Big Brother 20 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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 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 .

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. This twist lasted for three weeks.

Week	Top trending	Power App	Ability	Least trending	Crap App	Punishment
1	Sam	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 via a competition. This power must be used in the first three evictions, or else the fourth evicted HouseGuest will automatically be given the 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 instead.)
2	Tyler	The Cloud	The HouseGuest has the power to make themselves immune from nomination during one Nomination or Veto Ceremony of their choice over the following eight weeks.	Rachel	Yell!	For 24 hours, an angry reviewer was unleashed into the house at random times to loudly give the HouseGuest feedback on their game.
3	Bayleigh	Identity Theft	The HouseGuest can secretly replace the HoH's nominations with two of their own. This does not affect replacement nominations and can be used until eight players remain.	Haleigh	Read It!	Periodically throughout the week, the HouseGuest must wear a costume and read Hamlet in a Shakespearean accent. This punishment will continue until the entire play has been read.

HouseGuests

See List of Big Brother 20 houseguests (U.S.) for more information

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
Angie "Rockstar" Lantry	34	Stay-at-home mom
Bayleigh Dayton	25	Flight attendant
Brett Robinson	25	Cybersecurity engineer
Chris "Swaggy C" Williams	23	Day trader
Faysal Shafaat	26	Substitute teacher
Haleigh Broucher	21	College student
JC Mounduix	28	Professional dancer
Kaitlyn Herman	24	Life coach
Kaycee Clark	30	Pro-football player
Rachel Swindler	29	Vegas entertainer
Samantha "Sam" Bledsoe	27	Welder
Scottie Salton	26	Shipping manager
Steve Arienta	40		}}
Tyler Crispen	23	Lifeguard
Winston Hines	28	Medical sales rep

Other appearances

All evicted HouseGuests appear on the Facebook Watch exclusive Off the Block with Ross and Marissa for an extended interview following their evictions. Tyler Crispen appeared in the second episode of TKO: Total Knock Out as a contestant. Crispen finished in third place and received .

Episodes

Episode 1 | Aux1 = Day 1 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.5/7 | Viewers = 5.33 | ShortSummary = 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. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 2 | Aux1 = Days 2-5 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.4/6 | Viewers = 5.13 | ShortSummary = *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. | LineColor = #87CEEB }}

Episode 3 | Aux1 = Days 5-9 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.2/6 | Viewers = 4.78 | ShortSummary = 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 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. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 4 | Aux1 = Days 9-12 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 0.9/5 | Viewers = 3.95 | ShortSummary = 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 schocked 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. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 5 | Aux1 = Days 12-16 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.3/6 | Viewers = 4.96 | ShortSummary = Ahead of the first eviction, with a split house, alliances begin attempting to secure votes for their side. On Day 16, by a vote of 7-6, Steve was the first to be evicted from the Big Brother house.

• Head of Household ("Land a Job"): When the competition starts HouseGuests must step up to the launch pad and launch their ball into the new town of "San Bros" The building the ball lands on has a corresponding salary. The HouseGuest with the highest salary after everyone has launched their balls became the new HoH. Kaitlyn was the winner and became the second HoH of the season.

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Episode 6 | Aux1 = Days 16-17 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.3/6 | Viewers = 5.11 | ShortSummary = Following the HoH competition Kaitlyn begins strategizing her nominations. The BB App Store opens for business again. Rachel was the least trending while Tyler was the most trending HouseGuest. Rachel received the "Yell!" Crap App, periodically throughout the next twenty-four hours an angry reviewer was released into the house to give her feedback. Tyler received "The Cloud" Power App, this gives him the opportunity to make himself immune from one nomination ceremony of veto meeting throughout the next eight weeks. Kaitlyn nominated Scottie and Winston for eviction | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 7 | Aux1 = Days 17-20 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.5/7 | Viewers = 5.43 | ShortSummary = Following nominations the HouseGuests prepared to compete in the Power of Veto competition The HouseGuests picked to compete in the Veto competition were Kaitlyn, Scottie, Winston, Faysal, Rachel, and Tyler. The HouseGuests then received a visit from Big Brother 19 HouseGuests and winners of the 30th season of The Amazing Race, Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson, who hosted the Power of Veto competition.

• Power of Veto ("HouseGuestsOnly.com"): When the competition begins players must review dating profiles of former HouseGuests. Once reviewed they must place the former HouseGuests in their ideal dating location. Once all former HouseGuests are placed they must hit the buzzer. If all former HouseGuests are correctly placed their time gets locked in however, if they are incorrect they must try again until they are all correctly placed. If a HouseGuest takes longer than twenty minutes to correctly place all HouseGuests tey are automatically eliminated. The HouseGuest with the fastest time won the Power of Veto. Tyler was the winner with a time of 5 minutes and 29 seconds.

