How the first Big Brother backdoor elimination changed the game forever

Highlights

• The first backdoor elimination on Big Brother shocked the houseguests in 2004 and set a precedent for future seasons.
• The backdoor strategy involves nominating puppets to attack real threats, thus providing a strategic advantage.
• Big Brother’s veto power has evolved over the years with the introduction of different variants in the game.

A Big Brother The backdoor elimination is one of the most powerful moves in the game and often catches the evicted HouseGuest off guard. However, the very first backdoor elimination shocked not only the HouseGuests –It set a precedent that would shape every future season Big Brother.

In many seasons Big BrotherThe Head of Household nominates two HouseGuests who are on the block and facing eviction. The two HouseGuests, along with the Head of Household and three other players, will compete in the Veto Competition. If one of the Head of Household’s nominations is removed from the block, he or she will nominate a replacement nominee.

A backdoor elimination occurs when the HOH nominates two “pawns” to avoid having to directly attack the real threat. After the veto competition, one pawn is removed and the real target is named as a replacement candidate, making them vulnerable to eviction. Over the years, the Big Brother Elimination through the back door is to be expected at some point in every season, but Nobody would have expected the very first back door in 2004.

The first backdoor elimination at Big Brother took place in season 5

The veto competition in Big Brother hasn’t always been played out like it has in recent seasons. The veto power introduced in Season 3 was a turning point that gave HOH nominations a chance to save themselves from eviction night.

Before Season 5, all houseguests were allowed to participate in the Veto competition. Big Brother Season 5 changed the format of the Veto Competition by limiting it to only six players. This format included the HOH, the two nominees, and three additional HouseGuests chosen by the HOH and each nominee. The most common format for Veto Competitions now still limits it to six HouseGuests, but the three additional ones are now chosen by random drawing.

In 2004 Big Brother 5, Week five, Viewers witnessed the first ever backdoor elimination when Jase Wirey was eliminated after being He was not used as a replacement candidate after a veto contest. Big Brother Season five houseguests Marvin Latimer and Nakomis Dedmon are credited with developing the game’s first strategic backdoor move.

Nakomis became Head of Household and realized that her alliance had enough members to implement what she called the “Six Finger Plan.” She planned to put two people from her own alliance on the block, and each of them would choose one player from their alliance to participate in the Veto competition.

Nakomis and Marvin’s plan worked perfectly. After one alliance member was removed from the block, Nakomis appointed Jase as the replacement candidate and he was evicted by a majority of 6 to 1.

The backdoor strategy was made even more complicated by
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Starting in Season 7, the HouseGuests no longer chose the players for the Veto competition, but the names were drawn at random. The move became even riskier as chance and luck were now involved.

Big Brother’s Veto was first introduced as a surprise in Season 3

The right of veto and veto competitions were not always part of the Big Brother Game. In fact, a form of POV was not introduced into the game until Season 3. Before that, nominated HouseGuests remained on the block until eviction night, with no chance of removal during the week.

Big Brother Season 3 introduced the Silver Power of Veto for the first time. This allowed the holder to remove one of the nominees, but he or she could not use the Veto on themselves. Season 3 introduced the Golden Power of Veto during the final Veto competition of the season, and it has been used in every season since.

During the fourth season Big BrotherThe twist of involved the Diamond Power of Veto, where the Veto holder could remove a nominee, including themselves, and instead of the HOH naming a replacement, the Veto holder named the replacement. The Diamond Power of Veto resurfaced in Season 12 as a gift from Pandora’s Box.

America’s Veto was featured in Big Brother 26 to replace Makensy Manbeck. America’s veto allowed Makensy to withdraw from the race, and instead of the HOH naming the replacement candidate, America voted for the replacement candidate.

Introduction of the right of veto in Big Brother allowed the HouseGuests to plan even bigger moves, such as the Backdoor Elimination Plan.

Variations of The Right of Veto in Big Brother

• Silver Veto (Big Brother US Season 3)
• Golden Veto Right (Big Brother US Season 3)
• Diamond Power of Veto (Big Brother US Season 4 and 12)
• Executive veto power (Big Brother Canada, Season 12)
• America’s Veto Power (Big Brother US Season 26)
• Blood Power of Veto (Big Brother Canada Season 7)
• Double Power of Veto – also known as the Dual Power of Veto and the Boomerang Power of Veto (Big Brother US Season 13, 14, 24, Over the Top and Celebrity Big Brother US Season 1)
• Secret veto right (Big Brother Canada season 2 and 10)
• Forced Veto (Big Brother Canada Season 3)

How backdoor eliminations became an important part of Big Brother

The backdoor elimination strategy is the perfect play when targeting a strong HouseGuest who is likely to win the POV and remove themselves from the block. Eliminating the intended target from the Veto competition increases the chance that they will be on the block during eviction night. After the first backdoor elimination Houseguests have used this strategic plan to eliminate some of the stronger players from the game.

While some viewers and fans of the game feel the backdoor plan is unfair, if you’re rooting for the strong players, it’s still a good move that requires a high level of strategy to make it work. Some of the stronger houseguests can’t be evicted without a backdoor plan.

Executing the perfect backdoor plan is a difficult move and can be difficult for houseguests, but if the HOH has a large enough alliance to pull it off, it’s not impossible.

Surviving a backdoor plan is challenging, but it has happened more than once. In Season 8 of America’s Player, Eric Stein survived the ban after being the subject of a backdoor plan, and BB21Nicole Anthony also survived the back door.

Big Brother19Cody Nickson is a houseguest who was betrayed twice in one season. First in week two and then again in week seven after winning a Battle Back competition in week four.

Accordingly Big Brother WikiSince the first backdoor elimination, there has been at least one backdoor elimination per season. Big Brother Season 5 to Big Brother In season 20 there were 30 backdoor eliminations. BB20Season 17 had the most backdoors in a single season, with four HouseGuests suffering that fate, and male HouseGuests are backdoored more often than female HouseGuests. It’s important to note that there have been even more backdoors since Season 20.

One of the biggest surprises came in Season 25, when Hisam Goueli was betrayed by members of his own alliance after letting power go to his head the week before his elimination.

After his elimination, Hisam shared in an interview with
Gold Derby
on YouTube: “You know, I’m devastated and hurt. You know, I was always afraid of a backdoor. That was the one thing I realized before the game and couldn’t prevent. That’s why I played the game so transparently and decided not to put in any backdoors because I hoped to set a precedent that no one would let me cheat.”

Fans of
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There is often debate about what it means to be backdoored, but it is generally agreed that a true backdoor only occurs when the target does not play the Veto. If they play the Veto by random selection but do not win, this does not count as a backdoor elimination.