RG x04 - Episode 4

[bunniefuu]

- On the last chapter of

"Big Brother Reindeer Games,"

Taylor and Danielle formed a Santa Squad

with Xavier and Josh.

- I like this foursome 'cause I think

we got a little bit of everything.

We want to look out for each other.

- But they also agreed to a Ginger-girls Group

with Nicole and Britney...

- The ladies have an understanding that

we are going to protect each other.

- While Britney and Nicole were also

working with Frankie.

- It definitely makes sense for me to work with Nicole.

And I know that Nicole and Britney are very close.

The three of us need to stay safe

so we can stay together in this lodge.

- At the Jingle Bell Brawl,

safety and power were on the line.

- I have not won any challenge yet in this lodge.

- And Nicole left her competition ginger-dead...

- Congratulations, Nicole.

You just won the Jingle Bell Brawl.

- Earning her a Santa-sized decision.

- I'll give you a few moments to choose who will play first.

And remember, should they successfully complete

this challenge, they will have the power

to decide who plays next.

- Nicole decided to send an ally in to compete first.

- I am going to send Frankie into Santa's Showdown.

- And after Frankie conquered Santa's Showdown,

he had to send the next competitor

with less time on the clock...

- They will have one less minute than you did

to free the ornament.

- Which started a chain reaction...

- I have decided to send Xavier.

- That saw Xavier... - Let's go!

- And Britney rise to the challenge.

- I cannot believe I did that!

- But Danielle had some mistletoe misfortune...

- I'm sorry, Dani. I'm sorry.

- Sending the legend home for the holidays.

- Well, this naughty girl's done.

- Tonight...

- Home sweet home.

- The final six continue their quest

to the Reindeer Games,

but one of them won't survive

the dreaded Candy Cane Rodeo.

So grab your figgy pudding, it's time for the next chapter

of "Big Brother Reindeer Games."

[cheery theme music]

♪ ♪

h*, h*, h*!

My holiday spectacle is only halfway.

A surprise awaits on this merry big day.

Prepare for duos galore and one more hint,

a dramatic ending with twisting peppermints.

- Home sweet home. And we're back.

- Cute, yay. - We're back.

- We are down to six people. That is insane.

[vocalizing]

My g*y-me plan is

to work with my two allies, Nicole and Britney.

But I'm going to have to keep winning

in order to earn my spot.

I cannot float like a snowflake

to the end of these Reindeer Games.

- What are they going to hit us with today?

What do we have planned?

- Me, Taylor, and Xavier have been working together

since day one, when we made an alliance with Danielle.

And now that Danielle has gone home,

the safest bet is for all of us to stick together.

- Day four.

We're at final six now.

Two more people got to go home

to get me to the Reindeer Games.

You ready for day four? - I will be.

- Up to this point, I basically live in Santa's Showdown,

so I'm really hoping I don't go back down there.

- Let's do a vibe circle.

- I love you all...

- Yes, I love you. - No matter what.

[holiday music]

♪ ♪

- [whispering] All I know is, like,

if we are going into the final four,

it's in all of our best interest

to be there with each other. - Obviously.

- Yup.

- We have to look out for each other.

- Yup.

- I love Frankie.

I would never want to betray him,

but I love the idea of women working together.

And honestly, whatever gets me the best chance

at winning the Reindeer Games, I'm good with.

- This is amazing.

I'm all about girls that want to work with girls,

but at this point in the game, I am aligned and well-situated

with everybody in this lodge.

But the scary thing about that is that

when you're in good with everybody,

there's going to have to be a time where

you are not good with everybody.

- All right, where's this elf?

[doorbell rings]

- Ahh. - OK.

- Let's do this thing.

- Did someone call an elf?

- Oh, there he is.

- We've had devastating news.

Everyone come to the living room.

- Oh, no, devastating news?

- The worst news I could have received today.

[holiday music]

♪ ♪

I had a meeting set with the chillest pop star

in the North Pole... - I see what you did there.

- Jill Frost. - Oh!

- Only when I arrived, she had disappeared.

- [gasps]

- Someone had taken her.

Who would do such a thing?

- How could you?

- I need your help. Search the lodge for any clues.

I need you to figure out who took our holiday starlet.

- OK.

