Big Brother 1

## *Big Brother: Reborn*

**Big Brother 1** (*also known as **Sims Big Brother: Reborn***) is the first season of the reality TV competition, Sims Big Brother (The Sims™ 4). This marks as its big return of the show after years of indefinite hiatus and named the season with “**Reborn**”. The season premiered on July 16, 2019, and ended on Day 75, September 30, when Sonny McCoy was crowned the winner over Aiden Levy by a vote of 5–2. This season featured a new competition, the Battle of the Block.

Although the majority of the public's anticipation with the show's revival, the first season became highly controversial after a variety of bigoted remarks were made by several of the HouseGuests, both on the aired episodes and on the live feeds. The main storyline of the controversy was centered on Josephine Winters, who made numerous offensive remarks directed at people who were minorities. Other contestants also received notable criticism for their similarly ignorant comments, including Aiden Levy, Brandon Zamora, and Cassie Starnes. These remarks were widely condemned as racist, homophobic, ableist, misogynistic, and life-threatening. Also, the production was criticized for their editing style of the program from viewers and critics.

## Background

### Hiatus

Soon after the *Sims Big Brother* series (using the The Sims™ 2 game platform) concluded in 2009, many speculations have been said regarding a renewal contract for possible 17th season. However, the series' former TV network (**SRC Corporation Network**) released a statement from production chief Barbara Richardson that the show will be put on indefinite hiatus due to its sharp, declining rating falls of over 20% starting in Season 11. As a result, the fanbase started a petition on Change.Org. However the petition never did reach the goal of 20,000 signs, it received 18,200 in which started the ball rolling.

However on February 20th, 2019, a countdown was shown on the screen will occasional snippets of past seasons of the past seasons. The countdown ended during the next episode of *Sims Next Top Model* where Julie popped up on the screen stating that the show had been revived for a reboot series. Soon after, Endemol Shine SimNation announced that *Sims Big Brother* will be returning in that year and stated that Sims Reality Broadcasting Network (SRBC) will be reviving the show.

### Air Schedule

SRBC was announced on June 22, 2019 that the season would premiere on July 16, 2019. It was also revealed that the summer airing schedule was to change for the first time since the lost original seasons. However it was later revealed that the Wednesday night episode would move to the nine o'clock hour after the season premiere.

SRBC's **Initial** Schedule shows the following:

* Wednesday, July 17 - 8:00-10:00 PM Sims Big Brother (two-hour Season 1 premiere)
* Thursday, July 18 - 9:00-10:00 PM Sims Big Brother (Thursday premiere)
* Sunday, July 21 - 8:00-9:00 PM Sims Big Brother (Sunday premiere)
* Wednesday, July 24 - 9:00-10:00 PM Sims Big Brother (moves to regular Wednesday time period)

However, the timeslot **never changed** for the show. At that time, *Sims Next Top Model* Finale was scheduled to move at the 9:00 slot and Sims Big Brother moved down to the 8:00 slot.

### Casting

SRBC began allowing online applications in March 2019, however open casting calls did not begin until May 2019. SRBC would announce on July 1 that the cast would be revealed live on the SRBC All-Access Live Feeds on June 18 at 11 AM ET/8 AM PT. The cast would go on to be a fresh cast of 14 new houseguests from all over the country.

### House Reveal

As result of the the original franchise being put on hiatus, the house used since the lost sixteen seasons was demolished. However the show moved across to SRBC Studio Center, sound stage 17 in a custom-built two story house. The House was equipped with 94 high-definition cameras and 113 microphones in order to monitor and record the Houseguests. The living room, three bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and lounge room are located on the first floor. The Head of Household bedroom, the Have-Not bedroom and an additional lounge area are located on the second floor. The second floor is accessible by a spiral staircase located in the kitchen next to the sliding glass doors that lead to the backyard. Production Designer Alan Carrington will be designing the house's features. The rumors were confirmed true with "Inside-Out City Living" theme.

The interior of the Big Brother house has a Inside-Out New York City theme from around the modern 2010s. Each of the bedrooms on the first floor were given their own individual names reflecting their design. The first bedroom has an industrial chic referring to its aesthetic trends in interior design that takes clues from old factories and industrial spaces that in recent years have been converted to lofts and other living spaces, while the second bedroom has a modern, floral-styled interior design. The third bedroom has a mixture of mid-century and bohemian theme. The kitchen was inspired by some of the astounding, industrial-themed restaurants in New York City with steel warehouse windows and a round dinning room table.

### House Pictures

BathroomBedroomBedroomBedroomChessDining Room / KitchenHave-Not RoomHOH BedroomHOH BedroomLiving RoomLoungePool Area
## Twists

* **Battle of the Block:** Two HOHs were crowned; each HOH nominated one HouseGuest for eviction. The nominated HouseGuests battled for safety in the Battle of the Block competition where the winning individual was safe and the HOH who nominated them was dethroned. The surviving HOH will name a HouseGuest as a replacement nominee.
* **Jury Re-Entry Competition:** For the first time in Big Brother history, the first four jurors competed against each other in a competition; the winner got to re-enter the house. Sonny McCoy was able to return to the house at the beginning of Week 9 after beating Lillian Lewis, Ramon Sanchez, and Anna Simmons in an endurance competition.

