Big Brother 18 (US)

Big Brother 18 (US)
Season Information
Country	United States
Host	Julie Chen
Season	18
Prize Money	$500,000
No. of Houseguests	16
No. of Days	99
Winner	Nicole Franzel
Runner(s)-up	Paul Abrahamian
Returnees	Da'Vonne Rogers (BB22) Nicole Franzel (BB22, BBRG) Paul Abrahamian (BB19)
Production
Network	CBS CBS All Access (live feeds) Pop (BBAD) CBS.com (BBLC)
Executive Producers	Allison Grodner Rich Meehan Don Wollman
Challenge Producers	Heath Luman Trevor Boris
Casting	Robyn Kass
Announcers	Don Wollman Clayton Halsey
Production Company	Fly on the Wall Entertainment Endemol Shine North America
Season Run	June 22, 2016 - September 21, 2016
Filming Dates	June 15, 2016 - September 21, 2016
No. of Episodes	42
Viewership	5.78m
Companion Shows	Big Brother: After Dark Big Brother: Live Chat
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 17 (US)
Next Season	Big Brother: Over The Top Big Brother 19 (US)

Big Brother 18 is the 18th season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.).

After an American-record 99 days, the Jury crowned second-time player Nicole Franzel as the winner of the game over first-time player Paul Abrahamian in a 5-4 vote. Nicole made history becoming the first female to win the game over a male houseguest in the Final Two.

Background

Development

The season was announced in September 2014 as part of a double renewal which gave the show its 17th and 18th seasons respectfully. The season will once again by produced by Endemol Shine North America and Fly on the Wall Entertainment alongside executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan.

Twists

• Relations with a Past Houseguest: Two houseguests competing this season are related to houseguests from previous seasons. Paulie Calafiore is related to Cody Calafiore from Big Brother 16 and Tiffany Rousso is related to Vanessa Rousso from Big Brother 17.
• Returning Players: Four fan-favorite HouseGuests from past seasons, Da'Vonne Rogers and James Huling from Big Brother 17, Nicole Franzel from Big Brother 16, and Frank Eudy from Big Brother 14 returned to compete against twelve new HouseGuests.
• Teams: Similar to the Cliques from Big Brother 11 and the Coaches from Big Brother 14, HouseGuests divided into teams of four with one returning HouseGuest on each team. Each week, the Head of Household's teammates were safe from eviction. The Teams Twist ended on Day 37 along with the Roadkill Competition.
• Day Two Eviction: On Day 1, Julie revealed that the loser of the last round in the Hit The Road competition - a member of the Freakazoids team - would be evicted. Glenn Garcia was the first HouseGuest evicted from Big Brother 18 on Day 2 as a result of this twist.
• Roadkill Competition: Similar to the MVP twist from Big Brother 15, each week the HouseGuests competed in the Roadkill Competition. The winner of this competition was privately informed of their victory and received the power to name a third nominee for eviction anonymously. If the Power of Veto winner took the "Roadkill Nominee" off of the block, the Roadkill winner would secretly name a replacement nominee. The Roadkill Competition ended on Day 37 along with the Teams Twist.
• Battle Back Competition: The first five evicted HouseGuests competed against each other for the opportunity to re-enter the house. Glenn Garcia and Jozea Flores faced off in the first competition which Jozea won. Jozea then faced Victor Arroyo in the second competition which Victor won. With Jozea defeated, Victor faced Bronte D'Acquisto in the third competition which Victor won once again. Finally, Victor faced Tiffany Rousso in the last competition. Victor ultimately won and re-entered the house as the Battle Back Champion.
• Round Trip Ticket: During Week 5, shortly after the Veto ceremony, the HouseGuests learned there were clues to a puzzle around the house. A phone booth upstairs led to a secret room if a HouseGuest could crack the code to unlock it. Paul Abrahamian was the first HouseGuest to crack the code and gain entry to the secret "Paris" room. There, he discovered twelve envelopes. One envelope contained a "Round Trip Ticket" permitting the person who unknowingly claimed it to immediately re-enter the house upon their eviction. Each HouseGuest claimed one envelope. Only Julie Chen was permitted to open the envelopes; if a HouseGuest opened their envelope before eviction night, its contents would be void. After four weeks, the tickets expired. None of the evicted Houseguests during this period had the Round Trip Ticket, so the rest of the HouseGuests opened their envelopes. Paul, coincidentally the HouseGuest who discovered the twist, was the holder of the Round Trip Ticket.
• America's Care Package: At the beginning of Week 6, Julie introduced America's Care Package. This twist allowed the viewers to vote for one HouseGuest to receive a special advantage within the game each week. Once a HouseGuest received a Care Package, he/she was not eligible to receive another in the future. Natalie Negrotti won the first Care Package, a Never-Not Pass preventing her from becoming a Have-Not for the rest of the season. James Huling won the second Care Package giving him the ability to cancel two votes on eviction night. Nicole Franzel won the third Care Package, a "Super Safety" costume which made her safe for the week. Michelle Meyer won the fourth Care Package which made her co-HOH giving her the power to name one of the two nominees for the week. Corey Brooks won the last Care Package, $5,000 he could use to bribe another HouseGuest to do as he pleased.
• Jury Re-Entry Competition: Following Week 9's eviction, the five jurors and the remaining HouseGuests competed in an endurance Head of Household competition. The last juror standing won the right to return to the house, and the last HouseGuest standing (jurors included) became the next Head of Household. Victor won re-entry for the second time in the season. It is the first season in Big Brother history to feature two re-entry competitions and the first season in which a HouseGuest re-entered the house twice.

