Big Brother 20

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**Big Brother 20**, also referred to as ***Big Brother 20: End of an Era***, is the 20th season of the PMBB series.

## Background

The season was first officially announced on February 16th during the middle of Week 4 of Big Brother 19. Initially slated to premiere June 2023, the season was put on hiatus as a result of a potentially new series coming to the PM Universe.

While the announcement of the season came in February, the season's development went into effect in August 2023 and is expected to run during the Fall.

### Casting

While initially the plan for the season was a cast of all new players, to commemorate the twentieth season and five years since the beginning of the PM Big Brother series, the twentieth season will feature some of the 18 most iconic players to play the game. A total of 64 previous HouseGuests were considered for the season, and due to the large amount of houseguests in the running, the season's houseguests were upped to 18 instead of the usual 16.

Carter Rafferty, Mackenzie Skinner & Thiago Peralta were sequestered as back-ups, but were ultimately not chosen to move forward with the season.

### Schedule

As a throwback to the OG seasons, the season schedule has been brought back for this season.

## Twists

* **Returning Players:** With the increased cast moved to 18, 9 previous winners will face off against 9 returning players who have never won the game.
* **End of an Era:** Throughout the season, the Big Brother will be hit with disasters that will affect the game for the week. The disasters will slowly start to break down the Big Brother house, making the house smaller and smaller with each disaster. By the end of the season, the Big Brother house will be destroyed.
	+ **Virus Competition:** For the first week of the game, the first HouseGuest to fall out of the HOH competition will compete in the Virus competition. However, each week four HouseGuests will become infected and forced to compete in the Virus competition. The first HouseGuest with the virus will select the next HouseGuest to become infected and so on and so forth until there are four players. The loser of the competition will become an automatic nominee for the week. Starting in Week 2, the evicted HouseGuest would start the chain of infection. The twist ended after the conclusion of Week 4.
	+ **Split House Double Eviction:** After the fourth evicted, the Big Brother house was hit with a earthquake that split the house into two sides, both sides with seven HGs. Each house will play a full week of the Big Brother gameplay where two people will be evicted by the end of the week.
	+ **Anonymous Competition Winners:** For the sixth and seventh week, the Big Brother house has been hit with a sandstorm that has made the results of the Head of Household and Power of Veto competitions anonymous. As a result, the HOH can still be named a have-not and will not automatically compete in Power of Veto competitions.
	+ **Black Hole Power of Veto:** Similar to a *Secret Power of Veto*, the holder will have a secret veto to remove a nominee from the block. But unlike the prior veto, the holder will not be known to the rest of the house. Clues were left in the HouseGuests to find the veto during Week 8 and the final time to use the veto is Week 9. Keke Pittman found the Black Hole Power of Veto.
	+ **BB Ark:** The Big Brother Flood has hit the house which allows one HouseGuest to earn safety in the BB Ark. However, the Ark competition plays out before the Head of Household, which bars the winner of the competition from competing in the HoH competition. This twist only played out for Week 10 and 11.
	+ **Ecosystem Collapse:** The Big Brother game has collapsed and all rules known have been scrambled. The events of the Big Brother game will play out differently for the week where each HG will play veto first instead of HOH. The winner of the veto competition secures safety automatically nominating the four other HouseGuests. At the veto ceremony, the veto holder can choose to save a nominee or discard. Then, the HGs will compete in HOH (excluding previous week’s HOH) where they will become safe and make the ultimate choice to save any remaining HGs on the block to result in 2 final nominees for the week. Once there are 2 final nominees, the HouseGuests will cast their vote to evict.

