So I’m watching season 10 for the first time ever, and I was ready to come on here to say, is Keesha the worst player to ever play big brother? Only to find that this sub loves her?? In my defense, I started watching around 19 or 20, so I knew none of the people in season 22(?) where she and others showed up. And she got AFP at the end of this? The way she has flopped back and forth in alliances, hating Libra and then loving her, and the people she chose to put up on her HOH week 3 after Steven was sent home. She is making the worst alliances and connections. Maybe this is where it all turns around because as I discovered the threads talking about Keesha’s birthday, it came onto the episode I was watching. 😆

Drew BB5 was the very first Big Brother star to get a guest appearance on Bold & Beautiful. Here is a link with every Big Brother appearance with photos...

https://ew.com/tv/big-brother-bold-and-the-beautiful-crossover-gallery/

Whether it's another All Star season or a new one, make it a cast of all 35 and over. Possibly be more mature, game oriented and interesting. Just for one season, keep the young ones off.

Like logistically, how did they track down the exes of their cast members and get them all to sign on, all without the exes knowing?

I would’ve posted earlier but I’m new to having a Reddit account and needed to build up some karma first.

My wife and I were in line to attend a Pentatonix concert at Madison Square Garden when we ran into Tucker, Rubina, T’Kor, and Kimo right after security!

Really cool experience but I would’ve loved to talk to them more. Regardless, I’m glad to see that they’re all still kicking it together after the season!

I just finished watching season 8 and I am wondering what everyone thought? Was the majority happy with the final 2? With the winner? I was happy. I was routing for them both through it all. He was an ah and over the top but I couldn't help but want to route for him and his daughter as a team. He was entertaining. I felt really bad for Daniele in the beginning. That had to be very hard. I am NC with a sister and I could not imagine finally going on big brother. Over the moon excited about it and down the stairs walks my sister and now I am stuck in the house with her for possibly 3 months. That would be a nightmare and ruin my fun for being on the show. And unlike Daniele and Evel D, I wouldn't trust her at all.

Just finished BB17 and Steve definitely earned it and I’m glad he actually took out Vanessa sense nobody else couldn’t do it. He played lowkey game and definitely made those right moves.

He wasn’t my winner pick tho, my winner pick was James. 4 other ppl I was rooting for was Da’Vonne,Jason and Jackie and Johnny. Good Season

please put a spoiler warning if you are talking about BB23 since that is the only season I haven’t watched, I watched 24-26 live and have gone back and watched 2-22’s episodes but not the feeds and want to know everything that wasn’t shown but was super important to the season, or just funny moments.

I have had 2 abandoned post ideas on what each number grouping (1, 11, 21. 2, 12, 22. etc.) had in coming and why I cannot get into BB5 despite people do praise it. I came across the 4 seasons in BB4, 14, and 24 which are all in my top 5 and I realize they are all very top-heavy seasons.

BB4 is about Jun and Alison and their eventual partnership in the end. BB14 is Dan's journey and having to navigate dealing with taking out his 3 biggest enemies in Frank, Ian, and Shane with them being comp beasts. BB24 is Taylor's journey in her dealing with Rise and Fall of Paloma squad, The Kyle debacle and navigating Monte.

With these three seasons the glaring issue is that while those storylines are great it does have a lot of duds or fodder that are mostly remembered by the main players. Like does anyone watch BB4 for Justin, Jee, Nathan, Michelle or BB14 for Wil, Jojo, Jenn, Joe or BB24 for Pooch, Nicole, Indy, or Terrance?

It's a valid critique but I can accept that and focus on the highlight that brings me more to a season as oppose to a season like BB5 that DOES have a good cast and their personalities AND you can argue most of the cast had their moment to shine... I just don't find them overall interesting.

I am being too harsh it was a good season until Jase goes out as he was the star of the season and once he left the only big chraacter was Diane and even then she doesn't get really good until final 6.

But by then we are stuck with Nakomis, Drew, and Cowboy for the rest of the season and I never found them that interesting beside their signature moment in Nakomis taking out Jase, Cowboy evict Nakomis, and Drew taking out Diane.

The rest of the jurors aren't that much to watch. Karen is the best player but personality she is fine and overshadowed. The twins had the twin twist that made them interesting but once their in the house their personalities are just the bible and yes Adria had a great case of HOH itis but they were so dull on screen when they aren't in power. Will is similar to Karen. Marvin was good but not great as he was never in the center of the conflict just an observer.

That's my opinion anyway, what are your opinion?

I am about to finish watching BB20 (I’ve only seen about eight seasons total) and I am just curious for those that have been watching Big Brother for a long time has there been a more of a polarizing set of gameplay in a season ranging from really amazing to HGs being completely useless/clueless to downright stupid?!?!

I am have been in such shock how nutty this season is.

What was it like for you folks watching this season when it aired or even just watching it back now.

Genuinely curious.