## HouseGuests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Aiden***

 **Jury: *Sonny***

 **Jury: *Sonny***

 **Jury: *Aiden***

 **Jury: *Sonny***

 **Jury: *Sonny***

 **Jury: *Sonny***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Voting History

* *Note: Sonny was evicted for Week 6, before winning his way back into the house.*

## Have/Have-Nots History

* + - It signifies HOH for the week, thus automatic "Have" rights.

## Alliances

* **The A Team** *(Anna, Brandon, Derek, Jacob, Ramon, and Samar)*
* **Dream Girls** *(Anna, Eliza, Josephine, Lillian, and Sharon)*
* **Four Horsemen** *(Cassie, Kyle, Ramon, and Sonny)*
* **Joden** *(Aiden, Josephine)*
* **Sevensation** *(Cassie, Derek, Eliza, Josephine, Lillian, Ramon, and Sonny)*
* **Sovereign Seven** *(Aiden, Cassie, Josephine, Kyle, Lillian, Sharon, and Sonny)*

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Dethroned HOHBotB Nominee3 votes**

 **Evicted8 Votes**

 **Pre-BOTB NomineeBOTB Winner**

On Day 1, Julie introduced seven of the fourteen HouseGuests who moved into the house first. Upon entering the house, Lillian Lewis and Ramon Sanchez made an eight-person alliance called "Sevensation" against the others who would enter soon. Lillian flirted with Derek to get him as an ally. Sonny McCoy made a final two alliance with Ramon, and the four girls formed a "Dream Girls" alliance after Eliza Pancakes and Lillian were adamant about a female winning this season. Julie told the first eight HouseGuests that when the other eight arrived, two HoHs would be reign and that neither HoHs would be safe yet. Later on Day 1, the remaining eight HouseGuests moved in. Julie called everyone into the backyard for the first ever HoH competition: *The Greatest Roller Derby*. The goal was to be the last one on the large rotating roller rink. Both Josephine Winters and Brandon Zamora won, and became the first HoHs of the season. Julie informed the HouseGuests of how the dual-HoH twist would work: Brandon and Josephine would make separate nominations, meaning a total of two nominees on the block. Following the nominations, those two would compete in the Battle of the Block competition. The nominee that won the competition would be removed from the block and immune from being named the replacement nominee if the veto was used that week, whereas the HoH who nominated them would be dethroned and eligible to be the replacement nominee; meaning that the outgoing HOH could go from being HOH to being evicted within a week for the first time ever.

After the HoH room was revealed, an all-guy alliance is formed with Brandon, Jacob Okumura, and Derek Williams called the "Three Musketeers." Elsewhere, Aiden Levy and Josephine hit it off and formed an alliance of their own. Brandon and Josephine strategized and initially thought it would be best to nominate the people who fell off first during the HoH competition. Until, Eliza's allegations of a rumored showmance between Aiden and Josephine caused a major blowout in the following house meeting. Soon enough, tensions grew between the co-HOHs from the disagreement of Josephine debunking Eliza's rumors. During the nomination ceremony, Brandon made his nomination first: Aiden Levy. Meanwhile, Josephine nominated Eliza for instigating the false rumors between her and Aiden. After the nomination ceremony, the two nominees participated in the first-ever "Battle of the Block" competition, called the *Bouldering Race*. The objective was for one person to first reach the end of the rotating rock climbing machine. The first nominee who reached at the quickest time would win immunity, come off the block and dethrone the HoH who nominated them. Following Aiden's win, Josephine became the first official HoH of the summer and dethroned Brandon, who put up as a replacement nominee while Eliza is still on the chopping block. On Day 5, the first veto competition of the season, *Knight Moves*, took place. Aiden, Sonny and Kyle were picked to play. The players started in a different corner of a giant chess board. They then alternated moving like a knight in chess. When a space was landed on, the space was out of play and could not be landed on again. Kyle won the veto and, Josephine wanted to ensure that Eliza would go home and not to rock the boat, decided to leave Josephine's nominations as they were. On Day 7, Eliza was evicted from the house by a 8-3 vote, with only Anna, Lillian, and Sharon voting for Brandon.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto BotB Nominee**

