Big Brother 13 (American season)

Big Brother 13 is the 13th season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It premiered on July 7, 2011 on the CBS television network.^[1] The show is produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment. The 13th season was confirmed on the same day as the finale of Big Brother 12 in a press release issued from CBS.^[2]

Pre-season

Casting for Big Brother 13 began in mid-April. Applications and video tape submissions did not have a set deadline.^[3] Applicants chosen to be a finalist went to Los Angeles, California, from which applicants were narrowed down to a pool of 40 finalists. Casting calls were held around the United States on a later date. The cast has recently been selected, and they are now in sequester.^[4]

House

The house was revealed on June 27, 2011. It features a "Venice Beach" theme. With a Katy Perry themed room, a fortune teller/tarot card room and the backyard is of graffiti.

Houseguests

In the house tour that was exclusive to Yahoo, there was room for 14 houseguests on the picture wall.

Name	Age[I]	Occupation	Hometown	[5]
Adam Poch	39	Music Inventory Manager	Hoboken, New Jersey
Cassi Colvin	26	Model	Nashville, Tennessee
Dominic Briones	25	College Student/Model	San Mateo, California
Kalia Booker	30	Writer	Los Angeles, California
Keith Henderson	32	Human Resources Manager	Bolingbrook, Illinois
Lawon Exum	39	Legal File Clerk	Inglewood, California
Porsche Briggs	23	Cocktail Waitress	Miami Beach, Florida
Shelly Moore	41	Outdoor Industry Executive	Prairieville, Louisiana
Brendon Villegas	30	High School Swim Coach	Riverside, California
Rachel Reilly	26	Chemistry Graduate Student/VIP Cocktail Waitress	Las Vegas, Nevada
Jeff Schroeder	31	Advertising Salesman	Norridge, Illinois
Jordan Lloyd	22	Waitress	Matthews, North Carolina
Dick Donato	48	Website CEO	Los Angeles, California
Daniele Donato	25	College Student	Huntington Beach, California

^{^[I]} Contestant's age at the start of the season.

Summary

On the first night, the houseguests were told of a surprise. They then were told that they had to pair up in groups of two. Before the HoH (Head of Household) competition, the houseguests were welcomed to three past dous. The first were Rachel and Brendon (from Big Brother 12). The second were Jordan and Jeff (from Big Brother 11). The last dous were Danielle and Dick (from Big Brother 8). During the HoH competition, the houseguests had to hold onto a banana. They were later squirted with chocolate and whip cream, while being rocked back-and-forth, to make the competition harder. Rachel then won the first HoH competition of the summer and her partner Brendon were safe from being evicted from the game. Host, Julie Chen, told the houseguests that Rachel had to choose only one dou. She was also told that only one of them would be evicted. However, the houseguest who wasn't eliminated can be safe until there are ten remaining houseguests.

Voting history

Further information: Big Brother 13 (U.S.) § Format

Color key:

  Winner

  Runner-up

  Head of Household

  Nominated for eviction

  Immune from eviction

  Quit

  Evicted

  Re-entered the game

Voting history (season 13)

	Duos phase			Individual phase					Duos phase	Individual phase
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7		Week 8	Week 9		Week 10
							Day 49	Day 55[a]		Day 63	Day 68	Day 75	Finale
Head of Household	Rachel	Jordan	Rachel	Daniele	Kalia	Daniele	Jeff	Kalia	Porsche	Rachel	Adam	Rachel	(None)
Nominations (pre-veto)	Keith Porsche	Adam Dominic	Adam Dominic	Brendon Rachel	Jeff Rachel	Adam Shelly	Kalia Porsche	Jeff Rachel	Jordan Rachel	Kalia Porsche	Jordan Porsche	Adam Porsche
Veto winner(s)	Brendon Rachel	Dominic	Brendon	Brendon	Jeff	Adam	Jeff	Porsche	Rachel	Adam	Porsche	(None)
Nominations (post-veto)	Keith Porsche	Cassi Shelly	Adam Dominic	Brendon Jordan	Lawon Rachel	Brendon Shelly	Daniele Kalia	Jeff Rachel	Adam Shelly	Kalia Porsche	Jordan Rachel
Rachel	Head of Household	Cassi	Head of Household	Jordan	Nominated	Shelly	Daniele	Nominated	Shelly	Kalia[b]	Nominated	Adam[c]	Winner
Porsche	Nominated	Cassi[d]	Dominic[d]	Jordan	Lawon	Brendon	Kalia	Jeff	Head of Household	Nominated	Jordan	Nominated	Runner-up
Adam	Porsche	Cassi	Nominated	Brendon	Lawon	Brendon	Daniele	Rachel	Nominated	Kalia	Head of Household	Evicted (Day 75)	Porsche
Jordan	Keith	Head of Household	Dominic	Nominated	Lawon	Brendon	Daniele	Rachel	Shelly	Porsche	Nominated	Evicted (Day 69)	Rachel
Kalia	Keith	Cassi	Dominic	Brendon	Head of Household	Brendon	Nominated	Jeff[b]	Adam[e]	Nominated	Evicted (Day 67)		Porsche
Shelly	Keith	Nominated	Dominic[d]	Brendon	Lawon	Nominated	Kalia	Jeff	Nominated	Evicted (Day 62)			Rachel
Jeff	Keith	Cassi[e]	Dominic	Brendon	Lawon	Brendon	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 55)				Rachel
Daniele	Keith[f]	Cassi[f]	Adam[f]	Head of Household	Lawon	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 55)					Porsche
Brendon	Keith[e]	Cassi	Dominic[e]	Nominated	Evicted (Day 34)	Nominated	Re-evicted (Day 48)						Rachel
Lawon	Porsche	Cassi	Dominic	Brendon	Nominated	Evicted (Day 41)
Dominic	Porsche	Cassi	Nominated	Evicted (Day 27)
Cassi	Porsche	Nominated	Evicted (Day 20)
Keith	Nominated	Evicted (Day 13)
Dick	Quit (Day 6)
Evicted	Keith 6 of 10 votes to evict	Cassi 9 of 9 votes to evict	Dominic 7 of 8 votes to evict	Brendon 5 of 7 votes to evict	Brendon Won re-entry into game[g]	Brendon 5 of 6 votes to evict	Daniele 3 of 5 votes to evict	Jeff 3 of 5 votes to evict	Shelly 2 of 3 votes to evict	Kalia 2 of 3 votes to evict	Jordan Porsche's choice to evict	Adam Rachel's choice to evict	Rachel 4 votes to win
					Lawon 6 of 6 votes to evict								Porsche 3 votes to win

Notes

1. This week was a double eviction week. Following the first eviction, the remaining HouseGuests played a week's worth of games, including Head of Household and veto competitions, and nomination, veto and eviction ceremonies, during the live show, culminating in a second eviction for the week.
2. As the vote was tied, the Head of Household cast the tie-breaker vote.
3. As Head of Household, Rachel chose to evict Adam.
4. This player was awarded a golden key because their partner was voted out, and was thus immune from being nominated for eviction through week 3.
5.   This player was granted immunity from being nominated for eviction because their partner was Head of Household.
6. Daniele was awarded a golden key after Dick quit the game, and was thus immune from being nominated for eviction through week 3.
7. The audience had the chance to decide whether Keith, Cassi, Dominic, or Brendon would be given a chance to re-enter to the house. The audience chose Brendon, so after Lawon's eviction on day 35, Brendon and Lawon battled to re-enter the House, and Brendon won.

Twist

As revealed on ET Canada on June 28, 2011; Julie Chen revealed that Dynamic Duos of seasons past would have a major impact on this season and the twist.