Big Brother 20 (American season)
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Big Brother 20 is the twentieth season of the American reality television series Big Brother.[1] It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name. The season premiered on June 27, 2018 on CBS in the United States.[2] Julie Chen returned as host.[3][4]
Production
Development
The series was announced in August 2016 as part of a double renewal for Big Brother 19 and Big Brother 20.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] CBS began allowing online applications in September 2017, however open casting calls did not begin until March 2018.[8][9] 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.[10]
Prize
The last remaining HouseGuest is set to receive a prize of $500,000.[11]
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 |
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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
The HouseGuests were announced on Monday, June 18 at 7 AM PDT through the CBS website.[12]
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Day(s) | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18-49) | ||||||
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667 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Day 1 | June 27, 2018 | 5.33[13] | 1.5/7[13] | ||||||
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.
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 | 5.13[14] | 1.4/6[14] | ||||||
On Day 5, Tyler nominated Sam and Steve for eviction. | ||||||||||||
669 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Days 5-9 | July 1, 2018 | 4.78[15] | 1.2/6[15] | ||||||
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 | N/A | TBA | ||||||
The HouseGuests begin speculating who received the Power App as Faysal receives non-stop delivery's of Hamazon Swine.
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 | N/A | TBA | ||||||
Ahead of the first eviction, with a split house, alliances begin attempting to secure votes for their side. | ||||||||||||
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Notes
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 |
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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 | ||
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Day 99 | Finale | |||||||||||||
Head of Household | Tyler | (none) | ||||||||||||
Nominations (pre-veto) |
Samantha Steve |
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Veto Winner | Faysal | (none) | ||||||||||||
Nominations (post-veto) |
Samantha Steve |
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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 |
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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 | |||
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18–49 (rating/share) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (timeslot) |
Rank (night) | |||
1 | Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | 1.5/7 | 5.33 | 1 | 1 | [13] |
2 | Thursday, June 28, 2018 | 1.4/6 | 5.13 | 1 | 1 | [14] |
3 | Sunday, July 1, 2018 | 1.2/6 | 4.78 | 1 | 1 | [15] |
4 | Wednesday, July 4, 2018 | TBA | ||||
5 | Thursday, July 5, 2018 | |||||
6 | Sunday, July 8, 2018 |
References
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- ^ "How And When To Meet The Big Brother 20 Houseguests". CBS. June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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- ^ Porter, Rick (August 10, 2016). "'Big Brother' renewed through Season 20 on CBS". TV By The Numbers. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Big Brother Renewed For Two More Seasons Set To Air In 2017 And 2018". CBS. August 10, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
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- ^ "Big Brother Now Casting!". Big Brother Casting. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
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- ^ Rice, Lynette (June 17, 2018). "Ross Mathews and Marissa Jaret Winokur will host Big Brother recap show". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
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- ^ "Meet The Houseguests On Big Brother Season 20". CBS. 18 June 2018.
- ^ a b c Porter, Rick (June 28, 2018). "'Masterchef' and 'Reverie' adjust up, 'The Originals' adjusts down: Wednesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ a b c Porter, Rick (June 29, 2018). "'Big Brother' adjusts up, 'Take Two' adjusts down: Thursday final ratings". TV By The Numbers. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
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