CBS Announces 'Big Brother Reindeer Games', A Holiday-Themed Mini-Series Featuring Former Houseguests
"Big Brother Reindeer Games" to Premiere on December 11 with Nine Former Players Competing in Holiday-Themed Challenges, Guided by 'Santa's Elves', with No Live Shows and $100,000 Grand Prize on Offer.
- CBS is set to premiere its holiday-themed mini-series, 'Big Brother Reindeer Games', on December 11th, involving nine former players competing in holiday challenges guided by 'Santa's Elves' for a $100,000 Grand Prize.
- The 'Santa's Elves', guiding the contestants through the games, will also be former players: Jordan Lloyd (winner of season 11 and from season 13), as well as season 23's Derek Xiao and Tiffany Mitchell.
- The premise of the mini-series significantly differs from the usual Big Brother format, with contestants not living in the house, no voting each other out, no live shows, and, most notably, no host.
- Each episode in the six-episode series will contain three competitions ending in 'Santa's Showdown' - a contest determining which player gets eliminated at the end of the episode - with four contestants eventually making it to the finale on December 21.
- The series will be entirely filmed before the premiere episode, meaning no real-time events, no live feeds, and, possibly indicating changes for future installments, no direct involvement from the regular host, Julie Chen Moonves.
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