Big Brother Universe 9

"Big Brother Universe 9", a Reality Based Game, is the tenth in Shattered's Big Brother Universe Series. The season ended after 69 days, in which HouseGuest Science Harvey was crowned the Winner, and returnee Rachel Reilly the Runner-Up.

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. This season promises to be THE most messy summer ever. We have several game twists that will send the HouseGuests scrambling like never before. Are you guys ready?

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 9 Jury Members will be choosing the winner of Big Brother Universe 9.

New HouseGuests

 * Amy Crews [BBUS3] Θ CocoRocha
 * Courtney Stodden [CBBUK12] Θ Sasha
 * Gabriel Jordani [SSFR1] Θ SoandSo
 * Ivette Corredero [BBUS6] Θ Lumina
 * Jocasta Odom [BBUS16] Θ Scarlett
 * Jon Pardy [BBCAN2] Θ BottleItUp
 * Mariza Moreira [BBB15] Θ betinez
 * Science Harvey [BBUK6] Θ Jigsawce
 * Skye Wheatley [BBAU11] Θ CupidStunt
 * Sophie Reade [BBUK10] Θ arlcy
 * Tahan Lew-Fatt [BBAU10] Θ iRockIt
 * Victoria Rafaeli [BBUS16] Θ VanityEgo

Returning HouseGuests
As part of the twist for this edition, a selection of former HouseGuests, called "Dynamic Duos" by the producers, re-entered the House for another chance to win the grand prize. The six HouseGuests that returned were Charlie Drummond and Rachel Reilly from Big Brother Universe 1, Devin Shepherd and Libra Thompson from Big Brother Universe 6, and Johnny Colatruglio and Kaitlin Barnaby from Big Brother Universe 8.


 * Charlie Drummond [BBUK10/BBU1] Θ Thomnom
 * Rachel Reilly [BBUS12/BBU1] Θ wccats
 * Devin Shepherd [BBUS16/BBU6] Θ VULpicks.
 * Libra Thompson [BBUS10/BBU6] Θ KMorgan88
 * Johnny Colatruglio [BBCAN3/BBU8] Θ Vashhee
 * Kaitlin Barnaby [BBUS15/BBU8] Θ RunicOne25

Week 1
On Day 1, the new twelve HouseGuests entered the house. Following introductions, the HouseGuests learned that they would be required to select a partner to compete with in the game. They would be competing as pairs, meaning that if a Duo won Head of Household, then they would both be immune from Eviction that week. They also learned, however, that rather than Nominating two HouseGuests for Eviction, they would nominate two Duos for Eviction. When picking partners, Science and Skye chose to be partners, as did Amy and Mariza. Victoria and Ivette, Courtney and Jocasta, and Tahan and Jon then chose to be partners, leaving Gabriel and Sophie as the sixth pair. Following this, the HouseGuests learned that three former Duos would be joining them. HouseGuests Charlie Drummond and Rachel Reilly, Devin Shepherd and Libra Thompson, and Johnny Colatruglio and Kaitlin Barnaby entered the house later that night. Like the new HouseGuests, the six returning Duos were partnered together and would become dual Heads of Household. Later, the eighteen HouseGuests competed in the first HoH Competition: Going Bananas. The goal was to get the highest score they could in an endurance test. Charlie & Rachel won and became the first HoH Duo. Julie informed the HouseGuests of how the HoH Duo twist would work: Charlie and Rachel would make separate Nominations, meaning a total of four Nominees on the block - two Duos each. Following the Nominations, those two Duos would compete in the Battle of the Block Competition. The Duo that won the competition would be removed from the block and Immune for the rest of that week, whereas the Duo that lost would face the Live Eviction Vote. During the Nomination Ceremony, Rachel made her Nominations first: Courtney & Jocasta. Charlie Nominated Ivette & Victoria for being a potentially powerful and threatening Duo. After the Nomination Ceremony, the four Nominees participated in the first-ever "Battle of the Block" Competition, called Miami Lice. The objective was for each Duo to spell the longest combination of two words. Only Jocasta opted not to spell a word; Ivette & Victoria won the Battle of the Block for spelling the longest words, meaning Courtney and Jocasta were still on the chopping block. On Day 6, Courtney became the first HouseGuest to be Evicted from the house in a vote of twelve to two; as she lost her partner, Jocasta received Immunity through the next week until she could be re-partnered with the next solo Eviction survivor.