## HouseGuests

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: *Parrish***

 **Jury: *Parrish***

 **Jury: *Parrish***

 **Jury: *Parrish***

 **Jury: *Parrish***

 **Jury: *Parrish***

 **Jury: *Parrish***

 **Jury: *Parrish***

 **Jury: *Parrish***

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Virus Nominee3 Votes**

 **Evicted10 Votes**

The eighteen legends entered the house in 3 groups of five and were immediately thrown into the "Test Subjects" Endurance Head of Household competition. In the first twist of the season, the Houseguests were told that the Big Brother house would endure multiple disasters throughout the season with the first starting with BB Virus. The first HouseGuest to drop in the competition would be infected with the BB Virus. Conner was the first to drop after 17 minutes and Halle won the competition after 2 hours and 44 minutes. Conner was informed that he would not be the only HG infected as three others would become infected in a chain of infection. Conner chose to infect Seth, Seth infected India, India chose Cristal. The four infected would compete in "Codes of The Cure" where they would try to remember a sequence of DNA, played in three rounds, the first to correctly place the DNA in the right order would become cured while the last HouseGuest would become a third nominee. Conner, Seth and Cristal won their respective rounds while India became a third nominee. At the nomination ceremony, Halle nominated Cristal and Kaleb as pawns, after Aaliya convinced Halle to backdoor their target, Niara. At the "Attack On The Big Brother House" Veto competition, Amani won the Power of Veto. The first major alliance, Fifth Sense, was formed when Halle made a pact with Amani, Parrish, Parker and Nathaniel to protect each other heading into the next week. Despite being in the pact, Amani felt her best interest in the game would be to stop the Niara backdoor by choosing to not use the veto. A campaign by Nicholas to keep Kaleb in the game, kept the target off of his back, leaving the only two options of eviction: Cristal or India. A majority of the house believed Cristal's record and behavior in the past was more dangerous than newbie India. At the eviction, Cristal was evicted in a 10-3-1 vote, with four people going against the house.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-POV Nominee**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Virus Nominee2 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted10 Votes**

Following Cristal's eviction, the houseguests competed in "More or Less" where Diana beat Lionel in the final round, becoming the second Head of Household of the season. Almost immediately after her win, Diana let the house know that Amani was her target for the week. At the Virus chain of infection, the HouseGuests learned that the recently evicted HouseGuest would choose one person to infect and start the chain. Cristal chose Nathaniel as her revenge for All Stars. Nathaniel chose Niara for being the public enemy number one since last week. Niara chose Amani, believing she would be doing Diana a favor, and Amani chose Keke to compete for being a part of three headed snake (Halle, Keke and Parker). In the "Earthworm Evolution" Virus competition, Keke, Nathaniel and Niara rolled their balls into the holes in their respective order and cured themselves, leaving Amani as an automatic nominee. Before the nomination ceremony, Parrish went to work to protect the safety deal he was included in, by pushing Lionel as a target based on his performance in the HOH competition. Diana agreed with the plan, but put her foot down on insisting a back-door plan. At the nomination ceremony, Diana nominated Halle and Parker as pawns due to their likability in the house. Keke won the "Inventory from the Lab" Veto competition, and let Diana know that she would be using the veto. Knowing that the opportunity to backdoor Lionel was in front of her, Diana multiple HouseGuests know that she wouldn't nominate them as a replacement nominee as a effort to gain trust with them. More specifically, Diana, created a pact with Conner and Nicholas to protect two of the old school winners. At the veto ceremony, Keke used the Power of Veto on her closest friend, Parker, allowing Diana to name Lionel as the replacement nominee. With a nearly united house, the house led to Lionel being evicted in a 10-2-1 vote.

### Week 3

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-Veto Virus Nominee**

 **Nominee4 Votes**

 **Evicted9 Votes**

Following Lionel's eviction, Parrish rose to power for Fifth Sense in the "Bounce & Baller" Head of Household competition. Lionel chose to infect Parker for his multiple connections in the house. Parker chose his alliance's target, Diana, and she chose Brenda and she chose Cristian. The four of them competed in the "The Black Box" Virus competition where Diana became the automatic nominee for the week. At the nomination ceremony, Parrish nominated two of the house targets, seemingly making his HOH reign appear as he's doing what the house wants despite his alliance secretly targeting Diana. At the "Instant Cure" Veto competition, Diana's closest ally, Nicholas, won the Power of Veto. Despite multiple members in the alliance warning Nicholas that using the veto at all would divide the house, he chose to use the veto to save Diana. Since, Diana was a virus nominee, there was no replacement nominee, making Conner and Niara the final nominees for the week. With the house growing against Diana's side of the house, she was forced to flip against her allies to save face, despite her flip, Conner was evicted in a 9-4 vote.

### Week 4

 **HOH**

 **Pre-POV NomineePOV**

 **Post-POV Nominee2 Votes**

 **Virus Nominee4 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

After Conner's eviction, the HouseGuests were randomly paired up to compete in the "Exterrestrial Eggs" Head of Household competition where Keke and Niara won the competitions. Faced with a choice of HOH or Immunity, Keke convinced Niara to let her become the HOH, making Niara immune for the week. At the Virus ceremony, recent evictee, Conner, chose to infect Halle and she chose Diana, who chose Brenda and Brenda chose Nicholas. Diana, Halle and Nicholas survived the "Heads Will Roll" Virus competition, making Brenda the automatic nominee for the week. Aware of the house target being Diana, she went chose to nominate Diana along with her closest ally, Nicholas. At the "Backyard Barbeque" Power of Veto competition, Diana pulled out a crucial veto win, allowing her to save herself, forcing Keke to name Cristian as the replacement nominee. Understanding that his game has been linked with Diana, Nicholas attempted to throw her under the bus to save himself. While he was able to convince four people, two throwaway votes allowed the majority to get their way to evict Nicholas in a 5-4-2 vote.

