Big Brother 25 (US)

Big Brother 25 (US)
Season Information
Country	United States
Host	Julie Chen-Moonves
Season	25
Prize Money	$750,000
No. of Houseguests	17
No. of Days	100
Winner	Jag Bains
Runner(s)-up	Matt Klotz
Returnees	Cameron Hardin (BBRG)
Production
Network	CBS Paramount+ (live feeds) Pluto TV (live feeds)
Executive Producers	Allison Grodner Rich Meehan
Casting	Jesse Tannenbaum
Announcers	Don Wollman Clayton Halsey
Production Company	Fly on the Wall Entertainment Endemol Shine North America
Season Run	August 2, 2023 - November 9, 2023
No. of Episodes	42
Viewership	3.05m
Companion Shows	Big Brother: 25th Anniversary Celebration
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 24 (US)
Next Season	Big Brother: Reindeer Games Big Brother 26 (US)

Big Brother 25 is the 25th season of the broadcasted edition of Big Brother (U.S.) and the 29th season overall.

Background

Promotional Logo

As with the past few seasons, this season was first announced by the show itself ahead of an official renewal announcement from CBS, with a casting call being aired during the Final Three recap episode of Big Brother 24 (US), the penultimate episode of the season. The same casting call was later tweeted out that night with the "#BB25" hashtag and a link to the CBS casting webpage, which was also updated to say that applications for season 25 are open. The official renewal announcement was made on finale night of BB24.

Development

Due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike impacting their fall schedule, CBS announced on May 22nd, 2023 that Big Brother 25 and The Challenge: USA 2 would be getting delayed debuts in August instead of July as they did the year prior. BB25 specifically was set to air on Wednesday, August 2nd with a special 90-minute live premiere at 8 PM EST, continuing with its usual Wednesday-Thursday-Sunday schedule. However, airing on Wednesdays in the fall would clash with the already announced Survivor 45 and The Amazing Race 35, which were confirmed to be getting 90-minute episodes for their entire seasons just weeks ahead of the BB25 announcement. When CBS officially announced their fall schedule on July 17, 2023, it was revealed that the schedule clashing would be resolved by moving the second half of BB25 from Wednesdays to Tuesdays, but remaining in its 8 PM EST timeslot. In addition, the Thursday episodes would be pushed up from 9 PM EST to 8 PM EST, while the Sunday episodes would be pushed back from 8 PM EST to 10 PM EST.

The last time a writers strike impacted CBS scheduling was in 2007-2008, which led to Big Brother 9 (US) airing that winter, with Big Brother 10 (US) taking the usual summer slot in its place. Instead of adding a second main season for the year or going for a fourth Celebrity Big Brother season, CBS repeated the approach they took the last time Big Brother had to be delayed to an August premiere, which was with Big Brother 22 (US) running from August to late October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The promotional material for this season started being released as early as May 2023, and highlighted the series as a whole instead of just the last few seasons, honing in on the anniversary aspect of 25 seasons.

The season was reported to be lasting into November, which would mark the return to 90+ day seasons since Big Brother 21 (US) clocked in 99 days, before the shift down to 85 days the following season. It was later confirmed that the season would last for 100 days for the first time ever, with finale night set to be on Thursday, November 9, 2023.

After it was announced that Big Brother Canada 11 would be doing away with their Live Feeds, a statement was immediately released, informing the American audience that the Live Feeds would remain intact for BB25. On August 1, 2023, it was announced that the Live Feeds would be aired for free on their own channels within Pluto TV, with limited ad breaks shown throughout. The Live Feeds would continue to air on Paramount+ with a subscription and no ads.

Casting

This season saw a return to in-person casting calls following their hiatus during the pandemic.

Big Brother: 25th Anniversary Celebration

Main Article: Big Brother: 25th Anniversary Celebration

The logo for the anniversary special.

The cast of the anniversary special.

During early June 2023, many alumni were reported to be filming a special anniversary segment, rumored to be for Entertainment Tonight, with filming occurring at the Big Brother studio in Los Angeles and also a studio space in New York City. It was later revealed that there would be an entire hour long special as opposed to just a brief segment, airing on Wednesday, July 26th, just one week before the season premiere. On July 13th, the special was officially announced with the title Big Brother: 25th Anniversary Celebration, hosted by Entertainment Tonight. In addition to host Julie Chen-Moonves, the alumni who participate in the interviews include: Danielle Reyes, Janelle Pierzina, Kaysar Ridha, Jeff Schroeder, Jordan Lloyd, Brendon Villegas, Rachel Reilly, Cody Calafiore, Derrick Levasseur, Frankie Grande, Azah Awasum, Derek Frazier, Hannah Chaddha, Tiffany Mitchell, Xavier Prather and Taylor Hale.

The special will look back "at the most notable highlights over the years, including the showmances, biggest feuds and rivalries, shocking twists, historic houseguests and groundbreaking moments in reality TV history," followed by a sneak peek of BB25's house and clues towards the season's twist at the end of the special.

