Big Brother Universe 8

"Big Brother Universe 8", a Reality Based Game, is the ninth in Shattered's Big Brother Universe Series. The season ended after 59 days, in which HouseGuest Kenny Brain was crowned the Winner, and Risha Denner the Runner-Up.

I am your host, Julie Chen. And this spring, Big Brother is once again choosing new victims to participate in the ultimate social experience. A group of contestants from around the world, referred to as HouseGuests, will be enclosed in the Big Brother House under the surveillance of cameras and microphones. Each week, the HouseGuests will vote to evict one of their own, facing twists and rules incorporated from Big Brother series around the world, until two HouseGuests remain on Finale Night. The winner will be decided by the last seven evicted HouseGuests, collectively known as the Big Brother Jury. To survive in this house, you'll need a lot of charm and wit to convince your fellow HouseGuests to keep you around. Be careful who you nominate.. KARMA'S A BITCH.

Diary Room Sessions
At the beginning of each round, I will PM every player with a questionnaire asking some general questions about what's going on in the game. They are not required, however they are extremely encouraged. You can PM me at any time during the round to add more to your sessions by updating me about what's going on in the game, from your point of view. At the end of the game, all of the Diary Room Sessions will be posted publicly. It's fun and adds a new layer to the game at the end of the season, when you'll be able to see where everyone's head was at. Diary Room Sessions may be completed at any point during the round.

Head of Household Competition & Nomination Ceremony
The first event of each week will be the Head of Household Competition. All HouseGuests will compete in this competition except for the previous HoH. HouseGuests will have 24 Hours to complete this challenge by PM. Most of these challenges are timed. If you fail to respond to the competition [responding = completion or notification of throwing], you will receive a strike. If you receive 3 strikes Pre-Jury, you will be prematurely evicted from the game. The Head of Household has the power for the week, and is guaranteed to be in the house at least one more week. They get to nominate 2 HouseGuests for Eviction. Once the Head of Household is announced, they must post in the thread their Nomination Ceremony, in which they will nominate 2 HouseGuests for Eviction. These two HouseGuests on the block are not finalized for the Eviction Vote until after the Veto Ceremony.

Veto Competition & Veto Ceremony
Once the Head of Household has posted their Nomination Ceremony, it will be time for the Veto Competition. Only 6 HouseGuests will compete in this competition; the HoH, the 2 Nominees, and 3 HouseGuests chosen by random draw. HouseGuests will have 24 Hours to complete this challenge by PM. If you fail to respond to the competition [responding = completion or notification of throwing], you will receive a strike. Most of these challenges are timed. while others will be held in the thread. The winner of this competition will win the Golden Power of Veto, which gives them the power to remove one of the Nominees from the block if they wish. Once the Power of Veto winner has been announced, that HouseGuest must post their Veto Ceremony in the thread. If they choose to use the Veto, they will remove one of the Nominees from the block. This will force the Head of Household to nominate another HouseGuest in their place. They cannot nominate the Veto winner. The Veto winner can also choose not to use it, keeping the Nominations the same. Once the Veto winner has made their decision, the Nominees are locked.

Live Eviction
After the Power of Veto winner posts their Veto Ceremony, the HouseGuests will send me an Eviction Vote for one of the Nominees via PM. HouseGuests will have 24 Hours to send their vote. Once I have all of the votes, the HouseGuest that received more votes will be Evicted from the Big Brother House. In the event of a tie, the HoH will choose which HouseGuest will be Evicted. At the halfway point in the game, when a HouseGuest is evicted, they will be required to fill out an Eviction Interview via PM that only I will see. I will ask you questions about your gameplay and what led to your Eviction, what you may have done differently, etc. These Interviews will resurface, however, at the end of the game. Be honest with these Interviews, and have fun with them.

Live Finale
When there are only 3 HouseGuest remaining, the Live Finale will commence. This night will consist of the 3-Part Final Head of Household Competition, the Final Eviction, the Jury Questioning, Closing Statements, and the Vote for a winner. The 7 Jury Members will be choosing the winner of Big Brother Universe 8.