Following Courtney's Eviction, Julie informed the HouseGuests that instead of a Head of Household, everyone would be individually Nominating two Duos for Eviction face-to-face. Every Duo received at least one Nomination except for Science & Skye; Ivette & Victoria received 9 Nominations, Gabriel & Sophie received 9 Nominations, and Amy & Mariza received 7 Nominations, making them the Nominated Duos on the chopping block. The HouseGuests were then told that it would be a Duo Eviction by Public Vote, meaning that the viewers would be voting to Evict one entire Duo from the Big Brother Universe house. The three Nominated Duos then competed in the Snake in the Grass Battle of the Block Competition. The Nominees were required to play the "Snake" online game, attempting to get the best combined score possible. Amy & Mariza were the winners of the Battle of the Block, leaving Gabriel & Sophie and Ivette & Victoria on the chopping block to face the Public Vote. On Day 12, despite Ivette's efforts to campaign to the viewers to stay, which was against the rules, Ivette & Victoria were Evicted from the house, receiving 58.3% of the Public Vote.

Week 2
Following Ivette & Victoria's Eviction, Julie informed the HouseGuests that the RTVG viewers would be voting in a poll to determine who they wanted their Big Brother Universe 9 "winner" to be. They were informed that this HouseGuest - or these HouseGuests - would receive a surprise, but no further details were given. The HoH Competition called BB Rager was played the same day. The object was to answer a series of questions how they felt the majority of HouseGuests would answer. Science & Skye were crowned the second HoH Duo of the summer. At the Nomination Ceremony, Skye Nominated Devin & Libra. Then Science Nominated Amy & Mariza, his reasoning being that they could "wipe the floor" with Devin & Libra. On Day 13, Amy & Mariza competed against Devin & Libra in the We Did What? Battle of the Block Competition. The Nominees were given four sets of photos in which they had to spot the differences between them. Devin & Libra won the Battle of the Block, much to everyone's surprise, resulting in Amy & Mariza remaining on the block. Immediately after the competition, the house erupted in chaos when Devin & Libra called out Science & Skye on Nominating them, and things got ugly up front and behind the scenes. Jocasta and Charlie even got in on the action as more truths were exposed. On Day 16, Mariza was Evicted from the house by a 9-2 vote.

Week 3
Following Mariza's Eviction, Julie announced to the HouseGuests that this week would be yet another Duo Eviction Week. Instead of a Battle of the Block Competition however, there would be a Power of Veto Competition, meaning that the Nominated Duos would have a chance to save themselves from the chopping block. HouseGuests then played the HoH Competition Underwater Polo, in which the goal was to randomize a set of integers, numbered 1-29, in the Integer Generator. Devin & Libra became the new HOH Duo with Libra scoring a 28 and 29 for them. The main goal for this feisty Duo this week was to get rid of Skyience, whom they had a huge blowout with the previous week. So Devin Nominated Johnny & Kaitlin for Eviction, and Libra selected Science & Skye. At the Tumblin' Dice PoV Competition, All-Star Duo Charlie & Rachel were chosen to compete. Johnny & Kaitlin won and used the Veto on themselves. Gabriel & Sophie were named as the replacement Nominees. On Day 21, Devin & Libra were forced to break a shady tied vote, and Skyience was Evicted from the Big Brother house.

Week 4
Following Science & Skye's Eviction, on Day 21, the HouseGuests competed in the Deviled Eggs HoH Competition. The goal was for the Duos to maneuver through a maze while collecting eggs along the way. The Duo to complete the maze the fastest was the winner. After a not-so-close race, Johnny & Kaitlin edged out Charlie & Rachel to win Head of Household Duo. During the HoH Competition, Amy had huge personal blowouts with both Jon and Libra, severing her ties to them in the game. On Day 22, Johnny Nominated Devin & Libra and Kaitlin Nominated Jon & Tahan for Eviction. Before the BOTB, Devin didn't take his Nomination too well, and called out Johnny & Kaitlin. The Nominated Duos then played in the Knight Moves Battle of the Block Competition. All four HouseGuests started in a different corner of a giant chess board. They then alternated moving like a knight in chess. When a space was landed on, the space was out of play and could not be landed on again. After Libra was eliminated, Devin blocked himself out and Tahan won the Battle of the Block for her and Jon, took themselves off the block, guaranteed themselves safety for the week, and left Devin & Libra on the block. On Day 24, after stating that they each would not campaign against each other, Devin decided to Self-Evict himself from the Big Brother house to give Libra another shot at the win.

