Cast: Big Brother 5 boasted an amazing cast full of big personalities. Another extremely successful cast twist was "The Twin Twist", where a set of twins swapped in and out of the game without the rest of the house noticing. The called this season "Project DNA", because Nakomis and Michael "Cowboy" found out that they were long lost siblings. It provided us with one of the most emotionally touching moments in Big Brother history. Watching them attempt to build a relationship despite having nothing in common while coming from completely different walks of life was fascinating television. We also had the pleasure of getting to know Holly, who was the textbook definition of "dumb blonde". She wasn't a great player at all, but her ignorance and dumb comments made her to be a funny reality character.
Winner: Literally who? Drew played an OK game at best, fared well in competitions but didn't really do much else. The final two should not have been the final two. Drew and Cowboy rode the coat tails of the girls the entire season. Had the finale been a final two of Nakomis and Diane, with Nakomis taking home the win, this season probably would be placed much higher.
Rewatchability: With the DNA twist, this season is quite rewatchable. Above all, Nakomis will forever go down as one of the best players to play the game with her invention of the 'backdoor'. Nakomis single handedly created one of the most used strategies in the game, showing everyone how to properly send a houseguest out through the backdoor, providing us with great drama with a jaw dropping mastery. It is for this reason why so many will go back to this season, just to watch the brilliance that was Nakomis and her gameplay.
Cast: The one thing this season really had going for it was it's cast. Despite many hating Rachel and finding her extremely annoying, she was great television. Rachel is the meme queen of Big Brother, and is probably the first name that will pop in your head when you think of Big Brother. "FLOATERS GRAB A LIFE VEST" and her weirdly obsessive relationship with fellow houseguest Brendon, will forever be iconic. Nobody fought as hard as Rachel ever did. She knew she wanted to win and made it well-known. She was a competition BEAST given her small amount of time in the house. Rachel Reilly is forever iconic and will go down as one of of the best reality TV show characters of all time. We also got fan favourite Britney (who also appeared as a coach in BB14), providing us with numerous one liners and hilarious confessionals.
Winner: Hayden was a likeable enough winner, he was a competition beast in the house and was the head of the alliance known as "The Brigade". He played a good game, but it might be because no one else in the house was particularly challenging him.
Rewatchability: Part of this season is highly rewatchable because of the drama of "Brenchel" and the hysterical Britney, but also, the entire game is predictable because it was dominated by "The Brigade". There were no shocks or surprises throughout the entire last half of the game, which led to it being sort of boring. Also, the main saboteur twist was blown up in the first week. Annie was given the role of Big Brother Saboteur, and had to cause havoc on the house. If she were to last more than 5 weeks she would've walked away with 50,000 dollars. Alas, she was first evicted, so the twist didn't exactly work out. You will find yourself always coming back to the iconic Ragan Vs. Rachel fight, in which he called her "Rach-ress". Ragan tore into Rachel like a pro, and it was hilarious watching Rachel squirm and attempt to defend herself.
Cast: As with every season of Big Brother Canada, casting is it's strong point. This season brought the extremely likeable Jillian and Emmett, an actually likeable showmance (which is quite rare for a Big Brother season). It also gave some iconic character such as Topaz, Gary and of course, Suzette. Unforuntately, it had some weaker points. The alliance called "The Sheyld", consisting of Alec and Peter, was frustrating to watch go far in the game.
Winner: Jillian was a good winner, and one of the only contestants in Big Brother to use a showmance as an advantage in the game. If it were her an Emmett in the final two however, Emmett would have probably won. He definitely played the stronger game. It's interesting how it is generally the weaker of the individuals in the showmance tends to end up winning the entire game. Unfortunately for Jillian, this season would have had a much higher ranking had Emmett won.
