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ShowsBig BrotherSeason 11
Aired summer 2009 · The cliques twist

Cliques Summer

The first summer the producers reached for a high-school sorting hat. Thirteen houseguests walk into the Studio City compound and get split on Day One into four cliques — athletes, brains, off-beats, populars — that govern the early HoH and nomination math. The twist front-loads the alliance lines before the cast has had a night to read the room. Worth the watch for the moment Big Brother starts treating its conceits as social frames rather than mechanics.

Filmed
Studio City, California
Premiered
Jul 9, 2009
Episodes
30
Format
13 houseguests · four high-school cliques
athletes, brains, off-beats, populars — sorted on Day One
Host
Julie Chen
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 03Where it sits in the canon
  3. 05Adjacent in the canon
  4. 06Also appears in
01The take

Cliques Summer.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #14 slot.

Slot #14 of 26 in the Big Brother Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

No spoilers. Every page is reviewed before it goes live.
06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Big Brother S11 — Cliques Summer — tiered.tv