The reason for holding it pre-finale is the prerecorded episodes would all have aired so they can no longer complicate public involvement at this point. Don't get me wrong, this wouldn't make sense for a live series with on-going public voting (a live series is always preferred).An interesting idea - have always said I'd rather evictees competed to return to the house rather than having fake evictions but never thought about the possibility of doing it just before the actual finale for a second chance. In traditional Big Brother I'm not a fan of someone being put in just before the finale (I think the housemates should have a chance to evict them again) but there is merit in it here, and your idea is better than just a pure viewer vote.
I'm getting 2007-era Friday Night Live vibes except for less whoopee cushions and kangaroo poo.
Was it really that obvious where I drew inspiration from?
Interesting, not a bad idea for HOH being able to 'bank' their power for a limited period. Perhaps over a max period of two weeks (four evictions in this year's format, overlaps with one other nomination power)I do think in the competitive format it's more interesting to have powers which don't have to be used straight away so the holder not only has to work out how best to play them but when best to play them too, so perhaps rather than an HoH (in name only) it would have been better to have them become the holder of a weekly "Super power" which they can use on any of the next three evictions. That might add more sense to the weekly structure too, plus gives you the added complication of there possibly being two powers in play for the Monday evictions.