8 players evicted by a unanimous vote in the first house vote

Over the 26 seasons of Big Brother, we have seen eight houseguests get shown the door by a unanimous vote on the first eviction votes of their seasons. Here are the eight, the seasons they played on, the number of days they lasted, and the vote tallies.

Big Brother 4—Amanda Craig

A 27-year-old bar manager from Chicago, Amanda Craig was the first houseguest to even be voted out by a unanimous vote (9-0) on Day 12, but Amanda can thank her ex Scott Weintraub for earning this historic Big Brother distinction.

Why? Because Scott, 32 years old and a waiter in Chicago, freaked out when he realized the X-Factor Twist had himself and Amanda in the Studio City, California house. Scott actually walked out of the house and was expelled on Day 8. Jun Song won the season.

Big Brother 5—Mike Lubinski

A 41-year-old painter from Eastpointe, Michigan, Mike Lubinski became the second contestant and the first man to be voted out by a unanimous vote (10-0) on Day 14. The winner that season was Drew Daniel who beat Michael “Cowboy” Ellis in the Final 2.

During that Big Brother 5 season there was a Project DNA twist with Cowboy and his half-sister Jennifer “Nakomis” Dedmon entering the house but with neither of them knowing that they were actually related. 

Big Brother 12—Annie Whittington

A 27-year-old bartender from Tampa, Florida, Annie Whittington saw her housemates unanimously evict her by a 12-0 vote on Day 13. The dynamic duo of Hayden Moss and Lane Elenberg made the Final 2 with Hayden winning the season and the $500,000 grand prize.

Big Brother 16—Joey Van Pelt

Joanna “Joey” Van Pelt, a 27-year-old make-up artist from Seattle, Washington became the third 27-year-old to be unanimously voted out (13-0), leaving the game as the first player out on Day 14. Teammates Derrick Levasseur and Cody Calafiore were the Final 2 with Derrick winning the show when Cody elected to eliminate Victoria.

Big Brother 21—Ovi Kabir

Although David Alexander exerted the house first, it was 22-year-old college student Ovi Kabib who was actually the first voted out by a unanimous 12-0 vote on Day 15. Ovi didn’t actually leave the house until Day 30 because of the Camp Comeback Twist. David also returned because of the twist but was banished when he lost a challenge.

Big Brother 21 was won by watermelon addict Jackson Michie who beat Holly Allen in the Final 2 in 1 a 6-3 vote on Day 99.

Big Brother 22—Keesha Smith

Big Brother 22: All-Stars welcomed back Keesha Smith, a 42-year-old waitress from Los Angeles, only to see the former Big Brother 10 houseguest get voted out by a 13-0 vote on Day 9.

This season was won by Cody Calafiore, who played the perfect game of not receiving a single vote to be evicted and win by a unanimous vote. Cody finished as the runner-up on Big Brother 16 in 2014 when his partner in crime Derrick Levasseur played one of the best games in the American show’s history.

Big Brother 24—Joe “Pooch” Pucciarelli

After Paloma Aguiar quit on Day 8, Joe Pucciarelli, a 24-year-old assistant football coach, was evicted by a unanimous 12-0 vote on Day 18. Taylor Hale became the first Black female houseguest to win the main American version of Big Brotherwinning $750,000 for her 82 days in the house in 2022.

Big Brother 25—Kirsten Elwin

After Luke Valentine was expelled on Day 8 on Big Brother 25, Kirsten Elwin, a 25-year-old molecular biologist from Houston was unanimously voted out on Day 9. Jag Bains won the season, beating out his ally Matt Klotz in the Final 2.