 **Nominee5 votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted6 Votes**

 **Dethroned HOH**

 **Pre-BOTB NomineeBOTB Winner**

After Eliza's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the *Big Brother Democracy* competition. Each round, Julie will give the houseguests a superlative and the names of two houseguests. The houseguests must not choose with houseguest they think best fits the description, but who they think the majority of the house thinks best fits the description. After all houseguests have locked in an answer, those who voted with the majority remain in the game, while those who voted with the minority are eliminated. In the event of a tie, nobody is eliminated. The game continues until either Julie runs out of questions or there are only two houseguests left. In either case, a tiebreaker question is then used to determine the new Head of Household. Jacob and Sonny were triumphant, winning the competition as the new HOHs. The main goal for the houseguests this week is to target the alleged showmance couple, Aiden and Josephine. So Jacob nominated Josephine for eviction, and Sonny selected Aiden. Jacob decided to rebrand his alliance with the additional members of Anna Simmons, Ramon Sanchez, and Samar Kabir; naming his alliance of "The A Team." Josephine took on Aiden in the *Rubik's Maze* Battle of the Block competition. In the competition, one HouseGuest ran across the maze to collect pieces of Rubik's cubes separately. The first player to reach their destination spot and complete the puzzle cube correctly to hit the button won the Battle of the Block, became immune from this week's eviction.

Josephine prevailed, saved herself for the week, and left Aiden on the block with Sonny as the sole HoH for the week. Sonny gained control with his "Four Horsemen" alliance, that was formed last week, with Cassie Starnes, Kyle Franklin, and Ramon Sanchez, who remained loyal to the latter instead of the opposing alliance. Their initial goal for this week was to break up the power couple by convincing the house to evict Aiden. But Sonny's plans shifted when he overheard Samar Kabir unintentionally exposing his full-association with a secret alliance to his closest friend Sharon Carren from outside the HoH bedroom. And unbelievably, he decided to tell his closest allies about Samar's secret alliance, thus changing plans in motion to backdoor Samar. On Day 11, Sonny chose Kyle as his inital replacement nominee before picking players for the upcoming POV competition. Sonny, Aiden and Kyle, along with Anna, Lillian and Cassie, competed in the *Strikes to Victory* POV competition. The competing houseguests will be given two chances, in an attempt to roll a ball towards the bowling pins on the other side in order to earn points. Cassie won the POV and, with a plan to backdoor Samar in motion, used the veto on Kyle and Sonny put Samar up against Aiden. At the second eviction, Sonny partially called out Samar of being fully-associated in some secret alliance before he had to cast a tiebreaker vote to evict him.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Dethroned HOHPre-Veto BotB Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted9 Votes**

 **Pre-BOTB NomineeBOTB Winner**

Following Samar's eviction, HouseGuests competed in the *BB Knockouts* Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests faced off two at a time and were asked questions about past competitions played this season; the winner of each round would select the next two HouseGuests to face off, with the The last two HouseGuests standing would both become the HOH. Jacob became the first HoH after Anna threw the competition out of respect for Jacob's grandmother passing away. After Aiden and Brandon (the last two HouseGuests standing) faced off against one another, Aiden became the second HoH. At the nomination ceremony, Aiden nominated Brandon as a pawn and Jacob nominated Josephine as a target for eviction. Before the Battle of the Block, Aiden secretly asked Brandon to throw the competition, vowing he would be safe if he wins the Power of Veto. On Day 15, Brandon competed against Josephine in the *Fish Darts* Battle of the Block competition. For this competition, HouseGuests tossed stuffed fish across a pond onto a set of lily pads; each individual pad was worth a certain number of points, and the HouseGuest with the highest points each round won. Josephine won the Battle of the Block, resulting in Jacob being dethroned the second time, Aiden being the HoH for the week and Brandon remaining on the block. Later in the week, Aiden revealed to Josephine about his suspicions on Jacob being associated with the secret all-boy alliance that Sonny mentioned at the live eviction. Despite losing power for the alliance, Jacob began formulating a plan on manipulating Aiden to backdoor Sonny.

On Day 16, Aiden chose Jacob as his initial replacement nominee before picking players for the upcoming POV competition. At the veto competition, called *Slam Dunk!*, Kyle, Lillian, and Ramon were chosen to compete, with Josephine as the host. In this competition, HouseGuests were given a time limit to gain points for dunking numerous basketball balls in a half court distance, and the HouseGuest with the lowest score each round was eliminated. The HouseGuest eliminated from each round would select a prize, though this could be stolen by a HouseGuest eliminated in a future round. Lillian was the winner of the Power of Veto. During the competition, Brandon received the punishment of wearing a "Red Unitard" for a week, Aiden was given a solitary confinement for twenty-four hours, and Kyle had to win 2,400 dunks with the basketball court installed for twenty-four hours. Jacob soon got paranoid and constantly freaked out when he noticed Brandon being in a secret relationship with his primary target, but soon became his advantage to convince Aiden on nominating Sonny. Also, Jacob attempted to plead Lillian into using the Power of Veto by forming a secret partnership with her. On Day 18, with a plan to backdoor Sonny in motion, Lillian used the veto on Jacob and Aiden put Sonny up against Brandon. Having romantic feelings for each other since Day 1, Brandon and Sonny vowed to not campaign against each other. During the live eviction, Brandon asked the voters to evict him and called out the whole A Team alliance; they soon respected his wish while his former allies voted him out due to his betrayal. Brandon was evicted by a unanimous 9-0 vote.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto BotB Nominee**

