Former Big Brother contestant Alyssa Lopez is plotting her revenge on fellow alum Xavier Prather and fans are not happy.
On a new episode of CBS's The Challenge: USA, Alyssa made the decision to exact revenge on fellow Big Brother alum Xavier Prather after the latter exploited her as a pawn on their season.
In Season 23 of Big Brother, she connived with Derek Xiao, a fellow pawn of The Cookout Alliance, to get revenge on this program.
Fans criticized Alyssa for scheming to harm Xavier and urged her to expose Big Brother's lie. One fan tweeted: "Take a drink every time Alyssa mentions The Cookout. It’s her only storyline."
Meanwhile, in the Big Brother house, the Leftovers alliance told Taylor that the targeted bullying that she's been experiencing "ends today," bringing her to tears as she confessed that she finally feels like she can trust people in the game.
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- Carsen Holaday
Who are The Leftovers?
Monte, Turner, Joseph, Taylor, Brittany, Kyle, and Michael formed an alliance called “The Leftovers.”
The group was inspired by the fact each member felt left out of other alliances.
Their strategy is to target the girls’ group of Nicole, Ameerah, Alyssa, Jasmine, and Indy.
- Carsen Holaday
There’s a dress code at the house
Houseguests are not permitted to wear any clothing, including shirts, jeans, caps, coats, etc. with recognized logos, unless it was provided by the production or it has prior consent to be worn, according to Housely.
Additionally, they are instructed to refrain from donning items of clothing that are completely white, made of silk, or have polka dots or fine stripes since they do not look good on television.
- Carsen Holaday
Fans yell over studio walls
Production has to cope with the problem of “wall yellers” almost every summer, ScreenRant reported.
These are the viewers who visit the studio lot where the Big Brother house is situated and scream things at the contestants from the opposite side of the wall.
Fans usually seek to provide players with information about the game or the outside world by doing this, which might affect the competition.
- Carsen Holaday
Big Brother history, continued
Although countries have their own variations, the shared theme is that the houseguests are constantly under surveillance and isolated from the outside world.
The first season of BB in the US was in 2000, and since 2001, the American version of the show has allowed contestants to vote each other out, instead of having a public vote determine who was evicted.
Some countries have adopted the American version of eviction voting, although others have stayed with the original format.
The celebrity version of BB was introduced in the US in 2018, and its third season is currently underway.
- Carsen Holaday
Big Brother’s international history
The original Big Brother first aired in the Netherlands. It was created in 1999, and it initially did not allow luxury items.
The show originally featured a survivalist element, despite contestants being provided with basic amenities.
BB was quickly adopted internationally, with each country putting its own spin on the show.
- Carsen Holaday
‘The Challenge’ star sends support to Taylor
Tiffany Mitchell, a contestant on The Challenge and season 23 cast member of Big Brother sends a tweet of support to Taylor.
Tiffany accuses the houseguests of being the problem by dragging Taylor.
- Carsen Holaday
Pooch proved old adage
The saying in the Big Brother fandom goes, “the pawn goes home.”
This well-known rule states that whenever a contestant volunteers to be the pawn they are subject to go home.
Pooch proved this adage on Sunday after being sent home in a unanimous vote after he had volunteered to be the pawn.
- Carsen Holaday
Big Brother is always watching
In the Big Brother house, there are over 80 HD cameras and 100 microphones, which record contestants’ every move during all hours of the day.
Contestants do not have contact with the outside world, according to CBS.
- Carsen Holaday
Faking the job
Because of the stiff level of competition in the Big Brother household, it is a common occurrence for houseguests to lie about their past employment.
For example, while 28-year-old Michael Bruner is an attorney, he strategically chose to disclose to his housemates that he is an escape room worker.
Brittany Hoopes, a 32-year-old hypnotherapist from Atlanta, led her housemates to believe that she is a professional tester of toys.
Reddit users speculated about what the ideal fake job would be as a game-play cover. The perfect fake job, agreed upon by many users to raise the least eyebrows: “retail.”
- Carsen Holaday
Season 23 winner weighed in on Taylor Hale treatment
Several Big Brother alums took to social media to express their feelings about how Taylor Hale had been treated in the beginning of season 24.
Xavier Prather, the winner of season 23, said on Twitter:
“Members of the Black community (especially Black women) and other people of color stand no chance in the Big Brother House due to the perpetuation of micro-aggressions and unconscious biases which plague our society.”
He went on to say “In the future, I hope it doesn’t take a ‘Cookout’ for black houseguests to finally escape the feeling of being ostracized within the Big Brother House for simply existing. Change is a MUST!”
Last season, Xavier was a part of an alliance of black houseguests called Cookout.
- Carsen Holaday
Julie has been hosting Big Brother since 2000
Since Big Brother’s premiere in 2000, Julie has served as the show’s host.
She was given the moniker “Chenbot” for her extremely rehearsed performance and interactions with the studio audience.
However, when discussing it in interviews, she has said that she doesn’t find it offensive.
- Carsen Holaday
Who is Julie Chen Moonves?
Julie Chen, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, was born in Queens, New York.
