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00:00:02After a record-breaking 98 days, we are down to the final three.
00:00:07One will win a half million dollars, one will win $50,000, and one will leave the house
00:00:14completely empty-handed.
00:00:17Welcome to the live season finale of Big Brother.
00:00:25This season on Big Brother.
00:00:30Early in the game, Vanessa and Austin became a formidable duo.
00:00:34I'm down for some kind of final two thing with you. I actually really am.
00:00:36Absolutely.
00:00:37With twins playing as one, Vanessa was quickly let in on their secret.
00:00:42People have been saying that you are the twin.
00:00:45Is it true?
00:00:46It's true.
00:00:47And with the goal of keeping the twins safe, a power alliance was formed.
00:00:51This could be called with Clay and then your sister, the Sixth Sense.
00:00:56The Sixth Sense quickly disposed of their biggest enemies.
00:01:00Dave, Odd, Jeff, Audrey, Jason, you are evicted from the Big Brother house.
00:01:07But when the power shifted to the underdogs...
00:01:10Congratulations, James. You are the new head of household.
00:01:14Congratulations, Becky. You are the new head of household.
00:01:17Two of Vanessa and Austin's most powerful allies were taken out.
00:01:21Clay, you are evicted from the Big Brother house.
00:01:24Shelly, you are evicted from the Big Brother house.
00:01:29After laying low the first half of the game...
00:01:32You're actively following me, aren't you?
00:01:34Steve was recruited to strengthen Vanessa and Austin's numbers.
00:01:38It's really important that we pull Steve in at this point so we can control the vote from here on
00:01:42out.
00:01:43And the Sixth Sense was rebranded the Scamper Squad.
00:01:47While Vanessa pulled the strings...
00:01:49I'm not entirely sure he should just be applauded after this conversation.
00:01:53Really?
00:01:54Yes, really.
00:01:55Steve played the nice guy...
00:01:57You ever made up with a guy?
00:01:59No.
00:01:59Okay.
00:02:00And Liz battled side by side with her showmance.
00:02:04You are the new head of household.
00:02:05Yeah!
00:02:07Together, they took out the other side of the house one by one.
00:02:11Jackie, Becky, Meg, James, you are evicted from the Big Brother house.
00:02:18With Liz, Austin, and Julia making a powerful trio...
00:02:22Back up to the HOA's room.
00:02:24I know, seriously.
00:02:25Steve knew it was time to turn on the Scamper Squad.
00:02:29I played a very passive and defensive game up to this point.
00:02:32Now that we're endgame, you're going to see me change to a very aggressive and offensive player.
00:02:36So he took out Austin's third wheel.
00:02:38Julia, you are evicted from the Big Brother house.
00:02:43But Vanessa topped Steve's betrayal with the biggest blindside of the summer.
00:02:47Austin, I'm going to evict you.
00:02:49It's official.
00:02:51Austin...
00:02:51I'm sorry, Ben.
00:02:52You are evicted...
00:02:53I'm sorry.
00:02:53I'm sorry, I gotta do a question.
00:02:54...from the Big Brother house.
00:02:56Leaving Liz alone in the game.
00:02:59Now, I don't have him, and it sucks.
00:03:01But I gotta be strong.
00:03:02I gotta put my game base on.
00:03:04Looking to secure her endgame,
00:03:06Vanessa made final two deals with everyone left.
00:03:09We haven't made a final two deal.
00:03:11I'll make it with you.
00:03:11Let's do it.
00:03:13I'm going to give you my word on Mel.
00:03:14I am taking it with me.
00:03:15Okay?
00:03:17I'll take you with me.
00:03:18I'll take you with me.
00:03:19Yeah.
00:03:20And with everyone in her pocket,
00:03:22Vanessa decided to double-cross Johnny Mac.
00:03:25Johnny, I vote to evict you.
00:03:26Bye, Johnny.
00:03:27See ya.
00:03:28With only the poker player,
00:03:30the twin,
00:03:30and the trombonist remaining,
00:03:32the stage was set
00:03:33for the final three-part
00:03:34head of household competition.
00:03:39Now, after a summer of fights...
00:03:41Your has hit the fan point blank
00:03:42and the period.
00:03:44Don't call me again like that.
00:03:45I'm telling you right now.
00:03:46Don't call me like that again.
00:03:47You get out of the page, Blake.
00:03:48You sound crazy.
00:03:49I sound crazy.
00:03:50You need to get your head checked.
00:03:51I need to get my head checked.
00:03:52Yes.
00:03:53Vanessa, stop.
00:03:54Vanessa, stop.
00:03:54But let me tell you,
00:03:54you know this is three of us.
00:03:56Can we all keep our voices down?
00:03:58I need time.
00:03:59Romance.
00:04:00We're in love.
00:04:05Nope.
00:04:08I can't wait to get you drunk
00:04:09in New York City, baby.
00:04:13Oh, okay.
00:04:14This is weird.
00:04:14This is weird.
00:04:15This is weird.
00:04:16Tears.
00:04:17It's like,
00:04:18why can't I just waited one more week?
00:04:21See, no one thinks you're a bad person.
00:04:23This is a game.
00:04:24It was really hard.
00:04:25I didn't want to.
00:04:25Do you understand how hard it is
00:04:27to play in that situation?
00:04:29And epic battles.
00:04:32Bam!
00:04:34Oh!
00:04:38Oh!
00:04:43It all comes down to this.
00:04:45Who will become the final head of household?
00:04:48And who will make it to the final two?
00:04:5114 houseguests have departed,
00:04:54and tonight,
00:04:55nine must make a difficult decision.
00:04:57Who will be crowned the winner of Big Brother
00:05:00and walk away with the half-million-dollar prize?
00:05:03And who did America vote as their favorite houseguest?
00:05:06Find out tonight,
00:05:08live on the 90-minute season finale of Big Brother.
00:05:12Meow!
00:05:13He made final three.
00:05:14Woo!
00:05:14Yeah!
00:05:15Ha, ha, ha!
00:05:18Oh!
00:05:22Oh!
00:05:24Oh!
00:05:25Oh!
00:05:26Oh!
00:05:26Oh!
00:05:57Good evening. I'm Julie Chen. Welcome to the live season finale of Big Brother.
00:06:04Vanessa, Steve, and Liz, three members of the Scamper Squad Alliance, have made it to finale night.
00:06:11And while they may have been allies, they traveled very different paths to get to the final three.
00:06:17Tonight, the last move in this summer-long chess match will be played, and someone will be crowned the winner
00:06:24of Big Brother.
00:06:25So, who will be walking away with the half-million-dollar grand prize?
00:06:30We'll find out live tonight.
00:06:33But first, when we last left the house guests, they were just beginning an epic battle of endurance.
00:06:40Whoever wins part one of this final HOH competition automatically advances to part three live later tonight.
00:06:49Step right up to the Big Brother carnival!
00:06:53That was not cool.
00:06:55The rules of this competition are really simple.
00:06:57Whoever hangs on for the longest will automatically advance to part three of this head-of-household competition.
00:07:04We're really down to the wire here at this point in the game.
00:07:06One person gets 500k, one person gets 50k, and one wants away with nothing.
00:07:11I'm going to stay up there for as long as I can.
00:07:14You know what would make those apples sweeter?
00:07:17Some powdered sugar!
00:07:21Ew!
00:07:23So, it's no secret that Vanessa and I have a final two deal,
00:07:26but I need to win this HOH for myself, so I have a free ride to part three HOH.
00:07:34We're down to three people in this thing.
00:07:35Steve, Liz, and I.
00:07:36I'm pretty sure that if either win this HOH, they'll take me to final two.
00:07:40However, I'm going to give this round everything I've got
00:07:42so that I can decide who to take with me to final two.
00:07:46How about them apples?
00:07:49Time to candy your apples!
00:07:54Getting dipped in this candy sauce, it's gooey, it's sticky,
00:07:57and then we come up, we're all wet.
00:07:59It's the middle of the night, so now we're freezing too.
