Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Big Brother Season 25 finale.
Third year in a row, winner Big Brother enters the history books of the series.
Jag Bains, a 25-year-old trucking company owner from Washington, was crowned the winner of the record 100-day season over fellow union member Matt Klotz, a 27-year-old Deaf Olympic swimmer from Louisiana, and Bowie Jane Ball, a 46-year-old Australian DJ and lawyer.
Bains was the first Sikh American to enter Big Brother house in the US and is now the first Sikh-American guest to win the American version of the international series.
After the 5-2 win over Klotz, Bains said he was “on top of the world”, adding: “This was the greatest experience of my life.”
“To be able to win with integrity and loyalty all the time is exactly what I wanted,” Bains told host Julie Chen-Moonves at the end of the episode.
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Jag Bains.
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Bains is now the third consecutive winner to make history on the American version Big Brother. Xavier Prather was the first, becoming the first black individual to win the game in 2021. He was followed by Taylor Hale, who became the first black woman to win in 2022.
The 2023 winner also made the show’s history books this season by setting the record for most Power of Veto wins in a single season, with seven.
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Bains nearly exited the competition in Week 4, but was saved by Klotz, who won the Power of Invincibility that same week. During the jury roundtable, stay-at-home dad Cameron Hardin, 34, hailed Bains’ resilience.
“The fact that he went away, came back and got a chance to win this whole game was thanks to all the people who took him out,” Hardin told his fellow jurors. “It makes him look like an incredible competitor.”
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Jag Bains.
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Bains and Klotz were matched up for most of the game. On Day 38, the two dubbed themselves “The Minutemen” – an alliance inspired by Derrick Levasseur and Cody Calafiore, who founded “The Hitmen” Big Brother 16.
In week 10, Bains and Klotz linked up with Ball to form an alliance called “The Mafia”. The trio went on to win nearly every contest left in the game (with the exception of the Double Veto in Week 11, when 25-year-old brand strategist Blue Kim claimed one of the two Golden Power of Veto necklaces).
As a result of its dominance, the mafia was able to knock out its biggest opponents – including Survived legend Cirie Fields, who came fifth in the competition — as they cruised to Thursday night’s final.
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Klotz won the first part of the three-part Head of Household season finale, but Bains made it back-to-back wins in the second and third parts. In the end, Bains decided to take Klotz, his longtime ally, to the final two over Ball, who was the first Australian to compete on the American show.
During his closing speech, Bains emphasized how instrumental he was in every single ejection.
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“My hands are covered in your blood,” he said confidently in his final speech before asking jurors to vote for him.
“I am the most dominant, masterful, strategic player in this house. I don’t just deserve to win, I’ve earned this win,” explained Bains. “I’m the first Sikh player on Big Brotherand not only that, you all need to make the right decision tonight so that I can be crowned the first Sikh winner Big Brother. It’s the right thing to do and I’ve earned it every step of the way.”
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In the end, the jury awarded Bains the top prize of $750,000, while Klotz received $75,000 for second place.
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Big Brother season 25 aired on CBS.
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