Posted on Jun 27, 2015

Ranking Every "Big Brother" Contestant From Worst To Best

Expect the unexpected as I rank every Big Brother contestant through season 16.

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Season: 11

Placed: 13th

Braden is one of David Girton's Big Brother ancestors. He was misogynist and racist, which aired on the live feeds and not on the show. He called Kevin a "fucking beaner" and ended up getting kicked out of the house first. His racist rants didn't air on CBS, but they were caught on the live feeds.

Season: 15

Placed: Last

This fun houseguest commented that sheets in the house smelled bad because "black Candice" was on them. Aside from making racist comments, he also got bounced first his season. Good riddance.

Season: 2

Placed: Last (Expelled)

So, Justin was nuts. He repeatedly threatened to do bodily harm to houseguests and also held a knife to Krista's neck while making out with her. She seemed into it as well, which, okay girl. He was removed from the house by producers.

Season: 4

Placed: Last

The twist for season 4 was "X-Factor," which meant several contestants were playing with their exes. When Scott's ex Amanda walked in, he completely lost it and over the next few days had several histrionic moments in the house before he was finally removed by producers.

Season: 4

Placed: 12th

After her crazy ex Scott was pulled from the house, Amanda seemed to lose her own mind and sense of playing any sort of game. She hopped into bed with David in the Head of Household room and had the first televised sex scene on Big Brother (it wouldn't be the last). She was unanimously evicted from the house days later.

Season: 4

Placed: 10th

Well, at least he had sex with Amanda? He went out the house not too long after she did.

Season: 4

Placed: 9th

EVERYONE ON SEASON 4 WENT HOME BECAUSE OF THEIR LIBIDOS. Ahem. Dana was in the Elite 8, an alliance that wanted to get rid of all the exes in the house during the X-Factor season. But she started flirting with Justin and turned on her alliance. Her treachery was short-lived, she was evicted soon after.

Season: 5

Placed: 12th

Oh, girl. She was seeing Jase while in the house and none of the other guys liked that, so they aborted plans to save her because of it. I do feel bad for her, however, because she had no idea none of the other houseguests liked her until she had a big blow-up with Diane. Holly skipped out on the All-Stars season to avoid playing with Jase again. Good move.

Season: 13

Placed: 3rd

Jeff and Jordan's live-in cheerleader. And he voted for Porsche in the jury vote, so like, what game was he even playing?

Michael sexually harassed other houseguests by giving them unwanted kisses and when April voiced her disgust to Eric, he spoke to Michael and told him to cut it out. Michael started ranting that any women who didn't like his unwanted attention should have the "spine" to confront him about it. Because women ALWAYS feel safe telling a man they don't want him sexually harassing them, and NEVER feel like he might retaliate, right? Luckily, after his blowout with Eric, Michael got booted from the house and he never got the chance to turn into a Caleb Reynolds (you'll see).

Also, like most sleazy guys, he got rich and ended up on Millionaire Matchmaker. Patti even pointed out his control issues when it comes to women.

Season: 8

Placed: 13th

Joe was messy. His rival in his season was his ex-boyfriend Dustin. The first day in the house, Joe told everyone that Dustin gave him gonorrhea. Unable to evict him right away, they sent Joe out the house second.

Season: 1

Placed: Last

Season one of Big Brother is a thing to behold. I'd never seen it, so I had to watch it all before this ranking and I can now see why the show got a makeover that started in season 2, but was fully in effect by season 3. The show is basically a documentary first and a game show later. It takes 16 days for the first houseguest to get evicted and everyone has serious discussions like the first season of The Real World, only much more boring. They talk about breast implants, the morality of exotic dancers, and of course, race. William caught heat before joining the show because he was a member of the Nation of Islam and said racist things about Jewish people, then he got in the house and called all the white contestants racist. He wasn't wrong in his depiction of white privilege in America, but his soapbox was so completely obnoxious and self-pitying. His rants about being a poor black man in America who needed the money fell on deaf ears and he was the first to go.