HouseGuests

Winner    Nicole

Runner-Up    Paul

Jury: Paul    James

Jury: Nicole    Corey

Jury: Paul    Victor

Jury: Nicole    Natalie

Jury: Paul    Michelle

Jury: Nicole    Paulie

Jury: Paul    Bridgette

Jury: Nicole    Zakiyah

Jury: Nicole    Da'Vonne

Evicted    Frank

Evicted    Tiffany

Evicted    Bronte

Evicted    Jozea

Evicted    Glenn

Teams

Big Sister				Category Four				Freakazoids				Team Unicorn
Da'Vonne	Jozea	Paul	Zakiyah	Frank	Bridgette	Michelle	Paulie	Nicole	Corey	Glenn	Tiffany	James	Bronte	Natalie	Victor

Voting History

		Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7		Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12		Week 13
		Day 2	Day 9						Day 51	Day 58					Day 86	Day 90	Day 99	Finale
	Nicole	Win		Victor	Bronte	Tiffany	Frank	Da'Vonne	Michelle	Bridgette	Paulie	Victor	Michelle	Natalie	Victor			Winner
	Paul	Ineligible	Vetoed Paulie	Vetoed Bronte		Tiffany	Frank		Ineligible	Bridgette	Paulie	Vetoed Corey		Natalie			James	Runner-Up
	James	Ineligible	Jozea	Victor	Tiffany	Tiffany		Da'Vonne	Zakiyah	Bridgette	Paulie	Victor	Paul		Victor	Corey		Paul
	Corey	Safe	Jozea	Victor	Bronte	Vetoed Tiffany	Frank	Da'Vonne	Ineligible			Rep	Michelle	Natalie				Nicole
	Victor	Ineligible	Paulie	Rep			Frank	Da'Vonne		Bridgette			Michelle*					Paul
	Natalie	Ineligible	Paulie	Victor	Tiffany		Frank	Da'Vonne	Zakiyah	Michelle	Paulie		Paul					Nicole
	Michelle	Ineligible	Jozea	Victor	Bronte	Tiffany	Frank	Bridgette			Paulie							Paul
	Paulie	Ineligible			Tiffany		Frank	Vetoed Da'Vonne	Michelle	Bridgette			Eliminated					Nicole
	Bridgette	Ineligible	RK Rep	Victor		Tiffany			Zakiyah				Eliminated					Paul
	Zakiyah	Ineligible	Jozea	Victor	Bronte	Tiffany	Frank	Bridgette					Eliminated					Nicole
	Da'Vonne	Ineligible	Jozea	Victor	Bronte	RK Rep	Frank	Rep					Eliminated					Nicole
	Frank	Ineligible	Jozea	Victor	Tiffany	Tiffany
	Tiffany	Safe	Jozea	RK			Eliminated
	Bronte	Ineligible	Paulie		RK	Eliminated
	Jozea	Ineligible			Eliminated
	Glenn	Loss		Eliminated

Key:

HOH

Nominated

Rep: Replacement Nominee

Veto Winner

Hit The Road Winner

Roadkill Winner

Battle Back Competitor

Re-Entry Result

Immune

Team Immunity

Evicted

Jury Member

Teams:

Big Sister

Category Four

Freakazoids

Team Unicorn

• Note: Victor was evicted during Weeks 3 and 4 and for part of Week 10, before winning his way back into the house.
• Note: Due to accepting the BB Bribe from Corey in Week 10, Victor was only allowed to vote to evict Michelle.

Roadkill Nominations History

Week
1					V
2
3
4	V

Key:

Roadkill Winner

Ineligible - HOH

Ineligible - Immune

Ineligible - HOH Nominee

Eligible

Roadkill Nominee

V signifies the player was initially the Roadkill Nominee, but they were vetoed off the block.

Have/Have-Nots History

Week
1				+
2								+
3									+
4								+
5		+
6			*		+
7						+
8			*			+
9			+				+
10				+
11			*			+

• Note: Natalie was named a Have-Not at the beginning of Weeks 6, 8, and 11 but due to her Never-Not Pass, her Have-Not status was canceled out.
• Note: Michelle was named a Have-Not at the beginning of Week 9 but due to winning Co-HOH, her Have-Not status was canceled out.
• Note: Victor was named a Have-Not at the beginning of Week 11 but due to winning HOH, his Have-Not status was canceled out.

Battle Back Competition Bracket

"Berry Balanced"

"Kiss My Ace"

"Euro Trippin"

"Electric BB Festival"

1

Tiffany Rousso

Loss

2

Bronte D'Acquisto

Loss

3

Victor Arroyo

Win

3

Victor Arroyo

Win

3

Victor Arroyo

Win

4

Jozea Flores

Win

4

Jozea Flores

Loss

5

Glenn Garcia

Loss

Round Trip Tickets

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

Key:

"One Way Ticket"

"Round Trip Ticket"

Care Package History

	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
	Never-Not Pass	Eliminate Two Votes	Super Safety	Co-HoH	BB Bribe
Corey	Loss	Loss	Loss	Loss	Win
James	Loss	Win	Ineligible
Michelle	Loss	Loss	Loss	Win	Ineligible
Natalie	Win	Ineligible
Nicole	Loss	Loss	Win	Ineligible
Paul	Loss	Loss	Loss	Loss	Loss
Victor	Loss	Loss	Loss	Loss	Loss
Paulie	Loss	Loss	Loss
Bridgette	Loss	Loss
Zakiyah	Loss	Loss
Da'Vonne	Loss

