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Big
Brother 3
The third season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, aired 32
episodes during the summer of 2002, from July 10 to September 25. In this
season, a new twist was added to the game, in that the HouseGuests could
compete for a Power of Veto. At a weekly meeting, the winner could decide
to veto a HouseGuest that the Head of Household had placed on the
nomination block. In this season, it was not possible for a nominee to use
the veto on themselves until the "Golden Power of Veto" was
introduced. This was the first and only season to have every evicted
HouseGuest on the jury. In Season 2, Justin was not allowed to vote for a
winner, due to his expulsion from the game.
Along with Big Brother 4, it has been released on DVD. However, Big
Brother 3 is the only one to be released as a complete season set.
Memorable Events
* A twist added was called Expect the Unexpected, in which, for the
first time, a HouseGuest would be allowed back in the house by a group
vote. The first four evictees were asked how much of the prize money they
would be willing to give up in return for a chance to enter the house
again. Each of the houseguests said half except Lori, who was only willing
to give up $50,000 and was therefore eliminated from consideration. Next,
the houseguests were asked how many of the remaining days they would be
willing to eat only PB&J in order to earn a chance to return. Tonya
said half, but Eric and Amy both said they would eat it for all the
remaining days and were the last 2 left. Then, the HouseGuests still in
the house voted on which of the two they wanted to return. In a surprise
move, Lisa, who had developed a romance with Eric, chose not to bring him
back into the house, voting for Amy instead.
The plan was to have Amy immediately voted back out again upon her
return in "Operation Revolving Door", but she won Head of
Household that first week and the plan failed. * Marcellas committed what
is still considered by fans the stupidest move in Big Brother's history.
In season three, if you were a nominee and held the Power of Veto you
could not use it on yourself. But if you won the last veto of the season
(final five) you could. When Marcellas and Amy were nominated by Jason,
Marcellas won the competition. Seeming to believe that he had an agreement
with HouseGuest Danielle, Marcellas chose not to use the veto on himself,
to spare Jason having to choose between Lisa and Danielle to replace him.
However, Danielle did in fact vote to evict Marcellas, making it a 1-1 tie
that was broken by HoH Jason who also voted to evict Marcellas, telling
him he "should have used the veto". Until Season 8, when Dick
didn't use the veto on himself saving his daughter and survived eviction,
this was the only time that a nominated HouseGuest won the Veto and did
not use it on themselves. Marcellas still felt betrayed by Danielle four
years later when they both appeared on Big Brother: All Stars and he found
it difficult to talk to or be around her, though they eventually made
their peace in the house.
* Danielle and Jason maintained a "secret alliance" unknown
to the other HouseGuests. They would speak in whispers and give signals to
communicate. * The "Couples Alliance" featured Roddy/Chiara and
Eric/Lisa. Lisa would later surprise the viewers when she voted not to
bring her "showmance" Eric back into the house. Lisa and Eric
usually shared a bed and he caused amusement when he talked in his sleep
most nights.
* Marcellas and Amy developed a very close friendship during their time
in house, but later had a dramatic and emotional falling out during Week 3
in the house when they were nominated against each other. * Every
HouseGuest (except Danielle, Jason and Lori) were shown completely nude on
CBS.com's 24-hour live feed. This was the first and, as of Big Brother 8,
last time the majority of the cast were shown naked online. The camera
crews are now instructed to tilt their cameras away from a HouseGuest when
they start to remove clothing.
* Lisa, Chiara and Tonya caused a stir when they displayed "Peanut
Butter bikinis". * The final vote for Lisa to win is particularly
memorable as this was the last season in which evicted houseguests were
not sequestered and so could view all of the show's footage, both
televised and online, along with the rest of the nation. As a result,
Danielle's mocking and sometimes derogatory comments about her fellow
houseguests in the Diary Room contributed to her ultimate loss.
