Jag Bains won his third comp and third Veto of “Big Brother 25” this week — and it wasn’t just any old Veto. It was Otev. And with it, he joins the esteemed list of Otev champs. But will he defy the Otev curse and become only the second Otev winner after Cody Calafiore to go on to win the game?
Before Cody, no one had ever won both in the same season. Since Otev made its debut in Season 7 in 2006, it’s been in every installment except Season 10. Here are all the Otev champs:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo
Season 13: Adam Poch
Season 14: Dan Gheesling
Season 15: Elissa Slater
Season 16: Zach Rance
Season 17: Liz Nolan
Season 18: Michelle Meyer
Season 19: Mark Jansen
Season 20: Tyler Crispen
Season 21: Tommy Bracco...
Before Cody, no one had ever won both in the same season. Since Otev made its debut in Season 7 in 2006, it’s been in every installment except Season 10. Here are all the Otev champs:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo
Season 13: Adam Poch
Season 14: Dan Gheesling
Season 15: Elissa Slater
Season 16: Zach Rance
Season 17: Liz Nolan
Season 18: Michelle Meyer
Season 19: Mark Jansen
Season 20: Tyler Crispen
Season 21: Tommy Bracco...
- 10/11/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Michael Bruner picked up his fifth comp win and fourth Veto this week on “Big Brother 24” when he won Otev. Sure, he was also aided by Terrance Higgins throwing it to him in a misbegotten attempt to save Daniel Durston, but still, a win is a win. That also means that his festie bestie Brittany Hoopes is in the “Bb” annals as a co-winner of Otev even though she was the first one to be eliminated from the comp. As a superfan, Michael is no doubt aware of the Otev curse and the fact that Cody Calafiore broke it in 2020 when he became the first Otev champ to win the whole game in the same season. That didn’t kick off a new trend, though, since Alyssa Lopez was evicted in seventh place last season. Can Michael or Brittany become the second?
Before Cody, no one had ever won Otev...
Before Cody, no one had ever won Otev...
- 8/11/2022
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Alyssa Lopez won Otev this week on “Big Brother 23” — or technically, she was thrown it by Kyland Young, who wanted her to win so he could get the second Veto since he bet on her in Veto Derby. No matter, she’s still in the “Bb” record books now as an Otev champ. The good news for her is that the Otev curse has been broken, by Cody Calafiore last year, but the bad news is that she’s unlikely to pull a Cody and win the whole shebang.
Until Cody last season, nobody had won the iconic Veto comp and gone on to win the season. Otev was introduced in Season 7, the first all-stars installment, in 2006 and has been played every year except Season 10. Here are all the Otev champs:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo...
Until Cody last season, nobody had won the iconic Veto comp and gone on to win the season. Otev was introduced in Season 7, the first all-stars installment, in 2006 and has been played every year except Season 10. Here are all the Otev champs:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo...
- 9/5/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
It’s the end of an era. With Cody Calafiore‘s win on “Big Brother 22” on Wednesday, the Otev curse is has been broken as he became the first Otev champ to go on to win the game.
Since its introduction in the first all-stars outing in Season 7 in 2006, the iconic Veto comp has been played every year except Season 10, but every Otev winner until now came up short of the $500,000 prize in his or her season. Here are all the Otev champs:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo
Season 13: Adam Poch
Season 14: Dan Gheesling
Season 15: Elissa Slater
Season 16: Zach Rance
Season 17: Liz Nolan
Season 18: Michelle Meyer
Season 19: Mark Jansen
Season 20: Tyler Crispen
Season 21: Tommy Bracco
Season 22: Cody Calafiore
See ‘Big Brother 22’ finale recap: Cody wins...
Since its introduction in the first all-stars outing in Season 7 in 2006, the iconic Veto comp has been played every year except Season 10, but every Otev winner until now came up short of the $500,000 prize in his or her season. Here are all the Otev champs:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo
Season 13: Adam Poch
Season 14: Dan Gheesling
Season 15: Elissa Slater
Season 16: Zach Rance
Season 17: Liz Nolan
Season 18: Michelle Meyer
Season 19: Mark Jansen
Season 20: Tyler Crispen
Season 21: Tommy Bracco
Season 22: Cody Calafiore
See ‘Big Brother 22’ finale recap: Cody wins...
- 10/29/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Otev is making its grand return to “Big Brother” this week, and we just have to say two things: 1) If its identity isn’t mask-themed, then what is the point? 2) Good luck to whoever wins because no Otev champ has gone on to win the $500,000.
