BIG BROTHER 5 (US)

The fifth season of ''Big Brother'', the American reality TV show, ran for thirty-one episodes from July 6 to September 21 2004.

Contents

HouseGuests

Adria

Diane

Drew

Holly

Jase

Nakomis

Karen

Lori

Marvin

Michael

Mike

Natalie

Scott

Will

Chronology

Competitions

Voting history

External links

HouseGuests

Adria

Main articles: Adria Montgomery-Klein and Natalie Montgomery-Carroll

'Adria (Montgomery) Klein' (born June 24, 1974, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a 30-year-old fitness professional from Birmingham, Alabama. On Day 63, Adria was evicted from the Big Brother House.

Diane

Main articles: Diane Henry

'Diane Henry' (born March 1, 1982, in Euless, Texas) is a 22-year-old cocktail waitress from Burlington, Kentucky. Diane finished in third place, being evicted on Day 78. Diane was later chosen to be a contestant in Big Brother 7, but was the fourth evicted.

Drew

Main articles: Andrew Daniel

'Andrew Theodore "Drew" Daniel' (born April 28, 1982, in Springfield, Ohio) is a 22-year-old college graduate from Urbana, Ohio. He was the winner of Big Brother 5, receiving $500,000.

Holly

Main articles: Holly King (actress)

'Holly Michelle King' (born August 20, 1976, in Hollywood, California) is a model living in Los Angeles, California. She was eventually voted out on Day 28.

Jase

'Jase Wirey' is a 28-year-old volunteer firefighter from Decatur, Illinois. He was evicted on Day 42. Jase was later a contestant in Big Brother 7: All-Stars, but evicted on July 27, 2006.

Nakomis

'Jennifer Jeannene "Nakomis" Dedmon' (born April 25, 1983, in Houston, Texas) is a 21-year-old restaurant waitress from San Antonio, Texas. She was later a contestant in Big Brother 7: All-Stars, but was evicted on July 20, 2006. "Nakomis" is a nickname she got when she was 15. It means "daughter of the moon".

Karen

'Karen Ann (O'Neil) Ganci' (born January 17, 1974) is a portrait artist from Saddle Brook, New Jersey. She was evicted on Day 70, the ten-week marker in the House.

Lori

'Lori Valenti' (born November 16, 1977, in Woburn, Massachusetts) is a yoga instructer from Woburn, Massachusetts. She was evicted on Day 21.

Marvin

'Marvin Latimer' is a mortician from Conway, South Carolina. Marvin was evicted on Day 64, as part of a Double Eviction Week.
During Big Brother 7: All Stars, he came back for the August 13th show as a guest judge for the food competition along with Jun (Season 4 winner) and Nicole (Season 2 runner-up.)

Michael

'Michael "Cowboy" Ellis' (born December 12, 1980, in Houston, Texas) is a security officer from Durant, Oklahoma. He has a wife and a son. The season's twist, Project DNA, showed him that he had a half-sister, Nakomis. Cowboy was the runner-up this season.

Mike

'Mike Lubinski' (born March 8, 1963) is a single dad and painter from Eastpointe, Michigan. He was originally a finalist for Big Brother 4 but ultimately did not make the final cast. Mike was the first person evicted from the House, on Day 14.

Natalie

Main articles: Adria Montgomery-Klein and Natalie Montgomery-Carroll

'Natalie (Montgomery) Carroll' (born June 24, 1974, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a fitness professional. Her identical twin sister is Adria.

Scott

'Scott Long' (born June 15, 1979, in Cleveland, Ohio) is a sales representative from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was part of the four horsemen alliance with Cowboy, Jase, and Drew. He was evicted on Day 35, the same day as the twin twist was revealed. After the show, Scott posed nude for ''Playgirl''.

Will

Main articles: Will Wikle

'Charles William "Will" Wikle III' (born December 15, 1978, in Tupelo, Mississippi) is a registered nurse from Tupelo, Mississippi. He went on to have his own show on the Logo network called ''Round Trip Ticket''.

