Big Brother Challenge Settings

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Team
Start Round
Wagering
Grenade Rule
Self Draft
Trades
Point Values

Team Configuration

Configure the number of MVPs and Draft Picks for this challenge. MVPs are worth 2 houseguest units each. Maximum total is 8 units, minimum is 1. Default: 2 MVPs + 4 Draft Picks = 8 units.

MVP Count

Draft Pick Count

Total Houseguest Units 8 / 8

Exiling Enabled

When enabled, the last Draft Pick is exiled (scores ×0 but can be swapped in/out).

All draft picks will be active. The Grenade Exiled Dodge setting will be automatically disabled.

Team Configuration is locked after the Start Round airs.

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Start Round

Choose the earliest round (week) that counts for this challenge. The minimum viable round is always the next round.

Start round

Start round is locked once it has aired.

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Wagering

Enable or disable wagering for this challenge. Specific odds, cutoffs, and limits are configured separately for each wager type below. Site default: wagering enabled.

Allow wagering

Elimination Wager

Coaches bet on which houseguest gets evicted. Site defaults: no cutoff, odds +100, minimum 1 pt, no cap.

Last allowed Final

Wager odds

Minimum wager Minimum points required to place an elimination wager (default: 1).

Maximum wager Leave blank for no cap. If set, coaches cannot wager more than this per round.

HOH Wager

Coaches bet on which houseguest wins Head of Household. Site defaults: no cutoff, odds −200, minimum 1 pt, no cap.

Last allowed Final

Wager odds

Minimum wager Minimum points required to place an HOH wager (default: 1).

Maximum wager Leave blank for no cap. If set, coaches cannot wager more than this per round.

Wagering settings are locked after the Start Round airs.

Grenade Rule

The Grenade Rule penalizes teams that draft the first evicted houseguest. Configure whether this rule is active, the penalty type, and conditions that can prevent or remove the penalty.

Enable Grenade Rule

Penalty Settings

Grenade Effect

Points Lost The number of points deducted from the team's final score.

Dodge

Exiled houseguest dodges grenade If the first evicted houseguest is on your bench (Exiled slot), the grenade will not trigger.

Defusal Conditions

By default, if ANY selected condition is met at the end of the season, the grenade is defused. Toggle "Require all selected conditions" below to instead require every selected condition to be met.

Require all selected conditions to be met When on, every selected condition below must evaluate true to defuse. When off (default), any one selected condition defuses.

Game-outcome condition (choose one or leave all unchecked)

These three conditions overlap — only one can be selected at a time.

Winner is on your team

Any team member received a jury vote

Any Final 3 houseguest is on your team

Jury pick is correct

Finale pick is correct

Defusal Reward

Award bonus points for defusing If the grenade is defused, the team earns bonus points.

Reward Points Points awarded when the grenade is successfully defused.

Paid Defusal

Allow paid defusal Lets coaches holding a grenade optionally commit the cost below in advance — a hedge bet. They must decide before the deadline (below), not after the finale. Paid defusal does not grant the Defusal Reward.

Defusal Cost Leave blank for default (half of point loss penalty, or 100 for Auto-Loss). For Point Loss grenades, the cost must be less than the point loss.

Last Allowed Final Coaches can only pay to defuse while more than this many houseguests remain alive.

Grenade Rule settings are locked after the Start Round airs.

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Self Draft

When enabled, coaches in this challenge can pick their own team instead of relying on the commissioner to assign teams via Manual Draft or Live Draft. Each coach will see a "Pick Your Team" button on the challenge page.

Allow coaches to pick their own tribe

Self Draft setting is locked after the Start Round airs.

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Trades

Control whether coaches can trade houseguests between teams, whether evicted houseguests can be included in trades, and the last point in the game where trading is allowed. BB rules-doc default: trades locked at Final 7.

Allow trading

Trade Rules

Allow trading evicted houseguests When enabled, coaches can include evicted houseguests in trade proposals.

Trades last allowed Final Trading will be disabled once this many (or fewer) houseguests remain in the game.

Trade settings are locked after the Start Round airs.

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Point Values

Customize the point value for each scoring category. Leave a field blank to use the default value (shown as placeholder).

Starting Points

Comp Wins & Nominations

Win HOH

HOH Nomination Penalty (per nominee)

Nominated

Win Veto

Win BB Blockbuster

Used Veto

Veto Used on You

Win Other Comp

Advantage Gained

Advantage Used (OK)

Successful Backdoor (as HOH)

Weeks Not Nominated (streak tiers)

Not Nominated (1 wk)

Not Nominated (2 wks)

Not Nominated (3 wks)

Not Nominated (4 wks)

Not Nominated (5+ wks)

Voting

Voted Correctly (Pre-Jury)

Voted Correctly (Post-Jury)

Voted Wrong

Votes Against (per vote)

Consolation: Voted Correctly (Pre-Jury)

Consolation: Voted Correctly (Post-Jury)

Punishment: Voted Wrong

Punishment: Votes Against (per vote)

Survival & Late-Game

Survived Eviction

Returned to Game

Made Jury

Made Final 2

Jury Vote (per vote)

America's Favorite

Quit

MedEvac

Jury Winner Limits

When enabled, the show winner's jury-vote points are clamped between 5 and 7.5 jury votes' worth (rounded up). The limits scale automatically with the Jury Vote value above.

Jury Winner Min/Max

Bonus Picks

Correct Jury Pick

Correct Finale Pick

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Big Brother Challenge Settings

Team Configuration

Start Round

Wagering

Elimination Wager

HOH Wager

Grenade Rule

Penalty Settings

Dodge

Defusal Conditions

Game-outcome condition (choose one or leave all unchecked)

Defusal Reward

Paid Defusal

Self Draft

Trades

Trade Rules

Point Values

Starting Points

Comp Wins & Nominations

Weeks Not Nominated (streak tiers)

Voting

Survival & Late-Game

Jury Winner Limits

Bonus Picks

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