Big Brother 14 is the fourteenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. The season premiered on July 12, 2012, broadcast on CBS, and ended with a 90-minute season finale on September 19, 2012, after 75 days of competition. Julie Chen returned as host. On September 19, 2012, Ian Terry was crowned the winner defeating season 10 winner Dan Gheesling in a 6-1 jury vote, earning the latter the distinction of being the first person to reach the Final Two twice.Patrick Gomez, , People Magazine>, September 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-21. Frank Eudy was voted as the season's America's Favorite HouseGuest.
Format
HouseGuests were sequestered in the Big Brother House with no contact to or from the outside world. Each week, the HouseGuests took part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries, and power in the House. The winner of the weekly Head of Household competition was immune from nominations and nominated two fellow HouseGuests for eviction. After a HouseGuest became Head of Household, he or she was ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. The winner of the Power of Veto competition won the right to save one of the nominated HouseGuests from eviction. If the Veto winner exercised the power, the Head of Household then nominated another HouseGuest for eviction.
On eviction night, all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees vote to evict one of the two nominees. This compulsory vote was conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room by the host Julie Chen. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household cast the deciding vote, announcing it in front of the other HouseGuests. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the HouseGuests may discuss the nomination and eviction process openly and freely. The nominee with the greater number of votes will be evicted from the House on the live Thursday broadcast, exiting to an adjacent studio to be interviewed by Chen. HouseGuests may voluntarily leave the House at any time and those who break the rules may be expelled from the house by Big Brother. The final seven HouseGuests evicted during the season will vote for the winner on the season finale. These "Jury Members" will be sequestered in a separate house and will not be allowed to watch the show except for competitions and ceremonies that include all of the remaining HouseGuests. The jury members will not be shown any Diary Room interviews or any footage that may include strategy or details regarding nominations. This season was the first to have two double eviction nights. It was also the first to have two vetoes at one veto ceremony.
Coaches In a change from past seasons, four former HouseGuests from past seasons of Big Brother returned to coach the new HouseGuests during their time in the House. Each coach had to pick three of the new HouseGuests that they will guide throughout the entire game. When a HouseGuests wins Head of Household the coach of that Housemate will also gain their own private room adjacent to the Head of Household bedroom. The coaches compete in a new competition that replaces Have vs. Have-Not competition for the season. The winning coach is granted the power to give one of their players immunity for the week or to trade one of their players for a player from another team. Depending on the rules of the coach's competition, each coach then has to choose one of their own players to become a "Have Not" for the week or the winning coach has the opportunity of choosing all of the "Have Nots". HouseGuests that are chosen to be "Have Nots" for the week had to eat "Big Brother slop" and a weekly food restriction (chosen by the viewing public), take cold showers, and sleep on hard beds. The coaches were
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Prizes The 12 HouseGuests this season were competing for the main prize of $500,000, whereas the prize was determined by the votes cast from the Jury of Seven, which consist of seven previously evicted HouseGuests; the Runner-Up won a $50,000 prize. Other than the main prize, various luxuries and prizes were given out throughout the season.
The four Coaches were competing for a separate $100,000 cash award if their chosen HouseGuest from the team was named the winner. However, on Week 3, America voted to allow the coaches to vote whether to keep coaching or become HouseGuests. Three of four voted to reset the game and became full HouseGuests, meaning the coaches were now eligible for the standard $500,000 grand prize.
The America's Favorite HouseGuest (which was first introduced in the finale of season 7) was awarded for the season's fan favorite HouseGuest for a $25,000 prize. While all HouseGuests were allowed to run for the award, Willie Hantz's ejection on Day 14 revoked his eligibility for the award.
HouseGuests
A total of sixteen HouseGuests entered the house. On July 4, 2012, four television advertisements were released throughout the day, revealing eleven names of the HouseGuests, The full cast of twelve HouseGuests was revealed on July 5, which included Willie Hantz, the brother of three-time Survivor player Russell Hantz. The four returning HouseGuests from previous seasons were revealed during the season premiere on July 12. However, unlike in previous seasons where the returning players competed as regular HouseGuests, these coaches were tasked with coaching three of the new players each wherein the coach of the winning HouseGuest would win a separate prize of $100,000. If a coach were to have all of their HouseGuests evicted, they will also be evicted from the house.
After the Week 2 live eviction, the viewers were given the option to either give the coaches a chance to return to the game as regular HouseGuests or to retain their coach status. The viewers voted to allow the coaches to return to the game with three of four coaches accepting the offer, which resulted in the cancellation of the Week 3 eviction.
