Using this stars as an example, this twist would work similar to the awful one on #BB24. But might be more interesting on TG than on the show.
Here's how the twist works: the moderators randomly assign people into 8 pairs at the start of the game. For nominations, the sets can ONLY be festie besties. You could not do split votes (how to enforce this, IDK, but the honor system?).
So here's how it would work. Everyone randomly assigned.
Day 1 the cast chose the festie besties - KingB24 and rohanprabhu. Rohan was evicted and KingB24 survived. Without a festie bestie, KIngB is immune from being nommed back to back. He will be paired with the next evicted house guest.
Day 2 had festie besties Aidan0621 and Willy729, on the block. Aidan went home and Willy becomes new festie besties with KingB. Since Willy and KingB are paired up, both are as vulnerable as the other house guests.
Day 3 featured Festie Besties Happy202 and benja31, with Happy going home. Benja has immunity until he is paired up Day 4.
Day 4 was Festie Bestie (FB) Tman54445 and Bvance1212, with Bvance not bvancing in the game, and Tman becoming Benja's new bestie.
Day 5 BBdamian and Snails were festie besties and BBdamian survived, with Snails leaving. BBdamian is immune from going up Day 6.
Day 6 I started this blog before I saw the set, but Besties Willy and KingB, who became FB on Day 2, were nominated. The survivor will become new FB's with BBdamian, and so on.
With the other pairs
-TMAN54445/benja31
- BBdamian/Willy or KingB24
So, let's play out the festie bestie twist. I am just gonna use random.org to determine who is put up and who goes home out of the pair... so... let's see.
Day 7 the cast does Hon/Jets - [Honalulue moves on to be besties with D8 survivor, immune Day 8]
Day 8 the cast decides to do sal/Typh - Typh survives and pairs up with Honalulue
Day 9 the cast does BBdamian vs. the survivor of Willy/KingB - Bbdamian beats them, is immune for next day.
Day 10, the cast does hellocat/daddyDev, getting the last unnommed folks up, Dev goes home and BBdamian/hellocat are paired.
Remaining pairs at this point:
-TMAN/benja
-BBdamian/hellocat
-Typh/Hon
Day 11, Tman and Benja go up to face the music, with TMAN narrowly defeating his opponent and immune until the next day.
Day 12, BBdamian goes back up with hellocat, with hellocat shockingly defeating him by a narrow margin. TMAN/hello are now festie besties.
Day 13 - With 4 people left, a tie is inevitable, so the twist is over, and everyone for themselves, so determine which 3 of the 4 makes final 3 and who comes up short. Day 13 nominations/final 4 noms would be similar to what it is now.
The main caveat would be ensuring that people only locked in actual pairs and not whomever they wanted. IDK if it's even a functional format, but it would be interesting to see.
Or just do a DUO stars, where iconic duos join and the format plays out basically the same.
Using this stars as an example, this twist would work similar to the awful one on #BB24. But might be more interesting on TG than on the show.