Rachel then begins receiving visits from her angry reviewer as a result of her Crap App from the BB App Store. At the Veto Ceremony Tyler chose to use the PoV to remove Scottie from the block. On Day 20, Kaitlyn then named Swaggy C as the replacement nominee. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 8 | Aux1 = Days 20-23 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.5/6 | Viewers = 5.32 | ShortSummary = Following the Veto Ceremony Swaggy C and Winston both begin campaigning for votes. The HouseGuests then cast their votes on who the want to evict. On Day 23, by a vote of 8-4, Swaggy C was the second to be evicted from the Big Brother house.

• Head of Household ("Product Launch"): The competing HouseGuests watched a two videos about product launches for "Pineapple, Inc.". Julie then asked the HouseGuests a series of questions where the answer is either true or false. If a HouseGuest answered incorrectly they were eliminated from the competition. The last HouseGuest remaining became the next Head of Household. If two HouseGuests remain at the end the game would enter tiebreaker mode. Rachel and Scottie remained at the end. Both HouseGuests were given whiteboards and the answer to the final question was a number. The HouseGuest who came closest to the correct answer without going over would become the next HoH. If both HouseGuests went over the who was closest to the number would be the winner. Scottie was the winner and became the third HoH of the season.

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Episode 9 | Aux1 = Days 23-24 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.4/6 | Viewers = 5.19 | ShortSummary = Following Swaggy's eviction the BB App Store opened for the final time. Inside, Haleigh was the least trending HouseGuest and received the "Read It!" Crap App. When told to read Haleigh must dress up in a costume, report to a specified room, and read Hamlet until told to stop. This punishment will continue until the entire book is read. Meanwhile, Bayleigh was the most trending HouseGuest and received the "Identity Theft" Power App. This power allows her to secretly chose the nominees for the week. On Day 24, Scottie nominated Brett and Winston for eviction. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 10 | Aux1 = Days 24-27 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.4/6 | Viewers = 5.24 | ShortSummary = Following nominations the HouseGuests picked players for the Veto Competition. The competitors were Scottie, Brett, Winston, Tyler, Rachel, and Rockstar.

• Power of Veto ("Mamma Mia! Madness"): When the competition starts the HouseGuests must grab onto their disco ball and spin 15 times to set 30 seconds on their clock. They must then run acros the playing field and build a tower of champagne glasses. Before the clock runs out they must run back and spin again to get another 30 seconds. If their clock runs out before they make it back they are eliminated from the competition. However, if they volunteer to be a have-not for the week they may re-enter the competition. The first HouseGuest to successfully build their tower won the Power of Veto and a trip for 2 to the Greek islands. Scottie was the winner and received the PoV.

Meanwhile, Haleigh begins suffering from her Crap App punishment. Brett and Winston begin campaigning to Scottie in an attempt to get him to take one of them off of the block. Scottie informs Kaitlyn of their secret meeting causing confrontation throughout the house. At the Veto Ceremony, Scottie chose not to use the PoV thus keeping his nominations the same. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 11 | Aux1 = Days 27-30 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.6/7 | Viewers = 5.58 | ShortSummary = Following the Veto Ceremony each side of the house begins looking for votes. The HouseGuests voted in the live vote and eviction. On Day 30, by a vote of 6-5, Winston was the third to be evicted from the Big Brother house. Following Winston's eviction, a major confrontation occurs between Rockstar and Brett due to his eviction speech.

• Head of Household ("Out On A Limb"): In this competition each participating HouseGuest must stand on a peg attached to their tree and hold on as long as possible. Throughout the competition the trees move and water is sprayed on the HouseGuests. The last HouseGuest to remain on their tree will become the next Head of Household.

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Episode 12 | Aux1 = Days 27, 30-31 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.5/6 | Viewers = 5.45 | ShortSummary = *Head of Household ("Out On A Limb"): During the competition honey and feathers also begin to spray at the HouseGuests. Sam was the last HouseGuest remaining on their tree and became the fourth HoH of the season. Tensions begin to flare throughout the house between different HouseGuests following the eviction.

The episode also covered a major controversy between HouseGuests JC and Bayleigh following an incident where JC used the n-word in a conversation which Bayleigh took as offensive.

On Day 31, Sam nominated Haleigh and Kaitlyn for eviction. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 13 | Aux1 = Days 31-34 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.5/6 | Viewers = 5.69 | ShortSummary = Sam's nomination reasoning begins causing friction throughout the house. The HouseGuests then picked players for the Power of Veto competition. The competitors were Sam, Haleigh, Kaitlyn, JC, Rockstar, and Faysal. Former Big Brother HouseGuest, Rachel Reilly, entered the house to host the PoV competition.