Competition History

#		Competition		Result
Week	Day(s)	Type	Name
1	1	Immunity	"Ride the Rocket"	Team Unicorn wins immunity
	2	Hit The Road	"Welcome to the Beach"	Category Four is safe
			"Welcome Back to the Beach"	Big Sister is safe
			"Hit The Road Part 3"	Corey, Nicole and Tiffany are safe
				Glenn is evicted
		HOH		Nicole wins HOH
	7	Roadkill	"Take It Off"	Frank wins Roadkill
	12	POV	"Dizzy Dog"	Paul wins POV
2	16	HOH	"Berry Balanced"	Paulie wins HOH
		Battle Back		Jozea advances
	17	Roadkill	"18 Dollas"	Victor wins Roadkill
	18	POV	"Toe-Zarks"	Paulie wins POV
3	23	HOH	"Kiss My Ace"	Bridgette wins HOH
		Battle Back		Victor advances
	24	Roadkill	"Hornstar"	Frank wins Roadkill
	15	POV	"Veto-licious"	Bridgette wins POV
4	30	HOH	"Euro Trippin'"	Paulie wins HOH
		Battle Back		Victor advances
	31	Roadkill	"Gasping for Air"	Tiffany wins Roadkill
	32	POV	"Scooper Star"	Corey wins POV
5	37	Battle Back	"Electric BB Festival	Victor returns to the game
		HOH	"Watch Your Dubstep"	James wins HOH
	39	POV	"OTEV the Dopest DJ"	Michelle wins POV
6	44	HOH	"Perfect Shot"	Paul wins HOH
	46	POV	"Ready, Set, Woah!"	Paulie wins POV
7	51	HOH	"Harsh Hashtags"	Victor wins HOH
	53	POV	"Hide and Go Veto"	Paulie wins POV
	58	HOH	"Statcathlon"	Corey wins HOH
		POV	"Veto Time"	Corey wins POV
8		HOH	"Hollywood Squirrels"	Victor wins HOH
	60	POV	"Zingbot For President"	Victor wins POV
9	65	HOH	"Black Box"	Natalie wins Co-HOH
	66		"America's Care Package"	Michelle wins Co-HOH
	67	POV	"BB Storm Watch"	Paul wins POV
10	72	Re-Entry	"Welcome to Loch Mess"	Victor returns to the game
		HOH		Nicole wins HOH
	74	POV	"Santa's Little Counters"	Nicole wins POV
11	79	HOH	"Poached Eggs"	Victor wins HOH
	81	POV	"Take A Crack At Being Mac"	Corey wins POV
12	86	HOH	"BB Slide in Theatre"	Corey wins HOH
	88	POV	"BB Comics"	Nicole wins POV
	90	HOH	"What The Bleep?"	Paul wins HOH
	91	POV	"Cover Your Bases"	Paul wins POV
13	92	HOH	"Hang In There Kitty"	Paul wins Final HOH Part 1
	94		"Snapshot"	Nicole wins Final HOH Part 2
	99		"The Scales Of Just Us"	Paul wins Final HOH Part 3

Game History

#	HOH		Team Immunity	Twist Winner	Initial Nominations						Veto Holder	Used ?	Final Nominations						Result
Wk																			HG	Vote	Finish
1			Team Unicorn Category Four Big Sister										Corey			Glenn			Glenn	1st Evicted Battle Back Competitor Day 2
													Nicole			Tiffany
	Nicole		Team Unicorn	Frank	Jozea		Paul		Paulie		Paul		Bridgette		Jozea		Paulie		Jozea	7-4-0	2nd Evicted Battle Back Competitor Day 16
			The Freakazoids
2	Paulie		Category Four	Victor	Bronte		Paul		Tiffany		Paulie		Bronte		Tiffany		Victor		Victor	9-1-0	3rd Evicted Battle Back Competitor Day 23
3	Bridgette		Category Four	Frank	Bronte		Paul		Tiffany		Bridgette		Bronte		Paul		Tiffany		Bronte	5-4-0	4th Evicted Battle Back Competitor Day 30
4	Paulie		Category Four	Tiffany	Corey		Natalie		Tiffany		Corey		Da'Vonne		Natalie		Tiffany		Tiffany	8-0-0	5th Evicted Battle Back Competitor Day 37
5																			Victor	Battle Back Champion 1st Returnee Day 37
	James				Bridgette			Frank			Michelle		Bridgette			Frank			Frank	9-0	6th Evicted Day 44
6	Paul			Natalie	Bridgette			Paulie			Paulie		Bridgette			Da'Vonne			Da'Vonne	6-2	7th Evicted 1st Jury Member Day 51
7	Victor			James	Michelle			Zakiyah			Paulie		Michelle			Zakiyah			Zakiyah	3-2	8th Evicted 2nd Jury Member Day 58
	Corey				Bridgette			Michelle			Corey		Bridgette			Michelle			Bridgette	5-1	9th Evicted 3rd Jury Member Day 58
8	Victor			Nicole	Corey			Paulie			Victor		Corey			Paulie			Paulie	5-0	10th Evicted 4th Jury Member Day 65
9	Natalie	Michelle		Michelle	Paul			Victor			Paul		Corey			Victor			Victor	2-1	11th Evicted Removed from Jury Day 72
10																			Victor	2nd Returnee Day 72
	Nicole			Corey	Michelle			Paul			Nicole		Michelle			Paul			Michelle	3-2	12th Evicted 5th Jury Member Day 79
11	Victor				James			Natalie			Corey		James			Natalie			Natalie	3-0	13th Evicted 6th Jury Member Day 86
12	Corey				Paul			Victor			Nicole		Paul			Victor			Victor	2-0	14th Evicted 7th Jury Member Day 90
	Paul				Corey			Nicole			Paul		Corey			Nicole			Corey	1-0	15th Evicted 8th Jury Member Day 92
13	Paul												James			Nicole			James	1-0	16th Evicted 9th Jury Member Day 99
																			Paul	5-4	Runner-Up
																			Nicole		Winner

