Big Brother 26 ends in one short day. The finale airs on Sunday but the season already seems over. Chelsie, Cam, and Makensy remain to fight for the $750,000 grand prize, but the winner already seems set.
In fact, the winner seemed determined the moment she survived her one week on the block. It’s just been a steady road to the finale for Chelsie. We all now know that Chelsie will compete against Makensy on Sunday for the final Head of Household. Chelsie won Part 1 of this important HOH, while Makensy won Part 2.
Based on past performances, it’s almost hard to imagine anyone but Chelsie winning the final Head of Household (taking her winning total to five Head of Household reigns in one season). This means she will have the final power to evict and choose who sits next to her in the finale.
The winner’s check seems to already have Chelsie’s name on it. However, there is still a day left, so there is still a small chance Chelsie could lose Big Brother 26.
Makensy is most likely the player who has the second-best chance of winning the season. Her odds don’t look great next to Chelsie. Though Makensy has dominated competitions, especially Vetoes, Chelsie isn’t far behind her. Chelsie has four Head of Household wins (and could have five on Sunday). Makensy has been Head of Household twice and has five Veto wins.
Chelsie also has one AI Arena win and Makensy has two of them. The stats put them almost even on competition dominance. However, Chelsie played a much stronger social and strategic game. Additionally, many of her decisions were based on Chelsie’s influence.
Makensy would have difficulty beating Chelsie in the final two scenario, especially considering everything we have heard from the jury. Additionally, Makensy didn’t do a great job managing the jury.
However, there is a tiny chance Makensy could have some votes. Angela really liked Makensy (despite her not liking Angela). Leah and Makensy had a complicated relationship but maybe she would still vote for her sometimes friend.
Then Rubina said in her exit interview that she felt closer to Makensy than Chelsie. Everyone expects Rubina, T’Kor, and Kimo to vote the same. However, Rubina isn’t going to the jury house. She will be alone in a hotel and only see the jury at the round table discussion. Her vote may be different from Kimo and T’Kor because she spent longer in the house and didn’t have a chance to really communicate with them after they became jurors.
It’s hard to see a fourth vote for Makensy, but maybe Cam could be a bitter juror if Chelsie is the one to cut him at the final three.
Makensy beating Chelsie seems highly improbable but we’ve seen highly improbable things happen before on Big Brother.
Her beating Cam seems more inevitable. Makensy has had way more competition wins than Cam, which means she has had to make direct decisions. Cam doesn’t have blood on his hands but also doesn’t have much of a resume. His social game was fine but not stellar to the point where everyone loves him enough to give him the win.
Cam has the hardest road to victory against either of the women. His resume just doesn’t show much to warrant the jury giving him a win. Additionally, the jury segment we saw on Thursday’s episode made it seem like the jury isn’t rooting for him.
The only real chance he has of winning is if the jury really isn’t a fan of Chelsie or Makensy. However, nothing we have seen from the jury indicates they are bitter towards either of these women. We’ve seen a few comments but nothing to the extreme of not voting for one of them in the end.
If anything, we saw a more bitter seeming jury towards Cam than Makensy or Chelsie. However, if Makensy somehow decides to take him over Chelsie (if she wins the final HOH), then his odds slightly improve.
Cam had more influence in the moves. He influenced some of Chelsie’s decisions, like taking out Quin and T’Kor. However, Makensy had the power to make them. Unfortunately, Makensy is likely not taking Cam to the final two. Cam probably has the worst potential to win during the finale. However, as they say, always expect the unexpected.
Do you think Makensy and Cam still have a chance to win Big Brother 26? Let us know in the comments.
