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[upbeat holiday music]

♪

- The ornaments are hung.

The presents are wrapped.

And the cocoa is steaming hot.

Everything is ready
at Santa's Lodge

for our very special guests.

♪

'Twas two weeks
before Christmas,

and in the North Pole
the pressure was mounting.

It was taking a toll.

Poor Saint Nick was
pulled in every which way.

But I needed to focus
on my yearly big day.

Santa's Lodge had some issues;

my village a mess.

The forest had problems.

My workshop was stressed.

But while watching BB
on P+ subscription,

I got an idea
to fix this affliction.

In the wink of an eye,
before things could get worse,

I twinkled my nose
and opened the multiverse.

Using my magic
and old-fashioned reason,

I recruited BB legends
to help save the season.

So I made a deal
with these iconic names,

a chance to compete
in my Reindeer Games.

♪

Ho, ho, ho!

[upbeat holiday music]

♪

- I'm Taylor.

I'm an entertainment journalist
from Detroit, Michigan.

Oh, my God.

I truly love Christmas.

The holiday season is--

like, it's just so much fun.

Good moods,
hot cocoa everywhere,

fantastic movies,
fantastic music.

[laughs]

It's like I'm home again.

On "Big Brother" 24,
I was the first Black woman

to win a regular season.

[cheering]

And I was also the
first person to ever win

America's Favorite Player
in the same season.

People say that I've
evolved the social strategy

of "Big Brother."

So I'm excited to see
if I can dominate

these Reindeer Games too.

♪ Jingle bells,
this house smells ♪

♪ Almost just the same

♪ Taylor's back and
gonna grab another 100K ♪

[upbeat holiday music]

♪

- I'm Cody.

I currently live in New Jersey.

And I'm working
in software sales.

I recently got engaged to
the love of my life, Christie.

And our favorite thing
to do during the holidays

is just sit out on the couch
and watch

as many Christmas movies
as possible.

You know, I've acted
in a few Christmas movies.

So if you guys want
to check those out--

I don't know where you can
find them, to be honest.

[laughs]

You guys might know me
from "Big Brother" 16

where I was the runner up

or "Big Brother: All-Stars"
where I won.

I'm ecstatic to be here
in Santa's Lodge.

What is going on?

I don't have any idea what
he has in store for me,

but I'm hoping to come home
with the grand prize

once again.

- Who's over there?

Hi!

Cody, I'm so happy to see you.

Cody's known for
winning challenges.

He's known for bro-ing out
in these games.

And if there's anything that
my sweater is showing you,

I'm here to crack some nuts.

[cracking]

The guys have got to go
real fast.

- I'm here to have some fun.
I'm here to have some fun.

- Okay, it's good.
- I'm here to have some fun.

- We're gonna
have a chill time.

- Yeah.

[upbeat holiday music]

- Hi, I'm Britney.

I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

I'm a mom of three girls
and a real estate agent.

- I hear steps.

- Oh, my God.
What's going on?

- Hi!
How are you?

- Good.

It's so good to see you.
- Nice to see you.

Hi.
- What's going on?

It's so nice to meet you.

- Though you may not
generally associate me

with cheer, joy, merriment,

I actually do love Christmas.

I love the decor.

It feels warm.

I like the way it smells.

- It's like Christmas
chewed us up, spat us out,

and vomitted on us
on top of it.

- Yeah.

- I was on "Big Brother"
Season 12

and voted America's
favorite player.

And then I returned
for season 14 as a coach.

I've been humiliated time
and time again on television...

Oh! Ow.

And I feel very strongly that
that is my fate

in this program as well.

It's already started.

[bells jingle]
So there's that.

Don't you feel like we're
about to meet mall Santa?

- Yeah, for sure.

- Can he be hot though?

[upbeat holiday music]

♪

- I'm Xavier.

I'm a lawyer currently living
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Recently, I had
the best day of my life

when I asked the love
of my life to marry me.

And this will be
our first Christmas

together as an engaged couple.

And I'm really
looking forward to it.

For "Big Brother,"
I'm known as being

the first Black winner
in "Big Brother" U.S. history.

[cheering]

And I'm hoping to be the
first ever winner

of the Big Brother
Reindeer Games.

Some festive people ask for a
bald man to enter the house?

- I knew it!
Yes!

- So I'm curious to see
who's gonna be here.

Like, do I know them?

Do I not know them?

- Oh, my God. I'm such a fan.

It's so nice to meet you!
Oh, my God, hi.

[chuckles]
- [laughs] Good to see you.

- Good to see you.

- It's cool to see Taylor.

We both made history
in our seasons

for the Black community.

We're both from Michigan.

So it's nice to see a familiar
face in Santa's Lodge.

That's a sweater is what it is.

- It is a sweater.
- It is.

- It's quite a sweater.

It's a statement piece.

- Yeah, I get that.

♪

- I'm Danielle.

And you don't know
by looking at me,

but I am a grandmother
of five adorable kids.

[cheering]

- Icon in the building!

- I love spoiling those kids
during the holidays.

But when it comes
to playing games,

I'd rather be the villain.

I got your back,
you got mine?

- Yeah, I got--absolutely.

- I was on "Big Brother" 3.

You know, the season
I should have won.

[applause]

Then I played again
in "Big Brother: All-Stars."

I'm the Black widow!

Christmas has vomitted
all over me.

- I feel like we have
a real sweater contest.

- Now, this new game
is supposed

to be holly and jolly.

But if you know me,

I'm gonna be putting
a lot of coals

in a lot of people's stockings.

Oh, my God.

And, oh, my God.

♪

- Make the yuletide gay.

Hi, I'm Frankie Grande,
star of stage and screen.

I love Christmas.

My whole family
loves Christmas.

I mean, we go "grande"
on Christmas.

You might remember me
from BB 16.

My sister is a mega,
mega pop star--

Ariana Grande.

- Grande is your sister?

- And here on "Reindeer Games,"
I know I'm gonna slay

whatever Santa has
in store for us.

Ho, ho, ho, hello!

- There he is!

[laughter]

- I mean, you know me.

I always shine bright
like a Frankie.

Yeah!

- Frankie Grande!
[screaming]

- [laughing]
- Come on, baby.

Come on, baby.
Come on, baby.

- So buckle up, because
I'm about to light up

Santa's Lodge.

Cody?
- What's up, bro?

- We're back in
the house together.

- I know.
- Together again.

- Oh, my God, Cody is here
and I'm so excited

because he's a good friend.

And we went pretty far
together in "Big Brother."

But "Reindeer Games" is
a totally different game.

So I'm not sure
what that means for me.

But, I mean, I'll take all
the friends I can get.

- Oh, it's so good
to see you, my friend.

- It's so good to see you.

♪

- Hi. I'm Nicole.

I am currently
a stay-at-home mom

with my two-year-old son,
Arrow.

And I still live
in Ubly, Michigan.

- Hi.
- Hi!

- No way!

No way!

- I ended up winning season 18.

[cheers and applause]

I'm married to a former
"Big Brother" houseguest

named Victor.

Victor? Oh, my!

- Will you marry me?

- Yes, of course.

This is my first time
competing as a mom.

And I'm so excited to be here
because I'm basically

competing at the North Pole.

And my son is gonna
think that's so cool.

- Hey!
- Hi, everybody.

Hi, Arrow. [chuckles]

It makes me want to cry.

[sniffs] I'm such a baby.

- Wow.
- How are you?

- I played "Big Brother"
with Nicole twice before.

The most recent time being
"All-Stars" where we went

all the way to the end
of the game,

and in final three,
I decided to eliminate her.

Nicole, I'm so sorry.

I know without a doubt
Nicole has not forgotten

about what I did at the end
of that season,

so I definitely have to be
on the lookout for her.

- What is this?
- 16--

- How are you?
- Good, how are you?

- Congrats!
- Good to see you out here.

I see Cody.

I haven't spoke to him
in three years,

since he evicted me
on finale night.

And we were so close.

I honestly thought we were
gonna go to the final two.

So seeing him, I know I just
can't trust him this time.

- It's so good to see you.
- Yeah, same. Yeah.

♪

- Ah, so I take it
I didn't make

the naughty list this year.

[laughs]

[speaking Spanish]

I'm Josh Martinez.

And Christmastime is
my favorite time of year

as a Cubano
and being Latino,

I'm always surrounded
by my family.

Just imagine 50 to 60 of us
packed into a house,

playing dominoes,

everybody screaming
over each other.

I just love being
with my family.

You guys might remember me

from winning
"Big Brother" Season 19.

[vocalizing]

I was best known for being
the obnoxious,

crazy, Latino kid.

I'm a mess.

I mean, I got to put these
two to good use, right?

Like, I have to.

I have to at this point.

[exhales]

Listen, Santa, I don't know
what you have in store for us,

but I hope you're ready 'cause
I'm about to be laughing

all the way to the bank.

And I'm securing this 100K.

- I want to eat one of these.

- I know, these are cute.

- [loud vocalizing]

[pots clanging]
- What is this?