- The first player to ring the silver bell

and correctly name the criminal who took her

will not only make the Frostys happy,

but will be rewarded with the Naughty and Nice power.

- OK. - Good luck.

- At this point in the game,

you need every advantage and every single power

because it's game time.

There's only so many people to target.

And it's win or literally go home.

- Oh, my goodness.

I want to win this Naughty and Nice challenge

because even though Naughty and Nice advantage

always comes with a curse, I want to be in charge of

where that curse is heading.

- OK, everybody, go find the perp.

We need to find Jill.

- To win this Naughty and Nice challenge,

we have to figure out who kidnapped Jill Frost.

- Please save Jill Frost!

- We are having to find clues scattered about the lodge,

put them all together, and try to solve the puzzle

of who is the perp.

- I see this gray hair in the sink.

And at first, I'm disgusted.

But then I'm just confused.

Weird.

I need to put on my detective hat, gather some more clues,

and figure out what's going on here.

[suspenseful music]

Oh.

- So in Santa's office, we see a series of

South Pole reindeer mug shots scattered around.

This is helpful because I can use these,

along with the clues from around the lodge,

to whittle down who kidnapped Jill Frost.

I'm going to catch this Christmas criminal.

- So I run into the bathroom,

and I see gray hair in the sink.

And listen, while some of these players are old,

I don't think they're that old.

So I know that this hair belongs to

one of the suspects.

And that automatically cancels out

all of the reindeers that have brown hair.

Now I know I'm looking at Lurker, Nixon,

Meteor, Stupid, or Slasher.

- There's three red.

I noticed that hanging over the fireplace,

there are reindeer collars.

I see all the reindeers wearing collars.

There should be three blue reindeer collars,

but there's only two, which tells me that

one of the reindeers wearing the blue collars

is the guilty culprit.

I also noticed that there are hooves on the front door,

and there's a difference between the hooves

on the South Pole reindeer.

And the hooves on the front door

matched either Siren or Slasher.

I'ma go ahead. I'm gonna gamble,

and I'ma see if Siren is the correct answer.

[bell rings]

The culprit who took Jill Frost is Siren.

[bell rings]

- The culprit who took Jill Frost is Lurker.

- Blue, red, green. - There's two greens.

- So there's only one blue down there.

- How do you know which one?

- So how do we know which one it is?

- I don't understand that.

- I see a bunch of reindeer collars on this mantle,

so I know the reindeer has a blue collar.

It has to be either Stupid or Slasher.

- Let's just all three guess a different blue one.

- Slasher. - OK.

- Stupid and Siren.

OK, which one do you want? - I don't care.

I'll take whatever. - I'll take Siren.

- Slasher.

- OK, then, what's the one left?

- Stupid. - OK.

[bell rings]

- The culprit who took Jill Frost is Siren.

- OK, I'm going to say Slasher.

Right? - Yep.

- So I look at the door, and I realize,

there's hoof prints on the door.

And those weren't there before, so that's obviously a clue.

And I realize that the hoof prints on the door

match Slasher's.

I mean, listen, at this point,

you might as well just call me Detective Martinez

because I figured this out so quick

that I got this one in the bag.

[bell rings]

- The culprit that took Jill Frost is Stupid.

[bell rings]

- The culprit who took Jill Frost is Slasher.

[bell rings]

- The culprit that took Jill Frost is Slasher.

- To solve this mystery, you should have found

hoof prints on the door.

These prints eliminated three reindeer

because only Nixon, Slasher, Meteor,

Siren, and Connor had matching prints.

And then, if you found the gray hair in the bathroom,

of the five remaining suspects,

it could only be Nixon, Slasher, or Meteor

because they were the only ones with gray hair.

And finally, if you realized that only the blue collar was

missing from the mantle,

there could only be one culprit, Slasher.

[cheering]

- I was right. Slasher was guilty.

I know I'm the winner. I feel it.

So as long as I was the first one to ring in,

I got this power.

- Congratulations...

♪ ♪

Frankie!

- Oh, my god.

- You have solved the mystery and saved Jill.

My hero! Yes!

- We were so close. - Good job.

Good job, good job. - We were so close.

- Bro, good job.

- As the world's biggest Frosty,

I can't believe I'm about to say this,

but please welcome Jill freaking Frost!