Twists

• BB Break-In: Danielle Reyes, Britney Haynes and Frankie Grande broke into the Big Brother House in an attempt to change their fates from their prior seasons with a "Time Laser", but their plan backfired and accidentally cracked open the BB Multiverse, the twist of the season, forcing the new houseguests to live with the consequences of their attempt. The twist will affect the physical state of the house, the competitions, and how the game is played.
• BB Multiverse: Four different BB Universes took over after the break in, each with the potential to twist up the game at any point in the season. The universes could bring something as small as a temporary punishment or something as large as a game changing twist. Each universe also correlates to a theme of one of the bedrooms in the house.
  • The BB Comic-verse:
    • Cock-a-Doodle Zoom: Inspired by the "Humanimal" BB Comics characters, the Week 3 Power of Veto winner would be forced to wear a superhero chicken costume for a week.
    • BB Power of Invincibility: During Week 4, fan voting opened for a special superpower. The four houseguests chosen by the vote will compete in a secret, individual competition. The winner of the competition will be allowed to save one of the next two evictees (including themselves) and immediately bring them back into the game, or let the power expire without being used. In the event that the power is used, the outgoing Head of Household will be allowed to compete in the next HOH competition, due to both of their nominees staying in the game.
    • BB Comic-Week: BB Comic-Week will be unleashing superpowers to shake up the game throughout all of Week 11.
      • BB Power of Invisibility: The Head of Household will operate in secret for the duration of the week.
      • BB Power of Multiplicity: There will be two Power of Vetoes up for grabs this week.
  • The Humili-verse:
    • Have-Not Room: The Have-Not Room is themed around the Humili-verse, and the houseguests must spin a wheel to determine how many times they get humiliated by a "butt-kicking machine" before they can exit the room.
    • Snot A Winner: The Week 3 HOH would be humiliated by getting "snotted" at random intervals for 24 hours after their win. They must also choose another houseguest to take the punishment with them every single time.
    • Humili-week: Week 6 was dubbed "Humili-week". To start, every houseguest except the new HOH would be forced to be Have-Nots, taking turns sleeping in the Have-Not Room. They then had to announce any time they used the bathroom, and if the House "Stink-o-meter" ever reached a 10/10, they would all have to wear gas masks until the air was "no longer stinky". And for the nomination ceremony, the HOH had to name the houseguests who were safe by pieing them in the face, reminiscent of the old key wheel.
  • The Scary-verse:
    • The Nether Region: The loser of the premiere night Scary-verse competition was doomed to "disappear into the Nether Region" for "an unknown amount of time". After a few hours, they returned to the house with a transmission, warning the other houseguests that the next person to enter the Nether Region won't be so lucky. In Week 2, it was revealed that the houseguests would be sending each other to the Nether Region at random points in the week, and depending on when they go it could have positive or negative effects on the game. The person who placed second in the HOH competition had to pick someone else to send to the Nether Region, granting them safety for the week. After that person with safety returned, they had to send someone else. This final person sent into the Nether Region will be ineligible to be chosen for the Power of Veto competition, but the HOH and nominees are immune from being sent since they are already in the Veto.
    • Scary Week Double Eviction & Big Brother Zombies: The Week 7 Double Eviction will have a Scary-verse twist to it. The two houseguests evicted on Day 51 will turn into "Big Brother Zombies". Later that night, they will move back into the house as Zombies, and the week will play out with no HOH or POV competitions. At the end of Week 8, one of the two will return to the game, while the other is out of the game for good. Because there were no competitions during Week 8, the outgoing HOH heading into Week 9 would be eligible to compete again.
  • The Scramble-verse:
    • Nomination Competition: On premiere night, the game was turned upside down. Instead of competing to be Head of Household, the houseguests competed to avoid being nominated. The houseguests were split into four groups of four to compete, where the losers would be automatically nominated for eviction, leaving a total of four nominees before an HoH is even crowned.
      • Head of Household Save: Instead of nominating two players for eviction, the first HoH would save two of the four nominees from the Nomination Competition, leaving two more on the block for the week. From there, their reign continues on as normal, controlling the power to renominate or break a tie if necessary.
    • Seventeenth HouseGuest: After the initial sixteen houseguests were revealed, it was announced that a surprise seventeenth houseguest would also be playing the game. Following the conclusion of the premiere night competitions, it was revealed that Survivor legend Cirie Fields would also be playing the game.
      • Relatives Playing Together: Jared Fields was initially revealed to be on the cast, and his mother Cirie later joined the game. They knew that the other was playing, and their relation was not confirmed to the other houseguests by production, but certain players were already aware due to Cirie's Survivor legacy and Jared's appearance as her Loved One on one of her seasons.

• Classic Jury Format: At the start of Week 7, Julie revealed that the Jury of the season would be going "old school", regressing back to a Jury of Seven instead of a Jury of Nine.