Of course during this season, everyone nominated someone for eviction (there was no HOH) and the two people with the most votes were decided upon by America. William's exit wasn't a surprise.

Season: 14

Placed: 15th

She was put up for eviction by Willie, so he probably imagined she was a demon or something. At any rate, she's killing it as a model on Playboy and shit so she doesn't need my ranking opinions.

Season: 8

Placed: 10th

Kail outed everyone in her alliance, then wanted to leave the show until producers convinced her not to. She stayed and got to wear a bunny suit.

Season: 10

Placed: Last

He teamed up with Dan, which was a good thing to do, but he had so many schemes right off the bat that the rest of the house was like "nah, you can go."

Season: 9

Placed: Last

LOL. Who?

Season: 9

Placed: 2nd

Ryan was almost as bad as Adam. But he'll be forever remember for the time he had sex on TV for all of fifty seconds.

Season: 8

Placed: 12th

Mike is a model who tried distracting Dick during a Veto competition so he would lose. It didn't work. Mike went home.

Season: 15

Placed: 14th

A sexist who got backdoored, because the house liked him as much as the viewing audience did. Translation: No one liked him.

Season: 5

Placed: Last

A finalist for the 4th season who didn't make the cast, Mike made his way into the 5th season. Unfortunately, he tried to go after heavy hitters right out the bat and got eliminated first.

Season: 8

Placed: Last

Carol fell victim to the Rivals twists. Her ex-best friend Jessica came into the house and the two couldn't get over their drama quick enough for Carol to save herself from going out the door first.

Season: 6

Placed: Last

Ashlea was Janelle's partner in the SECRET PARTNER TWIST of the season. The secret partner business didn't really amount to much, and certainly not for Ashlea.

Season: 1

Placed: 6th

Calm and level-headed! Absolutely a recipe for reality television! (It's not.)

Season: 12

Placed: Last

This evil woman left us with Ragan as the Saboteur in her place, which I will never forgive.

Season: 15

Placed: 15th

Bro, how do you create an alliance and then have your alliance turn around and vote you out?

Season: 4

Placed: 11th

Poor Michelle. No, not that Michelle. I mean David's ex who sat in the house during the X-Factor season while he had sex with Amanda in the HOH room, just days after Amanda's ex was removed from the house by producers. Michelle was put up on the block by Jee as a pawn, which of course, meant Michelle got evicted. As pawns always do (unless you're Spencer Clawson, but more on him later).

Season: 5

Placed: 13th

This queen took a $10,000 prize in a competition and made the rest of the house eat PB&J. You know they voted her ass out right after that, but at least she got that cheque!

Season: 10

Placed: 11th

Memphis got all the way to 2nd place, but Angie's association with him made her an easy target.

Season: 14

Placed: Last

JUSTICE FOR JODI. It's always the black people who go out first when you make players evict someone before they even start playing the game. This was rude, Big Brother.

Season: 9

Placed: 14th

Oh, the lost potential of black people on Big Brother. Maybe we'd know how awesome they could be if they were all in one season together where a large group of white people didn't get rid of them in five seconds.

Season: 8

Placed: 11th

Nick was Daniele's showmance during their season and he did America a solid by constantly working out shirtless. He got sent home and went on to real life romance several other Big Brother contestants from other seasons. What is this, The Bachelor Pad?

Season: 2

Placed: 5th

Bunky was a bit overdramatic and tended to play the victim all the time, which Monica was certainly not having. We're all blessed he wasn't voted back in for All-Stars.

Season: 16

Placed: 14th

I'm no psychiatrist, but if you told me Devin was a serial killer I wouldn't be surprised.

Season: 2

Placed: 11th

Sheryl was a nice woman who didn't fit in with the rest of the house, so she was evicted first (after Justin got kicked out).

Season: 4, All-Stars

Placed: 4th (Season 4), 2nd (All-Stars)

Erika was a pretty good player, I guess, in All-Stars. But in her first appearance on season 4, she proved herself to be a racist by calling Jee a "fresh off the boat immigrant" and a "Korean piece of shit." Okay, gurl.

