Big Brother 6 (US)

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Contents 1 Houseguests 1.1 April Lewis 1.2 Ashlea Evans 1.3 Beau Beasley 1.4 Eric Littmann 1.5 Howie Gordon 1.6 Ivette Corredero 1.7 James Rhine 1.8 Janelle Pierzina 1.9 Jennifer Vasquez 1.10 Kaysar Ridha 1.11 Maggie Ausburn 1.12 Michael Donnellan 1.13 Rachel Plencner 1.14 Sarah Hrejsa 2 New features 2.1 Secret partners 2.2 Popularity 3 Competitions 4 Chronology 4.1 Week 1 and Week 2 4.2 Week 3 4.3 Week 4 4.4 Week 5 4.5 Week 6 4.6 Week 7 4.7 Week 8 4.8 Week 9 4.9 Week 10 4.10 Week 11 4.11 Week 12 5 Nominations and evictions 6 See also 7 External links

The sixth season of CBS's American version of Big Brother consisted of thirty episodes aired from July 7 to September 20, 2005. It was hosted by Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen, who has acted as host of every season of the CBS incarnation of Big Brother to date.

A group of fourteen contestants (referred to as houseguests) were confined in a house together, and the objective of each was to remain in the house the longest. Each week of the show, there was a Head of Household (HoH) who was able to nominate two other houseguests for removal, followed by a Golden Power of Veto competition in which contestants competed for the right to choose to replace one of those nominees, and finally, at the end of the week, a vote by the contestants to select one of the nominees to evict from the house. The 2 people remaining at the end of the competition would be subject to a vote by a jury of the previously evicted contestants, with the winner receiving $500,000 and the runner up $50,000.

[edit] Houseguests

[edit] April Lewis

April Lewis (born July 29, 1974, in Waco, Texas) is a pharmaceutical sales representative from Dallas, Texas. During her time on the show, she competed with the help of her secret partner, Jennifer. She was part of the oft-mocked Nerd Herd alliance, consisting of her, Jennifer, Beau, Ivette, and Maggie. Her saddest event in the house is when Howie made fun of her beloved dog Pepperoni who could not defend himself. April was probably most remembered for being the target of fellow housemate Howie's "Busto" rant in which he constantly barraded her with the name Busto, and for calling the public "pieces of shit" on live television because Janelle won an America's Choice vote. April was evicted on Day 73, coming in fourth place.

[edit] Ashlea Evans

Ashlea Evans (born April 24, 1983, in Washington, D.C.) is a 23-year-old fashion design student from Plantation, Florida. She was the first person evicted on Day 12, facing eviction against Kaysar. Ashlea's partner Janelle and housemate James were the only person that voted to save her. Janelle went on to becoming one of the most popular houseguests in Big Brother US history.

[edit] Beau Beasley

Beau Beasley is a personal shopper from Pembroke Pines, Florida. Friends with fellow housemate Ivette before the show, they worked together for the purpose of winning $1,000,000. They were the last remaining pair until Beau was evicted from the House on Day 62. Remembered for his fight in which he called fellow houseguest Janelle a "polyester-haired bitch", Beau was a member of the Nerd Herd, an alliance unpopular with the general public.

[edit] Eric Littmann

Eric "Cappy" Littmann (born April 29, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a firefighter from Boston, Massachusetts. Evicted on Day 26, he was praised by some of his fellow housemates, who later formed the Nerd Herd. After getting in an argument with Michael whom he believed was lying about his family, a divide started to form in the House. He was responsible for Michael's eviction. He played the game with partner Maggie, who later became the winner. However, Kaysar dissolved the partnership during his reign as Head of Household.

[edit] Howie Gordon

Howie Gordon (born January 7, 1971, in Chicago, Illinois) is an aspiring meteorologist from Chicago, Illinois. Howie was one of the most popular houseguests during the series, with a very high popularity rating on the official site. Howie's official website www.HowieGordon.com is known to devulge secrets of Jedi Mind Tricks. A member of the "Sovereign Six", composed of himself, Rachel, Janelle, Kaysar, James, and Sarah, he was ultimately evicted on Day 68. He "went crazy" in the house after repeatedly calling fellow housemate April "Busto", causing her to eventually break down and cry. Remembered for his passion for all things Jedi, Howie "trained" friend Janelle in the art of light sabers. His partner in the game was Rachel, who was evicted on Day 54. Howie reappeared the next year on Big Brother 7: All Stars, but was evicted on Day 47 as part of a double eviction week.

