Seize a life vest, floaters, as a result of look who simply resurfaced again within the Big Brother home.

Rachel Reilly (or Rachel Reilly Villegas, should you’re nasty) was revealed on Thursday’s Massive Brother season 27 premiere because the thriller houseguest. She entered the home in typical Rachel vogue, asserting “Floaters seize a life vest. Actuality royalty has formally arrived.” She adopted that up by warning everybody. “I hope you’re prepared for a summer time full of the Rachel Reilly.” (Notice: We’re.)

Reilly cemented her actuality TV legacy with back-to-back appearances on Massive Brother — appearances that have been willed with tears, endurance wins, and a signature snigger that viewers both beloved or beloved to hate.

Rachel not solely met her future husband Brendon on the present throughout season 12 but additionally received her second season on Massive Brother 13. She then parlayed that fame into three seasons on The Amazing Race, in addition to The Traitors, Snake in the Grass, and Celeb Worry Issue, However now she’s again the place all of it started, competing for the $750,000.

Nevertheless, Rachel returning to the home was not the one twist in retailer for contestants and viewers alike. Oh, like, no massive deal or something however it seems host Julie Chen Moonves was KIDNAPPED!!! Or at the very least “kidnapped.” That’s as a result of the lights all went out within the Massive Brother home, and after they got here again on, the host was gone, with solely a knocked over shoe remaining on the stage.

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Who was answerable for this dastardly deed? Ainsley? Otev? The Demogorgon? NO! As a substitute, it was somebody in a demented Halloween satan masks referred to as “The Mastermind” who took credit score for stealing each Julie and the HOH relic after which proceeded to announce that “With out Julie or the ability contained within the relic, the sport of Massive Brother can’t go on.” (The Mastermind offered no proof nor reasoning for this.)

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The gamers have been then divided into two groups of eight. The primary group competed to search out Julie, who awkwardly needed to wait behind certainly one of eight doorways whereas they contestants every constructed a puzzle bridge over a faux ground of lava. Zach was the one to free the Chenbot and received $10,000 for his effort.

In the meantime, the second group needed to discover the actual HOH relic amongst a sea of pretend ones, after which fall by a lure door in the event that they picked unwisely. Jimmy finally positioned the right relic, critically undercutting the Mastermind’s declare of being an evil genius. Jimmy was then in a position to choose the 4 gamers who would compete within the first Head of Family competitors. He selected himself, Adrian, Ashley, and Vince, with Vince finally successful the doubtful honor of the season’s first HOH. (Shout out to Frenchie!)

Vince’s victory additionally blew up the Mastermind’s lair, which — judging by the explosion that aired on tv and ignoring all legal guidelines of time and journey — was someplace within the South Pacific.

In a single ultimate twist, the Mastermind introduced that one of many gamers was really a Secret Confederate who did every little thing the Mastermind ordered within the hopes of getting into the sport. But when the opposite contestants discovered the Confederate's true identification, the particular person would not grow to be the seventeenth participant. How the Mastemrind was doing all this with out a lair stays unclear.

However all that paled compared to the return of Hurricane Rachel, who was additionally unleashed by the Mastermind. “I’m right here to point out these newbies find out how to play Massive Brother,” Rachel mentioned within the Diary Room. And people classes have already begun.

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