Latest Frozen Report Big Brother 28 · Episode 25
Drew Changed the Matchup—
Not the Whole Power Structure.
Drew's Blockbuster win took him off the block and left Mallory facing Taylor. Mallory left 6–2, but the result came from several kinds of power working at once—and each reached different players.
Read the Episode 25 analysis ↗Contains Episode 25 results
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Latest Frozen Snapshot
An Exposed Target, a Counterplan, and a Blockbuster Win Reshaped Eviction Night
Haley exposed the real target after Dee's group had allowed the other side to believe Taylor would leave.
Barrett organized a conditional route to evict Drew if Drew remained vulnerable after the Blockbuster.
Drew won safety, changing the matchup and removing the condition attached to the anti-Drew plan.
RPM in plain language: The Reality Power Model tracks six ways players influence the game. It looks beyond who won or got the desired result and asks who changed another player's response, how that influence worked, and why it mattered.
Episode 26 status: COLLECTING. Episode 25 remains the latest frozen score and ranking record. No final Episode 26 Evidence Cutoff or power ratings have been established. Read the Episode 26 Daily Updates.
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Where the Power Was at the Latest Frozen Cutoff
Dee's HOH Ends, Putting Devens in the Lead
Official Power Leaderboard Through Episode 25
The Total Power Score combines six 1–4 ratings at the Episode 25 Evidence Cutoff. With ten active players at that frozen boundary, everyone is shown.
His Comparison Helped Define Mallory as the Larger Threat.
Other players in the core used that comparison, while alliance and matchup reasons prevent sole credit.
Her HOH Ended; Her Social Power Did Not.
She lost the formal power of the office and now needs voluntary responses from other players.
One Majority Vote Did Not Create a New Power Level.
Voting with the majority did not prove that Angela caused another player's decision.
He Built a Usable but Matchup-Specific Coalition.
Several players accepted his Drew-out plan, but Drew's safety showed exactly where it stopped.
Six Survival Votes Had Mixed Motives.
Some voters removed Mallory rather than making a durable promise to Taylor.
Episode 25 Power Shift
Dee's Total Power Score Falls by 6 When Her HOH Ends
Why: Her HOH ended, so the official authority to nominate, name a replacement, or impose nomination consequences expired with it. What changed: Legitimate Power 4 → 1; Coercive Power 4 → 1. What stayed the same: Reward Power 3, Expert Power 3, Referent Power 3, and Informational Power 4.
See the complete Episode 25 power evidence →The RPM Distinction
“An eviction result is not a complete map of power.”
Results show what happened. Power analysis asks why people responded as they did, whose influence reached them, where that influence stopped, and what remains usable after the episode ends.
Learn how the model separates authority, influence, performance, and outcomes →