# Zingbot

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**Zingbot 9000** (formerly **Zingbot 3000**), colloquially known as **Zingbot**, is a robot visitor that is featured on the [American version of the television show *Big Brother*](/source/Big_Brother_(American_TV_series)),[1] which airs on [CBS](/source/CBS). The robot has appeared on every season since the show's [twelfth season](/source/Big_Brother_12_(American_season)) in 2010, excluding the show's [spin-offs](/source/Spin-off_(media)), *[Big Brother: Over the Top](/source/Big_Brother:_Over_the_Top)* and *[Celebrity Big Brother](/source/Celebrity_Big_Brother_(American_TV_series))*.

The robot, which is actually a human in a robot costume, is a form of comic relief and offers one-line insults ("zings") to each of the house guests in an annoying, mechanical sounding voice.[2] Each insult is followed by the comment, "Zing!", which has entered the popular lexicon, particularly within the house.

## Appearances

Zingbot 3000 made its first appearance on *[Big Brother 12](/source/Big_Brother_12_(American_season))* during one of the *Power of Veto* competitions. The Zingbot 3000 also made a cameo appearance at the *Big Brother 12* season finale. During *[Big Brother 13](/source/Big_Brother_13_(American_season))*, its appearance coincided with a veto competition where the house guests raced to build the "Bride of Zingbot". In *[Big Brother 14](/source/Big_Brother_14_(American_season))*, the theme was to build a Zingbot baby during one of the veto competitions. Zingbot 3000 attended [Comic Con](/source/San_Diego_Comic-Con_International) in 2011. Zingbot re-appeared on August 28, 2013 during *[Big Brother 15](/source/Big_Brother_15_(American_season))* and on August 20, 2014, during *[Big Brother 16](/source/Big_Brother_16_(American_season))*. However, on *[Big Brother 17](/source/Big_Brother_17_(American_season))*, he got an upgrade, now named the "Zingbot 9000" which had much more brutal zings on August 26, 2015. Zingbot 9000 again appeared on August 17, 2016 during *[Big Brother 18](/source/Big_Brother_18_(American_season))*, and it was announced that Zingbot had entered the [presidential race](/source/2016_United_States_presidential_election).[3] Zingbot 9000 re-appeared on August 23, 2017 during *[Big Brother 19](/source/Big_Brother_19_(American_season))*, having won the presidency and being modeled after President [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump). In *[Big Brother 20](/source/Big_Brother_20_(American_season))*, a Hide and Go veto competition was held August 22, 2018, at "Zing-a-Lago," where house guests raced to recover materials compromising to President Zing.[4][not in citation given] In *[Big Brother 21](/source/Big_Brother_21_(American_season))*, Zingbot returned to host the "Free the Zing" Power of Veto competition where he was put in the and the HouseGuests had to help him escape.[5] Zingbot appeared in [Big Brother 22](/source/Big_Brother_22_(American_season)) and onwards.[6]

## References

1. ["Zingbot 3000 Returns!"](http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_brother/episodes/63123/). CBS.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

1. ["Big Brother Recap: Don't Let the Back Door Hit You on the Way Out"](http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2011/08/big-brother-recap-dont-let-the-back-door-hit-you-on-the-way-out/#ixzz23YxQYW5x). The Hollywood Gossip. August 25, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

1. ["Big Brother Season 18 Episode 26 Recap: Zingbot For President"](http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/08/18/big-brother-season-18-episode-26-recap-zingbot-for-president/). CBS Detroit. August 18, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-19.

1. ["Zingbot Showed up on 'Big Brother 20' & its Roasts Were BRUTAL"](https://www.bustle.com/p/zingbot-showed-up-on-big-brother-20-its-roasts-were-brutal-10213764). August 23, 2018.

1. Sorren, Martha (August 29, 2019). ["Zingbot Came To 'Big Brother' 21 & His Zings Were Intense"](https://www.bustle.com/p/zingbot-came-to-big-brother-21-his-zings-were-intense-18710485). *Bustle*. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

1. Grant, Tamara (2021-09-10). ["*Big Brother 23*: Zingbot Continued Zinging Houseguests on Twitter"](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/big-brother-23-zingbot-continued-zinging-houseguests-on-twitter.html/). *Showbiz Cheat Sheet*. Retrieved 2021-11-15.

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