Big Brother 19 (American season)

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Big Brother 19 is the nineteenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. The season featured a temptation theme. It premiered on June 28, 2017, with a 2-hour season premiere, broadcast on CBS in the United States and Global in Canada, and ended with a 2-hour season finale on September 20, 2017, after 92 days of competition. Julie Chen returned as host. On September 20, 2017, Josh Martinez was crowned the winner defeating season 18 runner-up Paul Abrahamian in a 5-4 jury vote, earning the latter the distinction of being the first person to receive the runner-up prize two years consecutively. Cody Nickson was voted as the season's America's Favorite HouseGuest.

The season received negative reviews and sparked numerous controversies over bullying, racism, rape jokes, transphobia, and inappropriate behavior exhibited by a few of the HouseGuests. It is considered to be one of the worst seasons in the show's history.