Big Brother 20 (American season)


Big Brother 20 is the 20th season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name.
It was renewed in August 2016 as part of a double renewal for seasons 19 and 20. Julie Chen, credited as Julie Chen Moonves from episode 35 onwards, returned as host.
Sixteen new competitors, known as HouseGuests, were announced to be competing and their identities were released in June 2018. Each week in the game, HouseGuests compete in a series of competitions to win power and safety, they then vote to eliminate, or "evict", one of their own until there are only two remaining. In the finale episode, previous House Guests vote on who they think they should win the game, with the House Guest who receives the most votes being declared the winner.
The season premiered on June 27, 2018 on CBS in the United States and concluded on September 26, 2018. The season also received many [|controversies and criticisms] throughout the season, but received mostly positive [|viewing figures]. Despite an [|uncertain future] for the show, CBS began accepting applications for a future season in September 2018. After 99 days in the Big Brother House, Kaycee Clark became the winner of Big Brother in a 5–4 vote over Tyler Crispen. Crispen was also named America's Favorite HouseGuest.

Production

Development

The series was announced in August 2016 as part of a double renewal for Big Brother 19 and Big Brother 20. Along with the series the 24/7 live feeds returned with a CBS All Access subscription and is also returned on Pop. The season is produced by Endemol Shine North America and Fly on the Wall Entertainment. Julie Chen returned as host and Allison Grodner as well as Rich Meehan returned as Executive Producers. CBS began allowing online applications in September 2017, however open casting calls did not begin until March 2018. Celebrity Big Brother winner and runner up Marissa Jaret Winokur and Ross Mathews host a new companion show known as Off the Block with Ross and Marissa following the end of former House Guest Jeff Schroeder's Big Brother Live Chat.

Prize

The last remaining House Guest is set to receive a prize of.

Main Twists

This season's main theme and twists centered on technology.

BB App Store

For the first three weeks, viewers were asked a series of questions about their opinions on the remaining House Guests. The House Guest who was named in the most overall answers was deemed the "top trending" House Guest of the week and earned a "Power App", which would give them an advantage in the game, while the House Guest who was answered the least was deemed "least trending" was given a "Crap App", which gave them a punishment. Once HouseGuests received an app, they were no longer eligible to receive one in the future.

H@cker Competition

On Day 44, following Rachel's eviction, a new twist was unleashed on the HouseGuests called the "H@cker Competition". It lets one HouseGuest hack the game for a week. After the nominations, all of the HouseGuests compete in a competition at the same time in different rooms, making the winner anonymous to the other HouseGuests. The winner of the competition is able to "hack" the game in three different ways:
The first four Jury members had the opportunity to battle each other for a chance to return to the game. The competition between Bayleigh, Rockstar, Scottie, and Faysal aired on August 30, 2018 in [|episode 29] following the live eviction. Scottie was the winner and returned to the game.

HouseGuests

The HouseGuests were announced on Monday, June 18 at 7 AM PDT through the CBS website.
NameAge on entryOccupationResidenceDay enteredDay exitedResult
Kaycee Clark30Pro-football player199
Tyler Crispen23Lifeguard199
Joseph "JC" Mounduix28Professional dancer199
Angela Rummans26Fitness model193
Samantha "Sam" Bledsoe27Welder191
Brett Robinson25Cybersecurity engineer186
Haleigh Broucher21College student186
Scottie Salton26Shipping manager165rowspan="2"
Scottie Salton26Shipping manager7279-
Faysal Shafaat26Substitute teacher172
Angie "Rockstar" Lantry34Stay-at-home mom158
Bayleigh Dayton25Flight attendant151
Rachel Swindler29Vegas entertainer144
Kaitlyn Herman24Life coach137
Winston Hines28Medical sales rep130
Christopher "Swaggy C" Williams23Day trader123
Stephen "Steve" Arienta40116

