Nicole Schaffrich

You packed your bags and left Raleigh, North Carolina with one goal in mind, win.

You left behind your husband Jeff to enter a house with 11 strangers.

America will either love you or hate you. That's the only thing you know.

You enter the frontyard and see 11 people. You hear a voice that doesn't belong to any of them.

Julie Chen: Welcome houseguests. I'm Julie. Take a deep breath and a good look at the faces around you. These are the people you'll spend every waking and sleeping hour with. Study them carefully. The people around you may become your friends, but ultimately they are your competitors. It's you against them in a Summer-long power struggle for a half million dollars.

You can't help but smile at the dramatization of what she's saying.

Julie Chen: As you all know, when you walk through the double doors there will be no phones, no TV, no Internet, no music, virtually no contact with the outside world. And as for privacy, that's a thing of the past. You'll enter the house in groups of four chosen at random before the show. Once you're inside it would be wise to choose a bed immediately and stay there until everyone is in the house. You have one minute until the next group comes in right behind you. The first four to enter the Big Brother house are: Nicole...

You: YES!

Julie Chen: Hardy...Shannon...and Monica. Go ahead.

They seem happy as well. You turn and walk towards the front door.

You're the first inside.