Week 1

Round 1 (Hit the Road)

Immunity    Team Unicorn	HTR Part 1    Category Four	HTR Part 2    Big Sister
Eligible    Freakazoids	HTR Part 3    Nicole	HTR Part 3    Tiffany	HTR Part 3    Corey	Evicted Via HTR Part 3    Glenn

When the first twelve HouseGuests entered the house, Julie informed them there would be three twists in the game. When they realized there were only twelve of them as opposed to the usual sixteen HouseGuests, they began to speculate about the first of these twists. Four former HouseGuests (Nicole Franzel, Da'Vonne Rogers, Frank Eudy, and James Huling) stowed away in suitcases by the front door emerged and made their triumphant returns to the Big Brother house. Shortly after the returnees got acquainted with the newbies, Julie revealed the second big twist. The HouseGuests would not be playing alone. They would become divided into teams of four. The four returnees assembled teams named by the HouseGuests. The four teams then began a competition with prizes and rewards, with the first place prize being immunity from the first two evictions. The winning team was Team Unicorn, consisting of James Huling, Natalie Negrotti, Victor Arroyo, and Bronte D'Acquisto. Shortly after the competition, the HouseGuests became informed that one HouseGuest would become evicted before the two-night premiere concluded. Julie explained that the teams would compete in a three-part competition and that the winning team in Part 1 would become granted immunity from the upcoming eviction, as well as the winning team from Part 2. The members of the remaining team must then competed against each other in Part 3, and the HouseGuest that lost the final competition would become evicted. Category Four, consisting of Frank, Paulie Calafiore, Michelle Meyer, and Bridgette Dunning, won Part 1 and were safe from the next eviction. Team Big Sister won part 2, consisting of Da'Vonne, Jozea Flores, Zakiyah Everette, and Paul Abrahamian. In Part 3, Team Freakazoids, consisting of Nicole, Glenn Garcia, Corey Brooks, and Tiffany Rousso, faced off against each other. When Glenn failed to complete the competition in time, he became the first HouseGuest evicted from the house.

Round 2

HOH    Nicole

Roadkill    Frank

Pre-Veto RK Nominee POV    Paul

Post-Veto RK Nominee 0 Votes    Bridgette

Nominee 4 Votes    Paulie

Evicted 7 Votes    Jozea

Following Glenn's eviction, part of the twist was that the Head of Household for the week was to be one of the three surviving HouseGuests. Together, the Freakazoids chose Nicole to be the first HoH of the summer. After hearing that he was targeting the veterans, Nicole decided to nominate Jozea as her target alongside Paulie, hoping to use Paulie as a pawn to send Jozea home. The next twist of the summer came into play with the BB Roadkill Competition. Frank was the winner of the competition and became given the power to nominate a third HouseGuest anonymously. Frank decided to nominate Paul for eviction alongside Paulie and Jozea. At the Veto competition, the three nominees, Nicole, Da'Vonne, and Corey competed, and Paul won. At the Veto ceremony, Paul used the Veto on himself, and Bridgette became named as the replacement Roadkill nominee. At the eviction, Jozea was blindsided and evicted by a vote of 7–4–0.

Week 2

HOH POV    Paulie	Pre-Veto Nominee    Paul	RK Nominee 0 Votes    Tiffany	Nominee 1 Vote    Bronte	Roadkill Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 9 Votes    Victor
Won Battle Back    Jozea	Lost Battle Back    Glenn

Following Jozea's eviction, the remaining HouseGuests competed in the Head of Household competition. Paulie became crowned the new HoH, so he and the rest of his team were immune from the next eviction. At the nomination ceremony, Paulie decided to nominate Paul and Bronte with hopes to fulfill a plan to backdoor Victor. Victor ended up winning the Roadkill competition for the week and decided to nominate Tiffany as his target. The other HouseGuests continued to play Victor, as he remained the house's target even though he became convinced that it was Tiffany. At the Veto competition, Paulie won his second competition of the week and won the Golden Power of Veto. At the Veto ceremony, Paulie continued with his plan and used the Veto on Paul, putting Victor up in his place. At the eviction, Victor was evicted by a vote of 9–1–0, with Paul casting a sympathy vote against Bronte. Behind the scenes, Jozea had just beaten Glenn in the first Battle Back Competition, eliminating him from the game.

Week 3

HOH POV    Bridgette	Team Immunity Roadkill    Frank	Nominee 0 Votes    Paul	Nominee 4 Votes    Tiffany	RK Nominee Evicted 5 Votes    Bronte
Won Battle Back    Victor	Lost Battle Back    Jozea

Following Victor's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the "Kiss My Ace" Head of Household competition in which Bridgette was crowned the new HOH for the week. Immediately, the other HouseGuests believed that Frank would be the one controlling Bridgette's nominations due to his close relationship with her. At the nomination ceremony, Bridgette went through with Frank's plan to get rid of his biggest threat, Tiffany, and nominated her and Paul for eviction. At the Roadkill competition, Frank won his second Roadkill of the summer and decided to nominate Bronte. At the Veto competition, Bridgette won the Golden Power of Veto in addition to her HOH win. At the Veto ceremony, Bridgette decided not to use the Veto, leaving the nominations the same for the first time this season. Michelle, Nicole, Corey, Zakiyah, and Da'Vonne decided to flip the vote and get Bronte, one of Bridgette's biggest allies, out by a vote of 5–4–0. The HouseGuests that flipped the vote also wanted to keep Tiffany so that she could go after Frank. Behind the scenes, Victor had just beaten Jozea in the second Battle Back Competition, eliminating him from the game.

