Jordan won Big Brother 11 in 2009, defeating Natalie by a 5–2 jury vote. Jordan won the final Head of Household, evicted Kevin and took Natalie to the Final 2. Jeff won America’s Favorite Houseguest. The 73-day season introduced the high-school Clique twist, brought Jessie back into the game, gave Jeff the Coup d’État, saw Chima expelled from the house and used America as the seventh jury vote.
- Season: Big Brother 11
- Year: 2009
- Premiere: July 9, 2009
- Finale: September 15, 2009
- Length: 73 days
- Houseguests: 13 total — 12 new players plus returning houseguest Jessie
- Winner: Jordan
- Runner-up: Natalie
- Final vote: 5–2
- Final three: Jordan, Natalie and Kevin
- America’s Favorite Houseguest: Jeff
- Main twists: High-school Cliques, Coup d’État, America’s jury vote and Pandora’s Box
Who Won Big Brother 11?
Jordan won Big Brother 11 by a 5–2 vote over Natalie. She entered the final three with Natalie and Kevin, won the last Head of Household competition and evicted Kevin.
Jessie, Lydia, Jeff and Michele voted for Jordan. Russell and Kevin voted for Natalie. The seventh vote did not come from another houseguest at all: after Chima was expelled and removed from the jury, America was given the missing jury vote and chose Jordan.
OBB’s Big Brother winners record preserves the complete 5–2 vote.
How Did the Big Brother 11 Jury Vote?
- Jessie: Jordan
- Lydia: Jordan
- Russell: Natalie
- Jeff: Jordan
- Michele: Jordan
- Kevin: Natalie
- America: Jordan
America’s vote supplied the seventh ballot because Chima had originally been positioned to become a juror before her removal from the game.
Who Won the Big Brother 11 Final HOH?
- Part 1: Kevin defeated Jordan and Natalie.
- Part 2: Jordan defeated Natalie.
- Part 3: Jordan defeated Kevin.
- Final eviction: Jordan evicted Kevin and took Natalie to the Final 2.
Jordan therefore controlled the season’s final eviction. After defeating Kevin in Part 3, she chose Natalie as the person she wanted to face in front of the jury and went on to win 5–2.
Who Was on the Big Brother 11 Cast?
Big Brother 11 began with twelve new houseguests. The opening twist then added Jessie as the thirteenth player.
- Braden
- Casey
- Chima
- Jeff
- Jessie
- Jordan
- Kevin
- Laura
- Lydia
- Michele
- Natalie
- Ronnie
- Russell
How Did the Big Brother 11 Clique Twist Work?
The twelve new players were divided into four high-school-style cliques. Everyone still played and was evicted individually, but whenever a member of a clique became Head of Household, the other members of that clique were protected from nomination for the week.
Athletes
Jeff, Natalie and Russell began as the Athletes.
Brains
Chima, Michele and Ronnie were the Brains.
Off-Beats
Casey, Kevin and Lydia were the Off-Beats.
Populars
Braden, Jordan and Laura were the Populars.
The clique phase ended on Day 26, after Casey became the third houseguest evicted. From that point forward, everyone played entirely as an individual.
How Did Jessie Return to Big Brother 11?
The first HOH competition doubled as the final part of the Clique twist. Each clique was connected to a former Big Brother houseguest: Cowboy represented the Off-Beats, Jessica represented the Populars, Brian represented the Brains and Jessie represented the Athletes.
The twelve new players competed on behalf of their clique rather than for HOH themselves. The Athletes won, which brought Jessie back into the house as their fourth member and made him the first Head of Household of Big Brother 11.
What Was the Big Brother 11 Exit Order?
Chima’s expulsion makes BB11’s exit order slightly different from a normal season because she was removed from the game rather than evicted and did not join the jury.
- Braden: first evicted
- Laura: second evicted
- Casey: third evicted
- Ronnie: fourth evicted
- Jessie: evicted after Jeff used the Coup d’État
- Chima: expelled from the game
- Lydia: next evicted
- Russell: evicted
- Jeff: evicted
- Michele: evicted
- Kevin: third place
- Natalie: runner-up
- Jordan: winner
How Did Jeff Use the Coup d’État on Big Brother 11?
The Clique twist ended with another power beginning. America was told to vote for one houseguest to receive a secret “mystery power,” while the players inside the house began calling it the Wizard Power.
The power was the Coup d’État, and America awarded it to Jeff.
Jeff could overthrow an HOH’s nominations at one of the next two evictions. He chose not to use it when Ronnie was evicted.
The following week Chima was HOH and had nominated Russell and Lydia. Kevin had won the Power of Veto but left the nominations unchanged. On eviction night, Jeff activated the Coup d’État, removed both nominees and replaced them with Jessie and Natalie.