- ♪ Da da da-da-da-da
da da da da ♪

[laughter]

- Meatball!

- [vocalizing]

- Let's go!

[clanging]
- [vocalizing]

[laughter]

- He's alive!

- Oh, my God.

- How are you?
- Hi.

- So good to see you.

- Coming in here,
I feel obviously,

a physical inadequacy being
that I'm a very petite person.

These people are large.

Okay, they're large people.

My gut instinct is
just like obviously,

go after the big
physical comp beast.

Duh.

♪

- Hey, y'all, I'm Cameron.

I'm from Eastman, Georgia.

And I am a daddy to an amazing
eight-year-old little girl.

And Christmas is
a magic time for us

because I love being woken up
by her on Christmas morning

and seeing all of
the awesome stuff

that Santa has brought her.

Woo, hoo!

- Oh, fresh blood.
- Who is this?

- Here we go.

- I was just on "Big Brother"
25 earlier this year,

where I was voted
America's favorite player.

I am speechless.

Thank you so much.
- Aw.

- I'm a newbie in this lodge,

so I feel like a fan
coming in here.

So it's a little bit shaky.

But we kind of all are
newbies in this lodge,

'cause no one has ever
played this game before.

Oh, my God.

This is so cool.

- Come on in, Cameron.

- Hi, Cameron.
I'm Britney.

- I know that!
I'm Cam.

Even though these "Big Brother"
legends might look at me

as the rookie,
we're all in the same sleigh

together on this one.

- It's nine of us?

- This is it.

- Fine nine, let's go.
- Guys, the lucky nine.

- The nasty nine.

- One, two, three--

all: Reindeer Games!

[cheering]

[laughter]

["Deck the Halls" playing]

♪

- This is a trip.

- We're all going
through it right now.

- Everyone looks beautiful.
Good for everyone.

- Duh. No Botox.

Put it out in the cosmos,
no Botox, people.

- Same.

[laughter]
- None.

- Ho, ho, who's
ready for Santa?

Please come to
my lodge living room.

- Oh!

- It's Santa.

[upbeat rock music]

- Where am I squeezing?

- Yeah.

Front and center, baby girl.

- This is crazy.

- I'm happy. This is cool.
This is cool.

- Season's greetings,
esteemed guests.

- Hey!
- Ahh!

- For the first time
in a millennia,

Christmas is in danger
of being canceled.

- Oh.

- That's where you come in.

- Okay.
- What is going on?

- Over the next two weeks,
anytime there are

problems at the North Pole,
I need you to step in

and take care of them.

Christmas depends on it.

Unfortunately,
I am only looking

for the best of the best.

So the one player who
falls short each day,

will be sent ho, ho, home.

[laughter]

- As a reward for handling
these Christmas catastrophes,

the festive foursome
left standing in the end

will be invited to compete
in the Annual Reindeer Games.

My Reindeer Games
are a high-stakes,

head-to-head tournament,
where the winner will

walk home with a grand prize

of 25 billion North Pole
tinsel tokens,

which converts
to 100,000 U.S. dollars.

- You know what?

- How much?

- Okay.
- I'll take it.

- But making it
to my Reindeer Games

will not be easy,

so be prepared
because the rules each day

will be completely different.

Sometimes you will be
challenged as an individual,

sometimes as a duo--

- Oh.

- Or maybe even as a team.

- Wow.
- Oh.

- Now, I want you to know that
the relationships you form

and the strategy you forge
are important.

But how you perform
in these challenges is

the most crucial element
because whether you stay or go

will always come down
to whether you win

or whether you lose.

- Yas queen.

- So the question is, do you
have the festive fortitude

to help me save Christmas?

- Damn right, we do.

- Okay, then, I'll be sending
in my elf ambassadors

to help guide you through
this holly jolly journey.

- Bring them in, Santa!

- Good luck.

The happiness of
every child on the planet

rests in your hands.

No pressure.

- Wow. No stakes.

- No pressure. Yeah.

- It sounds like this is
going to be a game that's

all about the challenges.

And lucky for me, I'm a guy
that loves to compete.

So I'm gonna be going
out there

trying to win every challenge
that I can,

including those
Reindeer Games at the end

so I can snag that 100K.

[cash register dings]

- Guys, we got
to save these kids.

Like honestly.
- Let's go.

- We have to.

- With regular "Big Brother,"
you have your HOH,

they nominate two people,

somebody goes home
at the end of the week.

Wow.

But Santa's style is, like,

expect the unexpected
times 100.

Whoo!

Normally, I love Santa,
and I'm this guy's biggest fan.

But to be honest with you,
he has no chill at all.

We truly have no idea
what to expect.

And that's not a good feeling
to have right off the bat.

- Mrs. Claus, more cocoa.

More cocoa and
more marshmallows.

- Don't you have an elf, Santa?
- [laughs]

You made the naughty list.
[laughter]

- Big man in the red suit said

somebody is going
to be leaving every day.

And it's all going
to come down to winning

and losing challenges.

I'm going to make some cocoa.

Sometimes we'll be
competing as pairs.

Sometimes we'll be
competing as teams,

sometimes as individuals.

Things are going to be crazy
here at the North Pole.

I'm going to need
to find some allies

if I'm going to survive this
crazy new game we're playing.

- Let's go.

Bring it on, Santa.

[dramatic music]

[bell clangs]

[upbeat holiday music]

[bell rings]

- I don't know how
you guys are so calm.

- Because I'm shutting down.

My anxiety is crippling!

- I haven't been in
the house in six years.

- This is cute.

- So cute.
- I know.

- I love it.

- The way I see it,
the best people to target

are all these alpha males.

No friends in this game.

There only can be one winner.

- Everyone knows each other.
Isn't that fun?

♪

- I actually have
to go to the bathroom.

All right. Cool.

- I'll guard it for you.

♪

I'm so happy you're here.

My heart just is exploding.

I'm so excited to see Cody
because we're like brothers.

I'm just so grateful that
we're back together again.

- Weird.
This whole thing again.

- I know.
You have to strategize.

You and I--listen.

I'll work the people I work.

You work the people you work.
- Yeah.

We'll see how it goes.

- But that's what I'm
saying, I'll keep--

I'll--I'll try my hardest
to keep people--

your name out
of people's mouths.

You do the same
and see you at the end.

- Oh my God, for sure.

Santa has already told us
that in this game,

you're going to live
and die by challenges.

So that makes having Frankie
here even more crucial.

Frankie, in my opinion,
is hands down

the best competitor that
has ever played "Big Brother."

And knowing that someone
like that is on my side

is so crucial.

We'll just, you know,

be in the Reindeer Games
together.

Cheers to that.
- Cheers. Absolutely.

[quirky music]

♪

- Hi.
- Hi.

- How are you?
- Good.

How are you?

- Obviously--

[laughter]

- What should we talk about?

- I don't know.

This is a little bit uncomfy,

because Nicole and I had
a little bit of drama

outside of the lodge.

And I think it would be best
to just directly address it,

talk it through, so that we can
help each other in this game

and work together
going forward.

Do you still hate me?

- No.

But you hurt my feelings a lot.
- I know.

- Because you were like,
one of my best friends.

- I know.

- And I don't want to think
about it 'cause I'll cry.

The last time I was on
"Big Brother: All-Stars,"

she kind of like, said
some mean things about me

on the internet
and, like, some trusted things

that I had told her,
she like, told other people.

And they put it
all over the internet.

And anyways,
it just hurt my feelings.

It felt like you were
like, oh well, yeah,

I can go on with
my life without her.

And like, that's what hurts.

[tender music]

- I've wanted to
talk to you about it.

- Yeah.

- You and I were pretty close.

- Yes.

- I never have like,
held anything against you.

Obviously, you didn't
do anything to me.

I've always, like,
wished you well

and wanted the best for you.

- I know you're--
I know you're sorry.

- I know that
I hurt your feelings.

- Yeah.

I forgive her,
and I think just--

we can just, like,
move forward

and kind of start fresh.

I don't know what to do,
but I don't want

them to think we're scheming.

It's a Christmas miracle.

Britney and I mended fences,
and we're going to be working

together in this game, I hope.

[laughs]

[suspenseful music]

♪

- Okay.

- That's where my heart's at.
- Okay.

Okay.
I'm down for it.

- So it sounds like
Santa is going

to be throwing some
curve balls

and maybe some snowballs
at us.

So it's extremely
important for me

to start forming
relationships with people

that I really feel
a good connection with.

- I instantly gravitate
towards Taylor,

and Xavier is just
somebody that I really want

to work with in this game.

And then you have
Danielle Reyes.

Dude, she's like
an untouchable.

Whoever touches Dani,
they're going to deal with me.

So--[laughs]

Anything that
I can help you all out with,

then I'm going to do that.

- If there's any sort
of like, rally together

and pile on one person,
it's never gonna

be any of the three of you.

- No. No.

- Yeah.

- We got a little--
a little somethin' somethin'

brewing in the hot cocoa room.

I like this foursome
'cause I think we got

a little bit of everything.

