Big Brother 20 (American season)

Template:Big Brother housemates Big Brother 20 is the twentieth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name. The season premiered on June 27, 2018 on CBS in the United States. Julie Chen returned as host.

Production

Development

The series was announced in August 2016 as part of a double renewal for Big Brother 19 and Big Brother 20. Along with the series the 24/7 live feeds returned with a CBS All Access subscription and Big Brother: After Dark is also returned on Pop. The season is produced by Endemol Shine North America and Fly on the Wall Entertainment. Julie Chen returned as host and Allison Grodner as well as Rich Meehan returned as Executive Producers. CBS began allowing online applications in September 2017, however open casting calls did not begin until March 2018. Celebrity Big Brother winner and runner up Marissa Jaret Winokur and Ross Mathews are set to host a new companion show known as Off the Block with Ross and Marissa following the end of former HouseGuest Jeff Schroeder's Big Brother Live Chat.

Prize

The last remaining HouseGuest is set to receive a prize of $500,000.

Twists

This season's main theme centered on technology.

BB App Store

Each week, viewers were asked a series of questions about their opinions on the remaining HouseGuests. The HouseGuest who was named in the most overall answers was deemed the "top trending" HouseGuest of the week and earned a "Power App", which would give them an advantage in the game, while the HouseGuest who was answered the least was deemed "least trending" was given a "Crap App", which gave them a punishment. Once HouseGuests received an app, they were no longer eligible to receive one in the future.

Week	Top trending	Power App	Ability	Least trending	Crap App	Punishment
1	Samantha	Bonus Life	To be used immediately after a HouseGuest is evicted from the house, this power will give that HouseGuest a chance to return to the game. This power must be used in the first three evictions, or else the fourth evicted HouseGuest will automatically be given a chance to return.	Faysal	Hamazon	The HouseGuest will routinely be given packages of ham, which they must consume on arrival. (As Faysal is Muslim, a Vegetarian Ham substitute was used for his Hamazon Punishment).

HouseGuests

Main article: List of Big Brother 20 houseguests (U.S.)

The cast of the twentieth season of Big Brother.

---

Top: Kaycee, Faysal, Angie, Swaggy C and Steve

---

Middle: Scottie, Kaitlyn, Brett, Bayleigh, Winston, Samantha, Tyler and Haleigh

---

Bottom: Rachel, JC and Angela

The HouseGuests were announced on Monday, June 18 at 7 AM PDT through the CBS website.

Name	Age on entry	Occupation	Residence
Angela Rummans	26	Fitness model	Playa Vista, California
Angie "Rockstar" Lantry	34	Stay-at-home mom	Columbia, Maryland
Bayleigh Dayton	25	Flight attendant	Atlanta, Georgia
Brett Robinson	25	Cybersecurity engineer	Charlestown, Massachusetts
Chris "Swaggy C" Williams	23	Day trader	Bridgeport, Connecticut
Faysal Shafaat	26	Substitute teacher	Orlando, Florida
Haleigh Broucher	21	College student	College Station, Texas
JC Mounduix	28	Professional dancer	West Hollywood, California
Kaitlyn Herman	24	Life coach	Encino, California
Kaycee Clark	30	Pro-football player	Tempe, Arizona
Rachel Swindler	29	Vegas entertainer	Las Vegas, Nevada
Samantha "Sam" Bledsoe	27	Welder	Stuarts Draft, Virginia
Scottie Salton	26	Shipping manager	Chicago, Illinois
Steve Arienta	40	Former undercover cop	Wanaque, New Jersey
Tyler Crispen	23	Lifeguard	Hilton Head, South Carolina
Winston Hines	28	Medical sales rep	Bowling Green, Kentucky

