Seth's Big Brother

Seth's Big Brother US, originally known as Sethhhh's Big Brother US is a former Tengaged Group Game, presented by Tengaged contestant Sethhhh. The series, much like the televised editions of the show, is based off of the Dutch television series created by John de Mol in 1997. The format of the series pits a group of HouseGuests against each other as they compete in numerous competitions and vote each other out. One HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, must nominate two people for eviction. The Power of Veto gives the holder the ability to remove a nominee from the block, and if it is used the HoH must name a replacement nominee. The other HouseGuests, excluding the HoH and nominees, vote to evict one of the two nominees, and the HouseGuest with the most votes is evicted from the game. Seth, a light green level contestant, first allowed auditions for the first season in September of 2012, with the season premiering in October of the same year. Due to personal issues with the host, however, the game was cancelled on Day 6. That November, auditions for the revamped first season began, and the new season began on November 23. This new edition featured 13 HouseGuests total, as well as introduced the "Bounty" twist. The official first season ended in January of 2013, when HouseGuest Dylan was crowned the winner in a unanimous jury vote. The second season officially began on January 14, 2013, and featured 12 new HouseGuests.

Since its premiere in 2012, Seth's Big Brother has received a generally positive reception. Numerous HouseGuests from Big Brother 1 have spoken out in support of the group, including HouseGuests such as Matt and Ashley who host their own Tengaged series'. HouseGuests such as Big Brother 1 winner Dylan have encouraged others to join the series, with the second season seeing an increase in applicants from the previous season. The first season was also nominated for the 'Best Big Brother Group' award at the 11th TOGA Awards, but ultimately lost. Seth, as the host of the series, was also nominated for 'Best Host' at the same ceremony, but lost this as well. The series later won 'Best Big Brother Group' at the twelfth edition of the awards ceremony. Despite positive feedback, the first season was criticized for its length, which resulted in three HouseGuests walking from the game. HouseGuest Pamela, who walked from the game on Day 24, deemed the speed of the game as "boring", prompting Seth to change the format of the series to the "quick game" format. Due to the success of the series, a spin-off series titled Big Brother: The Big Mash-Up is set to begin in February of 2013, and will occur alongside Big Brother 3.

Main series
The main idea for the series began in September of 2012, as the host Seth became increasingly bored with games on Tengaged. Upon playing group games, he began to appreciate the freedom of owning your own group. He then began his debut season of Seth's Big Brother on October 18, 2012. The first season began with 12 HouseGuests, later increased to 13 when an intruder entered the game. The first season featured the "Coins" twist, in which HouseGuests could use coins earned throughout the season to buy items to help their game or hinder the game of others. This season lasted for six days, until it was eventually cancelled when Seth had to leave Tengaged due to personal issues. Though he had intended to be back quickly, this personal issue prevented him from doing so for quite some time. He returned to the site in November of the same year, and was later convinced to re-launch the series. The first round of auditions for this new edition to the series began on November 15, 2012. Following the selection of the cast, the game officially began on November 23, 2012. The game began with 12 HouseGuests, but an intruder later bumped the total cast to 13. This season featured the original "Bounty" twist, in which one HouseGuest each week was marked as the bounty, meaning that either evicting that HouseGuest or keeping them in the game resulted in someone in the game getting immunity. The game was promoted as lasting the length "of a full Big Brother season," but due to numerous complaints the length of the game was later shortened halfway through. In total, the first season lasted for 49 days, with HouseGuest Dylan being crowned the winner on the final day. Auditions for the second season began on January 9, 2013, before the first season was even completed. The final cast was selected on January 13, 2013, with the season beginning the following day. Big Brother 2 used the "coins" twist first introduced in the scrapped season. This season featured 12 HouseGuests, with no returning players or intruders entering. Though it was initially slated to last for a total of 35 days, it lasted for a total of 30 instead; Gil was crowned the winner on the final day.

