The Evolution of the "Backdoor" in Big Brother 

The Evolution of Julie Chen's Hair

Tbt when Audrey didn’t attend her own backdoor, what an icon.

The way I see the perfect backdoor plan to work: Put up your 2nd and 3rd target. If your 1st target is chosen for veto then hope they don't win although you can no longer backdoor them. If they aren't chosen then perfect, you still have a chance to go with the plan. If someone wins veto and uses it, then put up your 1st target and send them home. If the veto isn't used, well at least one of your top 3 targets are going home and at least you didn't make a stupid mistake and waste your HoH. If your 1st target wins the veto and uses it on your 2nd or 3rd target, then put up someone that for sure won't go home next to one of your targets, but make sure it won't hurt your game if the pawn goes home either. This the best strategy for a successful HoH reign.

The Backdoor is why you need a good social game

“I will now perform... eating.” Ugh, the clips you show are ALWAYS on point.

god i miss Jenuis Johnson. she was my favorite in season 8 and my favorite moment was when Jameka was praying and crying and Jen was in the background talking about how the black belt didnt match the white rabbit suit she had to wear for a week

please never show footage from big brother 19, i try to forget that season ever happened

I've sometimes heard people who are ALREADY ON THE BLOCK AFTER THE NOM CEREMONY say that they DON'T WANT TO GET BACKDOORED. Smh casuals.

nakomis made big brother what it is today. nothing will top the six finger plan! also jen johnson is such a queen, i miss her so much

JC: “Are we getting backdoored tonight?” 😳

Can you do a video explaining to people the difference between a FLOATER and a COASTER. Some people really don’t get that and it’s frustrating!

Lol intro got me like wtf

I’m so glad you mentioned it was originally called the six finger plan. No one ever knows that.

i remember watching Nokomis hatch that plan live. It is STILL one of my top 5, if not, top 2 favorite moves on BB

I was never really into Big Brother before, but about a week into the game, I decided to catch up mostly thanks to you. Ever since I have really enjoyed it, so I want to thank you.

One of my biggest pet peeves is people not knowing what backdoor means. That and people saying the pawn ALWAYS goes home. Always is 100% of the time and a vast majority of evictees were actually the TARGET.

I’m a recent subscriber and I’m so glad your channel showed up in my recommendations because your sarcasm and clip usage is exactly my type of humor

Damn the original backdoor looked like the entrance of my school’s gym.

Thank you for giving Marvin some (well deserved) credit for the creation of the BD. :)

I'm really glad you make videos like this, since I only got into Big Brother because of Celebrity Big Brother these videos are great for helping me catch up. :)

I almost clicked away at the beginning because I thought he really was talking about the evolution of the actual Blackfoot. Smh 😂😂

my favorite backdoors are the ones that completely fail like becky’s attempt to get vanessa out 😂

What'd he say during those 10 seconds? I totally stopped paying attention.

The backdoor is a good strategic play but you should not depend on it. This happens a lot with the later seasons where the house is divided 6-6 or 8-8 yet people are still back dooming because everyone only focuses on one person, not the whole side. It’s like if you have that mythical monster with multiple heads. Why would you put all your time into killing one head, when the one next to it is so much easier to kill. If the house is dived or you have multiple people gunning for you, you shouldn’t backdoor. Just put up 2 of the people against you to guarantee that one goes home. The only way that a backdoor is the best option is if there really is only one target and that one target happens to be a beast at comps. Examples : Kaitlin in BB20 putting up pawns to backdoor shaggy was dumb, why not put up 2 of his alliance members, that way even if the noms stay the same, you are still getting rid of an enemy. However, Scotty nominating his 2 biggest threats side by side was a good move, making it 100% that one would stay on the block. There’s my rant, hope you are happy

Oh and I hate when people think floating is terrible. LEARN THE MEANING OF THE WORD PEOPLE

Man seeing all those clips of old BB, ugh love it!. I've been watching BB since the first season but really got into it in season 2. I was 12 years old.

Honestly, Tyler is probably gonna win Big Brother 20. But I am still rooting for Kaycee.

i like that you used level 6 alliance so everyone could relate easily.

5:38 Wow! If that did happen in BB20, that would be so unfair!