I don't know that it's
a solidified alliance,

but we definitely have
made it clear that we want

to look out for each other.

- I'll let you know
if y'all in jeopardy.

Please, extend me
the same courtesy.

I'm telling Josh, Xavier,
and Taylor,

I got your back. I got you.

But that's a lie.

I look at them as big threats
because they're champions.

I got you long as
it benefits my game,

but I will cut you loose
in a hot second.

So let the games begin.

Even though this is a new game,

I'm still going to be up
to my old, naughty tricks.

[chuckling]

[dramatic music]

♪

- So you happy to be
alive every day, Cody?

Can't take it for granted,
brother.

- I feel that, man.
- That's all it is, right?

- You're much younger
and much more agile,

since I've had three kids.
- I don't know about that.

- What do you mean,
"I had three kids?"

I'm terrified.

Moms have brute strength.

[doorbell chimes
"Carol of the Bells"]

- Oh.

- This is so [...] fun.

[upbeat music]

[exclaiming]

- Yo!

Jordan.

- Hi, everyone.

- Should I give hugs
to everybody?

How are you?

- Hey, I'm Jordan.

I'm an elf ambassador
for Santa.

I was the winner
of "Big Brother" 11.

[cheering]

I met my husband
on "Big Brother."

- Will you marry me?

- Yes.

And we love the holidays.

My kids are at that age.

They're obsessed with Santa.

So when my kids see
that I am working

for Santa as an elf ambassador,
they're going to go crazy.

Hey, everybody.

Welcome to Santa's Lodge.

[cheering]

I'm Jordan,
your first elf ambassador.

- Oh.

- [laughs]

It's time for your
first challenge.

- Ooh.
- Whoo!

- Here we go.

- And Santa has
a message for you.

- I'm going to [...] my pants.
- Me too.

- [laughs]

- Here we go.

It's a long message, guys.
- Wow.

- Oh, my God.
- Oh.

- That's scary.
- Hey-o.

- "Dear friends,
just like in your hometown,

"people in the North Pole
can be both naughty and nice

"around the holidays.

"That's why
the first challenge each day

will be the Naughty
and Nice Challenge."

- Oh.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa.

Jordan just said we're about
to start our first challenge.

I know I said I wanted
to come in here

and win some challenges,
but not knowing

what this Naughty Nice
thing is,

I don't know if I want
to win this early.

It might raise such a clatter.

- "I need your help
with the hottest DJ

"in the North Pole,
DJ Scroogie.

"He's being a little high
maintenance and a bit naughty.

"He is refusing to perform
at the lodge

"until someone can
solve his riddle.

"And I'm leaving that
challenge to you.

"You may have noticed some
giant presents around my lodge.

"One at a time,
they will open,

"revealing a clue to the title

"of DJ Scroogie's
favorite holiday song.

"When you think you know
the song,

"ring the silver bell
and make your official guess.

"But think long and hard,
because each of you

"only gets one guess.

"Just remember,
only the first player

"to ring in and correctly
name the title of the song

"has solved the riddle.

"As a thank you, I will
reward the winning player

"with the
Naughty and Nice Power.

"What is this power,
and how does it work?

"I will reveal that
once one of you

helps me out with DJ Scroogie."

Okay, follow me.

- Jordan tells us about
this Naughty and Nice Power,

and the guttural panic
begins to set in.

What is this going to be?

And all I can think is
that whoever wins it

will get at least safety.

So I feel like I
have to go for it.

- It's time to reveal
your first clue.

[suspenseful music]

- Interesting.
- Great.

- I will let y'all observe.

- This makes complete sense.

- Yeah.

- Oh, that old Christmas song.

I know it immediately.

In this challenge,
there are three boxes

that each have a clue in it.

And when you add all
three clues together,

you come up with the title
of a Christmas carol.

So the first clue is revealed.

It could be a house
or it could be a fireplace

or it could be snow.

There are so many
possibilities,

and you only get one guess.

- I'm just waiting
for to see something,

but I don't see--[laughs]

I am trying to win
this challenge.

It's the first one.

And whoever wins this is
going to get something,

and it's probably going
to be something good.

So I definitely want to win it.

- It's time for your next clue.

♪

- Awesome.

- A damn finger.

Only the first person
who guesses correctly

will win this challenge,

so I'm going to just
throw whatever out there

and see if it sticks.

- All right, house.

Let's go back to
check out the finger.

You got a house, and then
the finger's pointing up.

Wait.

Oh, Santa's reindeer
are on the house,

and then grandma walked out,

and the reindeer just
took her out.

[bell clangs]

DJ Scroogie's favorite song is

"Grandma Got Ran Over
by a Reindeer."

[bell clangs]

- Guys, if it's
not "Feliz Navidad,"

pack my [...]
and send me home,

'cause I don't got any clue
what the [...] is going on.

- It's time for your next clue.

[pensive music]

♪

- So it's a toy.

Everyone gets
a toy on Christmas

unless you're naughty, right?

I don't know what's
going on now.

Lord Jesus.

- I've got nothing.

- I thought that coming up
with DJ Scroogie's

favorite Christmas song
would be easy

because I love Christmas music,
but then I realized,

oh, there's actually
millions of Christmas songs

that are in this head.

- Is it a home?

- It's a home house,
home, house.

- House.

- It's the first day.
I don't even know

what this Naughty or Nice Power
is going to be,

so I'm really not trying
to go jingle balls to the wall

and win this
right out the gate.

I'll let somebody else take
this and see how it plays out.

- I got nothing.
I don't--

- You should just guess
just in case because--

- Yeah, but, like,
riddles are not my thing.

- This challenge is
really difficult.

And honestly, it makes me
a little frustrated.

We got a house.

I got a finger and a top.

I don't know what any of
this is supposed to mean.

It's like, my brain is
scrambled eggs right now.

♪

- What if it has
a different name?

- So Britney and I
are not known

for winning
physical challenges,

but this is a challenge
using your brain.

And we're pretty smart women.

Both moms.

I think we can
figure this out.

And that way,
whoever wins this power,

we can help each other out

because we don't know
what it is.

- I'm trying to think of--
just in case there's another

name for the song.
- Okay.

- ♪ Up on the housetop,
reindeer pause ♪

♪ Out jumps good
old Santa Claus ♪

Do you know that song?

Go.
Go say that in case.

Say "Old Saint Nick."

- "Old Saint Nick."

[suspenseful music]

- I got to pee.

- I'm positive I know
what the song is.

I'm not 100% sure that
I have the title right.

It's--[humming tune]

Yeah, I think
that's what it is.

I think that's what it is.

DJ Scrooge's favorite song
is "Up On the Housetop."

[upbeat music]

- Oh, my God.

- "Up on the Housetop."

- "Up on the Housetop."

- Everyone come to the kitchen.

We have a winner.

- We got a winner.

[suspenseful music]

♪

- Congratulations...

[tense music]

♪

Britney.

[cheering]

You figured out DJ Scroogie's
favorite song,

"Up on the Housetop."

[air horn blares]

["Up on the Housetop"
electronic version playing]

♪

- ♪ Up on the housetop,
reindeer pause ♪

♪

♪ Out jumps
good ol' Santa Claus ♪

♪

♪ Down through the chimney
with lots of toys ♪

♪

♪ All for the little ones'
Christmas joys ♪

♪ Oh, ho, ho

♪ Who wouldn't go?

♪ Oh, ho, ho

♪ Who wouldn't go?

♪ Up on the housetop,
click click click ♪

♪ Down through the chimney
with good Saint Nick ♪

- All right. Thank you, DJ.

- Bye.

- DJ Scroogie definitely knows

how to get the party started.

"Congratulations, Britney.

"You have earned
the Naughty and Nice Power.

"As the winner,
this power is nice for you

"because it will give
you an advantage

at the next challenge,
the Jingle Bell Brawl."

[cheering]

"But there's more.

"Britney, you also get to put
somebody on the naughty list,

"giving them a disadvantage
in the same challenge.

"And in a game where winning

"and losing challenges
is critical,

"these advantages
and disadvantages

"could be the difference
between staying and going.

"Britney, when you hear
the jingle bells ring,

"you will need to come
to the living room

and announce your decision."

- I don't love this.

Jordan mentions that
Britney not only is

going to have an advantage

but has to hand out
a disadvantage.

And Santa has already
told us that in this game,

challenges are going
to be everything.

So getting
a disadvantage could be

completely devastating
to my game.

I'm known for winning
"Big Brother: All-Stars,"

so I know I'm already
going to be a target.

And not having a relationship
with Britney

could be a big problem for me.

- I feel great with Britney,
but being the new guy in town,

I know that there's a target
on my back already.

So you never know
what's gonna happen.

- Hold on. Advantage?

So it's just going to be, like,
a little bit easier for me?

I'm excited to have won,
but then also

I have to create an enemy.

That doesn't sound
like a great time.

That doesn't sound
like what I thought

this power was going to be.

I have been bamboozled.

I would like to have
a word with Santa, please.

[quirky festive music]

- Don't you dare give me
the disadvantage.

