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Big Brother 2 (2001)

The second season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show aired twenty-nine episodes during the summer of 2001 from July 5 to September 20. New rules were introduced in this season and have been used since. Under these rules, viewers do not vote for housemates to be evicted. Each week, the housemates compete for the title of Head of Household (HoH). The contestant who wins this competition is given additional privileges, and also nominates two other housemates for eviction. The remaining housemates then vote their choice of the two nominees, and the one with the most votes is evicted. The HoH breaks a tie, if necessary. At season's end, the winner is selected by a vote of the evicted houseguests rather than by the viewing public (although the audience would decide who would win in the event of a tie). In a special twist this season, the two remaining houseguests got to decide which houseguest's vote they could void, in hopes that their vote was for their opponent, and that they would gain an advantage over the other player.

The Winner:

The winner of Big Brother 2 was Will Kirby, a doctor from Miami.

Will never won a Head of Household competition, and was nominated a total of four times in the Big Brother house. He was nominated three times by Hardy Hill in weeks 3, 5 and 8, and once by Nicole in week 10. That means Will was up for nomination 4 out of 9 times (Week 7 had no HOH, nominations, or eviction due to Justin Sebik's ejection in week 1). Barely surviving being nominated for eviction, Will used trickery and deceit to avoid being evicted. He was the first on the show to intentionally lose competitions and was seen as weak by his fellow contestants. He also bizarrely sought to be hated by the other houseguests. He used lies and deception after admitting to his fellow houseguests that he would do so, lied about conversations and alliances and even lied about past experiences in his life. Regardless, Will is considered the most devious player in BB History. His pre-game strategy was to form an alliance with the young members of the group, by aligning himself with Mike "Boogie" Malin and Shannon Dragoo in "Chill Town". Kirby was well known for making promises he didn't intend to keep to HOH winners and getting people to do the dirty work. His name the "Puppet Master" derived from this. Kirby hoped that this group would be the target and that he'd emerge unscathed until the infighting in the other group began. Due to this strategy, Kirby was not seen as a threat. Constantly boasting on his Diary Room sessions that his game was quiet and deceptive, and - while he was often under-estimated - he won the second season. Will won the show with Monica Bailey, Krista Stegall, Kent Blackwelder, Mike Malin, Shannon Dragoo, and Sheryl Braxton voting for him to win.

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