The History of the Final HOH in Big Brother

The game of Big Brother often comes down to one final standoff: The Final HOH. Two players battle head to head in part 3 with the winner becoming the most powerful player of the season and solely deciding who goes to the final 2. However, this raises a question: how often does the final HOH actually matter? Today, we'll find out. Here is the complete history of the final HOH in Big Brother.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 How often does the Final HOH matter?
01:09 Rules
01:45 "Complete waste of time"
04:35 "Something slightly mattered, but it didn't change the final 2"
08:40 "A big moment happened, but it didn't change the final 2"
11:48 "Part 3 mattered but it wasn't crazy"
13:32 "Part 3 mattered and it was crazy"
19:24 "True Showdown"
22:42 Ending
23:25 My favorite bs question & Evel Dick goodbye message

[coherentramblings]

The fact that Derek talked Azah out of taking him to the end despite it being her best move and the fact that they were best friends throughout the season is a social play so bad it turns around and actually becomes kind of impressive. It’s like the exact inverse of Dan’s “Mist”

[kait.]

Steve and Vanessa finally bring a big moment and the mic cutting out and there being a ton of feedback is sooo big brother core

[DizzyedUpGirl]

For reals, BB17 was like a Harry vs Voldemort showdown. Neither could live while the other survived

[bobbyhall]

Vanessa is such a great final 3 defeat. Missing the question about Johnny Mac, her ACTUAL blind spot in the game. She discredited him strategically and ignored him socially. Fitting that she could’ve won if she didn’t miss that SINGLE thing.

[jackfriedman]

I think one of the most fascinating Final HOHs was BBCAN3. We saw Godfrey beat Ashleigh, take Sarah to end, and lose to her. But if Ashleigh had won, she would have taken Godfrey to the end, and lost to him. What makes this even crazier is that if Sarah had made it to part 3 and won, she would have taken Ashleigh to the end, and lost to her. No matter who won, they were going to make the wrong decision.

[JRJuggernaut]

I agree, BB17 is my favorite final 3 in BBUS history. As much as I love Vanessa and get why people hate that she lost, Steve gave her a great run for her money and I think he was the most fitting person to take her out at the end of it all! I also love this line right before he evicts her:

“Are you ready?”

“No”

“Well too bad we’re on live tv!” 🤣

[crimsonECHDNA]

I think what makes the final showdown in BB17 especially so cutt-throat is Vanessa went into the competition fairly confident that even if she lost, Steve was going to take her to Final 2.

[TheRealJims]

That thumbnail breaks my heart because I was pulling so much for Vanessa to close it out. But man, when they answered differently on that final question, it was such an exciting moment. I gasped when they revealed their answers 😮

[patrickperot]

So true showdowns ARE great. BUT, we only need them once in a while because when they happen they nullify the rest of the finale. I love a juicy showdown at the final HOH, but I would rather a juicy final two where they both make great speeches and you don't know who's gonna win until Julie pulls the last key out and says "Congratulations Josh, you have won Big Brother!" A perfect finale has an HOH comp where you don't know who will take who AND still don't know who will win. I didn't think it at the time, but I guess a great finale is Drew cutting Diane and then beating Cowboy 4-3.

[corksauls]

Wasn’t the rumor that Scottie voted for Kaycee because he viewed Tyler similarly to Paul and thought that voting against the seemingly dominant player would make him the hero?

[jaredholt]

I find it so interesting how often the Final HOH uses the wording "I have to" when they cast their vote to evict.

[caryanne]

I think the BB22 finale was the most alive I felt for that entire year

[cdmnumberfan]

Thanks as always for the great content, Ethanimale! You and everyone else here enjoy the BB25 finale tonight 🎉

[john]

just for fun, I thought of my own names for the six categories...

1. Formality
2. Butterfly Effect
3. A Fun Watch
4. Fight For Silver
5. Nailbiter
6. There's no name I could think of that would be better than "True Showdown"

[eric_]

Big Brother Canada 5, Kevin vs Demetres will always be the biggest and best Big Brother showdown. Going back and forth with HOH's for the second half of the game, and it all coming down to the part 3 of the final HOH. This could be its own video.

[SumnerSaLT]

I think a cool idea would be to look into why jury members voted for the runner up. (Ex: Felicia and Cirie this season, Turner last season)

[Nathan-bqsk]

I love this video and I think the categories you came up with are pretty much spot, but I also think the final HoH comps for BB2, BB16, BB18, and BB19 each had something making it important that you didn't mention.

For BB2, Nicole winning was important, because it allowed Will to make it to the end and win a season without being HoH even once, giving him a feat that still hasn't been repeated and probably never will.

For BB16 and BB18, I think the seasons' endings are more interesting with Cody and Paul being the final HoHs, because they lost to the person they took, and could've beaten the person they evicted. Not only were these an extra feather in the cap for Derrick and Nicole's social games, but these decisions impacted Cody and Paul's storylines the next time they played. Cody essentially redeemed himself by betraying Nicole at BB22 (and explicitly contrasted it against what he did in BB16), while Paul actually overcorrected in BB19, and lost for playing *too* cutthroat.

For BB19, I think Josh taking Paul to the end is more interesting than if it were the other way around, because the end of this season was all about Josh finally realizing that Paul couldn't be trusted, making viewers think he'd cut Paul at F3 if given the chance, yet he realized that being a strategic threat doesn't make you a jury threat and that Paul could actually be beat in an F2. I think this is important for Josh's character arc, as he went from wanting to work with Paul out of blind loyalty, to finally questioning if he should work with Paul, only to go back to wanting to work with Paul, but now for much better reasons.

I don't know if this warrants changing what categories these seasons are in. The stuff I brought up is pretty broad and focused how a comp win affects the overall story, while your categories were more about how it affected the end result and/or caused a flashy moment, but I thought it would be worth mentioning either way.

[scottgerrin]

Monte calling evicting Turner a “big move” in the moment is hard to watch 😂

[lolam]

I had never heard that Dan planned to take Ian to Final 2 during BB14, that seems so wrong since Danielle was obviously the biggest Dan follower. If Dan really planned to bring Ian then his loss wouldnt feel so tragic to me.

[totaldramatyler]

Here's a new idea. Best reactions to veto wins. Inspired after Evil Dick winning the Final 9 veto.