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Encyclopedia > Big Brother (USA TV series)

The American version of Big Brother has aired on CBS every summer since 2000. It is a reality show in which a number of strangers live in an isolated house and compete to win a cash prize. Big Brother is a popular reality television format, where, over 15 weeks or so, a number of contestants (typically 12) try to avoid periodic publicly-voted evictions from a communal house and hence win a cash prize. ... For other uses, see CBS (disambiguation). ... Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual (if sometimes contrived) events, and features ordinary people over professional actors. ...


Since its second season, the American Big Brother uses different rules than other countries' versions of the show. In the US version, viewers do not vote for eviction; all voting is done by houseguests. As of 2005, there have been six complete seasons of the US version of the show; all have been broadcast on CBS. The cast of Big Brother 2 The second season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show aired twenty-nine episodes during the summer of 2001 from July 5 to September 20. ... For other uses, see CBS (disambiguation). ...


For all seasons the eviction-night host has been Julie Chen, wife of CBS President Les Moonves and newsreader for the network's The Early Show. In the first season (2000), Chen was widely ridiculed in the media for her wooden delivery, stilted interaction with the studio audience and weak interviews with evictees on the live programs. The continuity announcer for the first five seasons was Phil Proctor. He played an active role in the first season introducing every scene, but with the major changes to the program after the initial series, he was relegated to the opening and closing of each episode. For season six, Proctor was replaced by Clayton Halsey. This decision was made so late, Proctor had already toured the new set. Julie Chen, Host of Big Brother & The Early Show. Julie Chen (born January 6, 1970) is a Chinese American news anchor and television presenter, who has 10 years of broadcasting experience, is best known for co-anchoring CBSs, The Early Show and for hosting the CBS summer reality program... For other uses, see CBS (disambiguation). ... Leslie Moonves (born December 23, 1948 in New York City) is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation. ... The Early Show title card The Early Show is a American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a. ... The cast of Big Brother 1 The first season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, aired in the summer of 2000, with seventy episodes from July 5 to September 29 and followed the same format as the international version, in that the viewing public voted by 900 number... Philip Proctor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The sixth season of the American version of Big Brother ran for thirty episodes during the summer of 2005, from July 7 to September 20. ...


The weekly live show was substantially changed after the first season. Originally, the live show featured a studio audience along with guest commentators Dr. Drew Pinsky, best known for Loveline on MTV, and (sponsor) America Online "Internet Advisor" Regina Lewis. Julie Chen now presents the live eviction show from an empty studio overlooking the entrance to the house. Drew Pinsky David Drew Pinsky, (born September 4, 1958) nicknamed Dr. Drew is a board-certified physician and addiction medicine specialist. ... Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky Loveline is a syndicated radio program in the United States, Canada and Mexico. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... America Online, or AOL for short, is a U.S.-based online service provider, Internet service provider, and media company operated by Time Warner. ...

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Seasons

Season Year Winner Runner-up Highlights of seasons
Season 1 2000 Eddie McGee Josh Souza The show starts with relatively poor ratings, which pick up later on.
Season 2 2001 Will Kirby Nicole Nilson Schaffrich From this season on viewers don't vote on evictions, but fellow housemates do.
Season 3 2002 Lisa Donahue Danielle Reyes For the first time, there is a Power of Veto competition
Season 4 2003 Jun Song Alison Irwin First time the The X-Factor is introduced (ex-partners of housemates appear in the house)
Season 5 2004 Drew Daniel Michael Ellis As a surprise, two half siblings were contestants together, who didn't know each other before.
Season 6 2005 [[Janelle Pierzina <33]] Howie Gordon Each house guest has a secret partner from pre-existing relationships. House now has 2 stories.

