Big Brother 20

***Big Brother 20: Next of Kin*** was the twentieth season of *Big Brother SIMulator*. It was held on April 13, 2021. In-game it lasted 30 days, ending when **Ernesto Sans Royal** won over **Miranda Perez** in a 6-3 vote.

## Twists

* **Returnees:** For this season, the winner and runner-up of *Big Brother 17*, Eli Ottawa and Rachel Ottawa, respectively, returned to compete.
* **Next of Kin:** For this season, houseguests entered the game with a Next of Kin pair, with its impacts lasting until the final five. Whenever a houseguest's Next of Kin won HOH, they would become immune. If a HOH's Next of Kin was already evicted, no one would become immune during their reign. For this season, every week was a double eviction. HOHs nominated three houseguests for eviction, with houseguests voting to evict one of the three post-veto nominees. The two post-veto nominees with the most votes to evict were then evicted.
	+ **Saved by Next of Kin:** Houseguests also had the opportunity to walk from the game if their Next of Kin was evicted, saving their Next of Kin and giving them immunity until the final five.
	+ **Week 4 Reversion:** In Week 4, there were only two final nominees for the week, and the veto winner was obligated to take one of the three initial nominees off of the block.
* **Additional Pre-Existing Relationships:** In addition to the Next of Kin pairs, several additional pre-existing relationships were present in the cast. Duckie Holly and Ramona Olvida are twin sisters, making them the aunts of Monti Olvia and Tre Holly, respectively. Rachel Ottawa and Marlow Ottawa are married, meeting through Eli following *Big Brother 17*. Luisa Robayo, Hermes Robayo, Ernesto Sans Royal, and Rapture Torren are all former roommates.
* **Relatives of Previous Houseguests:** Several of the season's houseguests are direct relatives of former houseguests. Gustavo Perez and Miranda Perez are the parents of *Big Brother 19* houseguest of Alex Perez. Selena Mercel is the mother of *Big Brother 12* houseguest Marisol Patron, and the wife of Josef Patron. Additionally, Angela Talvera Patron is the mother of *Big Brother 12* houseguest Claudio Patron, and the wife of Carlos Patron. Flavio Renegade and Kendall Renegade are the grandfather and father of *Big Brother 5* and *Big Brother 6* houseguest Adie Ngolo, respectively.
* **The Bloodlands:** For this season, the Bloodlands twist returned. Evicted houseguests competed in a weekly triathlon competition, the winner of which would get to stay in the Bloodlands and the losers of which would be permanently evicted. Twice throughout the season, houseguests were granted re-entry from winning the competitions. The returning houseguests were each granted a week of immunity.

## Houseguests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Ernesto***

 **Jury: *Ernesto***

 **Jury: *Ernesto***

 **Jury: *Ernesto***

 **Jury: *Ernesto***

 **Jury: *Ernesto***

 **Jury: *Ernesto***

 **Jury: *Ernesto***

 **Jury: *Ernesto***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Voting History

### Notes

* *1* For this season, houseguests entered the game with a Next of Kin pair, with its impacts lasting until the final five. Whenever a houseguest's Next of Kin won HOH, they would become immune. If a HOH's Next of Kin was already evicted, no one would become immune during their reign. For this season, every week was a double eviction. Houseguests also had the opportunity to walk from the game if their Next of Kin was evicted, saving their Next of Kin and giving them immunity until the final five. HOHs nominated three houseguests for eviction, with houseguests voting to evict one of the three post-veto nominees. The two post-veto nominees with the most votes to evict were then evicted. Additionally, for this season, the Bloodlands twist returned, with evicted houseguests getting the chance to compete in a recurring triathlon competition for the chance to re-enter the game.
* *2* In Week 1, Gustavo won HOH, making his Next of Kin, Miranda, immune.
* *3* In Week 2, Ernesto won HOH, making his Next of Kin, Rapture, immune.
* *4* In Week 3, Monti won HOH, making her Next of Kin, Ramona, immune.
* *5* In Week 4, Hermes won re-entry into the house via the Bloodlands Twist. He was given immunity for the week.
* *6* In Week 4, the Power of Veto was required to be used, with only two nominees sitting on the block after the veto and only one houseguest being evicted during the week.
* *7* In Week 4, Gustavo walked from the house to save his Next of Kin, Miranda. As Gustavo walked from the game to save her, Miranda won re-entry in the house and also gained immunity until the final five.
* *8* In Week 6, Ernesto won HOH, making his Next of Kin, Rapture, immune.
* *9* In Week 7, Selena won HOH, making her Next of Kin, Angela, immune.
* *10* In Week 8, Rapture won HOH, making his Next of Kin, Ernesto, immune.
* *11* After Selena won POV in Week 8, there were no more potential nominees for eviction. Ernesto was immune due to his Next of Kin winning HOH, Miranda still had immunity from being saved by Gustavo's self-eviction, Rapture was ineligible for nomination as the HOH winner, and Selena was ineligible for nomination as the POV winner. Ultimately, this led Angela and Hermes, the sole remaining eligible nominees, to be automatically evicted following the Power of Veto ceremony, with no houseguests casting votes to evict for the week.
* *12* In Week 9, Monti won re-entry into the house via the Bloodlands Twist. She was given immunity for the week.
* *13* In Week 10, only an HOH competition was held, with the winner choosing which of the three remaining players to bring to the finale.
* *14* During the finale, the Jury voted for which finalist should win *Big Brother 20*.

## Trivia

* This was the first season with an all-Latinx final four.

### Post-Season

There is **1** houseguest that debuted this season and returned for a later season of *Big Brother*, giving the cast a **6%** returnee rate.

* Ernesto returned for *Big Brother 22: Winners at War*.