‘Big Brother 18’ Winner Revealed – Finale Results

September 22, 2016 Matt Big Brother, Big Brother 18 1,271

Time to find out whether Paul can pull off the win against Nicole as the Big Brother 18 season finale continues.

Big Brother 18 Final HoH – Round 3:
The Big Brother scales of justice should return for this round as the winners of the first two rounds now face off with questions from the first eight Jurors. These are usually a little luck and more of knowing your fellow HGs.

  • Round 1: Both get a point.
  • Round 2: Neither gets a point.
  • Round 3: Neither gets a point.
  • Round 4: Paul gets a point.
  • Round 5: Neither gets a point.
  • Round 6: Paul gets a point.
  • Round 7: Nicole gets a point.
  • Round 8: Both gets a point. Paul wins!

Paul wins the Final HoH! He will decide who joins him in the F2!!

One last Houseguest will be evicted from the game with just one vote decided by the final HoH of the season.

Big Brother 18 – Finale Eviction:
Paul reveals he is evicting… James.

Next Jurors had their chance to ask questions before the F2 gave their own speeches. Neither HG performed particularly well during the Q&A but Paul gave a much stronger final speech. Would it make a difference or were the Jurors already decided?

Big Brother 18 – Jury Votes:

  • Da’Vonne votes for Nicole
  • Zakiyah votes for Nicole
  • Bridgette votes for Paul
  • Paulie votes for Nicole
  • Michelle votes for Paul
  • Natalie votes for Nicole
  • Victor votes for Paul
  • Corey votes for Nicole
  • James votes for Paul

Winner of Big Brother 18 is: Nicole Franzel by 5-4

Big Brother 18 – America’s Favorite Houseguest:
One last prize to award as the AFP will be revealed after all the fans votes have been tallied.

Top 3 were Victor, Natalie, and James but the AFP is… Victor Arroyo! Congrats Victor.

What do you think of the results. Did the right person win the season? What about that last eviction and even the Fav HG prize? Are you happy with how the season turned out? Don’t forget there’s more Big Brother with the all-new BBOTT season starting next Wednesday, Sept. 28th only on your All Access Live Feeds!

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  2. Hi everyone I’m sick, but not contiguous to the forum :( my vote Paul for the 500k, and Vic for AFP please. can’t wait too see how this turns out tonight.

  5. I am now in the midst of achieving my dream of world domination. BWAHAHA!

    But in all honesty, I’ll be happy to see either Paul or Nicole win. Unlike last year, I would have been a mess if I saw Vanessa winning it all. Glad to see she lost Round 3 to Steve that season.

  6. Hey there’s really bad weather here and the only thing on local tv is weather alerts. If I get all access can I watch it live? I really don’t want to miss it…

  7. This is the night.

    Paul deserves to win the $500k while Victor for America’s Favorite. We are moments away.

  28. It looked like both Nicole and James intentionally fell off. James smirk said it all. Such a bad actor.

  29. I certainly hope James throw that blue shirt away when he goes home. That was his dress shirt, lounge around the house shirt, sleep shirt. All around universal button down shirt smh.

      • Hey BHFan. I just wanted to drop you a line to say I won’t get to watch much this season. After being told over 1 1/2 yrs ago that my Dad had 2 weeks to live, he is actually doing better, but is still in hospice at home. My Mom is his primary caretaker and she presently has a torn meniscus along with other medical issues. They have a garden, a yard, and a home that is needing attention, besides my yard, many flower beds, and home. I’m just thankful that I am able to be there for them, but my head is spinning, I won’t lie. You are one of my favorites and I will miss your dry wit that I came to so much enjoy. I might pop in to read a thread every now and then and maybe post just to aggravate a few people but I won’t be up to date if I do. Entertain me! :D

  46. I don’t think James is the worst player in the history of BB, but definitely the worst who has gone all the way to F3. Victoria tried very hard to win, but couldn’t and she played with Derrick.
    James doesn’t even try.

  47. If it’s Nicole vs James, I would pick Nicole.
    If it’s Nicole vs Paul, I pick Paul.
    Let’s go Paul!!

  60. Dr. Will is fighting so hard not to laugh right now as Michelle breaks down into fake tears, ha ha!

    • They disagreed with her about Nicole wanting her out. She saw it as personal, everyone else said it was strategic. Even Dr. Will asked her why she had such strong feelings for Nicole. At that point, Meech said she didn’t want everyone looking at her.

      • Looking at her because she has no real reason… Just her green eyed monster rearing its ugly head.

      • Her hatred of Nicole clearly came from before the season, which is what Dr. Will was trying to get at. But, of course she couldn’t defend her position rationally.

        Notice she only started crying when she was confronted by Corey & Vic regarding her hatred of/bitterness towards Nicole. Like the bully she is, she could easily run her mouth and slam someone, but the minute others defended that person and asked her to back up her position, she crumbled and resorted to crying.

  67. Please be nice to these house guests. They have been through a lot.

    #Friendship

    Paul and Vic for the win!

  69. Michelle is hilarious with her hatred towards Nicole. I don’t even know what she did to her.
    It seems most jurors want Paul to win and know he played the best game, but it comes close since a few want Nicole to win.

  72. There are so many people of every age that wishes to be on the show, but they keep bringing back losers.
    I did like Jason though.

  101. Man, both Nicole and Paul were terrible at the last competition. I could’ve beaten both of them.

    At least Paul won though. Now he just needs to not be stupid and take Nicole, he’d have a much better chance of beating James than Nicole (although I think he could still beat Nicole, but it’d be too close for comfort).

    EDIT: Goddamnit Paul. That might be a $500,000 mistake.

  110. Winning the last HoH..always sounds good to the Jury…you can give all kind of reasons, why you have to win…and if he take Nic, it’s even better, coz he didn’t go back on his word.

    • Yup – people are rooting for a recruit, the players who have always been the scorn of Big Brother.

      • They’re not the first, so we’ve never complained about that. Ever.

        We complain about the people who know nothing about the game. Hence why we all hated Jozea, Paul, Victor, and Bronte at first (besides the fact that they were obnoxious).

      • I don’t know who “we” is but personally I dislike people that the show finds and brings on such as recuits and returning members that get paid. They shouldn’t be paid to come on especially not if they win either 1st or 2nd place. That bothers me I can’t speak for the “we”.

  112. Paul won’t take James. He never rejected his game. Paul is a stand up up, he will take Nicole.

  114. Z will vote how Paulie wants. Da and Corey. for Nicole. Davonne needs to vote for paul in order for him to win.

      • Ask again after tonite’s show. Will be happy to share. Glued to the screen now ?

      • Is it basic html? Maybe?
        Yay it worked B)

        Edit: it’s basic html. It’s Your message without spaces. Instead of x, it’s i for italic and b for bold.

  116. Everyone that thought these questions were so cut and dry and you had to know the houseguests were totally wrong. Like I said a crap shoot. Paul only got 1 more question right.

  117. It was harder to get on this site tonight than it would be to get into Ft Knox!

    WTG Paul! Friendship!!!

    Thank you for making this a fun summer here on BBN!

    • Okay that I don’t remember how to do. Fine you win the html crown lol

      …I studied graphic and Web design in high school. I am shamed.

      • They had a list on the Disqus site a few year ago. I haven’t check in a while. They didn’t have that one, that might be a new one.

  122. Well, I’m glad Paul kept the speech short and nice. I remember him saying earlier he was going to say something mean. I think he came to his senses.

  125. Can someone thats not rooting for Paul explain to me in detail what lies he’s told. I know we overlook a lot things our favorite players do, so help me with that please, somebody, anybody. He calls people out in the open in front everyone, liars won’t and cant do that because they dont want people to cross reference. Paul has done that at least 4x this summer, he does it because he has nothing to hide. Im so confused. What lies?

