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Big Brother 15 is the fifthteenth season of the American reality television show, Big Brother . It began airing on CBS starting on June 26, 2013 on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It will continue to air on CBS until September 18, 2013. It is being called the "longest season to date" in Big Brother history, lasting a total of 90 days. This season features sixteen HouseGuests.
The show's format remained the same from previous seasons of the show. A group of contestants, known as "HouseGuests", compete to win the series by voting each other off. They must be the last HouseGuest remaining. Each week, one HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, must nominate two of their HouseGuests for eviction . The winner of the Power of Veto can remove one of the nominees from the block. The Head of Household must nominate another HouseGuest as a replacement. The HouseGuests then vote to evict one of them, the nominee with the most votes are removed from the show. When only two HouseGuests remain, the last seven evicted HouseGuests, known as the Jury of Seven, would decide which of them would win the $ 500,000 prize. A HouseGuest can be expelled from the show for not following rules.
There have been several controversial remarks from some of the Big Brother 15 HouseGuests.[ 1] Their comments have angered viewers and because of this, the show's ratings have dropped. Many journalist have made negative reviews about the HouseGuests who made these remarks.[ 2] HouseGuest including Aaryn Gries,[ 3] GinaMarie Zimmerman[ 4] and Spencer Clawson[ 5] have made racist comments about two African American contestants on the show. Spencer made negative comments about a gay contestant calling him "Kermit the Fag".[ 6] Aaryn and GinaMarie also made negative comments about Asian contestant Helen. Aaryn and GinaMarie were fired from their jobs because of their comments.[ 7] [ 8] However, they did not know about this until after the show because they were not allowed to be in contact with anyone outside of the Big Brother house. The show had to even put disclaimers before the episodes started to inform viewers that the comments made by houseguests were not the opinions of CBS.
Name
Age on entry
Occupation
Residence
Aaryn Gries
22
College student
San Marcos, Texas
Amanda Zuckerman
28
Real estate agent
Boynton Beach, Florida
Andy Herren
26
Professor
Chicago, Illinois
Candice Stewart
29
Pediatric speech therapist
Houston, Texas
David Girton
25
Lifeguard
San Diego, California
Elissa Slater
27
Nutritionist
Kannapolis, North Carolina
GinaMarie Zimmerman
32
Pageant coordinator
Staten Island, New York
Helen Kim
37
Political consultant
Chicago, Illinois
Howard Overby
29
Youth counselor
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jeremy McGuire
23
Boat shop associate
Katy, Texas
Jessie Kowalski
25
Unemployed
San Antonio, Texas
Judd Daugherty
26
Property appraiser
Etowah, Tennessee
Kaitlin Barnaby
23
Bartender
Minneapolis, Minnesota
McCrae Olson
23
Pizza delivery boy
Oak Grove, Minnesota
Nick Uhas
28
Entrepreneur
New York, New York
Spencer Clawson
31
Railroad conductor
Conway, Arkansas
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Have-Nots
Andy, Elissa, Helen, Howard, Judd
Andy, Candice, Elissa, Helen
Amanda, Jessie, Judd, McCrae
None
Have/Have Not Phase Finished
N/A
N/A
N/A
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
Eviction votes received
Day 43
Day 49
Finale
Head of Household
McCrae
Aaryn
Helen
Judd
Aaryn
GinaMarie
Aaryn
Andy
Aaryn
Elissa
GinaMarie
(none)
M.V.P.
Elissa
Elissa
Elissa
America
America
America
(none)
Nominations(pre-veto)
CandiceDavid Jessie
Elissa HelenJeremy
Aaryn KaitlinSpencer
AarynElissa Kaitlin
Amanda Howard Spencer
Amanda Candice Jessie
Jessie Spencer
Jessie Spencer
Elissa Helen
Aaryn McCrae
McCrae
Amanda
Veto Winner
McCrae
Jeremy
Kaitlin
Elissa
Spencer
Jessie
Aaryn
Andy
Elissa
Amanda
McCrae
(none)
Nominations(post-veto)
David Elissa Jessie
Elissa Helen Nick
Aaryn JeremySpencer
AarynGinaMarie Kaitlin
Amanda Candice Howard
Amanda Candice Spencer
Judd Spencer
Jessie Spencer
Helen Spencer
Aaryn Andy
Spencer
Amanda
Andy
David
Nick
Jeremy
Kaitlin
Howard
Candice
Judd
Head of Household
Helen
Nominated
GinaMarie
Elissa
Elissa
Jeremy
Nominated
Howard
Head of Household
Judd
Jessie
Helen
Aaryn
Tiebreak(Amanda)
0
Spencer
David
Nick
Nominated
Kaitlin
Candice
Nominated
Nominated
Nominated
Nominated
Aaryn
Nominanted
Jury Member
2
McCrae
Head of Household
Nick
Jeremy
Kaitlin
Howard
Candice
Judd
Jessie
Helen
Aaryn
Jury Member
Judd
David
Nick
Jeremy
Head of Household
Howard
Candice
Nominated
Evicted (Day 49)
Aaryn
Jury Member
7
Elissa
Nominated
Nominated