Nods to Previous Seasons

In an effort to celebrate reaching the milestone of 25 seasons, the season featured many throwbacks from the prior seasons as an homage to the series, similar to how they did for Big Brother 20 (US).

• Week 1
  • Alumni cameos for the Premiere
  • "Puzzling Headlines" - "Kaitlyn's Puzzle" (introduced in Big Brother 20 (US))
  • "Kicking Butt" - "Feel The Burn" (introduced in Big Brother 14 (US))
    • Butt kicking punishment returning from Big Brother 16 (US).
    • Later reappeared as a gimmick in the Have-Not Room.
  • "Goo-Pocalyse" - "Sequence Explosion" (introduced in Big Brother 16 (US))
  • "Hold On Fright" - "The Wall" (introduced in Big Brother 10 (US))
    • Re-appeared as a full competition during Week 7.
  • "Crash Course in Comics" - "Only One Path" (introduced in Big Brother 22 (US))
  • "Atomic Wedgie" - "Giddy Up" (introduced in Big Brother 16 (US))
• Week 3
  • "Snot A Winner" - "Shootout" (introduced in Big Brother 11 (US))
  • "Cock-a-Doodle Zoom" - "Rollin' in the Dough" (introduced in Big Brother 10 (US))
    • Chicken suit punishment returning from Big Brother 15 (US) and Big Brother 21 (US).
• Week 4
  • "Revenge of the Pressure Cooker" - "Pressure Cooker" (introduced in Big Brother 5 (US))
    • Big Brother 6 (US), Big Brother 7 (US), and Big Brother 22 (US)'s Kaysar Ridha returned to host via a series of pre-recorded messages.
    • This week's Have-Nots ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, the original punishment food, as opposed to slop.
  • "BB Power of Invincibility" - similar to the "Bonus Life" of Big Brother 20 (US).
    • "Power Path" - "Roll It Down (introduced in Big Brother 13 (US))
• Week 5
  • "BB Odd Couples" - "Knockout" (introduced in Big Brother 8 (US)), featuring new audio clips from past houseguests:
    • Big Brother 10 (US) and Big Brother 11 (US)'s Jessie Godderz
    • Big Brother 11 (US) and Big Brother 13 (US)'s Jeff Schroeder
    • Big Brother 12 (US) and Big Brother 13 (US)'s Rachel Reilly
    • Big Brother 20 (US)'s Brett Robinson and Rockstar Lantry
    • Big Brother 24 (US)'s Jasmine Davis and Matt Turner
  • "Sludge Stackers" - "Microbrews" (introduced in Big Brother 22 (US))
• Week 6
  • "Name That Toot" - "What Did They Just Do?" (introduced in Big Brother 7 (US))
  • "Buddy Ball" - "Yankee Swap" (introduced in Big Brother 8 (US)) and "Bowlerina" (introduced in Big Brother 15 (US))
    • Shackles punishment first introduced in Big Brother 8 (US).
    • 2000 lap punishment returning from Big Brother 16 (US) and Big Brother 17 (US).
• Week 7
  • "Attack of the 50 Foot Meatball" - "The Wall" (introduced in Big Brother 10 (US))
    • Big Brother 19 (US) winner Josh Martinez recorded audio clips for the competition. The competition also featured a cutout of him.
  • "Sweaty Scrimmage" - "Slippery Slope" (introduced in Big Brother 6 (US))
  • "Soul Mates" - "Knockout" (introduced in Big Brother 8 (US))
  • "Monster Kill" - "Somewhere Over The Veto" (introduced in Big Brother 10 (US))
• Week 8
  • "Resurrection Rumble" - "Seesaw" (introduced in Big Brother 16 (US))
  • "Do or Die" - "Pull Some Strings" (introduced in Big Brother 14 (US)
• Week 9
  • "We Come in Pieces" - "Kaitlyn's Puzzle" (introduced in Big Brother 20 (US))
  • "BB Exorcism" - "The Black Box" (introduced in Big Brother 15 (US)) and "The Haunting" (introduced in Big Brother: Over The Top)
• Week 10
  • "Humili-Gram" - "Getting Loopy" (introduce in Big Brother 16 (US))
  • "OTEV the Zinging Robot" - "Zingbot Competition" (introduced in Big Brother 12 (US)) and "OTEV" (introduced in Big Brother 7 (US)), featuring pictures of past houseguests:
    • Big Brother 6 (US)'s Ashlea Evans
    • Big Brother 8 (US)'s Carol Journey
    • Big Brother 9 (US)'s Jacob Heald
    • Big Brother 12 (US)'s Annie Whittington
    • Big Brother 13 (US)'s Keith Henderson
    • Big Brother 14 (US)'s Jodi Rollins, JoJo Spatafora, and Kara Monaco
    • Big Brother 15 (US)'s David Girton
    • Big Brother 16 (US)'s Joey Van Pelt, Paola Shea, and Victoria Rafaeli
    • Big Brother 17 (US)'s Jace Agolli
    • Big Brother 18 (US)'s Glenn Garcia and Jozea Flores
    • Big Brother 19 (US)'s Cameron Heard and Jillian Parker
    • Big Brother 20 (US)'s Steve Arienta
    • Big Brother 21 (US)'s Ovi Kabir
    • Big Brother 23 (US)'s Frenchie French and Travis Long
    • Big Brother 24 (US)'s Ameerah Jones, Indy Santos, Nicole Layog, and Pooch Pucciarelli
• Week 11
  • "BB Power of Invisibility" - "Invisible HOH" (introduced in Big Brother 23 (US))
  • "BB Power of Multiplicity" - "Double Power of Veto" (introduced in Big Brother 14 (US))
  • "BB Comics" (introduced in Big Brother 16 (US))
  • "Superhero Training Academy" - "Dizzy Discs" (introduced in Big Brother 9 (US))
• Week 12
  • Big Brother 17 (US)'s John McGuire returned to host "Johnny Mac: Demented Dentist" via a series of pre-recorded messages.
    • The competition featured references to the previous 24 winners of Big Brother.
  • "Embarrassing Expedition" - "Snapshot Shuffle" (introduced in Big Brother 22 (US))
  • "Triple Feature" - "BB Flix & Chill" (introduced in Big Brother 20 (US)), featuring pictures of past houseguests:
    • Big Brother 24 (US)'s Matt Turner, Pooch Pucciarelli, and Taylor Hale
  • "Drive-In Drop" - "Big Top Drop" (introduced in Big Brother 4 (US))
• Week 13
  • "Superhero Smackdown" - "Perfect Shot" (introduced in Big Brother 6 (US))
• Week 14
  • "Chenbot Volume #1" - "What Did They Just Do?" (introduced in Big Brother 7 (US))
  • "Scrambled Timeline" - "Cover Your Days" (introduced in Big Brother 10 (US))
  • Big Brother 24 (US) winner Taylor Hale appeared during the live eviction episode.
  • "When Universes Collide" - "Swing, Slam, Dunk" (introduced in Big Brother 10 (US))
  • "Multiverse Mix-Up" - "What Competition Was That?" (introduced in Big Brother 24 (US))
  • Jury Verse" - "Jury Statements" (introduced in Big Brother 3 (US))