    • I don’t remember any lies Paul’s said. I know he’s said some bad things to Michelle. Out of the ones left in the house Paul has played the best game. James is the “nicest person” but hasn’t play the game. Nicole slept all summer until the end and most challenges she won look like production helped her and corey plus Nicole has insulted every female in the house.

    • Whatever it is..Im not sure..This guy turned it around.. Became a great player I think..I like him more when he took Nic.

      • They had to stay in the game. They were on the block. They called him liar prior to that, but it doesn’t matter he lost, and didn’t deserve to win because anyone that wanted to win would have picked James. Nicole would have picked d James so the prize went to the better player.

      • Exactly, every single one of them lied. Nicole lied to stay in the game as well. It is a bit hypocritical when people say it is okay for a player they are rooting for to lie but not okay for a player they don’t like to lie. Big Brother is a game that requires people to lie and deceive.

      • You dont get it. He was placed on the block because of a series of lies he allegedly told throughout the game PRIOR to nominated for eviction and TECHNICALLY, Paul NEVER, uttered a word about he and Victor not being friends anymore, he attempted to paint an illusion of it. It was actually Victor that SAID it, not Paul. Go search for it in your feeds. We have yet ANOTHER underserved winner. But I’m not hating on Nicole I’m pissed at Paul for taking her. THAT’S a lie he should have told, telling Nicole he’d take her. I thought he was setting up a big humiliating blindside for revenge of her snakey game. I would have.

    • He’s lied and he’s a D**k… As the jury pointed out… He’s just not a very nice person and I’m very glad he lost. He bullied people into doing what he wanted the whole season.

    • Paul was rude and mean and bullied everyone in the house to get his way. Wish he would of left the first time he was on the block. Just glad he lost and glad i don’t have to hear “your boy” and “friendship” again…

  130. What a stupid decision Pual. James was a guaranteed win. Now I’m officially rooting for Ratcole. How stupid can you be, Paul?

    • I really hope that all (James, Paulie, Nicole) stop “thinking” they are playing Derrick’s game

  137. Da’Vonne deserves to come back for another season along with Vic and Natalie

  138. Natalie may give Nicole her vote, and James needs to wake up. He didn’t even win second place. There is no way Natalie will be going out with his broke tiny self.

  139. So, this basically should put the conspiracy theorists to bed, right? This was supposed to be rigged for James and Nicole, remember? Wait, what’s that? Crickets? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

  140. I just wish Nicole would own up to her own crap. I would respect her more and root for her. Yet she still complains about Paul’s speech.
    She would grate on my last nerve.

      • Cant say I’m shocked. James knew he was a dead man walking when he lost part 2. And I knew Paul was gonn win part 3 over Nicle, and I knew he would make the dumb friendship move.

      • I think Paul has officially bumped Cody out of the top spot, for dumbest final 2 pick in the history of Big Brother, lol.

  142. This is going to be the most exciting moment of the entire season. And it took only how many weeks? Lol…seriously though—this is going to be great. These two players are so polarizing; it’ll be great to see how the jury votes. I’m glad he picked Nic.

  144. I am very surprised that Nicole didn’t win the last comp, but not that Paul took her.
    This has been let’s save Nicole season and take her all the way to the end.
    It was supposed to be James and Natalie with Corey and Nicole, but Natalie ruined the whole thing.

  169. Da is on Nicole’s side. She kept nodding in agreement when she was answering the questions. James and Nat may also vote for Nicole. She won. I hope Paul wins since his answers were better. I do agree that Nicole’s best move was convincing Natalie and James to put up Victor and Paul and she had them convince Michelle.

      • She probably felt Paul and Nicole deserve the prizes more than James does. We all heard her in the Dr. Will Jury talk.

      • I think she sees both of them as the best players and not James. didn’t you see her face when Will mentioned James. She is disgusted with his game play.

    • Agreed. If we’re just going based on the jury questions, Paul is unquestionably the winner. He was a lot more eloquent and persuasive in his argument than Nicole was. Nicole actually stumbled a few times, especially towards the end.

  171. I think Nicole might take this one because all the girls have said they want a girl to win this season. And the Jury is full of girls.. Damn, this is annoying. Paul made a big mistake.

    • I want a girl to win. I’m tired of it always being a guy. Especially one with a loud filthy mouth. Heck it was even brought up in the questions.

  174. I want Paul to win but I know Nicole will win. This has been rigged for Nicole. Its been obvious for weeks that production has been interfering. I hope I’m proven wrong and Paul wins.

  182. Paul has to absolutely win this. By far the best game,and he is backing it up with his answers to the jury and bringing out the good stats.

    • He has to BUT the girls have always said they want a girl to win especially if she is sitting beside a guy because the girls win only if they are in the final two with another girl.. I pray Paul wins

  184. Good speeches from both of them.

    Of course, at least one point on Paul’s speech should’ve been omitted. “I had the Round Trip Ticket.” Yeah, cause you lucked out! Not the best thing to talk about in a “why I should win” speech.

  190. Paulie is such a douche omg. His face is so punchable. And his walk is so bro-ish. I cant stand him

    • I’ll say this again: my dad said given the opportunity he would knife Vanessa in an alley. When I asked what he would do to Paulie, he was speechless.

  200. I wanted them to have time for Julie to ask everyone questions that we all want to know answers to. Or even questions from fans.

  202. Paul’s speech was waaaaaaaaaaay better, but they both played a good game.
    I still don’t want Nicole to win, but they both got on my nerves.

  206. I think Nicoles only votes are James, Corey, Natalie….shit and Maybe Paulie which means Zakiya as well. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  211. Paul started playing this game since day #1… He deserves this money over Nicole. Don’t let Nicole’s cute, innocent face and whiny voice fool you..

    Paul played hard and deserves this

  219. Production must be happy! They got what they worked all season for. Hope they don’t interfere ever again.

  230. The winner is icole. Nicole 5-4

    Votes for Paul –james, vic, meech, Bridgette,
    Votes for Nic — corey, paulie, zak, da, nat

  231. I am so friggin mad. This is nonsense. I am so mad. I hate this. Now Corey is gonna stay with her for her money and shes going to give him all because shes a dumb dumb

  235. I predicted it and it came true.
    Production got what they wanted and Da’vonne needs a stick over her head. I knew she was rooting for Nicole this whole time.

  243. Cancelling live feeds. Sorry CBS

    You robbed Paul and Vic prolly next for James.

    Sorry but not investing anymore time

  247. In complete shock. I never would have expected Nicole to win and I am super surprised the Paulie and Da voted for her. Bet Paul is wishing he’d taken James. That was a dumb move on his part and it cost him the game.

  251. Production had a great season and Nicole was a great puppet with her fake conversations and lies of how she played a great game. I knew this was coming weeks ago they should have made Coreu and Nicole’s comp wins look realistics instead of obviously giving them the wins. So disappointed in BB. At least I know I was right I’ve been saying for weeks it was rigged for Nicole to win and obviously it was.

  256. Bullshit. Utter bullshit. Paul deserved it hands down with his gameplay. Nicole did squat and in your heart of hearts everyone knows it. So unfair and it was because she is female to have a first female winner and only because of that.

  257. PISSED. Paul was robbed! Nicole did not desevre it AT ALL. They wanted a woman to win so I can guarantee that’s why. Bullshit. I’m done with this show.

  266. BB needed a female winner and they gave themselves won. Nicole didn’t deserve to win she got lucky production chose her.

    • Oh please. Enough with the conspiracy already. Are you suggesting that production paid off jury members to vote in a certain way? Wait! Maybe they were all CBS employees in the first place and never actual competitors to begin with.

