Pressure Cooker is a recurring Head of Household and Power of Veto competition. What's The Hold Up is viewed as a variation of this competition.
Rules[]
In this competition, contestants are sequestered in a very uncomfortable enclosed setting, ranging from a small room, a glass box, or some other type of strange enclosure. The rules being simple, in that the winner who is the last person remaining inside, will win. At any time, a contestant wants out of the Pressure Cooker, they are immediately eliminated from the challenge. To make the challenge somewhat more unnerving, contestants usually are not permitted to sit or lie down, and are also told to keep their hands continually on the wall, or pressing a button (otherwise they would be immediately eliminated from the Pressure Cooker). Contestants are not allowed any rest breaks during the challenge. In some cases, even if contestants are eliminated from the competition, either by forfeiting or breaking a technical rule during the challenge (such as sitting down or taking their hands off the wall/button) until a set number of contestants are also eliminated from the challenge, they are still restricted inside the pressure cooker challenge location. If a contestant is eliminated from the Pressure cooker, either a prize will be awarded, or a punishment (usually making the Pressure Cooker challenge more difficult, such as loud noises and music, contestants being sprayed with water, bugs and insects being leashed into the pressure cooker etc.) will be sent out. The last contestant remaining inside the pressure cooker wins.
History[]
List of Pressure Cooker Competitions[]
United States[]
| Season | Week | Name Variant | Winner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6 | "Houseguest Soup" | ||||
| 4 | 6 | "Steel Cage Match" | ||||
| 5 | 4 | "I Have a Secret" | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Pressure Cooker" | ||||
| 25 | 4 | "Revenge of the Pressure Cooker" | ||||
Canada[]
Celebrity (Quebec)[]
| Season | Week | Name Variant | Winner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | "Pressure Cooker" | ||||
Trivia[]
- All three US editions of this competition make up the top 3 longest endurance competitions.
- The season 6 edition of this competition was the longest competition in American Big Brother history, lasting 13 hours and 53 minutes.[1][2]
- The competition began at 5:52 pm BBT and ended at 7:45 am BBT
- The season 25 edition nearly tied this record, lasting 13 hours and 49 minutes.
- The season 5 edition lasted 9 hours and 32 minutes.
- This competition has only been played during weeks 4 and 6.
- The season 6 edition of this competition was the longest competition in American Big Brother history, lasting 13 hours and 53 minutes.[1][2]
References[]
- ↑ Hamsterwatch (11 August 2005). 8/11/05 - Day 40. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved on 25 August 2023.
- ↑ Morty's TV (11 August 2005). An Archive of the 2005 Season Week Six: Kaysar's Second Chance. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved on 25 August 2023.