[edit] Ivette Corredero

Ivette Corredero (born January or February 1980) from Miami, Florida, is most widely known for being a contestant on the American version of the hit reality TV show Big Brother 6, broadcast by CBS in 2005. She was also one of 20 former contestants eligible to appear in Big Brother 7, but she was not selected. Corredero is of Cuban and Dominican descent She graduated from South Miami High School, after which she became a communications arts major at St. Thomas University. While attending, she was awarded the Susan E. Sachs Scholarship by the Atlantic-Florida Chapter of The Association for Women in Communications. The award is given to top communications students, and Ivette was its first recipient.

She used to work as a restaurant waitress in Miami, Florida prior to participating in Big Brother Season 6. She was the runner-up of the series and won $50,000. She was a part of the Nerd Herd alliance, looked down upon by the public with low popularity. She became infamous for her racist and bigoted remarks regarding Muslim housemate Kaysar. Ivette started the game with former co-worker Beau, but her dreams at winning $1,000,000 were dashed when he was evicted on Day 62. Ivette formed good friendships with Eric, April, and Jennifer in the House, but they dissolved.

Ultimately, Ivette and Maggie Ausburn were the last two contestants remaining, after Janelle Pierzina was evicted (with Ivette voting to evict her). Maggie ended up as the winner of Big Brother, with runner-up Ivette receiving $50,000.

[edit] James Rhine

James Rhine (born December 6, 1975, in Miami, Florida) is a loss prevention manager from Atlanta, Georgia. Working with Sarah, his girlfriend, he advanced to Day 61, when he was evicted, but the partnership was broken up when Sarah was evicted on Day 40. He lied about his profession in the beginning of the game, stating that he was a teacher, to make himself look less strategic and canniving. James was a rather sneaky player, making deals behind people's backs, but was remembered for winning the most Golden Power of Veto competitions in one series - four. However, during Big Brother 7, Janelle broke that record.

[edit] Janelle Pierzina

Janelle Pierzina (born January 10, 1980, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is a VIP cocktail waitress from Miami Beach, Florida. She entered with her ex-roommate Ashlea, but Ashlea was the first person to be evicted. As her time in the house went on, she became part of the Sovereign Six alliance, highly popular with the general public. At one point, her popularity rating on the CBS website was 93%, making her one of the most popular houseguests of all time.

Janelle was "Head of Household" during weeks 7 and 10 and veto-holder in weeks 7 and 9. She also won the second and third "America's Choice" votes, which were a phone call from a loved one (prior contestant and love interest Michael) and a visit to the set of Two and a Half Men, respectively. She also won a "PB&J Pass" which gave her the ability to exempt one houseguest (including herself) from having to eat peanut butter and jelly for the week if they lost the food competition, a trip to the Bahamas with one person of her choosing, as well as a 42" plasma television and a lifetime membership with Netflix. Janelle and her alliance, "The Sovereign Six", battled with the opposing alliance "The Nerd Herd" throughout the season. Janelle came in third, eliminated on Day 76.

Janelle returned to Big Brother for season 7 (All Stars). After dominating the house by winning 4 HoH's and 5 veto's, Janelle was evicted on Day 67, becoming the last member of the jury. Janelle placed 3rd of 14. She also made a record in Big Brother history by winning the most competitions in a single season. Janelle ties Drew Daniel with the most HoH's won in a single season (4) and holds the most Veto wins (5). Throughout her stay for the past two seasons of Big Brother, Janelle has won a total of 6 HoH's, 7 Veto's, and 5 America's choices- phone call, visit to the Two and a Half Men set, All-Stars, Prom Queen and $25,000.