HouseGuests

 * Adel Elseri [BBC2] • maybe
 * Alison Irwin [BBUS4] • jorge
 * Brittnee Blair [BBC3] • 1331nj
 * Conor Mcintyre [BBUK13] • Aandres
 * Gary Levy [BBC1] • Lou
 * Hayden Voss [BBUS16] • eagle2ch
 * Johnny Colatruglio [BBC3] • Vashhee
 * Kaitlin Barnaby [BBUS15] • RunicOne25
 * Kenny Brain [BBC2] • xymandopex
 * Kevin Martin [BBC3] • FierceIntensions
 * Michelle Visage [CBBUK15] • MNM
 * Pilar Nemer [BBC3] • Petrodolar
 * Risha Denner [BBC3] • NyanModel
 * Sarah Hanlon [BBC3] • RiddleMeThis

Week 1
On Day 1, the original thirteen HouseGuests entered the house. That night, HouseGuests competed in the "Trivia of Terror" Head of Household Competition. HouseGuests paired up, with both members of the team answering questions. Each question that a HouseGuest's partner missed lost them a point, and the last pair remaining would be finalists for the title. Due to an uneven number of HouseGuests, Kevin was without a partner and forced to sit out from the Competition. Conor and Kenny were the finalists, and it was then revealed that a tie-breaker question would determine the winner; Kenny answered closer to the correct number, and became the first Head of Household of the season. On Day 2, Kenny chose to nominate Adel and Hayden for Eviction. That same day, the HouseGuests competed in the Power of Veto Competition; Brittnee, Gary, and Michelle were chosen to play at random draw. In the "Flaringo Toss" Power of Veto Competition, HouseGuests attempted to randomize a set of integers to get the highest possible number combination. The player who's turn it was would then challenge another player. If that player got a higher score, the challenger was eliminated, and if they failed to match the score, they were eliminated. If the two tied, both remained in the game. Adel was constantly targeted and challenged by everyone and knocked each of them out, but ultimately, Brittnee won the Power of Veto. On Day 4, she chose to leave Nominations intact. Later that day, apparently after too much scrambling and accusations, Adel became the first HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house in a vote of nine to one.

Week 2
Following Adel's Eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Majority Rules" Head of Household Competition. For this competition, players had to answer questions while attempting to remain in the majority. If they answered outside of the majority, they were eliminated. When it came down to Brittnee, Gary, and Michelle, Brittnee correctly answered the tie-breaker question, thus became the new Head of Household. Immediately after, Julie Chen dropped a bomb on the HouseGuests by announcing the HouseGuest Hand Grenade twist, which grants the previously Evicted HouseGuest the power to nominate any HouseGuest of their choosing for Eviction. In doing so, this strips the control over one of the initial Nomination chairs away from the Head of Household, only allowing them one Nominee. Julie revealed that previously Evicted HouseGuest Adel chose to nominate Michelle for Eviction. On Day 5, Brittnee chose to nominate Conor for Eviction alongside her after Pilar spilled some alliance tea Conor told her, mistaking her for the HoH. When picking players for the Veto, Johnny, Kevin, and Risha were chosen. The group then competed in the "Snag the Veto" Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests had to successfully find their way through a maze. Johnny was the fastest to complete the task, narrowly beating Conor, and he earned the Power of Veto for the week. On Day 6, Johnny chose not to use the Power of Veto on either Nominee, fearing that his close ally Kaitlin would be the replacement. That same night, Conor was blindsided and became the second HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house in a vote of seven to two.

Week 3
Following Conor's Eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "High/Low" Head of Household Competition. HouseGuests were given a statement about the game that involved a number, and HouseGuests had to determine whether the answer was higher or lower than the given number. Ultimately, Pilar was the winner of the competition. On Day 9, Julie revealed that previously Evicted HouseGuest Conor had some choice words for all of the HouseGuests, and chose to nominate Kevin for Eviction. Pilar chose to nominate Kaitlin for Eviction beside him, pinning her as her target. When picking players for the Power of Veto, Brittnee, Kenny, and Sarah were chosen. The HouseGuests then played in the "Alphabet Soup" Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, each player attempted to create the longest dictionary-certified word possible out of the letters provided in a word search. Ultimately, Sarah was the winner of the Power of Veto. On Day 11, Sarah chose not to use the Power of Veto on either Nominee, making this the third time the Veto has not been used in a row. It was assumed that the votes would be split down the middle, however on Day 12, Kevin became the third HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house in a blindside vote of five to three.