Chronology

Like the previous season's ''Ex-Factor'', this season also had a twist theme. It was called ''Project Do Not Assume'' or ''Project DNA'' for short and had two aspects. The first was that two of the contestants, Michael and Jennifer were half-siblings who were unaware of each other before the show. They discovered this in the second week and revealed it to the other HouseGuests.
The second ''Project DNA'' aspect was a pair of identical twins who switched places every few days, appearing as one person, Adria, to the other HouseGuests. If they were not discovered after five weeks in the House, they would be able to live in the House simultaneously as individuals. The twins evaded eviction in the fourth week when ''Adria'' was nominated as a veto replacement by the Head of Household, ''Drew''. Host Julie Chen introduced ''Natalie'' to the other HouseGuests on Day 35, minutes following ''Scott's eviction.
The ''Golden Veto'' was tweaked slightly to increase the possibility that the veto would be exercised. From this season on, only a maximum of six players could participate in any veto contest: the two nominees and the ''Head of Household'' all getting to select one person each. The winner was free to use or decline to use the veto as he or she saw fit, but with so few players playing, there were indeed more vetoes this season than in the previous two seasons combined.
A new strategic move known as ''backdooring'' also originated during this season. Backdooring occurs when a Head of Household puts two players up for nominations whom the Head of Household actually doesn't have any intention to get evicted. Instead, the Head of Household and the two nominees have agreed to band together to rid the Big Brother House of a common threat. During the veto challenge, these three players only choose players whom they feel will use the veto if it is won (the common threat isn't given a chance to participate in the Power of Veto challenge). The player who won the veto uses it, and the common threat goes up for nomination and gets evicted.
Backdooring has greatly impacted on how this game was played. During this season, the 'Four Horsemen' alliance (Jase Wirey, Michael Ellis, Drew Daniel, and Scott Long) dominated the Big Brother House for weeks until Diane Henry won Head of Household. Diane attempted to evict Jase during her reign, but she failed when he won the veto and removed himself from the nomination block. The next week, Jennifer (also known as "Nakomis") won Head of Household. Jennifer put a plan into motion that would later become known as backdooring. This specific plan was called the Six-Finger Plan when it was first conceived. Jennifer put Diane and Marvin up for eviction without any intention of getting them evicted. Instead, Jennifer's plan was to finally get Jase evicted from the House. Drew won the veto, and he used it to take Diane off the nomination block. Jase figured out what had happened before being nominated; however, by then, it was too late. Michael Ellis had said to Jase as they figured out the scheme, "You just got bitch slapped." Jase became nominated and was evicted by a vote of 6-1. Later on in the season, another backdooring plot that Diane created led to Karen's eviction.
An additional twist was a "Double Elimination Week" in the tenth week of the game, in which the entire process of selecting a Head of Household and veto holder, and evicting a player all occurred twice in one week.
Adria and Natalie were already considered a big threat before Adria made her bold move. Even her own alliance started questioning her, saying that the twins were "solid" and they know they can count on each other. When Adria won HoH, after revealing that Natalie was her twin, she put up Marvin (a "floater") in the game, and Will (from her alliance). Adria's plan was to form 3 smaller alliances in the game, breaking up the two existing alliances. Everyone was stunned by this, Adria's plan backfiring by uniting the rest of the House to try and evict the twins. Adria won the Power of Veto, and despite Will's hopes that she would use the Veto to save her alliance; she did not, meaning that Will was evicted and was the first person to be sent to the jury House. Afterwards, the power shifted and Adria and Natalie were nominated for eviction. In the veto competition, the twins showed their power when Adria won the power of Veto for the second week in a row. When the Veto was used, Adria chose to save herself. Natalie was evicted, and Adria was without allies. After losing the HoH competition, Adria was put up again. In the veto competition, Adria almost won but lost to Karen, Karen's first victory in the game so far. Adria tried to convince Karen to save Adria, claiming that Karen was a pawn in her friend's group and was considered useless. Karen told Adria that she wanted to save her, but didn't want to break the promise of her alliance, and so chose not to use the Power of Veto. Adria was evicted, and was sent to the jury House.
Season 5 also saw the introduction of a companion talk show on the web. "House Calls" aired weekdays during the entire season and was hosted by former Big Brother 3 HouseGuest Marcellas Reynolds and radio personality Gretchen Massey. The show featured telephone calls from viewers and interviews with evicted HouseGuests, HouseGuests from past seasons and the producers of "Big Brother" Arnold Shapiro and Allison Grodner.
This was also the final season of ''Big Brother'' that had the original floor plan of the House that had been built in 2000 used. In the next season, the House was dramatically changed with the addition of another story added on top, with a more luxurious Head of Household room. CBS Corporation, parent company of the network that carries Big Brother, built the new studios of KCBS and KCAL, its two Los Angeles TV stations, on the site; the new studios opened on April 21, 2007.

Competitions

Title	Day	Played For	Winner(s)
'Hungry, Hungry Helix'	Day 1	Food	Nobody
		$10,000	Lori
'Treadmills of Terror'	Day 2	HoH	Jase
'Margarita Madness'	Day 4	Hot Tub	All
'Flaringo Toss'	Day 8	Veto	Scott
'Majority Rules'	Day 14	HoH	Marvin
'Catapoultry'	Day 15	Food	All (various items)
'Snag the Veto'	Day 16	Veto	Jase
'High/Low'	Day 21	HoH	Drew
'Alphabet Soup'	Day 22	Food	All (various items)
'Bluff me a Veto'	Day 23	Veto	Nakomis
'I Have a Secret'	Days 28-29	HoH	Diane
'This Little Piggy Won the Veto'	Day 30	Veto	Jase
'Home is Where the Answer Is'	Day 35	HoH	Nakomis
'Fast Times & Custard Pie'	Day 36	Food	Karen, Marvin, Michael, Natalie, Will
'Pop Goes the Veto'	Day 37	Veto	Drew
'The Puck Stops Here'	Day 42	HoH	Adria
'Backyard Burger Bonanza'	Day 43	Food	Karen, Michael, Nakomis, Will
'A Very Veto Christmas'	Day 44	Veto	Adria
'Admit One'	Day 44	Movie Night	Drew, Diane, Will
'Who Said It?'	Day 49	HoH	Nakomis
'Blenderlicious'	Day 49	Food	All (various days)
'The Web'	Day 51	Luxury	All (Diane bonus prize)
'Mug Shot'	Day 51	Veto	Adria
'Putting for Power'	Day 56	HoH	Marvin
'Ice Ice Veto'	Day 58	Veto	Karen
'Chemical Reaction'	Day 63	HoH	Drew
'Bounced'	Day 64	Veto	Diane
'Ready, Set, Gone'	Day 64	HoH	Nakomis
'Caged'	Day 66	Veto	Diane
'Before or After'	Day 70	HoH	Drew
'Trashin' the Fashion'	Day 71	New Clothes	All
'Socket to Me'	Day 72	Veto	Michael
'Earthquake'	Day 75	HoH Part 1	Drew
'Twisted Twosomes'	Day 76	HoH Part 2	Michael
'Encore Presentation'	Day 78	HoH	Drew

