The Winner of Big Brother 11 is Crowned!

Big Brother 11 has been an interesting season. Huge players forced the game to start early and some of the most heated arguments filled the season. We had an expulsion, several "rats" and an 18 year old 24 year old liar who America loved to hate. Although many feel that the "best" players may not be in the finale of Big Brother, it was still a great summer and I had a ton of fun watching and discussing. It's sad that this will be the last Big Brother recap for the season but luckily Big Brother 12 will be back next summer and we all get to do it all again!

Ok back to the show, following the win of Jordan, who was VERY surprised and happy, the final three played it out to figure out who would take who. Kevin and Jordan both told the other two players that they would take them. Kevin and Natalie were aligned for awhile but she figured that Kevin may waver, while Jordan also felt that Kevin wouldn't take her. In the Diary Room Kevin has been saying that Jordan would go to the final two if he won, but he never proved that in the house so nobody was really sure. Then we have Jordan who did the same, told both Kevin and Natalie that she would take them to the final two. The Diary Room spoke her true feelings though, she wanted Natalie in the end as she felt Kevin would beat her hands down.

After Michele joined the jury house they learned that Natalie got engaged and she learned that Natalie was 24, not 18. They also debated who they felt should win with Lydia pushing for Kevin, Jeff pushing for Jordan and oddly Russell pushing for Natalie. Jeff, Lydia and Jessie got into a few spats over the period of the discussion while Michele and Russell chimed in when there was some down time. Overall it was more about the jurors then the final three as they had no clue who would be the final two and they would have to wait to see to decide who would win.

Back into the house it was time for the final HoH battle between Jordan and Kevin. It was the customary last HoH of "what did the jury say" with the two ending up in a tie. The last question was how many total eviction votes were cast all summer. Jordan answered 50 while Kevin answered 80. When Julie announced the winner the crowd erupted... 51 votes total. Jordan was obviously the fan favorite during the show as everyone clapped when she won, when she answered a question and when she did something funny. Nobody was more shocked to have won the final HoH then Jordan but it was time to decide who would go home and who would join her in the final two.

After hearing while Natalie and Kevin should stay, Jordan kept to her Diary Room word and chose to evict Kevin. She told him that nothing was personal and she really felt bad, you could tell that she was being genuine and although we didn't have a crazy freak out like we may have had if Natalie was evicted, Kevin gave a good interview with Julie and seemed happy just to have played the game. It was then time for Michele and Jeff to have their celebration time as the jury joined Julie on stage and Kevin walked out. Lydia was the only one really upset and everyone seemed surprised. Probably more that Jordan won the last HoH then Kevin being evicted!

Since the jury questions were live it was even more intense then normal as they only got to ask them three questions each. Natalie wasn't called out for being 24... until a little later but you could tell she was less nervous then Jordan. Jordan stumbled through her questions but did answer them honestly and fairly as she tried to make people realize that after Jeff left she had to play for herself and yet still made the final two without him. Natalie tried to say that she was loyal to those players she aligned with but many laughed and smirked knowing she played a very, very different game.

Once the votes were locked in, even America's vote, it was time for all the past houseguests (minus Chima of course) to return. Ronnie was up first and called Natalie out on her age resulting on both Jordan and Kevin's mouths dropping. Jordan still didn't believe it but Kevin, as we all know, knew from day one. Casey then talked about the lie that Natalie/Kevin created to get Jeff to nominate Russell while Braden talked about admiring Jessie for being a "pimp". Who is Braden and why do they did they let the druggie back on the show? Laura was up last and got to talk about the "Chima incident", nobody wanted to back Chima up for what she did, which proves it was wrong, and all felt that it changed the game. Good for some while bad for others.

With the jury votes in and reunion over it was time to crown the winner. Four votes would take home the win. First vote was America's and we voted for Jordan... duh. The next two were shockers though... both Jessie and Lydia voted for Jordan!?!?!?! What!?!?!? I can see Lydia but Jessie!?!?! It doesn't make sense and hopefully we find out why he didn't vote for his "pit bull". Russel's vote was next and was for Natalie while we all knew what would happen next as Jeff's vote was pulled. Jordan was crowned the winner of Big Brother 11! Some may say she didn't play the game but after tonight it seems she deserves it. Michele ended up voting for Jordan as well while Kevin voted for Natalie, making Jordan the winner by 5 to 2.

The show wasn't over yet as Jeff was crowned the winner of the $25,000 favorite houseguest award. That wasn't any surprise to anyone I'm sure. So in the end it WAS the Jeff and Jordan show with both taking home the money. The season had its ups and downs but with ratings being so well I'm glad to say it was a good season of Big Brother! Both entertaining and fun, Big Brother 11 is said and done with Jordan being the first female winner since Big Brother 6. Who will win Big Brother 12? Maybe it will be you and if so we'll be there covering it!

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