Big Brother 16

Big Brother 16 was comissioned by Bravo productions and is the first Big Brother season to be hosted by bravo following the Cancelled BBUK season that was done 3 years prior in 2020. This season had 13 contestants and was narrated by *Susan Sherman*.

The previous season is Season 15.

The next season is Season 17.

## Format

The format of this season varied slightly from previous seasons that have aired on CBS. The contestants referred to as "HouseGuests" are sequestered in the *Big Brother House* with no contact to or from the outside world. Each week, the HouseGuests take part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries and power in the house. At the start of each week, the HouseGuests compete in the Head of Household (HoH) competition. The winner of the HoH competition is immune from eviction and will select two HouseGuests to be nominated for eviction.

Each week, six HouseGuests are selected to compete in the Power of Veto (PoV) competition: the reigning HoH and the nominees are guaranteed to play with the remaining slots being given to other HouseGuests selected by random draw. The winner of the PoV competition wins the right to either revoke the nomination of one of the nominated HouseGuests or leave them as is. If the veto winner uses this power, the HoH must immediately nominate another HouseGuest for eviction. The PoV winner is also immune from being named as the replacement nominee.

On eviction night, all HouseGuests must vote to evict one of the nominees, with the exception of the nominees and the Head of Household. This compulsory vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room. In the event of a tie, the HoH must break the tie publicly. The nominee with the most votes is evicted from the house.

#### Changes in format

This edition featured greater participation from the viewing public than the broadcast edition. Each week, the American public was given several opportunities to affect the game:

* **America's Nominee**: Each week, the viewers voted on a third nominee who was nominated with the HoH's nomination. No HouseGuest can be nominated by America in back to back weeks and, should America's Nominee be vetoed, no replacement nominee would be named, with only the HoH's two nominees facing the eviction vote.
* **America's Eviction Vote**: Each week, the viewers voted between the nominated HouseGuests for who should be evicted. This vote counted as one eviction vote and would be tallied with the HouseGuest's eviction votes. As with all eviction votes, the result of America's Eviction Vote would not be revealed to the HouseGuests.
* **America's Care Package**: Each week, the viewers voted to give one HouseGuest per week a special power or "care package".
* **America's Have-Nots**: Each week, the viewers voted for three HouseGuests to be the Have-Nots of the week.
* **America's Winner**: For the first time since *Big Brother 5,* the viewers voted for the winner among the three finalists, meaning that there would be no jury of evicted HouseGuests.

## Cast

 Peach-Faye Bakker
 Nam Laks
 Ashley Davis
 Jamie Laks
 Venus Hellina
 Ragan Hills
 Amanza Shay
 Tariq Dickey
 Nile Channing
 Romain Alexander
 Liam Targaryen
 Paul George