page_title: Big Brother 2 (American season)
section_title: Summary
hierarchical_section_title: Big Brother 2 (American season) / Summary
caption_attribution_description: English: Julie Chen and Les Moonves at the Vanity Fair celebration for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
context_page_description: Big Brother 2 is the second season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The series premiered on CBS on July 5, 2001. The HouseGuests entered the house on June 30 with the series lasting 82 days. The season concluded on September 20, 2001 with Dr. Will Kirby being crowned the winner, and Nicole Nilson Schaffrich the runner-up.
  The series revolved around twelve strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world. They were constantly filmed during their time in the house and were not permitted to communicate with those filming them. Unlike the first season, the format of the series was revamped to emphasize the competition – with HouseGuests now competing in competitions for power before voting each other out of the house. One HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, had the task of nominating two of their fellow HouseGuests for eviction. The HouseGuests then voted to evict one of the nominees, with the HouseGuest who received the most votes being evicted from the house.
context_section_description: On Day 1, the original twelve HouseGuests entered the house. Nicole quickly came off as too strong to her fellow HouseGuests, while Bunky opted not to reveal his sexuality to his fellow housemates. Following the introductions, the HouseGuests competed in their first food competition, "All Stuffed Up". For this competition, the HouseGuests took as many groceries as possible and attempted to fit them inside a 2002 Buick Rendezvous; they would be allowed to keep whatever groceries they managed to keep inside of the car for a total of sixty seconds. The group won the challenge, though learned of a new challenge; the last HouseGuest remaining in the car would be able to keep it. The game came down to Autumn and Kent, with Kent ultimately winning the car. On Day 2, the HouseGuests competed in the "Wheel of First Impressions" Head of Household competition. The challenge saw HouseGuests spinning a wheel that would land on two adjectives, with the HouseGuest who spun the wheel having to choose the two HouseGuests they felt the adjectives best described. The HouseGuests not selected would then vote between the two selected HouseGuests as to whom should become the new Head of Household. The HouseGuest with the fewest votes was eliminated, with this process continuing until only Mike and Sheryl remained. The HouseGuests then voted for which of the two should become the new Head of Household, with Mike being the winner. With Mike now in power, Kent attempted to form an alliance between himself, Mike, Justin, Bunky, and Will. Meanwhile, roommates Mike, Will, and Shannon began to form a close bond, and later began referring to themselves as Chilltown. Bunky first revealed that he was gay to Autumn, and slowly began revealing this information to the other women in the house. Despite worries that conservative Kent would be upset, all of the HouseGuests came to accept Bunky. In fact, no one cared at all much to Bunky's disappointment. He thought his sexual preference was of interest but truly no one even bothered to mention it other than Kent. Later that week, the HouseGuests competed in the "Dirty Dozen" luxury competition. Mike, as Head of Household, entered an inflatable pool of mud and searched to find a key with the name of a HouseGuest on it; once a HouseGuests key was found, they would enter the pool and search for keys as well. If the group found all twelve of the keys within six minutes, they would earn the hot tub; they were successful.
  With nominations looming closer, Mike debated nominating HouseGuests such as Autumn, Kent, and Nicole, seeing them as the most annoying in the group. He later got the idea of nominating a disliked HouseGuest against a well liked HouseGuest, seemingly ensuring the eviction of the disliked HouseGuest. On Day 6, Mike chose to nominate Nicole and Sheryl for eviction, with Nicole being his target. Shannon and Will began to form a romantic relationship in the house, despite Shannon having a boyfriend. Justin and Krista also became closer, forming a more flirtatious relationship. The HouseGuests began to form a disliking towards the Chilltown group, feeling that they were stand-offish and immature. This led to the formation of the Hot Box alliance, named after the heat of the bedroom they slept in, which consisted of Autumn, Bunky, Hardy, Krista, Kent, Monica, and Nicole. The group later formed a plan to keep Nicole in the game, as a way to weaken the Chilltown alliance. The HouseGuests later competed in the "Birds Eye View" luxury competition. For this competition, the HouseGuests had to spell out a word using their bodies, and Head of Household Mike was required to attempt to figure out the word; if Mike guessed correctly, they would win the food they spelled. The group was successful, and won the competition. On Day 10, Justin was expelled from the house after an incident with Krista. While making out with an intoxicated Krista, Justin jokingly swung a sweeper at her head, and went further by holding a knife to her neck while the two made out. While holding the knife to her neck, he asked her "Would 
caption: Host Julie Chen (left) interviewed the evicted HouseGuest on the live broadcast.
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