The cast of Big Brother 1 The first season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, aired in the summer of 2000, with seventy episodes from July 5 to September 29 and followed the same format as the international version, in that the viewing public voted by 900 number... Eddie McGee (February 24, 1979 —) was the winner of the first American season of the Big Brother reality television series. ... The cast of Big Brother 2 The second season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show aired twenty-nine episodes during the summer of 2001 from July 5 to September 20. ... Will Kirby was born on January 2, 1973 in Florence, Italy. ... Nicole Nilson Schaffrich (born February 3, 1970 in Pontiac, Michigan[1]) is most widely known for coming second as a contest on the American version of the hit reality TV show Big Brother 2, broadcast by CBS[2] in 2001. ... The cast of Big Brother 3 In the third season, of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, which aired thirty-two episodes during the summer of 2002 from July 10 to September 25, a new twist was added to the game, in that the houseguests could compete for a... Lisa Donahue, in a still from Big Brother 3. ... Danielle Reyes, in a still from Big Brother 3. ... The Power of Veto is a type of power in the TV Series Big Brother. ... The first group of Houseguests to enter the house during Big Brother 4 In the fourth season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, aired thirty-three episodes during the summer of 2003 from July 8 to September 24 Spoiler warning: The big twist for the year was The... Jun Song was the winner of season 4 of the reality tv series Big Brother(US). ... Alison Irwin (born August 7, 1980) grew up in Meadville, Pennsylvania with her mother Melinda, father Jim and brother J.R. Irwin. ... The cast of Big Brother 5 The fifth season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, ran for thirty-one episodes during the summer of 2004, from July 6 to September 21. ... Drew Daniel was born Andrew Theodore Daniel on April 28, 1982 in Springfield, Ohio, and is 60 seconds older than his identical twin brother, Ben. ... The sixth season of the American version of Big Brother ran for thirty episodes during the summer of 2005, from July 7 to September 20. ... Howie Gordon Howie Gordon (born January 7, 1971), was a contestant on the sixth season of the American version of the CBS reality show Big Brother, where he has been seen by well over 8 million viewers at a time[1]. His nicknames include: HowieCane, Hurricane Howie, Beefcake Howie, BB...

Items of note

The following are some of the most notable events including records, for seasons one through six.

  • By the end of the sixth season of Big Brother, there have been a total of 75 different houseguests to play the game. Of those 75, there will have been 62 evictions for 60 different houseguests. Seven occurred in the first season to reduce ten houseguests to a final three, the only season concluding with three finalists. In season two, twelve houseguests were reduced to a final two, a formula that has been used ever since. However, due to the expulsion of Justin Sebik, there were only nine evictions. In season three, twelve houseguests were reduced to two, but one houseguest, Amy Crews, was evicted on two occasions, making for a total of eleven evictions. In season four, thirteen houseguests began the game, but there were only ten evictions due to Scott Weintraub's expulsion. The fifth season of the series began with thirteen houseguests, and added a fourteenth, Natalie, with the "twin twist" playing itself out. That led to twelve evictions. In the sixth season, there will be 13 evictions for 12 people, with Kaysar being evicted twice. The remaining 13 players either won their season's game or were runners-up, but all made it to the final day of the season.
  • Only Amy Crews in season three and Kaysar Ridha in season six were allowed to re-enter the house with a second chance to win their season's contest. Unfortunately for both, neither one won their respective season, as Amy entered Week 6, was evicted Week 10, and Kaysar entered Week 5, but was evicted Week 6.
  • When Michael Donnellan and Eric Littmann were evicted second and third, respectively, in the sixth season, it marked the first time in Big Brother that two men had been evicted so quickly. In previous years, the first three out always included at least two women.
  • The oldest houseguest in Big Brother history was Jack Owens, a retired FBI agent, who played in the fourth season at age 58. The youngest was 19 year-old Michelle Maradie, the ex-girlfriend of fellow houseguest David Lane, also in the fourth season.
  • The most times a player has been nominated at some point during the week is six, held by Amy Crews of season 3. Amy was nominated twice before her first eviction, and four more times when she came back into the house.
  • The record for the most times a player has won the Power Of Veto contest is currently held by James Rhine, who won that title four times in eight weeks inside of the house in the sixth season.
  • Drew Daniel holds the record for winning the most Head of Household (HoH) contests when he won his fourth on September 17, 2004. Drew is also the only person to be HoH on two back-to-back occasions. Normally, the outgoing HOH cannot continue to hold power when someone has been evicted, but when the houseguests are reduced to three, everyone, including the most recent HOH, competes for the position.
  • The most lopsided eviction occurred during the first week of the fifth season. In that round, Jennifer Dedmon and Mike Lubinski were nominated for eviction, with Mike being voted out, 10-0. The fourth season would have tied, but since contestant Scott got expelled before voting day, houseguest Amanda got evicted 9-0.
  • The most lopsided final vote occurred during the third season between finalists Danielle Reyes and Lisa Donahue. With all evicted houseguests able to compete in the final vote, Lisa won the one-sided final vote 9-1, with only Jason Guy voting Danielle to win the third season. The most lopsided vote with the jury format occurred during the fourth season between Alison Irwin and Jun Song. Jun won the game 6-1, with only Nathan Marlow voting for Alison to win.
  • The closest final vote was a one vote margin, which has occurred twice. Drew Daniel was the first to win by a one-vote margin when he defeated Michael "Cowboy" Ellis 4-3 to end season five. One season later, Maggie Ausburn defeated Ivette Corredero by the same 4-3 vote to win season six.
  • Only Danielle Reyes and Jason Guy, each from season three, went the entire season without being nominated in a nomination ceremony. But neither Danielle nor Jason won season three, finishing second and third, respectively, to winner Lisa Donahue.
  • Only Alison Irwin of season four and Drew Daniel of season five have gone the entire season without facing the possibility of eviction when the voting was done.
  • Will Kirby, the season two winner, holds the distinction of being the only winner that has never won Head of Household since the format change that took place after the first season. Michael Ellis also made it to the last day of season five without being HOH, but lost the final vote to Drew Daniel.
  • Big Brother 6 holds the record for going longest without a double Head of Household win by any of the contestants with nine consecutive times, starting at the beginning of the game. Rachel, Eric, Kaysar, Maggie, Howie, Jennifer, Janelle, Beau, and April Lewis all won HOH before Howie became a repeat winner.
  • The most people on the block in any one round in Big Brother history was six. In the fourth round of the first season of Big Brother, Eddie McGee, Josh Souza, Curtis Kin, Cassandra Waldon, George Boswell, and Brittany Petros were all nominated, with Petros being evicted. Since the rules changed when Big Brother 2 began in 2001, this is unlikely to be duplicated.
  • Season six was the first to have four females in the final four. After Howie Gordon's eviction, four females remained in the game: Janelle Pierzina, Ivette Corredero, April Lewis and Maggie Ausburn. It was also the first time that there had been an all same sex final 4 in Big Brother America history.
  • Lisa Donahue of season 3 is the only houseguest to win the first HoH Competition, and be the winner. All other first HoH'S (Mike, Nathan, Jase, and Rachel), were all evicted at some point or another.

