Yankee Swap

Yankee Swap (also known as the Prize Swapping Competition) is a recurring Power of Veto and Head of Household competition. It is unique among competitions in that the winner of the competition does not automatically win the Veto/HoH. This competition is notable for being the one that causes an unlucky houseguest to wear the BB Unitard for a week.

Rules

The players will compete in a series of rounds where they must try to score the highest number. The player with the lowest score each round will be eliminated from the game. Once they are eliminated, they must claim a prize which may contain money, vacations, advantages in the game, punishments, the power of veto, or the HOH key. The players that are eliminated in later rounds will have the option of keeping the prize that they have received or trading it for other prizes that have already been revealed. The player with the power of veto (or HOH key) in their possession at the end of the final round will win POV or HOH.

List of the Yankee Swap Competitions

United States

Season	Week	Competition Variant	Name Variant	Competition Winner	Veto Holder or HOH
8	2	Power of Veto	"Cutthroat Christmas"	Daniele Donato
9	4		"Color of Veto"	Ryan Quicksall	Chelsia Hart
10			"Big Brother Slapshot"	Libra Thompson	Jerry McDonald
11	6	Head of Household	"HoH Invitational Golf Tournament"	Jordan Lloyd
12	4	Power of Veto	"The Wizards of Pinball"	Britney Haynes
13	6		"Big Brother Cornhole"	Adam Poch
14	4		"Field of Veto"	Danielle Murphree
15	6		"Frog Darts"	Judd Daugherty	Jessie Kowalski
16	4		"BB Cup"	Caleb Reynolds	Victoria Rafaeli
17	6		"Game of Throws"	James Huling
18	8		"Zingbot for President"	Victor Arroyo
19	7		"BB Adventure Tours"	Elena Davies	Matthew Clines
20	6		"Boom Power Trip"	Tyler Crispen	Angela Rummans
21			"Tossed in Space"	Jessica Milagros

Canada

Season	Week	Competition Variant	Name Variant	Competition Winner	Veto Holder
2	4	Power of Veto	"Lacrosse Fire"	Sarah Miller	Allison White

Trivia

• Big Brother 11 is the only season where this competition was played as a Head of Household competition. This competition was originally going to be a Veto competition, however, because of Chima Simone's expulsion, it was later played as an HOH competition instead.
• Big Brother 8 is the only season where none of the prizes and punishments were traded.
• Big Brother 8 is also the only season where the Power of Veto was awarded last. In all of the subsequent seasons that featured this competition the veto was awarded first.
• Ryan, Libra, Judd, Caleb, Elena, Tyler and Sarah won the competition in their respective seasons, however, they choose not to take the Power of Veto and took the prizes instead.
  • Ryan, Judd, Caleb, and Elena took the cash prize instead of the veto. Libra and Tyler took the vacation, while Sarah Miller from BBCAN2 took the Slop Pass.
• Angela Rummans from Big Brother 20 was eliminated the earliest from the competition to still win the Power of Veto, being eliminated in the 2nd round.
  • Of the Canada Players, Allison White was eliminated the earliest and won the POV. She was eliminated in the 3rd round in Big Brother Canada 2.
• Daniele Donato, Jeff Schroeder, Jordan Lloyd, Nicole Franzel, James Huling, and Paul Abrahamian have played this competition twice.
  • Jeff and James made it to the final round twice, while Paul was eliminated in the first round both times he played.
    • Dan Gheesling and Brendon Villegas were present for this competition twice but never played. Rachel Reilly and Britney Haynes played this competition on their first season but didn't play it on their second season.
• Paul Abrahamian received a punishment from this competition both times he played.
• The earliest week that this competition was played was in Week 2 during Big Brother 8, while the latest week that this competition was played was in Week 8 during Big Brother 18.
• James Huling and Victor Arroyo are the only men to win this competition and be America’s Favorite Houseguest at the end of their respective seasons.

Big Brother Recurring Competitions

100 Minutes • An Offer You Can't Refuse • As Close As You Can • Ask The Evictee • Ball Roll • Ball Thrower • BB Comics • BB Flix & Chill • BB Storm Watch • Before or After • Big Top Drop • Bowlerina • Buzzkilled • Caged Eggs • Close to 20 • Cover Your Days • Croquet • Dizzy Discs • Domino Effect • Drinks On Us • Drunk Speeches • Faster Than A Speeding Veto • Feeling Knotty • Fitting In • Flip It to Win • Foam Party • Getting Loopy • Giddy Up • Golf Invitational • Hide and Go Veto • Hourglass • Houseguest Description • How Bad Do You Want It? • Ice Ice Veto • In The Balance • It's Time to Reflect • Item Catching • Item Maze • Jury Statements • Kaitlyn's Puzzle • Knight Moves • Knockout • Last One Standing • Log Roll • Majority Rules • Match It • Morph 'O' Matic • Name That Speech • Niagara Balls • OTEV • Perfect Shot • Pick Your Poison • Poppin' POV • Pressed for Power • Pull Some Strings • Punch, Slap, Kick • Ready, Set, Woah • Recap • Seesaw • Sequence Explosion • Shootout • Slapshot • Slippery Slope • Solve For X • Somewhere Over The Veto • Spelling Search • Stay or Fold • Stick It to Me • Take It Off • The Black Box • The Haunting • The Wall • Tightrope • Time Flies • Time Highway • Tumblin' Dice • What The Bleep? • What Did They Just Do? • What's The Hold Up • Wheel Of First Impressions • Who Did What? • Weight Gain • Who Said It? • Yankee Swap • Zingbot Competition