I loved season 26 of Big Brother, and I think other fans will be just as excited about what producers will "very likely" bring back in future seasons

Big brother 26 brought something very special Fall TV 2024, and as someone who absolutely loved the seasonI only had one fear. Too often, after a great season of the CBS reality series, the follow-ups fail to live up to the hype and end up underwhelming in comparison. (**COUGH**Seasons 24 and 25.) Fortunately, executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan have left me optimistic that the tide may be turning with the news that a twist from Season 26 will “very likely” return.

My enthusiasm for the TV program 2025 just shot through the moon because it looks like that Big brother 27 will feature one of my favorite “new” twists. If you were someone who too hoped that the AI Arena would become a permanent feature of the game, then you’ll love what Grodner had to say about it EW when discussing the success of the season and the dynamic gameplay that kept viewers on the edge of their seats for weeks. As she put it:

I think the AI arena was a great success and we learned a lot from it. I think it’s something that as we look into summer, nothing will ever be exactly the same. We like to mix things up. But I think the gist of that is that it will very likely continue.

As I expected, there’s no way the exact twist will continue unchanged. After all, Big brother loves its themes, and it would be a bit weird to continually bring back the AI Arena in seasons that have nothing to do with it. That said, it sounds like we can expect the guts of what it was about to remain in place, namely the three nominated HOHs and the second safety match taking place on live eviction nights.

What’s also interesting is why Rich Meehan and Allison Grodner developed the AI Arena in the first place. The duo explained that the twist was born mainly to make eviction night more fun and to add a competition to the mix, since Head of Household competitions don’t happen that often during episodes anymore.

Of course, the twist gave us more than just something to watch on eviction night, as increasing the number of weekly nominees had a huge impact on the game. The number of nominations, combined with the unpredictability of who would be evicted before the vote, left everyone in the Big brother house had to play an active game early on. The Power of Veto was used a whopping eleven times, and we didn’t see the usual weeks of Houseguests unanimously agreeing with the HOH’s wishes and taking it easy until the next HOH match.

I just have to say that Big brother 26 viewers loved the twists, the winner did not. Chelsie Baham told CinemaBlend the AI Arena ruined all her plans from the start, but she still managed to become the game’s first unanimous female winner. That said, she expected a standard season from Big brother. I’d like to see how Houseguests would play if they knew a twist like the AI Arena was possible.

It looks like we’ll get that chance to find out, as a twist similar to the AI Arena is “very likely” when Big brother returns to CBS next summer. Now watch previous seasons with a Paramount+ subscriptionand get ready for what could be another entertaining season ahead.