Season: 6

Placed: 11th

Sarah was James' girlfriend and secret partner replacement after his friend dropped out. She made a show of saving him from the block when she won Power of Veto and ended up getting them both nominated the next week. James saved himself, she went out the door.

Season: 2

Placed: 10th

Homegirl almost had a breakdown, and Shannon certainly didn't HELP matters. Autumn asked Shannon for dieting advice and Shannon just randomly put a bag of potato chips on her bed. It'd be funny if it weren't so oblivious and cruel.

Season: 2

Placed: 7th

Kent tried to come for Monica and she was NOT having it. He had a brief moment of glory as Head of Household, but went out the house right after.

Season: 2

Placed: 6th

She was engaged to Mike Boogie for a hot minute. I guess not all Big Brother romances last.

Season: 3

Placed: 11th

Tonya didn't make much of an impression her season, which is why she went out second. She was later charged with reckless homicide after leaving the house.

Season: 11

Placed: 12th

Divided into "cliques" in her season, Laura was on the Popular Clique. Turns out, being labeled "popular" isn't that great of a thing in the house. She went out second.

Season: 11

Placed: 11th

Casey wore a banana suit and went out in the third week.

Season: 6

Placed: 12th

Eric defended the women in the house from Michael's sleazy advances, but he also took the fight too far in the sense that he alienated the other alliance in the house and got himself removed the week after Michael.

Season: 13

Placed: 12th

Cassi is now dating Chris D'Elia which must be her gift from God after joining the lame Regulators alliance and getting bounced from the show. People historically do not like Rachel Reilly on this show, so you have to be extra awful to be evicted after getting into a fight with her. EVERYONE fights with Rachel.

Season: 13

Placed: 13th

Keith had a good idea to break up the veterans they were playing against, especially since a veteran (Rachel Reilly) ending up winning this season. But he went about it so poorly that everyone found out and turned against him. He was basically the Joey Van Pelt of his season. Never announce your plans to go against a majority of the house during the first week, bruh.

Season: 4

Placed: 8th

Nathan was used by Alison all season and when she got him voted out, he STILL voted for her to win in the finale. He was her only vote though.

Season: 15

Placed: 3rd

Spencer called Andy "Kermit the fag" at one point and was on the block every damn week. You know how the saying goes, "Always the pawn, never the winner."

Season: 9

Placed: 8th

Aside from making light of someone's father's suicide, latching onto the equally awful James did her no favors.

Season: 2

Placed: 9th

Shannon was the kind of reality TV bitch you love seeing on TV. She dropped potato chips on a girl's bed to call her fat, as previously mentioned, and she also scrubbed the toilet with Hardy's toothbrush. Queen.

Season: 4

Placed: 7th

Justin was Alison's ex, so he was always on the outside of the Elite 8 alliance. Fortunately for him, his flirtation with Dana kept him in the house for a while longer than he should've been.

Season: 15

Placed: 14th

Everyone loves a bitch on reality TV, so you have to be playing an extra bad game to get voted out this early for being one.

Season: 1

Placed: 8th

Queen Karen was so messy that I enjoyed watching her in this boring first season of the show where DR. DREW regularly appeared to psychoanalyze the guests with Chenbot. What even? She tried to divorce her husband while in the house, which made me wish she'd shown up on a later season where she would fit right in with all the crazy contestants to follow.

Season: 1

Placed: 7th

Brittany had strong opinions about exotic dancers and about race. William called her one black friend a "token black friend" and Brittany insisted she knew what it was like to be a minority, because she lived in a 90% black town. Oh, the simpler times of the 2000s. She was a popular houseguest, but it's so hard to judge "gameplay" in this first season when America could decide who went home and Chicken George's family rallied to get her voted out the house.

Season: 5

Placed: 5th

Karen was luckily in an all-women alliance that kept her safe until it was her time to go.

Season: 13

Placed: 2nd

Girl, I had to Google Porsche to remember who she was. How did she get to the final 2? Rachel was basically going through the motions during that final jury plea.