The third season of the series was confirmed in late January, and officially premiered on February 15, 2013. The first round of auditions began on February 10, 2013. Seth later confirmed on February 9, 2013 that he was looking for a co-host for the third season, and that it would be a former HouseGuest. During the finale of Big Brother 2, it was confirmed that Big Brother 1 HouseGuest Matt would be the new co-host. On February 19, Seth confirmed that the game had been cancelled, stating he "no longer enjoyed hosting the series."

Spin-offs
Seth has shown interest in featuring a judging panel comprised of former HouseGuests from the third season onward, in which the panel would evaluate the things occurring in the game. In January of 2013, Seth confirmed that this spin-off would take place beginning with Big Brother 3, which is set to begin in February. The series will take place on eviction nights, and will feature a different panel of Seth's Big Brother alumni each week. The series will be titled Big Brother: The Big Mash-Up. Seth has since stated that he would like to focus on a second spin-off series, set to air after Big Brother 3. After only one episode, Seth cancelled Seth's Big Brother, thus ending The Big Mash-Up.

Format
Tengaged contestants who apply for the series will be notified of whether they made the series or not. Each week, the HouseGuests took part in several compulsory challenges that determined who would win power in the House. The winner of the Head of Household competition was immune from nominations and was instructed to nominate two fellow HouseGuests for eviction. After a HouseGuest became Head of Household he or she was ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. The winner of the Power of Veto competition won the right to save one of the nominated HouseGuests from eviction. If the Veto winner exercised the power, the Head of Household then had to nominate another HouseGuest for eviction. On eviction night all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees voted to evict one of the two nominees. Before the voting began the nominees had the chance to say a final message to their fellow HouseGuests. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household would break the tie and reveal their vote in front of the other HouseGuests. The nominee with the most votes from the other HouseGuests was evicted from the House and will be intereviewed by Seth, who hosts the series. HouseGuests could voluntarily leave the House at any time and those who broke the rules were expelled by Big Brother.undefinedThe last seven evictees of the season form the Jury that voted for the winner on the season finale, they were known as the jury members. None of the HouseGuests are aware of how the voting process went until after the season. The rules for future seasons remained largely unchanged from that of the first season. Those playing the game had to abide by numerous rules to continue in the game. All competing HouseGuests were required to vote for eviction, and could be punished if they failed to do so. They were also required to post in the forums every two days, otherwise expulsion could be used as a punishment. HouseGuests were required to participate in non-live competitions, though appearing at live competitions was not required. Another rule to the game was that HouseGuests would compete in the Have-Not competition, with the losing team receiving penalties in the HoH and PoV competitions. If a HouseGuest were to be banned from Tengaged, even for the shortest amount of time, they would be expelled from the game. Showing up to evictions was not a rule, but was greatly encouraged.

Casting
The series features three rounds of auditions before the final cast is determined. The first round of auditions will ask questions about their time on Tengaged. These questions will require applicants to reveal information such as their color level, Karma, and other basic information about their time spent on the site. The second round of auditions often asks more in depth questions about HouseGuests and their gameplay style. This round includes questions about the applicants' favorite previous HouseGuest, their strategy coming into the game, and other information that will inform Seth of how they will be if placed in the game. The third and final round of auditions has differed every season thus far. The third round of auditions for the first season required HouseGuests to read and accept the rules and regulations of the series, which also served as an activity test for the potential HouseGuests. The second season featured a more in depth casting session, due to casting issues with the first season. The third and final round of auditions for Big Brother 2 featured more questions about the HouseGuests, such as what time zone they were in, and also made them agree to terms and conditions. The rules were later given to all HouseGuests, though this was not part of the application process. The official HouseGuests are then informed that they have been selected a few days before the season begins, and have 24 hours to reply and confirm that they would like to be a part of the game.