      • Yes I’m suggesting they gave some jury members abonus of $1,000 to vote a certain way. Its been obvious for weeks that production was interferring to help Nicole and Corey. I knew Nicole would win because CBS needs a female winner. I’ve been proven right and because you like Nicole you have to make it sound riducous. No they were not all CBS employees I didn’t say that. Past players have commented on productions influence in the game. Last season’s winner Steve has said that he was fighting against production who wanted Vanessa to win. Steve won so he’s not a sore loser and theres no reason for him to lie. Production interfers with the contestants and this year they weren’t even trying to hide it. Production is why Nicole won.

      • Two things: First, I am not a Nicole fan. Actually couldn’t stand her on the show. Second, my comment about them being CBS employees was sarcasm!

    • Production definitely helped push the vets through. That’s why they had them in those teams in the beginning, so they wouldn’t be eliminated at once.

  270. Yessssssss Nicole won and Victor for AFP. The look on James face. And how the hell was Natalie in top 3.

  272. Nicole acting like she was so shocked. She knew this whole time that she will beat a boy and make history.

  276. ! YES! YES NICOLE! SHES HATED MOST OF AMERICA AND REPEATEDLY CALLED A SNAKE AND NOW SHE FREAKING WON!!!!

  278. Well, I have one thing to be happy about..James did not win AFP! Darn you, Day..when she said she needed Paul to stay in the house..I thought for sure he had her vote.

  279. I wanted a female winner and I wanted a female to beat a male in the Final Two… however Nicole being that female is definitely not what I wanted. I don’t see how she deserved it over Paul, but congrats to her anyways I suppose. Although I think this should fall back on Paul too, he messed up not taking James to the final 2 for an easy win

  286. You guys can hate all you want but Nicole does did deserve to win and that’s why she won. Yes Paul play a fantastic and maybe he did deserve to win more than her but you can’t say she did nothing because obviously she did and that’s why she won BB18. Yes she was in bed with Corey for the first half of the season but she stillplayed specially towards the end

  287. Paul threw Nicole OTB twice….Once when evicting James and then again when James ask him the jury question….I am sure that did not go unnoticed by the jurors…Not good sportsmanship at games end or a true “friendship” move….Best part was Victor winning AFP…

  290. What an incredible season! So many ups and downs, it might as well have been one big roller coaster!

    But let’s take a moment to thank the real stars of the hour – and that’s Big Big Brother Network. So a big thank you to Matt Boyer, Branden, and everyone else who works tirelessly behind the scenes to keep this site going and as wonderful as it is.

    And a special shout out to everyone here in the chat. We may not have always agreed, but without us, there wouldn’t be a Big Brother to have any discussions about.

    • this is great! I was initially disappointed with Nicole winning but I’m starting to become okay with it. She’s more worthy than Steve was last season so that’s something. I love BB Network and they’re the ones who managed to keep me interested the whole way through! The staff and the commenters are great!

    • Yes..thanks to Matthew and Branden…good job, guys..as always. Now, I am going to wait for BB OTT. I voted for Jason to come back in..since we had to vote for someone. I will post things on here about the new on-line season if you guys want to check in with me! Thanks for another so-so season of BB!! I love this game! Not really happy with the outcome.but, it’s all good I really love chatting it up with everyone on here. Who’s going to watch OTT with me?

  294. I hope they do a follow-up with them, in 6 months. I would love to see where there fauxmance are…

  295. Awww Im so happy for Vic! So glad to know my votes counted. He totally deserved that. And did u see that smile! All worth it :D

  297. Congrats to Paul, Victor and Nicole for giving us a great season.

    Production helped Nicole but Paul and Vic proved that they can beat the odds by playing the game!

  298. Victor seems like a genuinely likable guy. This season might have had its low points but Victor winning AFP kinda makes a lot of it right IMO.

  300. Janelle said it best Paul, better to be a loved looser rather than a hated winner… Now lets all find a way to support Paul and buy some DEAD SKULL items!!!!! Yea Victor AFP

  301. One last thing….

    They are all WINNERS

    And Vic and Paul can now say they are FAMOUS!!

    So proud of them!!!!

    • I think we will be seeing more of Vic and Paul as far as BB goes in the future..but, would they not be a hoot on TAR?

    • No one really ever knows who the BB players are. Their lives don’t change too much once they leave the house. Very few can say that Big Brother changed their lives, and even then, it’s only in the circle of BB fans.

  304. I said this earlier in the season, and I think it’s true: Paul and Victor should have stayed in bed and played grab ass instead of playing Big Brother. Just kidding. Congrats Nic. I’d rather you win than James. And our wonderful Victor won AFP. YAY!

    Here’s to a season of ALL newbies—no return players—no jury buy backs—real twists—and real reasons to ‘Expect the Unexpected!!’ See you next summer!

    In the meantime, check out Survivor at survivor fandom dot com. It’s another site moderated by the great Matthew Boyer…and we have a blast!

    Take care all! Goodnight! Stay calm and carry on…

  307. Paul screwed himself over… He was so hell bent on not giving James the chance to win 50k that he ended up screwing himself out of 450k! He definitely would have won if he would’ve been up against James. So stupid…

  308. Bad season with a bad ending. Nicole’s speech was terrible. And she is so dislikeable to me. I think Day and Natalie just wanted a woman to win. That is two seasons in a row that the most deserving HG did not win. Vanessa lost part 3 HoH last season and ended up third when she played the best. Only saving grace is Victor winning AFP.

    Well, I will try Big Brother OTT. It couldn’t be worse than this season.

    • You cant compare this season to last season. Vanessa was not sitting in the final 2. Paul was. Paul lost, and it’s his own fault. If what you said is true, that Day and Natalie just wanted a woman to win. Which we will never truly know. Paul should have brought James, and given them that option. Steve was smart enough to realise that..

      • Steve realized that Vanessa was one of the best BB players of all-time… But that was Steve, the superfan. Paul knew way less than Steve.

      • Steve is a genius. He went to an Ivy League college. But it doesnt take a genius to know that James is a better player to take to the final 2 over Nicole.

      • Yeah he’s a superfan. But so is Meech. And she told the entire house that nicole is going to win if they dont evict her. She was right the entire time.

  310. So I truly thought I wanted Paul to win, but now that Nicole actually won, I’m so much more excited than I ever thought I’d be.

    I know it’s terrible, but part of that is that I now get to gloat over all the Nicole haters and laugh at all the rigged! comments. Poor spotsmanship applies to fans as well, and if your tiny minds can’t handle the great gameplay of a truly BB champion then that’s on you. I don’t have to care about your disappointment and neither does Nicole because she’ll be occupied with the $500,000 she swiped from your boy Paul

    All hail the Snake Queen!

    Pelican out for good.

    (I’m not gonna let the next season be soured even a little by all the ignorance that gets spewed in the comments here)

      • I think I’ve been relatively gracious for the most part on these boards. Enough to earn a moment of undignified gloating anyways. But you are correct. Gloating is just as much poor sportsmanship as all the rigged! remarks, so I apologize.

      • Well there you go, being a nice guy! I agree you have been more than gracious on the boards. Enjoy the win! :)

    • You should totally join me, Philly, and LG next year with the conspiracy jokes. So much more fun that way.

    • But people say everything is rigged…NFL, NBA, etc. It is what it is. I laugh at these conspiracy theorists the way I do all conspiracy theorists and move on…

      • That’s true. I guess it just gets under my skin for some reason. Seems like a bad attitude for fans to have ad tends to lower the level of discussion which spoils the fun.