Hi! As of now i’ve only watched 3 seasons fully of Big Brother (Season 6, Season 17, and first season I watched live was BB26, I’m more of a survivor fan) I’ve heard BB10, 16, and 20 are great. Though I was curios to hear what seasons everyone else recommends to watch. Thank you!

1. Eric Stein: The most adversity driven player ever for circumstances completely out of his control. Forced to play with one hand tied behind his back but STILL managed to take control of the game and get things going. Framed Nick perfectly, survived a BD (first time ever), flips the vote to keep Dick (which was a fault), but a fault he was forced into doing by America. But the fact he even had the social capital to do such is mind boggling, etc. The only asterisks with Eric’s game is he never played a true “version” of Big Brother. But I can only imagine he’d do that much better if left to his own devices. I don’t think there’s many if at all any (bar maybe Will), who could’ve replicated what he did in BB8 despite the limited tools. I still can’t believe he managed to get to the F6 despite America so openly playing for Dick to win and him to lose.

2. Tyler Crispen: I think Tyler’s the quintessential perfect Big Brother player. At the core Big Brother is 3 things: social, strategic, & competitive. And he’s great in all areas. He showed this not only one but twice. And the 2nd time was in an all returning players format. He does have clear faults and I think they’re important to note.. most notably his inability to make the optimal move at the end game in BB20. But despite such limitations he’s such a well-rounded player that thrives in any hypothetical season that he has to be here.

3. Vanessa Rousso: The most strategically dominant female player ever. Vanessa was a force to be recoken with. I mean similarly to Tyler she’s pretty strong in all 3 key areas of the show (very faulty socially), but her manipulation skills make up for her inability to be extremly likeable. That’s actually why I nudged Tyler ahead of her he’s just that much stronger socially than she is. Vanessa at times (often) struggled with just being liked. This also being said with the fact she makes tons of tactical errors. But to her credit she’s always extremely good at numerically positioning herself in a way it doesn’t matter. She did get played down the stretch by Steve and overvalued that connection (believed he’d take her to F2), so her end game unlike say Chelsie’s recently was not great. But she was incredible and not much of a debate she’s a top 3 player to never win. Her hoodwinking of Julia is still one of the most impressive manipulations I’ve ever seen.

4. Jason Guy: Controversial? Possibly. There’s someone else who’s attached to this player who you could theoretically argue should be higher (I’m sure everyone knows who I mean), but I think Jason’s much superior socially. Think about it: he was covered on almost all angles in BB3. Dani loved him, Lisa loved him, Chiara loved him, Roddy loved him, Marcellus loved him. He was just so magnetic. I do think Jason’s probably the quintessential perfect social player because he’s just so like-able. You naturally gravitate towards him. He beats everyone decisively in the F2 and he does extremely well in any season format. Each time I go back and watch BB3 I am that much more impressed with his game and overall social status in the house.

5. Danielle Reyes: I still think Dani is one of the most dominant players ever. But we’ve just seen other players come along and build stronger resumes. She’s still an icon and certainly one of my favorite players ever but I think it’s important to note she was willing to lose to Jason. Like the very same thing people discredit Cody & now MJ for Dani was working overtime to achieve. Now because it didn’t happen I don’t fault her entirely but the fact she fails to achieve her goal (which is already faulty), makes me dock her even more. She beats almost nobody in the F2 of BB3 (no that’s not because of an unsequestered jury), and even if was it’s on her to manage such. We seen one season prior a villainous Dr. Will win playing the very same game. The only difference is the way they both utilized the diary room. She comes back into AS after playing at that time the most dominant game to never win and really doesn’t do much of significance. She over plays week 1 and hits the block, ends up on the outside with not much currency in the game, (has James and sorta Erica), but that’s really it. And of the S6 members he’s the one with the least pull inside the alliance. Rewatch his HOH week. Or Janelle’s the following week. So she doesn’t really have much going for her? She sorta has the “gentlemen’s agreement” (which was later rebranded as the LOD alliance), but like doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see CT wasn’t loyal to her. So what’s Dani’s real optics in that season? There isn’t much. She gets baited by CT into a feud with Janelle. She overly relies on them and they just use her as a # until they inevitably discard her. They turned one of her closest ally (personally) in Erika against them and she nominates her. I think because of the mystique of Dani people overlook her faults. Still love her nonetheless. And if BB3 was a modern season of BB I’d put her probably #3.

