Airing on Sunday, October 13, the episode saw one of the remaining houseguests, Cam Sullivan-Brown, Chelsie Baham and Makensy Manbeck, being crowned as season 26 winner.
- Oct 14, 2024
AceShowbiz - The remaining three houseguests, Cam Sullivan-Brown, Chelsie Baham and Makensy Manbeck, competed for the last time in the finale of season 26. Airing on Sunday, October 13, the episode saw one of them being crowned as season 26 winner, taking home the $750K grand prize.
In the finale, the trio had to deal with the chaos of tilted and suspended robotic vessels and whoever stayed longer than others won the game. Makensy dropped first, before Cam followed. Chelsie was named as the winner and directly sent to the final part.
Cam and Makensy, meanwhile, had to continue battling each other for the last spot in the third part of the finale. They raced to move three buttons through a maze and then connect them to wires in the correct order to be the first to shut Ainsley's brain down forever. Makensy finished the challenge first, meaning that she would face Chelsie to determine who would get the power to evict someone else.
Chelsie and Makensy later pitched themselves in front of the jury. They also had to answer multiple choice questions based on true and false statements made by jury members. While the two answered correctly to statements from Quinn, T'Kor, Leah, Angela and Kimo, only Chelsie got Rubina's statement wrong. That made Makensy become the final HOH.
Chelsie and Cam appealed to Makensy before the latter decided who to evict. Cam told Makensy that she respected the game she played, while Chelsie tried to convince Makensy to make it a final battle between two women. Makensy eventually evicted Cam, giving the final spot in the Top 2 to Chelsie.
The jurors, meanwhile, were not surprised by Makensy's decision. In their final pitch to the jury, Chelsie told the jury that she knew when to speak up and when to stay silent despite knowing what was going on in the house. She also pointed out how she had big influence on Angela and Leah's fate. As for Makensy, she told the jury about his loyalty to Chelsie when they stuck together through the end of the game by winning comps and protecting each other.
While casting their votes for a winner, Quinn said he went for the "most diabolical sick nasty player." As for T'Kor, he chose the one that "slayed all season," Leah went for "one of the most beautiful," and Angela picked the one whom she thought was the best player. Rubina voted for someone taller than her, while Cam chose the one whom he thought deserved it.
The pre-jurors, including Joseph, then gathered all in the studio. Joseph revealed that his and the community's story from his hometown of Tampa. Tucker, meanwhile, apologized to Cedric Hodges for their argument earlier in the season. He also gave Rubina flowers.
Matt addressed Angela about their big argument. Tucker additionally apologized to Rubina over the fake messages that made her cry.
Host Julie Chen then revealed the votes. Chelsie was named season 26 winner with 7-0 unanimous victory. Next, Julie announced Angela, Tucker and Quinn as the Top 3 of America's Favorite Player, which eventually went to Tucker.