Since its introduction in Season 7, the iconic Veto comp has been played in every installment except Season 10, but every Otev champ has fallen short of winning the game in his or her season. Here are all the Otev winners:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo
Season 13: Adam Poch
Season 14: Dan Gheesling
Season 15: Elissa Slater
Season 16: Zach Rance
Season 17: Liz Nolan
Season 18: Michelle Meyer
Season 19: Mark Jansen
Season 20: Tyler Crispen
Season 21: Tommy Bracco
See ‘Big Brother 22’ episode 22 recap: Da’Vonne is evicted
Dan,...
Since its introduction in Season 7, the iconic Veto comp has been played in every installment except Season 10, but every Otev champ has fallen short of winning the game in his or her season. Here are all the Otev winners:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo
Season 13: Adam Poch
Season 14: Dan Gheesling
Season 15: Elissa Slater
Season 16: Zach Rance
Season 17: Liz Nolan
Season 18: Michelle Meyer
Season 19: Mark Jansen
Season 20: Tyler Crispen
Season 21: Tommy Bracco
See ‘Big Brother 22’ episode 22 recap: Da’Vonne is evicted
Dan,...
- 9/27/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
After a wild, yet-to-be-seen house meeting, Tommy Bracco was evicted from “Big Brother 21” on Thursday, ending his dream of taking home the $500,000. But we told you last month that he wouldn’t win — because he had won Otev.
Since Otev was introduced in Season 7, no winner of the iconic Veto comp has gone on to win the show (Otev was not included in Season 10). Here are all the Otev champs:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo
Season 13: Adam Poch
Season 14: Dan Gheesling
Season 15: Elissa Slater
Season 16: Zach Rance
Season 17: Liz Nolan
Season 18: Michelle Meyer
Season 19: Mark Jansen
Season 20: Tyler Crispen
Season 21: Tommy Bracco
See Don’t worry, Tommy won’t win ‘Big Brother 21’ because of the dreaded Otev curse
Ryan, Dan, Liz and Tyler have come the...
Since Otev was introduced in Season 7, no winner of the iconic Veto comp has gone on to win the show (Otev was not included in Season 10). Here are all the Otev champs:
Season 7: Janelle Pierzina
Season 8: Eric Stein
Season 9: Ryan Quicksall
Season 11: Jeff Schroeder
Season 12: Enzo Palumbo
Season 13: Adam Poch
Season 14: Dan Gheesling
Season 15: Elissa Slater
Season 16: Zach Rance
Season 17: Liz Nolan
Season 18: Michelle Meyer
Season 19: Mark Jansen
Season 20: Tyler Crispen
Season 21: Tommy Bracco
See Don’t worry, Tommy won’t win ‘Big Brother 21’ because of the dreaded Otev curse
Ryan, Dan, Liz and Tyler have come the...
- 9/13/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Tommy Bracco won Otev on “Big Brother 21” this week, which is great news for him and Christie Murphy, whom he saved after she became the third nominee from America’s Field Trip. It’s bad news for Cliff Hogg III and Kathryn Dunn, who remain on the block, and any “Big Brother” fan who craves shakeups, of which this season has been sorely deprived. But it’s also bad news for Tommy because no Otev champ has gone on to win the game.
Introduced in Season 7, the iconic Veto comp has been in every installment since except for Season 10, which was won by Dan Gheesling. Dan, of course, returned in Season 14 and played and won that Otev, but he came up short in the finale, falling to Ian Terry. So technically Dan is the only Otev champ to have won “Big Brother,” but those triumphs were in two separate seasons.
Introduced in Season 7, the iconic Veto comp has been in every installment since except for Season 10, which was won by Dan Gheesling. Dan, of course, returned in Season 14 and played and won that Otev, but he came up short in the finale, falling to Ian Terry. So technically Dan is the only Otev champ to have won “Big Brother,” but those triumphs were in two separate seasons.
- 8/15/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
It’s the age-old reality TV debate: Where can the best TV game strategists be found — on Survivor or Big Brother? Well, that question may finally be answered on the new Reality Gamemasters web series. Debuting June 4 on realitygamemasters.com, Reality Gamemasters (which was funded through Kickstarter) pits three Survivor finalists (winners John Cochran from Caramoan and Sophie Clarke from South Pacific, as well as Tocantins runner-up Stephen Fishbach) against three Big Brother schemers (last season’s winner Ian Terry as well as former “America’s Player” Eric Stein and “Brigade” member Matt Hoffman). But the battlefield this time is...
- 5/30/2013
- by Dalton Ross
- EW - Inside TV
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