 **Nominee1 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted7 Votes**

 **Dethroned HOH**

 **Pre-BOTB NomineeBOTB Winner**

Following Brandon's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the *Summer School* Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests were asked true or false questions in the style of classic high school classes such as History and Geography. Providing an incorrect answer resulted in a HouseGuests elimination; the last HouseGuest remaining was the winner. Lillian and Sonny became the new HoHs after a tie-breaker with Jacob, Ramon and Sharon. After the HOH competition, the house was sent into chaos with fights erupting between Aiden, Jacob and Sonny. It soon became clear that the house is divided with the majority promising to target The A Team alliance, thus forming the Sovereign Seven. Lillian and Sonny, however, was playing both sides and had no intention of targeting their allies (Anna and Ramon) in the game. On Day 22, Lillian nominated Ramon and Sonny nominated Jacob for eviction. Before the BOTB, Sonny told Ramon that he must win the BOTB, and they were going to vote Jacob out. Lillian talked to Jacob about working together and conducted a plan to get one of the opposing allies out of the house. The nominees then played in the *Blocks From Space* Battle of the Block competition. In this competition, HouseGuests will compete in head-to-head matches. They must navigate a series of colored blocks to transport them to a platform and used them to build a tower according to a set of blocks on a monitor each round. They must then press their buzzer and if correct, will win that round and earn one point. The nominee with the most points will win the Battle of the Block, became immune from this week's eviction. Jacob prevailed, saved himself for the week, made Sonny wear the alien costume and left Ramon on the block with Lillian as the sole HoH for the week and chose Derek as the initial replacement nominee.

After the BTOB nomination ceremony, Lillian and Anna led to a huge confrontation after nominating Derek and left Lillian in distraught, worrying about losing her friendship and loyalty to the "Dream Girls" alliance (especially to Anna). On Day 30, Lillian, Derek and Ramon, along with Anna, Cassie and Josephine, competed in the *Bet On Your Meal* POV competition. For this competition, HouseGuests would bid on how many bites it would take to identify the Sulani BBQ recipe dish. If a player correctly identified the recipe, they win and earn a point, but if the player was unable to identify the recipe, they would be eliminated for that round; the first player to receive seven points would be the winner. Anna won the Power of Veto. Though Ramon was the initial target, it soon shifted after Jacob discovered and told Ramon about Lillian's "Dream Girls" female alliance with Anna and Sharon. Ramon realized that his devoted alliance now had the numbers to create the "Misted Backdoor Plan". Jacob gave Lillian a false sense of security, ensuring that Ramon will have the majority votes to evict and manipulating her into nominating her ally Sharon as a pawn. Following this, a risky plan was set in motion to evict Sharon from the house, resulting in Anna using the Power of Veto to remove Derek from the block, with Sharon becoming nominated in his place. Sharon feared that she was going to get evicted, but Lillian kept shooting down her worries. On Day 28, Sharon was blindsided and evicted with a 7-1 vote, leaving Lillian and Anna in an emotional distraught.

### Week 5

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee2 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

 **Dethroned HOH**

 **Pre-BOTB NomineeBOTB Winner**

 **Pre-BOTB NomineeBOTB Winner**

Following Sharon's eviction, a major confrontation occurs between Jacob and Anna due to one rogue vote against Ramon. Soon after, the HouseGuests competed in the *Log-berjack Roll* Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests competed in a tournament-style bracket. In each head-to-head match, the HouseGuests had to stay on the log by sprinting, kicking the log, and using a variety of techniques as an attempt to cause the opponent to fall off. Josephine and Ramon became the new Heads of Household. With the Battle Of The Block upcoming, both HOHs discussed to determine the nominations in an attempt to target Jacob. Ramon decided to put up his Four Horsemen ally Cassie and The A Team ally Derek as pawns. Meanwhile, Josephine volunteered herself to nominate two competitive threats Jacob and Lillian for eviction. Later on, Cassie and Derek took on Jacob and Lillian in the *Finding Santa's Helpers* Battle of the Block competition. One at a time, a competitor searched through a pile of toys for a patterned item and then waded through a foam maze to deliver it to the elf wearing that pattern. After bringing the person to the starting platform, the player then switched out with their partner. The first pair that brought ten people out of the maze earned safety for the week and dethroned the Head of Household who nominated them. The plan to evict Jacob was ended up disastrous when both Jacob and Lillian were able to win the Battle of the Block.

