‘Big Brother’ Season 25 Kicks Off With Wild 1st Competition, Chaos And Surprise 17th Houseguest! (Recap)

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Big Brother kicked off a new season on Wednesday, and host Julie Chen Moonves had some big twists and turns for the 16 new houseguests who moved into the Big Brother household — including a mysterious 17th houseguest that wasn’t revealed until the closing moments of the night and shook things up in a big way for both contestants and fans alike.

The show began by introducing the new houseguests — eight at a time, instead of just four, like usual — and introduced them to the very narrative-driven new Big Brother Multiverse house theme. (The Big Brother Multiverse is kind of complicated but revolves around three previous Big Brother contestants breaking in and causing a rift in space and time that is reflected in the design of the house.

Check out our exclusive house tour for a better, more in-depth explanation.) After getting a chance to meet each other, the guests were then instructed to enter the house and head right to the backyard to compete in a series of different challenges — each based on a different “universe” from the house.

The houseguests were divided up, four to a group, between the four challenges. However, before the competition could commence, Julie dropped the first unexpected bomb of the season.