Amy
Amy Crews is a 23-year-old real estate appraiser from Memphis, TN. She
was originally evicted from the house on day 27 in a 7-0 vote. However,
Amy returned to the house on day 41 when a special twist had the current
contestants voting an evicted HouseGuest back into the game. On day 76,
Amy was evicted from the house a second time in a 1-0 vote. Her best
friend in the house was Marcellas. She didn't like Chiara and often
referred to her as Chi-whore-a, though they appeared to have settled their
differences by the final night. Amy appeared in a special eviction night
segment in Big Brother All-Stars where she discussed former houseguest
Marcellas, and revealed that their once close friendship no longer
existed. She also returned to the house in Big Brother 10 where she
competed in a food competition.
Chiara
Chiara Jude Berti is a 25-year-old marketing representative from New
York, NY. She was evicted from the house on day 48 in a 4-1 vote. She had
a showmance with Roddy and was in the Couples Alliance with him, Eric, and
Lisa. Chiara was popular in the house until she won head of household, but
this popularity seemed to diminsh afterwards. This coupled with her
decision to vote against her 'best friend' in the house Lisa the week
before lead to her becoming an easy target, and she was evicted just one
week after being Head of Household. Only Danielle voted to save Chiara on
her eviction night.
Danielle
Danielle Reyes is a 30-year-old media buyer from Fairfield, CA. She
is married and has two children. She was declared the runner-up of the
season on day 82 and won $50,000 USD, losing to Lisa Donahue in a 9-1
vote. This result sparked criticism from some fans who felt that Danielle
lost the game purely on her entries in the Diary Room, where she often
spoke about her fellow houseguests in a mocking and critical manner. The
following season, the jury house was introduced, perhaps because of
Danielle's loss. Early on in the game, Danielle teamed up with Jason in a
strong but very secretive alliance. The alliance almost took them to the
final 2, but they failed to win the final Head of Household prompting Lisa
to evict Jason. Jason was Danielle's only vote in the final. In 2006,
Danielle accepted an offer to appear on Big Brother 7: All Stars, where
she claimed she was seeking redemption for her Big Brother 3 loss. She
placed sixth.
Eric
Eric Ouellette is a 27-year-old firefighter from Milford, CT. He
was a member of the couples alliance with Lisa, Chiara and Roddy. Eric was
evicted by Gerry on day 34 in a tiebreaker 4-3 vote against his house
showmance Lisa.
Gerry
Gerald "Gerry" Lancaster is a 51-year-old teacher from Shadow
Hills, CA. Gerry was evicted on day 55 in a 4-0 vote.
Jason
Jason Guy is a 25-year-old videographer from Mobile, AL. He is a
born-again Christian. Jason was evicted by eventual winner Lisa Donahue on
day 78.
Josh
Josh Feinberg is a 28-year-old waiter from Long Island, NY. He was
evicted on day 41 in a 5-0 vote.
Lisa
Lisa Donahue is a 26-year-old bartender from Los Angeles, CA. She was
declared the winner of the show on day 82 in a 9-1 vote. She received
$500,000 USD as a prize for winning the show. Lisa was a candidate for Big
Brother 7: All Stars in 2006 but was not chosen to compete during the
actual season.
Lori
Lori Olsen is a 37-year-old bank representative from Foxboro, WI. She
was evicted on day 13 in a 5-4 vote. Lori is probably best remembered for
starting an explosive argument with Danielle out of the blue, when she
took offensive to the other housemates discussing Gerry's hygiene when he
was not around.
Marcellas
Marcellas Reynolds is in his 30s and from Chicago, IL. He was evicted
on day 69 in a 2-1 vote. Marcellas hosted House Calls: The Big Brother
Talk Show, an Internet talk show that was available at CBS.com. Marcellas
returned on Big Brother 7: All Stars in 2006.
Roddy
Roddy Mancuso is a 30 year-old writer from Morristown, NJ. He was
evicted from the house on day 62 in a 3-0 vote.
Tonya
Tonya Paoni is a 35 year-old retail sales specialist from Las Vegas,
Nevada. She was evicted on day 20 in a 5-3 vote.
Highlights
A weekly summary table of tasks, evictions, major events, and other
notable moments in the Big Brother house follows.
| Week 1 |
Events |
- On Day 1, twelve HouseGuests entered the Big Brother House.