Week 4

HOH    Paulie	Pre-Veto RK Nominee POV    Corey	Nominee 0 Votes    Natalie	Post-Veto RK Nominee 0 Votes    Da'Vonne	Roadkill Evicted 8 Votes    Tiffany
Won Battle Back    Victor	Lost Battle Back    Bronte

Following Bronte's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the "Euro Trippin" Head of Household competition. Paulie won HoH for the second time this summer, even though he was trying to throw the competition to make Frank vulnerable. With Frank safe from eviction this week, many HouseGuests began to believe that keeping Tiffany in the house was a mistake. After Tiffany had a breakdown and told Frank that the house is against him, Paulie decided to continue with the plan to evict Tiffany. Therefore, Paulie nominated Tiffany and Natalie for eviction. At the Roadkill competition, Tiffany won the power to nominate a third HouseGuest. Now a free agent, Tiffany decided to nominate her teammate and former ally, Corey, for eviction. Determined to keep Tiffany on the block and stay safe for the week, Corey won the Power of Veto. Upset over new revelations, Tiffany decided to nominate yet another former ally, Da'Vonne, after Corey used the Veto on himself. After teaming up with Frank and Bridgette, Tiffany attempted to flip the vote, convincing some of the HouseGuests to vote Da'Vonne out. When Paulie caught wind of the plan, he strongly disagreed and pushed for Tiffany to leave. At the eviction, the HouseGuests decided to respect Paulie's wishes and evicted Tiffany by an 8–0–0 vote. Behind the scenes, Victor had just beaten Bronte in the third Battle Back Competition, eliminating her from the game.

Week 5

Re-Entered Battle Back Champion    Victor	HOH    James	POV    Michelle	Nominee 0 Votes    Bridgette	Evicted 9 Votes    Frank
Lost Battle Back    Tiffany

Following Tiffany's eviction, Julie informed the HouseGuests that the Team Twist and the Roadkill competition had come to an end. Meanwhile, unknown to the rest of the house, Victor defeated his fellow evicted HouseGuests in the Battle Back Competition. Victor had just beaten Tiffany in the fourth and final Battle Back Competition, eliminating her from the game. As a result, he re-entered the game as a houseguest. In a battle of endurance, James won the first Head of Household competition since the teams became dissolved. With everyone now on their own, and believing that the house was against them, James nominated Frank and Bridgette for eviction. At the Veto competition, Frank and Bridgette suffered yet another loss when Michelle won the Power of Veto, her first competition win of the season. At the Veto ceremony, Michelle decided to honor the house's wishes by not using the Power of Veto, leaving the duo of Frank and Bridgette on the block. Shortly after the Veto ceremony, the HouseGuests were given clues to code that unlocked a secret room in the house. The room contained twelve envelopes, one for each HouseGuest. One of the twelve envelopes contains a Round Trip Ticket that would allow its holder to return to the game immediately after he or she became evicted. However, an envelope could not become opened until its holder was onstage with Julie following his or her eviction. This power would expire after four weeks have passed. Despite Frank trying to campaign, the HouseGuests stuck to their guns and decided to evict Frank by a unanimous vote of 9–0. Frank's envelope did not contain the Round Trip Ticket, so he was not able to return to the game.

Week 6

HOH    Paul

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Paulie

Nominee 2 Votes    Bridgette

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 6 Votes    Da'Vonne

Following Frank's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the "Perfect Shot" Head of Household competition. Paul then became the HOH for the first time this summer. With America's Care Package in play for the first time, Natalie earned the most votes for the week. She received a Never-Not Pass for the rest of the season and, therefore, ended her status as a Have-Not for the rest of the week. At the nomination ceremony, Paul decided to nominate his ally, Paulie, as a pawn and Bridgette as his main target with Da'Vonne as a backdoor option. At the Veto competition, Paulie won his second Power of Veto of the season, ensuring his safety for the rest of the week. At the Veto ceremony, Paulie removed himself from the block, and Da'Vonne became nominated in his place as Paul's new target for the week. With most of the HouseGuests now seeing Da'Vonne as a bigger target than Bridgette, Da'Vonne was blindsided and evicted by a 6–2 vote. Only Da'Vonne's allies, Michelle and Zakiyah, voted to keep her. Da'Vonne's envelope did not contain the Round Trip Ticket, so she was not able to return to the game. Instead, she became the first member of the Jury.

Week 7

Round 1

HOH    Victor

POV    Paulie

Nominee 2 Votes    Michelle

Evicted 3 Votes    Zakiyah

Following Da'Vonne's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the "Harsh Hashtags" Head of Household competition. After fighting to win for nearly two hours, Victor became the new HoH. For the second America's Care Package, James became given the power to eliminate the eviction votes of two HouseGuests. At the nomination ceremony, Victor decided to obey the orders of Paul and Paulie and nominated Michelle and Zakiyah for eviction. Paulie then won the Power of Veto for the second week in a row at the "Hide and Go Veto" Power of Veto competition. At the Veto ceremony, Paulie decided not to use the Power of Veto, leaving both of his former alliance members on the block. Throughout the week, Michelle campaigned that Paulie was controlling the house, effectively aligning with Bridgette, Natalie, and James and forming a group to go against the alliance of Paulie, Nicole, and Corey. At the eviction, James went through with the plan and voided the votes of Paul and Corey, and the rest of the HouseGuests blindsided Paulie and evicted Zakiyah by a vote of 3–2. Zakiyah's envelope did not contain the Round Trip Ticket, so she became the second member of the Jury.

