Big Brother Universe 5

"Big Brother Universe 5", a Reality Based Game, is the sixth in Shattered's Big Brother Universe Series. The season ended after 61 days, in which HouseGuest Neda Kalantar was crowned the Winner, and Candice Stewart the Runner-Up.

I am your host, Julie Chen. And this summer, 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. Trust me, this is going to be one drama-filled summer. Are you up for the challenge?

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 5.

HouseGuests

 * Beau Beasley • BBUS6 • VULpicks.
 * Candice Stewart • BBUS15 • BottleItUp
 * Danielle Reyes • BBUS3|7 • chillfact0r7
 * Ika Wong • BBCAN2 • FierceIntensions
 * Jay McKray • BBUK12 • arlcy
 * Kathy Hillis • BBUS12 • Lumina
 * Katie & Lucy Mercer • BBAUS10 • Vashhee
 * Kimberly Kisselovich • BBUK15 • Sasha
 * Layla Subritzky • BBAUS9 • Lou
 * Lihi Griner • BBISR3 • heyy
 * Neda Kalantar • BBCAN2 • Scarlett
 * Ollie Locke • CBBUK13 • Aandres
 * Tamara Stewart-Wood • BBUK15 • Jigsawce
 * Emerald "Topaz" Brady • BBCAN1 • VanityEgo
 * Zlatka Dimitrova • BBBUL2 • Meh

Week 1
Fifteen former HouseGuests from The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, Australia, Bulgaria, and Israel were chosen to enter the Big Brother house. On Day 1, the HouseGuests competed in the first HoH Competition entitled "It's A Numbers Game". Jay won the competition and was crowned the first Head of Household. Jay nominated Kimberly and Neda for Eviction, his reason being they did not put their best foot forward in the competition. Jay, Kimberly, Neda, Layla, Lihi, and Topaz all competed in the first Veto Competition entitled "Back Yard Bash" in which the players awarded each other Veto Points; Neda was awarded the most points from the rest of the players and won the Power of Veto, choosing to save herself from the block. Jay decided to nominate Ollie in Neda's place. On Day 6, Kimberly was Evicted from the Big Brother House in an 8-4 vote.

Week 2
Following Kimberly's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Going Bananas" Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were required to play an endurance game, with the HouseGuest with the highest store being the winner. Tamara was the winner. After Julie announced the winner, she dropped the first big twist of the season on the HouseGuests, entitled "Big Brother Upside Down." Instead of the Head of Household nominating two HouseGuests for Eviction, HouseGuests will vote for which two HouseGuests they want to Nominate for Eviction. The two HouseGuests with the most votes will be put on the block. The Power of Veto Competition will continue as normal, however if someone is removed from the block, instead of the Head of Household naming the replacement, the HouseGuest with the 3rd most votes to nominate will be named the replacement. Once the final Nominees are in place, the HoH will announce in the thread which Nominee they are Evicting from the Big Brother House. The HouseGuests chose to nominate Ika and Layla for Eviction, and a war of words ensued. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Candice, Neda, and Ollie were selected to compete. HouseGuests competed in the "Faster Than a Speeding Veto" Power of Veto competition. For this competition, HouseGuests completed a puzzle with an image of the Veto; the HouseGuest to finish their puzzle the fastest would win the Power of Veto. Ollie was the winner of the Power of Veto. Ollie surprisingly chose to use the Power of Veto to remove Layla from the block, with Lihi being nominated in her place. On Day 10, Ika became the second HouseGuest to be evicted from the house by Tamara.

Week 3
Following Ika's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "The Big Brother Open" Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were required to solve a Sudoku X puzzle, with the HouseGuest completing it the fastest being the winner. Zlatka was the winner. Later, after a public announcement by Topaz on who she wanted to see on the block, the HouseGuests chose to nominate Katie & Lucy and Layla for Eviction. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Beau, Tamara, and Topaz were selected to compete. HouseGuests competed in the "Big Brother Candystore" Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests completed a Bridges puzzle; the fastest HouseGuest to finish would win the Power of Veto. Topaz was the winner of the Power of Veto. Topaz chose not to use the Power of Veto to remove either Nominee from the block. On Day 14, Layla became the second HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house by Zlatka.

