Big Brother 23 (US)

Big Brother 23 (US)
Season Information
Country	United States
Host	Julie Chen
Season	23
Prize Money	$750,000
No. of Houseguests	16
No. of Days	85
Production
Network	CBS Paramount+ (live feeds)
Executive Producers	Allison Grodner Rich Meehan
Challenge Producers	Heath Luman
Casting	Jesse Tannenbaum
Announcers	Don Wollman Clayton Halsey
Production Company	Fly on the Wall Entertainment Endemol Shine North America
Season Run	July 7, 2021 - September 29, 2021
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 22 (US)

Big Brother 23 (US) is the current 23rd season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.) and the 26th season overall.

Background

During the Final Five eviction episode of Big Brother 22 (US), an advertisement for casting new players for the next season was aired, leading many to assume Big Brother was getting a 23rd season. Although the CBS casting page immediately stated that it was accepting applications for season 23, an official renewal announcement from CBS wasn't made until October 28, 2020, the day of season 22's finale, confirming that season 23 was due to air in the summer of 2021.

Development

During a Clubhouse event with Love Island host Arielle Vandenberg, and narrator Matthew Hoffman, Julie revealed that the season would have a live premiere and move-in just like Big Brother 22, and it would take place on July 7, 2021, with the season three premiere of Love Island airing right after. She also revealed that the theme for the season would be "BB Beach House", stating that the future houseguests "deserve a vacation", and that the season would once again feature 16 houseguests.

Casting

Following in the footsteps of Big Brother Canada 9, CBS announced a new diversity pledge on November 9, 2020, which would require that Big Brother and the rest of their reality programming to have at least 50% of its cast be black, indigenous or people of color, starting with Big Brother 23.

On January 22, 2021, Robyn Kass, head casting director for every main American and Canadian season since Big Brother 2 (US), announced that she would be stepping down and taking a leave in casting for Big Brother 23 to focus on other opportunities, including finalizing the cast of Big Brother Canada 9, which had just reached the semifinal stage of casting just weeks before. One week later, on February 1, 2021, it was announced that Jesse Tannenbaum, former Big Brother casting producer and casting director for Big Brother: Over The Top and Survivor, would be in charge of the casting efforts for Big Brother 23, alongside many returning casting producers who formerly worked under Kassting, Inc.

Twists

• Teams: During the live move-in, houseguests will enter in groups of four and compete for power. The winners of each group will become Team Captains and will be shown a 90-second intro package of the remaining houseguests and choose their three teammates, creating four teams of four, each with two men and two women. Every week, whoever wins HOH will also earn safety for their entire team. The teams will last for the first four weeks of the game.
  • Double or Nothing Twist: During the premiere, once the teams are made, the captains will then compete for HOH. Whoever wins will be tempted with a “double or nothing offer from Julie that they won’t be able to refuse.” Frenchie French won HOH for his team, the Jokers, and was given the offer to risk their current safety for a third competition of the evening. If he accepted the offer and won, his team would be safe for the first two weeks, meaning that he would remain HOH for Week 1, while all four of them remained safe for Week 2 no matter who became HOH. If he accepted the offer and lost, he would be dethroned as HOH and his entire team would be vulnerable, while the HOH goes to the second place team, the Queens, led by Claire Rehfuss. If he rejected the offer entirely, he would remain HOH for Week 1 but his team's safety would only last for that week. He ultimately chose to reject the offer and keep the current HOH and safety for his team, leaving them potentially vulnerable in Week 2.
• Wildcard Competition: The three teams that aren't immune for the week will each select one competitor. Those three houseguests will then compete for sole immunity, meaning that if they win, they will be given the option to take safety, while the rest of their team remains vulnerable for nomination and eviction. If the winner decides to accept safety for the week, it will result in a punishment that may affect them, their team, or the entire house.
• Biggest Cash Prize Ever: For the first time since Big Brother 6 (US), the cash prize will be increased from its usual amount of $500,000, with an extra quarter of a million dollars added to the total, meaning the winner of the season will win $750,000.

