Big Brother Canada 4 is the fourth season of the Canadian reality television series Big Brother Canada. It was produced by Endemol Shine North America and Insight Productions for all episodes, and Shaw Media for 16 episodes prior to defunct. The season premiered on March 2, 2016 on Global, and ended after 77 days – the longest season to date – on May 12, 2016, where for the first time in Big Brother Canada history a set of siblings won the series after Nick & Philippe Paquette beat Kelsey Faith in a 7–2 jury vote to be crowned the winners of Big Brother Canada 4.
Production
The House The house this season was the same as the one used in the previous season. The layout of the house remains mostly identical to the previous season however there are some changes (most notably the location of the staircase has changed and there being 2 bedrooms instead of 1). The theme is a Luxury Hotel/Casino theme. The two bedrooms are dubbed the "Hundo Suite" (named after a catchphrase commonly used by Season 2 winner, Jon Pardy) and the "19199 Suite" (named after Season 1 HouseGuest Talla Rejaei and her infamous incident in an HoH comp). The Have-Not room is in the style of a Las Vegas Chapel. Additionally, Marsha the Moose is hiding in the altar in the chapel. The vault has been replaced by a high roller room.
HouseGuests
NameAgeOccupationResidenceEntryResult Nick Paquette 20 Student 1 rowspan="2" Day 77 Phil Paquette 21 DJ Kelsey Faith 25 Flight attendant & Bartender Calgary, Alberta 28Day 77 1 Day 28 Tim DormerBig Brother Australia 2013 31 TV & Radio personality Sydney, New South Wales 7 Cassandra Shahinfar 22 Social media strategist 1 Joel Lefevre 33 Actor Nikki GrahameBig Brother UK 7 & Ultimate Big Brother 33 TV personality London, U.K. 7 Jared Kesler 24 Pipeline worker 1 Madelyn "Maddy" Pavle 21 Server Ramsey Aburaneh 26 Digital marketing Day 52 Raul Manriquez 21 Fashion stylist Mitch Moffit 27 YouTuber Dallas Cormier 24 Welder Loveita Adams25Entrepreneur 28 1 Day 28 Christine Kelsey 47 Housekeeper Sharry Ash 30 Customer service supervisor Paige Distranski 19 Veterinarian tech assistant
International HouseGuests On February 23, four former contestants (two men and two women) from international editions of Big Brother, were revealed to be competing in a public poll for two spots in the Big Brother Canada, with the man and woman with the highest number of votes entering the Big Brother Canada house immediately after the first eviction. On Day 7, Nikki Grahame and Tim Dormer entered the Big Brother Canada house and were immune for their first week. Non-selected international candidates NameAgeOccupationResidenceBig Brother historySeriesSeason(s)Status Jase Wirey 39 Decatur, Illinois Big Brother U.S. Big Brother 510th place 12th place 26 Faenza, Emilia-Romagna Grande Fratello Grande Fratello 1316th place
Future appearances In 2017, HouseGuests Cassandra Shahinfar and Dallas Cormier returned to compete on Big Brother Canada 5. Nikki Grahame also returned on Big Brother Canada 5 to give the remaining houseguests makeovers for the Big Brother Canada awards. Tim Dormer also returned to lead the Jury roundtable segment during the final week.
In 2022, Dormer returned to compete on Big Brother Australia 14.
Summary On Day 1, fourteen HouseGuests entered the BBCAN Grand Hotel. They were then dealt their first twist. Two HouseGuests, Nick and Phil, were revealed to be brothers. The brothers will act as one HouseGuest, alternating who will participate in competitions each week. The brothers selected Nick to compete this week. They will be nominated and evicted together, and they will only have one eviction vote between them. If they make it to the end, they will split the prize money. Shortly before the Head of Household competition, the HouseGuests were asked to bet who they thought will be the first HouseGuest eliminated and the Head of Household. The HouseGuests selected Joel and Nick, respectively. If Joel defies expectations and is not the first one eliminated, he will win immunity for the week. If Nick does not live up to expectations and does not win Head of Household, he (and his brother Phil) will be locked away in isolation for the night. The HouseGuests then took part in the first Head of Household competition, One Night Stand. HouseGuests stood on a narrow beam while holding onto a rope. As the competition continues, the rope would wind towards the center, dragging the HouseGuests with it. HouseGuests must remain on the beam and keep the rope in their hands. The last HouseGuest standing on their beam with their rope in their hands will be the first Head of Household. Joel earned safety, Nick & Phil were both locked away in the High Roller room for the night. Loveita won the competition and became the first Head of Household of the season. A showmance started to blossom between Kelsey and Jared. Loveita hoped to split them up as they could be dangerous down the road. At the nomination ceremony, Loveita nominated Kelsey and Paige, with Kelsey as her target. Loveita, Kelsey, and Paige, as well as Sharry, Nick & Phil, and Raul, with Dallas as the host, competed in the What the Shell? Power of Veto competition. While dressed as mermaids, HouseGuests had to slide down their bumpy lane, grab a letter, and take it back to their puzzle board. Once they had all the letters, they had to solve a mystery phrase. The first HouseGuest to solve their puzzle will win the Power of Veto. Nick & Phil won the Power of Veto. At the Veto Meeting, the brothers decided to keep Loveita's nominations intact. Though the brothers kept the nominees the same for Loveita they rather keep Kelsey in the house over Paige for the fact if Kelsey and Jared are a showmance people would go after them. Along with their influence and Kelsey's campaign of flirting on Day 7, Paige was evicted by a vote of 7–4, receiving the votes of Dallas, Maddy, Ramsey, and Sharry. Shortly after Paige's eviction, Tim and Nikki were revealed to be the two wildcards and became HouseGuests. They received immunity for the upcoming week.
