Celebrity Big Brother: Pop Industry (Season 1)

## *Celebrity Big BrotherPop Industry*

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The first season of *Celebrity Big Brother: Pop Industry* (abbreviated *CBB* or *CBB:PI*), an American reality television series, was broadcast on CBS, with extra content and live feeds published on Paramount+. It premiered on April 4, 2022 and ran for two weeks. The show chronicles a group of celebrities (known as HouseGuests) whom moved into a house under constant surveillance and with no contact from the outside world. They are competing for power and safety before voting to evict one of their fellow HouseGuests out of the house.

The season concluded on April 17, 2022, when Demi Lovato was announced as the first-ever winner. Rihanna finished in second place, with Lana Del Rey in third. Evicted HouseGuest Katy Perry received the fan-voted Fan Favorite HouseGuest award.

The season was announced on March 26, 2022, as the first in the *CBB:PI* series. American singer, producer and reality star Kandi would host, present and executively produce the season. Kandi's husband Todd Tucker would also executively produce the season. The contestants for the season were announced by Kandi on Tootland over the course of two days; March 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022.

## Background

The first season of *CBB:PI* was announced on March 26, 2022. The season was confirmed to air on CBS in the month of April, with exclusive content and 24-hour live feeds streamed on Paramount+. At this time, it was also revealed that American singer and *The Real Housewives of Pop Industry* star Kandi would host the show. Kandi's production company Kandi Corporation were hired to produce the show, as Kandi and her husband Todd Tucker took up roles as executive producers. On the same day, a casting call was opened, for celebrities within the music sphere to submit applications to join the show. Initially, the deadline for the casting call was April 2, 2022, however due to the large number of applications, casting closed early on March 30, 2022. Having already made their decision for the cast, Kandi would announce the sixteen cast members on Tootland over the course of two days; March 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022. On March 31, 2022, Kandi announced that the show would premiere on Monday, April 4, 2022.

As with civilian seasons of Big Brother, there is a prize fund for the winner, runner-up and the fan-voted America's Favorite HouseGuest. However all money from the show will be distributed to chosen charities by the players. The winner's charity will receive $250,000, while the runner-up's charity will receive $50,000. The charity chosen by America's Favorite HouseGuest will receive $25,000. In addition, each charity chosen by any HouseGuest will receive $5,000 from CBS.

## HouseGuests

The sixteen HouseGuests were revealed by presenter and producer Kandi on her Tootland account, over the course of March 30 and March 31, 2022. The HouseGuests chosen for this season are all either performing artists or famous music industry figures.

## Episodes

Episodes of the show were broadcast at the regular 8:00 PM (7:00 PM central) timeslot on CBS, lasting approximately one hour. The season premiere and season finale episodes were broadcast as longer 2-hour episodes. 24/7 Live feeds and additional exclusive content will stream on Paramount+, previously CBS All Access, throughout the season. The season aired from April 4, 2022 until April 17, 2022.

The episode scheduled to air on April 7, 2022, was cancelled due to emergency programming on CBS that day. Initially set to have 14 episodes, the season would instead run for 13 total episodes, with a two-hour double eviction episode scheduled for Day 13 in week two.