Big Brother 3 (U.S.)

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Season 3 (2002)

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.

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[edit] HouseGuests

[edit] Amy

Amy Crews (born June 10, 1978, in Memphis, Tennessee) is a 23-year-old real estate appraiser. 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. She currently lives in Florida with her husband, Don Ouellette.

[edit] Chiara

Chiara Jude Berti (born 1977 in New York City, New York) is a 25-year-old marketing representative. She was evicted from the house on day 48 in a 4-1 vote.

[edit] Danielle

Danielle Reyes (born January 22, 1972, in Dayton, Ohio) is a 30-year-old media buyer from Fairfield, California. 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. In 2006, Danielle accepted an offer to appear on Big Brother 7: All Stars.

[edit] Eric

Eric Ouellette (born May 13, 1975, in Milford, Connecticut) is a 27-year-old firefighter. He was evicted on day 34 in a 4-3 vote.

[edit] Gerry

Gerald "Gerry" Lancaster (born December 25, 1950, in San Jose, California) is a 51-year-old teacher from Glendale, California. Gerry was evicted on day 55 in a 4-0 vote.

[edit] Jason

Main article: Jason Guy

Jason Guy (born June 22, 1977, in Pensacola, Florida) is a 25-year-old videographer from Mobile, Alabama. He is a born-again Christian. Jason was evicted by eventual winner Lisa Donahue on day 78.

[edit] Josh

Josh Feinberg (born November 13, 1976) is a 28-year-old waiter from Long Island, New York. He was evicted on day 41 in a 5-0 vote.

[edit] Lisa

Main article: Lisa Donahue

Lisa Donahue (born February 4, 1976, in Rochester, New York) is a 26-year-old bartender from Los Angeles, California. 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.

[edit] Lori

Lori Olsen is a 37-year-old bank representative from Superior, Wisconsin. She was evicted on day 13 in a 5-4 vote.

[edit] Marcellas

Main article: Marcellas Reynolds

Marcellas Reynolds (born November 9, 1967) is a fashion stylist. 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 is available at CBS.com. Marcellas returned to appear on Big Brother 7: All Stars in 2006.

[edit] Roddy

Roddy Mancuso is a writer from Morristown, New Jersey. As of 2007 has been the executive producer or is producing five films. He was evicted from the house on day 62 in a 3-0 vote.

[edit] Tonya

Tonya Paoni (born in 1962 in Springfield IL) is a 40-year-old retail sales specialist. She was evicted on day 20 in a 5-3 vote. Tonya has five children and is divorced from Manus Paoni & Rick Casper.

[edit] 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 competed against one another to answer trivia questions until they were reduced down to two: Eric and Amy. 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 was involved in one of the most shocking moments, in what is still considered one of the stupidest moves in the show's history. When Marcellas and Amy were nominated by Head of Household Jason, Marcellas won the Power of Veto contest. Seeming to believe that he had an agreement with HouseGuest Danielle, Marcellas chose not to use the veto on himself. 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, this was the only time that a nominated HouseGuest won the Veto and did not use it on themselves. Marcellas still felt betrayed at 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.
  • 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, Eric and Lisa. Lisa would later surprise the house 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. Amy was particularly dismissive of this alliance and especially of Chiara who she called Chi-"whore"-a.
  • Marcellas and Amy developed a very close friendship during their time in house, but later had a dramatic and emotional falling out during their final week in the house together when they were nominated against each other.
  • Every HouseGuest (except Danielle 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.
  • The women of the house (except Amy and Danielle) 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.

[edit] 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.[1]
  • Lisa became the first Head of Household for the season after eight of her fellow HouseGuests voted her into the position.[1]
  • As Head of Household, Lisa nominated Marcellas and Lori for eviction.[2] As Gerry won the Power of Veto, he saved Marcellas and Lisa nominated Amy as Marcellas' replacement.[3]
Tasks
  • The first food competition involved HouseGuests tossing food across a wall. Food captured and caught successfully would be luxury items of food for Week 1.[4]
  • Week 1's Power of Veto task involved using water-powered cannons and mannequins. Gerry won the Veto and saved Marcellas, with Head of Household Lisa replacing him with Amy.[4]
  • In a test of how well the HouseGuests knew their surroundings, 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.[4]
Exits
  • Lori was the first HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 13 in a 5-4 vote.[5]
Week 2 Events
  • Following Lori's eviction, Marcellas became the second Head of Household in a House items guessing game. As Danielle won the Power of Veto, she chose to leave Marcellas's nominations intact.[6]
  • As Head of Household, Marcellas nominated Josh and Tonya for eviction.
Tasks
  • The food competition 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.[6]
  • 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, the HouseGuests gave each other offers that they could not refuse. Danielle was the eventual winner of the Power of Veto.[6]
Exits
  • Tonya was the second HouseGuests evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 20 in a 5-3 vote.[5]
Week 3 Events
  • Following Tonya's eviction, Roddy became the third Head of Household in a true-false game. 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.
Tasks
  • The food competition 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, 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.
Exits
  • Amy was the third HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 27 in a 7-0 vote.[5]
Week 4 Events
  • Following Amy's eviction, Gerry won Head of Household in a question and answer 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.
Tasks
  • The food competition was a bidding race. 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, it was a test of memory. Each HouseGuest had to turn over squares. Chaira was the last person left and was the eventual winner of the Power of Veto.
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.[5]
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.
Tasks
  • The food competition involved pulling labeled logs out of a structure. Eventually, the House won cookies and other food items.
  • In Week 5's veto competition, it was an events game, based on what came up on the screen. Lisa was the eventual winner of the Power of Veto.
Exits
  • Josh was the fifth HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 41 in a 5-0 vote.[5]
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.
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. 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.
Tasks
  • The food competition 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.
  • In Week 6's veto competition, 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.
Exits
  • Chiara was the sixth HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother house on Day 48 in a 4-1 vote.[5]
Week 7 Events
  • After Chiara's eviction, Jason won Head of Household in 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.
Tasks
  • The food competition 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, 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.
Exits
  • Gerry was the seventh HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother house on Day 55 in a 4-0 vote. [5]
Week 8 Events
  • After Gerry's eviction, Marcellas won Head of Household for the second time in an evicted HouseGuest question/answer game, using red or black paddles.
  • As Head of Household, Marcellas nominated Amy and Roddy for eviction.
Tasks
  • In the food competition, 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, 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 shopping spree in the House's living room rather than Toys and games and Sporting goods.
Exits
  • Roddy was the eighth HouseGuest evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 62 in a 3-0 vote. [5]
Week 9 Events
  • After Roddy's eviction, Jason won Head of Household for the second time in a past events in the house game.
  • 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.
Tasks
  • In the food competition, 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, 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.
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. [5]
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.
Tasks
  • In the final food competition, 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, 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.
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. [5]
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.
Tasks
  • Lisa won round 1 of the final HoH competition, while Jason won round 2 of the final HoH competition. Overall, Lisa won the HoH competition.
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. [5]
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.
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.
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.

