Template:Housemates

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Day z. ;hmxx-exit:The day that a housemate left the House should be written here as Day x. If the housemate previously left and re-entered the House, it should be written as Day x Day z. ;hmxx-veto:Power of Veto is a special competition used in Big Brother USA articles. To show that a housemate has acquired Power of Veto, should be placed here. The image can be replaced with anything else, including text, but the size of the image is optimised for the column widths. ;hmxx-stat:The current status of a housemate goes here. *nom - Nominated *evic - Evicted *walk - Voluntary Exit from the House before the season ended *eject - Involuntary left the House before the season ended, most likely due to being removed by Big Brother. *hoh - Head of House *three - The third colour, described below *five - The fifth colour, described below *none - The housemate is not affected by anything. It is imperative that something is in the -stat field, otherwise the box will appear as white. ;legendnom:By default, this appears as "Nominated" on an article. It is thought that this can be used for all seasons of Big Brother, but if it needs to be changed it can be by writing something here. Also used for winner in a finished Big Brother series. ;legendevic:By default, this appears as "Evicted". ;legendwalk:This is for housemates that voluntary walked out of the House before the season ended. ;legendeject:This is for housemates that involuntary left the House, most likely due to being removed by Big Brother. ;legendhoh:Head of House ;legend3:Can be used to specify a status not covered by any of the other statuses. ;legend5:Can be used to specify a status not covered by any of the other statuses. ;legendblank: This is a blank legend with no specific color. Used by the American version to identify the image used for the Power of Veto. |}
 * style=text-align:left valign=top | The code to the left of this text should be copied and pasted to an article where it is needed. What is written after each "=" affects what is displayed on an article when it is viewed. ;hmpage:By default, housemates' names automatically link to a section in the article that the template is used in. This can be changed by typing the name of another article here, without square brackets. ;seriesname:The name of the Big Brother series should be typed here and linked to the relevant article, i.e. Big Brother Australia. ;series:The number of the season should be put here, i.e. First Seriescode>. ;previous:The title of the article of the preceding series. ;next:The title of the article of the following series. ;image:The season's logo should go here. The image name should be typed here, with Image:, but without square brackets or other image modifications, i.e. Image:BB06.JPG. Images are automatically sized to 137px. ;imagebg:A background colour for the image can be defined here, but should only be used if the image has a solid background colour. ;hmxx:This is where a housemate's name should be written. It is by default automatically linked to a section in the article that this template is used in, but this can be changed with hmpage. ;hmxx-enter:The day that a housemate entered the Big Brother House should be here, written as Day x. If the housemate previously left and re-entered the House, it should be written as Day x