The sixth season of the American version of Big Brother ran for thirty episodes during the summer of 2005, from July 7 to September 20. ... Amy Elizabeth Crews (born June 10, 1978) was a contestant on the American version of Big Brother 3, a reality TV show aired on CBS in the summer of 2002. ... The cast of Big Brother 3 In the third season, of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, which aired thirty-two episodes during the summer of 2002 from July 10 to September 25, a new twist was added to the game, in that the houseguests could compete for a... Kaysar Ridha Kaysar Ridha (born August 10, 1980) was a contestant on Big Brother 6, a reality TV series in the US shown on CBS. Kaysar is a Muslim who was born in Baghdad, Iraq. ... The sixth season of the American version of Big Brother ran for thirty episodes during the summer of 2005, from July 7 to September 20. ... Michael Donnellan was a contestant on Big Brother 6. ... The first group of Houseguests to enter the house during Big Brother 4 In the fourth season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, aired thirty-three episodes during the summer of 2003 from July 8 to September 24 Spoiler warning: The big twist for the year was The... Amy Elizabeth Crews (born June 10, 1978) was a contestant on the American version of Big Brother 3, a reality TV show aired on CBS in the summer of 2002. ... Drew Daniel was born Andrew Theodore Daniel on April 28, 1982 in Springfield, Ohio, and is 60 seconds older than his identical twin brother, Ben. ... Jennifer Dedmon a. ... Danielle Reyes, in a still from Big Brother 3. ... Lisa Donahue, in a still from Big Brother 3. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Jason Guy Jason Guy (born June 22, 1977), was a contestant on thrid installment of the American version of the CBS reality show Big Brother,After the season was over he held the record for being the most popular houseguest with 82 percent of votes which was held until Season... Alison Irwin (born August 7, 1980) grew up in Meadville, Pennsylvania with her mother Melinda, father Jim and brother J.R. Irwin. ... Will Kirby was born on January 2, 1973 in Florence, Italy. ... The sixth season of the American version of Big Brother ran for thirty episodes during the summer of 2005, from July 7 to September 20. ... The American version of Big Brother has aired on CBS every summer since 2000. ... Eddie McGee (February 24, 1979 —) was the winner of the first American season of the Big Brother reality television series. ... Janelle Pierzina Janelle Marie Pierzina (born January 10, 1980), also credited as Janelle Perzina, was a contestant on the sixth season of the American version of the CBS reality show Big Brother, where she has been seen by well over 8 million viewers at a time[1]. Her home is... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The American version of Big Brother has aired on CBS every summer since 2000. ... Maggie Ausburn Maggie Ausburn is known mostly for winning Big Brother 6 (USA) in 2005. ... Lisa Donahue, in a still from Big Brother 3. ... The cast of Big Brother 3 In the third season, of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, which aired thirty-two episodes during the summer of 2002 from July 10 to September 25, a new twist was added to the game, in that the houseguests could compete for a...