### Week 5

#### House A

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

Following Nicholas's eviction, the HouseGuests were learned that the virus has officially been cured in the house therefore ending the Virus twist. However, the Big Brother house was hit with a massive earthquake that split the house into two houses. In House A consisted of Nathaniel, Halle, Brenda, Aaliya, Cristian, Amani & Seth. The seven HGs competed in the "A Warning To Remember" mental Head of Household where it came down to Aaliya and Seth, ultimately Aaliya won the competition and became the new Head of Household for House A. Aaliya immediately set her sights on Seth as the easiest option based on being who she perceived as the person least connected within the house, especially with her. She nominated Cristian alongside Seth because of how close he is with Seth. At the "Cracked Veto" competition, Aaliya secured full power for the week by winning the Power of Veto and kept nominations the same. Both Cristian and Seth worked on their social standings in the house, but Seth was able to sway Halle to his side, who held the most power by being aligned with Amani and Nathaniel. At the eviction, Seth's campaigning paid off and he was able to foil Amani's plan to target him, by staying 4-0 against Cristian.

#### House B

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Pre-POV Nominee**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted3 Votes**

Following Nicholas's eviction, the HouseGuests were learned that the virus has officially been cured in the house therefore ending the Virus twist. However, the Big Brother house was hit with a massive earthquake that split the house into two houses. In House A consisted of Keke, Parrish, Parker, Kaleb, Niara, India & Diana. The six HGs competed in the "A Warning To Remember" mental Head of Household where it came down to India and Kaleb, ultimately India won the competition and became the new Head of Household for House B. Having close to no solid allies on her side of the house, India chose to follow the house and attempt to backdoor Diana. By doing so, she chose to nominate Kaleb and Keke as pawns for the week. With a 1/4 shot of being picked for the veto, Diana was the only player not chosen to compete in veto. In the "Cracked Veto" competition, Niara won the Power of Veto and was able to use the veto to save one of her allies Kaleb from the block, allowing India to backdoor Diana. Although the target made the vote an easy week, nearly all alliances became exposed to everyone on this side, leaving new alliances and relationships to be formed. At the eviction, Kaleb feared his life in the game would end soon if Diana left, he voted to keep her, the only one to do so in Diana's 3-1 eviction vote.

### Week 6

 **HOH**

 **Pre-POV NomineePOV**

 **Post-POV Nominee4 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

Following the BB earthquake splitting the house, the houseguests were informed that the BB Sandstorm had just begun, meaning all competition winners for the next two weeks would remain anonymous. The 10 eligible houseguests competed in "100 Minutes of Hell" where Amani secretly learned she was the new Head of Household for the week. Amani wanted to keep her HOH status a secret from her alliance as a way to protect her threat level heading further into the game. With the entire house unaware of the HOH, they were surprised to see Niara and Kaleb nominated for eviction, with Amani targeting Niara for choosing her to compete in the Virus competition during Week 2. At the "Slap Shot" Veto competition, Niara secretly won the Power of Veto, forcing Amani to look at another target. At the veto ceremony, Amani named Seth as the replacement nominee and planned to target him based on her weakest connection with him. While still trying to keep status under the wraps, Amani attempted to push her target to her allies, but in the end, not knowing she was in power, the vote became split in a 5-4 vote with Kaleb leaving the house.

### Week 7

#### Round 1

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted8 Votes**

Following Kaleb's eviction, the houseguests secretly played in "See Past The Sandstorm" where they counted the amount of balls dropped within 20 minutes. Halle won her second Head of Household where she immediately informed Fifth Sense that she won HOH and they collaborated on their biggest threat in the game. At the nomination ceremony, Halle went with the alliance's wishes by nominating Niara and Keke, targeting Niara for being the biggest physical threat and putting her next to Keke, hoping Keke has the better chance at winning a competition. At the secret "Outrun the Storm" veto competition, the houseguests tested their speed and endurance, resulting in Brenda secretly winning her second veto competition. After Niara's loss, she went on a campaign spree to the outsiders of the power alliance by trying to plant seeds of Nathaniel and Parrish running the house. Brenda contemplated using the veto on Keke or Niara after the three of them agreed to go after the power structure in the house, however, Brenda ultimately chose to not use the veto in fear of being named the replacement nominee thus exposing her Power of Veto win. With the alliance's target still on the block, on eviction night, Niara was unanimously evicted in a 8-0 vote.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **Pre-POV NomineePOV**