Rewatchability: This season had some great strategy, but what really makes this season standout is it's jaw-dropping finale. When Arisa (the Julie Chen of Canada) revealed Topaz' vote, it was shown that she had voted for Jillian to win. To everyone's surprise, Topaz interrupted claiming that she had voted for Gary. Unfortunately, camera footage showed that she did indeed cast her vote for Jillian. Although Topaz begged for her vote to be changed, her vote officially went to Jillian, causing her to win the game over Gary. This moment is worth the entire season of build-up. It is exciting and thrilling to watch over and over again.
Cast: Overall, this cast is pretty forgettable. There weren't many huge personalities. The cast twist of exes being in the house together was absolute genius. They had to make the choice of working with or against their ex, which gave us great TV. Generally, every single man on this season was insufferable (as is with most seasons of Big Brother though). The only memorable personalities come from the women, mainly Alison, who brought drama and paranoia throughout the entire season.
Winner: Jun is the most underrated winner in the history of the show. She perfected the "floater" strategy. Never excelling at any particular challenge, and veering clear from any house drama - she was able to fly perfectly under the radar until the end of the game. She made a secret final two deal with Alison, and kept her word till the end. The house never got rid of her because she was good at cooking and kept the house clean. A genius strategy that won her the final prize.
Rewatchability: The season has rewatchability in the drama of the exes coming back into the game, and to see where the floater strategy originated from. Other than that, there are not many big blow-up moments to keep on going back to. If anything, it's to watch Jun have the most awkward reaction to her winning the game (she just sat there in silence!)
Cast: Big Brother Canada casting has always been it's strong point. In this case, most of the interesting personalities were evicted early on in the season. Although we got to see Sindy come back, she was gone immediately again. Players like Naeha and Risha would've made a much more interesting and diverse season had they gone farther. Other than that, we had Brittnee to root for as the underdog of the season, but besides Godfrey, all the men were just very meh personality wise.
Winner: Although Sarah is great and was lots of fun in the house, the season sort of felt rigged for her to go far and win. Twists seem to always favour Brittnee and Sarah, pushing them towards the end. Sarah did not play overall the best game, Godfrey probably should've won over her.
Rewatchability: Big Brother Canada has a tendency to overproduce their episodes, and if you are a fan of that, then this season is probably for you. Although it's all nice and fun to see fan favourites Brittnee and Sarah make it far, you can't help but feel their progress in the game tainted. On the other hand, rewatching the triple eviction play out is quite nerve wracking, and seeing Jordan get completely blindsided in his eviction is really a hilarious and somewhat heartbreaking moment.
Cast: The cast is full of forgettable personalities. The only exception being Rachel and Danielle, who we've seen from previous seasons. Why does production keep on insisting that the public like Jeff and Jordan? They keep on shoving them in our faces, while Jeff is one of the most unlikeable houseguests ever and Jordan (although extremely sweet), is not particularly memorable. We had to endure an entire season of wannabe metal-head Adam pretend like he knew what he was doing in the game. Kalia was the only newbie who made attempts at doing something in the game, other than that, the newbies just stood in the shadows of all the returning players.
Winner: Rachel is the most memorable player in Big Brother history, but somehow, her win doesn't feel extremely validated here. It was great seeing her play the game without Brendon in the second half of the game, and she proved to be a fierce competition beast and a somewhat decent strategist. However, it seems as if the season was tailor-made to get Rachel in the end for the win. There were some twists that directly gave Rachel and advantage in the game - most notably the Pandora's box that forced the duos to get back together. However, Rachel is an iconic player and deserves to win the game in some form or other.
Rewatchability: The season overall is quite predictable, and none of the players really make any exciting or big moves. However, it is always fun watching Rachel overcome obstacles and push forward and hard into her win. If anything, the funniest moment to rewatch this season is Lawon thinking that if he was evicted, he'll be able to come back and be granted with some "special power". Sadly for Lawon, that was not the case. It will go down as one of the worst moves in Big Brother history though.
#11 goes to Big Brother 5.
#12 goes to Big Brother 12.
#13 goes to Big Brother Canada 1.
#14 goes to Big Brother 4.
#15 goes to Big Brother Canada 3.
#16 goes to Big Brother 13