      • I hope it didn’t come off like I was dismissing what you had to say. I definitely agree with you. I think I just spend waaay too much time on comment boards that I’ve become somewhat immune to it! lolol

      • Not at all! No harm no foul and all that. It’s definitely more fun to laugh at the conspiracy theories than to get hung up on them.

      • lol. For the record I liked them both a lot. I just expected Paul to win and it was more exciting when Nicole did because it was a big surprise.

        This may have been the most tense, evenly matched final 2 in BBUS history (best one I’ve seen anyways). One of the few, where the two people in the end may truly have been the two best players, and I actually sort of feel bad for all the fans that were too bitter about Nicole to enjoy that excitement and thrill, but not too bad because hating Nicole is your prerogative and I can respect that you have a different opinion. It’s just very vindicating because I’ve been arguing on Nicole’s behalf for a while, so I couldn’t resist claiming my moment of triumph. Sorry if it bugged you. Have a good night (long live Snake Queen Nicole :P)

      • What a great way for the season to end with Nicole vanquishing Paul. Too bad a lot of fans were unable to appreciate her game play.

      • Your girl Nicole pulled off the win India…sure you’re super excited! Congrats to you. I really thought that Paul was going to win the jury vote by a landslide. I still think he deserved to, but I’m not upset that Nicole won, she’s not as bad as many believe. There could have been many worse winners this season.

        Think it may have come down to what I mentioned last week…the jury had a singular view of Paul, that he was was loud/funny/no filter. Like I said before, I believe that most of the jury truly underestimated his craftiness and strategic play. Bet a number of them will later come to know that he was a much better player than they realized.

        Not saying that Nicole didn’t play well, just think that when considering Paul’s arc as a player through the season, he maneuvered himself incredibly into that F2 spot with a lot of great moves. He just never stopped playing. I don’t care much for him as person (al least for what we saw on BB), but I can’t deny his ability to learn and play the BB game.

      • Thanks so much Dan, it’s not too often that my favorite manages to win BB; I couldn’t believe what I was seeing or hearing when Natalie voted for Nicole to give her the win. The most breath taking finale ever. Of course I believe Nicole deserved to win over Paul but I agree with your assessment of Paul’s game.
        .
        Paul managed to crawl from the very bottom to the final 2 so I’m impressed with him too.
        Since Nicole had convinced him that she couldn’t win the female votes she outsmarted him at the end. He thought he could beat either one of them and that was another big mistake.
        .
        I suppose he was nervous a bit during the Jury question & answer period and totally blew off Natalie’s question I thought. By the look on Natalie’s face after Paul had finished answering her I could tell she was mighty miffed and didn’t care for what she had heard.
        I still thought she disliked Nicole so much she wouldn’t vote for her but I’m so glad that Natalie was not bitter at the end.
        .
        I think Paul’s social game was much weaker than Nicole’s in the end and that cost him the game.
        If he hadn’t talked to the women in such a crass and vulgar manner he would’ve won I bet. I guess good manners in life do matter after all.
        .
        Paul was a lot of fun to watch this season and his DR sessions were hilarious. I wanted to like him so much but he kept disappointing me with his behavior toward the women.
        I really enjoyed discussing BB with you this year Dan and I’m looking forward to seeing you next year :D

      • Always enjoy sharing BB opinions with you too India. Are you going to watch BB Over the Top as well?

      • I really do want to but I have a lot going on right now with house repairs. All the rain in the area caused the roof to leak and the floor to start sagging; so we’ll be having to move stuff around while having the floors replaced. And I have a lot of stuff I need to organize and pack away since I no longer have an excuse to procrastinate.
        I’m probably going to be around seeing what y’all are saying about the new season though.
        This could be addicting if they do it year round and I don’t know what I’d do then :D
        Anyway, I’ll be looking forward to your comments even if I don’t watch the show.
        Take care Dan and TTYL.
        .
        Will you be watching Survivor this season?

      • Good luck with the home repairs…and the procrastination, I know about that too! I’m definitely watching Survivor, that reminds me…I still have the first episode on my DVR. Guess I’ll be watching that this weekend!

        Take care India Ink:)

      • Thanks for the kind comments regarding procrastination :D
        .
        Do you know of a good place to discuss Survivor?
        The Survivor fandom site isn’t as good as the BB site.
        I used to comment at EW but something is going on there now and I don’t see any comments anymore except for Facebook – which I don’t care to use.
        .
        Hope you’re enjoying Survivor – too early for me to pick a favorite yet, I’m still learning their names :D

      • I’m not sure of a good place to talk Survivor, but that’s a good question. If there was such a place similar to this, I’d definitely be interested.

        I’m gonna watch the first episode tonight and let you know my initial thoughts.

      • Be sure to let me know your thoughts on the first episode before I forget everything that happened :D
        There’s a good place to talk Survivor at “Rob has a podcast” by former Survivor Rob Cesterino.
        It’s mostly guys over there arguing with each other and calling each other idiots. They’re very intelligent and know their stuff so you might enjoy it there – even though I didn’t. It’s not very female friendly I’ve found out. A lot of aggression going on and I don’t care for that at all.

      • I finally watched it last night India. Honestly I wasn’t overwhelmed, but it can take me awhile to really get into Survivor. Maybe b/c it’s only on once a week…or b/c no live feeds? Never fails that it does get good down the line though, typically after the tribe merge for me.

        Thinking back, I can’t even remember any of their names right now! One thing that had me laughing was the millennial in the Hawaiian shirt…when he was going on about Twitter being the worse thing ever, then said, “Well, I’m on Twitter and use it of course.” That summarized the millennial group for me!

        That poor gen-xer with the eye infections. I can’t even imagine dealing with something like that in that situation. I have a feeling she’s not long for the game.

        I was surprised the mills won that first comp too. Their puzzle solvers really did well there.

        Rob’s forum doesn’t sound like a very nice place. I’m not one for online arguing or anti-female peeps, think I’ll stay away!

      • By all means I agree about Survivor not being as intense as BB and takes a little longer to get into.
        It usually takes me several weeks to learn their names since it’s only on once a week, and it seems as soon as I learn a person’s name they are voted out :D
        I liked the somewhat Luddite, millennial in the Hawaiian shirt too; he seems more grounded and mature and should probably be in a leadership position; but that’s never a good idea on Survivor is it?
        That poor woman with the eye infection! I had an eye infection of that sort back in my younger days when I accidentally sprayed hair spray into my face when I was in a hurry.
        I’ve never experienced such pain in my life, the eyes are so sensitive.
        I hope the medics were at least allowed to irrigate her eyes because I don’t think she can continue much longer with the eye inflammation otherwise.
        Maybe she’s the one to go out next week and the ‘heart attack’ clip is just a red herring.
        I know what you mean about Rob’s podcast. The podcast itself it fascinating to listen to but when the comments begin the guys become belligerent and argumentative.
        Just reading their comments I realize most of them have a Doctorate degree in Survivor studies but that’s no reason to be so rude. Yeah, just a bunch of know it alls.
        I’m still looking around for another site. TVLine used to have a great Survivor discussion but by the time I watched the show and starting reading the comments there was already 800 or them so anything I wanted to say had already been said a dozen times.
        I’m so glad I discovered this BB site as the participants range from intellectual conversation to the more emotional outburst type of comments.
        Anyway, I looked at the new participants for the next BB season and I want Cornbread to win lol.
        I pray that the messiah Jozea doesn’t return.

    • Yes, Nicole played such a great game hiding behind the other men and flirting with Corey the entire game, that’s the kind of masterful game you’d expect to see from a BB champion.

      • lol you’re right. The jury should ignore gameplay and make it’s decision based on weather someone was in a showmance or not, like you.