Name Age Occupation Residence DayenteredResult 21 Engineering student New Orleans, Louisiana 1 WinnerDay 75 Big Brother 10 28 High school teacher West Bloomfield, Michigan 27 Day 75 23 Nurse Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1 26 House flipper Bennington, Vermont 37 Musician Brooklyn, New York 41 Chef Schererville, Indiana 28 Unemployed Naples, Florida Big Brother 12 24Pharmaceutical sales representative Tulsa, Oklahoma 27 26 Mobile spray tan company owner West Hollywood, California 1 Big Brother 2 &Big Brother 7: All-Stars 41 Restaurant owner Studio City, California 27 24 Marketing consultant Louisville, Kentucky 1 Big Brother 6 &Big Brother 7: All-Stars 32 Housewife Lakeville, Minnesota 27 26 Bartender Great Kills, New York 1 34 Tankerman Dayton, Texas ExpelledDay 14 29 Model Los Angeles, California 42 Server Calipatria, California
Future appearances Frank Eudy was one of the four returning HouseGuests on Big Brother 18. Jodi Rollins made a brief cameo appearance on the first season of Celebrity Big Brother. Britney Haynes returned for Big Brother 20, where she celebrated the engagement of Nicole Franzel and Victor Arroyo. Britney Haynes and Janelle Pierzina competed as a team on The Amazing Race 31.
In 2020, both Ian Terry and Janelle Pierzina returned to compete on Big Brother: All-Stars. In 2022, Pierzina appeared as a contestant on the USA Network reality competition series, Snake in the Grass. In 2023, Britney Haynes made brief appearances in the premiere and finale episodes of Big Brother 25. Later that year, Haynes competed on Big Brother Reindeer Games. In 2024, Janelle Pierzina and Dan Gheesling appeared on the second season of the American version of the reality TV series The Traitors, on Peacock. In 2025, Haynes competed on the third season of The Traitors. In 2026, Terry competed on the fourth season of The Traitors.
Summary On the first night, twelve new HouseGuests entered the Big Brother House to two new twists of the season. The first twist was that four successful ex-HouseGuests would re-enter the House not to compete against one another, but to coach the new HouseGuests. Their job is to guide the HouseGuests for as long as they can, hoping to keep coaching a possible winner. The winner's coach would win a special $100,000 prize at the end of the season. Soon after the announcement, Dan Gheesling from Big Brother 10, Britney Haynes from Big Brother 12, Mike "Boogie" Malin from Big Brother 2 and Big Brother: All Stars, and Janelle Pierzina from Big Brother 6 and Big Brother: All Stars entered the House. On the second twist of the night, HouseGuests were informed that their status in the game were at risk. Because Big Brother sent the HouseGuests "invitations" to enter the House instead of a key, the HouseGuests had to earn their status in the first Head of Household competition as there were only eleven keys to be earned. Therefore, for the first time in Big Brother history, one HouseGuest would be evicted by the end of the first night. That night, Janelle and Britney forged an alliance after Dan and Boogie agreed to working together.
Before the HouseGuests competed in their first Head of Household competition, the coaches assigned their teammates. The coaches chose one by one and in order, Britney chose Shane, Willie, and JoJo; Mike chose Frank, Ian, and Jenn; Janelle chose Wil, Ashley, and Joe; and Dan chose Kara, Danielle, and Jodi. The HouseGuests other than the coaches competed in the first Head of Household competition. Each teammate had to jump across large moving mattresses to retrieve life-sized teddy bears (Upon the competition's completion, one of the HouseGuests, Frank, kept his teddy bear; calling him "Teddy B"). After twenty minutes, teams were allowed to substitute one teammate. Team Britney won the Head of Household competition, and Team Dan came in last place, giving Dan the responsibility to evict one of his players. On Day 1, Dan cast the sole vote to evict Jodi. Team Britney then decided that Willie should be the first Head of Household. Mike won the first coaches competition of the season called "Big Brother Derby" and won the power to grant one of his teammates immunity for the week: He chose Ian. The four coaches each had to choose one of their teammates to be a Have-Not for the week, with Ashley, Ian, Shane, and Danielle getting picked. Frank and Kara were nominated for eviction on Day 5. On Day 7, Shane won the Power of Veto competition, "Loose Change", which involved HouseGuests running around and trying to find coin props (one dollar coin, quarter and five cent coins). Once they find them they had to throw the coin props from a distance to a machine. Once they threw a total of $1.30 in coin props, they would win the Power of Veto. Shane decided to leave Willie's nominations the same. On Day 13, Kara was evicted in a 5 to 3 vote, leaving Danielle as Dan's only team member left. It was also revealed the winner of the next Coaches Competition would have the option of either saving one of his or her players or trading them with another player.