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Big Brother, everyone\u2019s favorite summer guilty pleasure, returned to CBS on August 2 for it’s 25th season with 16 new houseguests battling for the $750,000 grand prize. This time around, the competition will last a whopping 100 days, and it\u2019s all thanks to the ongoing writers\u2019 and actors\u2019 strikes, which are responsible for networks relying more on unscripted fare. So how did the 90-minute premiere play out on Wednesday night?<\/p>\n
Below, read on for our minute-by-minute Big Brother season 25, Episode 1 recap to find out what happened on Wednesday, August 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET\/PT. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite BB25 houseguests on CBS\u2019s reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the Big Brother winners list.<\/p>\n
Here are the 16 houseguests competing this summer:\u00a0America Lopez<\/strong>,\u00a0Blue Kim<\/strong>,\u00a0Bowie Jane<\/strong>,\u00a0Cameron Hardin<\/strong>,\u00a0Cory Wurtenberger<\/strong>,\u00a0Felicia Cannon<\/strong>,\u00a0Hisam Goueli<\/strong>,\u00a0Izzy Gleicher<\/strong>,\u00a0Jag Bains<\/strong>,\u00a0Jared Fields<\/strong>,\u00a0Kirsten Elwin<\/strong>,\u00a0Luke Valentine<\/strong>,\u00a0Matthew \u201cMatt\u201d Klotz<\/strong>,\u00a0Mecole Hayes<\/strong>,\u00a0Red Utley<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Reilly Smedley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Update<\/u>: Confirmed! Cirie Fields is the\u00a017th HG of BB25!<\/a><\/p>\n 8:00 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cPreviously on \u2018Big Brother\u2019!\u201dIn last season\u2019s \u201cBB24\u201d finale,\u00a0Taylor Hale<\/strong>\u00a0made history by becoming the first Black woman to win the show, beating\u00a0Monte Taylor<\/strong>\u00a0by an 8-to-1 jury vote. Taylor also was the first winner to be additionally named \u201cAmerica\u2019s Favorite Houseguest.\u201d But enough chit-chat about last summer \u2014 it\u2019s time to dive into Season 25. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n 8:03 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Referring to last night as the kick-off of BB\u2019s \u201c25th anniversary,\u201d the night began with a montage of iconic clips from the show\u2019s first 25 seasons and Julie promising a season that will not disappoint with its \u201cunimaginable twists and turns.\u201d In her biggest clue, Julie said that \u201cjust because there\u2019s 16 houseguests competing, doesn\u2019t mean there can\u2019t be more.\u201d<\/p>\n 8:05 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 In our first introductions to the first eight houseguests, we met: Blue, a brand strategist from New York City that is single and expects to get along with everyone; Red from the Smoky Mountains in Eastern Tennessee who values family more than anything; Jared, a basketball coach and son of \u201cSurvivor\u201d legend\u00a0Cirie Fields<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0who told him to \u201calways keep your doors open for more alliances;\u201d Mecole, a married political consultant from Washington D.C. who expects it to be tough being away from her husband; Matt, a Deaf Olympics gold medalist swimmer that will use the \u201cdumb jock\u201d perception to his advantage; Izzy, another New Yorker who is proudly queer and a BB superfan; Jag from Washington who is the first Sikh player in BB history and hopes to keep his three college majors under a veil of secrecy; and Reilly, who isn\u2019t shy about being open to a showmance with a \u201cmuscular brunette\u201d man.<\/p>\n 8:14 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Before letting the first group of eight houseguests in the house, Julie teased them about this season\u2019s \u201cmost unexpected twist\u201d and then revealed that she can\u2019t tell them about it until all the houseguests are with them on stage.<\/p>\n 8:18 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The next houseguests we were introduced to were: Luke, the Floridian fitness -obsessed starving artist that is also open to a showmance despite knowing it\u2019s not a great strategic move; realtor Felicia from Atlanta who says \u201cage is just a number\u201d and is an admitted superfan; Hisam, a doctor from Seattle who also dances burlesque; Cory, a public speaking champion that thinks he\u2019s more suited for the competition than any of the taller, stronger \u201cbro\u201d contestants; Bowie Jane, an Australian attorney, tennis player and DJ that says all her talents will \u201ccome in handy\u201d in the game; America, a first generation American from a Mexican background who sees her resilience as an asset in the game; Cameron from Eastern Georgia who is a proud country boy and military veteran with hair he\u2019s named Bertha; and Kirsten, a swimwear designer from Texas who also holds a degree in microbiology that calls herself \u201cthe baddie with brains.