Big Brother 18 (American season)

On September 21, 2016, season 16 HouseGuest Nicole Franzel was crowned the winner defeating Paul Abrahamian in a 5–4 jury vote.

[1][2][3] Big Brother follows a group of contestants, known as HouseGuests, who live inside a custom-built house outfitted with cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day.

All evicted HouseGuests are eligible to win this award except for those who either voluntarily leave or are forcibly removed for rule violations.

Abrahamian made a cameo appearance on the series premiere of Celebrity Big Brother during the first HoH competition.

[18][19] Paulie Calafiore, Natalie Negrotti, Victor Arroyo, Da'Vonne Rogers, and Jozea Flores have all appeared on The Challenge.

Da’Vonne Rogers appeared on Amazon Prime Video’s reality show titled “The GOAT” in 2024.

The remaining members of the Freakazoids decided Nicole should be HoH, to the dismay of the other newbies, who originally planned to get rid of the returnees early in the game.

To gain the numbers, the returnees pulled in newbies Zakiyah, Michelle, Corey, and Tiffany to form the "8 Pack" alliance.

Natalie, Bronte, and Bridgette formed the "Spy Girls" alliance in view of Tiffany, who informed the 8 Pack.

Corey and Da'Vonne were selected to join Nicole, Jozea, Paulie, and Paul for the Power of Veto (PoV) competition.

Paul won and at the Veto ceremony, took himself off the block, forcing Frank to name Bridgette secretly as the replacement nominee.

Paulie targeted Team Unicorn for voting to evict him, with a plan to backdoor Victor for being a physical threat.

Da'Vonne told Paulie and her allies about Tiffany's attempt to win the competition despite their wishes for her to throw it to prevent Victor from nominating someone from their alliance.

At the Veto ceremony, however, Paulie pushed through with his plan, taking Paul off the block and naming Victor as the replacement nominee.

At the Roadkill ceremony, Corey removed himself from the block, and Tiffany secretly nominated Da'Vonne in his place, hoping the House would see the latter as a bigger threat.

However, Natalie received America's Care Package, which contained a Never-Not Pass, rendering her immune from being a Have-Not for the rest of the season.

James received America's Care Package, which contained the power to prevent two HouseGuests from voting at the next eviction.

On Day 60, Zingbot made an appearance and hosted Victor, Corey, Paulie, Paul, Nicole, and James in the POV competition, with Natalie moderating.

Victor beat out the other jurors to re-enter the game, becoming the first HouseGuest in Big Brother history to return to the House twice in one season.

Similar to the cliques twist in Big Brother 11, the HouseGuests initially competed in teams, which were selected by school-yard pick before the first competition.

Unlike the Head of Household, the Roadkill winner could nominate a member of his or her own team, provided their intended nominee did not have immunity.

[26] Shortly after the end of the Battle Back, Teams and Roadkill twists, the HouseGuests were alerted to the existence of a secret room within the house.

Inside one of the envelopes was a "Round Trip Ticket," which would allow the HouseGuest who picked it to re-enter the house immediately following eviction.

The HouseGuests were made aware of this twist, though the weekly rewards were left unspecified until the package was dropped in the backyard for public unboxing.

Color key: On September 24, 2014, CBS announced that it had renewed Big Brother for its 17th and 18th editions for broadcast in summer 2015 and 2016, respectively.

[27] Bronte D'Acquisto and Paul Abrahamian were captured on live feed making racist remarks about fellow HouseGuest James Huling, who is ethnically Korean.

When a comment became brought up that "a lot of Americans died for our freedom," Flores replied with, "ain't nobody told them to do that."

[36][37][38] Brooks also faced more controversy after telling a story on the live feeds of his friend attempting to burn a goat.

[39] Paulie Calafiore made a series of offensive remarks to fellow HouseGuest Natalie Negrotti about her breast implants.

"[41] Calafiore also received criticism for his misogynistic and sexist comments about women from New Jersey, stating they "play" men and "spit them out and eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner."