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Big Brother 8 is the eighth season of the American reality television series Big Brother It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The season premiered on CBS on July 5, 2007 and lasted eleven weeks until the live finale on September 18, 2007. The eighth season saw little to no change in ratings. The season premiered to 7.40 million viewers...

Big Brother 8 is the eighth season of the American reality television series Big Brother It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The season premiered on CBS on July 5, 2007 and lasted eleven weeks until the live finale on September 18, 2007. The eighth season saw little to no change in ratings. The season premiered to 7.40 million viewers, the lowest premiere numbers for any season at the time. The season finale had 8.51 million viewers, making it the second lowest rated finale at the time. In total, the series averaged 7.52 million viewers, only 0.4 behind the previous edition. Big Brother 8 featured 14 HouseGuests, the same amount that was featured in the previous season. The series ended after 81 days, in which HouseGuest Dick Donato was crowned the winner, and his daughter Daniele Donato the runner-up. Format The format remains largely unchanged from previous seasons. HouseGuests are sequestered in the Big Brother House with no contact to or from the outside world. Each week, the HouseGuests take part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries, and power in the House. The winner of the weekly Head of Household competition is immune from nominations and must nominate two fellow HouseGuests for eviction. After a HouseGuest becomes Head of Household, he or she is ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. HouseGuests also take part in competitions to earn food for the week. The losing team will be forced to eat Big Brother Slop for the week. This is the second season to feature Slop as the punishment food, as it was originally peanut butter and jelly. The winner of the Power of Veto competition wins the right to save one of the nominated HouseGuests from eviction. If the Veto winner exercises the power, the Head of Household must then nominate another HouseGuest for eviction. On eviction night, all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees vote to evict one of the two nominees. This compulsory vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room by the host Julie Chen. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household must cast the deciding vote, announcing it in front of the other HouseGuests. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the HouseGuests may discuss the nomination and eviction process openly and freely. The nominee with the greater number of votes will be evicted from the House on the live Thursday broadcast, exiting to an adjacent studio to be interviewed by Chen. HouseGuests may voluntarily leave the House at any time and those who break the rules may be expelled from the house by Big Brother. The final seven HouseGuests evicted during the season will vote for the winner on the season finale. These "Jury Members" will be sequestered in a separate house and will not be allowed to watch the show except for competitions and ceremonies that include all of the remaining HouseGuests. The jury members will not be shown any Diary Room interviews or any footage that include strategy or details regarding nominations. This season featured numerous changes to the twist of the series. The main twists this season saw three sets of enemies entering the house together. This twist did not impact the main format, however, and HouseGuests were free to work with or against each other. Another twist this season saw one HouseGuest being "America's Player", and this HouseGuest was required to perform tasks for America. This allowed the viewers to also choose who this HouseGuest should target for eviction, as well as evict the HouseGuest of their choice. For the first Head of Household competition, Dick, Dustin, and Jessica were unable to compete, and were thus immune from the first eviction. This season also saw a Double Eviction week occur, making it the second season to feature this twist. HouseGuests Future appearances In 2008, Eric Stein and Jessica Hughbanks returned to host a Head of Household competition for Big Brother 9. During that same season, Dick Donato returned to host a Power of Veto competition. Jen Johnson participated in a food competition for Big Brother 10. Jessica was later a potential HouseGuest for Big Brother 11, but she ultimately did not enter the house. In 2011, Dick and Daniele Donato returned to compete on Big Brother 13 as part of the Dynamic Duos twist. In 2020, Daniele (now as Dani Briones) returned to compete on Big Brother: All-Stars. In 2025, Stein returned to Big Brother as "The Mastermind", the main antagonist of Big Brother 27. Summary On Day 1, Dick, Dustin, and Jessica entered the house through the Head of Household room before the others arrived. The eleven remaining HouseGuests then entered the house, unaware of the fact that the three were already present. Shortly after entering the house, the HouseGuests learn that the three are in the house before going outside to compete in their first Head of Household competition. The HouseGuests then competed in the "Mushroom Madness" Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests paired into teams of two. Due to the uneven number of players, Nick sat out. One HouseGuest, the "sitter", was required to answer questions while their partner spun on an over-sized mushroom. When the sitter answered incorrectly, their partner's mushroom began spinning faster. The final pair remaining was Eric and Kail, meaning one of them would become the new Head of Household. The three upstairs then learned that they were given the option of selecting the first Head of Household; they chose Kail. Due to them being unable to compete, the three HouseGuests upstairs were immune from the first eviction. On Day 3, the HouseGuests competed in the "Butter Me Up" food competition. They were required to pour butter onto their bodies while their teammates attempted to take the butter from their bodies and fill a tub of popcorn; the team with the most pounds of butter was the winner. The competition resulted in Daniele, Eric, Jameka, Jessica, Joe, Nick, and Zach being on slop for the week. Kail formed an alliance with Mike, Nick, and Zach, which was called the "Mrs. Robinson Alliance". On Day 5, Kail nominated Amber and Carol for eviction, citing their last-place performance in the Head of Household competition as her main reasoning. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Daniele, Nick, and Jameka were selected; Jessica was selected to host. On Day 7, HouseGuests competed in the "Hide and Seek Veto" Power of Veto competition. For this competition, HouseGuests entered the house one at a time and hid a Veto box with their name anywhere inside. Once everyone had hid their boxes, they would attempt to find the boxes one at a time. When a HouseGuest found a box, they would bring it outside; the winner was the HouseGuest whose box was not found. Daniele used a pot of slop as her hiding spot and won. Jen began to annoy numerous HouseGuests, leading to her having arguments with Dick and Nick. This led to numerous HouseGuests hoping that Daniele would use the Power of Veto to allow Jen to be nominated. On Day 9, Daniele left the nominations the same. On Day 13, Carol became the first HouseGuest to be evicted from the house in a vote of ten to one. Following Carol's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Majority Rules" Head of Household competition. They were asked a series of questions about which of two HouseGuests would adhere to certain situations. The object was not to base the answer on personal opinions but how they thought the majority would answer. The minority of the voters were eliminated each round; if there was a tie, none of the HouseGuests were eliminated. Jen won. On Day 14, HouseGuests competed in the "Name That Pie" food competition. For this competition, HouseGuests split into two teams and bid on how many bites it would take to identify the two ingredients in a pie. If a player correctly identified the pie, they won a point for the team, but if they were unable to identify the pie, they would win a point for the opposing team; the first team to seven points would win. The competition resulted in Amber, Daniele, Jameka, Jessica, Joe, and Kail being on slop for the week. That same day, Jen nominated Daniele and Dick for eviction, claiming that the two of them were the most negative people in the house. On Day 15, Amber, Mike, and Joe were selected to play for the Power of Veto competition; Dustin was selected to host. Shortly before the competition, Jen made numerous statements to upset Amber, which led to numerous arguments in the house. The HouseGuests then competed in the "Cutthroat Christmas" Power of Veto competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were required to slide a curling stone down an icy path in an attempt to get it closest to the center; the person furthest from the center each round was eliminated. The eliminated HouseGuest from each round earned a prize that could be taken from them by another eliminated HouseGuest. Daniele won the Power of Veto for the second consecutive time. On Day 17, Daniele used the Power of Veto to remove herself from the block, with Jen nominating Joe in her place. Fearing he would nominate her if he won Head of Household, Kail began attempting to get the votes to evict Dick from the house. Despite this, not even Kail's own alliance went along with her plan, thus ending the "Mrs. Robinson" alliance. On Day 20, Joe became the second HouseGuest evicted from the house in a vote of nine to one. Following Joe's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the "Getting Schooled" Head of Household competition. HouseGuests were asked true or false questions in the style of classic high school classes such as History and Geography. Providing an incorrect answer resulted in elimination; the last HouseGuest remaining was the winner. Dick won. On Day 21, HouseGuests competed in the "Mission InPastaBowl" food competition. For this competition, HouseGuests paired off to jump into two bowls of giant pasta which contained meatballs, each with different types of food written on them. The pairs had to match a specific "meatball" from tub A and tub B. When the two HouseGuests matched their meatballs, they won that food for the week. When the time ran out, the House would win any food collected in the competition. That day, Dick nominated Jen and Kail for eviction. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Jessica, Nick, and Zach were selected to play; Eric was the host. On Day 22, HouseGuests competed in the "Mad Hatter" Power of Veto competition. For this competition, HouseGuests stood on top of a pedestal while balancing a martini glass on their head. The last HouseGuest remaining who had not dropped their cup would be the winner. Jen was the winner. During the competition, Mike attempted to distract Dick as a show of loyalty to Kail and told Dick to nominate him should the Veto be used, as Mike felt it would show the others that he was a loyal person. Dick then deliberately left his pedestal, causing Jen to win. On Day 24, she used the Power of Veto to remove herself from the block, with Mike being nominated in her place. On Day 27, Mike became the third HouseGuest to be evicted from the house in a vote of seven to two. Following Mike's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the "Eliminator" Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were asked questions about the previously evicted HouseGuests. If a HouseGuest answered correctly, they were able to eliminate one HouseGuest from the competition; an incorrect answer resulted in that HouseGuest being eliminated. Dustin was the winner. On Day 28, HouseGuests competed in the "Humpty Scramble" food competition. For this competition, the HouseGuests paired off and had to find a series of colored puzzle pieces that matched their clothing and piece them together to make an egg. The first team that completed their puzzle would win food and put five peop