Round 2

HOH POV    Corey

Nominee 1 Vote    Michelle

Evicted 5 Votes    Bridgette

Following Zakiyah's eviction, the HouseGuests learned that it was a Double Eviction. The HouseGuests then competed in the "Statcathlon" Head of Household competition. Corey foiled the majority of the HouseGuests' plans and won his first HoH. Immediately, he nominated Bridgette and Michelle for eviction. At the "Veto Time" Power of Veto competition, Corey continued his winning streak and won the Veto. He then decided not to use the Power of Veto, leaving the nominations the same. Despite calling out numerous HouseGuests before the eviction and during the live show, the HouseGuests saved Michelle and blindsided Bridgette by a vote of 5–1. Bridgette's envelope did not contain the Round Trip Ticket, so she became the third member of the Jury.

Week 8

HOH POV    Victor

Nominee 0 Votes    Corey

Evicted 5 Votes    Paulie

Following Bridgette's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the "Hollywoods Squirrels" Head of Household competition where Victor became the new HOH once more. By receiving the third America's Care Package, Nicole became safe for the week, but she also had to wear a "Super Safety" costume. After the events and revelations of the previous week, Victor and Paul decided to turn on their alliance with Paulie. Working with James, Natalie, and Michelle, Victor decided to nominate Paulie and Corey for eviction. At the Veto competition, Victor won the Power of Veto for the first time this summer. Victor then decided not to use the Veto, leaving Paulie and Corey on the block. Despite trying to campaign to stay in the game, the house decided to evict Paulie by a unanimous vote of 5–0. Paulie's envelope did not contain the Round Trip Ticket, so he became the fourth member of the Jury. At this point, the rest of the tickets expired, so the remaining HouseGuests opened their envelopes. Paul was revealed to have been in possession of the Round Trip Ticket.

Week 9

Co-HOH    Natalie

Co-HOH    Michelle

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Paul

Post-Veto Nominee 1 Vote    Corey

Evicted 2 Votes    Victor

Following Paulie's eviction, the remaining HouseGuests competed in the "Black Box" Head of Household competition. For the first time this summer, Natalie became the new HoH. After receiving the fourth America's Care Package, Michelle became granted the power of Co-HoH. She was given all the perks of the regular HoH and was required to nominate one HouseGuest while Natalie nominated the other. After being swayed by Nicole and Corey's last-ditch effort to save themselves, Natalie decided to target Paul and convinced Michelle to go along with the plan as well. As a result, Natalie nominated Victor and Michelle nominated Paul for eviction. After the nomination ceremony, Natalie, Michelle, and James flip-flopped on whether the idea to target Paul was good for their games or not. After James and Natalie decided they wanted to indeed target Paul instead of going with the proposed plan to backdoor Corey, Paul foiled their plan by winning his second Power of Veto of the summer. Despite initially wanting to put Nicole on the block, Michelle was convinced to nominate Corey as the replacement nominee after Paul used the Veto on himself. On the day before the eviction, Paul and Victor attempted to convince the other HouseGuests that they were no longer working together. Despite most of the HouseGuests believing that they had separated, the house decided to evict Victor by a vote of 2–1. Victor then became the fifth member of the Jury. After the eviction, Julie announced to the remaining HouseGuests that the five jurors would be battling to re-enter the house in an endurance competition alongside the current HouseGuests, with everyone battling for Head of Household.

Week 10

Re-Entered    Victor

HOH POV    Nicole

Nominee 2 Votes    Paul

Evicted 3 Votes    Michelle

Following Victor's eviction, the jurors battled to re-enter the house and for Head of Household along with the four other competing HouseGuests in the "Welcome to Loch Mess" Head of Household competition. After outlasting the other four jurors, Victor returned to the game for the second time this summer. After fighting for over two hours in a battle of endurance, Nicole became the new Head of Household for the second time this summer. Corey received the fifth and final America's Care Package, which contained $5,000 that he could use to bribe another HouseGuest to do what he wanted them to do. With Paul having increased his standing with Nicole and Corey during the previous week, Nicole decided to work with Paul and Victor to target Michelle, who had lost Nicole's trust. To that end, Nicole nominated Michelle and Paul, with Paul having agreed to be the pawn. At the Veto competition, Nicole won her first Power of Veto of the summer. At the Veto ceremony, Nicole did not use the Power of Veto, leaving Paul and Michelle on the block. Corey decided to use the $5,000 bribe to get Victor to vote to evict Michelle, even though Victor was already planning on doing so. For the rest of the week, James and Natalie reassured themselves and Michelle that Nicole and Corey would be loyal to them. To their surprise, Corey and Victor voted Michelle out and forced a 2–2 vote. Nicole had to break the tie and cast the final vote to evict Michelle by a vote of 3–2. Michelle then became the fifth member of the Jury.

Week 11

HOH    Victor

POV    Corey

Nominee 0 Votes    James

Evicted 3 Votes    Natalie

Following Michelle's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the "Poached Eggs" Head of Household competition. Victor then went on to win his third Head of Household competition of the summer. Victor, Paul, Nicole, and Corey continued to work together and maintained their Final Four alliance when Victor decided to nominate James and Natalie for eviction. At the Veto competition, Corey won his third Power of Veto of the summer. Corey then chose to leave Victor's nominations intact. After deciding on a target, the Final Four alliance decided to evict Natalie by a vote of 3–0. Natalie then became the sixth member of the Jury.

Week 12

Round 1

HOH    Corey

POV    Nicole

Nominee 0 Votes    Paul

Evicted 2 Votes    Victor

Following Natalie's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the "BB Slide in Theatre" Head of Household competition, where Corey won his second HOH of the summer. Sticking to his Final Two deal with Nicole and the Final Three deal they made with James, he decided to nominate Paul and Victor for eviction, with Victor as his target. At the "BB Comics" Veto competition, Nicole won her second Power of Veto of the summer. Nicole decided to leave Corey's nominations the same. At the surprise eviction, Victor was evicted by a vote of 2–0, making him the seventh member of the Jury.

