Big Brother USA 2018 - Finale

Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to the Big Brother USA finale where Kaycee, Tyler or JC will compete for the $500,000 grand prize

We will also see one more member of the jury when one of the above 3 will take the last spot, and then it's eyes down for their votes to determine who will emerge champion

So without further ado, let's get underway for the last time in this season

We pick up the action from the end of the season review episode, and the first part of the final HoH is underway

Final HoH

This competition is called Jet Pack Attack and it's endurance. Whoever holds on the longest wins HoH Part 1 and goes on to Part 3, while the other two play off in HoH part 2 to face the winner of Part 1. Whoever wins Part 3, is the final HoH of the season.

Kaycee and Tyler came up with a plan with Tyler throwing part 1, and Kaycee winning part 1 and then Tyler winning part 2

JC lasts about 50 odd minutes before becoming the first to fall from his jetpack, but the plan above does not come to fruition as Kaycee falls before Tyler

So it will Tyler advancing to part 3, and it will be Kaycee v JC in part 2 to see who takes on Tyler in part 3

Straight onto part 2 we go, and the game is called Mount Evictus. JC and Kaycee will be given clues to various parts of this season, and they must place the correct 4 houseguests names in the slots provided. But to do that they must climb the wall, and if they are correct the laser will carve the houseguests faces onto Mount Evictus, however if they are wrong the laser will short circuit and keep doing so until they are correct. The fastest houseguest will go on to face Tyler in part 3.

And facing Tyler will be facing KAYCEE, as she was much faster than JC, with a time of 18:55 while JC finished with a time of 19.34

Part 3 a little later, but first.....

Off to the jury house

Talking to the jury this year will be season 2 winner Dr. Will Kirby, and Angela is revealed to be joining the jury. She immediately tells them JC won the HoH that got her evicted, to much excitement from the rest of the jury. She then goes on to say that there was a Level 6 alliance that resulted in most of the jury's evictions. Angie stupidly says JC was running things in there. Seriously?.....

Final HoH Part 3

The final part of this competition is called Odd Casts and here is how it works. 8 rounds and a video containing ex housemate's information will play in each round. Whoever scores highest will be the final HoH of this season. In the event of a tie there will be a tiebreaker. 

Round 1: 1-1

Round 2: 2-2

Round 3: 3-3

Round 4: 4-4

Round 5: 5-5

Round 6: 6-6

Round 7: 6-6

Round 8: 6-6

Tie breaker question - How many seconds did Kaycee stay in the Jet Pack competition

Answer - 3,413 seconds

Kaycee not too far out with 3,400, and Tyler answered 2,002

So the final HoH honour of the season goes to KAYCEE

And to no surprise, finishing in 3rd place and taking the final place on the jury is JC....Making a final two of Tyler and Kaycee

In his exit interview, JC couldn't or wouldn't say if Kaycee had made a mistake not taking him to final 2, and he admits his loyalty to Tyler was his ultimate downfall

Next up, we have the full jury already out there, instead of doing the walk ons like in previous series. 

In case you missed it, the full jury is:

Sam, Angela, Brett, Angie, JC, Bayleigh, Haleigh, Faysal and Scottie....The power is in their hands to decide this year's winner, although I would not trust Angie with a tin of sardines that weren't already half open

Customary questions from them as Kaycee and Tyler each present their cases on why they should get the grand prize. Tyler reveals his Cloud App to everyone on the jury who didn't know.

Voting now underway as each of the jury insert keys into the round table and lock in their vote

Before we find out the result, we get to see those housemates who were evicted before jury, and Julie talks about the various showmances as in Tyler and Angela, Faysal and Haleigh, and Chris and Bayleigh. This prompts Chris to go over to Bayleigh, and he asks her to marry him. Awkward with a capital A, and not to mention stealing the winner's spotlight. She could hardly say no on live television, but it would have been fun if she had said no.

Anyways, back to the serious business of finding out the winner, take it away Julie.....

JC votes Tyler

Angela votes Tyler 

Sam votes Kaycee

Brett votes Tyler

Haleigh votes Tyler

Scottie votes Kaycee

Faysal votes Kaycee

Angie votes Kaycee

Bayleigh votes Kaycee

Winner and the next BB USA winner is KAYCEE!!!!!! 

She picks up a cheque for $500,000, while Tyler picks up $50,000

And to round out this year's proceedings TYLER wins America's Favourite Player, collecting an extra $25,000 taking his total winnings to $75,000

THE END

FINAL final thoughts

An excellent season with much more gameplay than last season, Level 6 swept all before them culminating in their one two final 2. Well done to Kaycee, not often I get the winner right but this time I did, go me!!!!!! 

Thank you everyone for the RT's, likes, shares and comments and indeed everyone who read all the posts for this season, it has all been very much appreciated and I do hope I did a good job for everyone. 5 series down of Big Brother, just one more to go in Civilian UK and then it's downtime until either January or February in 2019

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If you don't follow the UK show see you in 2019 for Celebrity BB USA, BB Canada and BB21. Thank you and good night