Week 4
Following Layla's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Big Brother Online" Head of Household Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were required to answer questions based on how they believe the majority would responded to them; a minority answer resulted in elimination, and the last HouseGuest remaining was the winner. Danielle was the winner. HouseGuests chose to nominate Ollie as a threat, and Topaz for her arrogance in making public nominations, for Eviction. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Katie & Lucy, Lihi, and Neda were selected to compete. HouseGuests competed in the "Hot Legs" Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests attempted to spell a word by collecting letters in a word search; the HouseGuest with the longest correctly spelled word would win the Power of Veto. Ollie was the winner of the Power of Veto. Ollie chose to use the Power of Veto on himself, and Danielle decided to replace him with alpha male Jay. On Day 18, Jay became the fourth HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house by Danielle, which seemingly sent shockwaves through the house.

Week 5
Following Jay's eviction, it was confirmed that the Big Brother Upside Down twist was officially over, meaning the week's events reverted back to normal Big Brother procedures. HouseGuests then competed in the "Big Brother Slalom" endurance Head of Household Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests played the game Simon; the HouseGuest with the most points would be the winner. Tamara was the winner, earning her second Head of Household title of the game. Tamara chose to nominate Kathy and Topaz for Eviction. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Beau, Candice, and Ollie were selected to compete. HouseGuests competed in the "Time's Up" Power of Veto Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were required to post in the thread snagging the Power of Veto at the allotted time. Kathy was the winner. Kathy chose to use the Power of Veto to remove herself from the block, with Ollie being nominated in her place. On Day 22, Ollie became the fifth HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house in a vote of seven to one.

Week 6
Following Ollie's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the "Check Mate" Head of Household Competition. For this competition, HouseGuests faced off two at a time and were asked questions about the previously evicted HouseGuests; the winner of each round would select the next two HouseGuests to face off, with the last HouseGuest remaining being the winner. Candice was the winner. Openly stating she was aligned with everyone remaining in the house, Candice had the HouseGuests play Nomination Roulette, where they were required to give her the names of two HouseGuests to put on the chopping block. At the Nomination Ceremony, she decided to air everyone's Nominee choices to cause a stir. Neda and Tamara were nominated for Eviction by Candice for not participating in the roulette. The following day Topaz won the Power of Veto competition, "Big Brother Odyssey", by being the HouseGuest to score the highest in the online game "Roll". Topaz saved Neda from Eviction as she openly stated she would on Day 27 and Candice, after having the possible replacement Nominee options sign up to "draw rocks", nominated Zlatka for Eviction and negated her "drawing rocks" decision. Zlatka to everyone's surprise used her Secret Power of Veto to take herself off the block, so Candice nominated Lihi in her place. Despite Candice's target being Tamara, Lihi was evicted on Day 28 by a 4-3 vote.

Week 7
After the Eviction results were announced the HouseGuests competed in the Head of Household Competition "That's How We Roll". The object was to be the first person to rearrange the Big Brother Universe 5 Memory Wall in the order the HouseGuests entered the Big Brother house. Topaz won her first Head of Household Competition. Topaz decided to have the HouseGuests reveal their games once again by naming their biggest allies and threats. Beau and Tamara were nominated for Eviction the next day by Topaz. Tamara won the Power of Veto Competition, "Big Brother Cornhole", and in a bold move saved Beau instead of herself from eviction on Day 33. During the Competition, HouseGuests competing won a variety of prizes including, a disadvantage in the next HoH Competition for Neda, the loss of an Eviction Vote in the next week for Topaz, a Veto Ticket for Katie & Lucy ensuring them a spot in next week's Veto Competition, an advantage in the next HoH Competition for Beau, and Immunity in the next week for Candice. Topaz then nominated Neda for Eviction alongside Tamara. After a 5–1 vote in Neda's favor, Tamara was Evicted from the house and became the first Jury member - and all hell broke loose shortly after when Katie & Lucy exposed the secret Blondtourage alliance that composed of them/Lihi/Tamara/Zlatka, which confirmed the notion that everyone was aligned with everyone. Now that pretty much everyone's game has been blown up, who will be the best at picking up the pieces?

