I'd like to start a discussion with everyone to find out who everyone thinks is their top 5 Big Brother winners of all time.
My top 5 would be
5. Dick (Season 8)- A lot of people underrate Dick's game in my opinion, due to the America's player twist saving him when he would have gone home. However, every winner of this game has had a circumstance change in the game that has helped them. Dick had 2 things going against him the whole game, firstly his relationship with Danielle. Everyone knew that was an unbreakable alliance and in almost every season where an instant unbreakable alliance is formed, they immediately become the target (see: Brendon & Rachel). Also Dick was always in confrontations, however this definitely helped his game as it allowed the floaters of the season (Zach, Jen etc.) to cling to someone when they knew they were the target of the majority alliance.
4. Hayden (Season 12)- I actually think Hayden was the 2nd best player in his season behind Matt Hoffman, but Matt himself credits Hayden with getting him evicted. Also, Hayden was everybody's friend. Even Brendon and Rachel thought they were in an alliance with Hayden and only ended up putting him up due to Rachel wanting to vote out Kristin and Hayden would oppose that. The rest of the game, Hayden coasted along and won challenges, being part of one of the top 3 greatest alliances of all time.
3.Dan (Season 10)- This might be a bit controversial putting Dan outside of the top 2 and I do believe overall he is in the top 2 best players in history, however I base that opinion on his game in Season 14 as well as season 10. So, just based on Dan's game in season 10, I have 2 players better than him. That's not to say Dan wasn't incredible in season 10, because he was. He overcame many sticky situations in the house (see: His first week alliance with Brian, turning on Jesse/Jerry). Dan's ability to manoeuvre himself into a position where most weeks he was the swing vote was incredible. His veto ceremony speech where he nominated Michelle was one of my favourite Big Brother moments.
2. Derrick (Season 16)- Last seasons champ absolutely dominated the game in almost every facet. How many players can say they were never nominated? He had everyone believing they were Derrick's best friend and when they realised Derrick's genius, Derrick was quick to get them sent packing. As an overall player, Derrick may owe a debt of gratitude to #casting for giving him virtual cannon fodder. However in a comparison of season wins, it's almost as dominant of a victory as any.
1. Will (Season 2)- Season 1 was an absolute mess, so with the new rules, Will set the tone for how the game would be played from then on in his amazing victory in season 2. Will had an amazing ability to lie to everyone and backstab everyone. He was as unlikeable as anyone could be and yet everyone loved him. He screwed them all and yet when it was time to vote, it wasn't a bitter jury unlike the season 14 jury, which is the reason I believe that Will is also the greatest player of all time.
There's my top 5. Do you agree? Or do you have a different top 5? Let me know in the comments.
Comments
I will never understand the Dick thing, but this is a strong list :)
Yep, Jun was very close for me as well. I also deliberated on Maggie as well. However, I think her winning was probably more the sovereign 6 being idiots more than Maggie's incredible gameplay.
-17 points. I guess people either really hate my views on Big Brother, orrrrrrrr people who I screwed over in the last fast castings game are super bitter. I'd say that would be the case.
