Pandora's Box, he left the house for 24 hours and was replaced by Rachel, the last person evicted. Ragan won the Power of Veto and used it to take himself off the block. Brendon put Matt on the block to replace Ragan. On Day 48, during the live eviction, Matt used his Diamond Power of Veto to take himself off the block, and named Kathy as his replacement to go up on the block next to Lane. Kathy was evicted by a vote of 5-0 and became the second Big Brother juror. Ragan also won $20,000 on this night, as he had performed the required number of sabotage acts and survived two evictions from becoming the new Saboteur.
In week 7, Britney won her first Head of Household after winning the competition entitled "Big Brother Says", a true or false game where Julie repeated several quotes from a game played by Big Brother earlier in the week that was similar to Simon Says
Simon says
Simon says is a children's game for three or more players where one player takes the role of 'Simon' and issues instructions, to the other players, which should only be followed if prefaced with the phrase 'Simon says', for example 'Simon says jump in the air'...
, and houseguests had to correctly identify whether Big Brother had actually said the quote. After the Have/Have-Not competition, (where each team had to guess which of the members of the opposing team got a bad-tasting drink) Brendon, Enzo and Hayden became the Have-nots for the week, and Britney nominated Brendon and Enzo for eviction. On Day 50, Britney was tempted by Pandora's Box and decided to open it. She had to take one hour's worth of workout lessons with Jessie from seasons 10 and 11, while the rest of the house had a Hawaiian luau-style party. Brendon won the Power of Veto in the "Big Brother Zoo", where contestants started with 50 points and accepted prizes or punishments by giving or taking points, respectively, aiming to have the most points overall. Britney later replaced Brendon with Matt. The Brigade decided to take the chance they had to remove Matt from their alliance and evict him as they came to realize that if they do not take action with Matt, he can float to the end and win. The Brigade turned against Matt, and Lane and Hayden voted to evict him, resulting in his unanimous eviction vote of 4-0. A "double eviction" took place on Day 55, where an HOH competition, nomination ceremony, POV competition, and second eviction all took place in quick succession following the normal eviction. One hour and 30 minutes later, the houseguests played another Head of Household competition, "Delivering The Goods", where Julie asked a question concerning 2 evicted houseguests and the houseguests searched for their names in packing peanuts. Hayden won and nominated Brendon and Ragan. Ragan won the Veto competition "Before or After" (where the houseguests tried to figure out if an event took place before or after another event), and Hayden replaced him with Britney. Brendon was evicted by a vote of 3-0. During Matt's post-eviction interview he admitted he threw this weeks HOH competition thinking he "was safe" from eviction.
In week 8, Lane won his first Head of Household (and his first competition in the game so far, leaving Enzo as the only remaining houseguest at that point to have not won a HoH or Veto competition) in "Big Brother Blackjack" (rolling up to 5 balls onto a grid of cards trying to match 2 cards totaling 21
Blackjack
Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...
). On Day 56, Lane was given the option to open Pandora's Box and chose to open it. He won $91.17 from the "money tree", followed by unleashing 3 punishments on the entire house (in order, not having any silverware or utensils for 1 week, having to use sock puppets to speak, and having to dance whenever music was played). Lane nominated Enzo and Ragan for eviction. The Power of Veto competition featured "Otev the Broadway Clam" (voiced by the announcer), who sang a song about two houseguests and the contestants searched the yard for the CD with a portmanteau of the houseguests' names for the title (a song about Rachel and Kristen had the title "Rasten", for example). Enzo won the Power of Veto, his first victory of the season, used it on himself, and Lane put Hayden up as his replacement. Ragan was evicted by a vote of 2-0.