Week 8
Following Tamara's eviction, the remaining eligible HouseGuests competed in the game, "All Washed Up". HouseGuests had to play the online game 2048. Zlatka received the highest score miles above the rest, and became the new Head of Household. Zlatka nominated Beau and Neda for Eviction. However, after Topaz won Power of Veto for her third time she removed Neda from the block and Zlatka replaced her with Danielle. On Day 37, Beau was Evicted on a 3–2 vote with Zlatka having to break the tie, becoming the second Jury Member.

However, the HouseGuests were informed on Eviction Night that it was Big Brother Fast Forward, with a Head of Household Competition, Nomination Ceremony, Veto Competition and Ceremony, and Eviction Vote all occurring on the same day. Katie & Lucy won the Head of Household Competition "Before or After" and nominated Kathy and Neda. Katie & Lucy also won the Power of Veto in a Competition called "Clowning Around", and chose not to use it. As a result of a tie in the Eviction Votes once again, Katie & Lucy, as HoH, voted to evict Kathy, making her the ninth Evicted housemate of the season, and the third member of the Jury.

Week 9
Following Kathy's Eviction, Katie & Lucy were secretly awarded the Diamond Power of Veto for being the Fast Forward Head of Household. The HouseGuests then learned that the "Big Brother Upside Down" twist was returning, but with some adjustments: there would be no Head of Household, and because there would be no HoH, the Public would be casting votes to evict one of the Nominees. The HouseGuests nominated Candice and Katie & Lucy for Eviction. Katie & Lucy won Week 9's Veto Competition, "Snake-Eyes", and removed Candice from the block. As the HouseGuest with the third most votes, Zlatka was named as Candice's replacement. Katie & Lucy then decided to surprise everyone and use the Diamond Power of Veto to remove themselves from the block, and named Topaz as their replacement. Pitting the two players that everyone pinned most likely to win against each other in the public vote, Zlatka was Evicted in an extremely close race with 51% of the vote, making her the fourth member of the Jury.

Week 10
Week 10's HoH competition, "Rollin' in the Dough", was won by Danielle. Candice and Katie & Lucy were nominated for Eviction. Topaz won Power of Veto and let the nominations stand, and Candice was sure she was out the door. As a complete shock to Danielle, Katie & Lucy were evicted by a unanimous vote. Katie & Lucy became the fifth Jury Member.

Week 11
The next HoH Competition following Katie & Lucy's Eviction, "Fact or Fiction", was won by Candice on Day 48. She nominated Danielle and Topaz for Eviction. The HouseGuests played a Veto Competition, Big Brother Jukebox, which Candice also won. At the Live Veto Ceremony, Candice chose not to remove either Nominee from the block. Immediately, Neda cast the sole vote to evict Topaz who became the sixth member of the jury.

Week 12
Week 12's HoH Competition had three parts. The final three HouseGuests began playing "Fill 'Er Up" to determine the winner of the first part. Neda threw the competition and was eliminated. Candice won when Danielle took 5 minutes on the competition. Danielle and Neda competed in the second part, which Danielle ultimately won. Candice and Danielle competed in the third part of the HoH Competition which Candice won and became the Final HoH. She evicted Danielle, who became the seventh and final member of the Jury. By a Jury Vote of 5–2 Neda won the $500,000 grand prize. She gained Beau, Danielle, Kathy, Tamara, and Topaz's vote while Katie & Lucy and Zlatka voted for Candice. Candice placed second and won the $50,000 runner-up prize. Zlatka won $25,000 after being voted RTVG's Favorite HouseGuest on a SurveyMonkey poll.

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.