HouseGuests

Winner    Jag

Runner-Up    Matt

Jury: Jag    Bowie Jane

Jury: Matt    Felicia

Jury: Matt    Cirie

Jury: Jag    America	Jury: Jag    Blue	Jury: Jag    Cory	Jury: Jag    Cameron	Evicted    Mecole	Evicted    Jared
Evicted    Izzy	Evicted    Red	Evicted    Hisam	Evicted    Reilly	Evicted    Kirsten	Expelled    Luke

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		Week 13	Week 14
								Day 44	Day 51					Day 79	Day 86		Day 93	Day 100	Finale
Jag		Kirsten	Reilly	Vetoed Hisam		Rep	Izzy	Cameron	Jared	No Voting	Mecole	Cameron			America	Cirie	Felicia	Bowie Jane	Winner
Matt		Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam	Jag	Red	Izzy	Cameron	Jared	No Voting	Mecole	Cameron	Cory	Blue	America				Runner-Up
Bowie Jane		Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam	Jag	Jag	Izzy	Cameron	Jared	No Voting	Mecole		Cory	Blue		Cirie			Jag
Felicia			Reilly		Jag	Red		Cameron	Jared	No Voting		Vetoed Cameron	Vetoed Cory	Blue					Matt
	Cirie	Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam	Jag	Red	Felicia	Cameron	Blue	No Voting	Mecole		Cory	Blue	America				Matt
America		Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam	Jag	Red	Izzy		Jared	No Voting	Mecole	Cameron	Rep						Jag
Blue		Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam		Red	Izzy	Cameron		No Voting	Mecole	Cameron	Vetoed Cory						Jag
Cory		Saved Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam	Jag	Red	Izzy	Vetoed Cameron		No Voting	Mecole	Cameron	Rep						Jag
Cameron		Kirsten				Vetoed Jag		Rep				Rep							Jag
Mecole		Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam	Jag	Red	Izzy	Cameron	Jared	No Voting
	Jared	Saved Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam	Jag		Izzy			Eliminated
Izzy		Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam	Jag	Red
Red		Kirsten	Reilly	Hisam	Jag
Hisam		Kirsten		Rep
Reilly
Kirsten
Luke

Key:

HOH

Veto Winner

Nominated

Rep: Replacement Nominee

Immune

Saved by HOH

Evicted

Jury Member

Expelled

BB Zombie

Re-Entry Result

• Notes:
  • Jag was evicted in Week 4, but was immediately brought back into the game in Week 5 due to a twist.
  • Cameron and Jared were evicted in a Fake Double Eviction in Week 7. During Week 8, they competed for the right to return.