[cheering]

- I love you, Jill!

- Here we go.

♪ Dashing through the snow ♪

♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪

- This is my favorite song!

- ♪ O'er the fields we go ♪

♪ Laughing all the way ♪

♪ Bells on bobtail ring ♪

♪ Making spirits bright ♪

♪ What fun it is to ride and sing ♪

♪ In a sleighing song tonight ♪

- I don't even have words. She's hot.

I mean, listen, Santa, I've been a good boy in here.

So if you could send me Jill Frost's number,

I'll be a happy guy.

[chiming]

- ♪ Hey, jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪

♪ In one-horse open sleigh ♪

- Yay! - We love you, Jill.

- Good night, Jill.

- All right, everyone, I have another message from Santa.

Frankie, you've won the Naughty and Nice power,

which will give you an advantage in the upcoming

Jingle Bell Brawl... - Woo!

- As well as the power to give out a disadvantage

in the same challenge. - OK.

- In this next brawl, you will need to pair up

with a jingle bell bestie. - Shocking.

- Frankie, your advantage is, you get to choose your partner.

- Oh, thank you. - Choose wisely

because the duo that wins will be safe,

but everyone else will be in danger

of going to Santa's Showdown.

But that's not all.

Frankie, you will be putting one of the competing duos

on the Naughty List, giving them a disadvantage.

You'll be choosing which pair to penalize

during the Jingle Bell Brawl.

- Woo!

- When you hear the jingle bells ring,

Frankie, it will be time to announce your partner.

- Thank you so much, Derek.

I'm very excited, but also, I'm feeling the weight

and the pressure because my number-one ally, Cody,

chose me to be on his team, and it sent him home.

So I'm really going to have to think

very long and hard about this.

I gotta hope that I'm not getting Scrooged.

[holiday music]

♪ ♪

- I know.

- Yeah.

Because I won the Naughty and Nice challenge today,

I have received the power to choose a teammate

to head into the Jingle Bell Brawl.

I'm operating under the assumption that

the losing pair will head to Santa's Showdown

to face off against each other.

My true allegiance right now is to Britney and to Nicole,

so should definitely not put Nicole or Britney on my team.

I'm chatting with everyone.

I want to make sure I'm choosing a good competitor,

but, also, I want to make sure

it's someone I think I can beat.

Oh, god. This is so nerve wracking!

[festive music]

♪ ♪

- Slay. - Slay, king.

- As the winner of the Naughty and Nice power,

I have won a nice advantage

in the upcoming Jingle Bell Brawl.

I get to choose anyone I want

to be my partner in that challenge.

The twists and turns of the Reindeer Game

are more twisted than a candy cane.

So this decision is just a gut choice that I'm going with.

I have decided to choose...

- Frankie is my number-one target.

I don't want Frankie to be safe.

So I don't want to be partnered up with him

because whoever wins the Jingle Bell Brawl

is going to be safe.

I want Frankie fighting for his life today

on Santa's Showdown. Merry Christmas.

- Taylor as my partner.

- Yay!

- Jingle bells. - Jingle bells!

- I chose Taylor because I don't want two blondes

in Santa's Showdown together.

You know they say blondes have more fun.

And we can't have fun if it means

one of us is leaving the lodge.

Everyone else, you have a few minutes to decide

how you're pairing up.

Once your duo is set, let Santa know.

The Jingle Bell Brawl starts soon.

- Congrats, girl.

- Thanks. Yay.

- I understand your decision. She's awesome.

- Pop and hug.

- We die, we hug, we pop, yeah.

Frankie picking me means that I can't target him right now,

which is probably the best decision for him.

But now that we're a team,

I'm making sure we win this Jingle Bell Brawl

because I am making sure I never see a Santa Showdown,

not even once.

- Can't wait to see what you all decide,

now that my decision is over.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- What are you-- - I'm down for whatever.

- I think we mix it up, guy, girl.

- Yeah, I'm good with that.

Britney! - I'm coming.

- Seems to make sense.

I would prefer not to be in a duo with Josh.

I'm afraid that if we end up in a pair together and we lose,

we might be sent into Santa's Showdown as a duo

and have to compete against one another.

