Who is Going to Win Big Brother 6?  8/20/05

With eight houseguests left it seems like a good time to take a look at who might win Big Brother 6.  Here is our take on who has the best chance to take the $500,000 grand prize.

Top pick - Rachel - Rachel has been able to maintain a relatively low profile since her first week HoH win, especially being teamed up with the over the top Howie.  She is always there to give input and try to head off stupid mistakes her team might make.  She has done a great job at not making the other team dislike her so she's not a prime target.  Even if she is nominated in the next few weeks, it would probably be with Howie who is a much bigger target.  She is a great competitor, the smartest person left in the house and plays a better strategic game than even Kaysar. 

Close second pick - Ivette - Despite being a hothead at times and having a weird attachment to Eric, Ivette has been the real decision maker for her team since Eric left all the while staying under the radar and letting others take the heat.  The most brilliant move was helping to convince Jennifer to take out Kaysar while taking virtually no responsibility for it.  A second brilliant move was getting James to swear to nominate Rachel and Howie (on the Bible no less) and turning James' team against him instead of anyone on her team.  Amazingly James believes that she is his closest ally left in the house.  She is the only housemate left with a real chance to win the million dollar prize by dragging Beau with her to finals.  Her only weak spot is that she has unnerved some in the house by hanging out with James.

Third pick - James - James is the wildcard choice to win the game.  He has no real allies except for perhaps Ivette who would stab him in the back in a heartbeat. The two teams are so passionately against one another he has a great chance to make the final three as they pick themselves off one by one and then sneaking into the final two with an HoH win. His remarkable advance to the final two would surely score him some votes with the jury.

The rest of the house has very little chance to win:

Maggie - She has a huge target on her head because she seems to be the apparent leader of the friendship alliance even though Ivette is pulling the strings.  She promised that her team would get rid of James last week and we all know what happened instead.  Her ability to make any future deal with the other side to save herself is over since she didn't follow though.  The other side of the house is really pissed off at her and that's not going to change.  She will probably be nominated every single time the other side wins HoH.

Howie - Howie thinks he is in control of himself, but really is a hot head.  There is virtually no way will he be able to get the target off himself after his rage last week.  Eventually the other side will win an HoH and evict him unless Ivette figures out that Rachel is her main threat.

April - She is a basket case at this point.  She is way to easy to break down and did not see the obvious consequences of her partner Jennifer breaking her word after swearing on her life.  She could probably only beat Beau with the jury.  No way they are the final two.

Beau - Beau is a classic case of riding the coattails of a team, but unable to win competitions he probably can't make the finals.  If by some amazing stroke of luck he made it to the final two it would be a shock if the jury would give him any votes.  Whoever drug him in to the finals would be the winner.

Janelle - She is much smarter than people give her credit for but does not seem too interested in winning the game.  She keeping running her mouth and making herself a target to be evicted week after week.   A great competitor she may even make it to the final two but has become so disliked by the other side would have to be paired with Beau in the end to get the most votes.  Probably not going to happen.

see also:

8/19/05 Kaysar Ridha Evicted From Big Brother House One Week After Returning

8/18/05 Big Brother Summary for August 18th