The Shortest Challenges in Big Brother History

Endurance competitions in Big Brother are some of the most exciting to watch, and sometimes they can last for hours. But sometimes, not so much. Here are 5 of the shortest challenges in Big Brother history.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Push you to your limit... kinda?
01:14 A slight problem
02:24 Glow and Flow - BB20
04:46 Pipe Dream - BBCAN7
07:26 Dizzyland - BB17
10:17 Crash and Turn - BB21
12:34 Mount HOH - BB7
15:33 Take it or Lever - BBCAN11
18:07 Ending
18:42 Sicko mode Adam

[jacobadelsheimer]

Fun fact: Janelle was the 2nd person eliminated in both the longest and shortest BBUS endurance comps (the pressure cooker and the volcano)

[johnm]

I find it absolutely hilarious that in #2 and #3 production and design spent a lot of time and money building elaborate sets only to have the competition to end *WAY* sooner then expected and no one got to see the tricks they built in

[Peppermations]

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[calebos]

The funniest part about the BBCAN11 comp is that (at least to my knowledge) all 4 houseguests were actually trying to win the HOH (unlike the BB7 and BB21 comps) and, aside from Anika, all sucked at the comp (although it was a pretty difficult one).

[turtletcp]

You know what's not shortlived? My continuing journey of trying to get you to rank every BB Comic in history.

[like.clarkwork]

I need to see the production meeting when "Take It or Lever" was being developed and playtested. I just know that the producers were just as stunned as the houseguests themselves when it happened 💀

[JRJuggernaut]

Truly insane that something topped part one of the BB All Stars final HOH but here we are. Honestly, after learning a lot about Survivor the past couple years it is poetic how appropriate it was for Boogie to reference Richard Hatch there, truly an iconic moment!

I also love how for the BB17 comp it seemed like production were really trying to make it seem like that comp lasted a good hour or so, like they really did not want anyone to know how short of a comp it was 😂

[DVal-blhm]

Further BBCAB 11 spoilers:

Another thing about that final 5 HOH comp that makes it kind of funny is that the houseguests were all punished and put on slop that week. As far as I know, the producers never actually revealed why they were being punished, but some people who watched the digital dailies were speculating that the producers did it because they were mad at the houseguests for making the HOH comp so anti-climactic. lol

[kengeorgejones]

I remember watching the BB7 comp live and was flabbergasted at the result. My first thought was sympathy for the challenge designers, as you know they must have spent a lot of time on that volcano. It was also the end of Janelle's game, as the second part of the HOH was based on upper body strength, which she wasn't likely to beat Boogie in. If I remember correctly, Erika had also agreed to throw the first HOH to her, which makes the sting even worse.

Would the wall comp from BB25 be anywhere on this list?

How could the BBCAN people think that pipe challenge would go on for possibly 5 hours? It looks brutal.

[redkingdom]

Congrats on 25k subscribers Ethan! Your channel deserves at least 10x that many!

[Blinsin]

In regards to Dizzyland, I think the prevailing thought at the time was that people got knocked out quickly because they sat down/their butts touched the disc? But the producers told them they should fake a fall for the episode.

IIRC from watching the feeds at the time. We were watching them spin around, the feeds went down, and when we came back several of the houseguests were sitting on the bench.

[molinli]

I knew Anika winning HOH was gonna be on here. That was so unserious and funny.

[williamapple]

I'm dying over here without any BB25 news, so thanks for posting literally anything.

[ggmac]

I am a huge fan of the longer challenges

[nigeljefferson]

Whoever thought people could hang upside down on a pipe for 5 hours was out of their mind 😂 maybe a bunch of Olympic level gymnasts could and even that is a stretch

[CozyyPR]

another fire video homie‼I appreciate you making these for us 🙏

[sammywebster]

I think that the dizzy land comp everyone went down so fast because the hands were constantly hitting them and it was making them really dizzy and then also they started to spin so fast from that hand hitting them by the time they stopped spinning they were immediately spinning again and that makes it even harder to hold on

[lastdayonearthmysteryman]

BBCAN 11 17 seconds was surprising! However I agree I would be in out in about 5 seconds!

[elitettelbach]

You summed it up best, if they can’t be amazingly long, might as well be comically short!

[kevbloxtime]

I just feel bad for the people that had to make all the sets for some of these comps, only for them to get at most 3 minutes of screen time and have to be demolished lol