00:08:01Woo-hoo!
00:08:03Wow!
00:08:04Oh!
00:08:06Whoa!
00:08:08I'm too old today.
00:08:11How about a little whipped cream?
00:08:20I think we're gonna see the sunrise.
00:08:24I hate those.
00:08:26It's time to crank things up a notch.
00:08:29Oh my god.
00:08:30Slide on down off your disc
00:08:33and onto your apples, so the real fun can begin.
00:08:39It is 20 times harder to sit
00:08:42on just the apples than the disc.
00:08:45It's hard to keep your balance, it's way more slippery,
00:08:48and this is not going to be easy.
00:08:53Let's make this ride a little sweeter.
00:09:03My arms are sick of holding this weight up.
00:09:05My thighs have all my body weight on them.
00:09:08This has definitely gone from really difficult
00:09:10to the freakin' carnival from hell.
00:09:16Face the plane, sucker!
00:09:21Good work, Steve.
00:09:24Good job, guys.
00:09:26I was holding onto the apple with everything I had,
00:09:28but my thighs just didn't have the strength to keep up anymore.
00:09:31I'm really disappointed that I fell off.
00:09:33I'm really hoping this part two is more mental than physical,
00:09:35because that's what'll take me to part three.
00:09:37Good work, you guys.
00:09:40So it's down to me and Liz.
00:09:41I've got maybe another hour in me if I'm lucky,
00:09:43so it's time to bust out the big guns.
00:09:46It's time for some psychological warfare.
00:09:48Are your muscles tired?
00:09:50Yes.
00:09:51Mine literally aren't, I swear to God.
00:09:54Like, they're not tired at all.
00:09:55I'm in pain, but I'm gonna endure it.
00:10:00This is what I can do.
00:10:01I can stay in the same position for, like, a long time.
00:10:03That's as physical as I get.
00:10:04I don't move.
00:10:07You have a way better shot in the next round.
00:10:15All right, ten hours.
00:10:16I'm telling you I'm not letting go of it.
00:10:18You want to ruin yourself for a run, too?
00:10:19You stick around.
00:10:20But I'm not falling off.
00:10:22I know.
00:10:27This is my only shot in the finals, dude.
00:10:29I've got no shot in the other one.
00:10:30None.
00:10:31Time.
00:10:36Okay, you want ten hours?
00:10:37Okay, you're gonna drop.
00:10:38No.
00:10:39Okay.
00:10:57Vanessa wins.
00:10:58Thank you, miss.
00:11:01I can't believe it.
00:11:02I just won round one of the final HOH of the summer, which means I've locked up my spot in
00:11:07round three, and I've got a 50-50 shot of going to finals. This is insane.
00:11:12I can't eat right now.
00:11:13Oh, my God.
00:11:14No.
00:11:15Oh.
00:11:16I decide to drop, and I just know that this next competition against Steve, I have to win or else
00:11:24I'm going to regret this for the rest of my life.
00:11:27Nice shot.
00:11:27I can't feel anything.
00:11:29Vanessa wins part one, and now it's my job to beat Liz in part two and make myself the final
00:11:34HOH.
00:11:35Oh, my goodness.
00:11:36I'm a filthy, rotten monster.
00:11:42Up next, Liz, Wayne, Steve for her twin sister's eviction.
00:11:47Now, she has the chance for revenge as they go head-to-head in part two of the final Head
00:11:53of Household Competition.
00:11:54Then, former Big Brother winner Dr. Will Kirby is back to lead the debate as the jury gathers to discuss
00:12:02the merits of the final three.
00:12:05Stay with us.
00:12:15Hey, how are you? How are you? How are you doing?
00:12:17I'm scared about the speech, and I want help you now respond.
00:12:23Woo!
00:12:25Woo!
00:12:30Welcome back to the season finale of Big Brother.
00:12:34Vanessa has already won part one
00:12:36of the final Head of Household competition.
00:12:39Now, Steve and Liz must face off in part two.
00:12:43The winner of this round will move on
00:12:45to compete against Vanessa live tonight
00:12:47to see who becomes the final HOH of the summer.
00:12:55Whoa. Whoa.
00:12:58I'm walking into the backyard.
00:13:00I see this huge crossword puzzle, and I'm right at home.
00:13:02I figure out puzzles for a major for two years.
00:13:05That's what mechanical engineering is.
00:13:07That makes me want to tackle it.
00:13:08When Liz sees it, she's going to be scared.
00:13:10Yes, this is my competition.
00:13:13Welcome to part two of the final Head of Household competition.
00:13:17This is one big competition
00:13:19because the winner will face off against Vanessa
00:13:21for the chance to be the final Head of Household of the summer.
00:13:25Tonight's competition is called Colossal Crossword,
00:13:27and your goal is to complete the crossword puzzle
00:13:29using the clues from this season.
00:13:31Here's how it works.
00:13:32Once you have figured out the answer to a clue,
00:13:35grab the letter tiles for your answer,
00:13:36then climb onto the crossword puzzle
00:13:38and place the letters in the correct positions.
00:13:40Once you've correctly filled in all the answers,
00:13:42hit the bell.
00:13:44The houseguest who solved the crossword puzzle
00:13:46then hits the bell in the fastest time
00:13:48will win part two of this three-part
00:13:50Head of Household competition.
00:13:51Now get into a position and face away from the puzzle
00:13:54because it's time to reveal the clues.
00:14:04This second part of the HOH is huge.
00:14:06I think Vanessa will take me
00:14:08because she's scared of losing Austin's and Julia's votes
00:14:10if she takes Liz.
00:14:11So if I can win this,
00:14:13I think there's about a 90 to 80% chance
00:14:15that I will be in the final two.
00:14:22I'm trying to pick clues that are easy and definite
00:14:24so I can use those to figure out
00:14:26the harder and less specific clues.
00:14:27Where does unexpected go?
00:14:2911 across.
00:14:31If you don't know the answer to this one,
00:14:33you are watching the wrong television show.
00:14:35Expect the unexpected.
00:14:36Hashtag Big Brother.
00:14:37First juror to fall in Disneyland.
00:14:39It was Jackie.
00:14:43One down.
00:14:44HOH?
00:14:45Oh, it's just Head of Household.
00:14:47This is a giant crossword puzzle,
00:14:48so you have to get some clues to figure out others.
00:14:51I have to make sure that all the answers I'm putting up
00:14:53work not only across but also down.
00:14:56One down is Head of Household.
00:14:57That has to intersect with both the E and Jackie
00:15:00and the L in starting lineup.
00:15:03Where's the other H?
00:15:04Did I drop it somewhere?
00:15:05So I'm spending all this time looking around
00:15:07trying to find this H.
00:15:09Where the hell's the other H?
00:15:10I have no other H's on this puzzle.
00:15:12Whistles?
00:15:13Oh my God, I'm an idiot.
00:15:15And of course, it's been in my bag the whole time.
00:15:18Liz cannot win this competition
00:15:20because I forgot I had a letter in my bag.
00:15:22What happened twice this summer?
00:15:24Twins, vote, Head of Household, Veto.
00:15:27A lot of things happened twice this season.
00:15:29What happened twice this summer?
00:15:31I'm looking at the letters I have left
00:15:33and I'm kind of doing a word scramble here
00:15:35and like, what can I make with this?
00:15:37Double eviction.
00:15:38Oh yeah, double eviction.
00:15:39We had two of those.
00:15:40The V gave it away.
00:15:41Bada bing, bada boom.
00:15:42Put this in and buzz it and let's beat Liz.
00:15:54Steve is a smart cookie and I know that if I'm going to beat him,
00:15:58I need to move faster than him.
00:16:01The trickiest part about this competition
00:16:03is moving up and down the crossword puzzle.
00:16:06So I got to climb and use my leg
00:16:09to get these letters in the slot.
00:16:13Seven across male house guests.
00:16:15There have been so many male house guests,
00:16:17but it's four letters.