Have/Have-Not History

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Competition History

#		Competition			Result
Week	Day(s)	Type	Multiverse	Name
1	1	Nomination	Scramble-verse	"Puzzling Headlines"	Jared is nominated
			Humili-verse	"Kicking Butt"	Kirsten is nominated
			Comic-verse	"Goo-Pocalypse"	Felicia is nominated
			Scary-verse	"Hold On Fright"	Cory is nominated
	2	HOH	Comic-verse	"Crash Course in Comics"	Reilly wins HOH
	4	POV	Humili-verse	"Atomic Wedgie"	Hisam wins the Veto
2	9	HOH	Scary-verse	"Escape The Nether Region"	Hisam wins HOH
	11	POV	Scramble-verse	"Twisted Tasks"	Hisam wins the Veto
3	16	HOH	Humili-verse	"Snot-a-Winner"	Felicia wins HOH
	18	POV	Comic-verse	"Cock-a-Doodle Zoom"	Jag wins the Veto
4	23-24	HOH	Scary-verse	"Revenge of the Pressure Cooker"	Cameron wins HOH
	25	POV	Comic-verse	"Artifact Stack"	Red wins the Veto
	28	Invincibility		"Power Path"	Matt wins the Power
5	30	HOH	Scramble-verse	"BB Odd Couples"	Jared wins HOH
	32	POV	Comic-verse	"Sludge Stackers"	Cameron wins the Veto
6	37	HOH	Humili-verse	"Name That Toot"	Cameron wins HOH
	39	POV		"Buddy Ball"	Jared wins the Veto
7	44	HOH	Comic-verse	"Attack of the 50 Foot Meatball"	Jared wins HOH
	46	POV	Scramble-verse	"Sweaty Scrimmage"	Jag wins the Veto
	51	HOH	Scary-verse	"Soul Mates"	Cory wins HOH
		POV		"Monster Kill"	Matt wins the Veto
8	51-52	Re-Entry		"Resurrection Rumble"	Cameron wins an Advantage
	58			"Do or Die"	Cameron returns to the game
					Jared remains evicted
9	58	HOH	Comic-verse	"We Come in Pieces"	Cameron wins HOH
	60	POV	Scary-verse	"BB Exorcism"	Cameron wins the Veto
10	65	HOH	Humili-verse	"Humili-Gram"	Bowie Jane wins HOH
	67	POV	Scramble-verse	"OTEV the Zinging Robot"	Jag wins the Veto
11	72	HOH	Comic-verse	"BB Comics"	Jag wins HOH
	74	POV		"Superhero Training Academy"	Jag wins the Veto
		Luxury		"Time to Take Flight"	Jag wins $3,500
		POV			Blue wins the Veto
12	79	HOH	Scary-verse	"Johnny Mac: Demented Dentist"	Jag wins HOH
	81	POV	Humili-verse	"Embarrassing Expedition"	Jag wins the Veto
	86	HOH	Scramble-verse	"Triple Feature"	Bowie Jane wins HOH
		POV		"Drive-In Drop"	Matt wins the Veto
13		HOH	Comic-verse	"Superhero Smackdown"	Matt wins HOH
	88	POV	Scary-verse	"Swamp Slasher"	Jag wins the Veto
	89	Luxury		"Trick or Treat"	Matt wins $5,000
14	93	HOH	Comic-verse	"Chenbot Volume #1"	Bowie Jane wins HOH
	94	POV	Scramble-verse	"Scrambled Timeline"	Jag wins the Veto
	96	HOH	All Multiverses	"When Universes Collide"	Matt wins Final HOH Part 1
	98			"Multiverse Mix-Up"	Jag wins Final HOH Part 2
	100			"Jury Verse"	Jag wins Final HOH Part 3

Game History

#	HOH	Initial Nominations		Veto Holder		Used?	Final Nominations		Evicted	Vote	Finish
Week
1	Reilly	Cory	Felicia	Hisam			Felicia	Kirsten	Luke	Expelled Day 8
		Jared	Kirsten						Kirsten	13-0	1st Evicted Day 9
2	Hisam	Cameron	Reilly	Hisam			Cameron	Reilly	Reilly	12-0	2nd Evicted Day 16
3	Felicia	Cameron	Jag	Jag			Cameron	Hisam	Hisam	11-0	3rd Evicted Day 23
4	Cameron	Blue	Jag	Red			Blue	Jag	Jag	10-0	4th Evicted Day 30
5									Jag	Returned Day 30
	Jared	Cameron	Red	Cameron			Jag	Red	Red	8-2	5th Evicted Day 37
6	Cameron	Felicia	Izzy	Jared			Felicia	Izzy	Izzy	8-1	6th Evicted Day 44
7	Jared	America	Cory	Jag			America	Cameron	Cameron	8-0	7th Evicted Big Brother Zombie Day 51
	Cory	Blue	Jared	Matt			Blue	Jared	Jared	6-1	8th Evicted Big Brother Zombie Day 51
8									Cameron	Returned Day 58
9	Cameron	Felicia	Mecole	Cameron			Felicia	Mecole	Mecole	7-0	9th Evicted Day 65
10	Bowie Jane	Cirie	Felicia	Jag			Cameron	Cirie	Cameron	6-0	10th Evicted 1st Jury Member Day 72
11	Jag	Blue	Felicia	Jag	Blue		America	Cory	Cory	5-0	11th Evicted 2nd Jury Member Day 79
12	Jag	America	Blue	Jag			America	Blue	Blue	4-0	12th Evicted 3rd Jury Member Day 86
	Bowie Jane	America	Felicia	Matt			America	Felicia	America	3-0	13th Evicted 4th Jury Member Day 86
13	Matt	Cirie	Felicia	Jag			Cirie	Felicia	Cirie	2-0	14th Evicted 5th Jury Member Day 93
14	Bowie Jane	Felicia	Matt	Jag			Felicia	Matt	Felicia	1-0	15th Evicted 6th Jury Member Day 96
	Jag						Bowie Jane	Matt	Bowie Jane	1-0	16th Evicted 7th Jury Member Day 100
									Matt	5-2	Runner-Up
									Jag		Winner