Jessie was then evicted 3–2.
The BB11 use remains one of the strongest powers ever activated in the US game: a houseguest who was not HOH erased both nominations and supplied two replacements immediately before the vote.
Why Was Chima Expelled From Big Brother 11?
Chima was expelled on Day 42 for repeated rule violations. The conflict with production escalated after Jeff used the Coup d’État to erase her HOH nominations.
During the following days she repeatedly refused production instructions, including calls to wear her microphone and report to the Diary Room. The final incident involved her throwing her microphone into the hot tub and refusing further instructions.
Production removed her from the game and announced that she would not become a member of the jury. OBB’s Big Brother controversy and expulsion record preserves both the official production account and the disagreement over how Chima later characterized her exit.
Why Did America Get a Jury Vote on Big Brother 11?
Chima’s removal left the season without the planned seventh juror. Rather than reduce the finale to six jury votes, Big Brother gave the open seat to the viewing public.
America voted between Jordan and Natalie, and the public’s ballot went to Jordan. It became one of Jordan’s five winning votes.
It remains an unusual use of America’s Vote: the audience was not choosing a prize or power, but supplying an actual jury ballot for the winner.
Did Pandora’s Box Start on Big Brother 11?
Yes. Big Brother 11 introduced Pandora’s Box. The twist placed a mysterious door in the HOH room and offered the sitting HOH a choice to open it, with a reward and consequence attached.
Kevin — the first Pandora’s Box
Kevin opened the first box after being offered access to $10,000. Instead, his hand became trapped inside the room while money fell into the backyard for everyone else.
Jeff collected $3,181, Michele $2,563, Natalie about $1,900 and Jordan $1,726. Kevin eventually collected the remaining $626.
Natalie — a proposal with a price
Natalie opened the season’s second Pandora’s Box after learning that she could see her boyfriend, but accepting the offer meant giving up her right to compete in the final Power of Veto.
She accepted. He proposed during the visit, while the rest of the house dealt with the box’s separate consequence.
OBB’s Pandora’s Box history tracks all eleven times the twist was opened from Big Brother 11 through Big Brother 14.
What Else Changed in the Big Brother 11 Format?
Big Brother 11 also marked the shift toward the modern Have-Not system. Earlier seasons had used food competitions that could leave losing players on restricted diets. BB11 formalized the weekly Have-Not idea, combining food restrictions with designated sleeping conditions and recurring Have-Not assignments.
That format became part of the game for many seasons afterward.
How Did Jeff and Jordan Affect Big Brother 11?
Jeff and Jordan began in different strategic positions despite both being in the Athlete and Popular cliques respectively, but their relationship quickly became one of the season’s central partnerships.
The pair became close inside the house while the larger alliance structure shifted around Jessie, Natalie, Chima, Ronnie and Russell. Jeff’s popularity with viewers later translated directly into game power when America awarded him the Coup d’État.
Jeff was eventually evicted before the endgame, but Jordan survived to the final three and won the season. OBB tracks their relationship in the Big Brother showmance history.
Why Was Big Brother 11 Controversial?
Big Brother 11 produced several controversies that played differently on the live feeds and the television episodes.
Offensive remarks made during arguments inside the house drew criticism from feed viewers, including racist remarks by Braden and repeated comments by Chima aimed at Russell. The season also produced ongoing arguments among viewers about how much of the conflicts shown on the feeds were reflected in the edited episodes.
The largest production conflict came after Jeff’s Coup d’État. Chima openly objected to the power overturning her HOH week, the eviction was recorded rather than aired live, and her confrontation with production ended with her removal two days later.
OBB keeps the in-house events and their contemporary context on the Big Brother controversies and expulsions page.
Who Won America’s Favorite Houseguest on Big Brother 11?
Jeff won America’s Favorite Houseguest and the $25,000 prize. That was separate from the second public vote of the finale, where America also cast the replacement jury ballot for Jordan.
Why Does Big Brother 11 Matter?
Big Brother 11 packed several lasting changes and unusual events into one season.
The Clique twist tied nomination safety to a temporary team structure. Jessie became a returning thirteenth player through the first HOH. The Coup d’État was actually used for the first and only time in the US series. Chima’s expulsion changed the jury itself, forcing America to supply the seventh vote. And the season introduced Pandora’s Box, a twist that would continue through Big Brother 14.
BB11 also helped establish the modern Have-Not format and produced one of the clearest examples of viewer voting directly changing both the middle of the game and the final result: America gave Jeff the power that removed Jessie, then later supplied one of Jordan’s five winning jury votes.