00:16:19There's an F in there,
00:16:20so I know that it has to be my boy Jeff.
00:16:23Jeff.
00:16:23Then I see committed false start on Ready, Set, Whoa.
00:16:27Oh, Julia, more than one person committed a false start,
00:16:30but luckily, I know there's a you in there.
00:16:33It has to be my girl Julia.
00:16:35Love you.
00:16:37Oh, it's a dairy product.
00:16:39Yeast?
00:16:40Why eat?
00:16:41No, what the hell is this?
00:16:43Pizza?
00:16:43No, um, butter.
00:16:45Butter!
00:16:46Butter!
00:16:47Butter, okay.
00:16:49I'm missing two more, please.
00:16:52Audrey.
00:16:53One.
00:16:54Okay.
00:16:55Twice this summer.
00:16:56I have this entire puzzle done,
00:16:58and I am just missing nine across.
00:17:02Down, doven.
00:17:03Oh, my God, double eviction!
00:17:05Oh, my God.
00:17:06Ugh!
00:17:08Oh, my God.
00:17:14Oh, my God, there you go!
00:17:15Ugh!
00:17:17Oh, my God.
00:17:18All right, let's see how everybody did.
00:17:20Steve, you finished in...
00:17:2828 minutes and 27 seconds.
00:17:31Great job, Steve.
00:17:32That was longer than I thought.
00:17:34All right, Liz, let's see how you did.
00:17:44Liz, your time was 31 minutes and 11 seconds,
00:17:47which means congratulations, Steve.
00:17:48You've won part two,
00:17:50and you'll be facing me in part three
00:17:52of the final HOH competition of the summer.
00:17:54Good job, you heard it.
00:17:56That was really close, you guys.
00:17:58I feel like my relationship with Steve
00:17:59is strong enough that even if he wins the final HOH,
00:18:02he'll take me to final two.
00:18:03However, I don't want to leave anything up to chance
00:18:05at this point,
00:18:06so I've got to win round three of this HOH
00:18:07so that I can control my own destiny.
00:18:10A double eviction is the last one I got.
00:18:12I need to win part three of this HOH
00:18:13because I can't beat Vanessa in the end.
00:18:15She's played an amazing game,
00:18:17and I know the jury's really going to respect me
00:18:19for finally being the one to get rid of her.
00:18:21That was really hard.
00:18:22I'm so mad at myself.
00:18:24Great job, you guys.
00:18:28So, Steve will now face off against Vanessa
00:18:32in part three of the final HOH competition of the summer.
00:18:36But ultimately, the winner of Big Brother
00:18:38will be chosen by the jury.
00:18:41Recently, they met with Big Brother legend
00:18:43Dr. Will Kirby to debate the merits of the final three.
00:18:48Tonight, we're going to discuss the gameplay
00:18:49of the final three contestants,
00:18:51and we're going to dissect how they did this season.
00:18:53Now, before we can discuss the final three,
00:18:55we have to determine who the final three are.
00:18:58Oh!
00:18:59Damn!
00:19:00And the plot thickens.
00:19:01Dun-dun-dun!
00:19:02I know.
00:19:03Who would you like to see join us?
00:19:05I want to see Vanessa in here so bad
00:19:06I'd cut my ponytail beard off tonight.
00:19:08Woo! Yes!
00:19:10We're holding it to that.
00:19:12Becky, who do you not want to see?
00:19:14Johnny Mac's my guy, so I want to see him,
00:19:16but I also really like Steve,
00:19:17so I don't want to see either one of those two.
00:19:19You don't want to see those two.
00:19:20Should we bring that person out?
00:19:21Yeah!
00:19:22Let's bring him or her out.
00:19:23We're dying!
00:19:24Why is it that I always find myself
00:19:27surrounded by a bunch of losers?
00:19:30Johnny Mac, welcome to the jury.
00:19:32How are you?
00:19:33Yes, yes.
00:19:33Johnny!
00:19:34No!
00:19:37What's that?
00:19:37I know.
00:19:38Tell us.
00:19:39What happened, bro?
00:19:41We had just pulled off a great blind sign together.
00:19:43Yeah.
00:19:44Vanessa grabs your girlfriend.
00:19:46Brainwashing is going down.
00:19:48Oh, my God.
00:19:49As soon as Vanessa wins the veto,
00:19:52Liz is jumping all around.
00:19:53Yay!
00:19:54Five of three!
00:19:55Woo-hoo!
00:19:56Wait a minute.
00:19:57How come Liz trusts Vanessa again?
00:20:00I don't know.
00:20:01This is bizarro.
00:20:02You look shocked, Austin.
00:20:03Tell me how you're feeling.
00:20:04I can't believe that Liz is at all trusting anything
00:20:07Vanessa is saying right now, and it's like pissing me off.
00:20:10Austin, if she had not kicked you out,
00:20:11I think you'd really like her.
00:20:12It was like chewing nails trying to pretend
00:20:14to be Vanessa's best friend.
00:20:15It was tough.
00:20:16Backstabs, betrayal.
00:20:17I'm all for it, but you know what?
00:20:18You could have had me put shoes on
00:20:19when I walk out that stage.
00:20:20It would have made no difference.
00:20:21Yeah, I am going to be bitter about that.
00:20:23Would you have taken Liz to the final two?
00:20:25Wouldn't you have kicked Vanessa out?
00:20:26Because, I mean, it seems a little hypocritical
00:20:28of you being annoyed that she would have kicked you out,
00:20:30but you would have kicked her out.
00:20:32No, the deal was, in final three,
00:20:33I was going to step out of it
00:20:34and let them battle it out.
00:20:36Who believes Austin when he says that?
00:20:41How many people are here
00:20:42because of Vanessa's influence?
00:20:47Well, I'm here because of Vanessa.
00:20:51Jackie, what do you think of Vanessa's gameplay?
00:20:53I'm back and forth a lot.
00:20:55Certain things, like, kind of just going dirty,
00:20:57like I'm not okay with,
00:20:58but her gameplay, she is still there
00:21:00and she's been fighting a long time,
00:21:02so I can see that side, too.
00:21:03She has been winning competitions
00:21:05and strategically changing the game
00:21:06the entire time.
00:21:08That's a long race to run
00:21:09and she is still running it
00:21:10and she is still not out of gas
00:21:12and I am impressed by that.
00:21:14Vanessa was going to work every day.
00:21:15She didn't come to Big Brother
00:21:16to hang out by the pool
00:21:17and be our best friend.
00:21:18She was up in her room strategizing.
00:21:20James, it sounds to me like you respect that.
00:21:23I do.
00:21:24My whole thing with Vanessa
00:21:25is that she just wins competitions.
00:21:29So it's not one of the things
00:21:30that she's really fooling us all,
00:21:32she just wins.
00:21:33Which is another reason for her
00:21:34to make it to the final two.
00:21:36But she hasn't been fooling us all.
00:21:39Sometimes she has
00:21:40and then when she's not fooling you,
00:21:41she wins.
00:21:43Vanessa has done a lot of unnecessary moves
00:21:45like swearing on the gay community,
00:21:47swearing on her mother.
00:21:48Those are things you don't have to do
00:21:50even to say, I swear.
00:21:52She's swearing as a gay woman,
00:21:54I am not going to put my integrity
00:21:56on the line, Austin.
00:21:56I promise you, I will not go against you
00:21:58in this game until final two.
00:21:59You don't have to say that.
00:22:00I want someone to win
00:22:01that I feel good about.
00:22:03What is Steve doing right?
00:22:04I think a lot of reason
00:22:06why Steve made it as far as he has
00:22:08is for the simple fact
00:22:09that since week one,
00:22:10we've been hurling grenades
00:22:12at each other on both sides of the house.
00:22:14We've done took each other out
00:22:16and it's just Steve to the end now.
00:22:18Whenever it meant winning a competition
00:22:20that would put unnecessary blood on his hands,
00:22:23he immediately throws it.
00:22:24As soon as he needs to win it
00:22:26for either a strategic move for himself
00:22:28or saving himself in a veto,
00:22:30that's when he turns it on and he wins.