- Lisa became the first Head of Household for the season after
eight of her fellow HouseGuests voted her into the position.
- As Head of Household, Lisa nominated Marcellas and Lori for
eviction. As Gerry won the Power of Veto, he saved Marcellas
and Lisa nominated Amy as Marcellas' replacement.
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| Tasks |
- Lisa won the Head of Household Competition "Wheel of
First Impressions"
- The first food competition was called "Eggs Over
Easy" and involved the men tossing eggs with food names
written on them over a wall to the women for sixty seconds,
and vice versa. Eggs that were caught would be the groceries
the houseguests had for the week.
- Week 1's Power of Veto task called "Saving Face"
involved using water-powered cannons and mannequins. Gerry won
the Veto and saved Marcellas, with Head of Household Lisa
replacing him with Amy.
- In a test of how well the HouseGuests knew their
surroundings called "Luau Luxury", Big Brother
removed specific items from the house. The HouseGuests were
split into two teams and the winning team would win a luxury
luau. Amy, Eric, Gerry, Lisa, Marcellas, and Tonya won the
task.
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| Exits |
- Lori was the first HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother
House on Day 13 in a 5-4 vote.
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| Week 2 |
Events |
- Following Lori's eviction, Marcellas won second Head of
Household competition called "In the House". As
Danielle won the Power of Veto, she chose to leave Marcellas's
nominations intact.
- As Head of Household, Marcellas nominated Josh and Tonya for
eviction.
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| Tasks |
- The food competition called "Brownie House"
involved eating a chocolate house. In the end, the red team
won, but Josh was disqualified for sticking parts of the
chocolate walls in his pants pockets.
- America's choice involved America choosing a competition for
the HouseGuests to compete in. America had the choice of
bowling, jousting, etc. America wanted to see how kingpin the
House was. The winner was Danielle, who chose a silent
elliptical trainer.
- In Week 2's veto competition "An Offer You Can't
Refuse, the HouseGuests gave each other offers that they could
not refuse. Danielle was the eventual winner of the Power of
Veto.
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| Exits |
- Tonya was the second HouseGuests evicted from the Big
Brother House on Day 20 in a 5-3 vote.
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| Week 3 |
Events |
- Following Tonya's eviction, Roddy won the Head of Household
competition "One Step Beyond". As Eric won the Power
of Veto, he chose to keep Roddy's nominations intact.
- As Head of Household, Roddy nominated Amy and Marcellas for
eviction.
- America's Choice awarded Marcellas with a romantic dinner in
the diary room. Marcellas won the chance to take someone and
he chose Amy.
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| Tasks |
- The food competition, "Gastronomic Batik" involved
sliding labeled game chips into a container. Whichever got
into the container was the House's supply of food for the
week. The House was awarded sweets/cheese and Subway
sandwiches.
- In Week 3's veto competition "Pool Sharks", the
players had to knock a ball into the pool that shows the
person that should not be the veto winner. Eric was the
eventual winner of the Power of Veto.
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| Exits |
- Amy was the third HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother
House on Day 27 in a 7-0 vote.
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| Week 4 |
Events |
- Following Amy's eviction, Gerry won the Head of Household
competition "Face Off" a question and answee game,
based on the first three evictees. As Chiara won the Power of
Veto, she chose to keep Gerry's nominations intact.
- As Head of Household, Gerry nominated Lisa and Eric for
eviction.
- This week's America's Choice gave Jason a letter from home.
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| Tasks |
- The food competition was a bidding race,"I Can Eat
Anything Better Than You". The winning team is able to
enjoy food for the week while the losing team is on PB& J
all week long. In the end, Marcellas, Lisa, Jason and Eric win
food for the week.
- In Week 4's veto competition called Turnover, it was a test
of memory. Each HouseGuest had to turn over squares. Chiara
was the last person left and was the eventual winner of the
Power of Veto.
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| Exits |
- Eric was the fourth HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother
House on Day 34 in a tied vote, in which Gerry broke by voting
for Eric.
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| Week 5 |
Events |
- Following Eric's eviction, Chiara won the Head of Household
competition in a bowling competition entitled Gutter Ball.
