Big Brother US 1

Development
Big Brother 1 is the first season of Shantesza Studios Era 2. It started on the 24th of October and ended on the 27th of December. The logo was revealed on Wednesday the 9th of September 2020 in the Discord server. With Max winning against Kylie in a vote of 5-3. Murdo was voted AFH with Rio having the 2nd most votes and Kylie coming 3rd.

Casting
The applications were released on Thursday the 10th of September. They closed on Monday the 19th of August. Letters were sent on the same day. The cast reveal was on Tuesday the 20th of October 2020 and was revealed to have 16 houseguests.

Departures

 * Pre-Season: Jaz decided to quit the game just 1 hour before the live premiere began. Saying she didn't feel comfortable playing and didn't have the motivation to play.
 * Week 8: Liv decided to quit the game due to a few reasons: "ik the house is against me", "ik im not gonna win any comps" & "ik im a floater".

Twists

 * Week 5: Houseguests were all told that after the HOH competition, They could all replay for a chance to win guaranteed safety for the week. As Rio won the HOH, she couldn't be able to participate. The competition was very simple, Houseguests had to stand on a swinging podium, above shark infested water, being vibrated. The last 2 houseguests to remain on the podium would win immunity. As Kylie was 2nd, she won immunity. As Max was the last to fall, he received a power which let him cancel all of the players who would play in veto & play himself with 5 handpicks of his choice.

Have-Nots

 * The 4 Have-Nots for Week 1 were: Amore, Amy, Gabriel & Max.
 * The 4 Have-Nots for Week 2 were: Gabriel, Hayley, Liv & Sasha.
 * The 4 Have-Nots for Week 3 were: Gabriel, Liv, Max & Sasha.
 * The 4 Have-Nots for Week 4 were: Hayley, Liv, Max & Rolo.
 * The 4 Have-Nots for Week 5 were: Gabriel, Hayley, Liv & Max.
 * The 4 Have-Nots for Week 6 were: Drake, Gabriel, Liv & Max.
 * The 4 Have-Nots for Week 7 were: Kylie, Murdo, Rio & Sasha

Have/Have-Not History

 * There were no Have-Nots after Week 7.

Week 1
On Week 1, 16 brand new faces stepped foot into the new house, Houseguests were called to play in the very first HOH of the season. The HOH was named 'King of the Castle', All 16 houseguests had to stand on a very small podium, attached to a castle. They all had to stay on as long as possible after being vibrated & sat. The last houseguest to fall would win HOH. Dev was the last standing therefore he became the first HOH of the season. He had a few moments to decide who his 2 nominees would be. During the nominaton ceremony, he decided to put up Max & Amore. He also had to choose 4 Have-nots for the week. He chose Max, Amy, Amore & Gabriel. Houseguests were called to the living room, Due to Amore not being present at the session, the HOH and the other nominee would play with 4 random houseguests. Max withdrew a houseguest choice. He chose Murdo to play. The 3 random houseguests were Sasha, Hayley & Gabriel. The POV competition was 'Maze Madness'. All 6 houseguests would go in an individual maze each, they had to search for 3 beach balls and bring them back to the start. The first houseguest to bring all 3 beach balls back would win the POV competition. Murdo won and he decided to save Max. Dev chose Amy as the replacement nominee. It was between Amore & Amy. The voting began and suddenly ended in a 5-5 tie. Dev chose to backdoor Amy and sent her packing.

Week 2
On Week 2, HOH began. The competition was 'Colour Race'. Houseguests were all in a separate booth. There was a big sign in front of them all. It would change to a different colour each round. The first houseguest to name the colour would eliminate someone. Murdo ended up winning against Max and chose to put up Coutur & Jamie. He chose Gabriel, Liv, Hayley & Sasha as the Have-nots. The POV pickings began. Murdo, Jamie and 4 other houseguests would play as Coutur was not present. Jamie withdrew a houseguest choice and chose Liv. The 3 random picks were Kylie, Sasha and Amore. POV was in stages. Each round, 2 Houseguests would duel. They had to be the first to make it to the end of the obstacle course by jumping from 1 podium to another, with some being trippy and making them fall. POV had Murdo & Amore for round 1, with Amore beating Murdo. Round 2 was Liv & Jamie. Liv beat Jamie meaning Liv and Amore would compete in the finale round with 1 other. Sasha and Kylie then faced off. Kylie managed to beat Sasha and joined the finale round. Amore ended up completing it first and won the POV. She discarded it as she had no interactions with either nominees. Coutur was then evicted over Jamie in a 7-3 vote.