Week 5
Following Devin's Self-Eviction, HouseGuests participated in the HoH Competition called Country Hits, where each person faced one another in pairs; the winner of each face-off picked the next pair to compete, and the loser was eliminated. The last HouseGuest standing, along with their partner, would become the HOH Duo. After Sophie and Tahan (the last two HouseGuests standing) faced off against one another, Jon & Tahan became the HoH Duo. They were then informed that they would be Nominating individual HouseGuests this week, not entire Duos, and the pair of Nominees that saves themselves from the block must be replaced by another pair of individual Nominees. At the same time, the HouseGuests learned that an Evicted HouseGuest screwed over by a Duo Eviction would be returning to the game via RTVG's Choice. It would be either Ivette, Science, Skye, or Victoria. On Day 26, Science returned to the Big Brother house with 47% of the public vote. That same day, Jon Nominated Johnny and Sophie for Eviction, and Tahan Nominated Amy [who received a Penalty Nomination for multiple voting in RTVG's Choice] and Kaitlin for Eviction. Following the Nomination Ceremony, everyone went to the backyard for the Abraca-BOB-ra Battle of the Block Competition, where Johnny and Sophie and Amy and Kaitlin competed for safety. Johnny and Sophie won the Competition, leaving Amy and Kaitlin on the block. Jon put Rachel and Science up against Amy and Kaitlin. Just before the Live Eviction, Rachel surprised everyone by using her Immunity Pass [won in the RTVG's Winner poll] to remove the Nominated pair of herself and Science from the block, forcing Jon to name yet another set of replacement Nominees. Almost buckling under the pressure and bowing out, he pulled himself together and nominated Charlie and Gabriel, leaving Jocasta and Libra [who was Immune] as the only HouseGuests not to be on the block this week. On Day 30, another shockwave hit the house when Charlie saved himself from definite Eviction with the second granted Immunity Pass in the game. Therefore, Kaitlin and Amy were Evicted with 56% and 45% of the public vote respectively.

Week 6
After Kaitlin and Amy's Evictions, the HouseGuests learned that their current Dynamic Duos would be disbanded, and they would be individually competing to not only become the new Head of Household Duo, but to pair the remaining HouseGuests into brand-new Dynamic Duos as well. The HouseGuests then competed in the Getting Loopy competition. Julie asked questions based on events that took place in the house, and the HouseGuests answered with either true or false. Anyone giving an incorrect answer was eliminated. Gabriel and Libra became the new HoH Duo after only three questions. Gabriel & Libra decided that the new Dynamic Duos would be Charlie & Science, Jocasta & Jon, Johnny & Rachel, and Sophie & Tahan. Gabriel then Nominated Johnny & Rachel. Libra Nominated Charlie & Science alongside them. The nominated HouseGuests competed in the BB Comics Battle of the Block Competition, a test where they recreated the Memory Wall using the HouseGuests' colored photos. The player who correctly arranged the Memory Wall photos according to how many competitions each HouseGuest had won so far in the shortest amount of time won the BoB. Everyone struggled with the rules, as they either didn't use colored photos or incorrectly arranged the photos. Charlie & Science won the BoB and, despite their fate seemingly being sealed by this win, Johnny & Rachel were shockingly removed from the block by the use of Johnny's Immunity Pass. Not being able to handle the amount of messiness he had to endure the past few weeks, Jon buckled under the pressure and Self-Evicted himself from the Big Brother House, however he was allowed to become the first member of the Jury. Since Jocasta was left without a partner, the only other eligible Duo to be the replacement Nominees was Sophie & Tahan. On Day 35, Sophie was Evicted by a 3-2 vote, making her the second member of the Jury.

Week 7
Following Sophie's Eviction, Julie announced that both the Dynamic Duos and the Battle of the Block twists were coming to an end. The HouseGuests then individually competed in the Mathcathlon HoH Competition. The task was to correctly complete a CalcuDoku puzzle. Charlie and Tahan were the last remaining two. Due to a Tiebreaker Question, Charlie was crowned the HoH for the week. He nominated Gabriel and Jocasta for Eviction. Libra, Science, and Tahan were picked to play in the Time's Up Power of Veto Competition. The HouseGuests waited until 12AM EST to send a PM to Julie claiming that they've snagged the Veto. Charlie won the POV and kept his Nominations the same. In yet another interesting moment, Jocasta decided to self-evict herself from the game to save Gabriel, making her the third member of the Jury.