Season: 14

Placed: 13th

My first response to see her name was: "JoJo played this game? The R&B singer JoJo?!?! Oh, wait." Which I guess means she was super memorable.

Season: 16

Placed: 15th

LOL bye.

Season: 1

Placed: 9th

Jordan nearly had a mental breakdown on television after revealing that she was an exotic dancer. Meanwhile, that's a reality TV pre-requisite these days.

Season: 8

Placed: 9th

Dustin took $5,000 and a trip to Barbados. Naturally, the house got rid of him. At least he was cute and he got to vacation in Barbados.

Season: 10

Placed: 3rd

"I hope you respected me because I respected you, Dan." But let's forget that you called him Judas, right? Jerry is one of those players who gets taken to the end simply by virtue of no one wanting to waste an eviction on him.

Season: 13

Placed: 10th

Lawon was a bit extra, which would be fine if he weren't focused on being saved by some game twist instead of actually playing the game.

Season: 3

Placed: 10th

Eric romanced Lisa. Eric got evicted. Lisa didn't vote to bring Eric back in the house because she finally wised up and was about getting that money, not Eric's dick.

Season: 9

Placed: 14th

Jen let Ryan lead her around like a blind mouse. Of all people — Ryan. Who we've already established is a minute man.

Season: 9

Placed: 4th

Sharon was evicted in the first elimination, but "luckily," Neil quit and she got to come back into the game. Too bad for her she didn't get to come back in a different season.

Season: 3

Placed: 8th

Apparently, Chiara and Boogie dated after her season. Danielle grilled him about it on All-Stars.

Season: 6

Placed: 8th

Rachel was in the Sovereign Six alliance, but she wasn't one of the heavy hitters like Janelle, Howie, or Kaysar.

Season: 6

Placed: 2nd

Though the competition between both Ivette's alliance and Janelle's alliance was heated, I was always on Janelle's side because Ivette targeted her mostly out of personal reasons and not gameplay. Her alliance even asked her if it was personal and she said she just couldn't stand to look at her. Uh, okay, Ivette. She kept things less personal than Maggie, which is why Maggie ended up winning. Hell of a player, though.

Season: 10

Placed: 5th

Renny was a bit of a character, but I mostly enjoyed her and her feud with Jessie.

Season: 9

Placed: 3rd

In retrospect, maybe Sheila got evicted by Adam because she wasn't going to join his drug ring after the show?! It's crazy that this is an actual thing that happened. In part because it's more interesting than anything that happened this season. Oh, Sheila pretended to be a lesbian, I guess.

Season: 3

Placed: 7th

The most hilarious moment of season 3 is when Danielle catches Gerry leaving the bathroom without washing his hands and shares this information with the house. Then everyone realizes Gerry made a salad for them the previous night and he DIDN'T WASH HIS HANDS THEN EITHER. While everyone is disgusted, Lori starts caping for him and attacks Danielle. This is a thing that actually happened. 😭😭😭😭

Season: 3

Placed: Last

Yeah, that fight Lori started with Danielle over Gerry's unwashed hands? Got her evicted first. Whoops!

Season: 2

Placed: 2nd

Will and Nicole had a flirty romance, which came to a hilarious head after they had a tension-charged night in a hot tub. Following that night, a plane with a banner flew over the house (supposedly from her husband Jeff) calling her out. Not quite as epic as Vaj calling Montana a whore on The Real World: Boston, but it was good enough.

Season: 4

Placed: 6th

The former FBI agent tried "profiling" the houseguests to size them up, but it didn't really work. He called Jun the smartest player in the game, though, so clearly he knows what he's talking about.

Season: 9

Placed: 12th

If anything, Alex was definitely a better choice to come back into the game after an early eviction than James.

Jameka was a fun contestant 50% of the time. The other 50% she was sobbing about how God wanted her to do well in the competition. If only people on reality shows could realize that God has better things to do than worry about them winning a TV game show?

Season: 8

Placed: 6th

Jessica outlasted her ex-best friend Carol, then teamed up with Eric and the Donatos. Unfortunately, they turned on her and she went out the door. She managed to appear in the following season for a competition with Eric (they dated briefly), then had the chance to re-enter in season 11, but didn't win the opportunity.