00:22:32He also did connect personally
00:22:34with every single one of us,
00:22:35so he was pretending
00:22:36that he is awkwardly social
00:22:38when instead he's actually
00:22:40being brilliantly social in doing so.
00:22:42He saw what was going on in the house
00:22:44and knew that, you know,
00:22:45the best thing for him to do
00:22:47was kind of stay out of the way.
00:22:48Steve's a rat.
00:22:50Yeah.
00:22:51I do not like Steve's game at all.
00:22:54He had protection from the twins.
00:22:56He had protection from me for a while.
00:22:58Everyone kind of opened arms, brought him in.
00:23:01Vanessa had to fight for herself.
00:23:03And Vanessa can think on her own.
00:23:04He came to me for a lot of decisions that he made.
00:23:08I'm going to kind of piggyback off of that.
00:23:10I'll never forget.
00:23:10It was the double eviction.
00:23:12He had just evicted Jackie.
00:23:13He was hysterical.
00:23:15And maybe, you know, I wouldn't vote for him
00:23:17is because he could not own up to his,
00:23:20you know, decisions
00:23:21and he was a little cowardly.
00:23:23Liz had a really large bullseye on her
00:23:26because the twin twist was busted very early on.
00:23:29But then she made the bullseye bigger
00:23:31because she got involved in a showmance
00:23:32and she survived that.
00:23:34I thought I had it hard coming in
00:23:36as a duo from The Amazing Race,
00:23:37but that's even harder.
00:23:38Correct.
00:23:38And she was able to get through that.
00:23:40She's been HOH.
00:23:42She's gotten big targets out,
00:23:43James and Becky.
00:23:44I mean, she's gotten the blood on her hands.
00:23:46So for her to still be there
00:23:48out of the group of three is impressive.
00:23:50I think Liz should win
00:23:51because, um, she's in the house
00:23:52and, uh, we're all sitting out here.
00:23:55Brass tacks.
00:23:56Brass tacks.
00:23:57Johnny Mac, why should Liz win this game?
00:24:00Liz should not win this game.
00:24:02I feel like she rode someone else to the end.
00:24:05Literally?
00:24:05Pretty close.
00:24:07Her nominations weren't best for her game.
00:24:10When she wins her first HOH,
00:24:12who goes on the block?
00:24:14Two people that are going after Vanessa.
00:24:17And I just never understood that.
00:24:19All of the decisions that Liz made
00:24:21make sense for what she was doing
00:24:24to protect her alliance.
00:24:27I'm, like, such a cheerleader for Liz right now.
00:24:29I think of Liz being a duo.
00:24:31I think she can win competitions,
00:24:32but when I think about strategy and gaming,
00:24:34I think of Austin.
00:24:35They were a good duo,
00:24:36but as an individual, I didn't see it.
00:24:38She's playing on her own now,
00:24:39and these are the crucial weeks.
00:24:41Final five to final two, that's a big leap.
00:24:43So let's see what she does.
00:24:45If either Liz or Steve
00:24:47wins that final HOH,
00:24:49and evicts Vanessa,
00:24:50does that change the temperature?
00:24:52Absolutely.
00:24:53Absolutely.
00:24:54That's the tiger paddled up on the wall.
00:24:56That's it.
00:24:57So, Austin, Steve evicts Vanessa.
00:24:59You'll vote for him over Liz?
00:25:00I would definitely strongly consider it
00:25:02more than I ever would before.
00:25:05Julia, your head just snapped.
00:25:07Uh-oh.
00:25:07It did?
00:25:08Are you voting for Liz no matter what?
00:25:10It's my identical twin sister.
00:25:12I'm not going to lie.
00:25:13Yes.
00:25:13She could do no wrong in my book.
00:25:15Fair enough.
00:25:18This has been a great chat,
00:25:19but the game is far from over.
00:25:20So please, make your own decision
00:25:22and find the right player
00:25:23who you think is the most deserving to win.
00:25:31Coming up, we'll crown the final
00:25:34Head of Household live.
00:25:35The winner will not only guarantee themselves
00:25:38a spot in the final two,
00:25:39but they will decide
00:25:40who they want to compete against
00:25:42for the half-million-dollar grand prize.
00:25:44Plus, you've been voting all week
00:25:46for America's favorite house guest.
00:25:48I'll announce the winner
00:25:49of that $25,000 prize later on.
00:25:53Stay with us.
00:26:16Welcome back to the season finale of Big Brother.
00:26:19It's time to crown the final Head of Household
00:26:21of the Summer.
00:26:22This HOH will have to immediately decide
00:26:25whom he or she wants to evict
00:26:28and whom he or she wants to face off against
00:26:31for the half-million-dollar prize.
00:26:33Let's head to the backyard and get things started.
00:26:36Hello, house guests.
00:26:38Well, for the last time this season,
00:26:40the power is up for grabs.
00:26:42Vanessa, Steve,
00:26:44as winners of the first two rounds
00:26:46of the HOH competition,
00:26:47you are the only ones eligible to compete tonight.
00:26:50This competition is called Scales of Just Us.
00:26:55And to win, you'll have to prove
00:26:57just how well you know the members of the jury.
00:27:00I will read the beginnings of statements
00:27:02made by each of the eight members
00:27:05of the Big Brother jury.
00:27:07For each, I will give you the choice
00:27:09of two possible endings.
00:27:11You must decide how you think
00:27:14the juror completed that statement.
00:27:16The answer will be either A or B.
00:27:18For every correct answer,
00:27:20you will receive one point.
00:27:22Whoever has the most points
00:27:24at the end of eight questions
00:27:25will tip the scale in their favor
00:27:28and be crowned the final head of household.
00:27:31Are you both ready?
00:27:32Yes.
00:27:33Sure thing.
00:27:34Then let's begin.
00:27:35Question one.
00:27:36Shelly said,
00:27:39My favorite moment was
00:27:40A, winning HOH, duh,
00:27:44or B, meeting Clay, duh?
00:27:49Answers, please.
00:27:55I need an answer, Vanessa.
00:28:00Let's hear what Shelly said.
00:28:02My favorite moment was
00:28:06Winning HOH, duh.
00:28:09Which makes the correct answer A.
00:28:11Steve, you got it right,
00:28:12and get one point.
00:28:13Reset as we move on to question two.
00:28:17Jackie said,
00:28:18The most annoying thing about the house was
00:28:21A, the mess, especially in the kitchen,
00:28:25or B, the constant paranoia.
00:28:40The most annoying thing about the house was
00:28:45the constant paranoia.
00:28:47Which makes the correct answer B.
00:28:49You both got it wrong.
00:28:51Reset as we move on.
00:28:54Question three.
00:28:56Becky said,
00:28:57The biggest lie told this summer was
00:29:00A, everything that came out of Audrey's mouth.
00:29:05Or B, me saying,
00:29:07I was hit by a train.
00:29:09Gotcha.
00:29:11Answers, please.
00:29:14Let's hear what Becky said.
00:29:16The biggest lie told this summer was
00:29:19everything that came out of Audrey's mouth.
00:29:21Which makes the correct answer A.
00:29:23You both got it right.
00:29:24You both get a point.
00:29:27Reset as we move on to question four.
00:29:30Meg said,
00:29:32The house guest who I think needs a reality check the most is
00:29:36A, Clay,
00:29:38who gives up a half million dollars for the girl?
00:29:42Or B, Austin,
00:29:44I have one word for Judas.
00:29:47Lame.
00:29:49Answers, please.
00:29:52I need an answer.
00:29:54Let's hear what Meg said.
00:29:56The house guest who I think needs a reality check the most is
00:30:02Clay.
00:30:03Who gives up a half a million dollars for the girl?
00:30:06Which makes the correct answer A.
00:30:08You both got it right.
00:30:10You both get a point.
00:30:11We have Steve in the lead by one as we move on to question five.
00:30:16James said,
00:30:17The strongest competitor was
00:30:19A, me.
