Big Brother 1
The winner is hidden (spoiler-safe). Eddie McGee won America's vote with 59%. July 5, 2000 – September 29, 2000. Step through every week below.
The story of this season
What this shows: Written automatically from the season's results, so every line comes from the data credited at the bottom of the page.
10 strangers moved into the house. The season premiered on July 5, 2000. Eddie won on Day 88, chosen by a public vote (59%).
William was the first to go, banished in Week 2. There were no house votes: houseguests nominated, and America chose who left.
How Big Brother 1 worked
What this shows: The very first US season used the original Dutch format, very different from every season since.
- Houseguests nominate each otherEvery two weeks each player privately named two people. There was no Head of Household and no Veto.
- The most-named go upThe players with the most nominations faced the public.
- America votes toViewers voted by phone, and the nominee with the biggest share left.
How it ended: no jury. With three players left, a picked the winner.
The house
What this shows: This season's house design, its stand-out rooms and what changed from the season before, in our own words.
A one-storey house laid out like the original Dutch format, painted in deliberately clashing bright colours (a blue kitchen, a yellow living room) and arranged with intentionally bad feng shui.
Built at CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles, California.
- Red RoomDiary roomThe private room where HouseGuests had to record their thoughts on the house and were sometimes given tasks.
- BedroomsRoomTwo identical bedrooms, each with a bunk bed and three single beds; infrared cameras kept recording after lights-out.
- Backyard and chicken coopBackyardA patio area plus a chicken coop whose eggs the HouseGuests could eat.
- Roughly 1,800 square feet with one bathroom, covered by 28 cameras and 60 microphones, with crews filming from behind two-way mirrors.
- There was no Head of Household room yet; the Big Brother Wiki dates the HOH bedroom to season 2.
- The first five seasons used a one-storey house built specially on an empty backlot.
Our own summary of the cited pages. Sources: Big Brother 1 (American season) (CC BY-SA 4.0), Big Brother 1 (US) (CC BY-SA 3.0), Big Brother House/United States (CC BY-SA 3.0). Photos hotlinked from the Big Brother Wiki.
The whole season on one line
What this shows: Every week's , and other competitions with the winners, who was evicted and by what vote, and the twists. Tap a competition for its history.
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- William banished73% to banish
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- Jordan banished78% to banish
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- Karen banished76% to banish
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- Brittany banished34% to banish
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- Cassandra banished46% to banish
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- George banished51% to banish
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- Finale: Eddie wins
- Jamie banished31% to banish
Week 2, Banishment, before the vote: Jordan and William facing eviction.
Week 2 in the house
What this shows: What happened this week, step by step. Use Before vote to guess the result, then After vote to see it.
- Houseguests' nominations
Each houseguest named two people. The most-named faced America's vote.
Jordan5 noms
William6 noms - America's vote:JordanNominatedWilliamNominated
America votes by phone. Who gets banished?
Your call: who goes home?
What this shows: A guessing game. Tap your pick, then switch to After vote. Picks stay on this page only.
Who had the power
What this shows: This season had no HOH or Veto, so the only power was America's vote. Each column shows who was . Tap a column to jump there.
Who's who
What this shows: All 10 houseguests at Week 2 (before the vote), with and wins so far. Tap anyone to follow them across the page (their profile is in the Following chip).
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Who got votes
What this shows: How many eviction votes had each houseguest's name on, up to Week 2 (before the vote). Switch to the table for votes cast, how often they voted with the house, weeks in the house. Tap anyone to follow them.
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How everyone voted
What this shows: Each row is a houseguest; each column is a round. A cell shows the two people that houseguest nominated for . Tap any cell for the full story, or a name to follow that houseguest: their row moves to the top and every vote against them is outlined.
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| Result | William73% to banish | Jordan78% to banish | Karen76% to banish | Brittany34% to banish | Cassandra46% to banish | George51% to banish | Jamie31% to banish | Josh and Curtis59%–27%–14% |
Tap a cell to see what that vote means. Swipe the table sideways to see every week; names stay pinned on the left.
Who was in danger
What this shows: before each , the 5 houseguests a simple score ranked most at risk, and whether the person evicted was one of them. Tap a name to follow them.
No house vote to score at this step.
Nobody to score here.
No counted votes yet so far.
How this is scored
| Input | Points |
|---|---|
| Eviction votes received so farper eviction vote with their name on it, all season | +1 |
| Votes at the last evictionper vote against them at the most recent eviction | +2 |
| Times nominatedper earlier week on the block (first nominee or replacement) | +2 |
| Earlier HOH and Veto winsper earlier win: comp winners are seen as threats (this week's HOH and Veto holder are safe and left out) | +1 |
| Voted against the houseif their last eviction vote went against the majority | +3 |
Scored once the week's and winners are known (they are safe and left out), but without this week's , which would give the answer away. Only things that already happened count. Ties are listed A to Z. A vote counts toward the hit rate when more than 5 people were at risk and at least one of them had a score.
