Christmas Abbott, David Alexander, and Daniele Donato Briones have won special powers on Big Brother 22: All-Stars through the BB Basement twist, but many fans are still confused as to what these powers mean and whether they'll actually be used. It is a longstanding tradition in the Big Brother franchise that each new season of the show introduces a few big twists that can help or hurt the players. All in all, these twists are put together so that the contestants don't become complacent and start thinking that they're dominating the game until the end.
Regardless of who the fans are rooting for on Big Brother 22, it is always more exciting for the show when an underdog is able to win a special power. After all, players who are affiliated with a dominant alliance are typically already holding onto a lot of power. Whenever an underdog wins a big advantage in the game, the power players of the season must then restrategize and take that new element into consideration. On BB22, many fans wished that Janelle and Kaysar could stay longer in order to win some type of power... but they were evicted right before this new twist.
The Big Brother: All-Stars twist known as BB Basement consisted of a competition containing three special powers: the Blocker, the Disruptor, and the Replay. All three of these powers can be used once during the next three weeks. Christmas Abbott won the Blocker power, meaning that she can block any player (including herself) from being nominated after a veto is used. David Alexander won the Disruptor power, which allows him to secretly save one person from the nomination block (including himself), thus forcing the HOH of that given week to choose a replacement nominee. Lastly, Daniele Donato Briones won the Replay power, which allows any outgoing HOH to play again in the HOH competition the following week.
Given that Christmas, Daniele, and David have three weeks to use their special BB22 powers, it is pretty unlikely that any of them will choose to use it this week. Daniele might wait for herself - or a very close ally - to win HOH in order to use the Replay power. Since she's the current HOH, it also doesn't make any sense for Christmas to block a potential nominee during a week when she's calling all the shots. David is the only player whose power could technically help his friends Bayleigh and Da'Vonne right now... but David is very scared of being on the block and will likely keep the power to himself.
It's always fun when Big Brother introduces new twists, advantages, and obstacles that make the game a little less streamlined. With that said, the fans are disappointed that none of the season's clear targets were able to win a power to save themselves.
Big Brother 22: All-Stars airs Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays at 8pm EST on CBS.
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