[edit] Jennifer Vasquez

Jennifer Vasquez (born April 8, 1978, in Houston, Texas) is an arena league football dancer from Plano, Texas. She played the game with fellow housemate and former sorority sister April. Jennifer became HoH during Week 7 after winning the HoH competition "Pressure Cooker". During the competition, she promised newly-returned houseguest Kaysar Ridha that she would nominate two people from her own alliance in an attempt to "backdoor" James. She also promised Kaysar that she would never nominate him at any time. Jennifer later mocked her agreement with Kaysar with her fellow alliance members Maggie Ausburn, Beau Beasley, April Lewis, and Ivette Corredero, referred to collectively as the "Nerd Herd". During college she was given the nickname J Blo for performing oral relations on over 50 male classmates although not at the same time. At the nomination ceremony, Jennifer changed her mind on what she committed to do with Kaysar and nominated two people from his alliance, Rachel Plencner and Janelle Pierzina. She explained to Kaysar that she could not nominate two people who were close friends from her own team. Soon afterwards, many of Jennifer's alliance members came up with the idea to backdoor Kaysar instead of James. When Rachel won the Power of Veto competition and took herself out of the nomination chair, Jennifer nominated Kaysar in her place, going against both parts of her pact. Kaysar was then evicted from the house by a unanimous vote, making Jennifer a huge target with the remainder of Kaysar's alliance. Janelle won the HoH competition in Week 8 and nominated Jennifer and Maggie. Jennifer was eliminated on Day 48.

[edit] Kaysar Ridha

Kaysar Ridha (born August 10, 1980, in Baghdad, Iraq) is a graphic designer from Irvine, California. Shortly after Kaysar entered the house he was shown being extremely nervous because the houseguests knew he was Iraqi and that would make him a fast target for eviction. His worst fears were confirmed when he went up on the block the first week. Kaysar became HoH during Week 3 after winning the competition "Majority Rules". After the nominations, he built a secret alliance consisting of himself, Janelle, Rachel, Howie, James, and Sarah, known as the Sovereign Six. During Week 4, Maggie won the HoH competition and nominated James and Kaysar, the two biggest threats from the opposing alliance. After James' partner Sarah won the PoV and removed James from the chopping block, Maggie nominated Kaysar's close friend and alliance member Janelle. By a 7-1 vote, Kaysar was evicted from the house because he was viewed as a strategic threat; only James voted to keep him.

At the close of the program after Kaysar's eviction, host Julie Chen revealed to the houseguests that America would vote to return a previously evicted houseguest to the house: Kaysar's partner and house romantic Michael, fireman Eric, or Kaysar. Viewers could send their votes by using text messaging or voting on the CBS.com web site. The houseguests were stunned because their new strategies had to consider the unknown factor of who would be returning after the next nominations for eviction. Kaysar won the "America's Choice" poll with an overwhelming 82% of the 5 million votes. Immediately after returning, Kaysar competed in the HoH competition "Pressure Cooker", where the Houseguest who held down a button the longest would become the new HoH. The competition lasted over fourteen hours until he and Jennifer were left. Jennifer offered through an intense series of negotiations that if Kaysar let her win the competition, she would not put him up for eviction. She also agreed that she would nominate two people from her alliance, use the PoV, and then nominate and evict the truly unpopular James. During nominations, Jennifer went back on her word, nominating Rachel and Janelle for eviction. Rachel won the PoV competition and used it to save herself. Jennifer, breaking the other promise she had made, put Kaysar up for eviction beside Janelle. This led to his second eviction.

Kaysar was voted into the Big Brother All-Stars house for the seventh season of the US series. However, Kaysar was evicted fifth, just missing a spot in the jury.

