Knockout

## *Big Brother* Recurring Competition

### Description

Face off two at a time and answer a prompt. Ring in first with the right answer to knock out your opponent.

## Appearance(s)

### Seasons

CSW Big Brother
DeSales Big Brother 1
DeSales Big Brother 2
DeSales Big Brother All-Stars
DeSales Big Brother 3

### Other Names/Variations

Royal Flush
BB Knockout
Mixed Emojis
Calculation Station
Catch the Burglar

**Knockout** is a recurring Head of Household competition. It has appeared on every season so far.

## Rules

The HouseGuests face off two at a time. In each round, the HouseGuests are shown an image or asked a question. The HouseGuests must aim to buzz in faster than their opponent with the correct answer to the prompt (usually chosen from A, B, or C). If whoever buzzed in first is correct, they win the round; if they are incorrect, their opponent wins the round. After each round, the loser is eliminated, while the winner chooses the next two HouseGuests to face off. The last HouseGuest standing wins the competition.

## History

This format of competition has appeared in every season; however, each time, the task has been slightly different.

In CSW Big Brother, "Royal Flush" had a slight physical component (the only iteration of Knockout to do so). Each round would begin with cards being placed onto a pile one at a time. The two players facing off stood over the pile. When a card is placed down that has the same value as either the last card placed (a double) or the second-last card placed (a sandwich), the first player to slap the pile would win the round. If a player slapped the pile when this was not the case, they would be eliminated. Lucia Pastor was the last HouseGuest standing, and won the competition.

In DeSales Big Brother 1, "BB Knockout" asked a series of questions about recent game events. The answer choices were three of the evicted HouseGuests (Aaron Green, Sarah Danner and Emily Barrett). or if the question was about a competition, HOH or POV. In each round, the player to buzz in first with the correct answer would win the round. If the player that buzzed in first was incorrect, their opponent would win the round. Eileen Deisemann won this competition.

DeSales Big Brother 2 featured the "Mixed Emojis" competition with the Knockout format. As expected, the player to buzz in first with the correct emoji would win the round. This time, Sam Eroh was the winner.

In DeSales Big Brother: All-Stars, the "Calculation Station" competition asked a series of algebraic equations pertaining to events earlier in the season, with the correct answer being a number that solved the equation. The players had to find the correct number that answered the question (e.g. "The total number of eviction votes cast so far this season") and then use that number to solve for X. Each question had three choices-- A, B, or C, each with a different number. The first player to buzz in with the correct answer would win the round. Molly Hofstaedter won this competition-- although Kylie Menow was mistakenly announced the winner at first. *(Kylie remained HOH, but Molly was given safety for the week.)*

In DeSales Big Brother 3, the competition "Catch the Burglar" had the HouseGuests scanning various crowded images to look for a hidden burglar in the crowd. Each image was divided into sections A, B, and C-- the first HouseGuest to find the burglar and correctly buzz in with A, B, or C (depending on what section he was in), would win the round. Mackenzie Schmidt was the last player standing, winning Head of Household.

## List of the *Knockout* Competitions

\*Kylie Menow was initially announced the winner of the competition, but it was later revealed that there was an error and that Molly won the competition. Kylie remained HOH, however.

## Trivia

* Knockout is one of only five competitions that has appeared in every single season, including CSW Big Brother. The others are BB Blow-Up, Watch Carefully, Foggy Memory, and What the Bleep?!.