In total,thirteen house guests entered the house on the twelfth edition of American reality television series USA Big Brother where the house guests were on camera 24 hours a day. Each week, one or more of the house guests was evicted by votes from the remaining house guests until only one remained and was crowned the winner.
Andrew Gordon (born April 29, 1971), 45, is a podiatrist from Miami Beach, Florida. He practices Modern Orthodox Judaism. He describes himself as “stubborn, spontaneous and sneaky.” His favorite activities include video games, poker, watching football, swimming and going to Toys R Us. The hardest part of living in the Big Brother house for Gordon will be missing his daughter and “not watching ESPN daily.” He hates “snakes, heights, beauty (it can control me) and Rabbis scare me (self guilt).” Andrew's major game play was to lie about his age (claimed to be 34) and his occupation (told the HouseGuests he was a shoe salesman). During his final plea, Andrew left with guns blazing and revealed that Kristen and Hayden were a couple and had been making out while he was sleeping in the same room. He was evicted in Week 3 by a vote of 8-0 against Kathy. Andrew was in an alliance with Brendon and Rachel prior to his eviction but also befriended Hayden and Kathy. During the live eviction on August 5, Andrew was mentioned both by Kristen during her eviction speech and Brendon during his eviction vote.
Annie Whittington (born March 13, 1983), 33, is a bartender from New Orleans, Louisiana. Annie describes herself as “outgoing, over dramatic and loyal.” Her favorite activities include “anything that involves adrenaline, heights, nature, laughter and fun.” The hardest part of living in the Big Brother house for Annie is “being stuck in the house no matter what.” Annie came out as bisexual revealing to Ragan that she has had a girlfriend for over a year. She also had an alliance and friendship with Brendon but after Brendon chose his girlfriend, Rachel over Annie, the alliance was broken. On July 15, she was revealed to America as the Saboteur and was also the first houseguest voted out by a vote of 10 to 0. During her final plea speech before the eviction, Annie revealed that Brendon lied about his occupation and also is one of the strongest competitors and stated that Brendon will take Rachel to the end just like Jeff and Jordan from last season.