In week 9, Hayden won the Head of Household competition "Big Brother Christmas", by decorating a Christmas Tree
Christmas tree
The Christmas tree is a decorated evergreen coniferous tree, real or artificial, and a tradition associated with the celebration of Christmas. The tradition of decorating an evergreen tree at Christmas started in Livonia and Germany in the 16th century...
by manuvering ornaments into cups opposite a fence screen from the houseguests, followed by moving a star up to the tree's top. Shortly after, the final 4 houseguests played a hide-and-seek based luxury competition, where each houseguest was given 90 seconds to hide a coin with their name on it somewhere in the house. Britney won the competition, as well as $10,000. Hayden decided to nominate Britney and Lane for eviction. Hayden then won the Power of Veto in the competition "Big Brother Marque", giving Enzo the single vote in that week's eviction. Hayden, Enzo, and Lane decided to tell Britney about The Brigade out of respect, and Enzo later evicted Britney. The final Head of Household competition began with Part 1, "Rumble In The Big Brother Jungle". Hayden won this part of the competition, and automatically advanced to Part 3 while Lane won the second part of the competition "It's Alive" and also advanced to part 3. Julie Chen revealed on one of her EW blogs that Zingbot 3000 will be making another appearance this season on the final episode. Zingbot 3000 later appeared during the second eviction show audience of Big Brother 13 with a sign "Comic Con or Bust!"
On day 75, Hayden and Lane competed in the final part of the Head of Household competition. The players had to guess the ending of statements made by the jury members. There were two possible answers and the players had to guess the correct ending by picking A or B. After the six jury statements the score was tied 4-4 and each player had to answer the tiebreaker question, "In part one of the final HoH competition, how many times were they slammed against the walls?" The correct answer was 250, and Hayden won the final Head of Household competition by answering 91. Hayden chose to evict Enzo from the House. Shortly after, the jury members voted for the winner after asking a series of questions. Lane was named the runner-up with three votes from his fellow Housemates. Britney won the public vote for "America's Favorite HouseGuest" and won $25,000. Hayden won the season after receiving four votes from his fellow Housemates.
Voting history
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Eviction votes received | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 42 | Day 48 | Day 49 | Day 55 | Day 75 | Finale | ||||||||||
| Head of Household | Hayden | Rachel | Matt | Rachel | Matt | Brendon | Britney | Hayden | Lane | Hayden | Hayden | ||||
| Nominations (pre-veto) |
Brendon Rachel |
Britney Monet |
Andrew Kathy |
Hayden Kristen |
Brendon Rachel |
Lane Ragan |
Lane Matt |
Brendon Enzo |
Brendon Ragan |
Enzo Ragan |
Britney Lane |
Enzo Lane |
|||
| Veto Winner | Brendon | Britney | Brendon | Britney | Britney | Ragan | Matt | Brendon | Ragan | Enzo | Hayden | (none) | |||
| Nominations (post-veto) |
Annie Rachel |
Matt Monet |
Andrew Kathy |
Hayden Kristen |
Brendon Rachel |
Lane Matt |
Kathy Lane |
Enzo Matt |
Brendon Britney |
Hayden Ragan |
Britney Lane |
||||
| Hayden | Head of Household |
Monet | Andrew | Nominated | Rachel | Nominations void |
Kathy | Matt | Head of Household |
Nominated | Head of Household |
Enzo | Winner $500,000 |
1 | |
| Lane | Annie | Monet | Andrew | Kristen | Rachel | Nominated | Nominated | Matt | Brendon | Head of Household |
Nominated | Nominated | $50,000 |
0 | |
| Enzo | Annie | Monet | Andrew | Kristen | Rachel | Nominations void |
Kathy | Nominated | Brendon | Ragan | Britney | Hayden | 1 | ||
| Britney | Annie | Matt | Andrew | Kristen | Rachel | Nominations void |
Kathy | Head of Household |
Nominated | Ragan | Nominated | Lane | 1 | ||