- I win the first power,
and good for you, Britney.

I will be given an advantage
in the Jingle Bell Brawl.

And oh, I get to give
a disadvantage

and make an enemy.

Oh great, for solving a riddle,
thank you.

Thank you, DJ Scroogie.

[air horn blares]

I would be crazy not to give
this disadvantage to someone

who I think could beat me
in a challenge.

Fact of the matter is
you and I

and the rest of the girls
in this house

are better together--
- Yeah.

- Than if we fraction off.

- I'm not going after you.

Frankie and Cody are like this.

That's the scary duo.

Okay?

Cody really betrayed me
the last time

we played a game together.

So the fact that Frankie
and him are really close,

either one of them could
get the disadvantage.

And I think that'd be
really good for my game.

- Whatever you guys want,
I'm with you guys.

Who do you think?
- Who do you think?

- Cody...

and Cameron...

and Xavier are really good
at competitions.

- The fact that
it's a brawl tells me...

- It's muscles.
- It's something physical.

It's called a brawl,
not a bra.

I really want this
decision to seem

like it came
from the collective,

rather than my own
original idea.

If I can pass some of the blame
on literally anyone else,

that would be great.

I feel like I should
have thought about how

bad this is before I guessed.

So I kick off my meetings
in my power lair

next to the bathroom.

♪

[toilet flushes]

So official, the meetings.

[wind blows]

- So do I need to brace myself?

Or what do you want me to do?
- I don't know.

What do you want to do?

- Not be given
whatever that thing is.

- Mm-hmm.
- But...

would be cool
to work with you.

- Okay.
- Super cool.

- Okay.
- Very cool.

- Most of these people,
this is the first conversation

I have ever had with them.

Cameron just got out of
the "Big Brother" 25 house.

And that is evident.

He is looking tired, haggard,
mentally exhausted.

I think he's still losing sleep
about whatever

went wrong on BB25.

[wind blows]

- I mean, I feel good with you.

- I feel good with you.

- Yeah, so any way we can look
out for each other, we will.

- Awesome.

I actually, for some weird
reason, really like Josh.

But he's the one
that I see on Instagram

flipping tractor tires
and pushing dumpsters for fun.

So I'm very intimidated
by him physically.

I'm very intimidated
by the competitor

that I know he is,
and like a little bit

of maybe a loose cannon maniac.

[wind blows]

- Nice.

- This is actually
my first time meeting Cody.

And he's definitely a contender
for this disadvantage.

Between just being known to be

a very physical,
competitive guy,

he feels warm and just
like a really nice guy,

which is like
the perfect formula

for winning one of these games.

- What are you thinking?
- To be honest with you,

I think I'm just going to,
like, take the consensus.

- Take a consensus?
- Mm-hmm.

I'm just going
to take the votes.

And I'm just going to be
like the polling place.

- Mm-hmm.
I want her to say,

you don't have to worry.

I'm not gonna give you
the disadvantage.

I don't get that from her.

She says she's going
with the house consensus.

So I don't know how to feel.

- I'm just gonna announce
the results of the poll.

I think that's my strategy.

- Are you gonna
put it that way too?

[wind blows]

- Okay, this is the worst.

There's no one here
from any seasons that

I competed on.
- Yeah.

- So, you know,
I feel a little on the outside.

Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah.

- So my ask would be for people
who I do not disadvantage,

like, that they would just,
like, take note of that.

- Yeah.

- When I talked to Xavier,
he's serving me,

like, a big plate of just air.

- I get that.

- There's no meat.

There's no substance.

There's nothing
to actually take.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

- Yeah.

- But like, seemingly
no original thoughts.

- Yeah. Yeah.

♪

- I'm really proud of you.

- It should have amounted
to safety, but thank you.

- Very cool to watch you
do this in real life.

- I mean,
I'm getting a lot of credit

for knowing a Christmas carol.

Okay, so what would you do?

- The big boys.

[bells jingle]

I don't think any of those
boys would be mad at you.

- Okay.
- I don't.

They'd be like,
whatever, it's fine.

It's a game.

Wanting to prove that they
can survive the decision.

They're gonna
be like whatever.

Also,
everyone's a [...] winner.

- Xavier didn't win.

[springs boings]

- He didn't?
- Did he win?

- I think he did.
- Oh.

- Yes, he won the--
he won the--

he won the Cookout.

- He won?
- Yes.

- [laughs] What?

[wind blows]

- I'm so glad you won that.

- Are the guys telling--
what are they telling you?

Does it just sound
like lip service?

- Xavier, he basically
said nothing.

- It seems like Britney's
thinking about giving

Xavier the disadvantage.

And I need her to pump
the brakes a little bit.

I need X to be
not only an ally,

but also a weapon for me.

- What would you do?

- Cody, are you kidding me?

Cody's at the top
of my hit list

because people let him
slip through the cracks

and get too far in the game.

And next thing you know, he's
winning his way to the end.

I need to cut this gingerbread
man off at the legs right now.

- Okay, do you want to let him
go far in the game?

- I know. Thanks.

I think my stress level
is higher now.

God, it's such a--

it's such a really hard thing
to weigh

because Cody's obviously
very physical.

Then you have Xavier is also
a very physically fit,

very active,
whatever, whatever.

I'm gonna make an enemy, which
is like the last thing I need.

I am going to put
a disadvantage

on someone that, in return,
they could do the same to me.

Honestly, so far,
the Christmas surprises

are neither fun nor festive.

[groans]

[tense music]

Why?

[cheerful music]

♪

- I guess we'll see.

- Yeah, when I heard the first
kind of, I guess, like, twist,

so to speak--
I was like okay--

[bells jingle]
- Ahh!

- [laughs]

- It's scary.

Whenever you hear
Santa's jingle his bells,

and it's impossible not to
hear them, they're really loud.

We all have to head
into the living room.

That scared me.

- Oh, my gosh.

- Ah, Santa, are you good?

These jingle bells
are no joke.

Oh, God.

- I'm so scared.

[bells jingling]

- As the winner of
the Naughty and Nice Power,

I have earned an advantage

in the upcoming
Jingle Bell Brawl.

[bells chiming]

But I also get to put someone
on the Naughty List,

giving them a disadvantage.

I don't want to put anyone
on the Naughty List.

Alas, Santa says I must.

[tense music]

- Honestly,
I'm hoping it's not me.

Go over there, go over there.

Don't pay attention to me.

I'm trying to sink into
the sofa right now.

♪

- Please, please,
please, please,

please, please, please,
please, please, please, please

don't use this thing on me.

I don't want to be
the first person

to receive a disadvantage.

I don't even know what it is.

It could be completely awful.

♪

- I'm hoping Britney doesn't
give the disadvantage to me.

Look, Britney,

I know my pants are giving
big Grinch energy.

But, like, you don't need to
throw me on the Naughty List.

I'm trying to save Christmas.

- The lodge is filled with
past winners of "Big Brother,"

and people that do extremely
well in challenges.

Look away from me and not
give me the disadvantage.

Put it on somebody else.

- I have decided to put...

[tense music]

♪

Cody on the naughty list.

- What?

[lively music]

♪

I was so good this year.

Guess Santa
didn't tell you that.

It's unbelievable.

♪

- [whines]

I'm really sorry.

- It's okay.
It's all right.

- Aw.

- Everyone get ready
for a Christmas clash.

Because the Jingle Bell Brawl
starts soon.

- And the games have begun.

[cheering]

- Cody's obviously
an amazing competitor.

The fact that
his name came up so much,

people are clearly
very intimidated by him.

- Oh, Cody, it's okay, man.

- However, I worry
about getting blowback

from all of the people
that he's close friends with

in addition to him.

How fun.

- It's okay. It's totally fine.

Don't worry about it.

- I'm glad Cody
got the disadvantage

just because maybe this will
level the playing field, duh.

- Honestly,
this game is kind of going

exactly how I want it to.

I don't want to get too cocky,

but I'm feeling
pretty good right now.

- Guys, we don't have to--
- No, we're doing it.

I'm forcing you to do this.
- We're doing it?

- We're doing it.
We're doing it. We're doing it.

- Britney put me
on the naughty list.

I've been good all year.

She mentioned that she was
trying to take a house poll.

So it's gonna be interesting
to figure out

who was mentioning my name.

But I'm definitely
not going to let

the disadvantage hinder me.

And I'm going to be winning
the Jingle Bell Brawl.

- And now we have to brawl.

Let's brawl.

[whimsical orchestral music]

♪

[cheers and applause]

- Oh, my God!

♪

- Ahh!

- Oh, my goodness,
I love all things Christmas.

And this candy cane forest is
a literal winter wonderland.

And I'm so excited
for this Jingle Bell Brawl.

Yay!

Let's go.

♪

- I love the walkout.

[laughter]

"Welcome to the first
Jingle Bell Brawl

of Reindeer Games!"
[cheering]

- Let's go.

- "Win this challenge,

and not only will Santa
give you safety for the day"...

- [whistles]

- "But the winner
will also have

a huge responsibility"...