• Power of Veto ("Chop Bonk Spank"): Inspired by Big Brother 19s "Punch, Slap, Kick" and sponsored by the fictional "Bro Fund Me", HouseGuests must stand on their target as Rachel randomly played sequences which Chomped, Bonked, and Spanked them. Rachel then asked the HouseGuests a question based on the sequence. Each correct answer earned the HouseGuest a point. The HouseGuest with the most points at the end of the game was the winner. After 7 rounds, Faysal was the winner with 7 points and received the Power of Veto.

At the Veto Ceremony, Fessy chose to use the PoV on Haleigh. Sam chose Rockstar to become the replacement nominee. She then informed the rest of the HouseGuests about her Bonus Life Power App. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 14 | Aux1 = Days 34-37 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.5/6 | Viewers = 5.44 | ShortSummary = Following the Veto Ceremony, Faysal gets caught in the middle of Haleigh and Kaitlyn. The HouseGuests then participated in the live vote eviction by voting on who they wished to evict from the house. On Day 37, by a vote of 9-1, Kaitlyn was the fourth to be evicted from the Big Brother house. However, due to Sam not using her Bonus Life Power App the evictee was automatically offered chance to win re-entry into the game.

• Bonus Life Competition ("Outside The House"): In the Bonus Life Competition Kaitlyn must disassemble the life-sized puzzle of herself and must reassemble the puzzle on the opposite side of the fictional house within two minutes and thirty seconds. When she believes the puzzle is correctly built she must hit the buzzer. If the puzzle is correctly built she will win re-enter into the game however, if it is incorrectly built she will have the opportunity to continue working until her time is up. Kaitlyn did not correctly build the puzzle and was the officially evicted from the house.

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Episode 15 | Aux1 = Days 37-38 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.5/6 | Viewers = 5.40 | ShortSummary = *Head of Household ("Perfect Timing"): In the Head of Household competition, the HouseGuests must sit on an email and slide from their outbox to their inbox. The HouseGuest with the closest time to 8 seconds will be the new Head of Household. Bayleigh, with a time of 8.08 seconds, was the winner. On Day 38, Bayleigh nominated Brett and Rachel for eviction. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 16 | Aux1 = Days 38-41 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.5/6 | Viewers = 5.55 | ShortSummary = *Power of Veto ("Goober Driver"): In the Power of Veto competition, HouseGuests had to pave a road so they can give the four evicted HouseGuests a ride across town. The player who paves the road and gets the evicted HouseGuests to the other side of town the fastest wins the Power of Veto. Rachel, JC, and Sam timed out while Tyler won. Bayleigh shares with Rachel the fact that she has a Power App.

After Tyler asks if Bayleigh would put Angela up if he uses the veto, Bayleigh tells Rachel that Tyler's targetting Angela. Then, Rachel tells Angela about Tyler targetting her which she doesn't believe. Angela tells Kaycee and she also thinks it's false. Kaycee tells Tyler about this, Tyler talks with Angela, who all agree Rachel should be the target, not Brett.

At the Veto Ceremony, Tyler chose to not use the PoV, thus keeping the nominations the same. | LineColor = #87CEEB }} Episode 17 | Aux1 = Days 41-44 | OriginalAirDate = | Aux4 = 1.5/6 | Viewers = 5.61 | ShortSummary = Ahead of eviction the show gives an update on Bayleigh's family which includes Swaggy C meeting Bayleigh's parents. The HouseGuests then participated in the live vote eviction by voting on who they wished to evict from the house. On Day 44, by a vote of 5-4, Rachel was the fifth to be evicted from the Big Brother house.

• Head of Household ("Gif That Keeps on Giving"): Throughout the past week HouseGuests were shown gif's of themselves at predetermined times. In the competition Julie asked HouseGuests true or false questions about the gif's they viewed. Following the question the HouseGuests must lock in their answers. If they answer incorrectly they are eliminated from the competition. The last HouseGuest standing becomes the new Head of Household. If there are two HouseGuests remaining there will be a tie-breaker. Angela and Rockstar were the last two HouseGuest's standing and participated in the tie-breaker. Julie asked a question to which the answer was a number. The HouseGuest with the closest answer without going over would be the next HoH. If both HouseGuests went over the one closest to the answer would become the HoH. Angela provided the closest answer without going over and became the sixth HoH of the season.

Julie Chen announced after the Head of Household Competition about the "H@cker Comp". Each week, the HouseGuests will compete to "hack" the week. She also announces the first competition will be on Sunday night's nomination episode. | LineColor = #87CEEB }}

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