Big Brother celebrated its historic 1,000th episode with great fanfare Thursday night, all before sending home a beloved Houseguest and (sort of) revealing a major twist. The super-sized episode kicked off with a walk down memory lane of seasons past. Fans were reminded via an impressive supercut of the show's biggest alliances, blindsides, backstabs, twists, punishments and romances alike, highlighting the zany nature of the show that has stolen our hearts over the past quarter-century.
After viewers at home voted for the winners of a few BB awards, here's how they shook out: Dan's funeral (Season 14) won Favorite Moment; Julie Chen Moonves (Seasons 6, 7, 14, 22) won Best to Never Win; The Cookout (Season 23) won Favorite Alliance; "Floaters, you better grab a life vest!" (Rachel Reilly, Season 12) won Favorite Quote; and Dan Gheesling (Season 10) won Favorite Winner.
Guinness World Records also presented host Julie Chen Moonves with two certificates, officially making Big Brother the title holder for most episodes of a primetime TV show and most episodes of a competitive reality TV show.
After all the excitement died down, however, nominated Houseguests Taylor Brown, Drew Campbell and Mallory Aurichio all competed in the live BB Blockbuster competition to try and save themselves from eviction. In the comp, the players had to compare a wall full of past Big Brother video clips to a series of clues about the clips; the winner would be the first person to correctly answer which segment of the video wall applied to all three clues.
Drew rang in first with what ended up being the correct answer. Mallory and Taylor tried to ring in with the correct answer as well, but that button was unavailable to them once Drew rang in first. Drew was revealed to the rest of the house as the BB Blockbuster winner, which immediately triggered tears from several Houseguests who realized the Icons' plan to send Mallory home was in full effect. Though Mallory's allies Melody Morris and Barrett Pfeiffer bravely voted to keep her, her alleged ally Drew was among the six to vote to evict her.
Mallory left with her head held high — despite admitting that she threw this week's HOH comp — and even got a standing ovation from a room full of Big Brother icons upon her exit. Big Brother returns Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, when fans will learn more about the medieval twist that Julie Chen Moonves only kinda-sorta-halfway revealed before Thursday's episode's end.