I'm not trying to do that with Josh,

so we're going to diversify these teams to give ourselves

the best possible chance in Santa's Showdown,

against either Britney or Nicole

as opposed to each other.

Let's talk about it. - They want to do guy-girl.

- Is that what you're thinking?

- I don't know.

I'm fine with girl-girl, guy-guy.

- It's like a little personal

but a little bit of me wanting to work with Nicole,

only because we've never, like, had the chance

to work together on anything

also just because, like, women, you know what I mean?

- You two, like, definitely do not want to be together?

- Not really. - Not really, no.

- OK...

there is definitely a red flag here.

- I guess for me, it's even if we do guys and girls

because we're the same physically,

and you guys are the same physically.

I wouldn't mind working with Josh,

but the fact that they're pushing it so hard,

it feels like we're walking into a trap or something.

- But we don't know what the challenge is.

- But we don't know what the challenge is, but that's--

so then that's the gamble.

- So why not mitigate the damage

by separating us and making it equal?

[western showdown music]

- We are at an absolute standoff.

[whip cracks]

♪ ♪

They're not folding.

I mean, the fact that they don't want to

team up with us makes me want to

split them up even more.

- Can we give this a try, please?

- Do you feel OK about it?

- I mean, yeah.

- All right, let's just go with that for now.

I'll be partners with Nicole.

Britney, you'll be partners with Josh.

- I'm not that bad!

together: Santa, Nicole and Xavier are teaming up.

together: Santa, Josh and Britney are teaming up.

- It'll be balanced, at least.

- I know that.

I'm not happy I'm paired with Xavier,

but I have to focus on winning this Jingle Bell Brawl

so I don't have to deal with Santa's Showdown at all.

And I'm also scared that

I might be in the Showdown with him.

He's really good. - Of course.

[upbeat theme music]

♪ ♪

[festive music]

♪ ♪

- Oh, my god.

- Whoa!

- Hey.

- Are you guys ready for your next mission from Santa?

- Yeah, we are.

- Ready as we can be.

- Unfortunately, a winter storm blew through,

wreaking havoc on these perfectly packed sleighs.

Now the presents are scattered all around the village.

I need you to gather the gifts that match your sleigh

and repack them. - Mm.

- When you and your partner think you have

all the gifts correctly packed,

hop in your sleigh and hit the button.

If you are the first team to correctly pack your sleigh,

you'll win this Jingle Bell Brawl and be safe.

But the winning duo will also be deciding

who will be going to Santa's Showdown.

I'll be giving you more details on that

after the mission. - Of course.

- Frankie? - Yes.

- Because you won the Naughty and Nice power,

you can disadvantage one of the other duos by freezing them.

- Ha!

[suspenseful music]

- At any point during this challenge,

you can use Christmas magic

by naming which team you want to freeze.

- Very good.

- Once you have done this,

they will become frozen for seconds.

both: Wow.

- You may only use this power once.

Good luck, everyone.

- Thank you so much. - All right.

- Taylor and I are going to be competing together,

and it's very important for us to win

because it is the only way that I can guarantee my safety.

And we've already established that

I'm a big, big shiny target in this lodge.

- Players, to your starting positions.

- Woo!

- I've never been to Santa's Showdown,

and I don't want it to start today.

So me and Britney have to secure our safety.

- So do you want to be in there and I hand them to you?

Although I'm not thrilled about being partnered with Xavier,

I have to worry about the now.

We need to work together, communicate.

And I know how good he is at competition, so let's do it.

- The game starts now.

[suspenseful music]

- I got it. Nope.

- This one does. - No, no, no.

This goes up.

- Thank you, thank you, thank you.

- Put it on the bottom. - OK.

- This goes like this.

- I don't know, Frankie. I feel like these two

have to go together. - OK.

- Frankie has a better eye for puzzles than I do,

so I know that if I give him

the right pieces at the right times,

he can focus on him staying in the sleigh bed

and me handing him the items to build out this puzzle.

- This is OK. - It's perfect.

OK. - This is OK.

- Here we go. Keep that.

Bring that this way. What is this?

- I literally told Xavier, hey, I'm your workhorse.

You're the puzzle man.

You tell me what pieces you want,

I'll get them for you.

- OK, how many across?

