"This season's queen"— Big Brother fans praise Leah in season 26

Big Brother season 26 aired part two of its season premiere on Thursday, July 18, 2024. During the segment, the remaining houseguests were introduced to the audience, as they made their way into the house and joined the other contestants.

Like the previous episode, the new contestants voted for whether they thought Ainsle should be voted into the house as the seventeenth contestant and competed in the upgrade and downgrade tasks.

Fans took to social media to chime in on the events of the episode and were particularly appreciative of Leah Peters, who entered the house on Thursday. Chiming in on Leah's comment about not knowing how men win the CBS show, one person wrote on X:

"Leah saying, 'I honestly don't know how a man has ever won Big Brother' Yup, I was right, she's this seasons queen. #BB26"

"Leah was so real when she said that she can’t believe any men have ever won Big Brother because men are so easy to manipulate. I feel like she didn’t mean me, though. Right?? Sure, I’m a man but like *am I* a *man*?? You get what I mean. #BB26," a fan commented.

"#LEAH: i can’t believe a guy has won big brother ever, they’re so easy to manipulate so true queen #bb26," a tweet read.

Big Brother season 26 fan commented on her gameplay while voting for the seventeenth houseguest:

"LEAH MOUTHING “I KNEW IT” WHEN THEY IF YOU VOTED YES, IT WILL UPGRADE YOUR GAME OMG SHES SO SMART SHE KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP WITH THIS 17TH HOUSEGUEST #BB26," a person wrote.

"Honestly, Leah's attitude during that game upgrade competition was cute and yeah now I see hour and 15 on livefeeds countdown #BB26," a fan commented.

"Leah won this episode tonight. Giving us one liners & voting yes in the upgrade competition! That’s blonde mother #BB26," a comment read.

Since she entered the show, fans went through the houseguest's old tweets and social media posts. Chiming in on her old tweets, Big Brother season 26 fans said:

"LEAH TAKE ALL MY STAN CARDS?? #BB26," a person wrote.

"miss leah with this energy in 2016 (shouldn’t be impressive but it is these days) #BB26," a fan commented.

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What happened in Big Brother season 26 episode 2?

Julie Chen Moonves welcomed the remaining contestants into the Big Brother house in season 26 episode 2, titled Premiere Part 2. This included Cedric Hodges, T'Kor Clottey, Matt Hardeman, Brooklyn Rivera, Lisa Weintraub, Kenney Kelley, Leah Peters, and Quinn Martin.

Much like the first group that entered the house, these eight contestants were also given the choice of voting Ainsle into the house. While six of them. Cedric, T'Kor, Marr, Brooklyn, Lisa, and Kenney said no, and Leah and Quinn voted yes.

This meant those who said yes participated in the upgrade task while the rest participated in the downgrade task. Quinn won the time-based task by completing it nine seconds faster than Leah. Meanwhile, Cedric was the slowest in the downgrade task and lost.

As for the downgrade, Cedric and Chelsie (from group 1) were told they couldn't compete for Head of the Household and Power of Veto in the first week. Their voting rights in the first live eviction were also taken away. However, they were still eligible to be nominated and evicted from the Big Brother season 26 house.

As for Makensy (group 1) and Quinn, one of them will be the "deepfake HoH" and one will receive America's Veto.

Season 26 Live Feeds are now available to be streamed. Fans can watch the same on Paramount+ and Pluto TV but will be unable to access the archives and rewind the footage.

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The two-part premiere is available to stream on CBS TV and Paramount+.