Big Brother 21 (US)

**Big Brother 21 (US)** is the 21st season of the broadcast edition of *Big Brother (U.S.)*.

## Background

### Development

CBS announced that *Big Brother* had been renewed for a twenty-first and twenty-second season on May 15, 2019. CBS later announced on May 20, that the twenty-first season was set to premiere on June 25, 2019. Unnamed insiders close to the production of the show previously cast doubt if Julie Chen would return to host. Chen Moonves however, returned for *Celebrity Big Brother 2 (US)* and it was later announced that Julie Chen Moonves would return to season 21.

Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan to return as executive producers for the series which is produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment, in association with Endemol Shine North America.

### Casting

Despite not having an official renewal announcement from CBS at the time, casting for the season was open until April 2019. Kassting, Inc. returned to provide casting services for a twentieth consecutive season since season 2 with Robyn Kass serving as the casting director.

It was then announced by former season 11 & season 13 contestant, Jeff Schroeder that the houseguests would officially be introduced on June 17 at 11 AM ET/8 AM PT on the live feeds, after they were released an hour earlier.

## Twists

* **Pre-Existing Relationships:** Among the sixteen houseguests, there are various that had known each other each before entering the house. The show acknowledged that Christie Murphy was in a previous relationship with Tommy Bracco's aunt during the premiere. However, it was discovered online that Holly Allen and Kathryn Dunn had been friends for years, and are Facebook friends.
* **No Have-Nots:** There were no formal Have-Nots for the first three weeks, meaning they were still allowed to eat real food and take warm showers.

### Prank Week

Prank Week took place from the end of Week 8 throughout all of Week 9, the houseguests will face a series of pranks played on them by both production and America.

* **Pie Punishment:** The two houseguests who scored the lowest amount of points in the HoH competition would be given a punishment where they would have to make pies and either pie themselves, each other, or another houseguest at any time they are signaled to do so, including in the middle of the night. Because two houseguests tied for the second-lowest score, both were punished, upping the punishment to three people.
* **Opening Sequence:** The intro narration and segue into the opening credits was filled with pranks and clips from Big Brother 20 (US).
* **Slimy Veto Draw:** When the HoH and the two nominees place their hands into the box to select a chip during the Veto Draw, they will be sticking their hands into a vat of slime.
* **Zingbot Competition:** Big Brother's resident prankster, The Zingbot, will make his annual reappearance during one of the Weeks.
* **Clown Sightings:** Big Brother would constantly display projections of scary killer clowns throughout the one way mirrors within the house.

## Weekly Logs

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 9

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 11

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 12

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 13

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee**

 **Nominee**

### Week 14

 **HOH Pt. 1 Winner**

 **HOH Pt. 2 Winner**

 **Nominee**

### Finale

 **WinnerTBD Votes**

 **Runner-UpTBD Votes**