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  Drew Daniel defeats Michael "Cowboy" Ellis to win CBS's 'Big Brother 5'

  September 22, 2004
  In a tight 4-3 jury vote seen during last night's live finale of CBS's Big Brother 5, Drew Daniel, a 22-year-old single recent college graduate from Urbana, Ohio, defeated Michael Ellis (aka "Cowboy"), a 23-year-old security officer from Durant, Oklahoma, to win the reality show's $500,000 grand prize. As the program's runner-up, Cowboy will receive $50,000.

• Drew Daniel evicts Diane Henry, opts to take Michael "Cowboy" Ellis to 'Big Brother 5' finals

  September 20, 2004
  After winning a three-part challenge to become Big Brother 5's twelfth and final Head of Household, Drew Daniel opted to evict Diane Henry, his house girlfriend, during Friday evening's special Big Brother 5 broadcast.

• Jennifer 'Nakomis' Dedmon becomes the eleventh houseguest to be evicted from the 'Big Brother 5' house

  September 15, 2004
  After being nominated for eviction by Drew Daniel, the eleventh Head of Household, Jennifer Dedmon (aka "Nakomis"), was evicted last night from the Big Brother 5 house.

• Karen O’Neil-Ganci becomes the tenth houseguest to be evicted from the 'Big Brother 5' house

  September 10, 2004
  After being nominated for eviction by Jennifer Dedmon (aka "Nakomis"), the tenth Head of Household, Karen O’Neil-Ganci was evicted last night from the Big Brother 5 house by her fellow houseguests.

• Marvin Latimer becomes the ninth houseguest to be evicted from the 'Big Brother 5' house

  September 5, 2004
  After being nominated for eviction by Drew Daniel, the ninth Head of Household, Marvin Latimer was evicted from the Big Brother house during a special live Saturday edition of CBS's Big Brother 5.

• Adria Klein becomes the eighth houseguest to be evicted from the 'Big Brother 5' house

  September 4, 2004
  After being nominated for eviction by Marvin Latimer, the eighth Head of Household, Adria Klein was evicted on Thursday from the Big Brother 5 house by her fellow houseguests.

• 'Big Brother 5' to evict another houseguest in a special jammed-packed Saturday broadcast

  September 1, 2004
  After weeks of getting viewers accustomed to Big Brother 5's predictable thrice-weekly format, CBS threw viewers a curve by preempting last Saturday's episode and squeezing both this week's nominations and Power Of Veto challenge and ceremony into yesterday's Tuesday broadcast.

• Twin Killing -- Natalie Carroll becomes the seventh houseguest to be evicted from the 'Big Brother 5' house

  August 27, 2004
  After being nominated for eviction by Jennifer Dedmon (aka "Nakomis"), the seventh Head of Household, Natalie Carroll was evicted last night from the Big Brother 5 house by her fellow houseguests.

• Will Wikle becomes the sixth houseguest to be evicted from the 'Big Brother 5' house

  August 20, 2004
  After being nominated for eviction by twin Adria Klein, the show's sixth Head of Household, Will Wikle was evicted last night from the Big Brother 5 house by his fellow houseguests.

• Jase Wirey becomes the fifth houseguest to be evicted from the 'Big Brother 5' house

  August 13, 2004
  After being nominated for eviction by Jennifer Dedmon, the fifth Head of Household, Jase Wirey was evicted last night from the Big Brother 5 house by his fellow houseguests.

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