This is a simple model, not a prediction engine: it can't see alliances forming, camp life, idols nobody knows about or the house's side deals. The “by chance” number is what picking 5 names at random would score on the same votes.
Week 2 takes
What this shows: Rob Has a Podcast and Taran Armstrong coverage tied to this week, when we have it.
We have no RHAP or Taran Armstrong links for this season yet.
America's vote
What this shows: There was no jury: a chose the winner from the final three.
No result in our data for this season.
Season picks
What this shows: Rob Has a Podcast and Taran Armstrong coverage of this season.
We have no RHAP or Taran Armstrong links for this season yet.
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Big Brother words
What this shows: Every term used on this page, in plain English. Tap an underlined word anywhere to see its meaning.
- Jury
- Players knocked out late in the game. They stay on to watch the rest of it, and at the finale they vote for who wins. Rules →
- Finalist
- One of the last two or three players, who face the jury's vote for the win. Rules →
- Returning player
- Someone who had already played the show (or the other show) before this season.
- Boot
- Fan slang for a player being voted out or evicted. "First boot" means the first person out. Rules →
- Blindside
- A player is voted out without seeing it coming, usually because their allies voted against them. Rules →
- Confessionalthe edit
- A short interview to camera, away from the other players, cut into the episode. Fans count them to see whose story the editors are telling.
- HouseguestHG
- What Big Brother calls its players. They live together in a house filled with cameras. Rules →
- Head of HouseholdHOH
- The week's boss, decided by a competition. The HOH can't be nominated, only votes to break a tie, and picks who goes on the block. Rules →
- Nominationson the block
- The players the HOH puts at risk of eviction that week. Being nominated is called being "on the block". Rules →
- Power of VetoPOV
- Won in a competition. The holder can take one nominee off the block, or choose not to use it. Using it is the week's big decision. Rules →
- Replacement nomineerenom
- When the Veto saves someone, a new player goes on the block in their place. Usually the HOH chooses. Rules →
- Backdoor
- A plan to evict someone who wasn't nominated at first: they only go on the block as the replacement after the Veto is used, so they can't play for it. Rules →
- Eviction
- The live vote that sends someone home. Each eligible houseguest secretly votes for one nominee to evict. Rules →
- Against the house
- A vote for the nominee who stayed. The majority picked the other person, so this voter was on the losing side, often a sign they're outside the main alliance.
- Double eviction
- Two full weeks of the game squeezed into one live show, so two people leave the same night. Rules →
- Tie-break vote
- If the eviction vote is tied, the HOH breaks the tie by voting. Rules →
- Sole vote
- With four players left, only the Veto holder votes. They alone decide who leaves.
- Final HOH
- The last HOH competition, played in three parts. The winner takes one person to the end and evicts the other. Rules →
- Have-Not
- A houseguest stuck with cold showers, a hard bed and bland food for the week, usually after losing a competition. Rules →
- America's Favorite PlayerAFP
- A separate prize chosen by viewers at home, not by the players. Rules →
- Block Buster
- A competition for the HOH's nominees, played before the Veto. Whoever wins is saved and comes off the block.
- Battle of the BlockBOTB
- Used in weeks with two HOHs. Each HOH's pair of nominees compete; the winning pair comes off the block and the HOH who nominated them loses their HOH power.
- Triple eviction
- Three full rounds of the game played back to back in one live show, so three people leave the same night.
- Veto players
- The six people who compete for the Power of Veto: the HOH, the nominees, and others picked by random draw.
- Banishment
- Big Brother 1's version of eviction. Houseguests nominated each other, then viewers voted by phone on which nominee had to leave.
- Public vote
- A vote by viewers at home rather than by the players, used for Big Brother 1's evictions and winner.
- Re-entry twistbattle back
- A one-off twist that lets an evicted houseguest earn their way back into the house, through a competition or a vote.
- Team or partner phase
- Some seasons start with houseguests tied to a partner, team or group, so wins, nominations and evictions can apply to more than one person at once.
- Twist
- A rule change for one season or one week, such as an extra competition, a secret power or a returning player.
- Walked
- Left the game by choice, without being evicted.
- Expelled
- Removed from the game by the producers for breaking the rules, with no vote.
- Pre-jury
- Players who left before the jury phase began. They do not vote for the winner.