Season 1

## Big Brother 1: Checkmate

**Tasha's Big Brother 1: Checkmate** is the first season of the TashORGs Big Brother series.

Season 1 started the series off on a good note, with an active cast, chaotic gameplay, several fun moments, and many more pros. There were many notable large personalities and strategists that further displayed the cast's charisma, fun, and overall dedication to the game. In the end, after laying low early on and making move after another in the end game, Nam won the game against Em in a 6-3 vote, and was crowed the first winner of TashORGs Big Brother after 46 days of playing.

The season was very positively received by hosts, spectators, and even the cast members, leading to a 2nd season being greenlit and in production while Season 1 was filming.

## Background

TashORGs Big Brother originally started out as simply "TashORGs" which ran as a Survivor ORG on discord. It went through 6 full seasons until it was officially cancelled and announced that the series would transform from a Survivor format into a Big Brother format. The beginning of the TashORGs Big Brother format signifies a new era of the series, thus alumni from the first generation would be allowed to apply and be considered new contestants.

### Casting

Casting for the season opened on September 24th, 2021, and lasted all the way up until October 17th of the same year. A total of 48 people applied to the season of which only 16 of them were able to get in.

### Development

TashORGs Big Brother was originally being planned during the run of TashORGs Survivor's 6th and final season and it was announced right after the season ended. The server was created on September 4th, 2021 and started its planning stage at this point. The server was officially opened on September 21st and applications for the season opened on the 24th. Initially, Season 1 did not have any intended themeing plans but as the logo was being developed, the Chess theme was chosen and applied onto it.

## Twists

* **Teams**: At the end of the first day, it was revealed that the contestants would be split into 2 teams of 8, Team Black Pieces and Team White Pieces. Contestants were required to make one list of their trust ranking and a second list containing who they wanted their team, in order. The top 2 highest averaging contestants would become team captains and choose their team. One person winning HOH grants their entire team complete safety for the week, meaning they are only allowed to nominate and evict someone from the opposing team. The teams twist lasted for 3 weeks and was ended on Week 4.

* **Queen's Week**: For 3 weeks, starting Week 5, the houseguests would have to vote on someone to be the "Queen Piece" for the week. The Queen Piece will become able to anonymously replace one of the two nominees selected by the HOH (however, they can choose not to). The HOH cannot become the Queen Piece and one person can become it multiple times.

* **Double Eviction**: On Week 8, the named HOH would be nominating a total of 3 people. After the veto ceremony is finished, the houseguests that are not sitting on the block will be casting their vote to *save* a nominee rather than a vote to evict. The two houseguests with the least amount of votes to save would then be evicted.
	+ **Checkmate Veto**: Alongside the Double Eviction round, the Checkmate Veto was introduced. If the veto was used, then the Veto Holder would be the one to name the replacement nomination instead of the HOH doing it.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Em***

 **Jury: *Em***

 **Jury: *Nam***

 **Jury: *Nam***

 **Jury: *Nam***

 **Jury: *Em***

 **Jury: *Nam***

 **Jury: *Nam***

 **Jury: *Nam***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Awards

After the jury votes were read, awards were handed out to players.

* Player of the Season: Jess
* America's Favorite Player: Nam
* Hero of the Season: Resa
* Villain of the Season: Nam
* Most Robbed: Jess
* Best Confessionals: Jess
* Best Alliance: No Pawn Intended (Jess, Julio, Nairobi, Resa)

## Trivia

* None of the pre-jury members won a competition of any form.
* Neither of the finalists had any votes cast against them the entire season.
* The veto was only used twice by a non-nominee.
* A jury battleback was considered briefly during the planning stages but was eventually scrapped.
* Every round the Queen Piece was active, the houseguest with that power was nominated.