        But you raise a valid issue and it’s a concern that a lot of people who didn’t pay very close attention or haven’t watched a lot of Big Brother seem to have with this season. One answer to the complaint of hiding behind other big threats is to ask, what’s wrong with that? Using Caleb as a human shield was a really important part of Derricks game, and using the Austwins as the same was a big part of Vanessa’s strategy and everyone agrees that they are great players. Nicole can’t do the same? She reaped all the benefits from Paulie’s reign of terror and none of the consequences.

        Another answer is to look at Paul’s game, since we can all agree he played really well. Let’s look at what he was doing while Nicole was hiding behind Paulie and letting him take out Frank, Tiffany and Da’Vonne. Oh wow! He was also just kissing up to Paulie the whole time. In fact, during week two he allowed himself to be used as a pawn to take out his best friend Vic and during his first HoH, he let Paulie use him to take out Da’Vonne, his own ally, and Nicole’s biggest enemy at that point. How about that. They both hid behind Paulie but Nicole managed to get more out of it. The only difference is that Paul jumped ship to join Natalie and Bridgette in getting Paulie out, and Nicole didn’t. If that’s what you want to base your evaluation on that’s totally acceptable, and I mean that sincerely. That’s the biggest difference in their games. I prefer to take into account the entire game and rate their overall performance, and if you do that they played so evenly that it was basically subjective: who deserved to win could go either way depending on exactly what criteria you use, and that’s reflected pretty well in the juries vote.

        Hopefully these arguments will allow you to see why, from a certain point of view, Nicole was a worthy BB Champion, and you can be less disappointed in this season. Or not. Whatever floats your boat.

      • Nicole was coasting most of the game and she was just sort of there with other big players. That’s not really considered very skillful gameplay because anyone can just do nothing. The difference is that Derrick, Vanessa, and Paul made it to the end by actually making game moves, so they come off as better players.

      • First of all, no one can deny that after Paulie’s eviction, Nicole turned up her gameplay like crazy and with great success. So she obviously plays hard and plays well when she needs to. But let’s look at the accusation of coasting:

        Nicole may have been coasting during the first half of the game–it’s debatable how much credit she deserves for Frank and Da’Vonne’s evictions–but when you are in a great position, coasting is the correct strategic choice. To do otherwise would put yourself at unnecessary risk, which is poor gameplay. Whether it was out of luck or not, Nicole was closely aligned with someone who was controlling the house and using that control to eliminate players who were specifically targeting Nicole. That is pretty possible in much the best position possible in the house.

        Compare this to Tiffany who tried to win a comp her alliance wanted her to throw, or Frank who screwed up his great position by getting caught in too many final deals, or Da’Vonne who was in an amazing position but decided to dismantle both her alliances to get Frank and Tiffany out, only to follow them out the next week, or Paulie, who alienated Paul and Vic by trying to exert too much control over their games. That’s what happens when you play harder than the present situation demands.

        You’re basically saying Nicole should have acted against her own best interest or drawn undue attention to herself or she was coasting and not playing the game. So basically in your opinion, to be a great Big Brother player, you have to intentionally jeopardize your own game just to prove that you are playing hard or making big moves or whatever meaningless buzzword you want to use.

        Plus, during the time when Nicole was coasting, Paul was also coasting! Also, Derrick pretty much coasted through the evictions of Brittany, Amber, Jocasta, and Hayden, or at least he was about as involved as Nicole was in the evictions of Victor (1st time) Bronte, Tiffany, Frank, and Da’Vonne.

        I’ll admit that Nicole’s game was slightly more reactive and Paul’s was slightly more proactive, and if you think proactive gameplay is more worthy of the win that’s valid. I tend to think so too, which is why I was rooting for Paul. But evaluating based on strategy alone, neither style of play is inherently better than the other; it depends on the situation and the personal strengths of the player. Both played to their strengths. Both did so well enough that the winner isn’t clear cut, but rather subjective based on nitty gritty things like the playstyle that the individual juror values more. And since it was so subjective, you can’t say that anyone really got robbed, or that we had an undeservin g

  311. I loved Steve but they should have just let Vanessa win last year. Maybe if that happened, the producers didn’t have to push too hard for Nicole to win this season. :| #Pissed #ThatsNotFriendship

  313. Something just doesn’t seem right about any of this. Da’Vonne was speaking constantly about how she was rooting for Paul, Natalie called Paul the better game player, then they decide to just flip and vote for Nicole??? This seems very suspicious, hell, even Frank looked confused when he was in the back talking to Zakiyah

    • Production clearly wanted Nicole to win. Even the way Julie pulled the keys she knew exactly what she was doing. On the bright side: paul doesn’t need the money near as much as nicole so there’s that i guess.

      • The way I see it, Paul deserved the money MORE than Nicole did, not just for playing the better game, but Nicole was helped way more than Paul was. She not only had Derrick’s advice heading in, but she also had the benefit of getting paid more than any of the other houseguests for being a returnee. It’s so much bs to me when some returns to the game and wins, when they clearly have so many advantages compared to the new houseguests

      • True but Paul did pull a Cody and took a vet to final 2. I wish he hadn’t but he did and now the consequences are rolling in

      • With that jury??? It wouldn’t have mattered. I’m 99% sure they would have voted for James if Paul took him. I don’t think they wanted Paul to win this game, that, or production didn’t

      • You maybe right about that, I guess we will never know but at least there’s a good that came out- that is Vic winning AFP

      • Here it comes again with the Production things, Why wouldn’t production want Paul to win I saw him as someone production would love in the game. From what I saw Paul probably got the most scrern time each episode and why would production want Paul to win if they know America loves him . Pablo is a great example of Production loving Paul because Pablo got more screen time than Zakiyah in these past few episodes because he’s connected to Paul im pretty sure the wouldnt pay that much tribute to Bridgettes plant. It annoys me that it always has to be rigged why? Because Nicole won? Was it like immpossible for her to win? Is that’s why it is rigged?

      • Clearly something is not right. It’s either production got involved, or we had a jury voting for personal reasons. Either way, Nicole did not win the game because she was the better player, end of story

      • Paul has palyed a fantastic game and i’m saying he didn’t deserve to win but you guys making it seem like you went into the future saw Paul win BB18 and then came back then Nicole won and your like “what?? Nicole won thats immpossible I saw Paul win already, this is clearly not right” Like why when Nicole wins it’s not right but if Paul wins nothing is wrong no one got involved because Paul won not Nicole, It just makes no sense to me and how is it personal? Da’Vonne wanted Nicole out but still voted for her when she could have voted personally and voted Paul instead of Nicole because she didn’t like her

      • LOL! Where does it say the jury has to vote for the best player? Let it go. Paul made the final decision, not production. If Paul would have taken James he would have won.

      • No, he didn’t deserve it more. And no, she didn’t have Derrick’s advice either, unlike Paulie and
        James! Derrick didn’t even know she was going
        to be on this season.

      • I think what makes me upset is that Nicole was basically paid over half a million dollars to lay around in love/in lala land/on cloud nine for 3 months. Only started really playing at the end when she had to. Erggg, it just gripes my b*tt!! :D

    • Yea but Natalie was always so fixated on a girl winning so she changed her vote however I don’t buy the whole Davonne switching. Guess she wanted a girl to win also

      • James even voted for Paul…this is why I can’t deal with Big Brother from time to time. Just let the game control itself, don’t control the game

    • No, I knew that Day would vote for Nicole! And Nat was all
      for girl power plus she didn’t like Paul at all! What I’m so
      surprised at is that weasel James! That was really a “screw
      you” to Nicole(& even to his Texas bro Corey). Makes no sense

      • James’s vote didn’t make any sense at all to me either. Maybe he was trying to impress Natalie by making Nicole lose; not knowing Natalie was voting for Nicole.