[edit] Maggie Ausburn

Maggie Ausburn (born August 14, 1978, in Sonoma County, California) is an ER nurse from Las Vegas, Nevada. Maggie's secret partner was her friend, Eric Littmann. If the two partners had made it to the end, the prize money would have been $1,000,000. Maggie formed an alliance of friends (which would be later known as the Friendship, also known as the Nerd Herd) to fight off Kaysar's dominant Sovereign 6 alliance that evicted Eric. Though the house was clearly divided, Maggie managed to convince Howie to nominate two of his own allies (James and Sarah) instead of two members from her Nerd Herd alliance. Howie's nomination of James and Sarah changed the entire course of the game, and Maggie's alliance ultimately won out against the Sovereigns when Maggie's ally Ivette Corredero evicted Janelle Pierzina on the 76th day in the house. Maggie and Ivette were the final two players remaining in the game. On the Day 80, the jury voted and gave Maggie the $500,000 prize in a 4-3 vote against Ivette.

[edit] Michael Donnellan

Michael Donnellan (born November 5, 1976, in Paris, France) is an artist based in Orange County, California. In week one, Kaysar was nominated and Michael went with the majority to vote out Ashlea Evans instead. In the second week Eric Littmann, whom Michael previously had an alliance with, became Head of Household, and nominated Michael and Janelle Pierzina, whom had a short romance in the house with Michael. Michael was voted out during week two, in a vote of 9-1. Only Kaysar, his partner, voted to keep him. Michael participated in the America's Choice, created to bring one of the previous contestants back, but came in third place.

[edit] Rachel Plencner

Rachel Plencner (born May 5, 1972) is a horse breeder from Parker, Colorado. With her friend Howie, she aimed to reach the final two in order to win $1,000,000. She was the first Head of Household of the series, and discovered the gold room, a secret room with a concealed door in the bedroom wall which contained three gold safes. Rachel is the first person to win both the first Head of Household competition and the first Power of Veto competition. As a divide started to occur in the house, Rachel and Howie became part of what was then known as the Sovereign Six, along with Kaysar, Janelle, James, and Sarah. Rachel was eventually evicted on Day 54 because the housemates thought that she was too smart and could go farther than all of them.

[edit] Sarah Hrejsa

Sarah Hrejsa (born July 24, 1982, in Stickney, Illinois) is a retail manager from Chicago, Illinois. Sarah entered the house with boyfriend James, in the aim of reaching the final two to get $1,000,000. Sarah saved James with the Golden Power of Veto once during the season. She was evicted on Day 40, the same day as Kaysar was allowed back into the House.

[edit] New features

For the 2005 season, the producers chose to make some changes to attempt to increase interest in the program. The theme song of the show was changed, but more significantly a new house was built. Some new features included making the house two stories, a secret room, a private bathroom for the HoH, a co-ed shower, and a digital picture frame for the houseguests. In keeping with recent Big Brother tradition, the sixth season was given a twist and the theme Summer of Secrets. The twist was that every houseguest in the game had one secret partner, but every pair believed that they were the only ones working together.

[edit] Secret partners

In the episode that aired July 28, 2005, host Julie Chen officially revealed to the houseguests that everyone had started the game with a secret partner, however all the contestants had already figured it out over the course of the previous 21 days. She announced that if one of the pairs made up the final two, the winner would receive a bonus prize of $1,000,000 with the runner-up winning $250,000, instead of the standard $500,000 and $50,000 prizes.

Secret partners		Relationship
Maggie Ausburn	Eric Littman	friends
Ivette Corredero	Beau Beasley	former co-workers
Janelle Pierzina	Ashlea Evans	ex-roommates
April Lewis	Jennifer Vasquez	sorority sisters
Howie Gordon	Rachel Plencner	best friends
James Rhine	Sarah Hrejsa	dating
Kaysar Ridha	Michael Donnellan	neighbors and friends

[edit] Popularity

Big Brother 6 was home to the most popular houseguests in the show's history. As evidenced by CBS.com's popularity polls, Janelle Pierzina, Kaysar Ridha, and Howie Gordon were very popular with the show's fans, reaching all-time high popularity ratings. Pierzina received a rating of 93% in the final week of the show.

Also the six members of the Nerd Herd, Eric, Maggie, Ivette, Beau, April, and Jennifer received all time low popularity results with Jennifer reaching a record 19%.

