Daniele Donato was a houseguest on Big Brother 8 and on Big Brother 13, partnered with Dick Donato.
Daniele first competed on Big Brother 8, alongside her father, as a part of the rivals twist. Throughout the season, she managed to win several competitions (2 HoH's and 5 PoV's), which ultimately got her and Evel Dick, to finale night. She ended up coming in 2nd place, only receiving 2 votes to win.
Daniele also returned for Big Brother 13. After Dick left the game, Daniele was given the Golden key, allowing her to stay until the final ten. Entering the house as a part of the Veterans alliance, she teamed up with newbies Porsche Briggs and Kalia Booker, ultimately finishing in eighth place as the second member of the jury.
Along with her father Dick Donato, Daniele originally made it into the casting process for Big Brother 6 where the duo made were among forty potential houseguests but were not chosen to be one of the final fourteen houseguests for the start of the season.
Following her appearance on Big Brother 8, Daniele appeared on the companion series House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show until its cancellation in 2010. She also appeared on the television series Reality Wanted as herself. Daniele briefly dated fellow HouseGuest Nick Starcevic outside of the house, though the two eventually broke up. She went on to become good friends with HouseGuests Eric Stein and Jen Johnson, despite clashing with both in the house. Daniele and her father briefly appeared on Big Brother 9, however, had stopped talking by 2009.
On January 19, 2013, Daniele married fellow HouseGuest Dominic Briones. She is good friends with Rachel and Brendon outside of the house, despite her various arguments with them.
•Daniele is tied with Janelle Pierzina for the most Power of Veto wins out of any houseguest with 5 (during her duration on Big Brother 8).
•She and her father were the final two in Big Brother 8 and were the last rivals left in the game.
•Daniele is currently tied for youngest person to be in the Final 2, at the age of 21, with Ian Terry from Big Brother 14.
•However, as Ian was 21 before entering the house as opposed to Daniele, who turned 21 in the house, Daniele is technically the youngest.
•Daniele was the first person to be responsible for the eviction of someone twice in one season, as she evicted Brendon Villegas twice during Big Brother 13.
•She holds the record for second most competition wins for a houseguest in a single season, with 7 (2 HoHs, 5 PoVs) (during her duration on Big Brother 8). She would later be tied by Vanessa Rousso from Big Brother 17.
•Daniele had a showmance in both of her seasons. Ironically, they were both evicted 4th.
•In both her seasons, there were 14 houseguests.
•She competed in both her seasons with her dad.
•Daniele is the first person in Big Brother history to win the Power of Veto in all three situations (as HoH,as a nominee, and as a person picked to play). She would later be followed by Shane from Big Brother 14., Paulie Calafiore and Corey Brooks from Big Brother 18.
•She was the only houseguest to win HOH and POV in the same week in Big Brother 8.
•Daniele was the only veteran to not vote for Rachel to win the game.
•However, Daniele revealed that if Adam made the final 2 instead of Porsche, her vote would've been for Rachel.
•Daniele is one of four people not to use the Power of Veto on themselves while being nominated. •The other three are Marcellas Reynolds, Dick Donato and Brendon Villegas.
•She is the only female to achieve this feat.
•She is the second person to not use the Veto on herself while being nominated and not be evicted.
•Daniele and Dick are the second pair of relatives to compete on Big Brother. Michael Ellis and Nakomis Dedmon along with Adria Klein and Natalie Carroll are the first.
•They would later be followed by Rachel Reilly and Elissa Slater, Liz and Julia Nolan, Cody and Paulie Calafiore, and Tiffany and Vanessa Rousso.
•Of these pairs, she and Dick are the only one to not be siblings. In their case, they are father and daughter.