- Four. Sorry. Six across.

- These pieces are heavy. They are cumbersome.

This is much, much harder than I thought it was going to be.

- I don't think the bows matter.

- Nicole and Xavier are in the lead.

- So we'll leave it like this for now.

- Slow them down. - Who?

- X.

- X and Nicole, freeze!

- Freeze.

[timer ticking]

- [groans]

Man, we was grooving!

We were figuring that puzzle out,

and this freeze is coming at the worst time

because now, we've lost that momentum.

- This is another bottom.

- This is a bottom? - This is the bottom.

- While Xavier and Nicole are frozen,

that gives Taylor and I seconds

to try to catch up to them and overtake them.

I'm so glad I won that Naughty and Nice challenge.

[chuckles]

- Like this? - Yes.

- OK, you're good. - We're good?

I think that goes there. I don't think that one's wrong.

- We have to hurry because at this rate,

we are fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la losing.

- Put this piece where? - Put this piece there.

- No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

- That won't fit? - No.

- Are you sure? - No.

- Move that, move that.

No, it has no bottom. It's OK.

It doesn't go on the bottom.

- That doesn't fit. - It doesn't fit.

- The hardest part about this puzzle is that--

Is everything. [laughs]

[upbeat holiday music]

- No days off in Santa's factory.

- There is so much on the line here.

We have to get this puzzle solved ASAP.

- Push it all the way back. - All the way back?

- Yes, all the way back. - With this.

There we go. - That's what it is.

That's that. And switch this. Rotate this.

- Towards you? - Yep.

- You're doing great. You're doing great.

- It fits. It fits.

Yeah, there we go.

- We gotta just start throwing [...] up there.

- Give me that one.

- Home stretch, home stretch. Here we go.

Has to be this. Has to be this.

Here we go. - Yep, yep.

- Ah, I feel like this could go right there.

Try that one. - Turn it this way, like this.

So that has to go somewhere in that gap.

- We're close. We're so close.

One more here. Amazing.

- We're right here.

Home stretch.

Come here. This one here. - Yes, yes, yes.

Push.

Here, here! [buzzer dings]

- Congratulations, Taylor and Frankie!

- Yes! - Yes!

[jubilant music]

- Oh, my god! Oh, my god.

- Win.

Woo! h*, h*, h*, here we go.

These games are so hard.

And I'm so proud of myself that I have made it

one step closer to the Reindeer Games.

- Congratulations, both of you.

- I am so happy that I'm safe.

This means I do not have to see Santa's Showdown.

Just one more step to achieving that goal.

- Good job, though. - Good job.

- Thanks for being the muscle.

- Honestly, I couldn't have asked

for a better partner, Xavier.

I'm bummed that we didn't win,

but I'm working closely with Frankie and Taylor,

so I am praying for a Christmas miracle.

The last thing I want is to be sent to Santa's Showdown.

- You now have a huge decision in front of you

because one player from each of the losing pairs

will be sent to Santa's Showdown.

- Oh, wow. - No.

- Frankie, you will choose one player from

one of the losing duos,

and Taylor, you will choose one player from the other duo.

- I'm sick.

- I need both of you to reach into Santa's hat

and grab a colored ornament to determine

which pairs' fate you will be deciding.

- OK! - Oh. Wow.

- Oh. - Okey-doke.

- That's a nice little twist. - Wow, great.

- Josh and Britney are the red ornament.

Nicole and X are the green ornament.

It's time to make your selection.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

OK, Frankie, that means you will be choosing

either Josh or Britney to go to Santa's showdown,

while Taylor, you will be choosing between X and Nicole.

And remember, whoever loses Santa's Showdown

will be eliminated.

So this decision will permanently silence

someone's night.

- So much for the jolliness of it all, right?

- [wails softly] I have to make choices.

I have to choose between Xavier and Nicole

to send into Santa's Showdown.

I've got my alliance with Xavier,

and I've got my girls alliance,

so I'm going to have to draw a line in the sand.

This is what happens when you're in too many alliances.

♪ ♪

[groovy holiday music]

♪ ♪

- I'm so proud of you.

- Taylor and I win the Jingle Bell Brawl and I am so excited.

But now, each of us have to choose

one person from one of the losing teams

to go head-to-head in Santa's Showdown.