At the veto competition, called *Selvado-Veto*, Josephine and Lillian were chosen to compete, with Kyle as the host. For this competition, HouseGuests had to determine the quantity of an object used to make an object. Each round, HouseGuests could either stay or fold; folding would allow them to continue in the game, but could not get a point whereas the HouseGuest with the answer closest to the correct one would earn a point, though the farthest was eliminated. Derek was the winner of the Power of Veto. Without any options, Ramon soon became reluctant with Jacob attempting to manipulate with the backdoor plan against Sonny. But with the Four Horsemen's acknowledgement, Sonny is willing to volunteer himself to go on the block with Cassie. On Day 32, Derek removed himself from the block, Ramon, as HOH, nominated Sonny as Derek's replacement. Despite Jacob's plan to backdoor Sonny is in motion, Ramon and Sonny campaigned to rally votes against Cassie, since her major absence from the game led herself being on the bottom of the alliance. On Day 35, Ramon and Sonny successfully flipped the votes (especially with Anna and Derek) and sacrificed Cassie out by a vote of 5–2.

### Week 6

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

Following Cassie's eviction, Julie revealed to the HouseGuests that as of Week 6, there would no longer be a dual HoH and, accordingly, no Battle of the Block. The eligible HouseGuests then all made their way to the backyard, where they participated in the *Run BB Run!* endurance Head of Household competition. For this competition, HouseGuests had to run on a functional treadmill each while setting the speed to 15.5 mph. The last HouseGuest remaining on the treadmill would be the winner. Josephine was the winner. Lillian won a $5,000 prize, while Jacob won a barbecue and invited Kyle and Ramon to join her. Derek received the punishment of having to speak using a bullhorn until after the nomination ceremony. Josephine and her allies decided to target Jacob and Lillian for eviction, hoping to see Lillian become evicted from the house. On Day 36, Josephine chose to nominate Jacob and Lillian for eviction. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Anna, Kyle and Sonny were selected to compete for the Power of Veto; Aiden was selected to host.

That same day, HouseGuests competed in the *Teddy Bear Madness* Power of Veto competition. For this competition, each HouseGuest had to separately jump across large moving mattresses to retrieve life-sized teddy bears based on a question about the list. At each round, the last HouseGuest with the lowest score each round was eliminated. The HouseGuest eliminated from each round would select a prize, though this could become stolen by a HouseGuest eliminated in a future round. Kyle was the winner of the Power of Veto. During the competition, Josephine received the punishment of the "Children’s Party", which meant that she had to dance to nursery rhyme songs in every certain time for 24 hours, and Lillian had to wear a "Weinertard" for a week. On Day 39, Kyle decided to not use the Power of Veto and kept Josephine's nominations intact. On Day 42, the HouseGuests learned that it would be a Double Eviction, and soon after, Lillian then became the sixth HouseGuest to be evicted when she clashed with Josephine during her eviction and received a unanimous seven votes (6-0). She became the first member of the Jury of Seven.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

For the next part of the Double Eviction, the HouseGuests then competed in the *Fake News* Head of Household competition. For this competition, Julie will read a series of headlines to the HouseGuests. The HouseGuests must identify if these headlines are real or fake. The HouseGuest with the most points after seven questions will be the new Head of Household. Jacob was the winner. Following this, Jacob took the opportunity in choosing to nominate Kyle and Sonny for eviction, with the plan of evicting his longtime primary target Sonny. When picking players for the Power of Veto competition, Aiden, Anna, and Ramon were selected to compete. The HouseGuests then competed in the *Don't Wake The Llama* Power of Veto competition. For this competition, HouseGuests competed in a tournament-style bracket. In each head-to-head match, the HouseGuests will take one and only one block from any level (except the one below the incomplete top level) of the Llama tower in each turn. The HouseGuest who falls any piece from the tower other than the piece being knocked out to move to the top and having the tower fall will be eliminated. Kyle was the winner of the Power of Veto. Following this, a plan was set in motion to evict Sonny from the house, resulting in Kyle using the Power of Veto to remove herself from the block, with Ramon becoming nominated in her place. Sonny was given a sense of security from Ramon when Kyle planned on keeping Ramon instead and Jacob attempted to flip the HouseGuests' votes to evict Sonny from the house. Minutes later, Sonny became the seventh HouseGuest to be evicted from the house when he received five eviction votes. He became the second member of the jury.

### Week 7

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Post-Veto Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

Following Lillian and Sonny's eviction, Ramon was left in state of shock and distraught being blindsided by everyone (especially Kyle) evicting Sonny instead. It soon became clear to Ramon that he was losing support in the house. The remaining HouseGuests competed in the *BB Art Gallery Auction* Head of Household competition. In this competition, scattered around the yard are different paintings with price tags shown separately. In each round, they will be asked a question about one of these items. Each answer is always a number. The player who is furthest away from the answer will be eliminated from the competition. The last houseguest standing will become the new HoH. Anna was the winner. The double eviction led to the end of The A Team alliance, and the remaining members gradually distanced themselves from Jacob in order to play the game for themselves. Unbeknownst to Jacob, he wanted a "Final 3 deal" with Anna and Derek, while maintaining a secret partnership with Josephine and Aiden, in order to control Anna's nominations. He strongly suggested Anna in putting up Ramon due to the latter's strong, strategic gameplay while he volunteered to nominate himself for his defection cover-up. On Day 43, Anna nominated Jacob and Ramon for eviction. After the nomination ceremony, Kyle attempted to campaign for Jacob to be evicted, though Ramon feared the rest of the house (excluding Kyle) whom opted to keep Jacob safe.

