Wildcard Competition is a competition that was introduced in Big Brother 23 (US). The three teams that are not immune for the week will each select one competitor. Those three houseguests will then compete for immunity; if they win, they will be given the option to take safety, while the rest of their team remains vulnerable for nomination and eviction. Similar to the Den of Temptation, 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. Each team member may only play in one wildcard competition.
Teams are given fifteen minutes to decide who should play in the competition. Should the team fail to agree, a random draw will decide who plays out of the remaining eligible houseguests.
This twist lasted for the first four weeks of that season.
History[]
Week 1[]
List of the Wildcard Competitions[]
| Week | Competition | Players | Winner | Consequence | Decision | |
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| 1 | "Do Not Disturb" | Christian Birkenberger | Spin a wheel to determine how many teammates will be given immunity. |
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Wheel landed on 1; Christian chose to give immunity to Xavier Prather. | |
| Hannah Chaddha | ||||||
| Kyland Young | ||||||
| 2 | "BB Flying Colors" | Brent Champagne | Switch teams with a member of the HOH's team. | 
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Sarah Beth chose not to switch teams with a member of the Queens. | |
| Frenchie French | ||||||
| Sarah Beth Steagall | ||||||
| 3 | "Unlucky 13" | Britini D'Angelo | Give the other teams an opportunity to have one member immune via a game of chance. |
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Tiffany chose not to accept and give the Aces and the Jokers an opportunity to have a member immune. | |
| Derek Xiao | ||||||
| Tiffany Mitchell | ||||||
| 4 | "Olive Shook-Up" | Azah Awasum | Take safety for your entire team for the current week, or take safety for yourself until the jury phase begins. |
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Claire chose to keep herself safe until jury, which began at the Final 11, keeping herself safe for an extra week. | |
| Claire Rehfuss | ||||||
| Whitney Williams | ||||||
Trivia[]
- Alyssa Lopez, Derek Frazier and Xavier Prather are the only houseguests who made it to the end of the Wildcard Competition phase without playing in one.
- Alongside Travis Long, these are the only four houseguests who never played in a Wildcard Competition.
- Due to never winning an HOH, the Aces are the only team to have had all four members play in a Wildcard Competition, however none of them won one.
- The Queens and Kings have the most Wildcard wins, with two each.
- Christian is the only male to win a Wildcard Competition.
References[]
External Links[]
| Big Brother (US) Competitions |
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| Battle Back • BOTB • BB Block Buster/AI Arena • Coaches • Food • Hacker • Have/Have-Not • HOH • HTR • Immunity • Luxury • Power Couple • Re-Entry • Roadkill • Safety Suite • Secret Power • Temptation • Veto • Whacktivity • Wildcard |