  314. So congrats Nicole, I guess… At least James didn’t reach the F2…
    (Hell Yeah!!!! Victor won AFP!!!!!)

  315. Everyone a Nicole fan all the sudden yet an hour ago they all wanted her 3rd place saying she cheated??? This will go down as a Win* but will always come up as an asterisk!

  317. Never doubted Nicole! I knew Da would give her the vote! Natalie surprised me though! Anyways…NICOLE WON!!! First woman to ever win against a male in F2. Congrats to my girl Nicole! Also congrats and much love to Paul!

    • I knew Day would too but so may viewers seem surprised
      by that! Way to go Nat, she was all about wanting a girl to win.
      Yes, the curse is now broken and Nicole has made BB history.
      I couldn’t be more proud! What a perfect ending-what a season!

    • This was the most fascinating finale every with the votes tied 4 to 4. With Natalie voting last I almost fainted when she voted for Nicole. I’m a new Natalie and Day fan now :D

  319. I can’t say that Nicole didn’t deserve to win. In this last month, she’s positioned herself about as perfectly as anyone possibly can. I just wish she didn’t have to win over Paul. I think he had to play harder and longer than Nicole did, and he deserved it more over her. Just my opinion, though.

    Very happy Victor took AFP though. Something good came from the night.

    • Paul deciding to keep Nicole over James cost him a whole bunch of money. But I think he already has cash so he didn’t care as much.

  320. Good for Victor to win the $25,000 for AFP. Nicole winning Big Brother 18 is okay too! I am done. Last 3 seasons of Big Brother casting is horrendous!
    I will stick to Survivor and Amazing Race. Not enough game play on Big Brother to keep me interested!

  321. Even James thought Paul played a better game over Nicole!

  323. Is anything going to happen on the live feeds? It says Big Brother Backyard stay tuned

  327. Paul really got screwed on this one. It was the perfect storm of a jury for him to lose like this. Let’s review the votes. Corey voted for her as expected which is fine, Paulie voted for her (but IMO that’s mainly because she is a family friend that he knew prior. I don’t believe for one second he’d vote for her without that relationship), and because he did Zakiyah did, Natalie voted more about his personality than his gameplay which is annoying, and Da’Vonne I still don’t understand. Almost any other dynamic on a jury and he wins in a landslide. Very unfortunate because he played the best game IMO.

      • Every year at his point I ask myself why do you get so worked up about a game? Last year it was when Johnny Mac didn’t win AFP, this year it’s Paul coming in second. Sad, sad, sad

      • Paul “screwed himself” for being the more loyal player. At the end of the day, was it a dumb move? Yes. However, it cannot be disputed he played the better game between the two of them, and he was robbed of the $500,000 by a Jury that voted for their own personal reasons, rather than voting for who played the best game

      • I think that can be disputed. They played different games and obviously Nicole’s was the one the jury favored.

      • I don’t know where you get the idea that the jury is required to vote for whoever played the best game. These aren’t robots on the jury. They’re people. The best guy doesn’t always win. People sometimes vote for other reasons. Paul’s “social game” apparently wasn’t so great after all.

      • He didn’t make the easy but respectable choice and America respects him for that. The dumb decision to choose Nicole over him is on the jury.

  328. Let’s face it. Big Brother is about voting for who played the best game, bottom line. You can throw out your “a woman should win” and “this person was nicer”, and all that nonsense. That shouldn’t matter. Big Brother is a GAME, and this jury seemed to vote for personal reasons, which I find to be completely unacceptable, and they tonight have disgraced themselves as jury members. If this was the case during BB8, Dick would have lost to Danielle. Oh how times have changed….

    • Agreed! I remember reading on THR the other day on former jurors and their choice on who should win and 8 out of 9 said they’d vote for Paul hands down since he played the best game. Wonder what they are thinking now.

      • The people like Janelle congragulating Nicole and saying she was the “most deserving winner” makes me question how well some of these people know Big Brother

      • I am sure they are happy with their choice!
        Not everyone is shaking their heads! Many are quite happy with who Won!

    • Nicole made compelling arguments. All Paul said was, I was crazy before, and I’m gonna be crazy when I leave. Proving that he learned nothing in 99 days.

      • I don’t know where you find “compelling arguments” at. She basically said she didn’t know what to say, stumbled over words, and basically told everyone that she worked the whole game, when in reality she let others work the whole game for her. Paul fought day after day after day to stay in this game and manipulated whoever he had to to get to the end. Then you say that Paul didn’t win because he came from a rich family…so what you’re saying is Nicole only won because Paul’s family is rich?

      • Paul didn’t learn anything. If paul had said, I came in crazy, but I’m leaving a changed man. He didnt. He said in layman’s terms, I havent learned a damn thing.

      • What does “changing” and “learning” in the BB House have to do with playing a better game?

      • What he meant was he talked a big game about friendship but Paul didn’t always give the friendship he expected from others. If he’d even hinted that he might have regretted some stuff he said as game play he probably would have gotten at least one vote that pushed him over the top.

      • Not even. Paul didn’t win because he didn’t convince the jury he deserved it. His answers were too rehearsed. He pretty much ignored the questions about his actions. He should have owned it in that one question but he avoided the question. One vote made the difference. One vote! Da who was cheering for Paul to be in final two threw her vote to Nic at the last minute.

  329. Well, I’m out for the night! Will tune back in tomorrow for the final interviews.

    Congratulations again to my girl Nicole, the official winner of BB18, and to Victor for winning AFP.

  330. Paul never should have taken Nicole to final 2. Of course he was screwed. He deserved to win far more than Nicole did but he never should have taken her. Had he taken James it would not have been close.

  332. Victor is about to be interviewed next on live feeds. Tune in before you cancel because Paul was robbed of $500k

  334. Why IN THE WORLD would he take Nicole to final 2???????????????!!!!! These players are fucking stupid!!! Paul is going to be SICK for months after this! 50grandis nothing to him, he’s upper class in real life. I will never watch this again. You get that far and make the DUMBEST move of the ENTIRE game!!! DONE!

    • Paul isn’t rich…his parents are! He also is in his 20’s and still lives with his Mommy and Daddy!

      • I didn’t say he was rich, I said he’s upper class. Have you been listening to him all summer? He said he CHOOSES to live with his parents. He owns a moderately susuccessful clothing line, a band and couple other things. Do you see that body art?? Do you hear the trips he takes all around the world, and the elaborate themed parties he throws? Paul’s lifestyle, with or without his parents wealth, cant even wipe his ass with $50,000. Besides, when rich people live in huge mansions, it’s common for the children to live there through adulthood. Most move when they marry. Paul well off.

      • The house is so big that Victor, is moving in with Paul and his parents, he says like living with people and not alone.

      • Hell, I’m working class and even I cant do anything with 50grand but put in the bank for a rainy day. I wouldn’t even touch it because it would be gone just like that!

  335. I bet this bitter jury would’ve chosen James over Paul if he had taken him over Nicole as everyone is saying he should’ve.

  337. Brigette says it would’ve been 8-1 if Paul took James.

  340. Enjoyed chatting with you all during the season – while it wasn’t my desired outcome, the chats were great. Everyone take care and I will see you either for BB OTT or BB 19. Still waiting to see about BB OTT.

  341. Aaaand that’s a wrap for me. I’ll never understand why Paul made his final choice. I think he had too much faith in the jury. At least Vic won AFP. It’s been fun chatting with many of you. Thanks to everyone who mantains this site, you all do a wonderful job. Peace out.

