Big Brother Red Lion 8

## BBRL: All-Stars

**Big Brother Red Lion 8**, also known as **Big Brother Red Lion 8: All-Stars**, is the cancelled eighth and final season of *Big Brother Red Lion*.

16 of the greatest and most iconic players from all 7 previous seasons were slated to return to the game for one last hurrah, to commemorate the graduation of Red Lion's Class of 2023, the creators of BBRL.

## Background

### Development

Ever since it was announced by host Carson Capik that Big Brother Red Lion would not end after season 3, the plan has been to end the series with a special All-Stars season during the final months of the Class of 2023's senior year of high school. Originally, BBRL All-Stars was season 7, but during 2022, the unplanned addition of what eventually became Season 6 pushed All-Stars back further.

Back when All-Stars was still intended to occur, the biggest problem was finding a host, in the event that Carson would return to play the game again. Hudson Smith emerged as the clear favorite, due to having experience hosting his own shows after his participation in BBRL season 1. Nothing was ever decided however.

### Casting

Though All-Stars never came to fruition, it had some of the most forethought and planning of any BBRL season, with some potential candidates being asked of their availability as early as the finales of their original seasons.

A general rule of thumb was followed for casting, echoing the legendary Season 3 from years prior:

* Players from the entire series, Seasons 1 through 7, with three or four players from each season.
* All players must have reached the Jury in their first season(s) at least once.
* At least four players who reached the Final Two in their first season(s).

#### Potential Returnees

By the end of Season 6, a rough collection of candidates was ready. It included 4 players each from Seasons 1-6. Sadly, a few of the most iconic veterans had previously indicated that they did **not** wish to return for another BBRL season, so the list of possible All-Stars only includes players who were still interested in playing again.

## Twists

* **Safety Suite Competition**: For the first three weeks, the All-Stars were given a VIP Pass to the Safety Suite. Once a signal went off, they had an hour to decide if they wanted to swipe their pass and play in the competition. The winner would get safety for the week, and would also gift safety to a "Plus One", making two people immune. The current HOH is ineligible to enter the Safety Suite, and a houseguest can only enter the Safety Suite once before being ineligible for future rounds.
* **Secret Week**: During Week 5, both the HOH and the Power of Veto winners were completely anonymous, and the vote count was not revealed prior to the eviction announcement. The Secret HOH and Secret Veto winners could tell other All-Stars if they wanted to, and the Secret HOH was *still eligible* to play in the next HOH competition.
* **Coup d'Etat**: This was arguably the most powerful ability in BBRL history, and it was hidden in the Red Carpet Room during Week 7. It was **not** anonymous, but if used, it gave its winner the ability to remove one or both of the nominees from the block *after* the week's Veto competition, right before the vote, and then *also* choose the replacements!
* **Back-to-back Double Evictions**: To commemorate the final BBRL season, two back to back Doubles occurred in this star-studded season, during Weeks 8 and 9. The players were informed of this before the first one, which meant they played one Double Eviction completely unprepared, and the other was known in advance, and could be strategized.

## Have/Have-Not History

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