[edit] Competitions

Title	Day	Played For	Winner(s)
Wipe Out	Day 1	HoH	Rachel
		Food	Rachel, Howie, Janelle, Sarah, James, Maggie, April
Rec-Tangled	Day 7	Veto	Rachel
Quick & Easy	Day 12	HoH	Eric
Snack Shack from Hell	Day 13	Food	All (various items)
High & Dry	Day 14	Veto	James
Majority Rules	Day 19	HoH	Kaysar
Will Spell for Food	Day 20	Food	Nobody
Knight Moves	Day 21	Veto	James
Power Roller	Day 26	HoH	Maggie
Matching Munchies	Day 27	Food	All
Couch Potato	Day 28	Veto	Sarah
Sold Out	Day 29	Movie night	Rachel, Sarah, Jennifer
Eliminator	Day 33	HoH	Howie
Conveyor Belch	Day 34	Food	Janelle (PBJ Pass Holder), Howie, Rachel, James, Sarah, Jennifer
Alotta Pinata	Day 35	Veto	James
Pressure Cooker	Days 40-41	HoH	Jennifer
		Prizes	Beau, Janelle, April
Coast for the Most	Day 42	Veto	Rachel
Face the Facts	Day 47	HoH	Janelle
Goal for It	Day 48	Veto	Janelle
On the House	Day 48	HoH	Beau
Get Your Pairings Straight	Day 50	Veto	James
High/Low	Day 54	HoH	April
Playing Dirty	Day 56	Veto	April
		Prize	Janelle
Playing it Straight	Day 61	HoH	Howie
Roll Me a Veto	Day 62	Veto	Maggie
Magnetic Attraction	Day 62	HoH	Ivette
Mug Shot	Day 63	Veto	Janelle
Before or After	Day 68	HoH	Janelle
The Missing Link	Day 70	Veto	Ivette
The Key to Being Safe	Day 73	HoH Part 1	Ivette
		Prize	Ivette
Unlock the Win	Day 74	HoH Part 2	Janelle
Encore Presentation	Day 76	HoH	Ivette

[edit] Chronology

[edit] Week 1 and Week 2

In the first week of the game Rachel won Head of Household competition by being the last one aboard a giant surfboard in a two hour endurance competition. A majority alliance began to form and 4 people ended up as outcasts with no attachments: Ashlea, Michael, Janelle and Kaysar. Rachel nominated Ashlea because she did not get to know her well, and Kaysar for being introverted and not interacting with all the houseguests. Rachel then won the Power of Veto and chose not to use it. Ashlea was the first contestant evicted in a 9-2 vote.

[edit] Week 3

Eric won the second Head of Household and as a member of the majority alliance, nominated two more of the outcasts: Janelle and Michael. James won the Power of Veto but did not use it. After a fight between Eric and Michael, the rest of the house decided to eliminate Michael in a 9-1 vote.

[edit] Week 4

In week 3, Kaysar became the Head of Household. He had been targeted in previous weeks and earned safety with the title, using it to build alliances as much as he could. Desperate for allies, he first recruited the person he had been becoming close friends with in the house, Janelle. He then lured two sets of secret partners (Rachel & Howie and James & Sarah) away from the dominant alliance, forming a group he called the "Sovereign Six". He stated his plans for the alliance as, "Rachel and Howie, James and Sarah, Janelle and me - Final Six." Kaysar then nominated Maggie and James. The Sovereign Six worked together in the Power of Veto competition, deliberately helping James to win it and remove himself from the chopping block. Kaysar then nominated Maggie's secret partner Eric to ensure that one of the pair would be evicted. The house decided to eliminate Eric, who had become the leader of the so-called "Friendship" alliance in a close 5-4 vote. The Friendship, also called the Nerd Herd by the Sovereign Six, consisted of Eric, Maggie, Ivette, Beau, April and Jennifer.

[edit] Week 5

Maggie came back to win the next Head of Household that evening and vowed revenge on Kaysar for eliminating her partner. She nominated James and Kaysar, but was forced to replace James with Janelle when Sarah used the Power of Veto she had won to remove James. Kaysar, the founder of the new Sovereign Six alliance, was eliminated in a 7-1 vote.