As Lisa won the Power of Veto, she chose to keep Chaira's
nominations intact.
- As Head of Household, Chiara nominated Josh and Roddy for
eviction.
- After Week 5's Head of Household challenge finished, a twist
was revealed that would allow Eric, Amy, Tonya or Lori to come
back in next week's eviction show. They would return in time
to compete for HoH.
- America chose to given the House a microwave rather than a
blender or massage chair.
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| Tasks |
- The food competition called "Ballast" involved
pulling labeled logs out of a structure. Eventually, the House
won cookies and other food items.
- In Week 5's veto competition "Clockwork", it was
an events game, based on what came up on the screen. Lisa was
the eventual winner of the Power of Veto.
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| Exits |
- Josh was the fifth HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother
House on Day 41 in a 5-0 vote.
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| Week 6 |
Entrances |
- After Josh's eviction, Amy won the right to come back in the
House after the HouseGuests decided that she deserved another
chance at the game.
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| Events |
- After Josh's eviction and Amy's return, the HouseGuests
competed in a Head of Household competition that involved a
bathtub with buckets of gross thing being poured out called
"Houseguest Soup". After a tense endurance battle,
Amy won Head of Household.
- As Head of Household, Amy nominated Chaira and Roddy for
eviction. As Gerry won the Power of Veto, he chose to keep
Amy's nominations intact.
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| Tasks |
- The food competition called "Whirlwind Booth"
involved collecting food vouchers and the HouseGuests had the
chance to earn money. In the end, they all give Gerry the
money for his 28th anniversary.
- The luxury competition was a race to find CDs, hidden
throughout the house and decipher a clue that is on all the
CDs. All the pieces were put together and everybody went
outside to claim their prize. It was a concert from Sheryl
Crow. This event was broadcast on CBS as Big Brother's first 2
hour show.
- In Week 6's veto competition called "A Slippery
Proposition", the HouseGuests were to come close to the
end line. Gerry came closest, meaning that he was the eventual
winner of the Power of Veto.
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| Exits |
- Chiara was the sixth HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother
house on Day 48 in a 4-1 vote.
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| Week 7 |
Events |
- After Chiara's eviction, Jason won Head of Household called
"Who Said It?" a question-answer game about what
former HouseGuests said.
- As Head of Household, Jason nominated Amy and Gerry for
eviction. As Jason won the Power of Veto, he chose to keep his
own nominations intact.
- America's Choice awarded Danielle a video message from her
family.
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| Tasks |
- The food competition called "Making the Donuts"
involved collecting and getting giant donuts through an
obstacle course in less than seven minutes. In the end, they
do win some food and some baked goods and coffee from Dunkin'
Donuts.
- In Week 7's veto competition "Gnome Drop", it
involved answering multiple choice questions and chopping
ropes that the gnomes are attached to. In the end, Jason's
gnome was the only one hanging. Jason was the eventual winner
of the Power of Veto.
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| Exits |
- Gerry was the seventh HouseGuest evicted from the Big
Brother house on Day 55 in a 4-0 vote.
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| Week 8 |
Events |
- After Gerry's eviction, Marcellas won Head of Household
competition called "Evicted Statements", a
question/answer game, using red or black paddles.
- As Head of Household, Marcellas nominated Amy and Roddy for
eviction.
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| Tasks |
- In the food competition called "Sweet Surprise",
the HouseGuest had to locate seven medallions in the soon to
be locked Map Room (a.k.a High Rent District). The HouseGuests
retrieve all of the medallions, meaning there is no PB&J
for the week.
- In Week 8's veto competition "Big Brother Charm
School", the HouseGuests had to go through various
obstacles with a veto balanced on their head. The person with
least amount of time (including penalties) will win the veto.
Amy was the eventual winner of the Power of Veto. Jason and
Amy win massages.
- America chose to give the House a clothing shopping spree in
the House's living room rather than toys and games or sporting
goods.
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| Exits |
- Roddy was the eighth HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother
House on Day 62 in a 3-0 vote.