00:30:22Or B,
00:30:24Johnny Mac.
00:30:26Answers, please.
00:30:29Let's hear what James said.
00:30:31The strongest competitor was
00:30:34Johnny Mac.
00:30:35Which makes the correct answer B.
00:30:37You both got it wrong.
00:30:38We will move on.
00:30:40Reset.
00:30:41Question six.
00:30:43Julia said,
00:30:44The person whose gameplay I respected the most was
00:30:47A, Austin,
00:30:50because he's been watching the show since season one.
00:30:53Or B,
00:30:55Shelly.
00:30:56She always kept her word and was a competition beast.
00:31:01Answers, please.
00:31:04Let's hear what Julia said.
00:31:06The person whose gameplay I respected the most was
00:31:10Austin because he's been watching the show since season one.
00:31:14Which makes the correct answer A.
00:31:17You both got it right.
00:31:18You both get a point.
00:31:19Reset.
00:31:20Question seven.
00:31:22Austin said,
00:31:24The most embarrassing moment for me was
00:31:27A.
00:31:29Zingbot mentioning my ex-girlfriend.
00:31:32Or B.
00:31:33Zingbot telling me I stink.
00:31:37Answers, please.
00:31:41Let's hear what Austin said.
00:31:43The most embarrassing moment for me was
00:31:45Zingbot telling me I stink.
00:31:48Which makes the correct answer B.
00:31:50Vanessa, you get a point and we have a tie.
00:31:54Reset as we move on to the final question.
00:31:58John said,
00:32:00The best thing about being in the house was
00:32:02A.
00:32:04Not having to drill people's nasty teeth.
00:32:09I mean, look at me.
00:32:13Answers, please.
00:32:18Let's hear what...
00:32:19The best thing about being in the house was
00:32:22not having to drill people's nasty teeth.
00:32:25Which makes the correct answer A.
00:32:27And congratulations, Steve.
00:32:30You are the final.
00:32:31Vanessa.
00:32:33Steve, it is now up to you to decide
00:32:35who you would like to evict and
00:32:36who you have to sit next to
00:32:38when you face the jury later tonight.
00:32:41And I'll be back in just a few moments
00:32:43for your decision.
00:32:53Steve has said that taking Vanessa
00:32:56to the final two would be a mistake.
00:32:58But will he actually evict her?
00:33:00We'll find out live next.
00:33:03Stay with us.
00:33:16That was so close.
00:33:30Welcome back to the season finale of Big Brother.
00:33:34Just minutes ago, Steve became the final
00:33:36head of household of the summer.
00:33:38Now, he must choose to evict either Vanessa or Liz,
00:33:42automatically ensuring the remaining houseguests
00:33:44a spot in the final two.
00:33:46Let's head to the living room for his decision.
00:33:49Steve, you are now guaranteed at least second place
00:33:53and the $50,000 prize.
00:33:55But you have a big, big decision to make.
00:33:59By deciding whom to evict,
00:34:01you are also deciding who will stay
00:34:03and sit next to you when the jury casts their votes
00:34:06for the winner of Big Brother.
00:34:08This could be a half-million-dollar decision.
00:34:10Yes.
00:34:11Are you ready?
00:34:12No.
00:34:13Too bad.
00:34:14We're on live TV.
00:34:15So please stand.
00:34:16Go to the head of the room
00:34:19and cast your vote to evict.
00:34:24Vanessa, across 17 seasons of this game,
00:34:27I am thoroughly convinced that you are the strongest female player
00:34:30this game has ever seen.
00:34:32Your strategy has been beyond brilliant.
00:34:34You're such a talker.
00:34:35You're so charismatic.
00:34:36I, as a fan, so admire everything about your game.
00:34:40And I know you can talk your way in with that jury.
00:34:43You always told me that I had to make the move
00:34:45I could justify to the superfans and to my family.
00:34:48And I can't justify taking the stronger player with me,
00:34:50which means I'm so, so sorry, Vanessa,
00:34:52to do what you did to Austin.
00:34:53But I have to vote to evict you.
00:34:56I'm so sorry, Vanessa.
00:34:58It's official, Vanessa.
00:35:00You are the last person to be evicted
00:35:02from the Big Brother house.
00:35:03Congratulations.
00:35:04Oh, my God.
00:35:05Congrats.
00:35:09I'm sorry, Vanessa.
00:35:12Oh, my God, Steve.
00:35:14Thank you so much.
00:35:20Wow.
00:35:26Oh, my God, thank you so much.
00:35:27I need this so bad.
00:35:28I need the money so bad.
00:35:29You weren't expecting that, were you?
00:35:30No, I wasn't.
00:35:31I don't have anything prepared.
00:35:34I love you.
00:35:35Oh, my God.
00:35:36Oh, my God.
00:35:37Hey.
00:35:38Oh, my God.
00:35:39Liz, marry you all?
00:35:42Steve, I'm so happy that you did this.
00:35:44You have no...
00:35:46Steve, I can't...
00:35:47I don't know.
00:35:47I have no words to thank you.
00:35:49I know.
00:35:49He's your guy.
00:35:50Give me a hug.
00:35:50Thank you so much.
00:35:52Vanessa, I see your mind working.
00:35:54What are you thinking?
00:35:55Uh, to be perfectly honest,
00:35:57it wasn't out of the realm of possibility.
00:36:00I mean, uh, you know,
00:36:03I saw the move coming a little bit.
00:36:05I really never fully trusted Steve in the game.
00:36:07I mean, he stabbed me in the backcourt a few times
00:36:10and proved that he was not the guy to trust.
00:36:12And so when he said, you know,
00:36:14we were cool for final two,
00:36:15I didn't ever fully trust it.
00:36:18Did he make the right move for his game?
00:36:21Um, I'm actually not sure.
00:36:23I don't know.
00:36:23I really, that's going to come down
00:36:24to the mental state of the jury right now,
00:36:26which I don't know.
00:36:27I haven't talked to these many of them in weeks
00:36:29and I'm not sure where their heads are at.
00:36:31Had you won,
00:36:32would you have taken him to the final two?
00:36:34No, I wasn't going to.
00:36:35No.
00:36:36That's honest.
00:36:36I can't blame him.
00:36:37Yeah, I wasn't going to.
00:36:38So, yeah.
00:36:39I have to hand it to you.
00:36:40Show your hands
00:36:41because your fingerprints
00:36:42are all over
00:36:44every single eviction.
00:36:45I really tried.
00:36:45Joy, but like I tried.
00:36:48No, we saw.
00:36:49I fought.
00:36:50You did.
00:36:51You worked it.
00:36:52I did.
00:36:53I tried my best in this game.
00:36:54I gave it everything I've got.
00:36:55It wasn't meant to be.
00:36:56I mean, you know.
00:36:57You played an amazing game, Vanessa.
00:36:58Thank you very much.
00:37:00You're going to be
00:37:00joining the rest of the jury
00:37:02when you and the others
00:37:03will vote for the winner of Big Brother.
00:37:04True thing.
00:37:05So stay right there.
00:37:06Will do.
00:37:06Up next,
00:37:07the final two are revealed
00:37:08to the jury
00:37:09and this very bitter jury
00:37:11has some tough questions to ask.
00:37:13Their live interrogation
00:37:14is next.
00:37:15Stay with us.
00:37:24Outgoing.
00:37:27What?
00:37:30Outspoken.
00:37:31This is the most idiotic conversation.
00:37:33Then stop happening.
00:37:34Outrageous.
00:37:39The search is on
00:37:40for the next Big Brother house guests.
00:37:42Oh, my God.
00:37:43Why is everyone so freaking beautiful?
00:37:45Do you have what it takes
00:37:46to move in
00:37:47and compete in a three-month power struggle
00:37:49for a half million dollars?
00:37:51Yes, yes, yes.
00:37:52Go to cbs.com
00:37:54slash bigbrother for details.
00:37:57Yeah.
00:37:58Yeah.