Because I drew the red ornament,

my choices are Josh or Britney.

So this is an us decision.

This is now Taylor and Frankie,

making a decision that is best for our games together

to get to the Reindeer Games. - Yes, yes.

- So it's X and Josh. I think that's straightforward.

And it's just easy, and let's just do it.

So I'll be sending Josh.

Taylor will be sending Xavier.

Looks like it's gonna be

an all-male Santa's Showdown tonight.

Fine. - We're here.

- Let's just do it. - Frankie really believes

X is going to Santa's Showdown,

but I'm aligned with Nicole and Britney,

I'm aligned with Josh and Xavier,

so winning this power and having to put

someone in jeopardy is gonna show my cards

and blow up my game, no matter what.

This is not a holly jolly holiday.

This would be better if this cider was spiked.

- You know, with great power-- - Comes great responsibility.

- No.

With great "h*, h*" comes a lot of "h*, no."

[laughs]

[festive music]

♪ ♪

- Let's go. - All right.

- We'll see.

- Honestly, I don't know where I stand with Frankie.

So I'm just hoping that if

Frankie sends me down into Santa's Showdown,

Taylor doesn't choose Xavier to go up against me.

This is crazy. Like, this is so jolly.

Let's pin you all up against each other every [...] time.

- Yeah.

I like since we first stepped foot in here,

we've just been trying to lift each other up.

And since becoming a mom, especially,

like, women go through so much.

And I just feel like we don't get enough credit

for things that we can do. - Yeah.

- But I don't have the strength--

I don't have the strength Josh is going to have.

- Mm-hmm.

- Taylor ultimately gets to

decide my fate in this game.

I'm worried. I'm sitting next to

one of Taylor's good friends, Xavier.

But honestly, if it's a strictly game move

there's no reason she should throw me in a Santa's Showdown.

Anyways, I'm so proud, like, of you

and everything that you do and everything you stand for

because you are just a beautiful person.

But that's not game.

Game is, keep me in because... - I love you.

- You can beat me better. - [laughs]

- All right. I love you.

I'll send in Xavier. - Yeah.

[groans]

- So what are your thoughts?

- I don't want to put you down.

I don't. - That would be nice.

This is the second time now that Taylor has had to pick

between keeping Nicole safe or keeping me safe.

The first time, she picked Nicole.

- The person we have all agreed to make safe is Nicole.

- Yes. Thank you guys so much.

- For the love of Santa,

I'm hoping that she keeps me safe.

Let's continue to do this thing together.

And I will continue to have your back

all the way through the Reindeer Games.

Plus, if you're viewing Frankie as a potential target...

- That's the thing. - At some point, keep me safe.

- Keep me around. - I know.

- Let me help you. - I know.

I want to get him out so badly.

- So let me help you do it. - Yeah.

This is the worst decision ever.

I've always wanted to run a game with the girls.

And if I keep Nicole,

I'm likely gonna have an easier time in the Reindeer Games,

but if I keep Xavier,

I have another weapon to take out Frankie.

And I betrayed the only other female winner in this--

[groans]

This is the worst.

- Let's continue to work together.

Let's get to Reindeer Games.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[jingle bells ringing]

- I hate those jingle bells!

[jingle bells ringing]

- As the winners of the Jingle Bell Brawl,

we must each choose a player to face off in Santa's Showdown.

- One from each of the losing pairs.

- I must choose between either Nicole or Xavier.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

I--this is an impossible decision.

And I feel like it's forcing me to choose between

everything I stand for as a person.

And I just want to make happy memories

and have new friends here, so this is impossible for me.

I'm sick to my stomach.

I've chosen to send...

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- I must choose between either Nicole or Xavier

to face off in Santa's Showdown.

I've chosen to send...

[suspenseful music]

Nicole.

- OK.

- I'm so sorry. - It's OK.

- I'm sending Nicole down to Santa's Showdown

because I need Xavier to stay in this lodge

so he can help me take out my biggest target, Frankie.

I feel like a jingle bell b*tch today.

- I must choose between Josh and Britney.

There's one person here

who hasn't been into Santa's Showdown,

so I'm sorry but, Josh,

I'm sending you into Santa's Showdown.

