Season 6

30 episodes · 2005

In this season's twist, every houseguest enters the house with a secret partner - believing they were the only pair. If both can reach the end, the winner would receive a grand prize of $1,000,000 and the runner-up, $250,000.

Episodes

E1 · Season Premiere

2005 · 45m

It's the "Summer of the Secrets" for the new houseguests of the sixth season of Big Brother.

E2 · Veto Competition 1

2005 · 45m

Rachel discovers a secret bedroom in the house, and when she tells the other competitiors, they get upset.

E3 · Live Eviction 1

2005 · 45m

Amid a barrage of rumors and discussions about the imminent eviction, Julie Chen reveals the seven secret pairs to the audience.

E4 · 2nd Nominations

2005 · 45m

Eric, the new Head of Household, appears to be growing thin on many of the houseguests.

E5 · Veto Competition 2

2005 · 45m

Hours before the Power of Veto contest, two fights break out beween Ivette & Kaysar and Eric & Michael, forcing the Big Brother producers to break up the fight.

E6 · Live Eviction 2

2005 · 45m

As their time in the house together winds down, Michael and Janelle's flirtation evolves into a deep attraction, involving lots of displays of affection.

E7 · 3rd Nominations

2005 · 45m

The new Head of Household takes the matters of the house into his own hands.

E8 · Veto Competition 3

2005 · 45m

Kaysar puts his plan into motion, and approaches certain people to join an alliance with him.

E9 · Live Eviction 3

2005 · 45m

Things begin to cool down in the house when the houseguests gather around in the living room and spill most - if not all - of their secrets.

E10 · 4th Nominations

2005 · 45m

Maggie attempts to wreak havoc on the house after Eric's eviction by trying to take out a power player in the house with her nominations.

E11 · Veto Competition 4

2005 · 45m

E12 · Live Eviction 4

2005 · 45m

In the fourth live show of the season, host Julie Chen reveals some surprising news: one evicted houseguest will be brought back into the game.

E13 · 5th Nominations

2005 · 45m

Instead of going along with their alliance, Head of Household Howie and his partner, Rachel, work together with "The Friendship" to try to get double-crosser James out of the house.

E14 · Veto Competition 5

2005 · 45m

James and Sarah, shocked and betrayed at Howie's nominations, vow to win the veto in order to keep James alive.

E15 · Live Eviction 5

2005 · 45m

Julie Chen announces the news that everyone has been waiting for: which evicted houseguest will be reentering the game, which she ultimately reveals is a fan favorite.

E16 · 6th Nominations

2005 · 45m

Kaysar reenters the game and competes in the grueling "Pressure Cooker" HOH.

E17 · Veto Competition 6

2005 · 45m

The members of the Soverign Five fight as hard as they can to persuade Jen not to waver from their initial agreement to rid the house of a certain roommate.

E18 · Live Eviction 6 & 7th Nominations

2005 · 45m

With Jennifer's choice of nominating house favorite Kaysar for eviction, the entire house clashes against each other, and Jen isn't the only victim.

E19 · Veto Competition & Eviction 7

2005 · 45m

Janelle and Howie are still fuming over Kaysar's eviction, and now that they have the power, they rub it in the faces of "The Friendship."

E20 · 8th Nominations & Veto Competition

2005 · 45m

James struggles to continue to play both sides and, doing what he feels will be best for him.

E21 · Live Eviction 8

2005 · 45m

As James continues to play both sides, the other players are slowly beginning to realize that they will need each other in order to win.

E22 · 9th Nominations & Veto Competition

2005 · 45m

Janelle and Howie look to the future and scramble to find a way to survive in the Big Brother 6 house when an unexpected opportunity falls in their lap.

E23 · Eviction 9 & 10th Nominations

2005 · 45m

James has been successfully "backdoored" by the rest of the house, giving him no chance of saving himself. Still, he doesn't give up without a fight.

E24 · Veto Competition & Eviction 10

2005 · 45m

In the action-packed double eviction week episode, Howie and Janelle follow through with their plans to split up the last "secret" pair in the house.

E25 · 11th Nominations & Veto Competition

2005 · 45m

Janelle and Howie, who expect to be nominated, think out a potential plan for both of them to stay in the game.

E26 · Live Eviction 10

2005 · 45m

Janelle's plan to keep Howie in the house falls through when Ivette singlehandedly sends Howie into the sequester house.

E27 · 11th Nominations

2005 · 45m

Janelle wins a trip outside the Big Brother house and is chauffeured to the set of TV sitcom "Two and a Half Men", where she meets the cast and attends a live taping.