Week 8
Following Jocasta's Self-Eviction, Ivette, Skye, and Victoria, who were Evicted weeks earlier, returned to the house and competed in Comeback Fight, a competition where one of them would win the right to come back into the game. By a landslide, Victoria won and was given a second chance to win the game. The remaining eight HouseGuests competed in the Punching for Days HoH Competition, where they had to identify the dates of various BB occurrences. After six rounds of competition, Johnny was declared the next HoH of the season. On Day 42, Libra and Tahan were Nominated for Eviction. That same day, HouseGuests competed in the BBB Scorpion Power of Veto Competition. HouseGuests were asked to guess how many of a certain item there were in a set and were rewarded with a point if they stayed rather than fold. The first HouseGuest to obtain three points was the winner, which was Tahan. Tahan lashed out at Johnny for putting her on the block and decided to use the POV on herself. Gabriel was named as the replacement Nominee. On Day 50, Libra was Evicted in a 4-1 vote, becoming the fourth member of the Jury after Victoria returned to the game.

Immediately following Libra's Eviction, HouseGuests then learned it would be a Fast Forward Live Eviction, and another HouseGuest would be Evicted within 24 hours. Tahan won the BB Tourn-eye-ment HoH Competition. At the Nomination Ceremony, Tahan nominated Johnny and Science. The Veto Competition Moving the Chain featured an ABC Path. In this puzzle, participants had to fill in the letters B-Y so that each letter would be adjacent to the following one either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Johnny won and took himself off the block. Rather than put up another returnee, Tahan put up Victoria as a replacement Nominee. On Day 51, Victoria was evicted by a unanimous 4-0 vote, becoming the fifth member of the Jury.

Week 9
Following Victoria's Eviction, Julie announced the return of the Duo Twist for Week 9 only. Charlie was paired with Rachel, Gabriel was paired with Tahan, and Johnny was paired with Science. Fearing that he was paired with an incompetent partner and would be inevitably Evicted this week anyway, Johnny chose to leave the Big Brother Universe house prematurely, becoming the sixth Jury Member. With only 5 HouseGuests remaining, the revisited Duo Twist was cancelled for the week and the competitions continued as normal. Science won his second HoH Competition of the season in the triple-maze competition, Mazed and Confused. Science nominated Gabriel and Tahan for Eviction. However, Tahan won the BB Freakshow face morph PoV Competition. At the veto meeting, she removed herself from the block and Science selected Charlie as her replacement. In a 1-1 vote, Science broke the tie and Gabriel was Evicted and became the seventh Jury Member.

Shortly after Gabriel's Eviction, Charlie won the BB Rager endurance HOH Competition, securing himself a spot in the final three. He nominated Rachel and Tahan for Eviction. Science won the Power of Veto in the BB Cup Competition, which required HouseGuests to randomize the highest playing cards they could from a deck. On Day 60, Science cast the sole vote to Evict Tahan, making Tahan the eighth member of the Jury.

Week 10
The next day, the final three competed in the first part of the Final HOH Competition, Flying High. The HouseGuests had to play the online game "Flappy Bird". The HouseGuest with the highest score will win Part One of the Final HOH and advance to Part Three. Charlie scored the highest and won. Rachel and Science competed in the second part of the Final HOH, Ancient BB-gypt. While competing individually, Rachel and Science had to search for the Memory Wall Photos of the Evicted HouseGuests. They then had to place the final Nominees in each corresponding week. The HouseGuest who finishes faster will face off against Charlie on Finale Night. Science was the winner. Charlie and Science faced off in Part Three of the Final Head of Household, Jury Statements. They were asked questions based on various statements the Jury Members made in the Diary Room. After 7 questions, Science was up by two points and became the Final Head of Household. Science Evicted Charlie, making him the ninth member of the Jury, and bringing Rachel to the Final Two. By a 5-4 vote, Science won the half million dollar prize. Charlie and Tahan were the top two vote-getters for RTVG's Favorite HouseGuest but, in the end, Tahan claimed the $25,000 with over 50% of the votes cast.

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.