Big Brother 22, also known as Big Brother: All-Stars, is the twenty-second season of the television reality program Big Brother. The season premiered on August 5, 2020, and is broadcast on CBS in the United States and simulcast on Global in Canada. The show chronicles a group of former contestants, known as HouseGuests, as they compete to be the last competitor remaining to win a grand prize of . Julie Chen Moonves is hosting the season. For the first time since Big Brother: Over the Top, the program featured a live premiere. CBS renewed Big Brother for an additional season on September 5, 2019, before the twenty-first season concluded and confirmed Chen Moonves would be returning as host. The start of the season was delayed six weeks due to the impacts of COVID-19. Hours before the season finale, Julie Chen Moonves made an official announcement for the show's renewal for a twenty-third season in 2021.
The season finale was broadcast on October 28, 2020, after 85 days of competition, where season 16 runner-up Cody Calafiore was named the winner, defeating Enzo Palumbo in a unanimous final jury vote of 9–0. Da'Vonne Rogers was named the season's America's Favorite HouseGuest, winning the $25,000 prize.
Format
Big Brother follows a group of contestants, known as HouseGuests, who live inside a custom-built house outfitted with cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day. The HouseGuests are sequestered with no contact with the outside world. During their stay, the HouseGuests share their thoughts on their day-to-day lives inside the house in a private room known as the Diary Room. Each week, the HouseGuests compete in competitions in order to win power and safety inside the house. At the start of each week, the HouseGuests compete in a Head of Household (abbreviated as "HOH") competition. The winner of the HoH competition is immune from eviction and selects two HouseGuests to be nominated for eviction. Six HouseGuests are then selected to compete in the Power of Veto (abbreviated as "PoV") competition: the reigning HoH, the nominees, and three other HouseGuests chosen by random draw. The winner of the PoV competition has the right to either revoke the nomination of one of the nominated HouseGuests or leave them as is. If the veto winner uses this power, the HoH must immediately nominate another HouseGuest for eviction. The PoV winner is also immune from being named as the replacement nominee. On eviction night, all HouseGuests vote to evict one of the nominees, though the Head of Household and the nominees are not allowed to vote. This vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household casts the tie-breaking vote. The nominee with the most votes is evicted from the house. The last nine evicted HouseGuests comprise the Jury and are sequestered in a separate location following their eviction and ultimately decide the winner of the season. The Jury is only allowed to see the competitions and ceremonies that include all of the remaining HouseGuests; they are not shown any interviews or other footage that might include strategy or details regarding nominations. The viewing public is able to award an additional prize of by choosing "America's Favorite HouseGuest". All evicted HouseGuests are eligible to win this award except for those who either voluntarily leave or are forcibly removed for rule violations.
Format changes and additions Safety Suite In the second episode, the Safety Suite twist was introduced. For each of the first three weeks, HouseGuests could opt to compete in a competition to earn immunity as well as immunity for one other player. Each HouseGuest could only compete in one of the three safety competitions by scanning the VIP Pass that was given to them on week 1. Once the Suite was activated, those who wanted to participate would have one hour to scan in. The players who chose to participate were revealed to all the remaining HouseGuests. The player who won the Safety Suite competition would be safe for the week and would have to choose a +1 to be safe along with them. However, the +1 would have to accept a unique punishment for the week in addition to immunity. Week Competitors Winner +1 +1's Punishment 1 Janelle, Kaysar Kaysar Janelle Star Mascot Costume 2 Bayleigh, Christmas, Cody, Da'Vonne, David, Ian, Kevin Christmas Ian BB's All-Star Wars 3 Dani, Enzo, Memphis, Nicole F. Enzo Christmas All-Star Is Born
BB Basement During episode 13, Julie revealed a new room in the house called the BB Basement. In this room, a competition would take place that would award three game-changing powers to HouseGuests. Power Winner Description Outcome Blocker ChristmasFor the next three weeks, the power holder can prevent themselves or another HouseGuest of their choice from being the replacement nominee at a veto meeting. Not used(Expired) DisruptorDavidFor the next three weeks, the power holder can save one of the nominees whom the HOH nominates and the HouseGuest chosen is safe for the entire week.Used on himself Replay DaniFor the next three weeks, the outgoing HOH, be it the power holder or a HouseGuest of their choice, could play in the next week's HOH competition. Used on Memphis(Week 8)
Neighbor's Week During episode 22, it was revealed that Big Brother 2 winner Will Kirby would move into the neighbor's house for the week and tempt the HouseGuests with prizes during the next HOH and veto competitions. Kirby showed up multiple times during the week to shake up the game.
Triple Eviction For the first time in the American Big Brothers show history, a triple eviction occurred on day 58, during which the HouseGuests competed in two rounds of play following the first eviction.
HouseGuests
On July 23, 2020, CBS confirmed the season would be an All-Stars edition with previous HouseGuests. This was the second All-Stars edition in the history of the program after the seventh season in 2006. The HouseGuests were revealed during the live season premiere on August 5, 2020.