6. Paul Abrahamian: It was only time for this person to come up. And I think it’s important to note I rate Paul probably higher than the average person. I actually was enamored with their BB19 game live and was fascinated watching them work on the live feeds. But like they make TONS and TONS of mistakes (especially) in their initial season where they immediately jump to target the returnees which results in them being vulnerable and on the outside. They lose their closest allies early (and while said ally comes back), it’s basically just them finding a way to integrate themselves into the majority alliance where their currency in the game became being a pawn to create trust. Which in theory is smart but risky? I think anyone would agree Paul’s real magic comes in BB19 but even such they make tons of mistakes. 1. They should’ve kept Raven over Kevin. Everyone and I mean everyone despised Raven if there was one winning avenue it was next to her. But despite alot of the mistakes what they did in BB19 is nothing short of magic. They legitimately convinced the house to throw a comp so a one legged lady could win it. That’s mind boggling. They were able to position themselves for the longest in between 3 duo’s, they were able to send Jason packing and keep Alex on their side, etc. I mean the level of control had over this cast is ridiculous. And it’s maybe the most control dominant game we’ve ever seen but unfortunately the returning player mixed with newbies status hurts it. The friendship bracelets hurt it. The pendant of protection hurts it. The once again dropping of the ball in the jury hurts it.

7. Enzo Pallunbo: Good social player. He is certainly in the top 3 ever but he is a player who always makes bad moves down the stretch of the game and positions himself in a way where he is at the end with significantly better competitors. And the one opportunity he had at changing the trajectory of the game (DE), he fails to strike on. Despite Tyler pushing for it. Despite the fact he would’ve probably been the best positioned player with Tyler and Cody forced to take shots at each other while he plays the middle covered on all angles. He will always and I mean always go far but he will rarely ever convert that into a winning scenario and for that reason alone he has to be this low. I will say I was impressed at how much better he was at the comps his 2nd time around though. Important to note in both seasons he has won potential but again he’s not aggressive enough at taking control of the game to maximize his win equity. He stays complacent and rides with his true Allie’s.

8. Cirie Fields: If we are going off just games alone she probably narrowly falls out of my top 10. But just overall potential she’s top 10. She is certainly an ATG social player (not just in BB) but any reality tv game. We seen this displayed on The Traitors, Survivor, & largely on BB. She at one point or another had everyone in her back pocket: Reilly, Jag, Cory, Izzy, Red, Cam, Bowie Jane, etc. She was really primed to just dominate BB25 and it was people like Jared and Izzy who completely derailed that. See I don’t deny the absolute advantage she had entering the game with someone she could undeniably trust BUT it actually proved to be just as much of an detriment in the long run as it became extremly apparent quickly that Jared was a bad player. He was doing too much. Oversharing information he shouldn’t. I can only assume without such hesitations and distractions she does that much better. Again, once those “distractions” leave we see her have legitimate longevity in the game. Cory has said he attributes that to her not being good at comps so why take her out? And while I partially agree as someone who was an avid live feeder it almost helped immensely that they liked her. Jag got sent out unanimously by her and ended up openly saying “I actually sorta trust Cirie again”. Matt trusted her undeniably. She fixed the fractured relationship with Bowie Jane. Etc. She just unfortunately got screwed by an extremely physical end game that never would work to her benefit. Drop Cirie into any season and she’s good enough to make a top 5 about 85% of the time.

9. Tiffany Mitchell: I’ll admit she could and maybe should be higher? But of all the players she’s the hardest to rank based on the circumstances. I sorta similarly to Eric didn’t get to see her play her own game? Which I respect. The fact she and the other CO members were willing to sacrifice their own win potential to make history happen is amazing. It was an historic season all around. She was clearly the driving force behind a lot of the season and the biggest reason that alliance branched together (I mean everyone made it to the end in tact). That’s some seriously impressive stuff. She also in a-lot of ways advanced upon what the Brigade did going one farther to make you sit next to your pawn as they were leaving. I just don’t know where to definitively rank her. But she was incredible and I can’t wait for her to come back.

10. Roddy Mancuso/Shelly Moore (tied): Yeah they’re tied. I don’t know which one I favor more marginally? Both were incredible in their own ways. To start with Shelly she was the older person in an house (which has shown to be immensely hard), and despite such she thrived well socially. She had legitimate longevity in a game that she really shouldn’t have. She was able to coexist and work along side both the newbies and returning players. Had a Jeff actively wanting to take her deep in the game. And she was just an incredible liar. I don’t particularly like BB13 but when I do go back and dabble in it I’m just always shocked how impressive Shelly was. She was in the know about everything and I think she decisively beats most people in the end game. My only worry is if she did ever come back would she be able to repeat that success? And not that she’s not skilled enough because sje certainty is just would she be given the same opportunity like she was in BB13?

As for Roddy similarly to Eric I’ll admit I’m a bit bias, lol. It’s hard not to be. BUT, I try to be as objective as possible and I just think he’s that good. The guy is hands down one of the most charismatic players the game has ever seen and despite being made a clear target really early on was able to find ways to survive. I’d say even the first 2-3 weeks of the game he’s in control perhaps? I mean he has Josh on his side, Jason on his side, Lisa on his side, Marcellus on his side, Amy on his side, Chiara on his side, etc. It was absolutely mindboggling watching how much social capital he had and HOW hard Dani had to work to undo his “mist”. Like people quickly think of Will/Dan when it comes to mist but Roddy should also really be in that discussion too. I mean this is a guy who had one conversation with Jason to convince him to not target him (despite Jason’s closest ally going at him guns blazing), this is a guy who smoozed Marcellus in the hot tub to get him back on his side, this is a guy who recognized how much Amy was into him and turned up the charm and started flirting with her. I think people forget he even tried to work an angle with Lisa the week he was leaving and it sorta almost worked.😂 He purposely threw comps to downplay his threat level and it initially worked? But because there was someone as good as Dani his threat level continued to increase. But like take her out of the puzzle and he might win BB3? Roddy was as advertised the devil because he was always able to convince people into doing things that were out of their best interest. I mean Amy was one Roddy lie away from using the veto on him.