  342. When Paul told the Jury he had to pick Nicole, because she reported everything back to him that James said, I think that worked to Nicole’s advantage….the jury was being told by Paul that Nicole was manipulative until the very end….which meant she was playing the game…It was Paul’s game to lose, and he made not only the wrong choice by taking Nicole with him, but inadvertently gave the Jury proof that she was playing a strong game.

  345. If Paul had just forced himself to listen to one more Derrick/Cody story he might not have made such a stupid, fatal mistake.

    • The most ironic thing is that Paul wanted Nicole out day 1. He had the chance to evict her on day 99, and didnt. Cant blame anyone but Paul.

  346. I enjoyed coming here more than watching this season of BB.
    I plan to watch BB 19, but if Jozea is picked I’m not even sure. It is more fun to discuss when we have different favorites and opinions. Some people took things too seriously, but to the ones that didn’t it was fun. Maybe I’ll meet up with some of you next week. It seems too soon and not enough time to recover from my BB fever.

  347. Wait, is BBOTT making it where the viewers can vote for the winner?
    I heard that rumor… really hoping this isn’t true

  348. Julie Chen is saying she is surprised Nicole won too….idk whether to believe her, because she did say she was rooting for Paul, but at the same time she seemed as if she knew Nicole was going to win before even pulling the final key

    • They tell Julie the results before she pulls the key. There are cameras in that thing they stick the keys into.

  349. Da’Vonne’s reason for voting Nicole over Paul is she believes Nicole played the better game (oh boy…), and she said none of the girls in jury wanted Nicole to win (So why did Natalie vote for her…?)

    • how true…Production wanted Nicole to win this Season , that is why she was brought back…Did you hear the leak when she went in D.R. last night from Production??? It was “hello darling, how are you?”

      • Its true…we have seen this story before…First with Jordan, then with Rachel, the 2nd time she came back into the house as a Vet…Its nothing new! Big Brother Production rigs the game for who they want to win the Game?!

        Nobody I know voted for Corey, or Nicole to get a Care Package, we all voted for Victor & Paul to get one…Don’t hate on the messenger, hate the GAME, “oh please.”

      • Almost everyone I know voted for Nicole and Cory to win the Care Package! I don’t know of anyone that voted for Paul or Victor to win the Care Package! On many different sites…Paul and Victor were quite hated.
        Lots of people think that production rigged the AFP win for Victor!
        Who knows….but I do think it is illegal for Production to rig anything for anyone to Win anything!
        I am very happy with Nicole winning!

      • Ha! you’re totally delusional…I guess Vic won AFP because he was disliked in your small world?! People actually Loved Both Vic & Paul, & hated Corey, Paulie, Ziakyah, & Nicole…But you are entitled to your opinion…Sigh, & side eye roll…Smdh.

  351. Ugh Paul, You deserved the win! If you were. just a little bit humble and less bragging wins. But me this was more about a girl winner, than the best. I do wonder Who was the decision-maker. Hmmm I was right some jurors didn’t vote on best gameplay. Disappointing??

  353. Fun season!

    Started like shyte, but after things not going Paulie’s way followed by his meltdown, it really picked up and was rather unpredictable.

    Both players were deserving winners IMO. Paul was kind of reckless and made some really poor strategic moves that he’ll probably hit himself for later, but the dude always survived and fit himself into the right social circles at the right times. And won when needed. Nicole played a stealthy game, but was active in almost every decision/eviction. Very smart game played on her part, very strategic, and she used those boys so well with her adorable awkward cuteness.

    Was hoping Paul would win, but was entertained either way.

      • Paul gave the jury that choice. If you put out carrots, and chocolate cake. Don’t be shocked when you see everyone going for the chocolate cake.

      • For me, it’s Paul. Nicole shouldn’t have been an option. I knew he lost instantly when he cut James after seeing the round table segment. How could he be so stupid?? I’m done. James literally had no argument and didn’t mind getting 50gs. He’s said it himself. My disgust with Paul is still fresh.

    • Paul learned nothing in 99 days of being in the house. He came an a-hole on day, and left an a-hole on day 99. He answered the questions as if he had already won. Very cocky. But his biggest mistake is not taking James. That’s what it all boils down to.

  354. Congratulations to NIcole for her well deserved win.
    So glad Day and Natalie weren’t bitter jurors.

  355. Nicole somehow managed to make Paul believe that he could beat her in the F2 because of the bitter female jurors.

    • She was half right too since Michelle couldn’t be more bitter
      still and it was personal for Bridge also.

      • I know Nicole had Michelle evicted while she was HOH but what has Nicole done to make Michelle hate her guts? This is so irrational that I have to believe it’s jealousy.
        .

      • She, Corey and Nicole had a tight alliance at the beginning of the season. Nicole and Corey flipped on her.

      • I don’t much understand it either and it’s a mystery.
        For the first half of the game or so, Nicole and
        Michelle were really close but when Day was
        nominated, Michelle sided with Day, and believed
        all of the stuff that Day was spewing about Nicole.
        Then Michelle was upset that Nicole voted Day out
        & didn’t tell M the “plan”. Then of course Nicole
        wanted Z to stay over M(which was the plan until
        James flipped the script). James has betrayed
        Nicole several times now-tonight being the last.
        Maybe Michelle was jealous because she wanted
        a showmance & the attention from all of the guys that Nicole was getting. M seems so insecure too.
        But her voting for Paul, after the way he treated her

      • Thanks for helping me remember the whole social dynamic between Nicole and Michelle.
        Michelle enjoyed hanging out with Day and Zak trash talking Bridgette while Nicole didn’t; Nicole felt uncomfortable hanging out with the negative women. That’s another thing that puzzles me, Nicole didn’t join in the Bridgette bashing but Bridgette thoroughly detested Nicole for some reason.
        I have been saying all season that Day turned the other women against Nicole by her constant lies about her. From there on out Nicole had to deal with jealous, bitter women who only wanted her out for personal reasons. Michelle still thinks her eviction was emotional on Nicole’s part, unable to realize that the 3 of J, Nat and Michelle outnumbered the other 2 duos so the 2 duos had to join up to whittle down James alliance or they’d be outnumbered in the end.
        James was too dense to realize this of course..
        .
        And let’s not count out jealousy, which was the main reason they disliked Nicole.
        .
        You are so right about the numerous James betrayals; yet all James can understand is that Nicorey ‘stabbed him in the back’ when Nicole took out Michelle. Nicole had only promised James and Nat safety so Nicole didn’t backstab him at all. James took Nicorey’s alliance with V/P as a betrayal and it was hard for him to accept he’d been outplayed not stabbed in the back.
        This is what I dislike about James game play; both seasons he’s stubborn as a mule and unable to see reason or change his mind about anything.
        What a great ending to one of my favorite seasons :D

  356. Corey said he’s looking forward to getting to know Nicole outside the house. He’s also expecting her to take him out on a date.

  357. Paul’s loss must be devastating for all his fans here.
    So glad the jury chose the right person to win this season.

    • Lots of people think the jury chose the wrong person. Natalie and Da’Vonne not good jurors. If Janelle and Rachel wanted Paul to win, that says something. We’ll just have to disagree.

      • Nicole outplayed Paul in the end I’m afraid. She had him believing he could beat her due to bitter jurors and he believed her.
        Paul’s decision to take Nicole to the end cost him the game and wasn’t very impressive game play.
        Paul’s social game hurt him – His crass and vulgar personality made even Natalie vote for Nicole to win.
        I believe his poor social game cost him the game, especially when compared to Nicole’s.
        But yes, we’ll just have to agree to disagree.

      • Remember how he liked to bulldoze people when he was in the house? It seemed to work there but not with the jury thankfully.

  358. And of course Paulie, aka Mr. Douchebag..took credit for the jury voting the way they did..he said if it were not for him and Corey..Nicole may not have won. I hope to never see his face again.