 **Post-POV Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted6 Votes**

Following Niara's eviction, the HouseGuests were informed that she wouldn't be the only one to leave the house as it was Double Eviction night. They were also told the sandstorm had passed and all competition winners would now become public again. Playing in multiple rounds of "The Other Side Of The World" Head of Household competition, Brenda rose to power by outlasting the rest of her competition. As an opportunity to take a shot at the power structure in the house, Brenda followed through with the plan to nominate Nathaniel and Parrish for eviction. Brenda, Parrish, Nathaniel, Seth, Halle and Parker competed in the mental Power of Veto competition "Remember the Past". After seven questions, Parrish was the only one to get all questions correct, winning a crucial veto competition. Now needing a replacement nominee, Brenda weighed her options to figure out the best plan of action eventually turning her back on former Big Brother 11 ally, Parker, by naming him as the replacement nominee and vocalizing him as a number for Nathaniel and Parrish. At the eviction, Parker's allies outweighed Nathaniel's allies in the house, leading to a 6-1 vote with only Parrish voting to evict Parker, leaving Nathaniel as the Double Eviction victim.

### Week 8

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

Following the Double Eviction, the houseguests played in the "The Black Hole" endurance competition where it came down to Aaliya and Halle, ultimately Halle was the last one to hang on and won her third HoH. Protecting Fifth Sense and working loosely with Keke and Seth, Halle's nominations were clear as she named Aaliya and Brenda as the nominees for the week. Despite Brenda coming after her alliance, Halle believed Brenda when she said she would go after Parker, Parrish and Seth before any of the women. Halle won the "OTEV The Void of Vortex" competition. The following day, a message appeared on the TV screen alerting the HouseGuests that a black hole has opened in the Big Brother house and inside the Black Hole may hold a game-changing power. The houseguests searched the house for clues until Keke found the Black Hole which held a Black Hole Power of Veto. The Black Hole Power of Veto was a secret veto that allowed the holder to secretly save a nominee at the next two veto meetings. Despite Parrish pushing hard for Brenda to be the one evicted, Halle made a power move in hopes of taking control of the game by creating the *TBD* alliance with Amani, Keke, Parker and Seth to evict Aaliya, leaving Brenda, India and Parrish on the bottom. With the plan in motion, Halle chose to not use the Power, leaving Aaliya and Brenda as the final nominees. Before the eviction, Halle made her plans clear to India and Parrish, but stubborn in his way, Parrish was the only one to vote in minority in the 5-1 vote to evict Aaliya from the house.

### Week 9

 **HOHPOV**

 **Black Hole POVPre-BHPOV Nominee**

 **Pre-Veto Nominee**

 **Post-BHPOV Nominee0 Votes**

 **Post-Veto NomineeEvicted5 Votes**

Following Aaliya's eviction, in the physical "Voiding The Vortex" Head of Household competition, India beat out Parrish to win the Head of Household competition. India and Parrish realized that they were on the outside of the majority alliance before India threw out the idea of keeping Halle comfortable by not touching the block and potentially backdooring her. At the nomination ceremony, India followed through to nominate Keke and Parker for eviction. At the veto picks, Halle was chosen to compete in the veto competition. In the head to head "Counting Stars" Veto competition, India won the Power of Veto competition where Parker informed India that he would be evicted if he remained on the block next to Keke which was a lie. Believing him, India chose to use the Power of Veto on Parker and replaced him with Halle, completing her plan to get Halle on the block. As a surprise to everyone, the Black Hole Power of Veto which was found by Keke was secretly used to save Keke from the block. India was forced to make another replacement nominee, and wanting to keep fellow outsiders Brenda and Parrish safe, the only remaining options were Amani and Seth. In the end, India chose to name Amani as the replacement nominee. Although Halle was closely aligned with Keke and Parker, they realized she was the biggest threat to win, and followed through with the outsiders to evict her in a 5-0 vote.

