As Friday’s Battle Back episode came to a close host Julie Chen revealed a brand new twist just as we were told earlier to expect more coming our way. This one is the return of something familiar from way back in Big Brother history: a hidden, secret room.
Update: The hunt is over and the room has been discovered. Scroll down for the spoilers!
The Battle Back has just shaken up the game, but another twist is about to be unleashed. Throughout the house are clues to a secret room. Any Houseguest who figures it out will unlock this room and could gain a power to change their fate in the Big Brother house. This secret room will only be in play for the next four weeks.
There’s a power inside that room capable of changing up the game but the HGs better hurry because it’s only available for a limited time! Here’s how Julie described it.
- Discover Your National Parks
- Secret Tokyo
- Ocho Rios – Your Dream Destination (Translation: eight rivers)
- Departing On Quarter Hour – Big Ben – London
- Nairobi – Your Adventure Starts NOW!
- Departures (sign with listings in living room)
In preseason exec producer Grodner said to expect the return of the room used for Pandora’s Box and the Coaches’ quarters. So right there I’d say we’ve got our secret room location. But how do they get in to it? I immediately guessed as it was revealed, so we’ll have to see if I was right.
Now nothing in Big Brother needs to be fair, but if they put the secret entrance in the HoH room, as that space is typically accessed, then it’d really restrict the chances for discovery. You know what’s on the outside of that space though? The metal phone booth. I’d wager you dial in a secret combination and bingo bango, you’ve got your secret room. I love it.
In the posters we see details like “ocho” (eight), “quarter hour” (15), maybe a suggestion of a hint in the Tokyo room, and that Departures sign is full of numbers. But how in the world are the HGs suddenly going to be motivated to search for hidden messages? I’m guessing Big Brother will prompt them with some sort of vague clue to get the ball rolling. They’ve only got four weeks to figure it out!
And if you’re wondering about when this idea was used before, it was BB6 when an extra room was discovered by Rachel Plencner. Great season and probably my favorite. You should go back and watch it on CBS All Access.
Update: As a reader pointed out, if you take the green words in all four posters you get “Secret Destination Departing NOW!”. Awesome!
Update 1.2: Another poster in the backyard says “Discover Your National Parks” with “discover” in green. So that’s “Discover Secret Destination Departing NOW!”
If you check the Departures board you can see that Paris is the “now departing” entry. Hmm, so what’s the code to get in? Could be the flight number.
It’d make more sense as the Paris themed secret room since Paris is the “Now Departing” destination.
The first Houseguest to get inside the secret room is…
Update 5: Paul got it! Flashback 5:13 PM BBT. He heard a message that said to wait for a clear coast and then the door will open. Now Paul has to get Frank & Bridgette away but Frank won’t leave upstairs and keeps trying the numbers. Paul has told Corey and James to get them away so he can try it alone.
Flashback to 5:41 PM BBT. Paul got so anxious he rushed in after trying the number again and getting the message. Natalie overheard the voice. Paul dashed inside the tunnel and entered the room!
Here’s how it works. There are 12 cards in the Paris room. Anyone who comes in there gets to pick one card. Yes, everyone can go in and that’s why Paul was instructed to wait. So what’s in the envelope? One card is a “round trip ticket” that will send the evicted HG back in to the game, the rest are something much less exciting.
Victor just gained access too (6:06 PM BBT) as Paul continues to try and lie to everyone about it and denying multiple people can get it. He still won’t share the number he dialed (likely “PARIS”).
What do you think of the new Big Brother twist? Lots of fun or just too much? Who do you hope finds the power and what sort of impact could it have on the game? We’ll keep watching to discover more!
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Source: Matthew Boyer