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Day(s)	Original air date	US viewers (millions)	Rating/share (18-49)
'
667	1	"Episode 1"	Day 1	June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	5.33	1.5/7
Sixteen new HouseGuests entered the newest version of the Big Brother House. After getting settled in the HouseGuests began formal introductions. Following formal introductions Julie informed the HouseGuests that the theme for the summer is "Big Brother Technology" and the first competition of the summer began. Safety competition – Part 1: (The Trash Folder) There are 7 folders hidden inside of the "supercomputer". 6 of the folders are labeled "escape" however, 1 of them is labeled "escape and play". Each HouseGuest must collect a folder as fast as possible. The one who finds the "escape and play" folder will moved on to face the winner of part 2 in part 3 of the competition. The HouseGuest who does not collect a folder will suffer a punishment. Angela was the winner and Kaycee was the loser. Safety competition – Part 2: (HouseGuest CAPTCHA) The HouseGuests must collect block letters from the pit below their tether which is constantly raising and lowering. Each HouseGuest must collect the correct letters and be the first one to spell "HouseGuest" on their platform. The first HouseGuest to correctly collect and spell "HouseGuest" moved on to face the winner of part 1 in part 3 of the competition. The last remaining HouseGuest will suffer a punishment. Swaggy C was the winner and Sam was the loser. Safety competition – Part 3: (Surfing the BB Web) The winners of part 1 and part 2 faced off in this competition and must "surf" the web. The winner of this competition will have the opportunity to keep 8 HouseGuests including themselves safe from the first eviction. Swaggy C was the winner. Following the competitions Julie informed Swaggy C that of the four original groups that moved into the Big Brother house he must keep two of the groups safe. The punishments for the two losing HouseGuests were revealed. Kaycee received the "Pinwheel of Doom" punishment and is forced to wear a pinwheel unitard. Whenever the pinwheel spins she must stay in the room she is currently in until it stops spinning. Sam is forced to occasionally play the game as a robot when the words "Robot offline" are announced she plays the game as a human but when the words "Robot online" are announced she must report to the diary room and play the game as a robot. Both punishments are in effect until the first live eviction. Swaggy C chose to keep groups 3 and 4 safe from eviction.
668	2	"Episode 2"	Days 2-5	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)	5.13	1.4/6
Head of Household: (Microchip Mayhem) When the competition starts HouseGuests must cross their beam and collect a "deletion dot". Once they have collected one they must cross back, place it inside another HouseGuests tube, and repeat. When a HouseGuest has 10 deletion dots inside their tube they are eliminated from the competition. Tyler was the winner and became the first HoH of the season. On Day 5, Tyler nominated Sam and Steve for eviction.
669	3	"Episode 3"	Days 5-9	July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	4.78	1.2/6
Following nominations Sam has a one on one conversation with the other HouseGuests. As the HoH, Tyler was forced to chose the first four Have-Nots of the season. Kaitlyn volunteered and Tyler chose Brett, Scottie, and Winston to be the the remaining Have-Nots. Each week in the new BB App Store the most trending HouseGuest will receive a power to help them in the Big Brother game. However, the least trending HouseGuest each week will receive a punishment. Each HouseGuest may only receive a power in the BB App Store once. Faysal was the least trending HouseGuest and received the Hamazon punishment, throughout the week Hamazon will deliver a fresh plate of ham which Faysal must eat in full. Meanwhile, Sam was the top trending HouseGuest and received Bonus Life power, this gives Sam or a HouseGuest of her choice the chance to return to the game if evicted. The power is only good through the first four evictions and if Sam does not use it by the third eviction then the fourth evicted HouseGuest automatically has the chance to return to the game.
670	4	"Episode 4"	Days 9-12	July 4, 2018 (2018-07-04)	N/A	TBA
The HouseGuests begin speculating who received the Power App as Faysal receives non-stop delivery's of Hamazon Swine. Power of Veto: (VimeBro Studios) The competition was played in five rounds. In each round the losing competitor is eliminated from the competition. The competitors were Tyler, Sam, Steve, Scottie, Swaggy C, and Faysal. Stage 1: (Snake Bite Pit) When "action" is said the competitors must reach into a snake pit and pull out a like icon. Once they have a like icon they must place it in their corresponding score card. When a HouseGuest has three like icons in their score card they are finished with that stage. The last HouseGuest who does not have three like icons or the HouseGuest with the least amount of like icons after five minutes is eliminated. Scottie was eliminated following Stage 1. Stage 2: (Polar Plunge) When the competition begins the HouseGuests must plunge to the bottom of an arctic pool and retrieve a like icon. Once they have a like icon they must place it in their corresponding score card. When a HouseGuest has ten like icons in their score card they are finished with that stage. The last HouseGuest who does not have ten like icons is eliminated. Swaggy C was eliminated following Stage 2. Stage 3: (Human Canvas) When "action" is said the HouseGuests must stand on a post as they are fired at with paint balls. When told to do so they must move forward to a smaller post. The first HouseGuest to touch the ground is eliminated from the competition. Steve was eliminated following Stage 3. Stage 4: (Electricity in the Air) When the competition starts HouseGuests must transfer balls one at a time using their device from the start to their scoreboard. However, the HouseGuests are shocked with shocking collars while attempting to transport their balls. When a HouseGuest collects ten balls they are finished. The last HouseGuest remaining is eliminated from the competition. Sam was eliminated following Stage 4. Stage 5: (Sloda) When the competition begins the HouseGuests goal are to find and match the top three flavors to "Sloda", a soda version of slop. Once done they must place them in the corresponding order. The first HouseGuest to place the three flavors in the corresponding order will win the Power of Veto. Faysal was the winner and received the Power of Veto. At the Veto Meeting, Faysal chose not to use the PoV, thus keeping the nominations the same.
671	5	"Episode 5"	Days 12-16	July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	N/A	TBA
Ahead of the first eviction, with a split house, alliances begin attempting to secure votes for their side.
'

Have-Nots

Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13
Brett, Kaitlyn, Scottie, Winston

Voting history

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13
													Day 99	Finale
Head of Household	Tyler													(none)
Nominations (pre-veto)	Samantha Steve
Veto Winner	Faysal												(none)
Nominations (post-veto)	Samantha Steve
Angela
Bayleigh	Samantha
Brett
Faysal
Haleigh
JC	Steve
Kaitlyn
Kaycee	Steve
Rachel	Steve
Rockstar
Samantha	Nominated
Scottie	Samantha
Steve	Nominated
Swaggy C	Steve
Tyler	Head of Household
Winston
Notes	1
Evicted

Notes

• ^Note 1 :   Swaggy C was the winner of the first safety competition and had the opportunity to save eight HouseGuests including himself. Swaggy C and the 7 other safe HouseGuests were not able to compete in the Head of Household competition.

Reception

Viewing figures

#	Air Date	United States				Source
		18–49 (rating/share)	Viewers (millions)	Rank (timeslot)	Rank (night)
1	Wednesday, June 27, 2018	1.5/7	5.33	1	1
2	Thursday, June 28, 2018	1.4/6	5.13	1	1
3	Sunday, July 1, 2018	1.2/6	4.78	1	1
4	Wednesday, July 4, 2018	TBA
5	Thursday, July 5, 2018
6	Sunday, July 8, 2018

External links

• CBS Official Site