Big Brother Reindeer Games is a reality competition television series and spin-off of the American version of Big Brother. It aired on CBS on December 11, 2023, to December 21, 2023, and hosted by former Big Brother HouseGuests Derek Xiao, Tiffany Mitchell, and Jordan Lloyd. The series features nine former HouseGuests competing against each other across six episodes which aired over the course of two weeks. Big Brother Reindeer Games was placed on hiatus in 2024, due to lack of scheduling availability on the network..
The house used for Big Brother Reindeer Games was renamed to the Santa's Lodge under the holiday-theme. The entryway of the house was decorated with flying reindeer, gold-wrapped presents, and a red flannel rug. The living room had a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and wreaths. The kitchen, which in this season was named "Mrs. Claus Bakery", had red and green wallpaper with Christmas symbols, and gingerbread men on the counters.
Each episode consists of three games and ends in a "Santa's Showdown", the outcome of which determines the elimination of one HouseGuest. The players did not live in the Big Brother house or together, and there was no voting to evict other players. Four HouseGuest remained in the finale with one winning a grand prize.
Unlike the previous seasons of Big Brother, Reindeer Games did not involve any nominations, house-voted evictions or live broadcasts. Instead, the nine houseguests from previous seasons would compete in a series of holiday-themed daily challenges.
In this challenge, the houseguests would compete to gain an advantage for the next challenge, while simultaneously, giving a disadvantage for a houseguest of their choosing, also known as the Naughty List Punishment.
The winner, or winners, of this challenge, would receive safety from elimination.
The nominees would compete against each other in various challenges to determine who would remain in the lodge and who would be eliminated from the game.
The HouseGuests were revealed intermittently throughout December 6 and 7, 2023.
In 2024, Josh Martinez competed on '. Martinez competed on the second season of the Telemundo reality television series Los 50.
In 2025, Xavier Prather competed on season one of The Anonymous. Britney Haynes and Danielle Reyes competed on season three of The Traitors US. Martinez competed in season one of Destination X. Taylor Hale competed in The Amazing Race 38.
In 2026, Martinez competed on the sixth season of La casa de los famosos.
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In May 2023 Deadline Hollywood reported that CBS was considering an additional season of Big Brother in the 2023âÂÂ24 television schedule, with "all-star contestants", to fill in gaps left by the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. CBS had previously done the same with Big Brother 9 which aired in 2008, to combat the 2007âÂÂ08 Writers Guild of America strike.
Prior to the Big Brother 25 finale in November 2023, host Julie Chen Moonves teased a "holiday surprise" from the "Big Brother universe". In an interview following the episode, Chen Moonves stated that a fourth season of Celebrity Big Brother was unlikely to happen, but noted the possibility of a shortened season with returning players. The Hollywood labor disputes ended with the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike ending in September, and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike ending two months after. With most scripted series set to begin filming shortened seasons in late-November and early-December, and most premiering in 2024, there were still empty slots in the schedule.
During the Big Brother 25 finale, it was announced that a new spin-off of Big Brother would air in December titled Big Brother Reindeer Games. The series was produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment and Endemol Shine North America with Allison Grodner, Rich Meehan, and Chris Roach serving as executive producers, all returning from Big Brother.
In November 2024, it was announced that the series would not air a second season in December, with producers citing that they could not find airtime availability on CBS. Although they remained hopeful that it could return in the future.
The series did not feature Chen Moonves and was instead hosted by former Big Brother HouseGuests Derek Xiao, Tiffany Mitchell, and Jordan Lloyd, who were known as "Santa's Elf Ambassadors"; Xiao and Mitchell competed on Big Brother 23, while Lloyd was on both Big Brother 11 and Big Brother 13. Additionally, nine other former contestants, including one from Big Brother 25, would return to compete.
The series premiered on December 11, 2023, and was filmed in its entirety prior to its release. It did not feature any live feeds. Big Brother Reindeer Games aired three episodes a week on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, over two weeks, totaling six episodes before its finale on December 21. A teaser trailer was aired during the Big Brother 25 finale featuring former competitors Frankie Grande, Britney Haynes, and Danielle Reyes, and was based off a similar teaser that aired to promote the twenty-fifth season. Episodes from the series also streamed on Paramount+.