- Ooh!

- "They will earn the power
to play a crucial role

in deciding
who will be going home."

[dramatic music]

♪

- The Jingle Bell Brawl
is actually going

to give safety to the winner.

What a concept!

So I'm like,
"This one seems

actually really quite
important."

I have put myself
at a disadvantage

by giving someone else
a disadvantage.

So it might be the best idea
for me to just try

to win safety
because I feel like

I've already made a little bit
of a target of myself.

♪

- "Welcome to the first
Jingle Bell Brawl

"of Reindeer Games!

[cheers and applause]

"So what's stressing Santa out
today?

"Well, there's a massive backup
at the North Pole post office.

"The letters to Santa have
stopped being delivered.

"Without these letters,
Santa has no idea

"what presents kids all over
the world want for Christmas,

"so he needs your assistance
delivering the mail.

"Everyone, head to your mailbox

deep in the Candy Cane Forest."

- Ooh.

- Listen, girl,
I have to go in

and win this Jingle Bell Brawl
challenge because who wants

to be the first one sent home,
you know, from the lodge?

You know, I like the lodge.
The lodge is cozy and warm.

I got my sweater on.

I want to play in
those Reindeer Games,

so I need to stay
in the lodge, period.

Simple as that.

- "With your help,
we'll get the North Pole mail

"back on track.

"On the sound
of the Christmas bell,

"grab one of your letters.

"Race across
your candy cane bridge,

"and once there,
you have a big decision to make

"because you must place
your letter

"in another player's mailbox.

"You can give all your letters
to one player

"or distribute them
amongst many.

"It's completely up to you.

"Once you have delivered
your letters

"to the central
sorting station,

"you must then take any letters

"the other players
have given to you

"and deliver them
one at a time

"back to your
starting mailbox.

"The more letters given
to a specific player,

"the more trips
they will have to make.

"Britney, because you earned
a nice advantage,

"you will start
with one less envelope

"in your mailbox.

Cody"...
- Yeah.

- "Because you were given

"the naughty disadvantage,

"that envelope is already
in your mailbox.

"That means you already have
an extra trip to make.

"The first player to deliver
all their letters

"and then redeliver
all the letters given to them

"and hit their button
will win safety

and the first
Jingle Bell Brawl."

[cheers and applause]

- The fact that Britney has
given me a disadvantage

makes it pretty clear

that I already have a target
on my back.

So I need to win safety here,

but having this disadvantage
is gonna make it

that much harder
for me to do that.

I know I need to go hard
in the snow

so I can overcome
this avalanche

and win the Jingle Bell Brawl.

- This is so crazy, man.

I can't believe I'm here.

I really wanna win
this Jingle Bell Brawl.

Safety's on the line.

If I can win safety
in this challenge,

it will buy me time to get
to know everybody in here

and possibly prolong my stay
here in the lodge,

making it all the way down
to the Reindeer Games.

- Is everyone ready?

both: Yes!
- Yeah!

[tense music]

♪

[bell dings]

[upbeat music]

- How scary is this?

[buzzer blares]

- I'm putting one in each,
one in everybody.

This is a political game.

So in order
to keep everyone happy,

I scream out at the top
of this challenge,

"I'm gonna put one letter
in everyone's mailbox."

So I do not wanna be
singled out

by any
of the other competitors.

I need to win
this Jingle Bell Brawl

so that I can get
a big threat out of the lodge

to further my game

to the Reindeer Games!

That's it. Fair.

I'm very fair.

- These letters are piling up.

[dramatic music]

- This Jingle Bell Brawl
is pretty simple.

We have to deliver
our letters

to the central
sorting station.

But you wanna put your letters

into the mailbox of someone

that you don't want
to win this.

And that's important,
because once you've delivered

all of your letters,
you can start emptying letters

from your own mailbox.

Whoever is the first
to empty their own mailbox

wins this challenge.

- Cody, I see you.

- [high-pitched]
I see what you're doing, Cody.

- Cody is putting his mail
into my slot,

which is totally not cool.

I didn't give him permission
to do that.

You made the first move.

- Another letter for Cody.

- You know what?

Two can play that game, Cody.

- It's the closest one, girl.
It ain't personal.

- Seems like a lot of people
are targeting Cameron.

- Good Lord, guys!

- This is a sabotage challenge.

Sadly, the odd man out
is gonna be targeted,

and Cameron's
a strong competitor.

It's nothing against the guy.

It's just, he's new to this
whole "Big Brother" family.

So it's like, sorry, buddy,
I guess.

I think that's just
the best move right now.

And I think that everybody's
just gonna go that direction.

- Cameron's letters
are really piling up.

- I'm noticing that everyone
has been putting

their letters in my box,

which means
they are all targeting me.

That doesn't bother me.

I'm no stranger
to a little bit of pressure.

So it's definitely gonna
make me play that much harder.

I have so much mail!

- Cameron, your sorting station
is filling up.

- This challenge is designed
to force people

to show their cards.

It's gonna force people
to kind of show

who they're targeting
and who they might

potentially be working with.

As the game's going on,
I'm noticing everybody

is shoving their letters
in Cam's mailbox.

I'm sorry, Cam.
- There's so much mail.

- [laughs] I know, buddy.

Cam, I don't really know you,
man,

so I'ma throw my mail

right in your box too, bro.

- You full, baby?

- Yeah, a good bit going here.

Knowing that I have
this extreme uphill battle,

I'm just going
to stay on pace,

make sure that I do everything
that I'm supposed to do,

don't look at anybody else,

keep my balance,
and keep moving.

I've been fangirling all day,

but it's time to focus in
and show them that I belong.

Y'all gotta be outta mail
by now.

- Poor Cameron.
He's a rookie,

and his box is completely full.

So many people
have sent him hate mail

that he no longer has
the capacity

to receive any more.

[upbeat music]

I'm gonna go
with the next best option,

which is Cody.

It's right next door.

I've already shown my cards
with him

with the disadvantage.

So I might as well just send
all my other letters his way.

[upbeat music]

♪

- First challenge, I laid low,

but now that I know
safety's at stake,

it only makes sense
for me to go all out.

In this Jingle Bell Brawl,

I'm targeting Cody
with my letters.

I think if you give that guy
a inch, he'll take a mile.

I'm hoping that Cody
and Cameron will have

the most amount
of letters in their box

so that whoever wins
this power,

if it isn't me,

will look at those as two
easy targets in the end.

- My mailbox is
full of letters.

I'm getting 'em from Britney,
who obviously gave me

the disadvantage,
from Nicole 'cause she was mad

that I was putting 'em
in hers.

But Taylor's putting 'em
in my mailbox,

and I wasn't even
going near hers.

So that's kind of alarming
to me.

All this is doing is adding
a yule log to my fire

and making me want
to go even faster.

- Oh!
[buzzer blares]

Damn it.
- So, as y'all know,

Joshua, Mr. Fit,
always working out.

He could not balance himself
on that beam to save his life.

[buzzer blares]

- Listen, I'm 230 pounds, 6'1".
I'm a big dude.

I'm good on the floor.
I'm good head-to-head.

Walking across...
[buzzer blaring]

This balance beam,
I'm struggling.

Every time I fall off
the balance beam

I need to go back
and start over.

And now I'm starting to get
frustrated and pissed off.

Oh, my God.
[buzzer blares]

- Maybe he had
too many meatballs.

I don't know.
[laughs]

I don't know.

[tense music]

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- See you later.

- Cody is almost there.

- Now that I've given out
all my notes,

I need to now empty out
my mailbox

in the center of the station.

There are a ton of notes
in my mailbox.

I am flying, next-level speed.

Nobody's gonna be going--
oh!

[music distorts]

- [in slow-mo] Ooh!

Ooh! That's gotta hurt.

- [groans]
- I heard Cody crash,

and I'm not upset about it
because--

[laughs]
That's so mean.

- [groans in slo-mo]
- I just--

[laughs]
Oh, shoot.

Nicole, Nicole, Nicole.

- Cody, you okay?
- Yeah, I'm good.

I'm good. I'm good.

[upbeat holiday music]

- So I'm noticing my stack
is getting smaller

and smaller and smaller,
and I'm realizing

I think my strategy is working

because no one is putting
letters in my mailbox.

- I see that my mailbox
is close to empty,

and that's fantastic.

It means that nobody's coming
after me

even though
they probably should be.

- Taylor's hot
on Frankie's heels.

- Now I just have
to take the few letters

that are there back
to my mailbox

and win this challenge.

- So it's coming to the end.

I see the golden letter.

I am so close
to finishing this, and...

- Frankie,
I'm giving you another one.

- [pants]
Give it to me.

Xavier shoves a letter
in my mailbox!

Thanks, Xavier!

Xavier was on my nice list,

but I might have to put him
on my naughty list after that.

Hmm.
[dog growling]

- Frankie's down
to his last letter.

- I'm like, "Who's--
who got only one little card?

"Is that Frank--oh, uh-uh,
Frankie, uh-uh."

Frankie,
you can't have it too easy.