Other appearances

All evicted HouseGuests appeared on the Facebook Watch exclusive Off the Block with Ross and Marissa for an extended interview following their evictions.
Tyler Crispen appeared in the second episode of ' as a contestant. He finished in third place and received.
Kaycee Clark, Tyler Crispen, and Kaitlyn Herman all appeared in Big Brother 21 to host separate Power of Veto competitions. JC Mounduix, Tyler Crispen, and Kaycee Clark also returned in Episode 39 of Big Brother 21 to give their thoughts on the season and who they thought would win.
Swaggy C Williams, Bayleigh Dayton, Winston Hines, and Brett Robinson all filmed a promotional video for Love Island, which was used in Big Brother 21. Winston Hines also appeared as a contestant on Love Islands first season. He entered the villa on Day 9 and was dumped on Day 17.
Kaycee Clark, Fessy Shafaat, Bayleigh Dayton, and Swaggy C Williams appeared on '.

Episodes


Have-Nots

Voting history

Reception

Controversies and criticisms

Joseph Charles "JC" Mounduix received criticism after he was shown using an ice cream scoop on the genitals of his other HouseGuests. Mounduix later told fellow HouseGuest Kaycee Clark to open up her vagina, saying that it "feels good".
Viewers questioned Angela Rummans and Rachel Swindler after they were caught on the live feeds making some questionable remarks. Rummans referred to her uneven tan lines as looking "ghetto", while Swindler compared her uneven tan lines to the skintone of fellow HouseGuest Bayleigh Dayton, who is African American. CBS later released a statement and warned Rummans and Swindler with future consequences.
Since the start of the live feeds, Kaitlyn Herman has been criticized from viewers for her feelings and actions towards several men in the Big Brother House, while being in a five-year relationship outside of the house. In Week 3, Herman's then-boyfriend released a statement on Twitter, stating that he wanted to distance himself from the show and situation.
Kaitlyn Herman and Joseph Charles "JC" Mounduix both came under fire after they used the n-word in separate occasions. Herman used the word as she was singing the lyrics of a Drake song. Mounduix used the word after fellow HouseGuest Bayleigh Dayton, who is African American, asked Mounduix if there is a "difference between a midget and a dwarf". Offended, Mounduix said that the word "midget" is a derogatory term and then compared it to the n-word. Many came to the defense of the two, saying that they did not use the word towards someone. Herman later apologized for using the word on an Instagram live stream.
During a live eviction episode, HouseGuest Brett Robinson called out Angela "Rockstar" Lantry in his eviction speech for "strategic purposes". Lantry responded by confronting Robinson in his face, claiming that it was her daughter's birthday. Lantry later called Robinson a "rich, snobby, white-privileged-ass dude". Later that night, Lantry confronted Robinson with pots and pans during which she exclaimed that Robinson has a "micropenis". Upon confrontation, Lantry sat between Robinson's legs who repeatedly asked her to get off of him.
Joseph Charles "JC" Mounduix was criticized by fans after he asked Rachel Swindler if she was transgender, stating that she has "a big Adam's apple." Mounduix proceeded to feel Swindler's neck, but she told him to stop. Moments later, he began to touch Swindler's neck again before being stopped by her.
Viewers perceived some of Bayleigh Dayton's comments about Faysal Shafaat as being anti-Muslim. After Shafaat, a Muslim, complained about his in-house crush Haleigh Broucher talking about her past sexual experiences, Dayton claimed in private that Shafaat should "go find a virgin" and that he should "go to Pakistan and one" because "that's what they do." Many viewers interpreted "they" as meaning Muslims.
During a conversation between Dayton and Lantry, Dayton claimed that Lantry was the only white person who she knew that did not like white people. Dayton then said that Lantry dislikes "normal white people" more than she does. Days later, in a conversation with Haleigh Broucher, Dayton referred to her housemates as "crazy-ass white people." Many viewers saw Dayton's statements as racist.
Joseph Charles "JC" Mounduix was criticized by both fans and his fellow housemates for making light of the #MeToo movement after making jokes at the movement's expense.
Joseph Charles "JC" Mounduix was once again involved in two separate sexual misconduct incidents in which he was accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault. While sleeping in the same bed, Mounduix was seen caressing Tyler Crispen's arm, face, and chest, as well as kissing his armpit while Crispen was sleeping. The following morning Crispen stated to Kaycee Clark "I’m sleeping alone tonight — JC is not sleeping with me". Mounduix explained his version by stating that he was "comforting Crispen who was having nightmares". Later, Mounduix opened the toilet door while HouseGuest Haleigh Broucher was using it. Broucher repeatedly asked Mounduix to close the door, who refused and tied the door open. Broucher then yelled for assistance from production and later filed a complaint with executive producer Allison Grodner. The producers later released a statement saying that neither Crispen nor Broucher filed official complaints and that the two had expressed to them that they "did not feel threatened or unsafe by Mounduix's actions."
During a live eviction speech, HouseGuest Scottie Salton made sexual and vulgar comments towards HouseGuests Tyler Crispen and Angela Rummans. He hinted that Crispen received oral sex from Rummans, which got censored out by CBS.
Haleigh Broucher was criticized by both fans and her fellow HouseGuests after making a joke about disabled people. During a conversation with Tyler Crispen and Joseph Charles "JC" Mounduix, Broucher opened a fortune cookie that read, "Nothing can stop you from reaching your goals." After reading the quote, she responded by saying "That is not true because if you are paralyzed, you cannot reach anything." Crispen was quick to call her out, telling Broucher that it was "the worst thing ever heard say". Crispen then told Broucher that she needed "to rephrase" what she had just said, to which Mounduix added that he had seen disabled people achieve their goals.

