Big Brother 22 (US)

***Big Brother 22** (also known as **Big Brother: Reindeer Games**)* is the twenty second installment of the Kelsey’s Big Brother series.

The season premiered on December 17th, 2023 and ended on the same day with Cejay winning the season. Jake was crowned Host's Favorite Player. This season lasted 1 real day.

## Background

### Development

After the cancellation of the Kelsey’s Big Brother 21, Kelsey took a short break and moved onto her The Challenge Franchise, After 5 seasons of that she returned for KBB with a new format and new season featuring veterans and rookies.

### Casting

The casting process had 14 players, where 6 were removed pre-season having a cast of 8 houseguests.

## Twists

Returning Players: Legendary Big Brother players are set to return and compete to be the last one standing. Three other former houseguests will also be returning to co-host as Santa's Elves, but they will not be competing.

Pre-Recorded Series: Due to the structure of the season, the entire season will be pre-recorded before the series premieres.

Houseguests Not Living Inside the House: Due to the limited schedule and timeframe of the series, the houseguests will not be living inside of the house or spending the night. However, they will still spend some time in the house during the filming hours in between competitions, going back and forth between the studio and sequester.

No Live Feeds: Due to the pre-recorded nature of the series, this series will be the first in American franchise history to not feature any kind of Live Feeds.

New Competition Structure: The series will follow a new format of rules for the contestants to follow. Each episode, three competitions will take place ending with a Hit The Road competition named Santa's Showdown which determines which houseguest is eliminated at the end of the episode.

Naughty & Nice Challenge: The winner of this competition will be put on the "Nice List" and earn an advantage in the Jingle Bell Brawl. They will also earn the power to put someone on the "Naughty List", giving them a disadvantage in the same competition.

Jingle Bell Brawl: This power is the equivalent of being Head of Household, where the winner earns safety and will then nominate two players to compete in Santa's Showdown. The difference is that the rules of the competitions will vary per round: sometimes they may compete in pairs or as teams instead of individually, and the power can be won in back to back rounds. In the event of team competitions, the winning team will save one member of the losing team, leaving the remaining members nominated and heading into the Showdown.
Santa's Showdown: Houseguests nominated by the Jingle Bell Brawl winner(s) will compete to avoid elimination. The loser will be sent home immediately.

Callout Twist: In Episode 3, the Jingle Bell Brawl winner will only nominate one person to compete in

Santa's Showdown. If they cannot complete the challenge in time, they will be eliminated. If they complete the challenge, they will have to call out another competitor to try and complete it in less time, and if they fail then they will be eliminated instead, and so on.
Four Finalists: For the first time in the English American version, four finalists will be left at the end to determine the winner of the $100,000 grand prize.

Santa's Gift: Upon elimination, each houseguest is given a thanks from Santa for participating, and are told to choose any gift box to claim a consolation prize, which could range from $5,000 to "some of Santa's favorite fruit cakes".

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

## Game History

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