The remaining Four Horsemen members managed to pull Aiden over to their side as a number and campaigned to him about primarily targeting Jacob for eviction. Derek, Kyle, and Josephine were picked to play in the veto competition, while Aiden was automatically selected to host. That same day, HouseGuests competed in the *Hide and Go Veto* Power of Veto competition. For this competition, HouseGuests had three minutes to hide their designated stuffed bear in the House individually. Then, one at a time, HouseGuests entered the House and had one minute to attempt to find a stuffed bear. If a HouseGuest's stuffed bear becomes revealed, they will become eliminated, though the owner of the stuffed bears will not become revealed until the end of the competition. The HouseGuest who hides their stuffed bear the best will win the Power of Veto. Jacob was the winner. On Day 46, Jacob removed himself from the block, Anna, as HOH, nominated Kyle as Jacob's replacement. With experiencing misfortune for the Four Horsemen alliance, both Kyle and Ramon agreed to not campaign against each other. But instead, they decided to expose Jacob when they noticed how the showmances were all under Jacob's influence. During the live eviction, Ramon called out Jacob's manipulation in his last-minute speech in which led to a significant confrontation between the angered Jacob and himself. Ramon was then evicted in a unanimous vote of 4-0 and became the third jury member.

### Week 8

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee1 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted2 Votes**

Following Ramon's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the *Waving A Perfect Time* Head of Household competition. In this competition, the HouseGuests must sit on a surfboard and slide to the Great White Shark's mouth. The HouseGuest with the closest time to eight seconds will be the new Head of Household. Kyle, with a time of 8.08 seconds, was the winner. After the events and revelations of the previous eviction, the whole house decided to turn on against Jacob. Needing a volunteer to go on the block against her primary target, Josephine made up a lie by suggesting to Kyle about Anna and Derek coming after her. However, she then eventually found out Josephine lied to her when she found out truthfully from Anna and Derek in which led Anna and Josephine having a huge argument. At the Nomination Ceremony, Kyle targeted her alliance's longtime rival Jacob, and nominated him alongside Josephine, viewing Josephine as a competitive threat. Shortly after, Kyle realized that she needed to target Josephine instead as she had been controlling the game. Kyle got Anna, Derek, and Jacob on board with the plan to split up both Aiden and Josephine.

On Day 51, all of the HouseGuests were eligible to compete in the *OTEV The Skeleton Bear* Power of Veto competition. In this competition, OTEV asked the HouseGuests a riddle about a competition. They then had to find a gravestone plaque with the name of the competition described in the riddle. The last HouseGuest to return the correct gravestone plaque to OTEV will be eliminated. The last HouseGuest standing will win the Power of Veto. Jacob won his second Power of Veto. Fearing that Kyle will renominate Aiden, Josephine and Aiden hatched a plan where Josephine would torment Kyle, and Aiden went to console her to gain her trust. Their plan succeeded when Kyle nominated Anna as the replacement nominee after Jacob used the Veto on himself. Knowing that Jacob would be sole vote, both Anna and Derek begged Jacob about getting The A Team (minus the previously-evicted members) back together in order to evict the stronger threat, Josephine. And meanwhile, Josephine convinced Jacob into keeping their secret partnership by voting to evict Anna instead. On Day 56, Jacob blindsided Derek when Anna was evicted by a vote of 2-1 and and became the fourth jury member.

### Week 9

#### Round 1

 **Re-EnteredHOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 votes**

 **Evicted3 Votes**

Shortly after Anna's eviction, the remaining HouseGuests and first four jurors competed in the *Out On A Limb* competition, which functioned as both the HoH and re-entry competition. In this competition, the he HouseGuests and jurors must stand on a peg attached to their tree and hold on as long as possible. Throughout the competition, the trees move and water, honey and feathers were sprayed on the HouseGuests. The last HouseGuest to remain on their tree would be the new HoH, and the first juror to do so would return to the game. Sonny was the last juror left standing and returned to the game as a HouseGuest, and soon after, became the last HouseGuest remaining on their tree and made him Head of Household for a third time. After the competition, Josephine initially persuaded Sonny into nominating Derek and Jacob, to which motivated the latter in primarily targeting Jacob. Meanwhile, Kyle successfully re-established his loyalty to Sonny after confessing into taking part of his blindside and convinced him to target the remaining showmance couple instead.

On Day 57, Sonny left both Aiden and Josephine shocked when he nominated them side-by-side instead. The following day, the remaining six HouseGuests competed in the *X Marks The Veto* Power of Veto competition. In this competition, HouseGuests had to enter the dilapidated ancient temple where they would find pieces of the Veto relic by digging through different areas of dirt. The first HouseGuest to put all the pieces together and complete the relic wins the Power of Veto. Jacob finished first and won his third Power of Veto of the season. Because of his secret partnership, Jacob was originally going to save Josephine, who still thought he was going to save her, as promised during the nomination ceremony. However, Jacob decided to go against on her word by not using the Power of Veto, keeping Sonny's nominations the same and left Josephine extremely upset. On the live show, Julie Chen announced that the HouseGuests would compete in a special competition and a live double eviction during Week 9. Josephine had tried to rally votes to stay, but her erratic and tormenting behavior in the past sealed her fate, and so on eviction night she left in a unanimous 3-0 vote.