♪ ♪

I'm sorry.

♪ ♪

Josh and Nicole, you will face off

in Santa's Showdown very soon.

- Good luck to you both.

- I didn't see that coming.

Taylor said that she was gonna send Xavier

into Santa's Showdown, so I stuck to my end of the bargain.

I'm extremely worried for Nicole.

I'm so sorry. - It's all right.

While I want to be mad at Frankie,

I think it was a smart play, man,

and I'm the type of person that I respect the game so much.

But I'm not ready to go home.

- It doesn't make sense.

Why would she want to

be competing against Xavier in the end over me?

Xavier, who's a lawyer, physically fit,

and has survived Santa's Showdown three times.

Riddle me that.

I'm just hoping I can get my crap together

and show up and perform and come back and just stay.

[festive music]

♪ ♪

- [gasps] - Oh, my god.

- Wow.

- Whoa.

- All right. - Bring it.

Let's bring it. - Go, Nicole!

- All in, fam. Let's go. - Good luck, you guys.

[clapping]

- You're good. You got it, come on.

- You got it. Come on. - Here we go, Nicole.

- Anyone's game.

- Welcome to Santa's Showdown. - Woo, let's go.

- Not many people know that one of the hottest events

in the North Pole is the Candy Cane Rodeo.

Now, as everyone knows,

the rules of the Candy Cane Rodeo are simple:

hang on for dear life.

The player who lasts the longest

on this peppermint twister wins this Santa's Showdown,

and they'll be one step closer to the Reindeer Games.

- Santa's Showdown feels like sudden death.

And I am so scared to go against Josh,

but I just keep telling myself,

you're here to make it to the Reindeer Games,

you're here to bring home the $,.

- This is my first-ever Santa's Showdown,

and, I mean, the pressure is on.

I need to focus on why I'm here,

to make my people back home proud.

So I have to hang on for dear life.

- And the game starts now.

[suspenseful music]

- All right, you guys got this.

Seeing this is an endurance challenge against Josh,

I kind of feel like I've sent Nicole to her doom.

- These aren't just normal stationary candy canes.

It's basically like a giant bull

but in the shape of a candy cane.

I'm a big guy, so this is not gonna be easy.

- What am I doing, as a -year-old mother

on this giant candy cane?

Instead of using all my energy to hang on to the candy cane,

I'm moving with it to try to make sure I stay on top of it.

If I can keep my arms from tiring out,

I should be able to hold on a lot longer.

Arrow, look at me. I'm on a candy cane!

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- While we have little handles to hold on,

I'm realizing that that is really exhausting my grip.

But, to my advantage, I have really long arms

and a big reach,

so I literally lock in my arms,

and I'm bear hugging this candy cane.

- Keep holding on until you're black and blue

and red and white all over.

- This Santa's Showdown looks really hard.

I really want Nicole to win

because I know Nicole would have my back.

But Josh is super strong, and if it's physical,

he has the advantage every time.

It was absolutely crazy for Taylor to want to keep Xavier

because he's a huge threat in the game.

This tells me clearly

where Taylor's allegiance really lies.

- Almost minutes into this rodeo.

♪ ♪

- Are you getting dizzy at all or no?

- Honestly, not really.

- [blowing]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Look at Mommy, Arrow. - That's right.

- [indistinct]

- I see why y'all won "Big Brother."

I think Nicole, if she survives this,

would probably work with everybody else before me.

Josh, channel something to stay on that candy cane.

Lock in and come back to Santa's lodge.

- Oh, fudge, I get so, like, seasick and car sick.

- Hang on.

♪ ♪

- Now it's starting.

It's so scary because the sudden movements,

they come out of nowhere.

You can easily lose your hand placements.

You're spinning around in circles.

You feel sick. You're dizzy.

Like, what is going on?

- Now minutes into this rodeo.

Josh and Nicole, rock solid.

- This is going forever.

It just doesn't end.

I'm getting tired watching them,

so you know they're getting tired.

- This is getting hard. - I'm in the zone now.

- [blowing]

- As Santa always says, no pain, no candy cane.

- I don't even feel the pain anymore. I'm numb.

- [blowing]

- Nicole might be the underdog here,

but do not count her out

because she is not giving up.