The 6 finger plan will never be topped

0:01 that would be a funny April fools joke

I swear newer players complain they got backdoored even though they literally played in the veto

Great video! It always bugs me how many misconceptions there are about backdooring and this video does a great job explaining what it is and its history in the game. There's been a lot of calls to change the game to remove the possibility of backdooring, but in reality it doesn't happen that often in most seasons (ex. only Cody being backdoored in season 19). The format is perfectly fine to me. The only big misconception out there not mentioned in this veto is those who have "escaped" the backdoor, meaning they got put up on the block as the target, didn't play for veto, yet survived the vote. Eric from season 8 is still the only person to pull it off (largely because the HOH Daniele made terrible initial noms), although people often mistakenly claim Vanessa did it too in a week she played for veto. Hope to view more of your videos in the future!

Peridiam, your videos are amazing!!

This is such a niche channel and I fucking love everything about it.

Jase was also backdoored twice, once in BB5 & then again in BB7 (All Stars)

Never put Paul in a video again. EVER!

I would like to see a season having a twist that evicts both nominees of a pre-determined week. Julie would explain this to them first day, and then it would create paranoia, because no more pawns would like to be pawns.

You should make a video on how Will could've won twice if it wasn't for Erika spilling the beans at f4, because of that if that didn't happen and she was still clueless, would it have ruined Janelle's legacy, and would she have even won? That'd be interesting.

I’m glad you keep making these big bro videos because whenever I try and explain this game to my friends I’m horrible at explaining it

List of backdoors. BB5 Jase BB6 Eric, James BB7, Jase(Not technically, but I'm counting it because of how the competition) Kaysar BB8 Mike, Nick, Jen BB9 James BB10 Brian BB11 Braden BB12 Annie BB13 Cassi, Lawon, Brendon BB14 Janelle BB15 Jeremy BB16 Joey, Amber, Zach BB17 Jase, Jeff, Audrey, Jason BB18 Victor, Davonne BB19 Cody, Cody BB20 Swaggy Bayleigh BB21 Bella BB23 Christian, Derek X, Claire BB24 Ameerah, Nicole, Daniel, Kyle BB25 Hisam, Cameron Survivors of a backdoor Eric BB8 Nicole BB21 Jag? BB25

Ryan from the latest season of Big Brother Canada was the most recent person to use Nakomis' original strategy by putting up his allies Andrew and Hamza. Unfortunately it failed spectacularly as Andrew and Ryan failed to complete even 3/4 of their veto puzzle and Hamza coming in 2nd place. (Veto) Winner Erica didnt use it on anyone and Andrew was sent packing.

opening with a joke. oh peridiam, you got me. love your videos. always watch your new vids on my lunchbreak man. love it.

I just had to subscribe.. the total number of subscribers on the channel ended in three 6’s, & we couldn’t have that 😉. Plus, I enjoyed the BB stats in description as well as the video. Nice work.

I hate the "Backdoor" concept. It just cheapens the point of the HoH nominating who they're nominating, in the first place. I much prefer S3's way of EVERYONE in the house competing for the Veto, so that way if you do get "backdoored", you can blame yourself for not winning the veto, in the first place.

Everything was good about this video besides hearing Paul's voice.

This season is shaping up to be a crazy one. i'm getting surprised almost every episode at this point.

Oh my gosh! Thank you!!! I always get aggravated when house guests use the term Backdoor for just a replacement nominee

Remembering BB2 Sheryl, the very first Big Brother pawn and who got sent home.

I love the back door strategy it makes the show more exciting. GOD BLESS!

That feel when you outsmart Peridiam by not subscribing so they don't put you on the block.

I think it is a good thing, generally. Without that little bit of potential chaos, it gets a little too easy for a mastermind to control everything, which while impressive doesn't make for great viewing.

HAHAHA That last clip! Classic. And then Dick STAYS! All because of one America's Player. Funny enough, the ominous presence of a possible twist for America's Player has remained to this day, even if there has been no other.

Thank you for clearing that up. Many people get it wrong and it bugs me. Great video once again!

I actually stopped the video at 21 seconds in. Great video, now I know how the backdoor has evolved and it will forever change my viewpoint of this show.

I consider putting someone on the block after the veto that was not originally nominated as a backdoor. Whether or not they competed in the veto

I don’t mind the backdoor. Adds some drama, you play to win the game.

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I will say right now these videos have gotten me into watching Big Brother. Thankfully, it's looking like the new season is gonna be a good one. Thank goodness you didn't start doing this during the dumpster fire that was Big Brother 19.

I love the backdoor but I think you should have mentioned how hard it is to survive with Vanessa and Eric being the only 2 that have managed to survive.

Coming back to this after seeing Derek X finally conducting an actual textbook backdoor. I am loving this season.

I love your vids so much Sometimes I like when someone gets backdoored and sometimes I do not depends if I like the person getting backdoored and I agree with you if you play in the veto you can not get backdoored

I didn’t know about the veto comp part where if you play you can’t get back doored! Mind boggling!!

