Should CBS tell ‘Big Brother: Over the Top’ houseguests election results?
Today is obviously one of the most important days in the recent history of America — and today in the “Big Brother OTT” house, it is the Veto Ceremony. Odds are, we’re going to see the Ballsmashers side of the house completely punked with everyone eligible on the block, and feeling at the same time ridiculous played. Moving into Wednesday, it’s possible either Morgan or Alex will be out for themselves trying to determine their safety.
Beyond the game, the question that we have is whether or not production should consider telling the remaining players who the winner is. It’s a tricky discussion point, but it’s something that there’s a slight precedent for given that in the summer seasons, Julie Chen’s been willing to pass along some news about sporting events, celebrity splits, and a number of things far more inconsequential. On the reverse side of things, we’ve seen houseguests receive news of tragedy, such as September 11 back in season 2 or Derrick and Frankie learning about deaths in their families during season 16.
The downside to telling the houseguests about this is that you run the risk of people constantly talking about the election and nothing else, which is not what people want to watch this game for. Yet, at the same time there’s something fascinating about it on a social level since you’re getting to see a cross-section of America talk about something like this. For us as a viewer, we’re not so much intro strictly strategy, and since America has such a big role in that anyway, it could give us something new to see. We’re not sure that there is a right answer here, given that many houseguests may wonder what the results are anyway, similar to how some of them didn’t initially know who won season 18. (They’ve eventually figured it out.)
For those wondering, many of the houseguests were told to file absentee ballots ahead of time if they wanted to take part in the election this year. We also saw a few of them share voting preferences before the game, but it’s clearly not something everyone wanted to get involved with. (It’s also something that we decided over a year ago that we weren’t going to do on the site, given that there are about a million other venues for that, and we don’t want to alienate anyone with political beliefs.)
What do you think: Should production clue the players in? Share in the attached poll, and head over here for some more updates. (Photo: CBS.)