Week 1

HOH    Reilly

POV    Hisam

Pre-Save Nominee    Cory

Pre-Save Nominee    Jared

Nominee 0 Votes    Felicia

Evicted 13 Votes    Kirsten

Expelled    Luke

Week 2

HOH POV    Hisam

Nominee 0 Votes    Cameron

Evicted 12 Votes    Reilly

Week 3

HOH    Felicia

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Jag

Nominee 0 Votes    Cameron

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 11 Votes    Hisam

Week 4

HOH    Cameron

POV    Red

Nominee 0 Votes    Blue

Evicted 10 Votes    Jag

Week 5

HOH    Jared

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Cameron

Re-Entered Post-Veto Nominee 2 Votes    Jag

Evicted 8 Votes    Red

Week 6

HOH    Cameron

POV    Jared

Nominee 1 Vote    Felicia

Evicted 8 Votes    Izzy

Week 7

Round 1

HOH    Jared

POV    Jag

Pre-Veto Nominee    Cory

Nominee 0 Votes    America

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted BB Zombie 8 Votes    Cameron

Round 2

HOH    Cory

POV    Matt

Nominee 1 Vote    Blue

Evicted BB Zombie 6 Votes    Jared

Week 8

Re-Entered    Cameron

Eliminated    Jared

Week 9

HOH POV    Cameron

Nominee 0 Votes    Felicia

Evicted 7 Votes    Mecole

Week 10

HOH    Bowie Jane

POV    Jag

Pre-Veto Nominee    Felicia

Nominee 0 Votes    Cirie

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 6 Votes    Cameron

Week 11

HOH POV    Jag

Pre-Veto Nominee POV    Blue

Pre-Veto Nominee    Felicia

Post-Veto Nominee 0 Votes    America

Post-Veto Nominee Evicted 5 Votes    Cory

Week 12

Round 1

HOH POV    Jag

Nominee 0 Votes    America

Evicted 4 Votes    Blue

Round 2

HOH    Bowie Jane

POV    Matt

Nominee 0 Votes    Felicia

Evicted 3 Votes    America

Week 13

HOH    Matt

POV    Jag

Nominee 0 Votes    Felicia

Evicted 2 Votes    Cirie

Week 14

Round 1

HOH    Bowie Jane

POV    Jag

Nominee 0 Votes    Matt

Evicted 1 Vote    Felicia

Round 2

HOH Pt. 2 Winner HOH Pt. 3 Winner    Jag

HOH Pt. 1 Winner Nominee 0 Votes    Matt

Evicted 1 Vote    Bowie Jane

Finale

Winner 5 Votes    Jag

Runner-Up 2 Votes    Matt

Jury

Jag Cameron

Jag Cory

Jag Blue

Jag America

Matt Cirie

Matt Felicia

Jag Bowie Jane

Controversies

Luke Valentine's Expulsion

In Week 1, Luke Valentine was expelled for using an ethnic slur during a conversation with other houseguests. CBS stated that this violated the show's zero-tolerance policy for racial slurs. The network and producers released a statement saying, "Luke violated the BIG BROTHER code of conduct and there is zero tolerance in the house for using a racial slur. He has been removed from the house." Valentine's removal underscored the show's ongoing struggle with addressing racist behavior among contestants, a recurring issue throughout its history.

Jared Fields' Use of Offensive Language

Jared Fields faced criticism for allegedly using a derogatory term for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. During a conversation with Cory Wurtenberger, Fields said, "I don't think she's the r-word. I slipped up. Obviously, I was angry about it" in reference to America Lopez. While the initial comment was not captured on the live feeds, Cory and Jared's subsequent discussion regarding it was. Despite the backlash from fans and calls for his removal, Fields was allowed to remain in the house. This decision raised questions about the consistency of the show's code of conduct enforcement, especially since another contestant, Luke Valentine, was expelled earlier in the season for using a racial slur.

