Season 61: New Design

## Season 61

The ***61st*** season of **Big Brother on Snapchat** premiered on *March 13, 2023*, where twelve new Houseguests entered the Big Brother House. The season lasted approximately one week. At the finale, taking place on *March 20, 2023,* Vic won in a **3-2** vote against Joe, making her the Winner of **Season 61: New Design**.

The ***New Design*** *format* began on Night 1 and lasted the entire season. This new format will prevent the Head of Household from competing in the Power of Veto competition until Final 5. Additionally, the vote count will not be revealed to the Houseguests until the season has aired. This new format will carry into all future seasons to follow unless stated otherwise.

Joe, Julien, and Vic later returned to compete on Season 70: Rising Stars.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-up**

 **3rd: *Vic***

 **4th: *Vic***

 **5th: *Vic***

 **6th: *Joe***

 **7th**

 **8th**

 **9th: *Joe***

 **10th**

 **11th**

 **12th**

## Voting History

* *Alfred did not show up to Finale Night; Kinsey voted as a backup Juror.*

## Houseguest Analyses

### Winner: Vic

"One of the best Rookie Dominating Social and Strategic games I've seen in months. You really had this game and the players by the balls. You had a strong connection with the vast majority of the cast. The only people you weren't working with went out extremely early on or were comp beast that you eventually helped take out (aka Skylar) you made brilliant strategic moves like on the Kinsey vote and made sure everyone you wanted out each night on the block went out. Nothing in this game was happening without you seal of approval. You killed this game from start to finish and you weren't even nominated once. Great job and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you in my series."

### Runner-up: Joe

"You were the underdog who had to fight pretty much every night to survive. Your alliance of Kinsey, Julien, Sandra, and Skylar got figured out and eliminated pretty early or in some cases even turned on each other. You got tricked into believing some of said players were against you by players like Vic and Armani. Skylar and yourself were left to your own devices as you battled your way through for as long as you could. You did send home both Armani and Ary who were large threats. Obviously winning the final HOH and taking out Vic would have all but guaranteed you the win over Julien. You chose the harder route and decided to keep Vic with you. That choice did end up costing you the game since Vic had the votes on jury. You should still be proud of the elite underdog comp beast game you've played. You really do deserve much more recognition and I can't wait to see what you do in my franchises down the road."

### 3rd: Julien

"You are one funny bastard. I was hooked from our interview and you never lost me. You were just as well connected as anyone in this game. Your social ability was good and you were able to maneuver to different people at the right times. You took out a large threat this season with your HOH win. You should definitely be proud of your impact. Other than taking out Skylar your resume was pretty bare compared to Vic and Joe. Still you should be proud of your game. You definitely brought the entertainment all season which makes you my favorite player."

### 4th: Ary

"You played pretty well! You had the best overall social game with everyone loving you. Did you come up with any big moves on your own? No, but you definitely knew all about them and may have even played a role in them yourself. You played well this season and could have swayed the jury if you got the end since you had that great of a social game. Solid outing!"

### 5th: Armani

"Definitely one of the bright spots this season. You helped control a lot of moves and votes in this game. Your alliance with Vic was extremely powerful and watching you two work was a thing of beauty. I do believe social and strategic is definitely more your forte then comps since you could never pull one out for the life of you (I know you threw one POV to Vic so you'd both be safe so you weren't complete poop at comps and it also shows how smart you were to throw it to her so you both can live). I do think besides Vic you didn't have any great bonds to ever keep you safe and being nominated against bigger threats helped you stay in. Still you definitely showed out and impressed just like I thought you would."

### 6th: Skylar

"You were the comp beast this season. You won a lot early which did increase your target and did diminish the other aspects of your game. You had a solid alliance that did just fall flat with the smarts of Vic and Armani You were definitely fighting an uphill battle since the first double and you did a kick ass job in that sense. Sadly some comps just didn't go your way and with you allies either Eliminated or turned against you due to your threat level. You were dead in the water. I do want to apologize for the harassment you received from Alfred. What he did was out of line and nobody should have to go through that. I do think the situation took you out of the game mentally until you were Eliminated. Hopefully you get to play one of my series again so you can fully enjoy your experience without being attacked."

### 7th: Alfred

"Like Xavier, you had a great interview when it comes to showing off your game mind. You had a bottom half social game but not nearly as bad as Aryanna and Xavier. I thought you'd do well in this game for sure. Come night one you disappear without notice when it's time to vote. You come back 10 minutes after the game is already over for the night. I gave you a strike for not voting and this is when our relationship started to sour. I offered an idea to you to help if you ever had to disappear again so I didn't have to strike you in the future and you could still vote. I believe you took my advice as an insult. You then made some incredibly false accusations of another player in this game and kept harassing them using terms that I and the rest of the cast considered Ageist (I couldn't even post one of your DRs since it was bashing another player based on their age) You eventually just wanted out of the game because you felt I didn’t like you which wasn't the case until this point. You seemed like an easy going, down to earth guy in your interview but I was widely wrong with that assumption. You are the biggest disappointment."

### 8th: Xavier

"You are a smart individual. You had a great interview and I was excited to have you apart of this season. However, you kinda made Aryanna look like a social butterfly compared to your godawful social game. You had little to no communication in the pregame with people and even through night 1. This obviously made you a target and then winning a POV showed your comp ability. You did start to have a social game after that, but it was still terrible. Sending people one or two words every 3-4 hours doesn't help you. I would love to see you play another game with a much better social game since your potential is through the roof."

### 9th: Kinsey

"You just got extremely out played by more well-rounded competitors. Vic and Armani who are way more experienced and knowledgeable of the game came up with a master plan that really just ended your life in this game and there was nothing you could really do. Themselves and others lied on your name to grow your target since Vic and Armani feared a possible alliance of yourself, Skylar, Joe, and Julien. Getting them to turn on you with a few lies was honestly one of the best moves I seen in awhile in a rookie season. I do think you being kinda stagnant and letting others play the game as you kinda just watched and felt things out definitely hurt you, but honestly there was nothing you could do here."

### 10th: Andrew

"Compared to the rest of the cast you didn't have many alliances. Winning that first HOH did put a target on your back and then throwing out names to Skylar only sealed your fate (granted you were getting nominated either way and Skylar was just looking for an excuse). It really did come out to not being as connected in the terms of alliances and flexing those comp muscles early."

### 11th: Sandra

"Obviously you are a character and have a great personality, but you came out swinging at balls and not swinging at strikes. You made a handful of alliances in the pregame portion of the season. This information got out quickly and turned you into a target. It also didn't help that you had little to no social bonds with those who weren't in your many alliances. I do think you have the ability to be a good player with more experience. You Just need to have a stronger social game (maybe play up that Boston accent a bit) and don't come out trying incredibly hard so early."

### 12th: Aryanna

"In your interview I stressed how important it is to be socially active and not just on at 9 to play the game since I knew you had a reputation in past series for not being that active. You continued said rep over here showing that you have little to no social game to offer. It was enjoyable watching you try to survive night one, but you truthfully had no chance compared to Sandra who at least talked to half of the cast."

## Statistics

 **#2** | Armani
 **#3** | AlfredAry
 **#4** | JoeSandraSkylarXavier
 **#5** | AndrewAryannaKinseyVic