Big Brother Season 26's final run on Sunday, October 13, revealed the winner who will take the grand prize of $750,000 home. Ultimately, three houseguests, Cam Sullivan, Makensy Manbeck, and Chelsie Baham battled it out in a three-stage competition to try to win the season finale.
Hosted by Julie Chen Moonves, Big Brother Season 26 welcomed 16 houseguests to compete for the prize money and the winner's title.
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With its AI-themed challenges and competition, Season 26 garnered huge attraction, and fans were anticipating who would win the season this time. With Rubina being evicted in Thursday's episode, only three houseguests were left.
Makensy, Cam, and Chelsie were ready to battle it out one last time for the HoH power and choose who would sit as the final two. The two-hour finale was divided into a three-stage competition.
The first stage was called 'Sever the Source', and contestants had to use their endurance to hang in on a block while a green gooey thing kept on dripping on them.
Makensy was the first one to drop, leaving Cam and Chelsie to compete. Ultimately, Cam dropped after 37 mins, making Chelsie the winner of the first round.
In the second round of HoH Comp, Makensy and Cam battled in 'Cerebral Shutdown', where they had to run to and fro to push three buttons as fast as they could, to shut Ainsley's brain forever. Makensy won the competition, making it to the final round.
Disclaimer: The article contains spoilers related to the winner and finale of Big Brother season 26. Readers' discretion is mandatory.
The final HoH Comp, and winner of Big Brother Season 26
For the third and final round,' Data Destruction', Makensy and Chelsie went head-to-head to battle it out. However, the most important question was whether the HoH would keep the status quo and bring Cam to the final two. As the final two had to be judged by the jury members, it was a strategic decision for both Chelsie and Makensy.
In the final round, Makensy and Chelsie had to answer questions put up by the jury members, and the one to answer the maximum number of questions correctly would win the HoH Comp. The competition was going parallel until the sixth question, where Chelsie lost the lead, and Makensy won her 10th HoH Comp. Now, came the moment of judgment for Makensy, whether to welcome Cam back or battle it out one last time with Chelsie.
The last HoH, Makensy chose Chelsie to be her last competitor in the Big Brother house. Cam joined the rest of the jury members, which consisted of Quinn, Angela, Rubina, T'Kor, Kimo, and Leah. Before making their final judgment, the jury members had a chance to put three questions in front of each finalist. The two finalists talked about their strategies.
Chelsie revealed that she relied more on her social and strategic skills than comp wins. Makensy on the other hand, believed that getting Leah and Tucker out was her best move.
However, the jurors had their decision and Julie Chen Moonves was ready to announce the winner of Big Brother season 26. All the jury members had their unique reasons for selecting the winner, and while voting they came up with their quips. Quinn said he voted for:
"Most diabolical sick nasty player."
Maybe that is what takes to be the winner, but one would not mind taking $750,000 home. Julie Chen Moonves read all the votes, and Chelsie Baham won Big Brother season 26 with majority votes.
Big Brother Season 26 is available to watch on CBS and Paramount+
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