DeSales Big Brother 3

**DeSales Big Brother 3**, also known as **DeSales Big Brother: Dynamic Duos**, is the third main season of DeSales Big Brother (fourth counting All-Stars), and the fifth season of Johnston-hosted Big Brother games overall.

## Background

### Development

Development for Season 3 began on October 1, 2022 when host Matt Johnston began building a BB Production Team to assist with the logistics of development, particularly regarding the transition to an in-person game. Season 2 alumni Sam Eroh and Lexie Montero were chosen to be on this team as assistant producers. On November 22, 2022, DeSales Big Brother 3 was confirmed to the public, with a casting call also being announced that would open four days later.

### Casting

Casting for the season took place from November 26-December 4, 2022. In the casting application, applicants were encouraged to name someone whom they would like to be their Dynamic Duo partner. If two prospective HouseGuests each named only each other, they would be automatically paired together. Production then arranged the remaining Dynamic Duos based on the strongest existing relationships between the HouseGuests.

Another question in the casting application asked the applicants to describe their own personality using three adjectives. These answers were later used in the "Mind Reading" Safety advantage competition on Day 1.

### Theme

The theme for this season is **Superheroes**. The main twist, Dynamic Duos, could also be considered part of the theme. Examples of competitions designed to reflect the Superheroes theme include Faster Than a Speeding Egg, Security Breach, Catch the Burglar, and others.

### Postponement of Finale

The Season 3 finale was originally scheduled for Sunday, February 12, making the total length of the season 61 days. However, unforeseen scheduling difficulties among the host and HouseGuests resulted in the finale being postponed. The season finale was not rescheduled until nine weeks later, for Tuesday, April 18.

If one were to count this extended period of time as a continuation of the game, the true length of the season would be 126 days. However, for simplicity purposes, this wiki considers the game to be 63 days, with a nine-week hiatus in production from February 13 to April 16.

## Twists

* **Dynamic Duos**: For the first three weeks, the HouseGuests are paired up. The Head of Household wins immunity for their partner and must nominate another duo for eviction. The Power of Veto, if used, has to be used on the duo, resulting in another duo being nominated as the post-Veto nominations. The duo faces eviction as individuals. When a HouseGuest is evicted, the surviving duo partner is given safety until the end of the Dynamic Duos twist.
	+ The Dynamic Duos are as follows:

* + **Safety Competition**: On Day 1, the seven Dynamic Duos played in a two-part Safety competition. The winning duo would win immunity for the first week.
	+ **Heroes and Sidekicks**: The Day 1 Safety competition and the Week 1 HOH competition are split into two parts, with one member of each team playing in each of the two parts. Each team must choose one member to be the Hero, who plays the main competition, and the other member to be the Sidekick, who plays in a special challenge beforehand in the hopes of earning an advantage for the Hero.
	+ **Team Power of Veto Competitions**: For the duration of the Dynamic Duos twist, all Power of Veto competitions are played in teams. Instead of six individuals competing each week, four teams compete (eight HouseGuests in total).
* **2-in-1 Week**: A special week where, essentially, two weeks of Big Brother play out simultaneously. Two winners of the HOH competition become Heads of Household, each of which must nominate two HouseGuests for eviction; two separate Veto competitions and ceremonies take place; and the week culminates with two HouseGuests being evicted.
* **Double Eviction**: A standard Double Eviction also took place during Week 6. After the first eviction, the HouseGuests played a week's worth of Big Brother in one night, ending in a second eviction for the week.

## Other Participants

 **Grace Bowmaster** | Senior
 **Molly Hofstaedter** | Senior

## Competition History

*Main article: List of competitions by season*

## Voting History

**Notes**

* Note 1: For the first three weeks, the HouseGuests were paired up. The Head of Household would win immunity for their partner (indicated by □) and nominate another duo for eviction. The Power of Veto had to be used on the duo, resulting in another duo being nominated as the post-Veto nominations. The duo faced eviction as individuals.
* Note 2: □  On Day 1, a safety competition was played to give one duo immunity. Rosie and Alison were the winning duo and earned safety for the week.
* Note 3: □  The surviving partner of an evicted team member was given immunity until the end of the Duos phase; however, they also could not compete in any Veto competitions (unless they were the Head of Household, in which case they would choose a HouseGuest to serve as their partner for the competition).
* Note 4: Week 4 was called “2-in-1 Week,” meaning that two eviction weeks would play out simultaneously. The top two winners of the HOH competition would each nominate two HouseGuests for eviction; then, two separate Veto competitions would take place. Two joint Veto meetings would be held, at which the safe HouseGuests were eligible to be named a replacement nominee if either of the POV’s were used. At the eviction, in a special change, the four nominees would be eligible to vote in the eviction ceremony for the other pair of nominees. At the end of the week, two HouseGuests were evicted from the house simultaneously.
* Note 5: □  In the Week 4 HOH competition, the last three HouseGuests remaining (Alison, Cas, and Grace) were in a stalemate. To end the competition, the players agreed to have one person eliminated by the spin of a wheel, granted that whoever was eliminated would be guaranteed safety. Big Brother allowed this— the wheel landed on Grace, meaning she was eliminated but was given safety for the week.
* Note 6: As Head of Household, Rosie had to break the tie on Day 40.
* Note 7: This week was a double eviction week. Following the first eviction, the remaining HouseGuests played a week's worth of game—including HoH and Veto competitions and Nomination, Veto and Eviction ceremonies—during the remainder of the meeting, culminating in a second eviction for the week.
* Note 8: During the finale, the jury members voted for which finalist should win Big Brother.

## Trivia

* Season 3 was announced to the public on November 22, 2022, which happens to be the two-year anniversary of the Season 2 premiere.
* This is the only season to...
	+ ...feature competitions that could have multiple winners.
	+ ...feature Advantage and Safety competitions.
	+ ...have a final two of which neither HouseGuest ever received a vote for eviction.
	+ ...not feature a HouseGuest named Samantha (or a variation of the name).
* This is the first season since CSW Big Brother to take place partly in-person.
* This is the first season since DeSales Big Brother 1 to feature more than 13 HouseGuests.
* This season had the most evictions that were decided by a difference of one vote, with 6. These evictions were those of Relena Kiser, Giovanni Marini, Mary Grace Collins, Mackenzie Schmidt, Brielle Lewandowski, and Grace Curry.