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The sixth season of CBS's American version of Big Brother consisted of thirty episodes which aired from July 7 to September 20, 2005. It was again hosted by Julie Chen.

For this season, the Big Brother house had been remodelled and enlarged: a second floor was built containing a larger Head of Household room with its own private bathroom.

The rules remaining mostly the same as in previous seasons, but this season contained twists that CBS dubbed the "Summer of Secrets".

The main twist that was each HouseGuest had a secret partner, who they already knew in the real world, a fact that they must keep a secret. Initially, each secret pair thought that they were the only secret pair. As a reward, should both secret friends make the final two, there would have been a grand prize of $1 million instead of $500,000. The secret pairs were April and Jennifer, who were sorority sisters; Janelle and Ashlea were ex-roommates; Eric and Maggie were friends; Howie and Rachel were friends; Ivette and Beau were formerly co-workers; Michael and Kaysar were neighbours; and James and Sarah were dating.

Another twist occurred when the America's Choice Poll allowed the public to vote on which evicted HouseGuest would return back into the game. While Kaysar returned back into house after being evicted, he wasn't actually the first to do as Amy from Big Brother 3 had also returned to the house (but not in a public vote).

April Lewis (born July 29, 1974, from Dallas, Texas. Her secret partner was Jennifer. She finished in fourth place, being evicted in week 11 by HouseGuest Ivette who was the only HouseGuest eligible to vote.

Ashlea Evans (born April 24, 1983, from Plantation, Florida. Ashlea and Janelle were secret partners, being ex-roommates. She was the first HouseGuest evicted in week two by a vote of 9-2.

Beau Beasley (born December 11, 1979) from Pembroke Pines, Florida. Beau and Ivette were secret partners, being former co-workers. Beau was evicted in week 10 by a vote of 3-0.

Eric "Cappy" Littmann (born April 29, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts) was known as "Cappy" by his alliance. Eric and Maggie were secret partners, being friends. He was evicted in week four by a vote of 5-4.

Howie Gordon (born January 7, 1971, in Chicago, Illinois) who called himself "Jedi Howie" or "Hurricane Howie". Howie and Rachel were secret partners, being best friends. Howie finished in fifth place, being evicted in week 10 (a double eviction week) by a vote of 2-1. Howie was selected to return in 2006 as a contestant on Big Brother: All Stars.

Ivette Corredero born in 1980 and from Miami, Florida. Of Cuban and Dominican descent, she was also the first openly gay female contestant on the show. Ivette made it to the final two, where she lost to Maggie in the final vote by a margin of 4-3.

She became infamous for her remarks regarding Muslim HouseGuest Kaysar, reportedly calling him a "sand nigger" and a "fake muslim." The comments were not broadcast. Big Brother producer, Arnold Shapiro, said: "I wouldn't want my name on a show that was having those kinds of things spoken."^[1]

James Rhine (born December 6, 1975 in Miami, Florida) was a loss prevention manager (although he lied about his occupation to the HouseGuests). James and Sarah were secret partners, as they were dating. He was evicted in week nine by a vote of 4-0. James returned in 2006 for Big Brother: All Stars.

Janelle Pierzina (born January 10, 1980, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is a is a cocktail waitress from Miami Beach. Janelle and Ashlea were secret partners, being ex-roommates. She finished third, being evicted in the final week by Head of Household Ivette who cast the only vote.

Janelle returned the next year for Big Brother: All Stars, where she placed third once again.

Jennifer Vasquez (born April 8, 1978, was a Dallas Desperados dancer and a substitute teacher from Plano, Texas who had just graduated with her master's in counseling before entering the Big Brother house. Her secret partner, April, was also in the same sorority at another college during different years. However, Jennifer and Maggie were closer during their stay in the Big Brother house. Jennifer was evicted in week 8 by a vote of 5-1 and became the first member of the jury who would later select the champion.

She has now put her acting/modeling career aside to pursue her career in teaching and counseling in the Dallas metroplex.

Kaysar Ridha (born August 10, 1980, in Baghdad, Iraq) is a graphic designer from Irvine, California. He was the first Muslim contestant on the show. Kaysar and Michael were secret partners, being neighbours and friends. He was first evicted in week five by a vote of 7-1. Dubbed as one of the "most popular contestants ever" on Big Brother, he was voted back into the house after 82% of voters in an "America's Choice" poll selected him over Eric and Michael to return.