Round 2

HOH POV    Paul

Nominee 0 Votes    Nicole

Evicted 1 Vote    Corey

Following Victor's eviction, James, Nicole, and Paul competed in the "What the Bleep?" Head of Household competition. After beating Nicole in a tiebreaker question, Paul won his second HOH of the summer and guaranteed himself a spot in the Final Three. To get revenge for evicting his number one ally, Paul decided to nominate Nicole and Corey for eviction. Paul then went on to win the "Cover Your Bases" Veto competition, the last Veto competition of the summer. Paul decided not to change his nominations, and James, obeying Paul's wishes, cast the sole vote to evict Corey, making him the eighth member of the Jury.

Week 13

HOH Pt. 1 Winner HOH Pt. 3 Winner Final HOH    Paul

HOH Pt. 2 Winner Nominee 0 Votes    Nicole

Evicted 1 Vote    James

The final Head of Household competition was played out in three different parts. "Hang In There Kitty" was the first part of the HoH, which Paul won. Days later, Nicole defeated James in the "Snapshot" challenge, meaning James had become nominated. At the third part of the HoH competition, Paul beat Nicole in "Scales of Just Us," thus winning the final HoH. Paul then chose to evict James, making James the ninth and final member of the Jury. James was confused with Paul's choice. James thought him and Paul were going to be the Final 2. After a long wait, Julie revealed the Jury's votes as well as America's Favorite Houseguest (AFP).

Finale

Winner   5 Votes    Nicole

Runner-Up   4 Votes    Paul

Jury

Nicole  Da'Vonne

Nicole  Zakiyah

Paul  Bridgette

Nicole  Paulie

Paul  Michelle

Nicole  Natalie

Paul  Victor

Nicole  Corey

Paul  James

Notable Prizes

• Week 1's first challenge gave out two prizes to the top placing teams. The Freakazoids received $10,000 to split evenly amongst the four teammates, and Team Unicorn won immunity for the first two evictions.
• By winning Week 3's Veto competition, Bridgette and her team won a special steak dinner sponsored by Outback Steakhouse. She was also allowed to invite one other team. She chose Big Sister.
• After the Week 8 Power of Veto competition, several HouseGuests received prizes:
  • Nicole won a vacation to anywhere in the United States.
  • James won $5,000.
• Several prizes were given out during the BB Carnival:
  • Paulie won a 50-inch television, a tablet, and a smartphone (falsely given to Victor on the edited show due to Paulie's eviction).
  • Several cash prizes were given out:
    • Paulie won $1,000.
    • Nicole won $750.
    • Victor, Paul, and Corey each won $500.
    • James, Natalie, and Michelle each won 25 cents.

Notable Punishments

• Week 1's first challenge gave out two punishments to the lowest placing teams, with Big Sister becoming Have-Nots and Category 4 having to wear pixellated outfits (underwear for the men, bikinis for the women) for the week.
• By winning the Care Package during Week 8, Nicole earned safety for the week but also had to wear the "Super Safety" unitard costume.
• After the Week 8 Power of Veto competition, several HouseGuests received punishments:
  • Corey had to wear a "Patriotard" for a week.
  • Paulie had to bake apple pies for the rest of the summer.
  • Paul had to dress up as the Secret Service and pat down the other HouseGuests when an alarm sounded.