Competitions
Competition play an important role in the Big Brother game, and can ultimately determine whether a HouseGuest is evicted from the game or not. The most important competition in the game is the Head of Household competition. The Head of Household must choose two HouseGuests to nominate for eviction, with one of them eventually exiting the house. The first HoH competition is usually held on the premiere night, and is usually a more fun-filled game rather than a competitive one. Subsequent Head of Household competitions are held immediately after evictions in the house. Most HoH competitions held at this time are trivia based, and last between ten to thirty minutes. Despite this, an HoH competition can vary in style. Endurance competitions are sometimes held as HoH competitions, though they are often a few weeks apart. As displayed in Big Brother 2, endurance competitions can sometimes provide HouseGuests with either rewards or punishments for dropping out of the competition. Skill competitions can sometimes be used as HoH competitions as well. Most notably, "The S'more the Merrier" competition featured in Big Brother 2 was a skill based competition in which HouseGuests had to be the first to "transfer" numerous amounts of cups by posting in a specific forum.

The Power of Veto competition also plays an important role in the series. With the Power of Veto, a HouseGuest can remove a nominee from the block, thus saving them from potential eviction that week. Veto competitions are more often than not skill based competitions, which require HouseGuests to complete a task or perform a specific action. For example, the second Veto competition of Big Brother 1, "Bluff Me a Veto", saw HouseGuests having to determine whether or not their fellow competitors were telling the truth or lying. Usually, Power of Veto competitions feature a more light-hearted tone, and feature fun games such as the "BB's Magic 8 Ball" Veto competition used in Big Brother 2. The Veto competitions used near the end of the season, however, feature a more strategic and difficult style to them, such as the "Memory Lane" Veto competition." Some competitions, such as Big Brother 2's "Race to to the Veto" competition require HouseGuests to look in various areas of the website to find clues or answers to a Veto competition. Competitions such as "How Bad Do You Want It?" and "Big Spender" require HouseGuests to make sacrifices to win the Veto, and are often used only once in a season. The Big Brother 2 competition "Blast From the Past" feature HouseGuests participating in numerous events, in this case competing in competitions from the previous season.

The majority of the competitions featured in the series are either inspired by or are taken from the United States edition of the series, which is one of only two editions of Big Brother to feature the HoH and PoV format of gameplay. Competitions such as "License to Veto", "The Cat and the Veto", and "Getting Schooled" are taken directly from the show, while competitions such as "Pop Goes the Veto" and "Veto In a Haystack" are heavily inspired by competitions featured in the show. Numerous competitions in the series have also been featured in more than one season of the series. The "Memory Lane" competition, which required HouseGuests to match up the names of former HouseGuests with a fact about them, was used as the final Power of Veto in both the first and second season of the series. The "Before or After" trivia competition was also used in the first two seasons as an HoH competition. Similarly, the "How Bad Do You Want It?" competition was used as a Power of Veto competition in Big Brother 1 and Big Brother 2.

Honors and awards
The first season of Seth's Big Brother was nominated for 'Best Big Brother Group' at the 11th annual Tengaged's Outstanding Group Awards in December, while Seth himself was nominated for 'Best Host' at the same event. Ultimately, both awards were lost, with 'Best Group' going to "Survivorfan's Big Brother 1" and the 'Best Host' award going to "Benlinus." Despite not winning any awards, Seth stated he was pleased to have been nominated, commenting "There are a lot of groups out there who weren't nominated for anything, so I'm just glad people like my series enough to get it on the nominations list." On February 7, 2013, Big Brother 2 was nominated for both the 'Best Big Brother Group' and 'Best Up and Coming', while Seth was again nominated for 'Best Host'. This marked his first nomination for 'Best Up and Coming', and his second nomination for both 'Best Host' and 'Best Big Brother'. During the live awards ceremony on February 9, Seth won the award for 'Best Big Brother Group', making it his first TOGA win.


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 * rowspan="1" align="center"| Best Up and Coming
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 * align="center"|"Seth's Big Brother 2"
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