Following Tim and Nikki's entrance, the HouseGuests gathered around to meet them, most not happy while some hoping to take advantage of their arrival. Tim had fit right in understanding how to play the game but deciding to play dumb while Nikki had a panic attack as the realization of being in the house hits her. Later in the night everyone except for Loveita, Nikki, and Tim, went head-to-head in the Big Brother Roast Head of Household competition. Canada was asked to give their first impressions of the HouseGuests. Arisa read an impression of a HouseGuest. HouseGuests were required to buzz in and state to which HouseGuest the impression was referring. A correct answer allowed the HouseGuest to eliminate anyone he or she wanted from the competition. An incorrect answer resulted in their own elimination. The last HouseGuest standing will be the new Head of Household. Jared was the winner. Loveita was scared Jared would nominate her for the fact that Kelsey stayed over Paige and Jared and Kelsey are close. On Day 8, the HouseGuests took part in the Wheel of Meals Have-Not competition. Each team was required to strap one member to a spinning wheel with food targets. They had one minute to spin their teammate for as many revolutions as possible. For each revolution, they got one paint balloon to throw at the food targets. The targets hit will represent what food they will eat for the week. The team that hits the fewest targets will be the Have-Nots for the week. Cassandra, Joel, Loveita, and Sharry were the Have-Nots for the week. Sharry went to campaign to Jared in hopes of saving Loveita from nomination but was told she may be a nominee due to association with her. On Day 8, Jared nominated Loveita and Sharry for eviction. On Day 9, Jared, Loveita, Sharry, Nick & Phil, Mitch, and Christine played in the Flip It to Win Power of Veto competition, sponsored by the Brick. HouseGuests were required to search furniture for keys to open three doors. The three HouseGuests who opened the doors moved on to the final round. Throughout the furniture were pictures from past competitions. HouseGuests were asked a question about a past competition. If they did not know the answer, there were clues in the furniture room to assist them. The first HouseGuest to answer five questions correctly will win the Power of Veto and $5,000 gift card from the Brick. Christine, Mitch, and Loveita moved on to the final round, and Christine won the Power of Veto and the $5,000 gift card from the Brick. After her Veto win, Christine was given a chance to double her gift card money by selecting the correct couch cushion. She did, and received another $5000 for a grand total of $10,000. On Day 11, Christine decided to leave Jared's nominations intact. On Day 12, Big Brother gave Cassandra and Joel the task to clean all of the dirty laundry and sheets in the House. They were secretly given the task to pick two clothing items from each HouseGuest to give to charity. However, the other HouseGuests were told about this secret task and were given a mission of their own to act incredibly upset that they lost their clothes. The HouseGuests passed their task and earned a party. The remainder of the week was talk on who stays, Loveita or Sharry. Most people looked at Loveita staying in the game beneficial to them as she would still be a target as for Sharry wouldn't be as much of one. On Day 14, Sharry was evicted by an 11–1 vote, with Nikki voting to evict Loveita.
Following Sharry's eviction, the HouseGuests battled in the Big Brother Breakaway Head of Household competition. One at a time, HouseGuests slid a ball down the lane attempting to get the highest point value. The HouseGuest with the highest point value will be the new Head of Household. Loveita was the winner. Most people in the house believed Loveita had an easy decision in nominating one of the Third Wheel alliance (composed of Jared, Kelsey and Raul). Even though it seemed the easy thing to do Loveita was getting tired of the back and forth targeting they've been doing. Joel was given a secret mission by Marsha the Moose to ask Cassandra on a date and if Loveita would let him use the Head of Household room for the date. However, during the date, Joel had to dump Cassandra. He passed his mission and earned a party for the House. Cassandra and Joel were caught for breaking Have-Not rules and were made Have-Nots again for the week. Loveita struck a deal with Jared, Kelsey, and Raul and wanted to go after Cassandra due to a rude comment made by her after the Head of Household competition. On Day 15, Loveita nominated Cassandra and Christine, with Cassandra as her target. On Day 16, Loveita, Cassandra, and Christine drew Dallas, Jared, and Ramsey to join them in the Allegiant Veto Power of Veto competition, sponsored by the new movie, Allegiant. For this competition, HouseGuests had to rappel down a huge wall and search airplane wreckage to find puzzle pieces. The first HouseGuest to finish their puzzle, climb the wall, and hit the buzzer will win the Power of Veto, as well as a special screening of Allegiant. Dallas was the winner and selected Maddy, Loveita, and Joel to join him to watch the movie. Although he tried to convince Loveita to target the brothers, on Day 18, Dallas decided not to use the Power of Veto. On Day 21, Christine was evicted by a 6–5 vote, with Dallas, Maddy, Nikki, Ramsey, and Tim voting to evict Cassandra.