Season: 5, All-Stars

Placed: 10th (Season 5), 12th (All-Stars)

I'm an unapologetic Jase fan. He can be funny, witty, and charming all the while being a complete jerk as well. And the less said about his bandanas, the better. His alliance imploded and he ended up with the honor of being the first person ever backdoored on Big Brother (nominated after the Veto ceremony, with no chance of saving himself). It's now become a time-honored tradition to secretly get rid of threats in the house. Always win the Veto, kids!

Season: 9

Placed: 5th

Poor Natalie didn't realize her partner Matty hated her. But also, being oblivious is hardly a point toward "best" in any kind of game.

Season: 15

Placed: 10th

Pour one out for another sweet, good-natured houseguest who gets eaten alive by the other sharks in the game.

Season: 9

Placed: 12th

Amanda never had much of a killer streak, which is why she wasn't destined to go far in this game.

Seasons: 1, All-Stars

Placed: 5th (Both seasons)

The official jester of Big Brother, I was never much of a fan of George, but good on him being the only first season contestant to ever get brought back to compete again. People in the house either enjoyed him or were annoyed by him, but no one took him seriously as a genuine threat to the final prize.

Season: 3

Placed: 6th

Without America voting, this was not the season for pretty white boys to win. Roddy and Eric would've been top two in season 1, but in season 3, women were pulling the strings. He got a great guest gig on the classic sitcom Yes, Dear out of his stint in the house, though!

Season: 10

Placed: 9th

Libra was a pretty good player, but she got stuck in an alliance dominated by April and Ollie who never considered her a player at their level. Which is hilarious, because Dan played all of them, but no one knew that at a time.

Season: 5

Placed: 9th

Will is another gay contestant who has gone on from the show to being a sex god. Will doesn't do porn, but he's pretty much gay porn adjacent and had his own show on Bravo for a bit.

Season: 14

Placed: 9th

Sweet personality, but not much of a player when you're mostly remembered for going on "dates" with other houseguests while you were supposed to be playing a game.

Season: 6

Placed: 6th

Beau's fight with Janelle is a THING OF BEAUTY. I crack up every time he shouts "Polyester hair! Polyester hair!" Janelle was mostly taunting the other alliance to get them riled up, while Beau took the fight a bit more seriously (he was also drunk).

Season: 10

Placed: 6th

He and April had a good run. They had no idea that Dan was manipulating the hell out of them, but after April went, Ollie really SHOULDN'T have trusted Dan when he said he'd save Michelle. Ollie losing his ally and then going the next week was his own fault.

Season: 15

Placed: 4th

McCrae was more excited about having sex with Amanda in the house than he was about playing the game.

Season: 11

Placed: 4th

I wanted to like her, but her devotion to Jeff was a big strike against her. Once they all orchestrated Russell's eviction, I was done with her, as was most of the jury.

Season: 9

Placed: 10th

Everyone in the house hated her, which is laughable since no one watching liked anyone on season 9. But as they say, the enemy of my enemies is my friend, so congrats Allison, you were the most enjoyable person in season 9.

Season: 16

Placed: 13th

She did well in a challenge, or maybe two, but she went so early that she's forgettable.

Season: 13

Placed: 6th

Shelly was actually a really cool, enjoyable to watch houseguest. She never seemed like she would win ever, but I appreciated having her in the house.

Seasons: 5, All-Stars

Placed: 3rd (Season 5), 11th (All-Stars)

Diane started a romance with Drew, the winner of season 5, but that came to an abrupt end when he voted her out of the house and left her with 3rd place. She returned for All-Stars but was pretty much a low-key player as opposed to her original season.

Season: 8

Placed: 3rd

Zach played pretty well and got far in his season, but he didn't make much of a lasting impression in a season full of such big personalities. He was basically caught in the middle between Dick and Daniele versus the rest of the house and ended up in 3rd place by default. He tried coming for Dick and Daniele during the final 4, but it was too little, too late.

