Big Brother airs first big twist of the 2023 series
The first episode of Big Brother shocked its cast with a house party twist involving punishments and rewards for various housemates.
The newly-rebooted series introduced its 16 new housemates to hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best and viewers, as they entered a brand new house in Sunday's (October 8) launch show.
The episode involved Big Brother's housewarming, in which the cast played party games to acquire various rewards – and bestow disadvantages on others.
First, Yinrun won a game of Musical Statues. Big Brother told her to pick a housemate to make her breakfast in bed the following morning, and she chose Jenkin.
Prior to Matty's introduction to the house, the housemates were prompted to play hide-and-seek. Jenkin was found first by Matty when he entered – and consequently lost access to hot water for the following 24 hours.
Later in the episode, Jenkin was seen washing his hands at the kitchen sink and talking to Chanelle about the cold water.
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Jenkin's bad luck continued when Big Brother prompted the group to play pass the parcel.
With every layer of the parcel unwrapped, the housemate who opened it had to select one of their fellow inhabitants based on a 'first impressions' prompt – with no knowledge of what Big Brother would do to them.
DJ Dylan lost his bed for the night – confirmed when the housemates later entered the bedroom to find a simple duvet and pillow on the floor for him.
The housemates discussed swapping so that Dylan could have a bed when they saw it – but then agreed that they didn't want to go against Big Brother's decision on the first night.
Jenkin was selected as the housemate with the worst dress sense by Kerry, and consequently was shown a video of a suitcase with his name on being blown up – Big Brother is well and truly back.
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In one of the episode's most dramatic moments, Jenkin chose Olivia as the housemate that he thought would be the most difficult to live with – and the latter got put up for the public vote for eviction on Friday.
While Jenkin apologised, Olivia was upset by the turn of events and decided to go and speak to Big Brother.
But, in classic Big Brother fashion, there was a twist. During their conversation in the Diary Room, Big Brother revealed to Olivia that the housemates would be taking part in a game in tomorrow's episode, in which they will rank the cast from most to least entertaining.
If Olivia manages to avoid being named least entertaining, she will become immune to the public vote – but she can't tell any other housemates about her secret task.
Big Brother continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV X.
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