Week 3
On Week 3, It became a more competitive week, with the HOH being 'FF a Friend'. One random houseguest would be FF'ed, they then chose someone to take the FF, and so on. The last person who was FF'ed would be out. Then it resets each round. The overall winner would win HOH. Rolo won in a close battle with Liv. He chose to put Kylie & Amore up on the block. He then chose Gabriel, Liv, Max & Sasha to be the 4 Have-nots of the week. the POV was very simple. Houseguests had their own zones. They had to all run to the middle, gather as many balls as possible and roll them all back to their zones. Whoever had the most balls by the end of the game would win POV. Kylie & Rolo both picked a HG choice. Kylie chose Dev to play with Rolo choosing Liv. Amore also played as a nominee with Sasha being the random houseguest chosen. By the end of the POV, Liv had 1 ball, Amore had 14, Dev & Kylie both had 19, Sasha having 20 & Rolo having 23 meaning Rolo won full power. He then chose to discard the veto with Amore being sent home over Kylie in a 7-0 vote.

Week 4
On Week 4, The HOH competition began, with it being Sit, Trip & Spin. Houseguests were sat, tripped and spun around severly, standing on a pole. They had to try and manage to stay up, being the last to fall in order to win HOH. Gabriel was the last standing and therefore won HOH. He decided to put up Dev & Jamie. And he chose Hayley, Liv, Max & Rolo for the Have-nots. POV was a very simple puzzle. The first houseguest to complete the puzzle of the logo won the POV. Gabriel and Dev both got a HG choice. Gabriel chose Rio to play, with Dev choosing Liv. The 6 houseguests to play were originally Liv, Gabriel, Rolo, Kylie, Hayley & Dev. As Dev couldn't play, he chose Max to rep for him. Gabriel managed to win full power and he chose to use the power of veto on Dev. He then put Drake up as the replacement nominee. The voting then began, houseguests individually went to the DR to vote as usual, Jamie went home over Drake in a 7-1 vote.

Week 5
On Week 6, The HOH began with 10 of the 11 houseguests going onto a swinging podium, being vibrated. They had to hold on for as long as possible without falling. Last to fall off would win HOH. Rio was the last to fall and nominated Sasha & Rolo. Houseguests were all told that after the HOH competition, They could all replay for a chance to win guaranteed safety for the week. As Rio won the HOH, she couldn't be able to participate. The competition was very simple, Houseguests had to stand on a swinging podium, above shark infested water, being vibrated. The last 2 houseguests to remain on the podium would win immunity. As Kylie was 2nd, she won immunity. As Max was the last to fall, he received a power which let him cancel all of the players who would play in veto & play himself with 5 handpicks of his choice. Max chose Murdo, Rolo, Hayley, Liv & Gabriel. All 6 had to choose a lane. They would all go through 1 of the 5 doors. On 1 of the lane, behind each door would be a death block that would kill you. Only 1 lane didn't contain any death bricks. The lucky houseguest to choose that lane and make it to the end would win POV. Murdo won with Liv and Gabriel coming really close to 2nd and dying in the last room. Murdo chose to discard and the vote tied 4-4. Rio chose to evict Rolo.

Week 6
On Week 6, Houseguests took part in the HOH. This was named 'Bridge Crossing'. Houseguests had to 1 by 1 cross a narrow bridge and get to the other side. Once all houseguests made it to the other side, they would have to cross back to the other side, but the bridge being narrower. The last houseguest to fall by the end would win HOH. Murdo won the HOH competition and nominated Hayley & Drake. POV was named 'Counting Apples'. After the countdown, the 6 POV players had to run around the garden, counting all of the apples that fell from the tree. Once the time was up, they had to run back to their buttons and press it the same amount of times that the apples they counted. The POV players were Murdo, Drake, Hayley, Kylie, Gabriel and Liv. Liv was Hayley's HG choice. Hayley managed to win the POV by counting 111 of the 112 apples and therefore she chose to save herself. Murdo chose Dev as the replacement nominee. Dev was then evicted over Drake in a 5-2 vote.