Ratings

Unless noted below, all episode aired in the United States on Sundays and Wednesdays at 8:00 Eastern Standard Time and live Thursdays at 9:00 EST.
The American adaptation of Big Brother has aired on CBS since its inception on July 5, 2000 with Julie Chen as host. Following two articles published by The New Yorker by Ronan Farrow in July and September 2018, where several women accused Chen's husband Les Moonves of harassment, intimidation, and sexual misconduct, effective September 9, 2018, Moonves departed CBS Corporation as President, Chairman and CEO, with Joseph Ianniello appointed as President and Acting CEO. In response to the claims against him, Moonves released a statement denying the allegations. After the first article was published, Chen released a statement on Twitter in July defending her husband.
While Chen was initially confirmed to return to the ninth season of her other CBS show The Talk, she was absent from the season premiere that aired on September 10, 2018. Chen issued a statement where she was taking a few days off, but would continue with Big Brother. Chen's first television appearance since Moonves' departure was the live eviction on September 13, 2018, where she closed out the episode with "From outside the Big Brother house...I'm Julie Chen Moonves, good night." The new sign-off broke with an established pattern that Chen has used in the past on Big Brother and showcased her support for her husband, while it received a mixed response from fans and viewers on Twitter. Chen subsequently announced her departure from The Talk in a pre-recorded segment that aired on the September 18, 2018 episode, where she stood outside the Big Brother house. Chen will continue to host Big Brother.
The 20th season had been confirmed since August 10, 2016 as part of a two-year renewal between CBS and Fly on the Wall Entertainment, in association with Endemol Shine North America.Celebrity Big Brother was renewed for a second season on May 12, 2018 during CBS' annual upfront for the 2018–19 television season. Speculation on the status of the show intensified after the departure of Moonves from CBS, with fans of the show and former HouseGuests began spreading the hashtag #SaveBBUSA in an attempt to get the program renewed. Unnamed insiders close to the production of the show have cast doubt if Chen would return to host potential future installments if CBS renews the show. In an article from US Weekly, an insider noted that Big Brother 2 winner Will Kirby, Celebrity Big Brother 1 runner-up Ross Mathews, and Big Brother Canada host Arisa Cox have been mentioned as potential replacements in the event that Chen does not to return, while TMZ reported that Chen will continue with the show if the network decides to renew it.
CBS began accepting online applications for a 21st season on September 20, 2018. After a few months of uncertainty, CBS officially announced that season 21 would go on during the summer.