00:38:10Welcome back to the season finale
00:38:11of Big Brother.
00:38:13The fate of the final two
00:38:14now rests in the hands of the jury.
00:38:17Please welcome
00:38:17Shelly.
00:38:22Jackie.
00:38:24Jackie.
00:38:27Becky.
00:38:30Becky.
00:38:34James.
00:38:38Julia.
00:38:41Austin.
00:38:46And Johnny Max.
00:38:52Hello, jurors, and welcome back.
00:38:54As you can see, there are only eight of you right now,
00:38:57and that's because just moments ago,
00:38:59the ninth person was evicted.
00:39:03Julia, any guesses as to who
00:39:05the ninth member of the jury is?
00:39:08Why are you asking me this?
00:39:10I'm nervous.
00:39:12No, no guesses.
00:39:13I can't even talk.
00:39:14I'm so nervous.
00:39:15Oh, my God.
00:39:15You're too superstitious.
00:39:16Yes.
00:39:16Anyone want to guess?
00:39:18Vanessa.
00:39:19Well, let's see if you're right.
00:39:22Juror number nine, come on out.
00:39:35Austin, Austin, what say you now?
00:39:38Um, I'm very happy to see that
00:39:41Steve made an excellent decision here.
00:39:45The boy became a man.
00:39:47That's all I can say.
00:39:48Johnny Mac, I may regret asking you,
00:39:50but what are you thinking right now?
00:39:52I'm really glad to see my best friend again.
00:39:55I'm really happy right now.
00:39:57All right, let's catch everyone up to speed.
00:40:00Steve won the final, HOH.
00:40:02Obviously, he chose to take Liz to the finals
00:40:06and evict Vanessa.
00:40:08Now, you have been asked as a group
00:40:10to come up with three questions for each finalist.
00:40:14Have you all agreed on these questions by now?
00:40:17Yes.
00:40:18All right, then let's get things started.
00:40:21Johnny Mac, you are first.
00:40:24Oh.
00:40:28Let me address Steve and Liz in the house.
00:40:32Steve and Liz, I am here with the jury,
00:40:35and in just a few moments,
00:40:36they will be voting for the person
00:40:38they want to see win, Big Brother.
00:40:40But before they do,
00:40:41they've got some questions for the two of you.
00:40:44Are you guys ready?
00:40:45Because Johnny Mac is ready with his first question.
00:40:49Go ahead, Johnny.
00:40:51Good to go?
00:40:51All right.
00:40:53Steve, I was your good friend in this game.
00:40:56But from my perspective,
00:40:57you relied on me or Vanessa
00:40:59for a lot of your game decisions.
00:41:01Tell me why I'm wrong.
00:41:03Okay, Johnny Mac,
00:41:04I was always making my own decision in this game
00:41:06and doing what was best for me.
00:41:08I mean, it was in the first week that I...
00:41:10Hang on.
00:41:11We are having an audio problem.
00:41:14We don't hear it.
00:41:15So, Steve, let us fix this.
00:41:18Okay.
00:41:19And we're going to ask you to start over.
00:41:21Okay.
00:41:21All right?
00:41:23Now I think we can hear you.
00:41:24Go for it.
00:41:25I was not piggy-tailing off you or Vanessa at all.
00:41:28It was in the first week
00:41:29I made the friendship with Jason Austin.
00:41:30It was that friendship with Austin
00:41:31combined with my friendship with Vanessa
00:41:33that got...
00:41:34Hang on, Steve.
00:41:35Because none of us read lips
00:41:38and we cannot hear you in the studio,
00:41:40I am taking the assumption...
00:41:42I am assuming they cannot hear you at home.
00:41:45Can you count to three for me?
00:41:47One, two, three.
00:41:48We hear you now.
00:41:50Go for it.
00:41:52It was my moves that took me through this entire game.
00:41:54It started with when I made my friendship
00:41:56with Jason Austin week one
00:41:57and then it was my friendship with Austin and Vanessa
00:41:59that got me into the Scamper Squad.
00:42:02When I was HOH,
00:42:03I was the one that decided
00:42:04I wanted to split the Twin Twist.
00:42:05I want to be the one to finally break up Austin and the Twins
00:42:08because they've been such a powerful force in this game.
00:42:10I was also the one who decided to go after Jackie
00:42:12because I was in line with the Scamper Squad
00:42:14and you leaving James, Meg, Jackie, and Becky
00:42:17and I thought Jackie would be
00:42:18the most competent competitor of those four
00:42:19and that would allow my alliance to go further
00:42:22and that was my own game decision
00:42:24in getting rid of the strongest competitor that I could.
00:42:26All right.
00:42:27Becky.
00:42:30All right, Liz.
00:42:31Some people in the jury feel that when it came to Game Talk,
00:42:35Austin was the one creating and influencing
00:42:37all of your strategy.
00:42:39What strategy was your own?
00:42:41Oh, nice question.
00:42:45Well, I came in here with a huge target on my back.
00:42:49Obviously, I had a twin
00:42:50and I had to do a lot to get that target off my back
00:42:55because obviously the twins are a threat.
00:42:58So I did align with Austin and my girl Vanessa
00:43:01but I definitely think I held my own.
00:43:05I would do my own campaigning
00:43:07and yeah, I think I did my own campaigning.
00:43:11Austin helped me out a lot
00:43:12but I held my own.
00:43:16James?
00:43:21Steve, you're sitting next to someone
00:43:23who played the game hard from day one
00:43:25while you floated through half of the game.
00:43:27Why should we give you a half a million dollars over her?
00:43:31I think you're completely incorrect
00:43:33to say that I floated through the game.
00:43:34I mean, I was on the block the first two weeks.
00:43:37Both weeks, I battled my way off
00:43:38first with trombonists
00:43:39and then on the camera competition.
00:43:41Plus, also very early on,
00:43:42I got myself in alliances.
00:43:44I made the rock stars with Johnny.
00:43:45I was a part of the scamper squad.
00:43:47I was getting these layers of people around me
00:43:49so I have that protection.
00:43:50I by no means was floating through the game.
00:43:53I was building layers of protection around myself
00:43:55and building the bridges that I would need
00:43:56for this half of the game.
00:43:59Thank you, Julia.
00:44:02Okay.
00:44:04Liz, other than winning competitions,
00:44:06what was your biggest game move as an individual?
00:44:13Other than winning competitions,
00:44:15my biggest game move was aligning with strong competitors.
00:44:18I aligned with Vanessa,
00:44:20who got me very far in this game.
00:44:22Thank you, Vanessa.
00:44:23And aligned with Austin,
00:44:25who made me, Julia, and Austin
00:44:28in a trio that people were really scared to breach.
00:44:31So I think that is what made me
00:44:33a very strong competitor besides winning.
00:44:37Jackie?
00:44:38Yeah.
00:44:39Your question?
00:44:40Okay.
00:44:41Hi, Steve.
00:44:43Hi, Jackie.
00:44:44So, several people on the jury feel you didn't talk strategy with them at all
00:44:48and the people in your alliance feel your biggest function in your group
00:44:52was simply as a vote.
00:44:55Prove us wrong and tell us why your strategic game wasn't weak.
00:45:00Okay.
00:45:01I have two ways I can treat my alliance besides that.
00:45:03First of all,
00:45:04I had the TIF with Austin going on the entire summer.
00:45:07People didn't figure out that the Scamper Squad was working together.
00:45:09And it was this relationship I was building with Austin
00:45:12that helped hide the Scamper Squad.
00:45:13And that way,
00:45:14when James was HOH,
00:45:15he didn't go off the Scamper Squad,
00:45:17he went after Shelly and Clay.
00:45:18That move with me and Austin having that TIF
00:45:20protected my alliance.
00:45:23Austin.
00:45:24Hi, Liz.
00:45:25Hi.
00:45:25You look beautiful.
00:45:26Yeah.
00:45:27I'm so proud of you.
00:45:29And all I want to ask you is,
00:45:31why do you deserve to win the money over the boy, Steve,
00:45:35sitting next to you?