[laughs]

You have to earn that win.

[laughs]
- Danielle!

Get out of my mailbox!

- Look, Frankie is a force
to be reckoned with, period.

And if anyone thinks otherwise,
they are fooling themselves.

- Frankie, yours is the quick--
closest box.

[intense music]

- As I grab one piece of mail,

I take it to my place.

I come back to the mailbox
in the middle,

and it's full again.

Not only am I removing mail,

mail is still coming
into my box.

Like, come on, guys.
Something's gotta give.

I'll take that.

I'll take it for you.

[laughs]

- Easy, easy. Oh, no!
[buzzer blares]

- Come on, Nicole.
[buzzer blares]

- If he makes it with this
letter, he's the winner.

[suspenseful music]

♪

Congratulations, Frankie.

- Way to go, Frankie.

- Whoo!
- Good job.

[celebratory music]

- Good job, Frankie!
[applause]

- "You have helped deliver
Santa's mail the fastest,

and have won
the Jingle Bell Brawl."

- Yeah, come on.
- Yeah!

Congratulations.
- Put the dukes up.

Thank you so much.
Thank you.

I won!
That is just so typically me.

[gasps] Looks like I'm gonna
be sticking around

Santa's Lodge
a little bit longer.

- "Not only are you now safe
from today's elimination,

but Santa is giving you
an extraordinary power."

- Oh.

- "It will be up to you,
and you alone, to decide

which two players to send
to the first Santa Showdown."

- Okay.

- Oh, my God.

- "Being sent to Santa Showdown

means you are at risk
of going home"...

- Wow.

- "Because, in this challenge,

"lose and you will be
eliminated

"with no chance of going
to the Reindeer Games,

"ending your shot
at the $100,000 grand prize.

"So, Frankie,
you will be putting

two players' games
in jeopardy."

- So now I get to decide
who goes into Santa's Showdown.

This lodge is filled
with threats.

And I need to figure out
how to get one of them out

but protect myself
in the process

and minimize my exposure
for retaliation.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

- I really wanted
to win this challenge

for myself
and keep myself safe.

But Frankie winning is perfect.

He's my number one person
in this game,

and so I know
he's gonna protect me

and he's gonna take care of me.

So I couldn't be happier.

- Cody winning would have been

the worst-case scenario
for me in this case, I think.

Frankie winning--I feel
pretty good with Frankie.

I think that it'll be okay.

I don't feel like
he's targeting me,

and I will survive another day
in the lodge.

- Yay!
- Great job, Frankie.

Frankie wins
the Jingle Bell Brawl,

and I would be lying if I said
I wasn't a little uneasy.

Because I don't know
Frankie that well.

I did put a card in his slot,

but I'm hoping he's looking
at somebody else.

I think who he'll select
will ultimately come down

to what he thinks is best
for him moving forward.

- Based on how
this competition went,

I can tell I'm on a lot
of people's radar.

That's pretty scary.
I don't wanna be picked

for Santa's Showdown,
and I definitely don't wanna

go home on the first day.

That'd be bad.

- I'll see you
at Santa's Showdown.

Now you can head back
in Santa's Lodge.

- Everyone, prance after me.

Everyone must prance.

♪

- God, you're a beast, dude.
[laughs]

I--honestly, though,
when we walked into that--

- This is gonna be perfect
for us.

- It's gonna be great--well,
because now, like, you've--

- You've been called out.
I've been--I am target, target,

with the rest of the house,
like, my--

I'm, like, don't know how
I'm gonna keep, like...

- [whispers] Hey.
- Everyone happy.

- You guys coming after me?
Just be honest.

- Oh, yeah.
If I would have won,

I would have put you down.

[bells distort]

No.
- No, of course not. Nicole.

Nicole, look at me.
Look at me.

This is--this, to me,
is special.

- Yeah.
- Like, walking into the house

and seeing you, like,
I would be very happy

to play the Reindeer Games
with you two idiots...

both: Yeah.
- And redo season 16.

I'm not gonna send you
to Santa's Showdown.

You know what I'm saying?
I don't think any of us should

send each other
to Santa's Showdown.

- Yeah, exactly.
- I think it's silly.

It's stupid.
- I won't send you guys.

All right, change of plans.

I am going to use
my "Big Brother" 16 card.

Frankie, Cody, and I all played
together on "Big Brother" 16.

So right now I'm just like,

"Yes, we're still
all best friends."

Because even though
I'm targeting them,

I do not want Frankie
to put me in Santa's Showdown.

Nothing says the holidays
like backstabbing.

I gotta do what I gotta do.

[laughs]

- Who do I send
to Santa's Showdown?

- I don't know.
- It goes to, like,

you wanna be able to,
like, beat these people

down the line.
- Yeah.

- So it's gotta be, like,
strong for strong.

- So I need to start sending

strong people home immediately.
- Mm-hmm.

- I definitely wanna send
two very strong competitors

into Santa's Showdown

and send one of them home.

I just have
to figure out which two.

[tense music]

[tense music]

♪

- [gasps] Oh, my--stop it.
I'm getting in position!

Stop it.

Because I won
the Jingle Bell Brawl,

I have to choose two players
to send into Santa's Showdown.

Does this ding?

[bell rings]

There is no voting here
in Santa's Lodge.

One of them will leave.

Bye-bye.

But the other one
is gonna stay.

So I have to make sure
that whoever stays is someone

that's not gonna
be too mad at me

and try
to retaliate immediately.

Well, hello.
Welcome. Come on in.

- Hello, Daddy.
- Welcome to Santa's office.

So now that I have the power
to send someone

into Santa's Showdown,

I definitely wanna send home
a big competitive threat.

So that's one less person
that I have to worry about

winning any of these challenges
moving forward.

- Okay.
So what's your plan?

- Everyone was
stuffing Cameron's box,

so I feel like that's easy.

[whispers] Who do I put up
against Cameron?

- Who can beat him?

- Cody,

X,

and Josh.

- Either three,
I'll support you.

I feel good about this.

Frankie--if he can go after
one of those guys,

it's a win-win for Danielle.

He's doing my dirty work.
I ain't gotta do nothing.

The end of this show,

I'm don't expect a lot
of Christmas presents.

But it's okay,
because I have the check.

So whatever you do, I got you.

- Yeah.
Okay, great.

Good team.
- I got you, boo.

- Good. Great.

- There's a solid chance
it's gonna be me and you...

- It's very possible.
- Whatever this thing is.

- It's very--it's like--
- I mean, I like Frankie

and I feel pretty good
with him, but I don't.

- But the thing is, I-I have
a pretty good relationship

with Frankie.

'Cause, like,
outside of the house...

- Mm-hmm.
- Like, we're pretty close.

So, like, I think it may, like,
save me a little bit.

[soft mysterious music]

- Uh, you're fine.
- Okay.

- We just need to get the--
the big, big, strong guys out.

And then Cody is just--

is still another strong player
in the house.

But I think
he's gonna keep us safe.

I don't think--
you guys are fine, right?

- Yes.
- Okay, good.

But I'm not gonna do that.

I don't think
he's coming for me.

- No. [laughs]

I don't--I don't wanna pitch
Cody at all.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Mm-mm.
- You don't?

- Mm-mm.
I always feel nervous.

I don't know.

- Mm-mm.
- How do you feel?

[whip cracks]

- Why do you think you got
so many envelopes in your box?

- I'm gonna go with
a little bit of the rookie.

- Yeah.

- Hazing the new guy.
I'm cool with it.

It's cool.
- I know.

- I play hard.

- And I respect that
tremendously,

just so you know.

I want hard competitors
in the end.

Like, I want the Reindeer Games
to be, like, crazy.

- Right.

- I think we could help
each other in this game.

- I would love that.

- I'm just letting you know

that I might be hearing
your name a lot.

- Mm-hmm.
- That's all.

- Yep.

- And so I'm trying
to figure out

how to get the least amount
of blood on my hands

on day one.

- I've done this song
and dance before, brother.

I catch the eerie feeling
that Frankie is leaning towards

putting me
in Santa's Showdown.

I gotta let him know
that I'm someone

that he would like
to work with,

not go ahead and get gone.

If you're thinking of keeping

strong competitors down
to the end...

- Yeah.
- And keeping your name off

of everyone's radar,

having already won
the first big challenge...

- Yeah.
- That's gonna be tough.

- I know.
- So the blood's already there.

- I know.
- So what do we do now?

'Cause I can do whatever
you need me to do.

- Cameron is such a sweetheart.

And I really do wanna work
with him, but, unfortunately,

he's kind of
already been branded

as the outcast of this lodge.

Cameron's mailbox
was more stuffed

than I am
after Christmas dinner.

Sorry, Cameron,
but I'm gonna have

to send you
into Santa's Showdown.

The only question is,
who am I gonna send with you?

- [laughs awkwardly]
Okay.

- Oh, it was a good pitch.
It was a good pitch.

- Thank you.
- You know what you're doing.

- No.

- Talk to me.

- I feel like a lot of people

put envelopes
in Cameron's slot.