I enjoyed this video, i wish you would have shown examples of people who claim to be backdoored when they still played in the veto, (like jace in allstars when james told him "you got to play in the veto you wern't backdoored" I also can't wait till you do a video on floaters because it went from a good strategy to being infamaous thansk to Rachel

I love these videos. Such a trip down memory lane.

New BB viewer this season. Didn't realize that was why Veto noms are random. Cool!

What a fun stroll through memory lane. Bb5 was such a phenomenal season. They don’t make houseguests like Jase anymore. ❤️

Yo I was really mad when he started talking about actual doors. He really got me for a second.

Awesome video. How about one on the term "floater" and why it shouldn't be a dirty word? Ever since Rachel Reilly it seems like no one knows what a floater actually is. They use it to describe anyone who isn't demonstratively a member of a large alliance.

Such a great video!!! Love your research and editing style!

I love your vids. They make me so happy as a big brother/survivor fan

Thank you for making this video!

This was great! Please make more videos like this going over the history of Big Brother and go over the numbers!

I love when they Backdoor the person who loses the POV comp.

Really had me at first. I was like really! The evolution of the actual backdoor. I must be high.

12:48 you sound like Scottie BB20

The back door sucks if you're the target, but it came about to prevent one player from being ganged up on during the veto competition when everyone could play. It happened to Nathan in Big Brother 4. There was no way he was winning that veto to save himself when nearly every houseguest was trying to sabatage his efforts during that comp.

Omg yass i was waiting for ur video to come out

And 1 month later I’m left having to explain to my father, and subsiquently the rest of my family that no one could be back doored in the B.B. 20 double eviction. My dad was trying to tell me if they didn’t put this person up (he was saying the person who went home, not spoiling it) it was considered a backdoor. I had to explain to him, even pulling up the damn B.B. wiki to prove it that no one can be back doored with only 6 people left.

What is it with people with their first name beginning with J getting backdoored

Thank you for making this. Now I can copy this link when idiots don’t understand how back dooring actually works!

oh my gosh its so nice to remember seasons were the DR isn't scripted

Ahh..so nice going down big brother memory lane

I was hoping he would show all the backdoors

I laughed so hard at the beginning

I’ve watched this game since season 10 and literally every time I see old house guests I get so confused and I’m like wait THEY were in the same season???

I think a backdoor is not having a chance for safety the WHOLE week. Meaning they were unable to compete in HoH AND Veto. Because they did technically have a chance for safety at HoH, making the backdoor term false.

I'd be interested in a video analyzing whether the phrase "pawns go home" is as true as players seem to think it is :) Like, what percentage of the time have pawns actually gone home out of all the noms that included a pawn?

I kind of felt like CBS gave the 'backdoor' to those of us who couldn't afford to pay to watch that season a couple of years ago.....when it was ONLY available to online subscribers. A loyal viewer since season 1........and then suddenly cut off. I went thru withdrawal for a couple of weeks, but found that if I unsubscribed from the BB Facebook page, and tried my best to completely forget about & ignore it........it helped. I stumbled across a segment from that season on RU-vid a few days ago, and didn't recognize anyone. It was when Julie announced who had won the election in 2016. Hopefully the producers lost their asses as far as viewership/ratings for that season, and that they never EVER deny us again.

Technically if the theory is anything to go by Cody wasn't actually backdoored because he KNEW he was going it wasn't a surprise. Especially the 2nd eviction, he came back in the house after Jess has left and he had no-one, he knew if he didn't win there was nothing he could do.

F..k raven, that season was all about bullying Cody, Jessica and Kevin and even mark.

People have definitely been misusing the term backdoor. I watch BB and Survivors from all around the world and they've been using it just to describe someone who is evicted without expecting it. lol

Yes, backdooring (originally known as "The Six Finger Plan") was invented by the brilliant player Jennifer Dedmon to evict Jase in season 5. When she came up with that scheme she forever changed the game. Nakomis rules!

I think if the video truly ended at 20 seconds I wouldn’t be disappointed.

I just had big brother marathon and I didn't realize how many players actually used the word backdoor in correctly. There were like two if I can remember that did. Even the so called super fans

Make a video on rare times someone survived getting backdoored

James Rhine’s backdoor in BB6 was painful.

Steve looks like the one dude from The Emperors New Groove. Also, I just realized Mike from BB 5 was from the same city as I was.

Okay i def giggled at that begining backdoor bit lmao

Dustin, you have been evicted from the Big Brother house *surprised pikachu face*