Week 4
Following Kevin's Eviction, in a twist the HouseGuests competed in the special "I Have a Secret" endurance Power Competition. With this competition, both the Head of Household and Power of Veto winners would be determined. The competition saw the HouseGuests clicking an arrow left and right over and over again attempting to be the highest scorer. Johnny won the competition with over 3 million points, becoming the new Head of Household. On Day 14, Julie revealed that previously Evicted HouseGuest Kevin chose to nominate Sarah for Eviction. Johnny then chose to nominate Risha for Eviction alongside her. It was then revealed that Sarah scored the second highest in the Power Competition and was the winner of the Power of Veto, foiling any plans to get rid of her. She later made the decision to remove herself from the block, with Gary becoming the replacement Nominee as a "pawn". On Day 16, Gary became the fourth HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house in a vote of four to three - yet another blindside. Moments later, the HouseGuests learned of the "twins" twist, and Alison entered the house as an official HouseGuest.

Week 5
Following Gary's Eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Home Is Where the Answer Is" Head of Household Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were asked true or false questions about the Big Brother house. If a HouseGuest answered incorrectly, they were eliminated, with the last HouseGuest standing being the winner; Alison was the winner of the competition, making a huge statement upon her entrance into the Big Brother house. On Day 17, Julie revealed that previously Evicted HouseGuest Gary chose to nominate Johnny for Eviction as karma for nominating him and bringing about his demise. Alison then chose to nominate Hayden for Eviction alongside him as the "perfect pawn", stating that she had a backdoor plan for the week. When picking players for the Power of Veto Competition, Kenny, Michelle, and Risha were chosen. The HouseGuests then competed in the "Pop Goes the Veto" Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests attacked their fellow competitors by removing lives from their names. When all of a HouseGuest's lives had been removed, they were eliminated from the competition; Johnny was never attacked and was the eventual winner of the Power of Veto. Putting all of his trust in Hayden, Johnny later chose to remove Hayden from the block instead of himself, and in turn Hayden shocked everyone by pulling out the Silver Power of Veto and removing Johnny from the block. With no one in the Nomination seats at this point, Alison nominated Michelle and Sarah as the replacement Nominees, catering to the majority in the house in an attempt not to get any more blood on her hands. On Day 20, Sarah became the fifth person to be Evicted from the house in a close vote of four to three.

Week 6
Following Sarah's Eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Backyard Burger Bonanza" Head of Household Competition. For this competition, the HouseGuests had to solve a jigsaw puzzle of a hamburger. Hayden was the fastest to do so, thus became the new Head of Household. That same day, Julie revealed that previously Evicted HouseGuest Sarah would not only get one, but two Grenade Nominations this week, completely controlling the initial block. She chose to nominate Kaitlin and Kenny for Eviction. When picking players for the Power of Veto Competition, Brittnee, Johnny, and Risha were chosen. HouseGuests then competed in the "A Very Veto Christmas" Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests chose Christmas presents that were worth a certain amount of Veto Points. The player with the highest total of Veto Points at the end of the competition would be the Veto winner; Hayden won the Veto, creating the first clean sweep of the season. The next day, Hayden chose to use the Veto on Kaitlin and nominated Alison in her place as revenge for nominating him and his allies the previous week. On Day 24, Alison became the sixth HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house in a unanimous vote of six to zero. She was the first member of the Jury of Seven.

Week 7
Following Alison's Eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Mug Shot" Head of Household Competition. For this competition, the faces of different HouseGuests were pixelated, and the HouseGuest who could successfully figure out which HouseGuests composed each of the six pictures would win Head of Household. Ultimately, Johnny became Head of Household for the second time this season. However, immediately following the competition, Johnny was called into the Diary Room where Julie told Johnny that he had to nominate two people for Eviction immediately, because it was an Instant Eviction. Without any debate whatsoever, he decided on nominating Brittnee and Michelle for Eviction. The Instant Eviction and Johnny's Nominees were then revealed to the house. Minutes later, Michelle was Evicted from the house by a vote of 4-1, and became the second member of the jury.