Inequitable Competitions and Bias

Production faced significant criticism for its competition design, which many viewers and former contestants perceived as unfairly favoring male and physically fit contestants. Throughout the season, male competitors dominated the competitions, winning 82% of all competitions. This disparity led to accusations that the show's production team had created competitions that were "geared toward the men" and made it nearly impossible for women and older contestants to compete on an equal playing field.

The physical nature of many competitions was particularly problematic given the show's efforts towards more diverse casting in terms of age and body type. As one fan pointed out, "I love the diversity of age casting this season, but the legacy comps that rely partly or mostly on physical ability is obviously going to advantage a 20-something year old man over several middle aged women."

The competition imbalance was starkly illustrated by the fact that only three women won Head of Household competitions throughout the entire season, compared to multiple wins by male contestants such as Cameron, Jared, and Jag. This trend was even more pronounced in the Power of Veto competitions, where only one woman managed to secure a win.

Further controversy arose as a result of the Week 12 Head of Household competition. As part of the Comic Week twist, the Week 11 Head of Household was to complete their reign in secret. This competition was won by Jag Bains. Typically, the outgoing Head of Household is ineligible to compete in the following HOH competition. However, Jag was allowed to compete in the subsequent HOH competition, which he ultimately ended up winning. Many people found this unfair as during a previous appearance of the secret HOH twist, the outgoing HOH was told by production that because they were the outgoing HOH, they had to purposely lose the competition.

Critics argued that this bias in competition design not only made the season predictable and less exciting but also fundamentally undermined the fairness of the game. Many called for production to reassess its competition strategy to give all houseguests, regardless of physical prowess, a more equitable chance at winning in future seasons.

Trivia

• This season holds the record for the longest American season ever, at an even 100 days. The previous record was 99 days, first set in season 18, and later matched by seasons 20 and 21.
• This is the second season to remove a houseguest from the opening credits for the duration of the season following Big Brother 9 (US).
• This season marks the first time that the first three eviction votes were unanimous. This would later be extended to the first four eviction votes.
  • This season features the most unanimous votes, with 13 of the 16 evictions being unanimous (or 11 out of 14 if sole vote evictions are discounted).
• This season breaks the record from Big Brother 19 (US) for having the longest pre-jury phase by days, with the jury phase starting on Day 65, and the first juror being evicted on Day 72. Also with a cast of 17 and a jury of 7 players, this season also features the largest pre-jury, with 8 members.

Ratings

• Live
• DVR

Big Brother 25 (US) Ratings
#		Date	18–49 Demo (rating/share)	Viewers (millions)	Season Avg Viewers (millions)	Rank			Source
Week	Episode					Timeslot	Night	Week
1	1	Wednesday, August 2, 2023	0.7/9	3.41	3.41	1	1	T-1
	2	Sunday, August 6, 2023	0.7/8	3.35	3.38	1	1	T-1
	3	Wednesday, August 9, 2023	0.6/7	3.26	3.34	1	1	T-1
	4	Thursday, August 10, 2023	0.6/6	3.18	3.30	1	1	T-1
2	5	Sunday, August 13, 2023	0.6/7	2.89	3.22	1	1	T-1
	6	Wednesday, August 16, 2023	0.6/8	3.23	3.22	1	1	T-1
	7	Thursday, August 17, 2023	0.6/7	3.07	3.20	1	1	T-1
3	8	Sunday, August 20, 2023	0.6/7	3.24	3.20	1	1	T-1
	9	Wednesday, August 23, 2023	0.6/7	3.29	3.21	1	1	T-4
	10	Thursday, August 24, 2023	0.6/7	3.02	3.19	1	1	T-4
4	11	Sunday, August 27, 2023	0.6/7	3.18	3.19	1	2	T-4
	12	Wednesday, August 30, 2023	0.6/7	3.33	3.20	1	1	T-4
	13	Thursday, August 31, 2023	0.6/6	3.14	3.20	1	2	T-10
5	14	Sunday, September 3, 2023	0.6/6	2.99	3.18	2	3	T-4
	15	Wednesday, September 6, 2023	0.7/8	3.28	3.19	1	1	10
	16	Thursday, September 7, 2023	0.6/5	2.90	3.17	2	2	T-11
6	17	Sunday, September 10, 2023	0.8/6	3.74	3.21	2	3	9
	18	Wednesday, September 13, 2023	0.8/9	3.51	3.22	1	1	8
	19	Thursday, September 14, 2023	0.6/6	3.21	3.22	1	1	T-11
7	20	Sunday, September 17, 2023	0.5/6	2.78	3.20	1	4	13
	21	Wednesday, September 20, 2023	0.7/8	3.48	3.21	1	1
	22	Thursday, September 21, 2023	0.7/6	3.48	3.23	1	1
8	23	Sunday, September 24, 2023	0.5/5	2.61	3.20	2	5
	24	Thursday, September 28, 2023	0.5/5	2.78	3.18	1	2	T-16
9	25	Sunday, October 1, 2023	0.4/3	2.48	3.15	2	7	T-19
	26	Tuesday, October 3, 2023	0.4/5	3.08	3.15	3	3	T-17
	27	Thursday, October 5, 2023	0.6/5	2.91	3.14	1	1	T-12
10	28	Sunday, October 8, 2023	0.4/3	2.75	3.13	2	7	T-17
	29	Tuesday, October 10, 2023	0.6/6	3.15	3.13	3	3	T-13
	30	Thursday, October 12, 2023	0.5/4	2.74	3.11	1	2	T-17
11	31	Sunday, October 15, 2023	0.4/3	2.37	3.09	3	6	T-20
	32	Tuesday, October 17, 2023	0.5/5	3.13	3.09	2	3
	33	Thursday, October 19, 2023	0.5/5	2.67	3.08	2	2
12	34	Sunday, October 22, 2023	0.4/4	2.64	3.07	2	4
	35	Tuesday, October 24, 2023	0.5/4	3.10	3.07	2	3
	36	Thursday, October 26, 2023	0.5/4	2.95	3.06	1	2
13	37	Sunday, October 29, 2023	0.5/5	2.89	3.06	2	5
	38	Tuesday, October 31, 2023	0.5/5	3.13	3.06	2	3
	39	Thursday, November 2, 2023	0.5/5	2.82	3.06	2	3
14	40	Sunday, November 5, 2023	0.4/4	2.49	3.04	2	10
	41	Tuesday, November 7, 2023	0.5/5	2.83	3.04	2	3
	42	Thursday, November 9, 2023	0.7/7	3.43	3.05	1	1

