Big Brother Reindeer Games

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Big Brother Reindeer Games
Big Brother Reindeer Games.jpg
Genre Reality competition
Based on Big Brother
by John de Mol Jr.
Presented by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
Production companies
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseDecember 11, 2023 (2023-12-11) 
present
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Big Brother

Big Brother Reindeer Games is a reality competition television series and spin-off of the American version of Big Brother . It premiered on CBS on December 11, 2023, and is hosted by former Big Brother HouseGuests Derek Xiao, Tiffany Mitchell, and Jordan Lloyd. The series features nine former HouseGuests competing against each other across six episodes which are airing over the course of two weeks.

Contents

House

The house used for Big Brother Reindeer Games was renamed to the Santa's Lodge under the holiday-theme. The entryway of the house is decorated with flying reindeer, gold-wrapped presents, and a red flannel rug. The living room has a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and wreaths. The kitchen, which in this season was named "Mrs. Claus Bakery", has red and green wallpaper with Christmas symbols, and gingerbread men on the counters. [1]

Format

Each episode will consist of three games and will end in a "Santa's Showdown", the outcome of which determines the elimination of one HouseGuest. [2] The players will not live in the BB house, will not live together, and there will be no voting off of other players. Four HouseGuest will remain in the finale with one winning a $100,000 grand prize. [3]

Format changes and additions

Unlike the previous seasons of Big Brother, Reindeer Games won't involve any nominations, house-voted evictions or live broadcasts. Instead, the nine houseguests from previous seasons would compete in a series of holiday-themed daily challenges. [4] [1]

Naughty and Nice Challenge

In this challenge, the houseguests would compete to gain an advantage for the next challenge, while simultaneously, giving a disadvantage for a houseguest of their choosing, also known as the Naughty List Punishment.

Jingle Bell Brawl Challenge

The winner, or winners, of this challenge, would receive safety from elimination.

Santa's Showdown

The nominees would compete against each other in various challenges to determine who would stay in the lodge and who would be eliminated from the game.

  • The losing houseguest would get to choose a present under the Christmas tree that contains gifts from a fruit cake to $5,000.

HouseGuests

The HouseGuests were revealed intermittently throughout December 6 and 7, 2023. [5]

Previous Season(s)AgeOccupationResidenceEpisode
exited
Result
Nicole Franzel-Arroyo Big Brother 16, Big Brother 18 & Big Brother 22: All-Stars 31 Boutique owner Ubly, Michigan 6Winner
Taylor Hale Big Brother 24 28 Motivational speaker Detroit, Michigan Runner-up
Frankie Grande Big Brother 16 [lower-alpha 1] 40 Actor Los Angeles, California Semifinalist
3rd Place
Xavier Prather Big Brother 23 29 Attorney Milwaukee, Wisconsin Semifinalist
4th Place
Britney Godwin Big Brother 12 & Big Brother 14 36 Real estate agent Tulsa, Oklahoma 5Eliminated
5th Place
Josh Martinez Big Brother 19 29 Content creator Miami, Florida 4Eliminated
6th Place
Danielle Hendricks Big Brother 3 & Big Brother 7: All-Stars 51 Real estate manager San Francisco, California 3Eliminated
7th Place
Cody Calafiore Big Brother 16 & Big Brother 22: All-Stars 32 Software sales rep Howell, New Jersey 2Eliminated
8th Place
Cameron Hardin Big Brother 25 34 Stay-at-home dad Eastman, Georgia 1Eliminated
9th Place
Notes
  1. Frankie Grande also participated on the 18th season of Celebrity Big Brother UK .

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air date [6] U.S. viewers
(millions)
Rating/share
(18–49)
1"Episode 1"December 11, 2023 (2023-12-11)1.53 [7] 0.26/2 [7]

Nine All-Star HouseGuests entered the holiday-themed Big Brother house, which is now being referred to as Santa's Lodge.

  • Naughty and Nice Challenge: The HouseGuests must observe a series of clues that hint at the title of a famous Christmas song. The first person to name the song correctly in the Diary Room wins the Naughty and Nice power.

Britney was the first to guess the song correctly, "Up on the Housetop", to win the advantage. Britney would later learn that with the advantage comes a disadvantage, which she must grant to another contestant. After hearing the other HouseGuests, Britney decided to give Cody the Naughty stocking, as he is a threat in competitions.

  • Jingle Bell Brawl Challenge: The HouseGuests would walk across a balance beam, and when they reached the other side, they must put a letter in another HouseGuests' mailbox. The first person to deliver all their letters and re-deliver all the letters given to them will win the challenge. Britney started with an advantage of one fewer envelope in her mailbox, while Cody got one extra envelope. In the end, Frankie won the challenge.

Frankie had to decide which two HouseGuests would participate in the Santa's Showdown to determine their fate in the game. He chose Cameron and Xavier.

  • Santa's Showdown: Both Cameron and Xavier had to complete a puzzle of an ugly Christmas sweater using a picture for reference. In the end, Xavier won the challenge and sent Cameron packing. On his way out, Cameron got a gift for a one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month Club.
2"Episode 2"December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)1.59 [8] 0.23/3 [8]

  • Naughty and Nice Challenge:
  • Jingle Bell Brawl Challenge:
  • Santa's Showdown: Cody Calafiore was sent packing.
3"Episode 3"December 14, 2023 (2023-12-14)2.04 [9] 0.30/3 [9]

  • Naughty and Nice Challenge:
  • Jingle Bell Brawl Challenge:
  • Santa's Showdown: Danielle Hendricks was sent packing.
4"Episode 4"December 18, 2023 (2023-12-18)1.78 [10] 0.28/3 [10]