| 2 | Ragan | Annie | Monet | Andrew | Kristen | Rachel | Nominations void |
Kathy | Matt | Brendon | Nominated | Evicted (Day 62) |
Hayden | 2 | |
| Brendon | Annie | Monet | Andrew | Kristen | Nominated | Head of Household |
Matt | Nominated | Evicted (Day 55) |
Lane | 3 | ||||
| Matt | Annie | Nominated | Head of Household |
Kristen | Head of Household |
Nominated | Kathy | Nominated | Evicted (Day 55) |
Hayden | 6 | ||||
| Kathy | Annie | Matt | Nominated | Hayden | Rachel | Nominations void |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 48) |
Hayden | 5 | |||||
| Rachel | Nominated | Head of Household |
Andrew | Head of Household |
Nominated | Guest (Day 43) |
Evicted (Day 41) |
Lane | 6 | ||||||
| Kristen | Annie | Monet | Andrew | Nominated | Evicted (Day 34) |
6 | |||||||||
| Andrew | Annie | Monet | Nominated | Evicted (Day 27) |
8 | ||||||||||
| Monet | Annie | Nominated | Evicted (Day 20) |
7 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Annie | Nominated | Evicted (Day 13) |
10 | |||||||||||
| Notes | 1, 2 | none | 3 | 4,5 | 6, 7, 8, 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| Have Nots | Kathy, Matt, Rachel, Ragan |
Brendon, Britney, Enzo, Monet |
Andrew, Brendon, Enzo, Ragan |
none | Kathy | Britney, Matt, Ragan |
Brendon, Enzo, Hayden |
none | |||||||
| Evicted | Annie 10 of 10 votes to evict |
Monet 7 of 9 votes to evict |
Andrew 8 of 8 votes to evict |
Kristen 6 of 7 votes to evict |
Rachel 6 of 6 votes to evict |
Nominations void |
Kathy 5 of 5 votes to evict |
Matt 4 of 4 votes to evict |
Brendon 3 of 3 votes to evict |
Ragan 2 of 2 votes to evict |
Britney Enzo's choice to evict |
Enzo Hayden's choice to evict |
Lane 3 votes to win |
||
| Hayden 4 votes to win |
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| Sources | |||||||||||||||
Ratings and reception
The season premiere of Big Brother 12, which aired on CBS on July 8, attracted 7.35 million viewers, with a 2.4 rating in adults 18-49. The ratings were mixed in its timeslot, with its nearest competition, a new episode of Wipeout (another Endemol USA production) on ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
placing first in viewers with 7.9 million viewers. Big Brother 12 was first in total households with a 4.4/8 compared to Wipeouts 4.3/8 and was first in adults 18-34. Both shows tied in the adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 demographics with a 2.4/9 and a 2.9/9 respectively. When compared to the season premiere of Big Brother 11
Big Brother 11 (U.S.)
Big Brother 11 is the 11th season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It began on July 9, 2009 and aired on CBS and Showtime 2 for 73 days, concluding on September 15, 2009 when Jordan Lloyd was crowned the winner with four votes from the jury and one vote from the viewing public...
viewers were up 11%, adults 18-34 posted a 17% increase while both adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 were up 4%.
Big Brother 12 has experienced ratings growth versus season 11 in viewership and adults 18-49 for every episode. Episode 22 reached multiple season highs while episode 21 saw the highest adults 18-34 rating since 2007. For the season, Big Brother 12 averaged 7.31 million viewers, a substantial increase over the season 11 average of 6.86 million viewers.
Television ratings
"Rating" is the estimated percentage of all televisions tuned to the show, and "share" is the percentage of all televisions in use that are tuned in. "Viewers" is the estimated number viewers that watched a program either while it was broadcast or watched via DVRDigital video recorder
A digital video recorder , sometimes referred to by the merchandising term personal video recorder , is a consumer electronics device or application software that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card or other local or networked mass storage device...
on the same day the program was broadcast.