Strategy

American Big Brother strategy differs from other Big Brother shows substantially, as one must win votes from houesmates instead of viewers.

  • Alliances. An alliance is a group of people who pledge absolute loyalty to the other people in their group. Alliances may be overt or secret. In season 3, Jason Guy and Danielle Reyes formed a secret two-party alliance in the early stages of the game. This alliance worked well because they could convince the other houseguests to go after people other than themselves without appearing to have a bias. Jason and Danielle finished 3rd and 2nd respectively. Larger alliances often do not work as well -- because of the amounts of members involved, they usually fracture before they are the only houseguests remaining. Non-secret two-party alliances are particularly dangerous, often resulting in both members of the alliance being nominated at the same time (e.g. Eric and Lisa, who were romantically involved were nominated in week 4 of season 3, as were Roddy and Chiara in week 6 of the same season.) When Lisa had the chance to vote Eric back into the game, she chose not to (a choice that proved to be a wise one as she went on to win season 3). Also Famous for two-party alliances that weren't secrets where Adria and Natalie of Big Brother 5, who were the "twin twist." Overt alliances can propel one member or two members to the end, like we saw when Maggie Ausburn beat Ivette Corredero in season 6, but alliances are obvious targets and most members won't make it.
  • Being a Floater. An alternative to forming alliances is "floating" -- having no ties to a particular group but then being available to whoever is HoH that week to vote in the way they request. Floaters are often resented as self-serving, but can do well in the game as alliances target each other and delay targeting floaters. Season 4 was the debut of the "floater strategy" and the final two was comprised of a pair of self-proclaimed floaters. That was the season Jun Song went on to beat Alison Irwin.
  • Using Power. Winning the HoH or Veto games will guarantee an extra week in the game (unless the contestant does not choose to use the veto on themself, as Marcellas did in season 3, he was then voted out). Like Janelle from BB6, she won HOH and also won Veto in the same week. Having so much power made her go up the next week, but she was able to win the Veto again and saved herself. Playing with power often guarantees you another week. However, the power of winning such competitions will mark a contestant as being a strong (and dangerous) player, as well as potentially upsetting other contestants as a result of wielding power to nominate or change nominations. A person cannot win HoH two weeks in a row (except for the final two weeks), so the week following being HoH is particularly dangerous, many former HoHs have been nominated and/or evicted the following week. Some HoHs use their temporary week of power as a bargaining tool, striking a deal with other contestants that they will not nominate them the following week if they win HoH. Nominating is almost always likely to create enemies, a possible exception to this is in the first week of the game when contestants do not know each other very well and alliances are yet to have been formed. Although winning HoH or the Veto is not always a good idea (see Flying Beneath the Radar below), sometimes it is necessary in order to prevent your own eviction. In that case, practising a game in advance (when given the chance) is a useful strategy. For example, in week 3 of season 4 Alison and Nathan, who had become unpopular in the house for breaking an allegiance, spent a long time practising at a ball-aiming HoH game, which Alison went on to win. In the final weeks, Alison memorized all the names of HoH and Veto winners and nominations in previous weeks, which proved to be a good strategy because a good number of later games involved putting events that happened in earlier weeks in order: Alison won these games too. Janelle from season six also did this. She studied long when she and Howie were the last two surviving members of her alliance. She studied faces and questions Later in a trivia HOH competition of the final 4, there were six questions and Janelle had answered everyone right so she won HOH. Because Janelle studied long and hard she was able to win at most trivia HOH competitions. She is also able to win at physical events, but not at endurance.
