Lists of Big Brother (American TV series) episodes

Big Brother is a United States reality television series based on the Dutch television series of the same name created by John de Mol in 1997.^[1] The series premiered on July 5, 2000.^[2] The series follows a group of contestants, known as HouseGuests, who live together in a custom–built home under constant surveillance.^[3] The HouseGuests are completely isolated from the outside world and generally have no communication from the outside world.^[4] In the first season, HouseGuests would nominate two of their fellow HouseGuests.^[5] The two HouseGuests with the most votes would be "marked for banishment" and the public then voted on whom to "banish" from the house.^[6] When three HouseGuests remained, the public voted on the winner.^[7] Despite an initial successful start, ratings and critical reaction continued to grow increasingly negative.^[8] This led to the second season being a revamp of the show featuring a more competition–based challenge.^[9] Starting with the second season, HouseGuests compete in a series of competitions to win power and safety, they then vote to "evict" one of their own until there are only two HouseGuests remaining.^[10] In finale episodes, previous HouseGuests vote on who they think they should win the game, with the HouseGuest who receives the most votes being declared the winner and receiving the grand prize.^[7] Casting is currently underway for a 26th season.^[11]

As of November 9, 2023,^[update] 897 episodes of Big Brother have aired, concluding the twenty-fifth season.

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired			Days	HouseGuests	Winner	Runner–up	America's Favorite	Final vote	Average viewers (millions)
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network	Days	HouseGuests	Winner	Runner–up	America's Favorite	Final vote	Average viewers (millions)
1	70	July 5, 2000 (2000-07-05)	September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	CBS	88	10	Eddie McGee	Josh Souza	—	59–27–14%^[a]	9.01
2	30	July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	September 20, 2001 (2001-09-20)		82	12	Will Kirby	Nicole Schaffrich	—	5–2	7.90
3	33	July 10, 2002 (2002-07-10)	September 25, 2002 (2002-09-25)		82	12	Lisa Donahue	Danielle Reyes	—	9–1	8.70
4	33	July 8, 2003 (2003-07-08)	September 24, 2003 (2003-09-24)		82	13	Jun Song	Alison Irwin	—	6–1	8.80
5	31	July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)	September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21)		82	14	Drew Daniel	Michael Ellis	—	4–3	8.30
6	30	July 7, 2005 (2005-07-07)	September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)		80	14	Maggie Ausburn	Ivette Corredero	—	4–3	7.24
7^[b]	28	July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06)	September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12)		72	14	Mike "Boogie" Malin	Erika Landin	Janelle Pierzina	6–1	7.56
8	33	July 5, 2007 (2007-07-05)	September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)		81	14	Dick Donato	Daniele Donato	—	5–2	7.52
9^[c]	33	February 12, 2008 (2008-02-12)	April 27, 2008 (2008-04-27)		81	16	Adam Jasinski	Ryan Quicksall	James Zinkand	6–1	6.56
10	29	July 13, 2008 (2008-07-13)	September 16, 2008 (2008-09-16)		71	13	Dan Gheesling	Memphis Garrett	Keesha Smith	7–0	6.72
11	30	July 9, 2009 (2009-07-09)	September 15, 2009 (2009-09-15)		73	13	Jordan Lloyd	Natalie Martinez	Jeff Schroeder	5–2	7.19
12	30	July 8, 2010 (2010-07-08)	September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15)		75	13	Hayden Moss	Lane Elenburg	Britney Haynes	4–3	7.76
13	29	July 7, 2011 (2011-07-07)	September 14, 2011 (2011-09-14)		75	14	Rachel Reilly	Porsche Briggs	Jeff Schroeder	4–3	7.95
14	30	July 12, 2012 (2012-07-12)	September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)		75	16	Ian Terry	Dan Gheesling	Frank Eudy	6–1	6.79
15	36	June 26, 2013 (2013-06-26)	September 18, 2013 (2013-09-18)		90	16	Andy Herren	GinaMarie Zimmerman	Elissa Slater	7–2	6.47
16	40	June 25, 2014 (2014-06-25)	September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)		97	16	Derrick Levasseur	Cody Calafiore	Donny Thompson	7–2	6.41
17	40	June 24, 2015 (2015-06-24)	September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)		98	17	Steve Moses	Liz Nolan	James Huling	6–3	6.18
18	42	June 22, 2016 (2016-06-22)	September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)		99	16	Nicole Franzel	Paul Abrahamian	Victor Arroyo	5–4	5.78
OTT	10^[d]	September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28)	December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01)	CBS All Access	65	13	Morgan Willett	Jason Roy	—	America's Vote^[a]	—
19	39	June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)	CBS	92	17	Josh Martinez	Paul Abrahamian	Cody Nickson	5–4	6.06
20	40	June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	September 26, 2018 (2018-09-26)		99	16	Kaycee Clark	Tyler Crispen	Tyler Crispen	5–4	5.41
21	40	June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)	September 25, 2019 (2019-09-25)		99	16	Jackson Michie	Holly Allen	Nicole Anthony	6–3	4.38
22^[b]	37	August 5, 2020 (2020-08-05)	October 28, 2020 (2020-10-28)		85	16	Cody Calafiore	Enzo Palumbo	Da'Vonne Rogers	9–0	3.97
23	37	July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)	September 29, 2021 (2021-09-29)		85	16	Xavier Prather	Derek Frazier	Tiffany Mitchell	9–0	3.72
24	35	July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06)	September 25, 2022 (2022-09-25)		82	16	Taylor Hale	Monte Taylor	Taylor Hale	8–1	3.66
25^[12]	42	August 2, 2023 (2023-08-02)	November 9, 2023 (2023-11-09)		100	17	Jagateshwar "Jag" Bains	Matt Klotz	Cameron Hardin	5–2	3.04
RG	6	December 11, 2023 (2023-12-11)	December 21, 2023 (2023-12-21)		6	9	Nicole Franzel	Taylor Hale	—	—^[e]	1.88

^ ^a ^b For the first season and Over the Top, the public voted to determine the winner between the three finalists. The voting percentages were not revealed for Over the Top; however, it was revealed that the margin of victory was within 20,000 votes between the winner and the first runner–up.
^ ^a ^b Also known as Big Brother: All Stars
^ Also known as Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part
^ Although technically containing 11 episodes, the two episodes between episode 5 and episode 7 were officially numbered 6.1 and 6.2, leaving the official episode number at 10.
^ For the Reindeer Games, the winner was determined by a competition tournament between the four finalists.

List of episodes

Seasons 1–11 (2000–2009)

Seasons 12–21 (2010–2019)

Seasons 22–present (2020–present)

Specials

No.	Title	Original air date ^[13]	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating (18–49)
1	"Big Brother All-Stars: America's Choice"^[14]	June 21, 2006 (2006-06-21)	5.8^[15]	2.2^[15]
This special preceded Big Brother 7 and revealed the "All–Star" cast that was voted into the house by viewers and production.
2	"25th Anniversary Celebration: An Entertainment Tonight Special"	July 26, 2023 (2023-07-26)	1.52^[16]	0.2^[16]
Julie Chen Moonves and Nischelle Turner look back on the previous twenty-four seasons of Big Brother. The two provided an analysis into contestants, competitions, production designs, showmances, and gameplay. Notable former HouseGuests were interviewed about their favorite moments from the series. A sneak peek was shown into the house design for the twenty-fifth season.

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