Season: 13

Placed: 5th

She flipped her allegiance to Porsche and Daniele, which, I mean, I'd align against Rachel and Brendon too if I could but it barely made any sense. The minute she was nominated with Porsche she got sent out the house. Good allegiance shifting, Kalia!

Season: 14

Placed: 7th

A chef who was ironically not the sharpest knife in the kitchen. To be fair, Willie Hantz did HEADBUTT him, so he might have suffered a concussion.

Season: 16

Placed: 10th

Hayden's overly-hyped romance with Nicole was fast-forward material.

Season: 16

Placed: 6th

Usually people only get booed when they leave the house because they're racist, but man, Christine and her whack flirtation with Cody and turning on Hayden and Nicole for no discernible reason was bogus af.

Season: 4

Placed: 5th

Jee was Jun's ex and they often pretended to argue to make people think they hated each other. He was also aligned against the Elite 8, being one of the exes brought into the house. He played a pretty damn good game, but he ultimately fell prey to Alison and Jun's schemes.

Season: 4

Placed: 3rd

Erika's ex, Robert was immediately on the outs with the Elite 8 alliance when he stepped into the house. But he managed to create a counter-alliance and also sway Erika back to his side. Alison caught wind of this and eliminated Erika before eliminating Robert.

Season: 11

Placed: 2nd

Rewatching season 11, I have a newfound appreciation for how much she hated Michele and her alliance with Jeff. Natalie, if only you could've won, girl. You're more of an All-Star than the winner of your season.

Season: 16

Placed: Last

Some people might consider her the worst player of the season for telling Devin about her all-women alliance plans, but this sage oracle predicted everything that happened in the game and every other woman got picked off just like she said, so... who really had the last laugh?

Season: 12

Placed: 10th

She suffered from The Curse of Realizing There's A Secret Alliance But You Get Evicted Before You Can Do Anything About It.

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Season: 15

Placed: 8th

Let's put it this way — this season was so dour that at one point, I started rooting for Aaryn to win. Aaryn, of course, being the woman who said, "No one’s gonna vote for whoever that queer puts up" and "be careful what you say in the dark; you might not be able to see the bitch" to the only black woman in the house. Aaryn was grilled by Julie Chen when she left the house, booed by the audience, and found out that she'd been fired while inside the house because of her racist comments.

Season: 15

Placed: 2nd

The other big racist in season 15, GinaMarie played her ass off in the game and I kinda wanted her to win over Andy. Once Aaryn got booted, she still managed to survive even though she should've been out the door next. Even though I never truly liked her, I gotta give her props for going balls-out to win the game.

Season: 15

Placed: 6th

Elissa, Rachel Reilly's sister, hid her secret for as long as she could in the house. Once everyone figured it out, she became a target without an alliance until she managed to save herself. She teamed up with Helen for a while, but once Helen got evicted, Elissa was on her own again. She never really stood a chance with everyone in the house gunning for her. She saved herself with a POV, but the week she didn't win, she finally went home.

Season: 5

Placed: 2nd

Michael discovered he had a half-sister in the house, because sometimes this show is weird AF. Their bonding ended up being kind of sweet, though I was more rooting for her to win the prize instead of him and any of those Four Horsemen alliance mooks. He didn't win, but his last remaining alliance member Drew did.

Season: 2

Placed: 4th

Hardy was basically Captain America and he HATED Will. He tried to evict him every time he was Head of Household and it never worked. Knowing he was a real threat to his win, Will was finally the one to evict Hardy.

Season: 12

Placed: 2nd

Lane was nice to look at. He was also a member of The Brigade, which, ugh. I remember Enzo and Hayden mostly being the brains of this operation, but Lane also managed to never be a Have Not, so kudos, I guess.

Season: 12

Placed: 3rd

This man called himself The Meow Meow. He also ran a successful and annoying alliance, but more importantly — THE MEOW MEOW.

Season: 16

Placed: 12th

Poor Amber. She wouldn't have exactly gone far, but her entire game was dictated by Caleb's weird obsession with her. After he went, she was alienated from the rest of the house and it was only a matter of time.

