Big Brother 14 was the fourteenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother that premiered on July 12, 2012 on CBS and ended with its finale on September 19, 2012. The show is produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment. The premise of the series remained largely unchanged from previous editions of the series, in which a group of contestants, known as "HouseGuests," compete to win the series by voting each other off and being the last HouseGuest remaining. One HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, must nominate two of their fellow HouseGuests for eviction. The winner of the Power of Veto can remove one of the nominees from the block, forcing the HoH to nominate another HouseGuest. The HouseGuests then vote to evict one of the nominees and the HouseGue