Big Brother has officially reached 1,000 episodes and host Julie Chen Moonves celebrated the occasion with dozens of former houseguests returning to the studio!
Julie hosted the live episode on Thursday (August 27) from the studio lot in Los Angeles and she was joined by former contestants like Dan Gheesling, Janelle Pierzina, Rachel Reilly, Taylor Hale, and more.
Guinness World Records Official Adjudicator Michael Empric officially presented Julie with the certificates for two titles the show just achieved: most episodes of a primetime TV show and most episodes of a competitive reality TV show.
“Throughout our many summers producing BIG BROTHER, we never thought we’d reach 1,000 episodes – let alone, achieve not one but TWO Guinness World Records titles!” said executive producers Allison Grodner, Rich Meehan and Chris Roach.
They continued, “We were so thrilled to have Michael from Guinness World Records join us for our historic 1,000th episode and officially present these to our legendary host, Julie Chen Moonves! We cannot thank our now two-time Guinness World Records title-holding BIG BROTHER family enough for working tirelessly behind the scenes to get us to this unprecedented milestone.”
As part of the 1,000th episode celebration, the current houseguests traveled back to the year 1000, where four Big Brother legends joined them to challenge them in a way that they’ve never been challenged before.
There was also a live eviction on the episode and someone was sent home!
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