9-10-03 - HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD COMPETITION: ON THE HOUSE
Julie explains that this week's Head of Household Competition will have three parts. The person who wins Round 1 automatically advances to Round 3. The other two HouseGuests will battle it out in Round 2; the winner of that round goes to Round 3 to face off against the winner of Round 1. The stakes are high, because the final Head of Household is guaranteed to make it to the Final Two.
The HouseGuests head outside, where they find three miniature houses. They take their places on the A-Framed roofs, where they must keep their balance, and one hand on their key. They cannot sit, eat, or take bathroom breaks. And as if this isn't tough enough, Christmas comes early to the BIG BROTHER House, and snow starts pelting down on the three HouseGuests. This is an endurance test, and the last one standing wins Round 1, and a chance of being the final Head of Household.
9-9-03 - POWER OF VETO COMPETITION: THE DIAMOND VETO
With only four people left in the House, this week's Power of Veto will be the last, and the most important. The Diamond Power of Veto winner not only determines who will be nominated, but, as the only voter, also decides who will leave the House. The HouseGuests head outside, where they face a pyramid with four sets of stairs leading to the top. Each step represents a week in the game, and the players must place two placards on each step with the names of the two original nominees for each week. Once the correct two names are on a step, that step will light up, and the player can move on to the next step. Once all the steps are lit up, they can run up their flight of stairs to the top, where the Diamond Power of Veto sits on a pedestal. First person to grab it wins. The HouseGuests hustle, sorting through name placards and placing the nominees' names on the steps. Jun and Ali are neck and neck, but Jun puts an incorrect placard on the final step, and Ali beats her to the top, where she holds the Veto symbol over her head and jumps up and down, "Rocky" style.
9-9-03 - LUXURY COMPETITION: ESCAPE FROM THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE
It's time for a Luxury Competition, and the HouseGuests are dressed in prison stripes, complete with a ball and chain strapped to one ankle. The prize, a tour of Los Angeles via the Goodyear Blimp, goes to the two "prisoners" who make it through an obstacle course in the fastest times. With a ball and chain slowing them down, the HouseGuests must crawl through mud, climb through a sewer pipe, make it through a bunjie wall, and maneuver under barbed wire in order to win the chance to escape. Rob is first and does pretty well with a time of 1:58. Erika is next, and because she's "not crazy about heights," she takes her sweet time, completing the course in 2:49. Jun is up next, and knocks Robert out of first place with a time of 1:20. Ali, who says she didn't want to stay behind with Erika, finishes with the fastest time of 1:02, and she and Jun win the ride on the blimp.