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| Week 9 |
Events |
- After Roddy's eviction, Jason won Head of Household for the
second time in a past events in the house game called "Freezeframe".
- As Head Household, Jason nominated Amy and Marcellas for
eviction.
- Jason introduces the Golden Power of Veto. A nominee may
remove themselves from the block with it.
- Marcellas chose not to use the Golden Power of Veto.
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| Tasks |
- In the food competition called "Dinner Party From
Hell", each team had to consume a plate of food in a
backyard setting. The HouseGuests do not get any food for the
week. They are only eating PB&J.
- In Week 9's veto competition "Laser Labyrinth",
the HouseGuests had to walk over pictures of evicted
HouseGuests in the correct order. Marcellas was the eventual
winner of the final Big Brother 3 veto.
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| Exits |
- Marcellas was the ninth HouseGuest evicted from the Big
Brother House on Day 69 in a tied vote. Jason broke the tie by
voting for Marcellas.
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| Week 10 |
Events |
- After Marcellas's eviction, Daniele won the Head of
Household competition entitled "...And Then There Were
Four", which asked questions about Danielle, Jason, Amy
and Lisa.
- As Head of Household, Danielle nominated Lisa and Amy for
eviction, giving the responsibility of casting the lone
eviction vote to Jason.
- America chose to give Lisa a chat with fans on the Internet.
To Lisa's surprise, her ex-HouseGuest, Eric logged on to hype
up the chat.
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| Tasks |
- In the final food competition called "Squeezeplay",
the HouseGuests were dressed in sponge suits for the week's
food competition. In the end, they filled five out of seven
pools. The missed pools were Indian food and Mexican. The
choices of food they did win were Southern Barbecue, Surf 'N
Turf and Japanese.
- No Power of Veto competition was held in the days before the
final four and final three evictions.
- In a luxury competition the final four were offered with
phone calls after them being on a search to find the phones
through the house as well as one thousand in cash for a loved
one. They were all called into the diary room one by one were
Julie offers more tempting prizes in addition to their phone
call and one thousand in cash for a loved one. The prizes were
five thousand to up to fifteen thousand but if one accepts,
the others will not get anything. Danielle accepte at 5, Amy
at 10, Jason at 15. If more the one person accepts the person
with the lowest number on their cell phone wins therefor Amy
won.
- In a luxury competition called "Surf's Up", taking
place of the now powerless Veto competitions, the four got to
take a turn to ride the surfboard. The two that stayed on the
longest were Amy and Jason, giving them the chance to go on an
ocean cruise outside of the house.
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| Exits |
- Amy was evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 76 in a
1-0 vote. This is her second time getting evicted from the
House.
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Week 11
(Days 76-78) |
Events |
- The final 3 HouseGuests: Jason, Danielle, and Lisa competed
for the final HOH. By winning, that HouseGuest could choose
one person to take to the finals with them.
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| Tasks |
- Lisa won round 1 of the final HoH competition called
"HOH Lifeboat", while Jason won round 2 of the final
HoH competition, "Household Chores". Overall, Lisa
won the HoH competition "Jury Statements"
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| Exits |
- Lisa evicted Jason from the Big Brother House on Day 78 in a
1-0 vote. Lisa and Danielle became the final two HouseGuest.
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Week 11
Finale
(Days 78-82) |
Events |
- The evicted HouesGuests asked Lisa and Danielle questions
and the two gave their responses.
- The evicted HouseGuests cast their votes through a special
diary room of a jury house, specially made for the finale.
- Before entering the house to reveal their votes, the evicted
HouseGuests sat down to chat with Julie Chen in her studio.
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| Tasks |
- The evicted HouseGuests returned to the house for the first
time since being evicted to vote for a winner. Lori, Tonya,
Amy, Eric, Josh, Chiara, Gerry, Roddy and Marcellas all voted
for Lisa to win. Jason was the only one to vote for Danielle
to win. Lisa won the third season by a vote of 9-1.
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| Exits |
- Danielle exited the house on Day 82 after finishing in
second place and being awarded $50,000.
- Lisa exited the house on Day 82 after becoming the winner of
Big Brother 3 and being awarded $500,000.
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