Star Quality

***Star Quality*** is a reality-based competition show, based on the international reality franchise, *Big Brother*. It premiered May 1, 2022, and is currently hosted by Kenya Fraser.

## History

The Producer pitched *Star Quality* to Power Aspiration executives at the same time as *Simvivor*. *Star Quality* was picked up after the success of *Simvivor'*s first two seasons, but pre-production began at the same time for both shows when the network was searching for a host for the latter. Reese Montanez was ultimately hired for the job of hosting *Simvivor*, but fellow candidate Kenya Fraser was offered a position with *Star Quality* instead, after network executives admired her strong personality and background as a television hostess.

## Format

*Star Quality* is a reality television competition show, where complete strangers ("Houseguests") are sequestered together in a large house, cut off from the outside world but recorded by hundreds of cameras and microphones that track their every move and conversation. Each season films in early April until late May, with the season immediately being edited and released for television just weeks after filming wraps. The goal for every houseguest is to avoid periodic elimination ("Eviction") and win the §500,000 grand prize. There are typically 14-16 houseguests, but season one featured twelve.

*Star Quality* follows a similar strategic, gameplay-oriented game mechanic similar to *Simvivor* where houseguests typically favor manipulation, deception, and alliance-building in order to advance in the game.

Season two saw a significant change in the format and production of the series, where houseguests had their every move and conversation broadcast live on the internet. The inclusion of what came to be known as the live feeds led to every eviction episode being aired semi-live. This meant that a live audience would be present and would pre-tape the entire episode only about two hours prior to airing. The weekly episodes were also taped up to a few days in advance to when they would air, leading to some events taking place out of order.

Season two also introduced a longer duration for each season, almost doubling from 44 days in season one to 70 days in season two.

### Head of Household

At the beginning of every week, the houseguests will face off in a Head of Household (HOH) competition. The winner receives a luxury penthouse bedroom, safety from the week's eviction, and power in the form of nominating two of their fellow houseguests for eviction. The outgoing Head of Household is not eligible to compete the following week.

### Nominations

During the nomination ceremony, the Head of Household is responsible for selecting two houseguests for eviction. The Head of Household hosts the ceremony and reveals their nominations, then provides a speech to explain their reasoning. Throughout the week, the houseguests are able to influence the upcoming eviction decision by powers of persuasion, alliances, and deals for upcoming weeks. However, being nominated at the start of the week is not always set in stone.

### Power of Veto

After the nomination ceremony has completed, the Head of Household, the two nominees, and three other houseguests selected by random draw will compete for the Power of Veto (POV). The Power of Veto allows its holder to remove one of the nominees for the week, forcing the Head of Household to name a new houseguest as a nominee. The Power of Veto holder can choose to discard the power and leave the nominations the same.

### Eviction

At the end of the week, there will be an eviction ceremony where the remaining houseguests will enter the Diary Room one by one and cast their vote to evict one of the two nominees. The two nominees will not vote and the Head of Household will only vote in the event of a tie. The nominee with the highest amount of votes to evict for that week will be evicted and return home or join the jury, if they have made it that far in the game.

### Jury/Finale

At a determined point in the game, the houseguests who are evicted from that point forward will be sequestered as members of the jury. The jury is a group of 7 to 9 houseguests (5 in season one) who have the responsibility of voting for one of the final two houseguests to win *Star Quality*. Starting in season two, all jurors would be sequestered in a separate "jury house" until the finale concludes.

The finale for *Star Quality* is slightly different from other weeks. When three houseguests remain, there is a three-part Final Head of Household competition that commences. The winners of parts one and two will face off in the third and final part, the winner of which becomes the final Head of Household for the season. They must then choose one of the other two to evict, bringing the other houseguest with them to the top two. The top two will face the jury, giving speeches and persuading the jurors to vote for them during an intense questioning period. The jurors will then individually vote for the houseguest they believe deserves to win, and the finalist with the most votes is declared to be the winner, earning the §500,000 grand prize.

Other events take place during the finale, such as the revelation of "World's Favorite Houseguest", where the public votes for any of the season's houseguest to win a §25,000 prize.

## See also

* Official CBS *Big Brother* website
* Official *Big Brother Canada* website
* Official *Big Brother* Fandom page
* Official The Sims 4 website
* Official The Sims 4 Fandom page
* BrantSteele, website used to simulate all seasons of *Star Quality*