[edit] Week 6

At the beginning of week 5, a new twist was revealed to America and to the houseguests. As had been done in the third season, one of the evicted houseguests was voted back into the house. This time the viewers were asked to vote online or by text messaging for either Michael, Eric, or Kaysar to return to the game (Ashlea would also have been eligible to be returned, but she disqualified herself by voluntarily leaving sequester due to an illness in her family). However, the returning houseguest would not come back until the next week leaving Howie, who had won that week's HoH competition, one chance to eliminate an enemy. This week may have been the turning point in the game, because Maggie was able to convince Howie (against his partner Rachel's better judgement) that James and Sarah were betraying their alliance and were immediate threats to everybody in the house. Howie was convinced and nominated the pair, ensuring that one of them would be eliminated no matter what happened. Fans of the show regarded his nominatation of his own alliance members (who had intended to be loyal to him) as being, at best, a very poor decision. His own statement at the time was "this will either be the greatest move in Big Brother history or the dumbest", demonstrating his own lack of confidence about what he had done. James ended up winning the Power of Veto again and removed himself, and Howie nominated Ivette in his place. Sarah was then evicted in a 6-1 vote.

[edit] Week 7

At the beginning of the sixth week, Chen announced that over 5 million people had voted and that Kaysar would rejoin the house with 82% of the vote. In the next HoH competition, Jennifer survived the longest competition in Big Brother history, a fourteen hour endurance challenge, by outlasting and deceiving the newly-returned Kaysar. She swore on her life and pretended to shed tears in order to convince Kaysar that she would nominate two members of her own alliance in order to backdoor James, a common enemy in the house, even though this would work against her strategically. She immediately broke her promise and nominated two members of the Sovereign alliance, Janelle and Rachel, two of the strongest female players in the game. When Rachel won the Power of Veto and saved herself, Jennifer nominated Kaysar instead of James. This led to the confrontation between Howie and April when he claimed that she was full of lies and accused her of pulling the strings in her Nerd Herd alliance. Following Kaysar's eviction, Howie and Janelle spent a good portion of their time during the week directly yelling insults and verbal attacks at members of the Nerd Herd while they casually passed by. On this occasion, Big Brother producers chose not to intervene. These events widened the split in the fan base, creating a sharp division between the minority who empathized with how The Nerd Herd was being treated, and the majority who supported the Sovereign Six.

[edit] Week 8

In the seventh week, another twist was announced by host Chen. The houseguests were informed that the week would not follow the typical schedule, but would instead be accelerated in order to accommodate a double eviction. Less than 48 hours after the live Thursday night broadcast, another houseguest would be evicted. After a brief trivia competition, Janelle emerged the victor and was told that she had to immediately nominate two houseguests for eviction. She nominated Jennifer, the previous HoH who betrayed the trust of the Sovereign alliance, and Maggie, the figure head of the Nerd Herd alliance. Amassing further power, Janelle seized the Power of Veto and in a move that shocked the nominee herself, used it on Maggie and nominated Ivette, guaranteeing Jennifer's future eviction. Almost as though it had been scripted, though, the next HoH competition was once again won by a member of the opposing alliance, Beau, jeopardizing remaining Sovereign members Janelle, Rachel, and Howie.

As Head of Household, Beau chose to nominate Howie and Rachel, two strong secret partners. This shocked some members of the house because Beau was known to dislike Janelle. James, again, was victorious in the Power of Veto competition setting a Big Brother record for most vetoes won. James did not use the Power of Veto and in a 5-0 vote, Rachel became the 8th houseguest evicted from Big Brother 6 because she was considered too strong a player and the bigger threat.

[edit] Week 9

The next week April, another member of the Nerd Herd, won HoH, breaking the alternating trend and jeopardizing the Sovereign alliance. She nominated Howie and Janelle as pawns to finally evict outcast James who had been trying to play both sides since Sarah's eviction. April then consolidated her power by winning the Power of Veto. True to her word, and surprising many skeptical fans, April used the power of veto to save Janelle and put up James, leading to James' eviction.

