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This site is about the Big Brother 25 feeds and contains spoilers! It isn't necessarily thorough: it's what I catch and/or what interests me. It's about watching hamsters: who's doing what and why. Thanks for encouraging my behavior. your pal, dingo Donations via Ko-fi are gratefully accepted! Or subscribe on Patreon And get my recaps in your inbox! BB25 DRINKING GAME Take a big swig because we got through another one! VIEWER VOTES Which four should secretly compete for Power of Invincibility? > Cirie, Cory, Jag, Matt > Matt won the comp and power Who should win $50k viewer favorite? > Cameron QUICK LINKS & BOOKMARKS -SIGN UP FOR FEEDS -WATCH THE FEEDS after signing up - disable ad blockers Official site and socials: -BB25 official CBS site -Twitter -TikTok -Instagram -YouTube -Facebook -Live show tickets -Donate to support this site - thank you! 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BB25 finalist prizes are the same: $750k for the winner, $75k for 2nd place, and probably still $10k for 3rd, $7.5k for 4th, $5k for 5th. Stipend is probably still $1/k per week for all except finalists, including pre-season sequester. Stuntcasts may get more. The habitat has 94 HD cameras (no change) and 113 microphones (no change). The recorded in-house announcements are the voice of producer Don Wollman. He and Julie Chen are the only senior staffers who have been there since Big Brother 1.		BIG BROTHER LIVE FEEDS ON PARAMOUNT PLUS All Big Brother USA, most Big Brother Canada and Australia reboot seasons plus CBS/BET/Comedy Central/MTV/Nickelodeon shows, past or present Plus originals! Showtime is included with the ad-free Paramount+ With Showtime plan GET A FREE TRIAL COMPUTER - MOBILE - ROKU - CHROMECAST - MANY SMART TVs - FIRE TV >> Previous Hamsterwatch Episode >> Next Episode >> BB25 Directory >> Schedule >> Season Cast >> Episode Recaps >> Permalink this page: http://www.hamsterwatch.com/bb25/1223.shtml Big Brother Reindeer Games EPISODE AIR TIMES Monday, December 11, 8-10pm 9-11pm Tuesday, December 12, 9-10pm 9-10.30pm Thursday, December 14, 8-9pm 8-9.30pm Monday, December 18, 9-10pm Tuesday, December 19, 9-10pm Thursday, December 21, 8-9pm Some thoughts about Reindeer Games by me, for @realityblurred Alliance/recap maps by @Dolffica Diary segment tallies by @clamperls4 Season Cast Britney Haynes Godwin Season 12 - 4th place, viewer favorite Season 14 - 8th place Eliminated Episode 5 Won: Christmas shorts & socks Cameron Hardin Season 25 - 9th place, viewer favorite Eliminated Episode 1 Won: Jelly of the Month subscription Cody Calafiore Season 16 - runner-up Season 22 - winner Eliminated Episode 2 Won: Fruitcake Danielle Reyes Season 3 - runner-up Season 7 - 6th place Eliminated Episode 3 Won: $5,000 Frankie Grande Season 16 - 5th place Eliminated Episode 6, Semifinal 2 Won: Nothing? Josh Martinez Season 19 - winner Eliminated Episode 4 Won: Christmas sweater Nicole Franzel Arroyo Season 16 - 7th place Season 18 - winner Season 22 - 3rd place Season winner Won: $100,000 Taylor Hale Season 24 - winner, viewer favorite Season runner-up Won: $25,000 Xavier Prather Season 23 - winner Eliminated Episode 6, Semifinal 1 Won: Nothing? Plus Derek Xiao (Season 23), Jordan Lloyd Schroeder (Season 11 winner, Season 13), Tiffany Mitchell (Season 23 viewer favorite) as Elf Ambassadors/comp hosts Episode Recaps Episode 1 - December 11, 2023 Naughty or Nice -Competed individually -Use clues to come up with the title of a Christmas carol -Winner: Britney - selected Cody for disadvantage in next challenge -Musical guest: DJ Scroogee Jingle Bell Brawl -Competed individually -Cross a balance beam to deliver Santa letters to others' mailboxes -Then transfer the collected letters back to start -Advantage: Britney, started with one less -Disadvantage: Cody, started with one extra -Winner: Frankie - selected Cameron, Xavier for next challenge Santa's Showdown -Assemble a 57-piece "yeti sweater" puzzle -Winner: Xavier -Loser: Cameron - eliminated -Parting gift: Jelly of the Month subscription Episode 2 - December 12, 2023 Naughty or Nice -Competed individually -Use torn sheet music clues to determine which of 19 carol titles was missing -Winner: Cody - selected Taylor for disadvantage in next challenge -Musical guests: Carolers Jingle Bell Brawl -Competed in teams of four -Hang and balance ornaments of varying weights on extremely wobbly trees -Advantage: Cody - selected his team: Nicole, Frankie, Xavier -Disadvantage: Taylor - complete a tiny tree before her team could start -Winners: Britney, Danielle, Josh, Taylor - selected Nicole for safety/sit out next challenge Santa's Showdown -Find the toys that fit specific love/hate criteria from five wish lists -Winner: Xavier -Second place: Frankie -Loser: Cody - eliminated -Parting gift: Fruitcake Episode 3 - December 14, 2023 Naughty or Nice -Competed individually -Unscramble letter-shaped cookies to find out why the lounge singer's ex dumped him -Winner: Taylor - selected Josh for disadvantage in next challenge -Musical guest: Lounge singer/pianist Jingle Bell Brawl -Competed individually -Use tongs to stack and