Trivia

• On July 14, to celebrate "National Nude Day", a controversial cast photo was uploaded with all the houseguests appearing to be naked, with their private areas being blocked by balloons, chairs or blankets. Many fans were initally confused by the picture, but it eventually grew to become a meme within the community.
• Following Big Brother 10, this is the second season where two houseguests share the same first name, the two being Paul Abrahamian and Paul Calafiore. The latter was officially referred to his nickname, "Paulie," throughout the season in order to differentiate between the two of them. It would later be followed by Big Brother 20, Big Brother 22, Big Brother 23, Celebrity Big Brother 3 and Big Brother 24.
• This season's opening sequence originally included the theme song last used in Big Brother 13 rather than the updated theme released and used in Big Brother 16 and 17. However, beginning with the episode featuring the first Veto competition, the music reverted to the newer version for reasons unknown.
  • Ironically, Season 13 was the last season to bring back former HouseGuests that started off as HouseGuests rather than coaches. That season also had its Newbies vs. Veterans alliance.
• This is the first season to bring back past HouseGuests since Big Brother 14.
  • Coincidentally, in that season the HouseGuests also started with 12 newbies and four veterans that split up into teams each including one veteran.
  • This is also the first season since Big Brother 14 to evict a HouseGuest within the first two days.
• Three of the four veterans (Frank, Nicole, and James) all earned 7th place in their original seasons. Da'Vonne placed 16th on her season.
  • Frank and James also won America's Favorite HouseGuest on their respective original seasons while Nicole was a top three vote-getter on hers.
    • Da'Vonne later won America's Favorite HouseGuest on Big Brother 22.
  • This season has the most 7th place finishers with 4, Frank, Nicole, and James all placed 7th on their original seasons, and Michelle placed 7th on this season.
• This season features two siblings of former HouseGuests: Paulie Calafiore (brother of Cody Calafiore from Big Brother 16) and Tiffany Rousso (sister of Vanessa Rousso from Big Brother 17).
• This is the first season that features three nominees on the block on eviction night since Big Brother 15.
  • Interestingly, that season also featured a sibling of a former HouseGuest.
• This is the third season to feature a returning HouseGuest evicted pre-jury, after Big Brother 6 and Big Brother 13.
  • However, this is the first season where the pre-Jury returning HouseGuest not becoming immediately evicted upon re-entry.
• This is the first season where everybody in the Final 9 held the title of Head of Household at least once. Also, those who placed outside of the Final 9 never held the Power of Veto.
  • Michelle Meyer did not win an HoH competition but was made a co-HoH by America's Care Package.
• This season features the most HouseGuests who have won HoH and PoV within the same week with six.
  • Paulie, Bridgette, Corey, Victor, Nicole, and Paul have all accomplished this.
• This is the first season since Big Brother 6 where multiple female HouseGuests (Bridgette and Nicole) won HoH and PoV within the same week.
• This is the third season to feature male HouseGuests winning HoH for six weeks in a row, following Big Brother 14 and Big Brother 16.
• This is the first season to have two separate HouseGuests wear unitards at the same time, being Nicole and Corey.
  • Coincidentally, they were in a showmance during their time on the season.
  • This season has the most unitard wearers, with Frank (wore a unitard in BB14), Nicole (wore a unitard on BB16 and again this season), and Corey.
• This is the first season to have a HouseGuest return to the game twice, the HouseGuest being Victor.
• This is the first even-numbered season to feature a tiebreaker vote since Big Brother 6.
• This is the first season where a female HouseGuest took first prize over a male HouseGuest in the Final Two.
  • This is also the first season in which the final vote was 5–4.
• The top three vote-getters for America's Favorite Houseguest were all from the same team, being Victor Arroyo, Natalie Negrotti, and James Huling.
• Even though there were three nominees for the first four evictions (excluding Glenn's), at least one nominee received no votes to evict each time. The same thing occurred in Big Brother 15, and again in Big Brother: Over The Top.
• Every winner of the Roadkill competition got evicted pre-Jury. (Although Victor battled back, he still became pre-Jury).
• This is the first time since Big Brother 6 where someone was evicted in a 5-4 vote.
• This season set the record for the longest season, lasting for 99 days, beating Big Brother 17 by just one day. The record would eventually be matched by Big Brother 20 and Big Brother 21, and eventually surpassed by the current holder, Big Brother 25, by just one more day, for a total of 100 days.

Ratings

Big Brother 18 (US) Ratings - In United States
#	Date	18–49 Demo (rating/share)	Viewers (millions)	Rank		Source
Episode				Timeslot	Night
1	Wednesday, June 22, 2016	1.9/7	6.31	1	1
2	Thursday, June 23, 2016	1.7/6	5.67	1	1
3	Sunday, June 26, 2016	1.6/6	5.45	1	2
4	Wednesday, June 29, 2016	1.9/7	6.13	1	1
5	Thursday, June 30, 2016	1.8/7	5.87	1	1
6	Sunday, July 3, 2016	1.4/6	4.73	1	1
7	Wednesday, July 6, 2016	1.9/8	6.18	1	1
8	Thursday, July 7, 2016	1.9/7	6.18	1	1
9	Sunday, July 10, 2016	1.7/7	5.67	1	2
10	Wednesday, July 13, 2016	1.8/8	6.05	2	2
11	Thursday, July 14, 2016	1.9/7	6.18	1	1
12	Sunday, July 17, 2016	1.8/7	5.85	1	1
13	Wednesday, July 20, 2016	1.7/7	5.60	2	2
14	Thursday, July 21, 2016	1.7/7	5.80	1	1
15	Friday, July 22, 2016	1.6/8	5.39	1	1
16	Sunday, July 24, 2016	2.0/8	6.35	1	1
17	Wednesday, July 27, 2016	1.7/7	5.56	2	2
18	Thursday, July 28, 2016	1.8/7	5.79	1	1
191	Sunday, July 31, 2016	1.7/7	5.87	1	1
20	Wednesday, August 3, 2016	1.8/7	5.84	1	2
21	Thursday, August 4, 2016	1.9/7	6.04	1	1
22	Sunday, August 7, 2016	1.6/5	5.25	1	2
23	Wednesday, August 10, 2016	1.8/7	5.91	2	2
24	Thursday, August 11, 2016	1.7/6	5.18	1	2
25	Sunday, August 14, 2016	1.8/6	5.60	1	2
26	Wednesday, August 17, 2016	1.8/7	5.91	2	2
27	Thursday, August 18, 2016	1.8/6	5.37	1	2
28	Friday, August 19, 2016	1.3/6	4.34	2	3
29	Sunday, August 21, 2016	1.9/7	5.97	2	3
30	Wednesday, August 24, 2016	2.1/8	6.47	1	1 (tie)
31	Thursday, August 25, 2016	1.9/7	6.09	1	1
32	Sunday, August 28, 2016	2.1/8	6.76	1	1
33	Wednesday, August 31, 2016	1.9/7	6.29	1	2
34	Thursday, September 1, 2016	1.6/6	4.94	1	1
35	Sunday, September 4, 2016	1.4/6	5.15	1	2
36	Wednesday, September 7, 2016	1.9/7	6.14	2	3
37	Thursday, September 8, 2016	1.7/6	5.65	1	3
38	Sunday, September 11, 2016	1.8/6	6.21	2	6
39	Tuesday, September 13, 2016	1.8/7	6.35	2	2
40	Wednesday, September 14, 2016	1.8/7	6.11	2	2
41	Friday, September 16, 2016	1.2/6	4.60	1	1
42	Wednesday, September 21, 2016	2.0/7	6.32	1	6

• ^Note 1 : Episode 19 became delayed to 8:43 PM ET due to the PGA Tour golf event running long.

References

References

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