Big Brother 17 (US)

Big Brother 17 (also known as Big Brother: Takeover) is the seventeenth season of the popular American reality-game show Big Brother. The season premiered on June 24, 2015 with the second part of the premiere airing on June 25, 2015.

Twists

 * Battle of the Block is back for its second season. each week two HOHs are crowned, each HOH nominates two houseguests for eviction. The nominated houseguests must battle for safety in the Battle of the Block competition where winning pair is safe and the HOH who nominated them is dethroned.


 * New twist called BB Takeover unleashes a new twist each and every week.


 * Throwback to the Big Brother 5's DNA twist: Houseguest Liz Nolan has an identical twin: Julia Nolan. The two girls alternate shifts in the house, secretly switching places throughout the first 5 weeks. If they survive first five evictions playing as Liz and fooling the rest of the houseguests, both twins can enter the game and play as individuals.

Alliances

 * The Girl Alliance - Audrey, Da'Vonne and Shelli (active)
 * Shelltown - Austin and Jace (active)
 * Tres Amigos - Austin, Jace and Liz/Julia (active)
 * Jo'Vonne - Da'Vonne and John (active)
 * Unnamed Alliance - Audrey, Clay, Jackie, Jeff, Meg and Shelli (active)
 * Shlay - Clay and Shelli (active)
 * Auve - Audrey and Steve (active)
 * 5 Alive - Audrey, Austin, Clay, Jace and James (active/fake)
 * Da'Son - Da'Vonne and Jason (active)
 * Jeckie - Jackie and Jeff (active)
 * High Rollers - Audrey, Da'Vonne, Jackie, James, Jason, Jeff and Meg; Clay, Shelli, and Steve (affiliated) (active)

Trivia

 * This is the first season that will have a transgender woman, Audrey Middleton, competing.
 * This season features the youngest cast in Big Brother history with an average of 26.7, beating out previous record-holder, Big Brother 6.
 * In the first HOH competition of BB17, there was a close tie, but thanks to the instant replay, James was announced as the first HOH.
 * If Liz and Julia Nolan make it through the first 5 evictions, Big Brother 17 would have the largest amount of Houseguests in BB history: a total of 17.