Immediately following Michelle's Eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Who Said It?" Head of Household Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests answered questions based on statements made by the previously Evicted HouseGuests. If a HouseGuest answered incorrectly, they were eliminated from the competition, with the last HouseGuest remaining becoming the winner. Risha managed to outlast her competitors, making Risha the Head of Household for the first time this season, and her first competition win. On Day 28, Risha took the first shot at her dominating alliance and chose to nominate Johnny and Kaitlin for Eviction in an effort to split the strong pair up. When picking players for the Power of Veto Competition, Brittnee, Hayden, and Pilar were chosen. The HouseGuests then competed in the "Ice Ice Veto" Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests had to play an online block-breaking-style arcade game. The HouseGuest to earn the most points within the time limit would be the winner of the Power of Veto. Ultimately, Pilar was the winner of the Power of Veto, giving Pilar her second competition win of the season. Pilar later decided to leave Johnny and Kaitlin nominated for Eviction. On Day 30, Johnny became the eighth HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house in a vote of three to two, with Risha breaking the tie. He was the third member of the Jury of Seven.

Week 8
Following Johnny's Eviction, the HouseGuests learned that this week they would be split into two "Terrible Threesomes"; one threesome would be Heads of Household while the other threesome would be vulnerable. Brittnee, Pilar, and Risha made up the first obvious threesome while Hayden, Kaitlin, and Kenny made up the second. HouseGuests then competed in the "Chemical Reaction" Head of Household Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests answered questions about previous events in the game; if they were incorrect, they were eliminated from the competition. Pilar was the winner of the competition, causing her threesome to become Heads of Household and making it the second time Brittnee, Pilar, and Risha had held the title each. That night, she chose to nominate Hayden and Kaitlin for Eviction. On Day 34, HouseGuests competed in the "Bounced" Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests attempted to hold a button and get closest to the allotted time they could; Risha was the winner. She chose not to use the Power of Veto to save either nominee. The next day, Hayden became the ninth HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house by Kenny's vote as the only one eligible to cast a vote. He was the fourth member of the Jury of Seven.

Week 9
Following Hayden's Eviction, HouseGuests were informed that there would be no Head of Household or Power of Veto Competitions this week, but in place of them would be a Survival Competition in which the worst two performers would be automatically Nominated for Eviction without chance of saving themselves. On Day 40, the HouseGuests competed in the "Caged" Survival Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests had to complete a Sudoku puzzle. Kaitlin and Kenny were the two worst performers and were Nominated for Eviction alongside each other. However, Kenny surprised everyone by pulling out his Golden Veto Ball and removing himself from the block, with Brittnee being the next eligible HouseGuest to be nominated in his place due to her challenge performance. On Day 46, although Kaitlin was sitting next to another HouseGuest, nothing was able to change her fate and she became the tenth HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house in a unanimous vote of three to zero. She was the fifth member of the Jury of Seven.

Following Kaitlin's Eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Before or After" Head of Household Competition. For this competition, the HouseGuests were quizzed on whether one event happened before or after another event. Ultimately, Kenny won the competition, making it the second time he had won not only the title, but a competition in general during the game. That same day, Kenny chose to nominate Brittnee and Pilar for Eviction. The HouseGuests later competed in the "Socket to Me" Final Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, they were required to identify all of the Power of Veto winners in order, and the HouseGuest with the quickest time would win the Power of Veto. Risha was the winner of the competition, giving her her fourth win of the season. On Day 51, Risha chose not to use the Veto and subsequently chose to Evict Brittnee, making her the sixth member of the jury.

Week 10
Following Brittnee's Eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Ready, Set, Gone" first round of the Final Head of Household Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were required to find hidden icons within an image. Risha was the winner of this competition. Kenny and Pilar later faced off in the "Twisted Twosomes" Head of Household Competition, which Kenny won. On Day 54, Kenny and Risha competed in the "Jury Statements" Head of Household Competition. Kenny was the winner of the competition, making him the Final Head of Household of the season. Moments later, he cast the sole vote to Evict Pilar. On Day 59, the Jury of Seven chose to award Kenny the grand prize in a vote of four to three.

Voting History
The voting table below records whom each HouseGuest voted to Evict during his or her time in the House. The Head of Household ("HoH") and Nominees are not allowed to vote, unless the vote is tied, in which case the Head of Household breaks the tie. Twists to the normal Nominations process are noted, such as immunity from Nomination and Eviction (referred to as "exempt") and Double Evictions.