assemble a puzzle from tiny pieces -Advantage: Taylor - 2 minute head start -Disadvantage: Josh - Reference pic covered for 5 minutes -Winner: Nicole - selected Frankie to do next challenge first Santa's Showdown -Roll a human hamster wheel to maneuver a ball through a maze -Players who completed it within their time limit chose the next player -Each successive player had one minute less to complete -Frankie had 5:30 time limit, completed, chose Xavier -Xavier had 4:30 time limit, completed, chose Britney -Britney had 3:30 time limit, completed, chose Danielle -Danielle had 2:30 time limit, failed/eliminated -Parting gift: $5,000 Episode 4 - December 18, 2023 Naughty or Nice -Competed individually -Find clues to solve logic puzzle and figure out which reindeer kidnapped Jill Frost -Winner: Frankie - selected Taylor for his partner in next comp -Musical guest: Jill Frost Jingle Bell Brawl -Competed in pairs: Frankie/Taylor, Britney/Josh, Nicole/Xavier -Pack puzzle piece gifts into sleigh -Advantage: Frankie - select one duo to freeze for 45 seconds -Disadvantage: Nicole/Xavier - frozen for 45 seconds -Winners: Frankie/Taylor - each selected one from the losing duos for Santa's Showdown Santa's Showdown -Nicole vs Josh -Hang on to springy, tilting, jerky candy canes -Both came off at 1 hour, 5 minutes -Winner: Nicole -Loser: Josh/eliminated -Parting gift: Christmas sweater Episode 5 - December 19, 2023 Naughty or Nice -Competed individually -Find correct key to unlock Santa's office and free Elfie Bublé -Winner: Nicole - advance to finale and select one person (Xavier) to sit out first Jingle Bell Brawl -Musical guest: Elfie Bublé Jingle Bell Brawl -Competed individually -Sample seven gross eggnogs and figure out missing ingredient from each -Winner: Taylor - advance to finale and select one other (Nicole) to advance to finale Jingle Bell Brawl -Competed individually -Six detail questions about musical guests & performances -Winner: Frankie - advance to finale Santa's Showdown -Britney vs Xavier -Knock down blocks from bad holiday messages via zipline -Find and reassemble 20 blocks for good holiday message -Winner: Xavier -Loser: Britney/eliminated -Parting gift: Christmas shorts & socks Episode 6 - December 21, 2023 Naughty or Nice -Competed individually -Determine which painting is a forgery -Winner: Xavier - select matchups for semi-finals, and who gets a 30-second delay -Musical guest: None Semifinal Match 1 -Nicole vs Xavier -30-second delayed start for Nicole -Install 28 gears so they all turn properly -Winner: Nicole -Eliminated: Xavier Semifinal Match 2 -Frankie vs Taylor -Slingshot five elves per audio logic puzzle -Winner: Taylor -Eliminated: Frankie Nicole and Taylor moved on to three-part final -Stack nine tree pieces, then climb stack to grab mistletoe -Spin sections of post to form a track to slide antlers through -Stack and balance 32 snowflakes of different sizes/weights Taylor finished parts 1 and 2 first -Nicole finished part 3 first to win Reindeer Games -Santa Claus, all competitors and all three elves were on hand Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night Upcoming Events BB25 FEEDS HAVE ENDED December 11 8pm: Big Brother Reindeer Games Big Brother UK is back! 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Please don't repost content from this site (or any other) without permission, and don't repost or hotlink images. 988 CRISIS LINE 988 The national mental health hotline is nationwide. Call or text 988 if you or a loved one is in crisis - help is out there. THE REAL SHOW IS THE FEEDS CBS All Access is now Paramount Plus Live air shows with ad-free plan (live TV will have some commercial breaks) BB1 thru BB24 plus Celebs and OTT, and loads of other shows from CBS, BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV, Smithsonian, plus originals Tweets by @hamsterwatch GAME TWISTS Week 1 BB Multiverse -Losers of four move-in comps went on the block, and HOH Reilly saved two. Week 2 Nether Region -Inconsistent and vague. Individuals were sent to Nether Region for varying lengths of time, receiving 'something good or bad' and selecting the next one to go. -Roster of who went and for how long is in the Extracurricular Items tally. Week 4 Invincibility Power -Viewers voted four to secretly compete for the power, which gave the winner the option to save the Week 4 or Week 5 evictee. -Cirie, Cory, Jag, Matt competed, Matt won, and secretly used it to cancel Jag's eviction at the end of Week 4. Week 8 Scary Week: Zombies -No HOH, noms, or veto. -Cameron, Jared were evicted on Day 51 double eviction, then sent back into the house as zombies. -They did a 3-part comp and Cameron won the option to play or pass a live challenge. -Cameron did the challenge, completed it, and was revived. Jared was evicted again. Week 11 Comic Week -Power of Invisibility: HOH's identity was secret, unless they chose to share. Jag won and eventually told everyone. He was allowed to play for the following HOH (which he won). -Power of Multiplicity: There were two veto comps with two veto winners. Jag won the first, and Blue the second. 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