Locked Away (season 1)

Locked Away is the first season of Locked Away and was produced on November 20, 2021.

The season borrowed elements from the CBS reality television Big Brother. Hosted by Robert, the season consisted of fifteen competitors. Mark won the season in a 5-2 vote defeating Martha.

Development and Casting
After concluding Castaway's sixteenth season, Robert opted to explore other concepts and wanted to go back into Big Brother after hosting a Big Brother series, Big Brother Dirty Dozen, years prior. As Locked Away is a new series, those who have competed on Castaway can apply.

Originally planned for fourteen houseguests, the cast increased to fifteen and a planned battle-back was scrapped.

Format
Locked Away follows a similar setup to the North American and Canadian versions of Big Brother in that houseguests compete each round to win power and safety. At the start of each round, all houseguests nominate two fellow houseguests for eviction. The two houseguests to receive the highest number of nominations will face potential eviction, the results are announced following the Head of Household ("HoH") competition where the any nominations cast for the winner are negated. The host announces which two have received the most nominations, if a tie between three or more houseguests occurs, the Head of Household determines the two nominees. The HoH, nominees and three houseguests selected by random draw compete for the Power of Veto ("PoV") competition. The winner of the PoV competition wins the right to either revoke the nomination of one of the nominated houseguests or leave them as is. If the veto winner uses this power, the HoH must immediately nominate another houseguest for eviction. The PoV winner is also immune from being named as the replacement nominee. On eviction night, all houseguests must vote to evict one of the nominees. The Head of Household and the nominees are not allowed to vote. This compulsory vote is conducted in the privacy of Zoom Direct Message by the host. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household will cast the tie-breaking vote in front of all the houseguests publicly. The nominee with the most votes is evicted from the competition. The cycle then repeats with the previous Head of Household being able to nominate, but not compete in the Head of Household competition.

The last seven evicted houseguests, referred to as the Jury ultimately decide the winner of the season from the two finalists. The Jury are permitted to watch competitions and ceremonies that include all of the remaining houseguests, but conversations outside of these are not accessible to the Jury. A major format change from the North American Big Brother seasons will occur in Locked Away, with the vote tally not being announced at the eviction, only the nominee who has been evicted. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household still casts the tie-breaking vote.

Twists

 * Timed Power of Veto competitions: Each Power of Veto competition (on average) takes three minutes to successfully complete, if a correct answer has not been submitted within the allotted time, the Power of Veto is Locked Away and the pre-veto nominated players will face the eviction vote.
 * Eviction Tally Locked Away: The tally of each eviction are not publicised, only the houseguest that is eliminated. The twist retired at the final four.
 * Locked Away Mailbag: Starting from the second round, the Head of Household selects one houseguest of their choice to receive an envelope from a mailbag. The contents of the envelope are made public, and are in force for that round only.


 * Locked Out: After the second eviction, houseguests will begin another nomination process unknowingly putting the two (or more) who receive nominations into a Locked Out competition. The winning houseguest(s) remain in the competition whilst the houseguest who does not complete the competition is eliminated permanently.
 * Flash Eviction: After the seventh eviction, the houseguests once again nominate, with the houseguest that accrued the highest number of nominations selecting one houseguest of their choice as their opponent in a flash eviction, all other houseguests immediately vote to evict one of the two nominated.

Nominations
At the start of each round, all houseguests (including the outgoing Head of Household from week two onwards) nominate two houseguests for possible eviction. Winning the Head of Household competition, or playing an advantage, negates all nominations cast against the houseguest(s). The last round of nominations occurred when five houseguests remained.