HouseGuests

Team Immunity    Alyssa

Azah

Britini

HOH/POV    Christian

Wildcard Winner    Claire

Derek F

Derek X

Nominated    Hannah

Kyland

Team Immunity    Sarah Beth

Tiffany

Nominated    Whitney

Team Immunity    Xavier

Evicted    Brent

Evicted    Frenchie

Evicted    Travis

Teams

Jokers				Aces				Kings				Queens
Frenchie	Azah	Britini	Derek F	Whitney	Brent	Derek X	Hannah	Christian	Alyssa	Sarah Beth	Xavier	Claire	Kyland	Tiffany	Travis

• Note: All four team photos were created by BigBrotherJunkie (@89razorskate20). For more of their work, click here.

Voting History

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12
													Day 85	Finale
	Alyssa		Frenchie	Brent
	Azah	Travis	Frenchie	Brent
	Britini	Travis
	Christian	Travis	Frenchie	Brent
	Claire	Travis	Frenchie	Brent
	Derek F	Alyssa	Britini	Brent
	Derek X	Travis	Frenchie	Brent
	Hannah	Travis	Frenchie	Brent
	Kyland	Vetoed Travis		Brent
	Sarah Beth	Travis	Frenchie	Brent
	Tiffany	Alyssa	Frenchie	Brent
	Whitney	Travis	Frenchie	Brent
	Xavier	Travis	Frenchie
	Brent	Travis	Frenchie
	Frenchie
	Travis	Rep

Key:

HOH

Nominated

Veto Winner

Rep: Replacement Nominee

Immune

Team Immunity

Wildcard Winner

Evicted

Jury Member

Wildcard Competition History

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
Jokers	Azah	Ineligible	Sat Out	Sat Out	Loss
	Britini	Ineligible	Sat Out	Loss	Ineligible
	Derek F	Ineligible	Sat Out	Sat Out	Sat Out
	Frenchie	HOH	Loss
Aces	Brent	Sat Out	Loss	Ineligible
	Derek X	Sat Out	Sat Out	Loss	Ineligible
	Hannah	Loss	Ineligible
	Whitney	Sat Out	Sat Out	Sat Out	Loss
Kings	Alyssa	Sat Out	Sat Out	Ineligible	Ineligible
	Christian	Win	Ineligible	Ineligible	HOH
	Sarah Beth	Sat Out	Win	Ineligible
	Xavier	Sat Out	Sat Out	HOH	Ineligible
Queens	Claire	Sat Out	Ineligible	Sat Out	Win
	Kyland	Loss	HOH	Ineligible
	Tiffany	Sat Out	Ineligible	Win	Ineligible
	Travis	Sat Out

Have/Have-Not History

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Game History

#	HOH	Team Immunity	Wildcard Winner	Initial Nominations		Veto Holder	Used?	Final Nominations		Evicted	Vote	Finish
Week
1	Frenchie	Jokers	Christian	Alyssa	Kyland	Derek X		Alyssa	Travis	Travis	11-2	1st Evicted Day 9
2	Kyland	Queens	Sarah Beth	Britini	Frenchie	Derek X		Britini	Frenchie	Frenchie	11-1	2nd Evicted Day 16
3	Xavier	Kings	Tiffany	Brent	Britini	Christian		Brent	Britini	Brent	11-0	3rd Evicted Day 23
4	Christian	Kings	Claire	Hannah	Whitney	Christian		Hannah	Whitney	TBD	?-?	4th Evicted Day 30
5	TBD			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	?-?	5th Evicted Day ??
6	TBD			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	?-?	6th Evicted 1st Jury Member Day ??
7	TBD			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	?-?	7th Evicted 2nd Jury Member Day ??
8	TBD			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	?-?	8th Evicted 3rd Jury Member Day ??
9	TBD			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	?-?	9th Evicted 4th Jury Member Day ??
10	TBD			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	?-?	10th Evicted 5th Jury Member Day ??
11	TBD			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	?-?	11th Evicted 6th Jury Member Day ??
12	TBD			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	?-?	12th Evicted 7th Jury Member Day ??
	TBD			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	1-0	13th Evicted 8th Jury Member Day ??
	TBD							TBD	TBD	TBD	1-0	14th Evicted 9th Jury Member Day ??
										TBD	?-?	Runner-Up
										TBD		Winner