- Yeah.

- So that's something
I'm considering.

- Okay.
- [sighs]

- Like, I want you to see that,

like, we can work together,
and it's possible.

- Yeah, of course.
Let's figure it out.

Well, let me go talk
to the rest of house

and see what
everyone's thinking.

- Now who are you thinking
for the second spot?

- [sighs] I don't know.
- Yeah.

- Somebody
that can beat Cameron.

- Yeah.
- If I put Cameron in,

then I don't want him
to come back.

- Yeah, that's gonna be tough.
- He's very strong.

- He is.
And he's a good competitor.

Well, do you feel good with me?

- I mean, I feel good with you.

- After talking to Frankie,
I feel better.

But I don't think
he gave me any assurances

that I'm not potentially going
into Santa's Showdown.

So I don't feel
completely safe.

I'm ready to go
to Santa's Showdown,

but I'm hoping I don't have
to see it.

Well, I do hope we have
the chance to work together.

If you keep me safe,
I hope you give me

the opportunity to repay that.

[soft suspenseful music]

- How are you feeling?

- I'm feeling okay.

- Yeah.

- I think I'm just
an easy person to go after.

- Because you're so good.
[laughs]

- Of course I'm not worried
that Frankie's gonna throw me

into Santa's Showdown,

but I have to put this face on

because the last thing
I ever want

is Frankie and I down there,
going against each other,

facing off in Santa's Showdown.

- But in a way,
it's a compliment,

even though
it doesn't feel like it.

- How are you with Cody?

- I just feel like
taking a shot at Cody

day one is wild and crazy.

- So when do you wanna do it,
day three,

at the Reindeer Games?
- [laughs]

- Frankie, there are people in
this house that

if you don't take a shot
day one, two, and three,

they're gonna be playing
Reindeer Games

and leaving your ass behind.

- I know.
No, you're 100% right.

And he's an enormous threat.

- Who else are you considering?

- Uh, Cameron.

Or X or Josh.

- I don't want to put X
in jeopardy right now, not yet.

- Oh.
[scoffs]

Do we have alliances
on day one?

Hmm, sorry, Taylor,

but I'm not gonna send
my number one

into Santa's Showdown.

But good to know that you have
a number one of your own

that you're trying to protect.

I'm just gonna file that away
for further reference later.

Got it.

- It was kind of eye-opening
for me

to see how many I got
from multiple people.

- No, Cody, it's scary,
because the thing is, like,

because people
are pitching you.

- Who?
- Not the boys.

The boys have been very quiet.
No one has really given names.

- I can't imagine Nicole is
saying me to you.

- [laughs]

- No, she's not.
- That's what I'm saying.

- No, Nicole is good.
- I feel like--

- Nicole is like "BB16.
We're great."

- Is Danielle mentioning me?

But it's because she's trying
to protect X.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Damn.

Taylor putting letters in
my mailbox I can understand.

Maybe I'll overlook that,

but now hearing
that she's trying

to throw my name in the fire
for Santa's Showdown,

this is really surprising
to me 'cause Taylor and I were

building a pretty good rapport
all day long.

And it kind of
makes me feel like

she might have been
one of the people that was

throwing my name
to Britney early on.

I feel like I've been
underestimating Taylor,

but I am not doing
that anymore.

And now I have my eye on her.

[laughs]
She's [...] good, man.

- Well, people are scared
of you 'cause you won.

- Yeah.

[bells jingling]
- [gasps] God.

[suspenseful music]

♪

- [vocalizing]

[soft chatter]

- We can all fit.

[bells jingling]

- I'm prancing.

- I can't wait.
- [laughs]

[applause]
- What an entrance.

- As the winner
of the Jingle Bell Brawl,

I must choose two people

to face off
in Santa's Showdown.

Win at Santa's Showdown,
and you'll prove to Santa

you have the chestnuts
to continue on.

- [chuckles]

- Lose,
and you'll be eliminated,

sending you home
for the holidays.

- I got a pretty bad feeling
about this,

but I'm hanging on
to the small chance

that Frankie's not gonna
send me to Santa's Showdown.

I mean,
I don't wanna leave yet.

I love this place.
Not to mention,

I gotta make it
to Reindeer Games

so I can win that 100K.

- I trust Frankie to ultimately
do what makes more sense.

We are here to play a game.

And when you play games,
you eliminate people

that are strong,
competitive threats to you.

That strong, competitive threat
to me

and so many other people
in the house is Cody.

It doesn't make sense
to let him get far.

So I want Cody up
for elimination.

- The first person
I'm choosing is...

Cameron.

- Okay.

- I'm sorry.
- Familiar territory.

- I know, I know, I know.
I'm sorry.

[sighs]

The second person
I'm choosing is...

Xavier.

♪

I'm so sorry to have
to do this to you.

It is such a fast game,

we barely had time
to really get a chance

to know each other.

So my decision today
is based on the fact

that you received
the most envelopes in your box.

This is not personal
or to be petty,

but you put an envelope
in my box,

so it made my decision
all that more easy.

All right, Cameron and Xavier,

you will be heading into
Santa's Showdown very soon,

which, unfortunately, means
that one of you will be headed

ho, ho, home.

- I'm not surprised,
but I am juiced up.

This is the first
Santa Showdown.

And I'm facing off
with who I believe to be one

of the best competitors
"Big Brother" has ever seen,

Xavier.

Frankie, if you wanna see
a showdown,

you called
the right two numbers.

I'm ready to rock
this thing out, man.

Let's go.

- Here you go, brother.
- It's all good.

Damn, Frankie.

Honestly, his decision
isn't surprising.

This is a very sped-up game,
and I really haven't had time

to cultivate any type
of relationship with Frankie.

- This is the game.
- I know.

- There are only
a certain number of options,

so it makes sense
as to why he threw me down

to Santa's Showdown,
but it still sucks.

I'll be damned if I'm 'bout
to be the first person

to go home.

Cam, you seem like a good guy,

but I gotta make it
to the Reindeer Games,

which means
at Santa's Showdown,

you gotta go.

- Are y'all having
friggin' fun yet?

You better be having fun.

We're having fun, damn it!

[laughs]

♪

[soaring music]

♪

- Santa's workshop.
- Ho, ho, ho.

- Goodness. Aah!

[gasps]
I love Christmas!

[bright percussive music]

- It's so cute.
- Oh.

♪

- Ho, ho, ho.

♪

- Hi, elf.

♪

[cheering]

- Let's go.

- We walk
into Santa's Showdown,

and I see nutcrackers,

I see presents,

I see Christmas trees.

I really wish I could sit here
and, like,

feel all the Christmas joy,

but I gotta compete
in Santa's Showdown,

so...

bah-humbug.

- "In this challenge,

"Cameron and Xavier
will be facing off.

"The yeti
in the Candy Cane Forest

"is getting angry
'cause he hates being cold,

"but Santa has designed
an enormous yeti sweater.

"But he needs you to make it.

"Next to
your sweater-building station,

"you each have a sack
with 57 sweater parts.

"On 'Go,' you must assemble
the sweater

"as fast as possible.

"The sweater is
quite intricate,

"so Santa has left you
his design

"in case you need help.

"The first player to correctly
complete their yeti sweater

"and hit their button wins.
[bell dinging]

"If successful,
you will survive the day

"and continue on your quest
to Reindeer Games.

"Lose,

"and you're up Candy Cane Creek
without a paddle.

That means
you will be eliminated."

- Good luck.

- Yay. To elimination.

- Listen, Cameron and Xavier,

they both seem like
great guys,

but the reality is,

they're both also huge threats
to my game.

So whoever returns, fine by me,

as long as one of you
goes home--don't care which.

And whoever does come back
into the lodge,

I hope can start working
on a relationship with them.

There's no revenge
in Reindeer Games.

- Santa's Showdown
is do-or-die.

This is
the most important challenge

that I've probably ever
competed in.

I want to show everyone
that I can play this game.

I am such a fan of X.

He is one
of the best competitors

I have ever seen,
so smart, so quick.

He's amazing, but, damn,
I gotta win this.

My life in this game
is at stake.

And I really don't want to be
the first person to go home,

so I'm gonna put myself
in a position to win 100K,

and it's gonna start
with beating Cam right now.

The fate of my game
and the fate

of Christmas depends on it.

- Are you ready?

- Mm-hmm.

- Good luck.

[air horn blares]

[dramatic music]

- Merry Christmas.

[cheering]

Okay.

♪

To win Santa's Showdown,

we have to use
57 puzzle pieces

to complete a yeti's sweater.

Okay, now we going.

Off to the side,
we have a reference

that shows us exactly
what the puzzle

is supposed to look like.

The first person
to assemble their sweater

and then mash the button
wins Santa's Showdown.

And the loser catches
the next sleigh outta town.

Normally, when you do
a puzzle, you want to start

on the borders
and work yourself in.

Puzzle like this,
I want to try to build

the reindeer face first
and work outward.

The reindeer is
the focal point

of the entire sweater,
so I figure

if I figure out how the face
kinda goes together,

everything will kind of
fall together.