00:45:36Oh, my gosh.
00:45:38I deserve to win this money
00:45:40because I came in here with a huge disadvantage,
00:45:46having a twin.
00:45:47It was a blessing and a curse.
00:45:48I did a lot to stay in this house
00:45:51and make myself seem like less of a threat with her.
00:45:55So I feel like even though Steve is a huge super fan,
00:45:59I want this money so badly.
00:46:00This is for you, Juge.
00:46:01Love you so much.
00:46:03And I am so happy that I've made it this far.
00:46:06Thank you both.
00:46:07Steve and Liz,
00:46:08I'll be back in just a few moments
00:46:10when you'll each have an opportunity
00:46:12to make a final statement to the jury
00:46:14before they cast their votes.
00:46:17When we return,
00:46:18Steve and Liz have one last chance
00:46:20to plead their case,
00:46:21a speech that could be worth a half million dollars.
00:46:24Stay with us.
00:46:43Welcome back to the live season finale of Big Brother.
00:46:47The jury is just moments away from casting their votes
00:46:50to determine who will win Big Brother.
00:46:52But before they do,
00:46:53let's check back in with Steve and Liz.
00:46:57Liz, Steve,
00:46:58it is now time for the jury to cast their votes.
00:47:00But first,
00:47:01you each have a chance to tell them
00:47:03why you deserve to win Big Brother.
00:47:06Ladies first.
00:47:07Liz, you're up.
00:47:10Okay, I came into this game,
00:47:11not a huge super fan like Steve
00:47:13and not a big time gamer,
00:47:15but I have definitely grown a love for this game.
00:47:18The only thing I did come in here with
00:47:20was a twin who I love.
00:47:22And it is a miracle that we were able to survive
00:47:2485 days in the house together.
00:47:26And now I'm standing here.
00:47:28I fought my butt off.
00:47:30I won three HOHs,
00:47:32one veto,
00:47:33one battle of the block.
00:47:34And I came in here with a great attitude,
00:47:36a strong personality.
00:47:37I have had the most incredible summer of my life.
00:47:40And I love you, Big Brother.
00:47:42Thank you, Liz.
00:47:43Steve?
00:47:4898 years ago,
00:47:49I walked through that front door.
00:47:50And as Zingbot told me,
00:47:51I was a nerdy and socially awkward trombonist
00:47:53who loved my mom.
00:47:55Since then,
00:47:55I've made a lot of moves
00:47:56that have helped me deserve to win this game.
00:47:58First of all, with the twin twist.
00:48:00Liz spent about three weeks
00:48:01sitting in a hotel room
00:48:02not doing anything
00:48:03while Julia was in here
00:48:04while I was here playing the game.
00:48:05She also had the advantage
00:48:07of having someone she could blindly trust
00:48:09and would also know
00:48:09would always be on her side.
00:48:11None of the rest of us had that advantage.
00:48:13Second of all,
00:48:14if you're voting based on competitions,
00:48:15I had four full HOH reigns.
00:48:18Liz only had two
00:48:19because she was dethroned on the third.
00:48:21With my HOHs,
00:48:22I was always making moves
00:48:23that were not copying someone else.
00:48:25Jackie was my own move.
00:48:26I was the first person
00:48:27to take a stab at Auschwitz
00:48:28and I just got out of Vanessa,
00:48:29the strongest player in this game.
00:48:31Liz, with her HOHs,
00:48:32she followed through
00:48:33getting out Becky
00:48:33after I got out Jackie.
00:48:35Then Liz also followed Vanessa
00:48:37because Vanessa got out Meg
00:48:38and then Liz followed with James.
00:48:40I made my own moves.
00:48:41I didn't follow anyone else
00:48:42and I won more competitions.
00:48:44All in all,
00:48:45thank you so much
00:48:45for being a part
00:48:46of this incredible experience.
00:48:47This has been an absolute
00:48:48lifelong dream come true.
00:48:49Thank you so much
00:48:50for being a part of this
00:48:51and just thank you.
00:48:53Thank you so much.
00:48:54Thank you, Steve.
00:48:55Thank you both.
00:48:57All right, jurors,
00:48:58it is time for each of you
00:48:59to vote for the person
00:49:00you think deserves to win Big Brother.
00:49:03One at a time,
00:49:04you'll each step up
00:49:05to the voting box
00:49:06and insert the key
00:49:08of the person
00:49:08you want to see win this game.
00:49:12Shelly, you're first.
00:49:21I love you both so much.
00:49:24This is really hard for me.
00:49:25Liz, Julia is just going crazy for you
00:49:28and Steve, I know your mama is so proud.
00:49:31Love you both.
00:49:32This is a huge decision, I know,
00:49:35and I am voting with my heart.
00:49:38I love y'all.
00:49:39Thank you, Shelly.
00:49:41Jackie, you're up.
00:49:47Hi, you guys.
00:49:48I just want to say congratulations
00:49:50and I'm so proud of both of you guys.
00:49:54You both play an amazing game
00:49:56and my vote is going to go to the person
00:49:59that has dreamed of this
00:50:01their entire life.
00:50:04Thank you, Jackie.
00:50:05Becky?
00:50:10All right, you guys.
00:50:11So first off, congratulations to our season
00:50:14because we saw three amazing people
00:50:16go to finals
00:50:16and our round table
00:50:17was a hot mess
00:50:19because it was not easy.
00:50:21But there is one person
00:50:23that I will be extremely glad
00:50:25to cast my vote for
00:50:26and may the best man or woman win.
00:50:30Thank you, Meg.
00:50:36You guys look hot!
00:50:38Thank you!
00:50:38Bye!
00:50:40Wow, I can't believe you guys are here.
00:50:42I'm not going to lie.
00:50:44My heart is super torn today.
00:50:47But I'm going to give credit
00:50:49to some big moves that were made in this game
00:50:52and hats off to you both.
00:50:54Love ya.
00:50:55Thank you, Meg.
00:50:55James?
00:51:01I think both of y'all did an amazing job.
00:51:03Good to see you, Steve.
00:51:04I love that haircut.
00:51:05You need another one?
00:51:09But I'm just going to
00:51:11let Jesus take the wheel on this one.
00:51:13I'm going to lie Carrie Underwood.
00:51:15Yeah, just playing.
00:51:21All right.
00:51:22Thank you, James.
00:51:22My name's Julia.
00:51:25Oh.
00:51:27I'm not going to fall again.
00:51:31Okay, so my vote is really obvious.
00:51:34I think everyone knows who I'm voting for,
00:51:37but I do love you both.
00:51:39So I think you both really deserve this.
00:51:42Thank you, Julia.
00:51:43Austin, you're up.
00:51:45Oh, man.
00:51:46Well, Liz, I love you.
00:51:48Steve, proud of you, boy.
00:51:50You did great today.
00:51:51But in the immortal words
00:51:53of the Philistine poet Selina Gomez,
00:51:56the heart wants what it wants.
00:51:59And Judas has left the building.
00:52:02Thank you, Austin.
00:52:03Johnny Mac, you're up.
00:52:06Oh, this one's obvious.
00:52:10Guys, I can't believe you're doing this to me.
00:52:12I have to choose between the worst Alliance member ever
00:52:18or the twin.
00:52:20Liz, I couldn't come up with a good insult for you.
00:52:23Sorry.
00:52:25But good job, guys.
00:52:27Thanks, Johnny Mac.
00:52:28Thank you, John.
00:52:29And finally, Vanessa.
00:52:33First of all, congratulations to you both.
00:52:35You played great games.
00:52:36No hard feelings, Steve.
00:52:37I believe my vote is going to go for the person
00:52:40who I believe will best represent everything
00:52:43that this season stands for
00:52:45because I think you both played great games.
00:52:49Thank you, Vanessa.
00:52:50And with that, the voting is now complete.
00:52:56Up next, they may have left the game early,
00:52:58but Jace, Davon, Jeff, Audrey, Jason, and Clay
00:53:01got to watch the whole season go down from home.