That's the kind of fortitude you need

to go all the way to the Reindeer Games.

- I can smell my own armpits.

This hurts my head.

Oh, oh.

- Nicole getting bumped in the head.

- Oh, my body's numb.

This is starting to get grueling.

I don't know how long I can hang on to

this gigantic candy cane.

- Hold on tight, hold on tight. - [groans]

What is going on?

[grunts]

[suspenseful music builds]

- Out of nowhere, this thing starts rocking hard.

Honestly, it's starting to take a toll on me.

- Oh, holy [...].

- The candy canes speed up, and they're getting wild.

They're bucking left and right and front and back

and spinning and twirling.

And I have never seen candy canes

move this quickly in my life. I cannot breathe.

♪ ♪

- OK, OK.

♪ ♪

- Oh, my god, you guys!

- OK, OK.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Oh, my god, you guys!

- Nicole and Josh, after battling it out

for like an hour...

- Did we fall at the same time? Wow.

- Happened to both get thrown off

at the exact same time.

It's just a matter of who hit the mat first.

- I love you, Josh. - I love you.

- You guys fought so hard. - Great job.

- That was unbelievable. - You guys fought so hard!

- You are a badass, Nicole.

- Thank you. So are you. - Wow.

- Santa, check the tape.

♪ ♪

- [screams] - Oh, my god!

- Congratulations, Nicole.

- Wow! - Wow!

- Good fight! - Mom power!

♪ ♪

- Love you. - I love you.

- That's right.

- Baby-holding arms. - Woo!

It's pretty awesome to be able to beat Josh

in an endurance challenge.

Who would've thunk that I could do that? Not me.

So it just feels so good

because I thought I was doomed.

And I know you probably did too at home.

- That was nuts.

I'm really happy that Nicole won.

I'm happy that she gets to continue to compete.

She really impressed me.

I mean, it was amazing.

- Unfortunately, Josh, you fa la la la lost

and have been eliminated. - Ah.

Damn it!

Damn it, Santa, I tried my best.

- Josh, please choose your parting present,

and see what glorious gift you will be taking home.

- I just want to say real quick, guys,

this has been the best experience.

[kisses] I love you guys.

- Love you! - I love you, Josh.

- Go get something good.

- All right, I'm gonna go with this one.

- Something good, something good.

- Come on, come on.

Is that a Christmas sweater?

- [groans] - A sweater!

- Another ugly sweater. Another ugly sweater!

- No, fashion. - I love you so much.

- Good job, Josh.

- We love you, Josh. - We love you.

- See you later, guys.

- Bye, Derek. - Bye.

- Bye.

- Final five.

- Man, it's tough.

Ah, man.

I truly gave it my all.

The reason why I wanted to play Reindeer Games is

because I grew up being a fan of "Big Brother."

Santa's lodge, thank you for changing my life.

But to just compete with legends of the game

and people that I've been a fan of is such a blessing.

I know that I'm making my family proud.

Biggest lesson, do not mess with a mom.

Arrow, your mom's a beast!

From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Santa.

It was a lot of fun. Until next time.

[all cheering]

- Amazing! - You did it!

- What a feat of strength.

By Taylor selecting Nicole

to go into Santa's Showdown tonight,

she has drawn a line in the snow.

Her and Xavier are clearly working together,

but maybe a Christmas miracle will happen,

and I'll be able to send either Xavier or Taylor home tomorrow.

- I was, like, so freaking scared.

I feel betrayed, obviously.

I have been nothing but good and loyal to Taylor.

Since day one, I've never had to put her in jeopardy.

But now, I'm in survival mode, to be completely honest.

And I'll do what I have to do

to make it to the Reindeer Games.

- I kept Xavier out of Santa's Showdown because

I still need him in this game

to help me take out who I think is

the greatest threat in this lodge, Frankie.

But I did not want to have to lay my cards out.

And I just need to hope it doesn't backfire on me.

- Cheers to the final five.

[all cheering]

- Big Josh lost the battle to little Nicole.

My North Pole tasks are taking a toll.

One more must go before my Reindeer Games.

A challenge quartet reveals the final four names.

Tune in tomorrow night at :/: Central,

when "Big Brother Reindeer Games" continues.

[suspenseful music]

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[exciting holiday music]

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