  • Naughty and Nice Challenge:
  • Jingle Bell Brawl Challenge:
  • Santa's Showdown: Josh Martinez was sent packing.
5"Episode 5"December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)2.03 [11] 0.30/3 [11]

  • Naughty and Nice Challenge:
  • Jingle Bell Brawl Challenge:
  • Santa's Showdown: Britney Godwin was sent packing.
6"Episode 6"December 21, 2023 (2023-12-21)2.29 [12] 0.32/3 [12]

    Competition history

      The Houseguest won Big Brother Reindeer Games and the $100,000 prize.
      The Houseguest was the runner-up.
      The Houseguest was eliminated in the finale, placing third or fourth.
      The Houseguest won the Jingle Bell Brawl challenge, securing immunity and nomination power.
      The Houseguest was nominated to compete in the Santa's Showdown challenge.
      The Houseguest was eliminated from the Lodge after losing the Santa's Showdown challenge.
    Progress of HouseGuests including competition and nomination history during each episode of the program.
    HouseGuestEpisode 1Episode 2Episode 3Episode 4Episode 5Episode 6
    Naughty and Nice
    Challenge Winner
    BritneyCodyTaylorFrankieNicoleXavier
    Naughty List
    Punishment Recipient(s)
    CodyTaylorJoshNicole
    Xavier
    XavierNicole
    Jingle Bell Brawl
    Challenge Winner(s)
    FrankieBritney
    Danielle
    Josh
    Taylor
    NicoleFrankie
    Taylor
    Taylor
    Frankie
    Santa's Showdown
    Nominees
    Cameron
    Xavier
    Cody
    Frankie
    Xavier
    Frankie [lower-alpha 1]
    Xavier
    Britney
    Danielle
    Josh
    Nicole
    Britney
    Xavier
    NicoleSafeSafeBrawl WinnerShowdownSafeWinner
    (Episode 6)
    TaylorSafeBrawl WinnerSafeBrawl WinnerBrawl WinnerRunner-up
    (Episode 6)
    FrankieBrawl WinnerShowdownShowdownBrawl WinnerBrawl Winner3rd place
    (Episode 6)
    XavierShowdownShowdownShowdownSafeShowdown3rd place
    (Episode 6)
    BritneySafeBrawl WinnerShowdownSafeShowdownEliminated
    (Episode 5)
    JoshSafeBrawl WinnerSafeShowdownEliminated
    (Episode 4)
    DanielleSafeBrawl WinnerShowdownEliminated
    (Episode 3)
    CodySafeShowdownEliminated
    (Episode 2)
    CameronShowdownEliminated
    (Episode 1)
    EliminatedCameron
    Lost Santa's
    Showdown
    Cody
    Lost Santa's
    Showdown
    Danielle
    Lost Santa's
    Showdown
    Josh
    Lost Santa's
    Showdown
    Britney
    Lost Santa's
    Showdown
    Xavier
    Lost Semi-Final Bracket
    Frankie
    Lost Semi-Final Bracket
    Taylor
    Lost Final Bracket
    Nicole
    Won Final Bracket
    Notes
    1. For this episode's Santa Showdown, the Jingle Brawl Winner nominates one contestant into Santa's Showdown. If that contestant finishes the challenge in the allotted time, they will then pick a contestant to go into Santa's Showdown. This contestant will have 1 minute less than the player who went before them. This process repeats until someone loses the challenge and is eliminated.

    Santa's gifts history

    EpisodeEliminated HouseGuestSanta's gift
    1CameronOne-year Jelly of the
    Month Club subscription
    2CodyFruit cake
    3Danielle$5,000
    4JoshUgly Christmas sweater
    5BritneyPair of underwear and socks

    Production

    Development

    In May 2023 Deadline Hollywood reported that CBS was considering an additional season of Big Brother in the 2023-24 television schedule, with "all-star contestants", to fill in gaps left by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [13] CBS had previously done the same with Big Brother 9 which aired in 2008 to combat the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. [14]

    Ahead of the Big Brother 25 finale in November 2023, host Julie Chen Moonves teased a "holiday surprise" from the "Big Brother universe". In an interview following the episode, Chen Moonves stated that a fourth season of Celebrity Big Brother was unlikely to happen, but noted the possibility of a shortened season with returning players. [15] The Writers Guild of America strike ultimately ended in October, [16] followed by the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike in November 2023. [17] With most scripted series set to begin filming shortened seasons in late-November and early-December, [18] [19] and most premiere dates not expected until 2024, [20] there were still empty slots in the schedule. [21]

    During the Big Brother 25 finale, it was announced that a new spin-off of Big Brother would air in December titled Big Brother Reindeer Games. [22] The series will be produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment and Endemol Shine North America with Allison Grodner, Rich Meehan, and Chris Roach serving as executive producers, all returning from Big Brother. [23]

    Casting

    The series will not feature Chen Moonves and will instead be hosted by former Big Brother HouseGuests Derek Xiao, Tiffany Mitchell, and Jordan Lloyd who will be known as "Santa's Elf Ambassadors"; Xiao and Mitchell competed on Big Brother 23 , while Lloyd was on both Big Brother 11 and Big Brother 13 [24] Additionally, nine other former contestants, including one from Big Brother 25, will return to compete. [25]

    Marketing and release

    The series premiered on December 11, 2023, and was filmed in its entirety prior to its release. [26] It will feature no live feeds. [27] Big Brother Reindeer Games will air three episodes a week on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, over two weeks, totaling six episodes before its finale on December 21. [28] A teaser trailer was aired during the Big Brother 25 finale featuring former competitors Frankie Grande, Britney Haynes, and Danielle Reyes, and was styled off a similar teaser that opened the twenty-fifth season. [29] Episodes from the series will also stream on Paramount+. [30]

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