Season: 14

Placed: 4th

Shane was a hell of a competition player and he was hot, but in the battle for Danielle's allegiance he was always going to lose out. He's kind of the Brenda Walsh of Big Brother.

Season: 12

Placed: 7th

I wouldn't mind seeing Matt again. He started the dreaded Brigade alliance, but he also got Ides of Marched by his alliance too. He and Hayden were the more likable Brigade members, but once Enzo bulldozed his way to the Brigade leadership spot, Matt was a goner.

Season: 3

Placed: 4th

Amy da GAWD. She was evicted from the house but came back in a surprise twist. Her relationship with Marcellas was beautiful, a southern belle befriending a black gay man seemed like a revelation on television in 2002. She was a hell of a game player and incredibly likable and it's a shame her wedding was the same summer as the All-Stars season, because she might've returned and gone on to even more greatness.

The Four Horsemen alliance pretty much fell apart, but Drew and Cowboy lived to make it to the final 2. Drew shocked everyone by sending his showmance Diane out the door, but he still ended up winning the game. His alliance kept him from ever being nominated, so he didn't have much actual fighting to do for his top spot, but he definitely earned it.

Season: 6

Placed: 9th

Jennifer's a boss who managed to last 14 hours in a HOH competition. She used her newfound power to backstab Kaysar, which led to her own demise the week later. But that's only because season 6 was full of COMPETITORS and two alliances battling it out week to week.

Season: 6

Placed: 4th

April's battles with Howie were epic and never-ending. She was one of the more bitter members of her alliance, always playing emotionally instead of strategically. Howie's taunts were juvenile, but she let comments about him eating her dog get to her. Girl. This made her a bigger target and kept her from going to the end with her alliance.

Seasons: 6, All-Stars

Placed: 5th (Season 6), 8th (All-Stars)

Howie was a hilarious person to have in the house and his devotion to Janelle was the best thing about him. He was unfortunately betrayed by Chicken George during All-Stars.

Season: 6

Placed: Won

Maggie's alliance ended up edging out the Sovereign Six during her season. It was Ivette's scheming and emotional playing that got them to the end, and Ivette who was able to evict Janelle and take Maggie to the finale. Unfortunately for Ivette, everyone voted for Maggie to win the game.

Season: 10

Placed: 4th

Poor Keesha. She kept Dan in the house so many times, only to get stabbed in the back by him and Memphis. The brilliance of her ouster was that it looked like Memphis and Dan disagreed on getting rid of her, but in actuality, they were in cahoots. It was a plan that bit Memphis in the ass and worked in Dan's favor.

Season: 2

Placed: 3rd

"It's going to be ON." Monica is a boss. If Will hadn't one, the only substitute acceptable would've been Monica because she always kept it 💯. The saddest thing in the world was Monica not being voted back into the house for All-Stars. America, you're awful!

Season: 4

Placed: Won

Queen Jun was the best player in season 4, because she played a social game while also stabbing people "in the front" as it was put during the finale. Her partner Alison schemed and plotted behind-the-scenes, but Jun was upfront with her vindictive gameplay. People ended up respecting that more and gave her the prize. She hasn't returned to the series, but why would she need to? Her record is perfect and it will remain that way.

CBS

Seasons: 12, 14

Placed: 4th (Season 12), 8th (Season 14)

I love Britney. I've always been on Britney's side. But she needs to stop trusting guys in this game, because she's been blindsided TWICE. Once by a secret alliance and second by her OWN alliance. But she played a social game that anyone would be glad to play on this game, she just never had the cold heart to pull the trigger on threats before they could get to her. She'll always be welcome back on my television screen if she chose to return.

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Seasons: 6, All-Stars, 14

Placed: 3rd (Season 3), 3rd (All-Stars), 12th (Season 14)

The less said about Janelle's gameplay when she returned as a coach in season 14, the better. Because she fucking KILLED in her first season, and in All-Stars. Her alliance engaged in a bloody Game of Thrones with the other alliance in the house, each of them alternating HOH wins. When it looked like she was on her way out the house, Janelle managed to win POV and take out one of her biggest enemies. She continued to win competitions until she could no longer save herself.