00:53:04They join us live next.
00:53:07Stay with us.
00:53:26Welcome back to the season finale of Big Brother.
00:53:29Please say hello to Davon, Jace, Jason,
00:53:33Jeff, Audrey, and Clay.
00:53:37Welcome back, former house guests.
00:53:39It's good to see you all together again.
00:53:41Now, the six of you went home following your evictions,
00:53:44and you got to see the whole season from home.
00:53:47Now, the jury has been in the dark over a lot of things.
00:53:51I know you saw surprising things.
00:53:54I want to start with Davon.
00:53:55What would you say was the most surprising thing you saw?
00:53:58Well, going back and being able to watch the episodes,
00:54:02Austin, you spoke a lot about Judas,
00:54:05how he was going to dominate,
00:54:07he was going to take over the season.
00:54:09Where are you at?
00:54:10We ain't seeing him.
00:54:19You got me.
00:54:21The Judas thing was supposed to be something
00:54:23that was going to be cool, I guess,
00:54:27in my own weird way,
00:54:28but then, like, I ended up liking people in the house
00:54:31maybe a little too much,
00:54:32and I didn't want to do it to anyone.
00:54:34I don't know.
00:54:35I just ended up talking about it like nonsense
00:54:37in the diary room for no reason.
00:54:38I put the top hat out one time,
00:54:39and I was like, hey, it's the Imaginarium.
00:54:41I threw it.
00:54:41James went, whoa.
00:54:43That's about as good as I could do with it.
00:54:44So, I'm a little disassociative
00:54:47as a personality to begin with,
00:54:48but, you know, I couldn't do it.
00:54:51I still love you, bro.
00:54:51Thank you, Jace.
00:54:52So you were just like Austin in a hat.
00:54:55That's all it was.
00:54:56Why do you got to ruin the mystery?
00:54:57Okay, yeah.
00:54:58I want to go to Vanessa,
00:55:00because Vanessa has a surprise of her own to reveal.
00:55:04A little bit.
00:55:05All right.
00:55:06So, look, 90% of everything I told you guys
00:55:10was the truth.
00:55:11I might have downplayed something a little bit.
00:55:13I maybe left out six years
00:55:14and four and a half million dollars of my life.
00:55:17But it turns out I'm actually,
00:55:19I am a DJ, but that's like way part-time.
00:55:22I'm a professional poker player,
00:55:24and over the last 10 years,
00:55:25I've run four and a half million dollars
00:55:26on the world circuit.
00:55:27I'm one of the top-running females of all time.
00:55:29And brought that game knowledge to the game here.
00:55:31Had to wear a poker face for 98 days around, y'all.
00:55:34But, man, you made it tough.
00:55:35I almost slipped up so many times.
00:55:37You did a dang good job, girl.
00:55:40You did an amazing job.
00:55:42An amazing job.
00:55:43All right, Jason.
00:55:45Everyone's dying to hear what surprised you
00:55:47as you watched from home.
00:55:49Oh, well, everything surprised me.
00:55:50But actually what surprised me
00:55:52is how great Vanessa maneuvered the game.
00:55:54Vanessa flawlessly got through this game
00:55:57like some of the greats that have played.
00:55:58You Dr. Willed it.
00:55:59You Dan'd it.
00:56:00You Derek'd it.
00:56:01But what we did not see you do
00:56:03is really own the game.
00:56:06You never really said,
00:56:07I'm doing all this
00:56:08because I'm going to split everyone's throat to win.
00:56:11You sort of just cried and said,
00:56:13oh, I don't know why I did this.
00:56:15I'm sorry, guys.
00:56:16I'm sorry.
00:56:16And I wanted you to say,
00:56:17I want to bathe in their blood.
00:56:19And we never really heard you say it.
00:56:22I love you.
00:56:22I love you for that.
00:56:23That is, you couldn't have said it better.
00:56:25I agree.
00:56:25You never faced the whole time, this one.
00:56:27All right, Audrey, I want to go to you.
00:56:29I want to know what it was like
00:56:30for you to return home
00:56:31after telling everyone on national television
00:56:34that you are transgender
00:56:36because you made history.
00:56:37You are our first transgender house guest.
00:56:39I am having the time of my life.
00:56:42This is an emotional thing.
00:56:45It's huge.
00:56:47I've had an overwhelming warm response
00:56:50from the whole country.
00:56:53And people have written to me
00:56:54tell me how I've inspired them
00:56:56and how they've come out to their families.
00:56:58And I didn't win Big Brother,
00:57:00but I feel like a freaking winner
00:57:02because I changed lives.
00:57:04And I just, I can't even articulate anything else.
00:57:09I'm just so overwhelmed
00:57:10and I've worth more than a half million dollars.
00:57:16Well, up next, it is the moment of truth.
00:57:20Steve or Liz,
00:57:22who will be crowned the winner of Big Brother
00:57:24and walk out of the house
00:57:25with the half million dollar grand prize?
00:57:28Stay with us.
00:57:29Woo!
00:57:51Welcome back to the season finale of Big Brother.
00:57:54After a record-breaking 98-day battle,
00:57:56it is finally time to crown the winner of Big Brother.
00:57:59Steve and Liz, I'm about to reveal the jury's votes.
00:58:02The winner will receive $500,000 and the runner-up, $50,000.
00:58:07I will pull the keys from the box
00:58:09revealing whom each juror chose to win the game.
00:58:12You will need at least five votes to win.
00:58:15And because I'm dying to know how Vanessa voted,
00:58:18I'm starting backwards tonight.
00:58:23Vanessa has cast her vote for Liz to be the winner of Big Brother.
00:58:28Johnny Mac has voted for Steve.
00:58:34Austin, no surprise here, has voted for Liz.
00:58:41Julia, no surprise here, has voted for Liz.
00:58:45Three for Liz, one for Steve.
00:58:48James has voted for Steve.
00:58:55Meg also voted for Steve.
00:58:58Three votes apiece right now.
00:59:01Becky has voted for Steve to be the winner.
00:59:08Jackie's vote goes to...
00:59:10Oh, my God.
00:59:11Congratulations, Steve.
00:59:13You're the winner of Big Brother.
00:59:16Come on out, you two.
00:59:23Wow.
00:59:25Wow.
00:59:26Wow.
00:59:28Wow.
00:59:31Wow.
00:59:32Wow.
00:59:34Wow.
00:59:34Wow.
00:59:35Wow.
00:59:56When we return, we'll reveal America's favorite house guests.
01:00:01Stay with us.
01:00:02Wow.
01:00:04Wow.
01:00:27Welcome back to Big Brother.
01:00:29Just for the record, Shelley also voted for Steve to be the winner, which means you won
01:00:34six to three.
01:00:35Big Brother.
01:00:36Oh.
01:00:37Everybody here will be happy to know that there is another prize up for grabs tonight.
01:00:42Our viewers have been voting all week for their favorite house guests.
01:00:45The person who received the most votes will take home $25,000.
01:00:49The top three vote getters were Johnny Mac, James, and Jason.
01:00:56And America's favorite house guest is...
01:01:00Congratulations, James!
01:01:10So, before we say good night, Steve, what are you going to do with the half million dollars?
01:01:17The winning wasn't one of the possibilities when I came here.
01:01:20I was just kind of hoping to not be one of the first two out.
01:01:22I have absolutely no idea.
01:01:23So, a lot of saving and being very smart with it.
01:01:25Very well done.
01:01:26Thanks to all our house guests for an incredible season.
01:01:29And if you want to be a part of Big Brother next summer, go to cbs.com right now.
01:01:34From outside the Big Brother house, I'm Julie Chen.
01:01:37We'll see you next summer.
01:01:38Hey.
01:02:00I'll turn you back home for more!
01:02:04Woo!
01:02:04Woo!
01:02:05Woo!
01:02:06Woo!
01:02:06Woo!
01:02:06Woo!
01:02:06Woo!
01:02:06Fire!
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