In 1991, she graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in broadcast journalism.
Together with Andy Cohen, she interned at CBS Morning News to launch her career.
Before relocating to Ohio to serve as a local news correspondent for WDTN-TV, she first started working at ABC NewsOne.
Later, she served as the news anchor for CBS This Morning and CBS Morning News.
In a private ceremony held in Acapulco, Mexico, she wed Les Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS Television, in December 2004.
- Carsen Holaday
Julie speaks on Taylor hate
Host Julie Chen Moonves shared her response to the backlash against the houseguests’ treatment of contestant Taylor Hale in an interview with Us.
“I am not obsessed with the live feeds, so I haven’t seen every single thing that people are talking about,” Julie said of the drama.
“I can say that if you were to talk to Taylor, I’m not so sure she would feel what everyone is saying, because a lot of things have happened behind her back, which is classic Big Brother.”
- Carsen Holaday
Fans slam the show’s ‘disgusting behavior’
Twitter users are vowing to boycott the rest of the show’s season if production doesn’t do anything about the “disgusting behavior” towards Taylor Hale.
Strong alliances and cliques have formed, making others feel left out.
After hearing that she was a former beauty queen, the houseguests slammed her for how she walked and her fancy outfits.
Avid Big Brother fans have claimed that they’ve seen Taylor being bullied on the 24/7 life feeds.
- Carsen Holaday
The season 24 cast
This season’s houseguests originally included:
- Alyssa Snider, 24
- Ameerah Jones, 31
- Brittany Hoopes, 32
- Daniel Durston, 35
- Indy Santos, 31
- Jasmine Davis, 29
- Joe Pucciarelli, 24
- Joseph Abden, 24
- Kyle Capener, 29
- Matt Turner, 23
- Michael Bruner, 28
- Monte Taylor, 27
- Nicole Layog, 41
- Paloma Aguilar, 22
- Taylor Hale, 27
- Terrence Higgins, 47
- Carsen Holaday
First-ever HOH
Mike “Boogie” Malin was the first contestant to ever be crowned Head of Household.
Malin was crowned during season two of the show, as there were no HOH competitions during the first season of Big Brother.
- Carsen Holaday
Only three guests have been expelled
Big Brother has clear guidelines on inappropriate behavior, according to Bustle.
Yet, out of the roughly 200 candidates who have entered the house, just three have been eliminated early rather than as a result of breaching the rules or engaging in violence, the outlet reported.
- Carsen Holaday
Show expulsions happen
A few houseguests have been kicked off the show over the years, according to Insider.
This includes Chima Simone from season 11, who threw her microphone into the pool despite numerous demands by producers to turn it on, and Justin Sebik from season 2, who drew a knife on a fellow participant, per the outlet.
- Carsen Holaday
Fans yell over studio walls
Production has to cope with the problem of “wall yellers” almost every summer, ScreenRant reported.
These are the viewers who visit the studio lot where the Big Brother house is situated and scream things at the contestants from the opposite side of the wall.
Fans usually seek to provide players with information about the game or the outside world by doing this, which might affect the competition.
- Carsen Holaday
Big Brother viewership declining
Despite becoming one of the most well-known reality television series, Big Brother’s viewership has been dropping recently.
Despite a significant turning point in the history of the program for season 23, when Wisconsin attorney Xavier Prather became the first Black contestant to win, the season’s viewership fell.
When compared to the first episode in July 2021, Big Brother’s season 23 finale had a 13 percent decline in viewers.
Big Brother was tied for third place with The Masked Singer and Survivor as a result of the decline in viewers.
However, it was “a tremendous honor” for Prather, the season 23 champion.
- Carsen Holaday
Recruits must watch a season
Before participating in the competition, each candidate must watch at least one complete season of Big Brother, according to ScreenRant.
This is done to familiarize recruits with the program.
The houseguests are given access to old episodes of the program to view while they are secluded before the show starts.
Since more recent seasons are more in line with the games now, many of these competitors choose to watch them.
This is attributed by some fans to the recently popularized “dominate alliance” tendency.
- Carsen Holaday
Fans praise tonight's episode
Online fans have taken to Twitter to share that they were impressed by all that tonight's episode accomplished in its quick hour runtime.
"One of my favorite episodes of Big Brother in a long time," one fan wrote.
- Carsen Holaday
Bullying 'ends today'
Taylor fights tears as the alliance affirms that the other houseguests bullying her will "end today."
They name themselves The Leftovers and promise to look out for each other throughout the rest of the week.
- Carsen Holaday
Taylor's all in
Taylor says that she will join their alliance.
"I feel really good about this," Michael says in the Diary Room.
- Carsen Holaday
Taylor and Monte meet in the HOH room
Turner, Taylor, Kyle, Brittany, Monte, Michael, and Joseph meet in the HOH room and form a "Leftovers" alliance of the people who were left out of the Girls Girls alliance.
"I think we have the opportunity to change the narrative and take control of this game," Kyle said.
Monte tells the group that Ameerah is the ring leader of the Girls Girls alliance and should be voted out.
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