And while she didn't win the All-Stars season, she did manage to do what no one else could do in Big Brother — she got rid of Dr. Will.

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Seasons: 2, All-Stars

Placed: Won (Season 2), 4th (All-Stars)

WILL KIRBY IS A GOD. Let's just get that out of the way. He basically invented Big Brother in season 2 and set the groundwork for every future winner. The beauty of his gameplay was that he was able to openly manipulate people and they still awarded him the money. Only Boston Rob on Survivor has managed to win off playing a game this way. The downfall is that it could only work once. No one was letting Will win All-Stars, even though he got pretty damn close. And if we're being honest, Mike Boogie won All-Stars because of all the work Will did to make it happen.

He's not my #1 because two other players managed to take what Will started at go to even more insane heights, proving that sometimes, sequels can top the original. But make no qualms about it, we would not have the Big Brother we have now without Will.

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Seasons: 10, 14

Placed: Won (Season 10), 2nd (Season 14)

Picking between Will and Dan is one of the hardest decisions ever. Will basically invented the game as we know it. But Dan managed to flip that game on its head not once, but twice. He was the most hated player in his initial season and every attempt to get him out of the house was thwarted, thanks to his secret alliance with Memphis. When he returned to play again, everyone zeroed in on getting rid of him once and for all. Until what may be the greatest moment in Big Brother history occurred: his funeral.

Put on the block and on his way out, Dan hosted a "funeral" for himself. He expertly managed to convince Frank to save him, a man who went through hell and back to get Dan on the block in the first place. He should have won a second time, but a bitter jury awarded the money to his partner-in-crime Ian Terry.

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Ranking Every "Big Brother" Contestant From Worst To Best

195 houseguests over 16 seasons. Some have played more than once. Some played for a matter of days. But how do they stack up against one another? Let's find out.

193. Adam Jasinski

192. Braden Bacha

191. David Girton

190. Justin Sebik

189. Scott Weintraub

188. Amanda Craig

187. David Lane

186. Dana Varela

185. Willie Hantz

184. Holly King

183. Jeff Schroeder & Jordan Lloyd

182. Adam Poch

181. Neil Garcia

180. Michael Donnellan

179. Joe Barber

178. William Collins

177. Kara Monaco

176. Kail Harbick

175. Brian Hart

174. Jacob Heald

173. Ryan Quicksall

172. Ronnie Talbott

171. Mike Dutz

170. Jeremy McGuire

169. Mike Lubinski

168. Carol Journey

167. Ashlea Evans

166. Cassandra Waldon

165. Annie Whittington

164. Steven Daigle

163. Nick Uhas

162. Michelle Maradie

161. Lori Valenti

160. Angie Swindell

159. Jodi Rollins

158. Parker Somerville

157. Nick Starcevic

156. Bunky Miller

155. Jessie Godderz

154. Devin Shepherd

153. Sheryl Braxton

152. Erika Landin

151. Sarah Hrejsa

150. Autumn Daly

149. Kent Blackwelder

148. Krista Stegall

147. Tonya Paoni

146. Laura Stein

145. Casey Turner

144. Eric Littmann

143. Cassi Colvin

142. Keith Henderson

141. Nathan Marlow

140. Spencer Clawson

139. Chelsia Hart

138. Frankie Grande

137. James Zinkand

136. Shannon Dragoo

135. Justin Giovinco

134. Kaitlin Barnaby

133. Karen Fowler

132. Amber Siyavus

131. Brittany Petros

130. Karen Ganci

129. Porsche Briggs

128. JoJo Spatafora

127. Paola Shea

126. Jean Jordan

125. Monet Stunson

124. Will Heuser

123. Dustin Erikstrup

122. Jamie Marie Kern

121. Curtis Kin

120. Josh Souza

119. Eddie McGee

118. Kevin Campbell

117. Victoria Rafaeli

116. Marcellas Reynolds