#### Round 2

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee0 votes**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

Following Josephine's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the *Chess Turnover* Head of Household competition. Similar to the first Power of Veto competition on Week 1, the HouseGuests started in a different corner of a giant chess board. They then alternated moving like a knight in chess. When a space was landed on, the space was out of play and could not be landed on again. The HouseGuest who was crossed over by the opponent's move will be eliminated. Kyle won her second Head of Household competition. Kyle decided to listen Sonny into targeting Jacob once again and nominated Derek and Jacob shortly after. The HouseGuests then competed in the *What the Bleep* Power of Veto competition. For this competition, Julie showed the competing HouseGuests clips of the show from throughout the summer that included conversations or speeches from evicted HouseGuests. However, one word or phrase was "bleeped" out and the HouseGuests must choose the correct word or phrase from two answers. The HouseGuests were then shown the rest of the clip. Answering correctly earned the competitors a point. The HouseGuest with the most points at the end became the winner. Kyle had the most points and won her fourth Power of Veto. With a longtime time to evict Jacob in full motion, she decided to leave her own nominations intact. With the house viewing Jacob as a huge competition threat, he was then evicted in a 2-0 vote.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

Following Jacob's eviction, Sims4RealityNetwwork's *Big Brother 1* alumns Cris Peters and Mark Lawrence appeared as guests to host the *What Did They Wore?* Head of Household competition. In this competition, three photos of the previously evicted HouseGuest were shown to the HouseGuests each round. The remaining HouseGuests will be given clues on which was the exact outfit the previous HouseGuest wore during their eviction. The first HouseGuest who rang in with the correct answer won one point. The first HouseGuest to earn six points would win the Head of Household. Derek was the winner. Despite losing his showmance partner, he was offered a "Final 2" deal with Aiden and promised together to target the remaining strong duo. To get revenge for evicting Aiden's number one ally Josephine, Derek decided to nominate Kyle and Sonny for eviction. The remaining four HouseGuests competed in the last Power of Veto competition called *Total Recall*. In each round of this competition, HouseGuests were asked on what day a specific event took place. They must turn their knobs in unison to match the day, then hit their button. If they are incorrect, their counter will reset to zero, and they must try again. The last HouseGuest to input the correct day will lose power in their mind-bending machine. Three strikes will result in elimination. The last HouseGuest standing will win the final Power of Veto. Aiden was the winner and decided to leave Derek's nominations by not using the Power of Veto. In his last attempt to save himself, Sonny's campaigning began to flip Aiden's mind in wanting to keep Sonny by promising to take him to the Final 2. At the live eviction, Aiden, obeying Sonny's wishes, cast the sole vote to evict Kyle.

### Week 11

 **HOH Pt 2. WinnerHOH Pt. 3 WinnerFinal HOH**

 **Nominee0 votes**

 **HOH Pt 1. WinnerEvicted1 Vote**

Following Kyle's eviction, the HouseGuests engaged in their final battle in the *Hold On Fright* Part 1 of the Final Head of Household competition. In this competition, the HouseGuests had to stand on a ledge while holding on to a cabin log. The last HouseGuest holding on to their log will win Part One of the Final HOH and advance to Part Three. Derek hung on the longest and won. Aiden and Sonny then faced off in the *Trip to Memory Lane* Part 2 of the Final Head of Household competition. In this competition, HouseGuests competed individually. They must go through a series of rooms and answer questions based on numerous specific events that took place in the house. If they answer a question correctly, they may walk through a quicker path. If they answer incorrectly, they must take a delayed path that contains a challenge that were each given by the evicted HouseGuests to slow them down. The HouseGuest to make it through all ten areas in the fastest time will win Part 2 of the Final Head of Household competition and face Derek in Part 3. Sonny was the winner. Derek and Sonny had the final showdown in the *Jury Statements* Part 3 of the Final Head of Household competition. In this competition, had to watch a series of videos featuring jury members. The jury members made three statements about their time in the *Big Brother* House. Then, Derek and Sonny had to guess which one was false. If they correctly guessed it, they got a point. The HouseGuest to get the most questions correct won the final part. Sonny won with 8 points, automatically nominating Derek alongside Aiden. Due to him getting back on his word and chose to remain loyal to Aiden's promise, Sonny cast the sole vote to evict Derek. He became the seventh and final member of the jury.

### Finale

 **Winner 5 Votes**

 **Runner-Up2 Votes**

After asking questions to the final two, the seven-person jury voted to crown the season's winner. Sonny won in with a 5-2 vote, and Ramon won $25,000 as America's Favorite HouseGuest, with Jacob and Kyle gaining the next-highest amount of votes.