Voting history

A record of the votes cast, stored in a voting-table, shows how each HouseGuest voted to evict throughout his or her time in the House. The Head of Household and the nominees are not allowed to vote, but in the event of a tie, the Head of Household will break it. Twists to the normal nominations process are noted, such as immunity from nomination and eviction (referred to as "exempt") and double evictions. The last seven evictiees of the season are part of the Jury of Big Brother 5. The seven Jury Members vote for the winner during the Finale.

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 9		Week 10	Week 11 Finale
Head of Household	Jase	Marvin	Drew	Diane	Nakomis	Adria	Nakomis	Marvin	Drew	Nakomis	Drew	Drew	(none)
Nominations ''(pre-veto)''	Mike Nakomis	Holly Lori	Holly Nakomis	Jase Scott	Diane Marvin	Marvin Will	Adria Natalie	Adria Michael	Diane Marvin	Drew Michael	Diane Nakomis	Diane Michael
Veto Winner	Scott	Jase	Nakomis	Jase	Drew	Adria	Adria	Karen	Diane	Diane	Michael	(none)
Nominations ''(post-veto)''	Mike Nakomis	Karen Lori	Adria Holly	Marvin Scott	Jase Marvin	Marvin Will	Michael Natalie	Adria Michael	Marvin Nakomis	Karen Michael	Diane Nakomis
Drew	Mike	Lori	''Head of Household''	Marvin	Jase	Will	Natalie	Adria	''Head of Household''	Karen	''Head of Household''	Diane	'Winner' $500,000
Michael	Mike	Lori	Holly	Marvin	Marvin	Will	''Nominated''	''Nominated''	Marvin	''Nominated''	Nakomis	''Nominated''	'Runner-Up' $50,000
Diane	Mike	Karen	Holly	''Head of Household''	Jase	Marvin	Natalie	Adria	Marvin	Karen	''Nominated''	''Nominated''	Drew
Nakomis	''Nominated''	Lori	Holly	Scott	''Head of Household''	Marvin	''Head of Household''	Adria	''Nominated''	''Head of Household''	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 75)	Michael
Karen	Mike	''Nominated''	Holly	Scott	Jase	Marvin	Natalie	Adria	Marvin	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 70)		Drew
Marvin	Mike	''Head of Household''	Holly	''Nominated''	''Nominated''	''Nominated''	Natalie	''Head of Household''	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 64)			Drew
Adria	Mike	Lori	''Nominated''	Scott	Jase	Will	Michael	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 63)				Michael
Natalie	''Not In House''				Jase	Will	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 56)					Michael
Will	Mike	Karen	Holly	Scott	Jase	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 49)						Drew
Jase	''Head of Household''	Lori	Adria	Marvin	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 42)
Scott	Mike	Lori	Holly	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 35)
Holly	Mike	Lori	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 28)
Lori	Mike	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 21)
Mike	''Nominated''	''Evicted'' (Day 14)
Notes	''See note 1''				None	''See note 2''	None		''See note 3''		None	''See note 4''	''See note 5''
Evicted (votes to evict)	'Mike'10 of 10	'Lori'7 of 9	'Holly'7 of 8	'Scott'4 of 7	'Jase'6 of 7	'Will'4 of 7	'Natalie'4 of 5	'Adria'4 of 4	'Marvin'3 of 3	'Karen'2 of 2	'Nakomis'1 of 1	'Diane'1 of 1	'Michael' 3 to win
													'Drew' 4 to win

The twins, Adria and Natalie, secretly switched places frequently the first five weeks. Both twins pretended to be Adria until they completed their task. In Week 6, Natalie was allowed to enter the House as a separate HouseGuest.

During the eviction of Week 6, Adria as the HoH had to vote to break a tie.

"Double Elimination Week", the entire process of selecting a Head of Household and veto holder, and evicting a player all occurred twice in one week.

In the final week, the HoH is the only HouseGuest eligible to vote for eviction since the other two HouseGuests are up for eviction by default.

Votes in the finale are cast for the HouseGuest's choice to win, not for who to evict. Only the last seven HouseGuests evicted can vote.

External links

★ Official CBS Site