Week 7
On Week 7, The HOH Began. This was called 'Fish Fight'. Houseguests were all placed in an arena. They were all given a fish and had to knock each other out of the arena. The last one out would win HOH. Gabriel won and nominated Liv & Hayley. He then chose Rio, Murdo, Kylie and Sasha as the Have-Nots. POV was halloween themed. the 6 POV players had to lay in a grave. When the timer started, They had to count to 3 minutes. When they thought 3 minutes was up, they would hop out of the grave. The closest person to 3 minutes would win POV. Gabriel, Liv, Hayley played aswell as Sasha, Rio and Liv's pick Drake. Sasha ended up getting the closest to 3 minutes, being 1 second over. She decided to discard the veto and Hayley was evicted in a vote of 5-1.

Week 8
Week 8 HOH began, with it being called 'Color Cobweb'. Houseguests had to run to the color the host chose. Whoever was last to make it to the color would be out. Rio won in a close race against Murdo. She decided to nominate Gabriel and Kylie. POV was very easy and simple. All 6 POV players had a certain colored ball each. They had to manage to keep their ball on the platform without it rolling off. Houseguests could push eachothers off. Last houseguest's ball to roll off wins POV. As there was 7 houseguests left, only 1 would miss out. Rio, Kylie, Max, Murdo, Sasha and Gabriel played. Meaning Drake sat out. Rio was the last houseguest to keep their ball up, narrowly making it against Kylie. She decided to save Gabriel. And then put up Sasha. Sasha was backdoored against Kylie in a vote of 3-1.

Week 9
Week9 HIOH began. It was Trivia. Houseguests were all asked questions about the house. Whoever was the first to get the question right eliminated someone. This went on until the last houseguest. Murdo managed to only just win against Kylie by getting the answer right 0.1 second earlier. He chose to nominate Drake and Rio. POV was 'Beach Trivia Brawl'. Houseguests were asked a question. They had to answer with A or B. Whoever got the answer wrong would be eliminated. All 5 houseguests played, apart from Drake who was not at the session. The last standing was Kylie and therefore won POV. She decided to discard and then Drake was sent home over Rio in a 2-1 vote.

Week 10
On Week 10, HOH was 'Counting Chickens'. Houseguests had to run down the path and climb into a big box full of chickens. There was a total of 56. The first houseguest to count the right amount of chickens would win HOH. Gabriel was the fastest and chose to nominate Max and Kylie. POV was 'Trip & Vibrate'. One of the classics. Houseguests had to stay on their block whilst being tripped and vibrated. The last to fall would win. Murdo managed to stay on the longest with Gabriel coming 2nd, Max coming 3rd, Kylie coming 4th and Rio coming 5th. Murdo chose to save Kylie and therefore Rio was the replacement nominee. Rio was then evicted over Max in a 2-0 vote.

Week 11
Week 11 started off with True or False. Houseguests started off with 5 lives. They were then asked a question based on the season, then had to answer with 'True' or 'False'. Whenever a houseguest got the incorrect answer, they would lose a life. This went on until the final houseguest was standing. Kylie won with Max coming 2nd and Murdo coming 3rd. She chose to put up Gabriel & Max. POV began. Houseguest participated in 'Knight Moves'. Houseguests all started off in a corner. They had to move 2 spaces vertical and 1 horizontal, or 2 spaces horizontal and 1 vertical. In a L shape. If you ran out of moves, you were eliminated. Kylie ran out of moves first, with Max out 2nd. Gabriel won POV against Murdo and saved himself. He chose to cast his sole vote to evict Murdo.

Week 12
Part 1 HOH began being quite tricky, All 3 houseguests had to push their ball up a ramp, across the path and round corners and manage to get it successfully into the end without it falling off the path. If it fell, they would have to go back and restart. After several tries, Kylie gave up. Gabriel managed to get his to the end after about 5 minutes and therefore won part 1 HOH. Part 2 was called 'Maze Madness'. Max and Kylie, the losers of Part 1 had to go in the maze and search for beach balls. There was a total of 3 beach balls. Whoever found the majority, which was 2 or 3, would win Part 2. Max found all 3 and therefore faced Gabriel in Part 3, which was 'A or B'. Max and Gabriel were asked a series of questions related to the season & house. Whoever got the most questions correct would win Part 3. Max managed to win in a close game and became the final HOH of the season.