Veronica Doherty And Hamza Hatoum Are Given The Heave-ho In Big Brother Canada’s Rattling Double Eviction

VERONICA DOHERTY AND HAMZA HATOUM ARE GIVEN THE HEAVE-HO IN BIG BROTHER CANADA’S RATTLING DOUBLE EVICTION

Even After Six Seasons, the Double Eviction Still Leaves Houseguests Steaming from its Blistering Burn

Find Out Who Rises from the Ashes to Take the Next Head of Household Competition on Monday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Global

Toronto, Canada – The Big Brother Canada household was hit with twice the pandemonium this week as a double eviction blazed through the gates of hell. Eviction night began with the houseguests deciding to send home gate crasher and angel-turned-devil Veronica Doherty (Ottawa, ON) in a vote of nine to one. After Veronica’s departure, things got heated in the house when Arisa dropped the double eviction bombshell that, in an instant, made everyone a target. Thunder Bay, ON’s Hamza Hatoum’s dramatic backdoor eviction was the fallout of Arisa’s shocking news and marked the shattering end to a turbulent week of lies, deceit, and all-out war.

After chalking up her first Head of Household win, comp beast Erica settled on two safe nominations in always sunshiny Merron, her pawn, and BBCAN mega-fan Maddie, her target. With a looming double eviction and a heartbroken Maddie weighing on the household, Erica knew she had to make a big game move when she reeled in the POV victory. Still spinning from last week’s rogue eviction vote cast in secret by Veronica, the house wasted no time urging Erica to save the mourning Maddie and instead, clip the double-dealing wings on Veronica’s back.

“Everyone in that house is playing summer camp right now and I just wanted to break that up,” said Veronica to Big Brother Canada host, Arisa Cox. “Whatever. They can have fun playing kumbaya in there while I go home to be with my family.”

After Veronica’s eviction, the houseguests started to settle in to their post-eviction damage control when Arisa shocked them with news from the dark side. In seconds, another eviction was in play and the houseguests launched into a wickedly intense HOH competition that tested their wits and speed. Olivia took the title and nominated perpetual block warmer, Merron, and BBCAN “troll” Ryan for eviction. The “Big Brother Pinball” POV competition was then in full tilt with Ryan and Merron gaming hard for the win, but it was Ryan who scored massive redemption with his winning strike and proudly took himself off the block. Not letting a backdoor opportunity pass her by, Olivia named Hamza the replacement nominee and in a vote of eight to one, fan-favourite Hamza was sent packing in a blaze of glory.

“This has been an experience of a lifetime,” Hamza shared with Arisa after walking out of the house to a standing ovation from the studio audience. “Thank you to the fans for your humbling support. It means so much.”

Thursday night’s episode ended with the household in mourning, and with emotions now raw and sharp, every houseguest is now poised to unleash their inner devil. To see who takes the HOH victory next, tune in to Big Brother Canada on Monday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Global.

Big Brother Canada airs Wednesdays at 7 p.m. ET/PT, Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Global. Viewers who miss an episode can catch up following the broadcast the next day On Demand, on GlobalTV.com and Global GO (now available on Apple TV). And if that’s not enough, fans can also watch all of the in-between action on the live feeds from the Big Brother Canada house on BigBrotherCanada.ca.

Plus, all season long, viewers can catch After the Eviction, an exclusive weekly series hosted by Arisa Cox available across all social platforms, presented by Shaw. Following Wednesday night’s Power of Veto episodes, fans can submit all their burning questions on the Big Brother Canada Facebook page and catch the answers on After the Eviction on Fridays at 10 a.m. ET as part of the evicted houseguests’ extended interviews.

The Season 6 houseguests are competing for a grand prize of $100,000, a European dream vacation for two courtesy of Air Transat, and a $30,000 home furnishing makeover from The Brick.

Commissioned by Corus Entertainment, Season 6 of Big Brother Canada is produced by Insight Productions in association with Corus Entertainment and Endemol Shine. Executive producers are John Brunton and Erin Brock.

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Insight Productions, known for its award-winning ratings juggernauts, is Canada’s most established content producer.  Headed by John Brunton & Barbara Bowlby, Insight is an industry leader in the development, financing, and production of hit programming, both scripted and unscripted, as well as digital content.  Erin Brock serves as showrunner on Big Brother Canada – the most watched reality program across specialty channels in Canada.  Big Brother Canada, The Amazing Race Canada, The JUNO Awards 2017, Top Chef Canada, Canada Day 150! From Coast to Coast to Coast, and Canada’s New Year’s Eve – Countdown to 2017 were collectively nominated for 24 Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.  Other productions include The Launch, Intervention, Ready Or Not, Falcon Beach, Hatching, Matching & Dispatching, A Fury Christmas, and Canadian Idol.  In 2017, Insight produced The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration, a live concert special watched by one in three Canadians. Insight Productions was founded in 1979 and has since created thousands of hours of groundbreaking content.

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