I wanna do an honorary pick: Karen Ganci (marginally) missed my top 10 but depending on the day she might fall in here. She was extremely good and has been since forgotten.

Lmk what you think, if you agree, disagree, your rankings, and or any questions.

For this post, I’ll be looking at each winner, and ask: If they were to play again, who from their winning season could they play with again and still be the smaller target?

I’m going by how big of a target the player would be when they first walk into the house. For example, Nicole Franzel may be able to shrink her target size after a while if she played again, but she’d still be one of the bigger targets coming into a new season. Meanwhile, players like Zach or Brett would play in a way that makes them big targets on a new season, but I don’t think they’d be big targets until they get the chance to rub others the wrong way.

Being a bigger target doesn’t necessarily mean being a better player. Players can be a big target due to being good at challenges, being unpredictable, and/or having a negative reputation from their last season.

Finally, a lot of players have already played on returnee seasons, so just to be thorough, I’ll start by only looking at how the original season impacted players’ reputations, and then talk about how future seasons changed my answer.

Will

If we’re just looking at what happened on BB2, I think Nicole and Hardy are the only players who could reenter the game with a bigger target than Will, as they won most of the season’s HoH’s between them and ran the season until the end.

After his performance on BB7, it’s safe to say nobody from BB2 could match Will’s target size. The person who comes closest is Mike Boogie, as he was able to win a season as well, but Will would still be the bigger target of the two, as he’s largely credited for being the reason Boogie got a win.

Lisa

I think there are three BB3 players who could enter a new season with Lisa and have a bigger target than her, and they’re Danielle, Jason, and Roddy.

Danielle and Jason are obvious picks, as they’re the two that ran most of the season and are high on a lot of people’s lists of best players to never win.

Roddy’s a bit less obvious, but he was another power player of BB3, being the only houseguest that Danielle struggled to rally votes against that season.

Jun

I think Alison is the only BB4 houseguest who could play again with Jun and be the bigger target, as she used the same strategy as Jun and executed it almost equally well. While Jun beat Alison in the jury vote, Alison did better in challenges, which might make her seem like a priority to take out first. Also, her betraying Nathan was arguably the most scandalous move of BB4, which might make Jun seem like the more trustworthy of the two.

BB7 kind of undoes what I said, as Alison was the first out, which will probably lower her threat level if she were to play a third time. It also makes it possible that Erika would be a bigger target than Jun, as she not only made a second deep run, but also managed to outmaneuver Dr. Will. Though Erika has a fairly small reputation despite this, and so I think she’d still ultimately be a smaller target than Jun.

Drew

There are three BB5 houseguests I think could come into a new season with a bigger target than Drew, and they’re Diane, Nakomis, and maybe Jase.

Diane was the player who guided the direction of most of the season, Nakomis was the first player to successfully backdoor someone, and while Jase was an early boot, he has enough of a villainous reputation that I can see him being targeted over Drew regardless.

However, all three of these players were on BB7 and all went out early, which would lower their threat levels, so I’d say there actually isn’t anyone from BB5 who would be a bigger target than Drew.

Maggie

Janelle is the first answer that comes to mind. I think the two had roughly equal target sizes after BB6, but Janelle blows Maggie out of the water after BB7.

Another two options are Ivette and James. Ivette came one jury vote away from winning the season herself while being a bigger personality and winning more endgame challenges. James, meanwhile, garnered a reputation on BB6 as an unstoppable challenge beast, but I think that reputation has kind of faded away after BB7.

Finally, you could make an argument for Kaysar. He is a big name despite never making jury, but I think it’s a stretch to say he’d be seen as a bigger threat than a former winner (unless Janelle’s on the season too, as that would raise Kaysar’s threat level by association.

Mike

Janelle, Will, and Danielle are the three BB7 houseguests who could play again with Mike Boogie and have a bigger target than him. Will has a win of his own and is largely credited for Mike’s win, while Janelle and Danielle are both in contention for best to never win and have each made multiple deep runs.

Dick

I believe Dick has the least impressive winning game and want to say most of the BB8 cast would be a bigger target than him. However, Dick is a big enough name in the community and has an imposing enough of a presence that I think he’d be a giant target despite his gameplay.