Big Brother 25 (US) DVR Ratings
#		Date	Live Airing		DVR Catch-Ups		Source
					+7 Day
Week	Episode		Rating	Viewers (millions)	Rating	Viewers (millions)
1	1	Wednesday, August 2, 2023	0.73	3.41	1.00	4.51
	2	Sunday, August 6, 2023	0.65	3.35	1.00	4.45
	3	Wednesday, August 9, 2023	0.63	3.26	0.90	4.35
	4	Thursday, August 10, 2023	0.56	3.18	0.80	3.96
2	5	Sunday, August 13, 2023	0.56	2.89	0.80	3.79
	6	Wednesday, August 16, 2023	0.62	3.23	0.90	4.23
	7	Thursday, August 17, 2023	0.59	3.07	0.90	4.00
3	8	Sunday, August 20, 2023	0.63	3.24	0.90	4.14
	9	Wednesday, August 23, 2023	0.62	3.29		4.13
	10	Thursday, August 24, 2023	0.63	3.02		3.78
4	11	Sunday, August 27, 2023	0.62	3.18		4.00
	12	Wednesday, August 30, 2023	0.60	3.33	0.80	4.17
	13	Thursday, August 31, 2023	0.57	3.14	0.90	4.11
5	14	Sunday, September 3, 2023	0.55	2.99	0.80	4.02
	15	Wednesday, September 6, 2023	0.68	3.28	0.90	4.00
	16	Thursday, September 7, 2023	0.62	2.90	0.80	3.81
6	17	Sunday, September 10, 2023	0.82	3.74	1.00	4.50
	18	Wednesday, September 13, 2023	0.75	3.51	0.90	4.30
	19	Thursday, September 14, 2023	0.64	3.21	0.90	4.02
7	20	Sunday, September 17, 2023	0.49	2.78	0.80	4.01
	21	Wednesday, September 20, 2023	0.67	3.48
	22	Thursday, September 21, 2023	0.65	3.48
8	23	Sunday, September 24, 2023	0.46	2.61
	24	Thursday, September 28, 2023	0.52	2.78	0.80	3.68
9	25	Sunday, October 1, 2023	0.38	2.48	0.70	3.68
	26	Tuesday, October 3, 2023	0.44	3.08	0.70	3.97
	27	Thursday, October 5, 2023	0.57	2.91	0.80	3.74
10	28	Sunday, October 8, 2023	0.44	2.75	0.70	3.82
	29	Tuesday, October 10, 2023	0.55	3.15	0.80	3.90
	30	Thursday, October 12, 2023	0.47	2.74	0.70	3.67
11	31	Sunday, October 15, 2023	0.36	2.37	0.70	3.53
	32	Tuesday, October 17, 2023	0.48	3.13
	33	Thursday, October 19, 2023	0.50	2.67
12	34	Sunday, October 22, 2023	0.44	2.64
	35	Tuesday, October 24, 2023	0.46	3.10
	36	Thursday, October 26, 2023	0.48	2.95
13	37	Sunday, October 29, 2023	0.50	2.89
	38	Tuesday, October 31, 2023	0.46	3.13
	39	Thursday, November 2, 2023	0.51	2.82
14	40	Sunday, November 5, 2023	0.37	2.49
	41	Tuesday, November 7, 2023	0.45	2.83
	42	Thursday, November 9, 2023	0.70	3.43

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