Big Brother

## Series Chronology

***Big Brother*** is the 3rd season of SA Reality Series, which premiered on October 18th, 2020 and concluded with the Finale on November 16th, 2020.

This format closely follows that of Big Brother, where players compete for safety, nominate each other for eviction, and vote to evict their fellow houseguests at the end of each week until only one remains to be named the winner of Big brother.

## Production

*Big Brother* was announced as the third season of SA Reality Series on October 8th, 2020 with the opening of applications. Applications closed 1 week later on October 15th, 2020, with the cast being announced the next day with the Cast Reveal & Premiere on October 18th, 2020.

This season was hosted by iYBF and s73100.

## Format

The game begins with 16 players, fighting for their shot at a grand prize of $50 with $15 for the runner-up.

The 16 players enter the Big Brother House hoping to win the $50 grand prize. Each week, the players will first compete in the Head of Household Competition. The winner will earn the power to nominate 2 houseguests for eviction. Then, the Head of Household, the two nominees, and three players selected by random draw will compete in the Veto Competition. The winner will earn the Power of Veto and have the option to veto one of the Head of Household's nominations or keep the nominations intact. If the Power of Veto is used, the Head of Household will name a replacement nominee. Once the final nominees are determined, all houseguests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees will cast their vote to evict one of the nominees. In the event of a tie, the HOH will vote to break it. The nominee with the most votes to evict will leave the Big Brother House and lose their shot at being crowned the winner of Big Brother.

This will continue until only two houseguests remain where the Jury made up of the 9 most recently evicted players will vote for who they believe deserves to win Big Brother and the $50 grand prize.

## Twists

### Round Trip Ticket

The first twist unleashed into the game was the Round Trip Ticket. Featured in Big Brother 18, the Round Trip Ticket was secretly hidden in an envelope along with the rest of the envelopes simply containing One Way Tickets. On eviction night, the evicted houseguests opened their envelope to discover either a Round Trip Ticket or a One Way Ticket. If they opened an envelope with the Round Trip Ticket, they would head right back into the game as if they were never evicted.

The Round Trip Ticket was opened by Jake B. after being evicted in Week 2. He immediately re-entered the game.

### The Subway

The second twist unleashed into the game was the Subway. Each week, immediately following the Nomination Ceremony, the two nominees were tasked with choosing a player aside from themselves or the HOH to be safe. That person would then choose another person to be safe and the process continued until only one person was left. This person would become the Subway Sucker while all the safe players would be Subway Surfers. The Subway Sucker joined the the two nominees on the block as the third nominee. If the Subway Sucker was vetoed, there would be no replacement nominee, but there would still be a replacement nominee for the HOH's original nominees.

This twist ended after Week 5.

## Game Summary

* (\*) Timberlie did not vote in the Week 1 Eviction. He earned a penalty vote which he incurred in the Week 3 Eviction.

* (\*\*) In the *Duck Duck Goose* Veto Competition, Harry earned the *Fraudulent Stamp* which allowed him to void three players' votes. He chose to void Deshon's, Mike's, & Scott's votes.

* (\*\*\*) In the *Duck Duck Goose* Veto Competition, Darrius earned the *Safety Without Power* advantage. In the following Double Eviction, he was given safety, but could not compete or vote.