With that being said, the two BB8 players I think could have a bigger target than Dick are Danielle and Eric. Danielle because she is better at challenges and gave two solid returnee performances, Eric because he was the best strategic player of the season, with Dick only winning because Eric was forced to prioritize Dick’s game over his own by the “America’s Player” twist.

Adam

BB9 is a weird season, making it hard to gauge how big of a target its houseguests would be if they played again. The one clear option would be James, as he was the unstoppable comp beast of the season. Besides him, Natalie and Sheila may have bigger targets than Adam, as Natalie led the majority alliance during the postjury, and Sheila was one of the more confrontational players who was responsible for Natalie’s eviction and James’ first eviction.

Dan

If we’re only looking at what happened on BB10, I think Keesha and mayyyybe Jessie are the only two players who can play with Dan and be the bigger target. Keesha because she came close to winning herself and was in the center of a lot of the season’s power shifts. Jessie because he’s a big athletic guy who will cause trouble for the sake of it, which I could see players wanting to target over someone who’s better at the game, but is at least more predictable.

After Dan’s performance on BB14, however, it’s safe to say nobody from BB10 would enter a new season with a bigger target than him.

Jordan

Jordan is one of the houseguests whose win is most owed to her not being seen as a threat. As such, I think there are a lot of BB11 players who would still have a bigger target than her.

Jeff, Russell, and Jessie would all have bigger targets, as they were the main power players of the season. Ronnie would have a bigger target because he was the least trustworthy player of BB11. Finally, Kevin and Michelle would have at least as big of a target as Jordan, since they each came close to winning themselves.

Jordan made another deep run in BB13, which raises her threat level and shrinks the list, but I think Jordan would still be overlooked even with this in mind, so Jeff, Russel, and Jessie would all still be bigger targets than her.

Hayden

There are two BB12 players who I think could have a bigger target than Hayden, and they’re Enzo and Rachel.

Enzo wouldn’t have a bigger target than Hayden if the two played again before BB22, but I think BB22 pushed Enzo over the top, as this not only had him making a second deep run, but also showed that he can now do well in challenges.

Rachel is someone who’s great at challenges and is very unpredictable, which is enough to make her a target on its own. The fact that she also went on to win BB13 further increases her target size.

I could make an argument for Brendon being a bigger target than Hayden since he’s also great at challenges. However, he’s not as unpredictable or as big of a name as Rachel, so I think he would ultimately be a smaller target than Hayden. Though this is assuming Brendon and Hayden are the only two BB12 players on the season. If Rachel were on the season too, I think she and Brendon would both be bigger targets than Hayden due to being a couple.

Rachel

I’m confident none of the new players from BB13 would be a bigger target than Rachel if they played again, so I just have to look at the other returning players.

I could make an argument for Dick or Jordan since they’re also winners, and I could make an argument for Danielle or Brendon due to their comp prowess, but Jeff is the only BB13 houseguest I think could play again with a bigger target than Rachel. He’s the most well rounded player of the returnees, he basically became the mascot of Big Brother for a period of time, and I think he’s someone who people will always assume is the leader of whatever alliance he’s in.

Ian

There are three BB14 players I’m confident would be a bigger target than Ian and two I think might be a bigger target than him.

The three I’m most confident in are Dan, Mike Boogie, and Janelle. Dan and Mike not only each won a season of their own, but the each won one of the show’s most iconic seasons, with Dan’s reputation only going up after BB14 due to how he played from F8 onwards.

Janelle, meanwhile, is someone I don’t even have to speculate on. She did play with Ian again in BB22 and she was the biggest target from the start. Going out prejury did shrink Janelle’s threat level somewhat, but I think she’d still be a bigger target than Ian if they played together a third time.

The two players I’m less confident about are Britney and Frank. Britney did well both of the times she played, but I don’t think this would translate to her being that big of a target, as she’s always overshadowed by other big players (The Brigade and Dan respectively) and has garnered a reputation for giving good confessionals more than for being a good player.

Frank, meanwhile, was the unstoppable comp beast of his season, which can translate to having a bigger reputation than your season’s winner. However, Ian kind of took over this role once Frank was evicted, and while they’ve each played again and were both an early boot, I think BB18 has lowered Frank’s stock has a player while Ian’s stock has stayed the same, and maybe slightly improved after BB22.

Andy

Like with Ian, there are three BB15 players I’m confident would have a bigger target than Andy and two that I think could have a bigger target, but am less confident about.

The three I’m confident about are Gina Marie, Aaryn, and Amanda. Aaryn had the best physical game of the season, while Amanda was the most strategically aggressive player, but more importantly, these are the three players I think contributed most to BB15’s toxic reputation. This means it’s unlikely any of them would be asked to come back, but it also means if any of them did, their housemates would want them out as soon as possible.

The two I’m less certain about are Elissa and Helen. These were the two heroes of BB15, giving both of them a bigger presence on the season than Andy. On top of that, Helen was one of BB15’s best strategic players, while Elissa was one of the best physical players and is related to a former winner. This would make each of them a decent target if they came back, but I don’t think either of them would be bigger than the player who outmaneuvered both of them, unless all three of them played together again, in which case I think Helen and Elissa as a duo would be a bigger target than Andy as an individual.

