Big Brother

MEET THE HOUSEGUESTS: IT'S ALL RELATIVE Let the games begin. It's the first show of a new BIG BROTHER season, and this year's theme is Do Not Assume. Project DNA for short. Nothing is as it seems. Everything is open to interpretation. With BIG BROTHER 5, you never know who you're living with for the summer. « read less

""I CHOOSE NOT TO"": SCOTT WINS PoV, DOESN'T USE IT The noose continues to tighten around Mike's neck as Scott wins the Power of the Veto in the ""Flaringo"" ring toss game. After some deliberation, Scott elects not to use the PoV. This decision leaves both Jennifer, a.k.a. Nakomis, and Mike as the HouseGuests still up on the block. « read less

MARVIN HAS SPOKEN: LORI & HOLLY ON THE BLOCK Nomination day arrives, and Head of Household Marvin begins his deliberations. After a quick consultation with three of the Four Horsemen (not Michael), and a sit-down with Adria, Marvin calls the Nomination Ceremony to order. He makes a brief speech about how his nominations reflect the strength of the players he has nominated and begins the ceremony by removing Diane's key. « read less

PUSH COMES TO SHOVE: DREW HoH, LORI OUT Jase's removal of Holly from the eviction block works to perfection as Marvin then puts Karen up for eviction and effectively demolishes the fledgling Will/Lori/Karen alliance. Marvin makes the understatement of the week when he talks about the Karen/Lori situation: ""Karen was campaigning to keep Lori in the house. I don't think she's campaigning now."" And, while Jase may have been voting with his heart, he claims it was his head. ""It was a no-brainer. The numbers were bigger than the horsemen's numbers."" « read less

In a Bluffing Competition, Jennifer aka Nakomis wins the Power of Veto, and she removes herself from the chopping block. Then, after another switch, Adria pleads her case to Drew to not put her up for eviction. This obviously falls on deaf ears, as Drew replaces Nakomis with Adria-putting the twin twist in jeaporday. « read less

SCOTT SHOT DOWN, NAKOMIS HOH, NATALIE MOVES IN In the most tightly contested vote of Big Brother 5, Scott, the very foundation of the Four Horsemen, is shown the door, but not before some aggressive lobbying by all the Horsemen, not the least of which is done by Scott himself. Scott's ouster isn't the only surprise, though, as Julie Chen reveals the ""secret"" HouseGuest, Natalie, and explains the Twin Twist. Natalie joins her housemates for a spirited HoH competition, and Nakomis emerges victorious as the new Head of Household. « read less

In this episode, the power of veto is up for grabs. Nakomis, Diane, Marvin, Drew, Will, and Adria. Drew won the power of veto and was torn between his loyalty to Diane and his loyalty to Jase. In a veto ceremony that shocked Jase, Drew removed Diane from the block, given Nakomis the oppurtunity to nominate Jase for eviction. The final result of Tuesday night's veto ceremony was Jase and Marvin up for eviction, the final result to be determined live on Thursday. « read less

A RULES THE DAY: MARVIN & WILL NOMINATED The united alliance that evicted Jase from the House appears to be crumbling. Adria, the new Head of Household, immediately begins debating which HouseGuest should go up on the chopping block. Along with her identical twin, Natalie, Adria toys with nominating Will, Karen and Jennifer (aka Nakomis). HouseGuest after HouseGuest pays a visit to the HoH room, pleading their case. While Adria's mind is far from made up, one thing is clear: it is every HouseGuest for him- or herself. « read less

The eviction ceremony between Marvin and Will occured. We have Marvin and Will still complaining about Adria using the bible and the gay/black card. The houseguests voted live and there was a tie in the voting. Adria had to cast the deciding vote which evicted Will. On his way out Will would not hug Adria or Natalie. He said to Adria ""If karma is a boomerang I'll be seeing you sooner than later"" then left the house to talk to Julie. After the commercial break the Head of Household competition ensued. It was a quick competition where the houseguests were in their own booths answering questions about former houseguests (minus Will) and their surveys they took before they entered the house (which are posted on the CBS website). In the end it came down to Diane and Nakomis. The tie-breaker was how many pounds of M&Ms were used total in the luxury competition. Diane guessed 400 where Nakomis guessed 500. The answer was 900 making Nakomis Head of Household for her second time in the house. « read less

ADRIA ACHIEVES PoV: COWBOY GOES UP IN HER PLACE After one of the stranger Power of Veto ceremonies, during which Adria first asks of her twin sister why she should be saved, then asks of herself why Adria should be saved--she announces that because Natalie has not been given a fair shake by the House, Adria will save herself. Nakomis puts up Cowboy in her place, hoping the rest of the HouseGuests won't consider him for eviction. « read less

ADRIA AND COWBOY ON ICE: KAREN TURNS COLD SHOULDER Marvin throws Adria and Cowboy up on the block, out of allegiance to Will and a desire to get a strong player out of the BIG BROTHER 5 House. He tells the gathered HouseGuests that he put the two of them up because he knows that Cowboy has Adria's back and would have played on her team in the Veto competition and tried to rescue her. It's a strategic decision on his part. When Karen later wins PoV, she elects not to use it, so Cowboy and Adria remain up for eviction. « read less

MARVIN MOVIN' OUT; NAKOMIS NEW HoH In a special double eviction week, Marvin comes up short and is shown the door by a unanimous 3-0 vote. Despite assurances from Diane that she would protect him, he is unable to sway anyone to his side and finds himself evicted. Following Marvin's eviction, Nakomis wins and is installed as new HoH. « read less

KAREN KO'D, DREW NEW HOH Following through on their plan, Drew and Diane boot out Karen, keeping Cowboy for their alliance. Nakomis immediately gets her game on, knowing she will need to be sharp if she wants to stay in game. Drew wins Head of Household for the third time, narrowly eclipsing Cowboy and setting the scene for a tense week of alliance building and end-of-game scenario planning. « read less

NO, NO NAKOMIS: COWBOY LASSOES VETO In the most unique BIG BROTHER Veto Ceremony of the summer, Cowboy holds all the power because he wins of the Golden Power of Veto. When he chooses to save Diane, he sends his own half-sister Nakomis packing and on her way to the jury. « read less

By a vote of 4 to 3, Drew, the recent college graduate from Ohio, wins BIG BROTHER 5, walking away half a million dollars richer for having spent 82 days with thirteen strangers. It comes down to the wire as the votes are all tied up 3-3, and the deciding vote is cast by the first member of the jury, Will. His vote goes to Drew, and with that, Drew wins! « read less