  • Flying Beneath the Radar. Contestants who appear aggressive, annoying, or competitive are often targeted early in the game. For example, Eric in season 6, Michael, Scott and Jase in season 5. More successful contestants have been those who have had quieter personalities, for example, Lisa and Jason who made it to the last week in season 3, Drew (the winner of season 5) and Erica and Jack (who made it to weeks 7 and 9 in season 4). Contestants who are viewed as weaker in competitions (e.g. Cowboy in season 5) are likely to be nominated later than stronger competitors, as they are unlikely to win Head of Household in the last weeks of the game and can be picked off once the stronger contestants have been removed. One possible strategy is to "throw" (lose on purpose) competitions, in order to appear weak. Season 4's Jack was suspected of doing this, despite being one of the more intelligent contestants, he never won Head of Household, although he later claimed that he never threw a competition. Will Kirby never won an HOH and eventually went onto win the 2nd season of Big Brother. Will has claimed he threw competitions purposely.
  • Holding onto an Unpopular Contestant. While annoying contestants are generally ousted in the early to middle parts of the game because people don't want to live with them, during the endgame stage (when only a few contestants are left), it is sensible to enter the final week with an unpopular contestant by your side, as they are unlikely to garner votes from the jury. Contestants who have played the game by betraying or upsetting at least 4 jury members are therefore unlikely to win. For example, in season 3, Lisa (HoH) chose to evict likeable Jason and take Danielle to the final with her. Danielle had been a more scheming player and had been extremely instrumental in the eviction of other contestants (particularly Roddy, whom she had compared on numerous occasions to the Devil). Consequently, Lisa won the jury vote 9-1. Season 4 was a stand-off between two unpopular contestants, Alison and Jun. Alison (HoH) chose to take Jun with her to the final, rather than Robert who was better-liked. However, by this point in the game, Alison was so disliked, that she still lost the jury vote (6-1) despite arguing to the jury that she had been a better competitor (having won many more competitions and schemed more successfully) while Jun had been more passive: "riding on other people's coat-tails". After winning HOH in season 5, Drew Daniel chose to take Cowboy to the final 2 because Cowboy was seen as a useless player, unworthy of earning the big prize -- Drew won.
  • The "Six Finger" or "Backdoor" Plan. In week 6 of season 5, HoH Nakomis took advantage of a new rule in the Veto game (that it would only be played by 6 people rather than the entire household) in order to guarantee that houseguest Jase would be evicted. She initially nominated two people in her alliance: Marvin and Diane. However, during the veto game, all six players would be part of Nakomis' alliance. Therefore, the winner of the game was irrelevant, whoever won could remove one of the alliance members from the chopping block, and then Nakomis would be "forced" to choose a replacement contestant, in this case she chose Jase. Had she originally put Jase up for eviction, he could have won the Veto and removed himself. During the eviction vote, Nakomis' bloc majority ensured that Jase was evicted. A similar strategy was carried out in season 6, when Kaysar originally nominated Maggie and James, but then his alliance arranged for James to win the veto game so that their enemy Eric would then go up in his place and be evicted.
  • Betrayal. It is difficult to win Big Brother without betraying someone along the way, by either nominating or voting to evict them. Betrayals are best carried out early in the game (so the evictee will not be on the final 7 jury) or on a person who everyone else wants evicted and who holds little influence with others. In Season 5 the final three contestants were Drew, Diane and Michael. Drew was allied with both Diane (who he was romantically involved with) and Michael. When Drew won HoH he had to evict either Diane or Michael. He evicted Diane, but still went on to win the grand prize as he gained 4 jury votes (including Diane's vote). It's been argued that breaking a strong long-term alliance late in the endgame (as long as one appears penitent afterwards) is not such a bad strategy as the broken alliance is unlikely to turn against you and would still prefer to see you win than a non-aligned contestant. This is where personal feelings can be a big factor in how much betrayal a player can get away with.