    • I don’t know what Nicole did to Michelle to unravel the poor girl’s mind but unraveled it was.

      • Think back to the early part of the season. Her, Corey and Nicole were tight. Meech is bitter because she felt betrayed by them, whether or not that was true.

      • I can’t remember it for some reason, Meech hardly registered with me for a long time as I don’t have the feeds. Meech was good friends with Tiff in the beginning and then turned on her then she was friends with Nicole and something happened….

  362. I can’t believe the 2 people that BB picked for a chance to be on this season of Over the top? Terrible!

  364. Paul gave the best interview! He was brutally honest and said that the entire house had mental issues and were adult babies.

  366. I was rooting for Paul and think he played the best game, but I’m not going to pretend like Nicole didn’t play a great game. Both were deserving.

    Although, I will admit I am very pleased to see her win just to spite all the nasty people on here who bullied her all season way past the point of being fair.

  367. Would like to wish all the houseguests the best of luck. They’ve all played a great game!

  368. I’m so very happy Victor got AFP. ???
    But so disappointed that Paul didn’t win, because I think he played a better game. He was completely present for the whole season, (not hiding out/laying low), and he won both round 1 and 3 of the finale. He had more comp wins and managed to survive more times on the block than anyone, plus so must more. However I’m very happy for Nicole. I didn’t care for her game but it got her the win. It’s not the first time I’ve felt that way toward the winner and I’m sure it won’t be the last. Lol

    • Paul is the only one to blame here. When he chose Nicole over James, I shouted at my TV, “Paul, you idiot! You got flushed away $450k.”

    • Da’Vonne was cheering for Paul when they first came out. Something he said when they were answering questions changed her mind. To me he seemed too rehearsed and he didn’t address their questions but used canned answers. I think he lost Da’Vonne on his answer to the question about calling people names. Instead of saying he lost it a few times and owning it, he avoided the question.

      • Believe it was that he threw Nicole OTB when he was evicting James and again when he answered James jury question.. the jurors probably caught those remarks…not a “friendship” move on Pauls part..

      • My girl said as Da said it that she didn’t think she(DA) wanted to vote for Paul, but that she didn’t want to have to choose between James and Nicole. She had a connection with James and she knew if she voted for him, it would be a wasted vote.
        Just our theory though…

  371. I caved! I couldn’t stand it any longer. I am very happy with the results. Exactly what I was hoping for. I was a bit surprised that James voted for Paul though.

    • Yeah, I think most of us were surprised about James vote.
      Especially when Paul was the one who cut James at the end
      and P & J never even liked each other. Gee, thanks for not having Nicole’s back James-good luck getting that 10K from her-ha!

    • Maybe James thought Natalie would be pleased with him if he helped Paul win. I don’t get it at all either.

      • Paul treated James much worse than Nicole ever did; that’s why I find it puzzling.
        Plus, Paul informed James that Nicole was ratting on James through out the week and James hadn’t had time to get over his anger before he had to vote.
        Paul totally manipulated James here. Thank goodness Natalie was the bigger person and voted for Nicole.

    • Don’t forget that Paul had just told the jury (in response to James’ question about why didn’t he (Paul) take him to Final 2 as he said he would) that Nicole told him (Paul) “what James had been saying to Nicole” which led Paul to feel that James had been disloyal to him and Nicole had been loyal to him (Paul). James was probably dismayed to hear his girl Nicole was essentially throwing him under the bus, thus costing him the spot beside Paul.

  372. Kind of bumed about the result. Definitely on the list of lamest players to win. Nice of her to wear her good table cloth on finale night. I really don’t like the 3 person finale. It takes away the whole back and forth the jury got to have with the finalists. That jury final question session was the worst in the history of the show. Paul and Nicole gave 2 word answers and the jury just sat there. Real disappointment.

  373. Wow the best part of the show was the surprise looks when AFP was announced. Vic wasn’t expecting it and James was. Both looked stunned.

  374. Sooooo pissssssed. Production got what they wanted a woman and a vet and it was Nicole won. Paul so deserved that title. Sorry Paul. Got robbed.

    • The jurors voted for her to win, and it was a split vote. The win could have gone to either Paul or Nicole.

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  376. Well, I’m just happy that Victor won AFP instead of James or Natalie…

    I’m also kind’ve shocked that Da’Vonne voted for Nicole over Paul, given her “it better not be my boy Paul” comment (or something close to that) when they were with Dr. Will waiting to see who the next evictee was…

    I don’t think Nicole deserved to win, but it is what it is, it’s not worth getting upset over…

  377. Just finished watching the finale. I’m happy with the results, and it could have really gone either way.

    Excited for next season. :D

  378. At the end of the show, Nicole asked her mom if she (Nicole) was portrayed as a brat and her mom said that she will explain it to her later. Well Nicole, maybe a ‘brat’ isn’t the right word. lol Question. What do Paul and Cody have in common? Hmmmm. Ok, I’m done for the season.

  379. if Paul had been a gentleman, he would have won. But no women on the fence would vote for a guy that constantly said mother f******. It’s offensive.

  380. To the people that make this site work (and everything else behind the scenes) sincerely thanks this year!

    • NO they clearly voted because she is a female and they wanted a female to win…..that is very scary because the people think that way will be voting in the election. Lets destroy our country because they want a female to win. what morons

  382. Glad Nicole won! I voted all weekend for her to win the $25K but this is better! She won $475,000 more than that! CONGRATULATIONS NICOLE!

  383. I am so Happy! Congrats Nicole!
    I do kinda wonder if the AFP was rigged for Victor though!

    Wow! Meech is gonna be crying for a very long time when she reads what people think of her online…..and All the Dirt they have on her, and what they dug up on her! She has No Idea! Good! I can’t stand her! She is an Evil Crybaby!

  384. Least deserving winner. Disappointed Da thinks being a vet trumps all Paul’s accomplished. “Pissed”

  385. I love BB, but like no show I’ve ever watched, do I feel a “gut punch” with so many undeserving winners. Nicole’s game wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t as good as Paul’s. The overall people that are cast are immature and not very intelligent, and their votes show that.
    hopefully they can get more aggressive with the casting for the online season to get ideas for what is more appealing to watch, but with the choice of Josea and Jason, they’re off to a terrible start.

    • Dude! I feel ya. I’m still pissed! I know production had something to do with Paul taking Nicole. It makes no sense! Are they in using hypnosis in that damn diary room??? I cant continue to watch this because I was SICK last night! Lol I felt silly about how pissed I was. I thought it was pathetic how pissed I was! Lol I told myself, “get a life” lol

      • So funny, because I’m almost embarrassed I’m posting my opinions on a board, because I’m still so annoyed with it.
        Most of the casts are perfectly fine people, but when you analyze them(from what you see), they don’t seem to be overly intelligent and lack emotional maturity to pick a deserving winner.
        I truly only respected Bridgette and Victor from the jury. No one else.

    • Paul was showy but he played a bad social game. Being all “friendship” to someone’s face and then shittalking them behind their back and using derogatory language is not a good social game/jury management. He was arrogant and overconfident in his chances against Nicole. He didn’t deserve to win since he evicted the guy he could’ve beaten.

  388. Sorry but I liked her all summer and felt she deserved the win. So much for the conspiracy theories about James, he didn’t even vote for Nicole. I am super happy a woman won and that a woman won against a man. Plus I like Nicole. She was not obnoxious like Paul and seems like a genuine person. He can say what he wants to about how he is just loud and crazy but I think he may have won if he had just said, look I cross the line sometimes. I would respect that more. Good for her for embracing the snake thing. She was playing a game and played best imo.

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