Derrick

Right after BB16, the houseguests I think could return and have a bigger target than Derrick are Frankie and possibly Devon. Frankie was Derrick’s biggest obstacle to win BB16, having the best physical performance and even rivaling Derrick’s social game during the prejury. Devon meanwhile, was good at challenges, a big imposing presence, and most importantly, extremely unpredictable, which I could see players targeting even over a big threat like Derrick.

Today, I think the list can be expanded to include Cody and possibly Nicole. BB22 significantly boosted Cody’s reputation by showing he can play well without Derrick, and even players who view Derrick as the better player would be more inclined to target Cody first to weaken Derrick due to his challenge performance.

Nicole’s reputation has also gone way up between winning BB18, almost winning BB22, and then winning Reindeer Games. However, Derrick’s winning game is so respected that I can see him being a bigger target than Nicole even with her having multiple deep runs.

Steve

Like Jordan, Steve was one of the winners whose game depended most on him being seen as a small threat, but I think Steve had to try a lot harder to keep his threat level down, and I don’t think there are as many players from his season who would be a bigger target than him if they played again.

Vanessa is a lock, as BB17 was basically centered around her, and she was one question away from winning the season herself.

Austin could also be a bigger target, as he made a deep run and actively branded himself as the villain of the season. Though like Davonne mentioned in the finale, Austin didn’t really do anything that devious, and most of his “Judas” branding was empty rhetoric.

You could make an argument for James, as he was they fan favorite and best physical performer of BB17, and he made a deep run in the next season. Though I’d say James’ stock may have actually fallen due to BB18, despite that being the season where he got closer to the end.

Finally, you could make an argument for Audrey because, like Devon, she was an unpredictable player who houseguests would want to get rid of to keep things calm. Though unlike Devon, I think Audrey is someone houseguests would be willing to give another chance and wait to see how she plays before targeting her.

Nicole

First, Paul is the obvious answer, they had a larger presence than her, nearly beat her in the jury vote, and most importantly, their performance on BB19 has boosted their threat level.

I think Victor would be a bigger target than Nicole, partly because of his challenge prowess, and partly because he’s married to Nicole, which means people would want to evict Victor first to weaken Nicole despite viewing Nicole as the better player.

Paulie might be a bigger target than Nicole, as he played well until he broke down at F10. This breakdown would lower his threat level, but I think he’d still be a big target for being seen as a loose canon and someone people want out as soon as possible.

Finally, I think Frank might have stayed a bigger target than Nicole after BB18, but I don’t think that’s the case after Nicole’s performances on BB22 and Reindeer Games.

Josh

The obvious pick here is Paul, as they put up one of the most dominant performances in Big Brother, with jury management being their only oversight.

I think Alex and Jason could also have bigger targets than Josh, as they were each fairly well rounded players and the two people who had the best chance of possibly overthrowing Paul, with their main weakness being that they were too loyal to do so.

Finally, I think Cody and possibly Mark would be a bigger target than Josh, as they’re both big athletic guys who just have an imposing presence in general.

I’d normally put Christmas on this list, as she made a second deep run on BB22, but I think she’s one of the only houseguests whose reputation isn’t boosted by this fact. I think Josh would still be a bigger target than her partly because he has a much bigger personality than her, and partly because he showed much more agency in the endgame than her.

Kaycee

The player I’m most confident would have a bigger target than Kaycee is Tyler. He was the leader of the “Level 6” alliance and basically the face of the season.

Two players I’m less confident about, but still think could be a bigger target are JC and Brett. JC successfully played both sides of the house all season, and Brett was someone who regularly told public and blatant lies, so I can see either of them being targeted for being less trustworthy than Kaycee.

Jackson

I don’t think there’s anyone from BB21 who would reenter the game with a bigger target than Jackson. He’s a big imposing guy who’s good at challenges, the lie he told about Tommy at F5, while not the reason Tommy was evicted, did show how creative and ruthless Jackson can be when he has to, and he was one of the houseguests most involved in the season’s racism allegations.

I think the person who comes closest is Christie, simply because she was someone who it took Jackson a long time to finally evict, which would give her a reputation of being crafty.

You could make an argument for Jack, as a lot of the reasons Jackson’s a big target also apply to him, but I think the fact he got 11th place shrank his threat level at least enough that he wouldn’t be targeted before Jackson.

Cody

I think Cody is the Big Brother player who would have the single biggest target on his back if he were to ever play again, and so I don’t think there’s anyone from BB22 who could come into a new season with a bigger target than him. Janelle is the houseguest who comes the closest, but going out prejury for the second time and not winning any challenges during BB22, coupled with Cody giving the all around most dominant winning performance makes me think even Janelle would be below Cody on the list of targets if they were to play together again.

