Auntie Julie Chen Moonves On The ‘Big Brother’ Season 26 Winner & Thoughts On Tucker Winning America’s Favorite Houseguest
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains the winners of Big Brother Season 26.
Auntie Julie Chen Moonves, as Chelsie Baham referred to the show’s host, is weighing in on the Big Brother Season 26 finale and the winner of America’s Favorite Houseguest.
After 90 days of living inside the Big Brother house, a unanimous vote from the Jury House crowned a new champion on the CBS competition show.
Chelsie Baham, Makensy Manbeck and Cam Sullivan-Brown made it to the Final 3. Makensy won the last Head of Household competition and chose Chelsie to take to Final 2, evicting Cam. The $750,000 game move cost Makensy the game, with Chelsie taking all the Jury House votes in her favor.
“It was almost flawless,” Chen Moonves told Entertainment Weekly of Chelsie’s strategy on Big Brother. She had friends, loyalty, skills, and smarts.”
The Big Brother host said Chelsie “reconfigured her game” when she had some losses in her alliance, adding, “She deserved the 7-0 unanimous win! (And I’m not just saying that cause I’m her ‘Auntie!’)”
On Makensy picking Chelsie over Cam, Chen Moonves said Makensy “seemed prepared to possibly lose the game in order to stay true to who she is as a person and keep her integrity intact. I’m proud of her.”
Big Brother viewers also crowned Tucker Des Lauriers as “America’s Favorite Houseguest,” a player that was evicted from the game pre-Jury House.
“It shows that Tucker was a unique and unforgettable force,” Chen Moonves said. “His unconventional gameplay combined with his unbelievable skills that saved him from his own bold, risky moves has cemented his place in BB history.”