Danielle Reyes, in a still from Big Brother 3. ... Maggie Ausburn Maggie Ausburn is known mostly for winning Big Brother 6 (USA) in 2005. ... Jun Song was the winner of season 4 of the reality tv series Big Brother(US). ... Alison Irwin (born August 7, 1980) grew up in Meadville, Pennsylvania with her mother Melinda, father Jim and brother J.R. Irwin. ... Drew Daniel was born Andrew Theodore Daniel on April 28, 1982 in Springfield, Ohio, and is 60 seconds older than his identical twin brother, Ben. ...

Competitions

Competitions have been part of the show since every season, and the houseguests must compete together, against each other, or in teams to win them. The competitions in American Big Brother are:

  • HOH (Head of Household)- Every week, after the live eviction, the houseguests compete in the Head of Household competition. The HOH gets to nominate two people for eviction, and also gets their own private bedroom, things from home, and laundry service. The current HOH is not eligible to compete in the following HOH competition except for the final HOH competition when there are only 3 houseguests.
  • The food competition- Every week the houseguests compete together (Or against each other) in the food competition. If they win, the houseguests win a variety of for the week. If they lose, they must live on Peanut Butter and Jelly, condiments, milk, and water for the week. On occasion, the house is split up into teams for the food competition, however. Whichever team wins gets the food, whichever team loses lives on PB-n-J for the week. (An exception to the rule is if a houseguest has a PB&J Pass, Which allows them to eat food regardless of the outcome of a competition)
  • The Power of Veto- In season 3, a new rule was introduced. Each week the houseguests would compete for the power of veto. If they won, they could save a nominee from nomination, forcing the HOH to nominate someone else (The Power of Veto winner was safe either way). But if a nominee won the power of veto, they could not use it on themselves. From season 4-onward, this rule would be renamed as "The Golden Power of Veto" (not to be mixed up with the paragraph below).
  • The Golden Power of Veto- In the last Power of Veto competition of season 3, the Golden power of Veto was introduced. The big change with the Golden Power of Veto was that if a nominee was to win it, they could take themselves off the nomination block. This Power of Veto has been used ever since. Starting in the fifth season, only six contestants could compete for the Power of Veto, which allowed the new strategy of backdooring to come to play. From season 4-onward, the last "Power of Veto" competition has been renamed the "Diamond Power of Veto".
  • Luxury Competitions- The Luxury Competitions have always been a special treat for the houseguests, and have always given them some kind of Luxury. Almost always, the first Luxury competition has been the chance to unlock the Hot Tub (The hot tub was unlocked by Rachel on Big Brother 6 as a twist). In recent seasons, luxury competitions have almost entirely been eliminated except for the first one, in which the hot tub is rewarded.
  • America's Choice: America's Choice offers the viewing public to select a houseguest to receive a special opportunity not available to other houseguests; voting is done through the CBS website. Though houseguests do not actively compete for the reward, it is essentially a reward based on viewers' opinions of the houseguests. America's Choice contests typically begin midway through a season and new contests are repeated weekly through the end of the season. Previous contests have allowed houseguests to make a mobile phone call to family, to have a walk-on role for a CBS soap opera, and to conduct an internet chat with fans. In Season 6, the first America's Choice contest was to vote back into the house a previously evicted houseguest; voting for this contest was expanded to include text message voting. The America's Choice Question is not always a choice between contestants to earn a special opportunity. America's Choice Questions have also been a choice of what challenge would be played, and what kind of appliances would be given to the houseguests.

American Big Brother on DVD

The complete season of Big Brother 3, in a DVD box set.
The complete season of Big Brother 3, in a DVD box set.

Discs from the third season of the show, in its entirety as well as edits, have been released on Region 1 DVD. Highlights from the fourth season have also been released. Download high resolution version (612x851, 81 KB)Big Brother 3 Complete Season DVD Box Set, from my own collection. ... Download high resolution version (612x851, 81 KB)Big Brother 3 Complete Season DVD Box Set, from my own collection. ... The cast of Big Brother 3 In the third season, of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, which aired thirty-two episodes during the summer of 2002 from July 10 to September 25, a new twist was added to the game, in that the houseguests could compete for a...


On the third season discs, the episodes were taken from tapes aired on CBS, and not from unedited versions, meaning that curse words spoken on the show, and nudity seen, was still beeped and blurred out, respectively. With the release of the fourth season highlights, it was announced that the clips would show unaired footage, ostensibly racier than what CBS would allow to air.


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