Jeremy
Kaitlin
Howard
Candice
Judd
Jessie
Spencer
Head of Household
Jury Member
9
Amanda
David
Nick
Jeremy
Kaitlin
Nominated
Nominated
Judd
Jessie
Helen
Aaryn
Nominated
Jury Member
0
Aaryn
Elissa
Head of Household
Nominated
Nominated
Head of Household
Candice
Head of Household
Jessie
Head of Household
Nominated
Evicted (Day 70)
Jury Member
4
Helen
David
Nominated
Head of Household
Kaitlin
Howard
Candice
Judd
Jessie
Nominated
Evicted (Day 63)
Jury Member
4
Jessie
Nominated
Nick
Jeremy
Kaitlin
Howard
Candice
Judd
Nominated
Evicted (Day 56)
Jury Member
6
Candice
Elissa
Nick
Jeremy
Kaitlin
Nominated
Nominated
Evicted (Day 49)
Jury Member
7
Howard
David
Elissa
Jeremy
Kaitlin
Nominated
Evicted (Day 42)
7
Kaitlin
Elissa
Elissa
Spencer
Nominated
Evicted (Day 35)
9
Jeremy
Elissa
Elissa
Nominated
Evicted (Day 28)
9
Nick
David
Nominated
Evicted (Day 21)
7
David
Nominated
Evicted (Day 13)
7
Notes
1
2
2 , 3
3 , 4
none
5
Evicted
David 7 of 12 votes to evict
Nick 7 of 11 votes to evict
Jeremy 9 of 10 votes to evict
Kaitlin 9 of 9 votes to evict
Howard 7 of 8 votes to evict
Candice 7 of 7 votes to evict
Judd 7 of 7 votes to evict
Jessie 6 of 6 votes to evict
Helen 4 of 5 votes to evict
Judd Won re-entry into game
Aaryn 4 of 4 votes to evict
^Note 1 : For the first three weeks, viewers voted for which HouseGuest they believed to be playing the best game. This HouseGuest is named the Most Valuable Player, or M.V.P., and has the power to nominate one HouseGuest for eviction. This nomination is made privately and the HouseGuest is not obligated to reveal their identity. If the veto is used to save the M.V.P.-nominated HouseGuest, the M.V.P. also privately nominates the replacement. Their nominations are shown in bold .
^Note 2 : For weeks four through six, America was given the M.V.P. power. The HouseGuest with the most viewer votes, other than the HoH and their two nominees, became the third nominee. If the veto is used to take the original M.V.P. nominee off the block, then the next eligible HouseGuest with the highest amount of viewer votes will be nominated in their place. The nominations are shown in bold .[ 9]
^Note 3 : Week 6 was a double eviction week. Following the first eviction, the remaining HouseGuests played a week's worth of game – including HoH and Veto competitions, and Nomination, Veto, and Eviction ceremonies – during the remainder of the live show, culminating in a second eviction for the week.
^Note 4 : After the normal Week 6 eviction, the M.V.P. power was removed from the game. All nominations after Week 6, including that week's second eviction, only have two HouseGuests nominated for eviction.
^Note 5 : During the Head of Household competition in Week 9, the first four jurors were allowed to compete for an opportunity to come back into the game. The juror who lasted the longest would return to the game to win and was eligible to become Head of Household if that juror finished first amongst the other HouseGuests in the competition.
#
Air Date
United States
Source
Households (rating/share)
18–49 (rating/share)
Viewers (millions)
Rank (timeslot)
Rank (night)
1
Wednesday, June 26
3.9/7
2.2/8
6.51
1
1
[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
2
Sunday, June 30
3.5/6
1.9/6
5.81
1
1
[ 13] [ 14]
3
Tuesday, July 2
3.6/6
1.9/6
5.64
2
3
[ 15] [ 16]
4
Wednesday, July 3
1.6/7
5.42
1
1
[ 17]
5
Sunday, July 7
3.8/7
2.1/7
6.24
1
1
[ 18] [ 19]
6
Wednesday, July 10
3.7/7
2.0/7
5.85
2
3
[ 20] [ 21]
7
Thursday, July 11
4.0/7
2.1/7
6.18
1
1
[ 22] [ 23]
81
Sunday, July 14
2.1/3
6.27
1
1
[ 24]
9
Wednesday, July 17
3.9/7
2.2/8
6.44
1
2 (Tie)
[ 25] [ 26]
10
Thursday, July 18
4.2/7
2.4/7
6.70
1
1
[ 27] [ 28]
11
Sunday, July 21
4.1/7
2.5/8
6.91
1
1
[ 29] [ 30] [ 31]
12
Wednesday, July 24
2.3/8
6.44
1
3
13
Thursday, July 25
4.2/7
2.5/8
6.90
1
1
[ 32] [ 33] [ 34]
14
Sunday, July 28
4.1/7
2.3/7
6.81
1
1
[ 35] [ 36]
15
Wednesday, July 31
2.1/7
6.25
2
3
[ 37]
16
Thursday, August 1
4.4/7
2.5/8
7.12
1
1
[ 38] [ 39]
17
Sunday, August 4
4.1/7
2.3/7
6.79
2
2
[ 40] [ 41] [ 42]
18
Wednesday, August 7
2.2/8
6.43
1
2
[ 43]
192
Thursday, August 8
2.4/7
7.10
1
1
[ 44]
203
Sunday, August 11
2.4/8
7.14
1
1
[ 45]
21
Wednesday, August 14
2.0/7
6.17
1
3
[ 46]
22
Thursday, August 15
2.2/7
6.90
1
1
[ 47]
23
Sunday, August 18
2.1/6
6.48
1
1
[ 48]
24
Wednesday, August 21
25
Thursday, August 22
26
Sunday, August 25
27
Wednesday , August 28
28
Thursday, August 29
^Note 1 : Episode 8 was delayed by 20 minutes due to live golf coverage.
^Note 2 : Episode 19 was delayed by up to an hour on the West Coast due to live football coverage.
^Note 3 : Episode 20 was delayed by 8 minutes ET/CT due to live golf coverage.
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