| # | Air Date | Rating | Share | 18-49 (rating/share) |
18-34 (rating/share) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (timeslot) |
Rank (night) |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday, July 8 | 4.4 | 8 | 2.4/9 | 2.1/9 | 7.35 | 1 (Tie) | 1 (Tie) | |
| 2 | Sunday, July 11 | 4.0 | 7 | 2.3/7 | 1.9/7 | 6.97 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Wednesday, July 14 | 3.9 | 7 | 2.3/8 | 6.38 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Thursday, July 15 | 4.1 | 8 | 2.4/9 | 7.10 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Sunday, July 18 | 4.1 | 8 | 2.3/8 | 6.92 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Wednesday, July 21 | 3.9 | 7 | 2.2/8 | 6.50 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Thursday, July 22 | 2.3/8 | 6.73 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Sunday, July 25 | 4.3 | 8 | 2.5/9 | 2.0/8 | 7.22 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Wednesday, July 28 | 4.1 | 8 | 2.3/8 | 1.8/7 | 6.71 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Thursday, July 29 | 4.0 | 8 | 2.3/8 | 6.52 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Sunday, August 1 | 4.2 | 8 | 2.5/8 | 2.2/8 | 7.11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | Wednesday, August 4 | 4.1 | 7 | 2.4/8 | 1.9/7 | 6.97 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Thursday, August 5 | 4.3 | 8 | 2.4/8 | 2.1/8 | 7.14 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sunday, August 8 | 4.5 | 8 | 2.5/8 | 7.56 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Wednesday, August 11 | 4.2 | 8 | 2.4/9 | 1.9/8 | 7.10 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | Thursday, August 121 | 4.3 | 9 | 2.6/9 | 2.1/8 | 8.00 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | Sunday, August 152 | 4.4 | 7 | 2.4/7 | 7.56 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18 | Wednesday, August 18 | 4.4 | 8 | 2.6/9 | 2.2/8 | 7.61 | 1 | 1 (Tie) | |
| 19 | Thursday, August 193 | 4.5 | 9 | 2.5/9 | 2.0/8 | 7.55 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | Sunday, August 22 | 4.5 | 8 | 2.6/8 | 2.2/7 | 7.81 | 1 | 2 | |
| 21 | Wednesday, August 25 | 4.7 | 8 | 2.8/10 | 2.5/9 | 7.99 | 1 | 1 (Tie) | |
| 22 | Thursday, August 264 | 4.8 | 9 | 2.8/10 | 2.4/9 | 8.18 | 1 | 1 | |
| 23 | Sunday, August 295 | 4.6 | 8 | 2.8/8 | 2.4/8 | 7.85 | 3 | 3 | |
| 24 | Wednesday, September 1 | 4.7 | 8 | 2.9/10 | 2.6/10 | 7.87 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | Thursday, September 26 | 4.3 | 7 | 2.8/8 | 7.7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 26 | Sunday, September 57 | 4.6 | 8 | 2.4/9 | 7.23 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 27 | Wednesday, September 8 | 4.6 | 9 | 2.7/9 | 7.82 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Thursday, September 98 | 4.6 | 8 | 2.6/9 | 7.83 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 29 | Sunday, September 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 2.2/5 | 6.66 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 30 | Wednesday, September 15 | 4.5 | 8 | 3.0/9 | 7.89 | 2 | 4 |
- Episode 16 had several preemptions in many regions due to football, affecting the viewership for that episode along with facing the finale of So You Think You Can DanceSo You Think You Can Dance (season 7)So You Think You Can Dance is a United States television reality program and dance competition airing on the Fox Broadcasting Company network. Season seven premiered on May 27, 2010...
.: Episode 17 had several preemptions, especially in ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
and KentuckyKentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
. Also, due to golf overrun, the show was delayed by over an hour.: Episode 19 had several national football preemptions.: Episode 22 had several football preemptions in places such as BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
(even though it was shown on WBZWBZ-TVWBZ-TV, virtual channel 4, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station, located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WBZ-TV's studios and office facilities, shared with sister station WSBK-TV , are located in the Allston-Brighton section of Boston, and its transmitter is located in Needham,...
's sister station WSBKWSBK-TVWSBK-TV is a MyNetworkTV television station for eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire that is licensed to Boston. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter along the Needham and Wellesley town line southwest of the MA 9 and I-95 / MA 128...
).: Episode 23 faced its biggest competition of the summer, with the Emmy Awards62nd Primetime Emmy AwardsThe 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, took place on August 29, 2010, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California beginning at 5:00 p.m. PDT...
and football airing at the same time.: Episode 25 had many preemptions throughout the country, especially in major markets such as New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Atlanta, and was only airing at its original time in about 50% of American markets.: Episode 26 aired on Labor DayLabor DayLabor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.-History:...
weekend, dramatically effecting the ratings: Episode 28 had a breaking news preemption in the San Francisco Bay AreaSan Francisco Bay AreaThe San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
due to a natural gasNatural gasNatural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
explosion in San Bruno and faced extreme competition from NFL kickoff, which reached a 13 year high in viewership.: Episode 30 faced both the finals of America's Got TalentAmerica's Got TalentAmerica's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
season 5 and Master ChefMaster ChefMaster Chef, is a food brand under Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing Pte Ltd, the world leading manufacturer of spring roll pastry, located in Singapore...
in the 9pm hour; the 10pm hour faced the finale of Top ChefTop ChefTop Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...
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