Week 1

HOH    Frenchie

Wildcard Winner    Christian

POV    Derek X

Pre-Veto Nominee    Kyland

Nominee 2 Votes    Alyssa

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 11 Votes    Travis

Week 2

HOH    Kyland

Wildcard Winner    Sarah Beth

POV    Derek X

Nominee 1 Vote    Britini

Evicted 11 Votes    Frenchie

Week 3

HOH    Xavier

Wildcard Winner    Tiffany

POV    Christian

Nominee 0 Votes    Britini

Evicted 11 Votes    Brent

Week 4

HOH POV    Christian

Wildcard Winner    Claire

Nominee    Hannah

Nominee    Whitney

Trivia

• This is the first season to have a grand prize of $750,000 as opposed to $500,000, and the first season in which the grand prize is guaranteed to be greater than $500,000.
  • In Big Brother 6 (US), if both members of a secret pair made it to the Final Two together, the winner would receive $1,000,000. That did not happen, so the eventual winner, Maggie Ausburn, only received the usual $500,000.

Ratings

United States

Live Ratings

Big Brother 23 (US) Ratings - In United States
#		Date	18–49 Demo (rating/share)	Viewers (millions)	Season Avg Viewers (millions)	Rank			Source
Week	Episode					Timeslot	Night	Week
1	1	Wednesday, July 7, 2021	1.1/8	4.25	4.25	1	1	8
	2	Sunday, July 11, 2021	0.9/6	3.76	4.00	2	4	19
	3	Wednesday, July 14, 2021	1.0/6	3.94	3.98	2	4	13
	4	Thursday, July 15, 2021	0.9/7	3.81	3.94	1	1	18
2	5	Sunday, July 18, 2021	0.9/6	3.63	3.88	1	1	25
	6	Wednesday, July 21, 2021	0.9/7	3.79	3.86	1	1	16
	7	Thursday, July 22, 2021	0.9/7	3.84	3.86	1	1	18
3	8	Sunday, July 25, 2021	0.8/5	3.52	3.82	1	2	27
	9	Wednesday, July 28, 2021				2	2
	10	Thursday, July 29, 2021				2	2
4	11	Sunday, August 1, 2021				1	2
	12	Wednesday, August 4, 2021
	13	Thursday, August 5, 2021

Key:

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No Change

Live Show

DVR Ratings

Big Brother 23 (US) DVR Ratings - In United States
#		Date	Live Airing		DVR Catch-Ups				Source
					+3 Day		+7 Day
Week	Episode		Rating	Viewers (millions)	Rating	Viewers (millions)	Rating	Viewers (millions)
1	1	Wednesday, July 7, 2021	1.08	4.25
	2	Sunday, July 11, 2021	0.87	3.76
	3	Wednesday, July 14, 2021	0.96	3.94
	4	Thursday, July 15, 2021	0.90	3.81
2	5	Sunday, July 18, 2021	0.85	3.63
	6	Wednesday, July 21, 2021	0.92	3.79
	7	Thursday, July 22, 2021	0.91	3.84
3	8	Sunday, July 25, 2021	0.83	3.52
	9	Wednesday, July 28, 2021
	10	Thursday, July 29, 2021
4	11	Sunday, August 1, 2021
	12	Wednesday, August 4, 2021
	13	Thursday, August 5, 2021

Key:

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Decrease

No Change

Live Show

Canada

Big Brother 23 (US) Ratings - In Canada
#		Date	Viewers (millions)	Season Avg Viewers (millions)	Rank (Week)	Source
Week	Episode
1	1	Wednesday, July 7, 2021	1.166	1.166	8
	2	Sunday, July 11, 2021	1.054	1.110	10
	3	Wednesday, July 14, 2021	1.005	1.075	6
	4	Thursday, July 15, 2021	0.972	1.049	7
2	5	Sunday, July 18, 2021	0.937	1.027	8
	6	Wednesday, July 21, 2021	0.897	1.005	10
	7	Thursday, July 22, 2021	0.885	0.988	11
3	8	Sunday, July 25, 2021	0.958	0.984	6
	9	Wednesday, July 28, 2021
	10	Thursday, July 29, 2021
4	11	Sunday, August 1, 2021
	12	Wednesday, August 4, 2021
	13	Thursday, August 5, 2021

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References

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