Image Via: Sharon Tharp
In a very tight-lipped preseason for Big Brother, production is finally treating us with huge news about how the game this year will be played. The CBS Big Brother Twitter account released a video this morning which showed these 3 BB Legends entering the house, and unleashing the chaos that is said to ensue this season! Britney Haynes, Danielle Reyes, and Frankie Grande are the 3 Big Brother icons who, “broke into” the #bb25 house “in hopes of changing their fate” (Sharon Tharp Twitter, July-2023).
Writer, editor, and podcast host of the @exclusivelypod, Sharon Tharp, is one the BB communities beloved journalists who continues to provide us with insider information about season 25, and the twist initiated from Haynes, Reyes, and Grande. In more recent tweets from this morning, she continues to explain how, “Julie Chen tells me it “backfired, and as a result of their act, this year’s houseguests have to live with the consequences of what they did. . . They didn’t intend to do what ended up happening to the house. They didn’t get their wish, but they unknowingly unleashed this year’s twist on the Houseguests, which is going to affect the house itself physically, competitions this season and how the game is played . . . When I asked Julie if they were entering the game, she told me, “They’re not on the cast. They broke in and affected the game moving forward.” (Sharon Tharp Twitter, July 28–2023).
That is A LOT of information to process! As we know, #BB25 is a landmark season which means production is really amping up the nostalgia for fans. By bringing these 3 legends into the house to release this twist onto the new cast indicates that this year is likely going to be heavily reliant on themes and competitions that are related to prior events, houseguests, and seasons in the Big Brother house. In an interview with Mike Bloom, Julie Chen states how this season will still have iconic competitions that fans love such as the endurance wall, OTEV, and Zingbot.
The CBS Big Brother Twitter video-post revealing the twist, also shows many new rooms of the house we have yet to see. Earlier this week we were given the initial glances at the house in the celebratory special episode for the show’s 25th Anniversary, which resembles a luxurious lake-house vibe with a new closed off portion in the upstairs lounge area. From the video today we see a contrast in color schemes, due to the legends releasing the twist using the laser onto the house they also changed the theme of the kitchen in bedrooms with designs that look straight out of BB comics. Look very closely at the table and you can see 8 regular chairs, and 8 colored chairs. What does that mean?!?!?!
BB Twitter has had rumors starting all the way back to earlier this year that this season would be a second chance, or some type of returnee season. More recent discussion within the BB community on Twitter is making fans think these differing seats might be an indication of some type of twist with half of the cast, whether it be returning players or not. Many people online are saying it could be previous houseguests entering the house in disguise, a teams twist alumni coaches like BB14/sort of BB18, or it could be Heroes Vs Villains, which if you are a fan of Survivor, you know that will bring chaos. However, CBS has already confirmed there will be 16 new houseguests, so we really have to just wait until the cast reveal and premiere night to know exactly what we have in store for the cast and twists of this landmark year of Big Brother. This season is highly anticipated, and production is keeping us wanting more with the nostalgic influences they are already representing for this season of #BB25! See the house photos below (via Sharon Tharp / BB Updates).
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