\u201d<\/p>\n 8:27 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 With all 16 houseguests on stage outside the BB house, Julie disclosed that there was a \u201cbreak-in in the Big Brother house a few nights ago\u201d that \u201ccompletely changed\u201d the BB universe. She emphasized to the audience that \u201cthree Big Brother legends entered the house with game-changing consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n 8:31 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 To fully reveal the \u201cunsettling news\u201d to the houseguests, Julie showed footage of\u00a0Frankie Grande<\/strong>,\u00a0Britney Haynes<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Danielle Reyes<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cbreaking in\u201d to the house to execute a plan to reset time so that they can claim the wins they think they deserved. Using a \u201ctime laser,\u201d the trio unknowingly changed the decor of the house and \u201cthe Big Brother multiverse cracked open.\u201d Julie clarified that they\u2019ve \u201cchanged the game, creating the most unpredictable season of Big Brother ever.\u201d She said that the BB Comicverse, Humiliverse, Scaryverse, and Scrambleverse have been opened with the potential to open and \u201ctwist up the game.\u201d<\/p>\n 8:40 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 At long last, Julie finally moved the houseguests in as groups of four and directed them to the backyard where they found four competitions representing the four universes of the multiverse. Each group had to allocate someone to one of the four competitions. In the first group: Felicia went to the Comicverse, Red went to the Scaryverse, America went to the Scrambleverse, and Matt went to the Humiliverse on the pink mats. In the second group: Cory went to the Scaryverse, Blue went to the Humiliverse, Jared went to the Scrambleverse, and Izzy went to the Comicverse on the green mats. In the third group: Kirsten went to the Humiliverse, Luke went to the Scaryverse, Bowie Jane went to the Scrambleverse, and Jag went to the Comicverse on the yellow mats. In the fourth and final group: Hisam went to the Humiliverse, Mecole went to the Scrambleverse, Cameron went to the Comicverse, and Reilly went to the Scaryverse on the blue mats.<\/p>\n 8:55 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The first competition was in the Scramble-verse and Julie warned that \u201cthis is not a Head of Household competition, it\u2019s a nomination competition.\u201d She explained that the losers of each competition will all be nominated for eviction. In the first competition, the players had to disassemble a completed puzzle and then place them back in a box so that they fit perfectly. America was the first to finish, Bowie Jane was the second to finish, and Mecole was the third. That result left Jared as the first nominee.<\/p>\n 9:03 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The second competition was in the Humili-verse where the players were kicked in the butt by a giant boot behind them in order to be among the first three to do it 100 times. Both Matt and Hisam used their arm strength to get out to strong leads with Blue only a short distance behind them. Kirsten could not coordinate her movement well enough to ever get on pace with the leaders and so she ultimately was the left in last and became the second nominee.<\/p>\n 9:11 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The third competition was in the Comic-verse where the players had to avoid being bombed by goo by successfully connecting the correct wires to a goo-bot faster than everyone else. Jag was the first to detonate his goo bomb, followed by Izzy second and Cameron third. That left Felicia in last place as the third nominee.<\/p>\n 9:18 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The fourth and final competition was in the Scary-verse where the players had to prevent monster hands from dragging them away from their perch with the person dragged out first becoming the final nominee and \u201cdisappearing into the nether region\u201d for an undisclosed amount of time. After a strong showing from all four, Cory let go first and disappeared into the nether region as the fourth nominee.<\/p>\n 9:24 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Julie advised all the houseguests to \u201cbe prepared for anything\u201d because what is in store for them is \u201cfar from over\u201d and then hinted to the audience that there\u2019s one more surprise to come.<\/p>\n 9:27 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Julie returned to the intercom with the houseguests to reveal the final twist which was to meet Jared\u2019s mom Cirie inside the house<\/a><\/strong>, greeting them with champagne. Though it was unclear to them at the time, Julie told us that Cirie would in fact be playing the game as a 17th houseguest alongside her son!<\/p>\n Want more? Be sure to join us on our Facebook page @BigBrotherUScom<\/a><\/strong>, Facebook group\u00a0@BigBrotherUS\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>& Twitter:@BigBrotherUS\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>to always stay connected and never miss another Big Brother update. We\u2019ll keep you updated for the whole 100-DAY season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Big Brother, everyone\u2019s favorite summer guilty pleasure, returned to CBS on August 2 for it’s 25th season with 16 new houseguests battling for the $750,000 grand prize. 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