### Week 10

 **HOH**

 **ImmunePOV**

 **Pre-POV Nominee**

 **Post-POV Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted4 Votes**

Following Halle's eviction, the HouseGuests were filled in on the season's next disaster of a flood. However, with the flood introduced a new twist called "BB Ark" which was a competition for safety. Since the competition was played before the Head of Household competition, the winner would not be allowed to compete in the HOH. All HouseGuests competed in the "Soaked" Ark Competition resulting in Parrish earning safety for the week. Then, the HouseGuests competed in the endurance "Flooded Box" Head of Household competition where Seth won his first competition of the season. Aligning more closely with Parker, Seth was convinced to go after Brenda opposed to India. At the nomination ceremony, Seth nominated Brenda alongside India, with India as the pawn for the week. In the "Swinging Ships" Veto competition, Parrish won the Power of Veto, facing a decision to go against the new majority four (Amani, Keke, Parker and Seth) or keep the most minimal waves. In typical Parrish style, he decided to go against the house and save India, forcing the majority four to turn against each other. Seth went against his rival since *Big Brother 13*, Amani, by naming her as the replacement nominee. Although India and Parrish wanted to take out Amani, they realized they didn't have the votes, ultimately sticking with the majority in evicting Brenda in 4-0 vote.

### Week 11

 **HOH**

 **Immune**

 **Pre-POV NomineePOV**

 **Nominee1 Vote**

 **Post-POV NomineeEvicted2 Votes**

Following Brenda's eviction, the HouseGuests competed in the live "Swimming with Sharks" Ark competition where India won a much needed win for the week. Then, the eligible four HouseGuests competed in the "Animals of the Ark" Head of Household competition where Parrish pulled off a complete upset winning the competition completely forcing the majority to turn against themselves. Following the HOH, Seth got into a fight with Parrish after feeling defeated during the Head of Household competition, turning all eyes onto Seth. At the nomination ceremony, Parrish nominated Seth and Amani for eviction, and was actively targeting Seth for their fight and Seth's ability to win competitions. At the "Last Gasp" Endurance competition, Seth proved even more to Parrish he was an active threat in the game by winning the Power of Veto. Hoping to gain more loyalty from Seth, Keke revealed that she has a final two alliance with Parker. Feeling more on the outs, Seth locked down a final two alliance with Parker. At the veto ceremony, Seth saved himself with the veto, and Parrish named Keke as the replacement nominee. With his original target saved from the block, Parrish went against the person he believed could win the next most competitions, Keke. Only having 1 secured vote against Keke by having India as an ally, Parrish tried to appeal to Seth's logical side that Keke and Parker were a locked in final 2, and if he wanted any shot of making final 2, he needed to evict Keke. His campaign became more apparent when Parker actively campaigned with Seth to keep Keke in the game. At the eviction, Keke and Parker were blindsided in a 2-1 vote.

### Week 12

#### Round 1

 **HOHSaved**

 **POV**

 **Pre-POV Nominee**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted2 Votes**

Following Keke's blindside, the house learned of the next twist, Ecosystem Collapse, that scrambled the format of the game for the week. With everyone playing in the veto competition, Parrish had the fastest time of 10 minutes and 22 seconds in the "BB Villain Comics", earning him safety while the rest of the house became nominees. Still as a normal Power of Veto, Parrish could choose to use the veto to save a nominee or allow the HOH to save two houseguests, leaving only two nominees on the block. At the veto ceremony, Parrish chose to save his ally, India, making Amani, Parker and Seth the three nominees heading into the Head of Household competition. With only Amani, India, Parker and Seth competing in the "Name That Speech" Head of Household competition, Seth scored 6 points opposed to India's 5 points, earning him Head of Household and automatically naming Amani and Parker as the final nominees for the week. India and Parrish holding all the power for the week debated whether to break up the Parker and Seth final two or take out the biggest comp threat, Amani. In the end, they chose to take the biggest comp threat out of the game by evicting Amani in a 2-0 vote.

#### Round 2

 **HOH**

 **POV**

 **Nominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

### Week 13

 **HOH Pt. 2 WinnerHOH Pt. 3 WinnerFinal HOH**

 **HOH Pt. 1 WinnerNominee0 Votes**

 **Evicted1 Vote**

### Finale

 **Winner9 Votes**

 **Runner-Up0 Votes**

#### Jury

 **Parrish**

 **Parrish**

 **Parrish**

 **Parrish**

 **Parrish**

 **Parrish**

 **Parrish**

 **Parrish**

 **Parrish**

## Trivia

* This is the third season with a cast consisting entirely of returning players, following All Stars and Second Chances.
* With Keke Pittman and Parker Hollins' appearance, this will be the first season that a HouseGuest has played the game four times.
* This is the first season since *Second Chances* to have the game last 90 days, ending a five season run.
* Diana McMillan is the first woman to go out in a two in one day Double Eviction since *Michelle Alarie* in *Big Brother 16*.