However, Kaysar was evicted again just two weeks later (the same week he returned to the house), by a vote of 7-0.

He returned for Big Brother: All-Stars in 2007.

Maggie Ausburn (born August 14, 1978, in Sonoma County, California) is an ER nurse from Las Vegas, Nevada. Maggie and Eric were secret partners, being friends. Maggie was voted as the champion of the show on Day 80, when the jury voted 4-3 to award her the $500,000 prize over Ivette.

Michael Donnellan (born November 5, 1976, in Paris, France) is an artist based in Orange County, California. Michael and Kaysar were secret partners, being neighbours and friends. He had a brief love affair with Janelle on the show causing her to break up with her boyfriend back home on national television. He was evicted in week three by a vote of 9-1.

Rachel Plencner is a computer technician and horse breeder from Parker, Colorado. Rachel and Howie were secret partners, being best friends. She was evicted in week 8 (another double eviction week) by a vote of 5-0.

Sarah Hrejsa (born July 24, 1982 and from Stickney, Illinois. Sarah was the replacement secret partner of her boyfriend James after his original secret partner backed out. She was voted out in week five by a vote of 6-1.

• The season was known for having the most bitterly divided house in the show's history, with more animosity between the HouseGuests than ever before.

• The house was divided almost down the middle into two alliances. The first alliance was known as "The Friendship" to its members but as the "Nerd Herd" to its enemies. Its members were April, Jennifer, Beau, Ivette, Maggie, and Eric. They remained largely entact until the final days when Ivette finally expressed doubts at having stuck with them for so long. The other alliance in the house was the "Sovereign Six", whose members were Kaysar (the group's founder), Janelle, Rachel, Howie, James and Sarah. This alliance was not as firm in its solidarity, however, as Howie, James and Janelle had all voted to evict Kaysar, and Janelle had also voted to evict James. After James had been caught playing both sides, Howie nominated James and his partner Sarah, leading to further fall outs within the group.

• Among the most explosive moments occurred in the second week. Eric and Michael had to be physically restrained from fighting in the backyard after Eric accused Michael of threatening his family and Michael called Eric a "midget". The same day, Kaysar and Ivette came close to a physical confrontation as well after he felt she insulted his beliefs. Big Brother had to intervene over the loudspeakers and give warnings to the HouseGuests.

• In the season's only actual physical confrontation, during week seven Janelle and Beau had a catfight after getting drunk from cocktails provided from a food reward. The fight included scratches, pushing and poking, and after it was broken up it continued with name calling that included Janelle calling Beau a "gold-digging whore," and Beau labeling Janelle a "polyester hair bitch."

• At the end of week 7, Janelle won Head of Household going into a double eviction week. After immediately nominating Jennifer and Maggie for eviction, she left them and taunted, "Bye bye, bitches!" while the show went out live.

• In week 8, Howie went on a 48-hour rampage against April, insulting her incessantly, calling her "Busto" (insulting her breast implants), and insulting her dog and husband.

• The Sovereign Six alliance were infuriated by Jennifer when Kaysar had allowed her to win an endurance Head of Household competition after she had promised him, in tears, that he would be safe from eviction. On nomination day, however, she revealed her promise to be a lie and not only nominated him for eviction, but successfully organized her alliance to vote him out.

A record of the votes cast, stored in a voting-table, shows how each HouseGuest voted to evict throughout his or her time in the house. The Head of Household and the nominees are not allowed to vote, but in the event of a tie, the Head of Household will break it. Twists to the normal nominations process are noted, such as immunity from nomination and eviction (referred to as "exempt") and double evictions. The last seven evictees of the season are part of the Jury of Big Brother 6, who will then vote for the winner during the Finale.

Template:Fnb Kaysar was evicted for the first time on Day 33 and re-entered the house after Day 40.
Template:Fnb Double eviction, less than 48 hours after the live Thursday night broadcast, another HouseGuest would be evicted. Within 48 hours a HoH competition, nominations, Power of Veto competition, Veto ceremony and eviction was held.
Template:Fnb Another double eviction took place, within 48 hours a HoH competition, nominations, Power of Veto competition and Veto ceremony and eviction was held.
Template:Fnb During the second eviction of Week 10, Ivette as the HoH had to vote to break a tie.
Template:Fnb 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.
Template:Fnb Votes in the finale are cast for the HouseGuests choice to win, not for who to evict. Only the last seven HouseGuests evicted can vote.

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