[edit] Week 10

The Sovereigns regained control as Howie once again became the HoH the following week. On an episode airing August 30, houseguest April called the viewers of the show "pieces of shit" for voting in an America's Choice poll for Janelle to win a phone call over a member of her own alliance. Janelle decided to receive a phone call from Michael, who was voted out on week 2, a person who she had known for barely over two weeks. This angered members of the Nerd Herd who had been openly pining to talk to loved ones, family members, and husbands who they had been missing dearly for months. The Nerd Herd, and April in particular, openly accused the producers of rigging the vote and refused to believe America would actually vote for an "evil" person like Janelle to win over one of them, demonstrating their complete lack of awareness of how unpopular their group was among the fan base.

On September 1, it was announced that there would be another double eviction, and fortunately for the Sovereign alliance, Howie held HoH for that week. Unfortunately for him, his reign would only last for 48 hours. He was required to quickly put up two houseguests for eviction, and he nominated the last pair in the house, Ivette and Beau. On September 3, Beau left the house after Maggie won the veto and chose not to use it. Ivette then won the next HoH competition, and nominated Howie and Janelle, hoping to evict Janelle. At the "Final Five" Power of Veto competition, Janelle saved herself from certain eviction by winning. Ivette put April on the block in her place, but on September 8 Howie was evicted and the Hurricane was extinguished.

[edit] Week 11

Janelle won the Final Four HoH in a Before or After trivia competition. Janelle then put Ivette and Maggie on the block. Her plan was to sow discord and tear up the alliance of Ivette, Maggie, and April and after a fight between Ivette and April, she had some measure of success. Ivette won Power of Veto and saved herself, forcing April, the only remaining eligible player, to be nominated for eviction. In the end, Ivette evicted April because she was the only one left with a vote.

[edit] Week 12

With only 3 players remaining, a three part competition was used to determine who would be the last HoH. Ivette won the first round which was an endurance test, assuring her place in the final round. In the second round Janelle beat out Maggie in a physical and memory game of past events in the house. The stakes were enormously high at the live Final Head of Household competition. If Janelle won, she planned to break up the Nerd Herd and evict Maggie in the hope that she would have a better shot at winning the money at the end. Ivette decided that if she won, she would evict Janelle because her alliance members had promised to not vote for her if she had evicted Maggie. Ivette and Janelle were neck and neck in the competition, leading to a double tie breaker. The deciding question was this: "How many hours have you spent in the Big Brother house from the moment you entered until 5:00 this evening?" Ivette answered 1,875 and Janelle answered 1,900. The answer was 1,797, earning Ivette the right to choose who would be evicted. She eliminated Janelle, leaving Ivette and Maggie in the final 2.

On finale night (September 20, 2005), Maggie Ausburn became the winner and champion of Big Brother 6, narrowly defeating her friend and fellow Nerd Herd alliance member Ivette by a 4-3 vote.

[edit] Nominations and evictions

Main article: Big Brother (USA season 6) voting history

	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8		Week 9	Week 10		Week 11	Week 12
Head of Household	Rachel	Eric	Kaysar	Maggie	Howie	Jennifer	Janelle	Beau	April	Howie	Ivette	Janelle	Ivette
Nominations (pre-veto)	Ashlea Kaysar	Janelle Michael	James Maggie	James Kaysar	James Sarah	Janelle Rachel	Jennifer Maggie	Howie Rachel	Howie Janelle	Beau Ivette	Howie Janelle	Ivette Maggie	Janelle Maggie
Veto Winner	Rachel	James	James	Sarah	James	Rachel	Janelle	James	April	Maggie	Janelle	Ivette	(none)
Nominations (post-veto)	Ashlea Kaysar	Janelle Michael	Eric Maggie	Janelle Kaysar	Ivette Sarah	Janelle Kaysar	Ivette Jennifer	Howie Rachel	Howie James	Beau Ivette	April Howie	April Maggie	(none)
Evicted	Ashlea	Michael	Eric	Kaysar	Sarah	Kaysar	Jennifer	Rachel	James	Beau	Howie	April	Janelle

[edit] See also

• Big Brother (USA season 6) voting history

[edit] External links

• Big Brother 6 official CBS site

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