Xavier

The houseguest I’m most confident would come into a new season with a bigger target than Xavier is Tiffany, as she’s the main reason “The Cookout” was able to make it to the end cleanly and was basically the face of BB23.

Kyland is someone I think would have at least as big of a target as Xavier. He almost won the season himself and was Xavier’s equal in terms of challenge performance. Xavier would probably be the bigger target due to being the bigger social threat, but Kyland could be the bigger target due to being the more villainous of the two.

Finally, you could make an argument for Frenchie due to his unpredictability, but like I said about Audrey, I think a returnee cast would be tentatively willing to keep Frenchie around, and I don’t think most people would feel threatened enough by him to target him before a former winner, at least not unless he gave them no choice by continuing to play like he did last time.

Taylor

The first players that come to mind are Monte and Michael. These were the two best physical players and the two most likely to win if Taylor didn’t win.

While they won’t be invited back, I think Paloma, Daniel, and Nicole would also be a bigger target than Taylor if they played again. They were at the core of her early mistreatment, and I think even in a new season, houseguests would want to ensure Taylor outlasts them again.

Finally, someone I think might have a bigger target than Taylor is Kyle. He was responsible for both of the big power shifts of BB24, and his “Cookout 2.0” paranoia would give people more personal reasons to target him. However, I think the Cookout scandal might overshadow how much of a strategic threat he otherwise was, and I think how apologetic he was up to his eviction lessens how much people would hold this against him on a second season, so overall, I have no idea how big or small of a target Kyle would be on the off chance he played again.

Jag

It’s hard for me to gauge how big of a target Jag would be in a second season. He broke the record for most Veto wins and total challenge wins in a single season, which should make him a huge target, but he won most of the challenges after the other physical threats were out, and he’s the only winner to be evicted in his winning season, which should lower his threat level. With that said, the BB25 houseguests I think would most likely be a bigger target than Jag are Cirie, Cory, and Cameron

Cirie had a huge reputation from her Survivor career and has upheld that reputation by dominating the prejury of BB25.

Cory was the player most responsible for overthrowing Cirie. Plus, his career as a debator means he’ll always be branded as a huge strategic threat.

Cameron’s the one I’m least sure of. He was the best physical player until he was evicted, so I could see him still being a bigger target than Jag, but Jag did well at challenges to, and between Jag doing better than Cameron socially (and possibly Cameron’s poor performance on Reindeer Games), I think Jag would ultimately be a bigger target than Cameron.

Chelsie

The houseguest I’m most confident would be a bigger target than Chelsie is Tucker. He was great at challenges, but more importantly, he’s someone who constantly gave everything he had to evict whoever he saw as the best positioned and/or whoever he didn’t like at the time, which makes him a huge wildcard who people would want out immediately.

Two players I’m less confident about are Angela and Quinn. Angela was even less predictable than Tucker, and Quinn was someone who had a million alliances from week 1, so I can see them both being targeted before Chelsie due to being less reliable as allies. However, I don’t think their reputations would necessarily result in them being targeted immediately, and I can see them just being excluded from the major alliances but still kept around.

Finally, you could make an argument for Mackenzie. She was Chelsie’s closest ally who made it to the end with her and won more challenges, so if they played together again, I could see people targeting Mackenzie first to weaken Chelsie despite thinking Chelsie’s the better player. However, there was such a perception that Mackenzie just did whatever Chelsie wanted, I think it’s more likely people would target Chelsie first and then try to scoop up Mackenzie as an ally.

In a perfectly curated season Chelsie (26), MJ (26), Derrick (16) and Cody (16) are all in the final 4. All 4 players have the skill level and experience of their first season but only up till the final 4 and nothing beyond.

Who wins the F4 HOH, who wins F4 Veto, who wins final HOH part 1, 2, and 3 and who wins the game?

In order to not give everyone a fair chance they are an even amount of jurors half from BB16 and the other half from BB26.

This is just an interesting scenario I've been pondering on since Chelsie and MJ are the modern versions of Derrick and Cody.

N.B this is Cody from season 16 so I don't use anything from his AS game as reasoning.

What is your favorite line from the show, TV version or live feed - could be serious line, comedic line, throw away line, popular line, something that resonated personally with you, etc.

Feel free to give the context and situation of the line for clarification.

1. Micheal Bruner

Threw alot of the comps he lost and only lost the f6 Veto cause of a malfunction in the equipment.

2. Janelle Pierzina

3. Jag Bains

4. Makensy Manbeck

5. Cody Calafiore

6. Hisam Ghoueli

Literally won every comp he was eligible for other than the first hoh which he allegedly threw but still came 2nd place in. I think if he makes it past week 3 he breaks the comp record by the mid jury phase at the very least

7. Jackson Michie

8. Kaycee

9. Ian Terry

10. Xavier Prather

11. Tucker Des Lauriers

Underrated competitors and honorable mentions

1. Allison Irwin
2. Jee Cho
3. Hardy Hill
4. James Rhine
5. Chelsie Baham
6. Daniel Muphree
7. Aaryn Gries
8. Jase Wirey
9. Cameron Hardin

How do yall feel about my competitor rankings? This was off the top of my head, who did I miss?

