Temptation Competition

## *Big Brother* Recurring Competition

### Description

A competition held before nominations that that HouseGuests compete to win immunity and a special power, and leaves the loser a third nominee.

## Season(s)

### Seasons

*Big Brother 2*

The **Temptation Competition** is a special kind of Immunity Competition held in *Big Brother 2*.

Following Bradley Hernandez's acceptance of the Den of Temptation, the competition returned to the house. For weeks 5, 6 & 7, houseguests have the option to opt in to compete in the Temptation Competition. The winner of the competition will win immunity for the week and a game-changing power while the last place finisher will be automatically nominated as a third nominee and an automatic Have-Not.

Also, the twelve remaining houseguests must decide which types of Temptation Competition they would like to play in, either Nightmare, Panic, or Chaos. Each week, a different Temptation challenge will be played, with only four houseguests tempted to play per week. The winners will be given a decision whether to claim the Temptation Power or not.

## History

### Week 1

The 16 houseguests were sequestered in separate pods and were given the offer of $25,000. The first houseguest to press their button would win the money. The identity of the person who pressed the button would remain anonymous, however their actions would unleash a consequence onto the winner and the house as a whole. Bob Pancakes accepted the offer, but in doing so it required him to throw the first Head of Household competition. As another consequence for Bob pressing the button, the House Serpent twist was unleashed.

### Week 5

Bradley Hernandez, Jordan McDonough, Layla Summers, and Vivian Pinhosa played in the first new Temptation Competition. The competition was the *Re-bust Mayhem*: HouseGuests had to search through Madagascar hissing cockroaches for rebus puzzles to solve a message: Don't meet Julie on eviction night. After figuring out a word, they had to grab letters off a board of letter combinations and spell the message. The HouseGuest to complete the message in the fastest time wins safety and the Panic Power. Vivian ended up winning immunity and the Nightmare Temptation Power with a time of 6:52, while Jordan got last place and was the third nominee. Jordan ended up winning the Power of Veto in that week and vetoed himself off, leaving the HOH's two nominees on the block.

### Week 6

This week, Ashleigh Lyons, Faysal Ibrahim, Jun Kim, and London Flores played in the competition. The competition was *Strangest Things*: HouseGuests competed individually. They must walk through the pitch black House in search of phrases written on the wall. Each phrase will have a circled letter. They must unscramble the circled letters, locate the correct item, and put it in the box. The HouseGuest who locates the item and puts it in the box in the fastest time will win safety for the week and the Chaos Power, while the HouseGuest with the slowest time will be a third nominee for the week. Jun ended up winning immunity and the Chaos Temptation Power, while London got last place and was the third nominee. However, Jun decided not to claim the Chaos Power for that week. London ended up getting evicted that week in a 5-4-0 vote, after a tiebreaker vote from Head of Household Bradley. This competition was played individually and privately and was timed.

### Week 7

In the last Temptation week, Bob Pancakes, Greta Romano, Heidi Conrad, and Madison Randall played in the competition. The competition was *Take It Off*: each HouseGuest had to strip down to their swimsuits while holding down all three buttons on a jet ski. Any buttons released will speed up the timer: 10 times for one button, 30 times for two buttons and 60 times for all three buttons. The HouseGuest with the shortest recorded time upon hitting the buzzer will win. Bob won Immunity and the Panic Temptation Power, while Greta got last place and was the third nominee. Despite both Heidi and Madison survived the competition, they were instead nominated by HOH Jun Kim.

## Trivia

* This version of the Temptation Competition is inspired by the actual Temptation Competition (*Big Brother 19*) and the Whacktivity Competition (*Big Brother 21*) combined.
* Although the loser of the challenge is the "third nominee", they are technically the first nominee, due to this competition taking place before the HOH does the nomination ceremony.
* Due to the Battle Back competition, if a player who won a power gets evicted, they regain the power if they return to the game.
* Vivian Pinhosa is the only female to win a Temptation Competition.
* Bob Pancakes is the only HouseGuest to win the Temptation Competition twice.
* Jun Kim is the only HouseGuest to win a Temptation Competition and choose not to claim the Temptation Power.
* All three powers are flawed and do not guarantee the user the desired result:
	+ The Nightmare Power doesn't guarantee immunity to the user unless they are the one on the block and also cannot be used after the PoV Meeting, leaving the user susceptible to a renomination.
	+ The Chaos Power doesn't guarantee that the user gets drawn during the second PoV player selection, or it could cause them to lose their spot if they were in the first selection but not the second. It also does not prevent the same person, including the redraw target, from being drawn in either selection.
	+ The Panic Power doesn't guarantee the user the Blood Power of Veto unless they are the regular Veto Holder the same week they use it. It also does not grant the user from casting their own eviction vote.
		- The flaws of the Nightmare and Panic Powers were proven futile from coming into effect. Vivian Pinhosa was nominated in Week 9 until she secretly use the Nightmare Power to save herself and nominated her primary target Faysal Ibrahim, which ultimately leading to his eviction. When Bob activated the Panic Power in Week 11 after being remained on the block before eviction, he ended up using the Blood Power of Veto to nullify his eviction votes and avoid the tiebreaker vote, leaving the remaining nominee (Layla Summers) automatically evicted.