[edit] Voting history

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11
Day 78 Finale
Head of Household Lisa Marcellas Roddy Gerry Chiara Amy Jason Marcellas Jason Danielle Lisa (none)
Nominations
(pre-veto)		 Lori
Marcellas		 Josh
Tonya		 Amy
Marcellas		 Eric
Lisa		 Josh
Roddy		 Chiara
Roddy		 Amy
Gerry		 Amy
Roddy		 Amy
Marcellas		 Amy
Lisa		 Danielle
Jason
Veto Winner Gerry Danielle Eric Chiara Lisa Gerry Jason Amy Marcellas (none) (none)
Nominations
(post-veto)		 Amy
Lori		 Josh
Tonya		 Amy
Marcellas		 Eric
Lisa		 Josh
Roddy		 Chiara
Roddy		 Amy
Gerry		 Amy
Roddy		 Amy
Marcellas
Lisa Head of Household Josh Amy Nominated Josh Chiara Gerry Roddy Amy Nominated Jason
Winner
$500,000
Danielle Amy Tonya Amy Eric Josh Roddy Gerry Roddy Marcellas Head of Household Nominated
Runner-Up
$50,000
Jason Amy Tonya Amy Eric Josh Chiara Head of
Household		 Roddy Marcellas Amy Evicted
(Day 78)		 Danielle
Amy Nominated Tonya Nominated Evicted
(Day 27)		 Head of Household Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Re-evicted
(Day 76)		 Lisa
Marcellas Lori Head of Household Nominated Eric Josh Chiara Gerry Head of Household Nominated Evicted
(Day 69)		 Lisa
Roddy Lori Tonya Head of Household Lisa Nominated Nominated Gerry Nominated Evicted
(Day 62)		 Lisa
Gerry Amy Josh Amy Eric Josh Chiara Nominated Evicted
(Day 55)		 Lisa
Chiara Lori Josh Amy Lisa Head of Household Nominated Evicted
(Day 48)		 Lisa
Josh Amy Nominated Amy Lisa Nominated Evicted
(Day 41)		 Lisa
Eric Lori Tonya Amy Nominated Evicted
(Day 34)		 Lisa
Tonya Lori Nominated Evicted
(Day 20)		 Lisa
Lori Nominated Evicted
(Day 13)		 Lisa
Notes See
note 1		 None See
note 2		 None See
note 3		 None See
note 4		 None See
note 5		 See
note 6
Evicted Lori

5 of 9 votes
to evict

 Tonya

5 of 8 votes
to evict

 Amy

7 of 7 votes
to evict

 Eric

4 of 7 votes
to evict

 Josh

5 of 5 votes
to evict

 Chiara

4 of 5 votes
to evict

 Gerry

4 of 4 votes
to evict

 Roddy

3 of 3 votes
to evict

 Marcellas

2 of 3 votes
to evict

 Amy

1 of 1 vote
to re-evict

 Jason

1 of 1 vote
to evict

Danielle
1 vote
to win

Lisa
9 votes
to win

Note 1: The Power of Veto is introduced. The Power of Veto has the power to veto a nomination and requiring the Head of Household to make another nomination. However, a nominee couldn't save themselves with the veto.
Note 2: During the eviction of Week 4, Gerry as the HoH had to vote to break a tie.
Note 3: After Josh's eviction, Amy won the right to come back in the house after the housemates decided that she deserved another chance at the game.
Note 4: Week 9 introduced the Golden Power of Veto, with the Golden Power of Veto a nominiee could use this veto to remove themselves from the block. Marcellas won the Golden Power of Veto but chose not to use it. Jason as HoH had to vote to break a tie.
Note 5: In the final week, the HoH is the only HouseGuest eligible to vote for eviction since the other two HouseGuests are up for eviction by default.
Note 6: Votes in the finale are cast for the HouseGuest's choice to win, not for who to evict.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Let the Games Begin CBS official site
  2. ^ Starting to Sweat? CBS official site
  3. ^ Week 1 - Story so far CBS official site
  4. ^ a b c Lead Story 7.17.02 - Competitions CBS official site
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Voting history CBS official site
  6. ^ a b c Week 2 competitions CBS official site

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