Rewatching BB15. I’m always so upset with how underserved Jessie was on the edited show. She was super cool on the feeds and was the only person who was willing to call Amanda out on her BS, and was the only one willing to take a shot. She was super likable and she had so much potential, but sadly she has been reduced to a background character. I was just a really big fan but alas, can’t change the past.

So I’m on bb17 just saw Audrey get evicted btw congrats to her to being the first trans on BB. Anyways I’m still confused on the penalty vote for eating regular food. May yall explain plz

Plz don’t spoil the rest of the season for me plz.

We’ve had players like cirie fields, Hayden moss, and Caleb Reynolds on both shows (with Hayden and Caleb being on big brother before survivor), and Julie has said that she would be interested to see survivor players like Richard hatch, rob and amber mariano, and/or sue hawk. What do you guys think?

So guys just a quick discussion post. Nicole just won her first HOH and so far Will has quite an underwhelming game as compared to his all star season. So I was just curious what others think because personally it seems he’s a lot more manipulative and evil in season 7 and gets away with everything.

What do you guys think? Was BB7 Will better than his legendary BB2 game?

My title may be a little confusing but essentially we talk about how a player like BB26 LIsa, BB23 Frenchie, BB16 Joey and etc. that have very little win equity and it would take a miracle for them to make it to top 8 and let alone win.

So who are the players that in any given season would be out early but got the 1/100 luck into be in a cast that got them to make it further than expected.

First name come to mind is BB24 Brittany, she had everything stacked against her with being a natural outsider, got selected for BB Backstage (Although she would've been safe due to America), and was on people's target list. She benefited from an early connection with Michael as he helped protect her and got her into the LO and the BB Bestie twist practically gave her side 3 weeks of immunity and got her to the jury phase. Not saying Britt didn't do her part is that she usually be an easy early out.

BB8 Jen making it to the top 8 is amazing as usually her antics get her out early but with 3 comp wins and god aiding her thru jameka and having social pariahs do a failed backdoor she got to top 8 and honestly should've made it further had the Donatos been smarter as Jen backed them for the two prior rounds but this does make the case against Jen as she just not a good player. Great television.

Season 1 and 2 didn't have the power of veto. It was introduced later.

Do you think the power of veto improved the Big Brother game? Or do you think it has worsened the game?

Personally, I think the veto worsened the game. It was better in season 2. I think they should completely eliminate it and return the game to how it worked in season 2. It would make modern Big Brother much, much better in my opinion.

Greetings,

I made a couple of maps showing all of the contestants and where they are from over the course of the 26 seasons. I thought I would share. These are best viewed on the desktop. but you should be able to view them on mobile devices as well. Thank you for everything and have a delightful day.

Big Brother Map Application

Big Brother Contestants by Season

Big Brother Story Map

For the past 3 seasons we have had trios in the endgame as the defining alliance structures.

BB24 we had Micheal, Britney, and Taylor, and Monte, Turner, and Taylor. Taylor was arguably in both trios to an extent and in the middle. From what I remember atleast both Monte and Brittney had intention to take her to the end.

BB25 we had Jag, Matt, and Bowie as the endgame trio. A situation where as far as we know Bowie also takes Jag and Matt alleges he would have also taken Jag

BB26 we had Chelsie, MJ, and Cam with both MJ and Cam taking Chelsie to the end

With thus three past seasons its clear to me atleast that one of the best positions to be in the endgame is a trio preferably with atleast one person taking you to the end.

So do you think trios will continue to define the endgame of future seasons or were this past 3 seasons anomalies and why have trios been so successful.

So I was watching bb4 and I just got to Jee’s second Hoh and WTF IS HE DOING?? he already won the hoh and he takes the veto, forcing everyone on Pb&j. so he pisses ppl off and put a giant target on his back. then there’s the food comp and he wins that. even though he’s the ONLY person not on pb&j for the week. Why would he not throw it? His nominees of Jack and Erika do make sense for him, but why would he not save Jack w the veto? Jack can’t win ANYTHING!!! It just feels like the only things Jee did with the is HoH was get rid of a weak player, piss off the house, and put a Bullseye on his back.

I just turned 21 a month ago and recently sent in my application. One of my birthday presents is getting the Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda tattooed this February.

I was wondering what they’ll do or If I’ll even be considered because of said tattoo? Because I’d assume it’d be a copyright issue. I’ve noticed in past seasons that houseguests have worn bandages or production blurs them.

Just confused cause this has been a dream of my since I was 8 and don’t want to ruin my chances of getting in.

Super curious what others think of it as while I haven’t seen any of it, debating whether I should since IIRC it’s basically a completely different show from the usual big brother.