[upbeat holiday music]

- I'm actually rooting for
Cameron in the Santa Showdown

because Cameron is sort of
on an island.

Cameron doesn't really have
any relationships

in the lodge,
so I feel like going forward,

he could potentially be
more workable.

- Way to go, X.

- Totally different strategies.

- This sweater is complicated
all the way around,

but I think if I tackle
the sleeves first,

it'll make putting the face
together that much easier.

Red.

I started to develop a method

where I would go to the photo,

look at the piece
that I wanted to find,

then put it
in the corresponding spot.

And it meant going
back and forth a lot,

but I found that
to be pretty effective.

- Xavier is starting
with the sleeves.

Cameron's starting
in the middle.

Never seen that before.

Two strategies, but there can
only be one winner.

- Good hustle, guys.
- You're crushing it, boys.

- It's a lot.
- Good hustle.

- I'm sweating watching this.
- Yeah.

♪

- Typically, I fancy myself
a puzzle person,

but this puzzle is not easy.

Not only are there
57,000 puzzle pieces,

this ugly Christmas sweater
has distracting nuisances

all over the place.

The sweater has got,
like, tinsel everywhere.

There's, like, a reindeer nose,
a random antler.

None of the colors make sense.

Like, and from
a fashion statement,

it's disgusting.

Switch you back there.

- I'm rooting for X.

The playbook is really simple.

You align with people
that you trust in the game,

and you also align with people
who can be your weapon.

And for the time being,

as long as there are
other strong men

in this lodge, I need Xavier
to be the person

that knocks out
all the soldiers on my behalf.

Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Quick feet! Quick feet!

- You guys are doing
way better than Kaitlyn.

[suspenseful music]

- This Santa Showdown
is so intense right now.

I mean,
there's bullets of sweat

just falling off
of their face.

I'm literally holding on
for reindeer life

to see what happens because
they are neck and neck,

and it's anyone's game
at this point.

- This Santa Showdown
is completely wild,

and I'm just so happy
it's not me down there.

- This is terrifying.

It's something I've never
experienced before

and honestly never want to.

- Everything else that I do
in this game for me

will be avoiding
Santa's Showdown.

- The hardest part
about this puzzle is

that some pieces look
exactly the same.

There's a bow here,
a ribbon there,

some furry stuff here.

Oh, by the way,

some of the pieces stack
on top of each other.

Who knew?

♪

- Now that the sleeves
are all taken care of,

I can focus on building
this reindeer face

and pressing that buzzer.

Here you are.

I have all the parts
of the reindeer face

in the middle of my puzzle.

But I'm seeing
that they don't properly groove

with one another,
and I'm like, "Oh, okay."

This means this is
where the stacking needs

to start happening.

Come on.

- I'm tunnel vision.
I'm focused in.

I'm not paying attention to
anything that X has going on.

I got a lot on the line,
so I am doing my best

to push as hard as I can.

One of these has gotta work
for something.

- There should be two,
which means--

I noticed Cam seemingly
has the face together,

but it doesn't seem like
he's put any work in

on the sleeves.

I've got the sleeves done,

but if I can't figure out

this reindeer face,

I might be leaving
Santa's Lodge tonight.

There you are, son of a bitch.

- Stay in it, guys.
It's anybody's game.

- Watching Xavier and Cam
compete is probably

one of the most intense
challenges I've seen.

It's an extremely difficult
and thorough puzzle.

And so just the back and forth
between the two of them

is so intense.

I have no idea
who's gonna win this.

♪

[lively tense music]

♪

- This is
our first Santa Showdown,

and whichever one of these
guys loses is going home.

This is super important.

It's snow joke.

♪

- At this point,
it's win or go home.

Santa wants winners,
so in order for me to make it

to the Reindeer Games,
I gotta win Santa's Showdown.

I have zero intention

of leaving Santa's Lodge
first.

♪

- I mean, I like puzzles,

but having to go as fast
as I need to go to beat X,

I hope that this is as tough
for him as it is for me.

Where'd you go?
There you are.

You go there.

- Cameron and Xavier are
huge threats in this lodge.

But I really don't know
Cameron.

You know, we really don't
know Cameron, you know?

So it's like, if Xavier
can knock out Cameron,

mm, that's good for me.

- I'm pretty far ahead of Cam,
and things are going good.

But I get towards the end
of the puzzle,

and it feels like the pieces
just aren't quite connecting.

There's a piece missing.

Where is this damn piece?

I am right at the finish line.

I don't want Cam to catch up.

I need to find this piece.

[suspenseful music]

♪

I found you,
you sneaky little piece.

Now let's finish making
this yeti's sweater

and close out this showdown.

- Oh!
- Scared me.

- There we go.

♪

[muffled chatter]

- That looks better.

♪

That looks better.
That looks better.

♪

- Oh.
- Here it is.

- Oh, wow.

[bell dinging]
Wow!

Wow!
- I'm sorry, buddy.

- Good job.
- Come here.

Come here. Come here.

- [laughs]
- Come here. Come here.

Come here, buddy.
- [laughs]

- You did great.
- That was awesome, man.

- That was incredible.

- Congratulations, Xavier.

You just won
the Santa Showdown.

- I gotta say, it feels good

to go into Santa's Showdown
and come out with a win.

Now that I've won
this competition,

I hope people think twice
before throwing me back down

in Santa's Showdown.

- "Unfortunately,
that means,

Cameron, you are going
ho, ho, home"...

- Again.
- [laughs]

"But Santa wants to thank you
for giving it your best.

"So please choose
one of the gifts

"from under the tree.

"There's lots
of amazing things under there

"from $5,000"...
- Ooh!

- "To some
of Santa's favorite fruitcakes.

So grab a gift,
and let's see what's inside."

- I hope that the present
that I open in my parting

will be $5,000
and not fruitcake

or something crazy.

All right,
I'm gonna do this one.

- All right. Better be $5,000.
- [laughs] Right?

Let's check it out.

5,000.

- Year's subscription
to the jelly club.

- Oh!
- I get all the jelly.

- You get so much jelly.
- It's a fruitcake.

- PB&Js for days.

- Aww.
- Thank you, guys.

Hey. I'm sorry I'm sweaty.
- Good job. It's okay.

It's okay.

- I think you're
the first person to be evicted

three times in two months.

[laughter]

- Damn!

That was a tough one.

Goodbyes.
- Bye.

- Thank you guys so much.
- Bye.

- Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.

I lost,
and that's not very cool.

But I walk away
with eight new family members.

This was such an amazing
experience rivaled by none.

I have all the confidence
in the North Pole

that my reindeer family

is definitely going
to save Christmas.

Who's gonna come out
on the absolute top?

I couldn't tell you.

I can't wait to get home
and, uh, tell about my tales

of the North Pole.

[upbeat music]

Happy holidays.

Daddy's coming home.

- Wow.
- Are we back?

- We get to--
- [laughs]

- We get to do it all over
again in the morning.

- What if we walked in here
and there were, like,

bunk beds lined up?

- Whew. I made it.

Like, okay.

It's all good.

That first Santa Showdown
was super intense.

Me don't want
to go down there ever.

I'm trying to stay here
until the end

to get to the Reindeer Games.

So you can keep me out
of that showdown.

I don't want to have nothing
to do with that.

No, mm-mm.

- That was intense.

Well, I got my Christmas wish,

and Cameron's out of the lodge.

But I really gotta hope
that my decision to send Xavier

into Santa's Showdown

doesn't...elf me over.

[bells jingling]

Was that me?

[chuckles] No.
Surely, it was someone else.

No, it was me.

I'm sorry I put you
on the spot,

but it worked out perfectly.

You're here.
- You had to send him home.

- He's gone.

- Logically, that was exactly

what you should have done.

I understand why Frankie
sent me down.

I'm not happy about it,
but I get it.

Looking ahead,
I think the only way

I'll be able
to secure my safety

is by winning challenges.

This is easily worse
than "Big Brother."

There is no floating
with Reindeer Games.

There's absolutely
zero skating by.

You either put up,
or you go home.

- So I survived day one
at Santa's Lodge,

and it feels like a huge thanks
to Frankie,

because if some other people
had their way,

I probably would have been
down there in Santa's Showdown.

The good news is,
I know who's coming after me,

and Taylor's one
of those people.

So she's a huge threat
to me moving forward.

So I need to get
on the offensive

and strike first
before she can get me.

- I'm ecstatic Xavier survived
this showdown.

But my number one target,
Cody, is still here.

I'm like a kid
on Christmas Eve,

and I just won't sleep a wink

until he leaves this lodge.

Baby, it might be cold outside,

but this game is
just heating up.

[mysterious music]

- With Cameron gone and his
Christmas dreams shattered,

the remaining
eight celebrated.

But soon,
they all scattered.

To bed they went to dream
of Reindeer Games glory.

Who will have what it takes
in day two of our story?

Tune in tomorrow night
at 9:00, 8:00 Central

when "Big Brother:
Reindeer Games" continues.

[dramatic music]

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