Name Age Occupation ResidenceResult Big Brother 16 29 Soccer coach Howell, New Jersey WinnerDay 85 Big Brother 12 42 Insurance adjuster Bayonne, New Jersey Day 85 Big Brother 16 & Big Brother 18 28 Social media influencer Ubly, Michigan Day 85 Big Brother 19 38 Fitness entrepreneur Raleigh, North Carolina Day 79 Big Brother 10 37 Restaurateur Fort Lauderdale, Florida Day 72 Big Brother 20 25 Jewelry company co-owner Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Day 65 Big Brother 8 & Big Brother 13 33 Stay-at-home mom Orange County, California rowspan=3 Day 58 Big Brother 21 30 Senior sales representative Los Angeles, California Big Brother 11 40 Ad agency executive San Diego, California Big Brother 17 & Big Brother 18 32 Acting coach Inglewood, California Day 51 Big Brother 14 29 Management consultant Houston, Texas Day 44 Big Brother 20 27 Model Los Angeles, California Day 37 Big Brother 6 & Big Brother 7: All-Stars 39 Biotech executive Irvine, California Day 30 40 Real estate agent Minneapolis, Minnesota Day 23 Big Brother 21 25 Podcast host Long Island, New York Day 16 Big Brother 10 42 Waitress Los Angeles, California Day 9
Future appearances The Challenge Enzo Palumbo and David Alexander competed on the first season of The Challenge: USA. Da'Vonne Rogers competed on the fifth season of The Challenge: All Stars.
The Traitors Cody Calafiore competed on the first season of the Peacock reality competition series The Traitors. Janelle Pierzina competed on the second season and Ian Terry competed on the fourth season.
Big Brother Kaysar Ridha made an appearance on Big Brother 25 where he broadcast messages to houseguests to announce the return of the Pressure Cooker and provided more information on prizes and punishments throughout the competition.
Calafiore alongside Nicole Franzel and Frankie Grande competed on the holiday themed spin-off Big Brother Reindeer Games. Calafiore made an appearance on Big Brother 27
The Amazing Race Palumbo competed on The Amazing Race 38 partnered with his brother.
Other shows Rogers appeared on the fifth season of MTV's Ex on the Beach and she competed on the Amazon FreeVee reality competition show, The Goat. Pierzina appeared as a contestant on the USA Network reality competition series Snake in the Grass. In 2026, Alexander competed on the fifth season of The Floor.
Episodes
Voting history Color key:
+Voting history (season 22) Finale Head of Household Cody Memphis Tyler Enzo Christmas Dani Memphis Cody Memphis Tyler Cody Nicole F. Enzo Cody(None) Room winner Kaysar(Janelle) Christmas(Ian) Enzo(Christmas)(None) ChristmasDaniDavid(None)(None) Nominations(initial) KeeshaKevin DavidNicole A. JanelleKaysar KaysarKevin BayleighDa'Vonne DavidKevinTyler Da'VonneKevin DavidKevin David Nicole F. Dani Nicole F. ChristmasTyler ChristmasMemphis ChristmasNicole F. Veto winner Enzo Memphis Cody Kevin Christmas Da'Vonne Tyler Cody Christmas Tyler Cody Nicole F. Cody Nominations(final) KeeshaKevin DavidNicole A. JanelleKaysar ChristmasKaysar BayleighDa'Vonne IanTyler Da'VonneKevin DavidKevin DavidNicole F. DaniNicole F. ChristmasTyler ChristmasMemphis ChristmasNicole F. EnzoNicole F. CodyHead of Household Nicole A. Janelle Kaysar Bayleigh Ian Da'VonneHead of Household David DaniHead of Household Memphis Christmas Nicole F.Winner Enzo Keesha David KaysarHead of Household Bayleigh Ian Da'Vonne Kevin David Dani Tyler MemphisHead of HouseholdNominated Nicole F. Keesha Nicole A. Janelle Kaysar Bayleigh Ian Kevin KevinNominatedNominated TylerHead of HouseholdNominated Evicted(Day 85) Cody Christmas Keesha Nicole A. JanelleNominatedHead of Household Ian Da'Vonne Kevin Nicole F. DaniNominatedNominatedNominated Evicted(Day 79) Cody Memphis KeeshaHead of Household Janelle Kaysar Bayleigh IanHead ofHousehold KevinHead of Household Dani TylerNominated Evicted(Day 72) Cody Tyler Keesha Nicole A.Head of Household Kaysar BayleighNominated Da'Vonne Kevin Nicole F.Head of HouseholdNominated Evicted(Day 65) Cody Dani Keesha Nicole A. Kaysar Kaysar BayleighHead of Household Kevin Kevin DavidNominated Evicted(Day 58) Cody David KeeshaNominated Janelle Kaysar Bayleigh Tyler Da'VonneNominatedNominated Evicted(Day 58) Cody KevinNominated David Janelle Kaysar Bayleigh Tyler Nominated Nominated Evicted(Day 58) Cody Da'Vonne Keesha Nicole A. Janelle Kaysar Nominated Tyler Nominated Evicted(Day 51) Cody Ian Keesha Nicole A. Janelle Kaysar BayleighNominated Evicted(Day 44) Cody Bayleigh Keesha Nicole A. Janelle KaysarNominated Evicted(Day 37) Kaysar Keesha Nicole A.NominatedNominated Evicted(Day 30) Janelle Keesha Nicole A.Nominated Evicted(Day 23) Nicole A. KeeshaNominated Evicted(Day 16) KeeshaNominated Evicted(Day 9)EvictedKeesha13 of 13votesto evictNicole A.10 of 12votesto evictJanelle9 of 11votesto evict Kaysar10 of 10votesto evict Bayleigh9 of 9votesto evict Ian5 of 8votesto evict Da'Vonne5 of 7votesto evict Kevin6 of 6votesto evict David3 of 5votesto evict Dani4 of 4votesto evict Tyler3 of 3votesto evict Memphis2 of 2votesto evict ChristmasCody'schoiceto evict Nicole F.Cody'schoiceto evict Enzo0 votesto win Cody9 votesto win Notes
Production Impacts of COVID-19