#### Jury

 **Sonny**

 **Sonny**

 **Sonny**

 **Aiden**

 **Sonny**

 **Sonny**

 **Aiden**

## Controversies

### Josephine Winters' Comments

* Weeks later starting from Week 6, there has also been a significant amount of backlash towards HouseGuest Josephine Winters for her variety of bigoted remarks were made towards several of the HouseGuests (most notably to Anna Simmons and Ramon Sanchez). About Simmons, Winters said that she should "go back to f\*\*\*ing Compton where she belongs"; after the Week 7 Power of Veto competition she stated "Ramon should be our maid. He has the genetics to go f\*\*\*ing clean all the s\*\*\* up!" Aside from this Winters was also seen making life-threatening comments against other contestants including Lillian Lewis who she wanted to stab her mouth with her Louis Vuitton stiletto shoes and Sonny McCoy who she stated "You'll be careful out there or you'll end up like Matthew Shepard"
	+ Winters was warned by production about comments made and to prevent further such comments. Following Winters' eviction Week 9, host Julie Chen-Moonves asked her about her comments, in which Winters denied all allegations of racism and stated it was just her "excessive aggression in the game."

### Brandon Zamora and Misogyny

* Brandon Zamora made a series of offensive remarks to fellow HouseGuest Lillian Lewis about her tanned skin and her breast implants. Upon realizing that the house had grown weary of his abuse, including Lewis, Zamora began a campaign of harassment referring to Lewis's implants, skin and body. He afterward received backlash from female viewers viewing it as a derogatory comments and reinforcing stereotypes (including towards Cassie Starnes, Eliza Pancakes and Sharon Carren).

### Aiden Levy with Ableism

* Autism United, a national autism group, demanded an apology from SRBC over controversial remarks made by HouseGuest Aiden Levy. On Day 53, Aiden stated he used to work for an autism foundation and would spend his winnings on a hair salon for people with developmental disabilities "so retards can get it together and get their hair done". When Jacob Okumura confronted him over his highly offensive remarks, Adam responded by saying "[he] can call them whatever [he] want because [he] work[s] with them all day". Kyle Franklin was quick to call him out, telling Levy that it was "the worst thing [she had] ever heard [him] say", and then told Levy that he needed "to rephrase" what he had just said.
	+ SRBC later released a statement and warned Levy with future consequences. The website for United Autism Foundation, the foundation he formerly works at, issued an apology regarding Aiden's behavior in the house and stated he will no longer be associated for the company.

## Notable Prizes

* After the Week 3 Power of Veto competition, various houseguests received prizes:
	+ Jacob Okumura won $5,000 during the Week 3 Power of Veto competition.
	+ Kyle Franklin won a trip to Sulani during the Week 3 Power of Veto competition.
* After the Week 6 Head of Household competition, various houseguests received prizes:
	+ Lillian Lewis won $5,000.
	+ Jacob Okumura won a barbeque for three, including herself and two other houseguests of her choice.
* After the Week 6 Power of Veto competition, various houseguests received prizes:
	+ Anna Simmons won a trip outside of the house to the Del Sol Valley Film Studios after the Week 6 Power of Veto competition.
	+ Jacob Okumura won a Selvadoradian vacation during the Week 6 Power of Veto competition.
	+ Sonny McCoy won $5,000 during the Week 6 Power of Veto competition.
* Derek Williams won $5,000 a piece in a Luxury Competition in Week 12.

## Notable Punishments

* After the Week 3 Power of Veto competition, various houseguests received punishments:
	+ Aiden Levy received 24 hours of solitary confinement.
	+ Brandon Zamora had to wear a "Red Unitard" for the next week.
	+ Ramon Sanchez had to win 2,400 dunks with the basketball court installed for 24 hours.
* During the Week 6 HOH Competition, Derek Williams opened a box revealing a megaphone that he would be forced to talk with for 24 hours.
* After the Week 6 Power of Veto competition, various houseguests received punishments:
	+ Josephine Winters had "Children’s Party", which meant that she had to dance to nursery rhyme songs in every certain time for 24 hours.
	+ Lillian Lewis had to wear a "Weinertard" for the next week.

## Trivia

* This is the first season where none of the HouseGuests were smokers.
* This is the first season in which the final three were all male contestants.
* This is the first season to have the majority of the initial final 7 as minorities (before Sonny's re-entry).
* This is the first season where minorites won more competitions than majorites. With 19 out of 30 competition wins (10 for African-American's, 8 for Asian-American's and 1 for Hispanic-American's).
* This season has sparked major racism, homophobia, misogyny and ableism controversies in Big Brother; usually performed by HouseGuests Josephine Winters, Brandon Zamora and Aiden Levy.
* This is the first season where both members of the Final 2 received the same amount of eviction votes against them the entire game with 5.
* This is the first season where everybody in the Final 9 held the title of Head of Household at least once.