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Moments before Grace's eviction, Shelby enacted a plan to try and keep the heat off of her when it came to the other side of the house, and the chat exploded.

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And, ultimately, Shelby completely covered her back when Grace was the one to walk out the door

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But Shelby ended up not needing that social protection after the seventh Head of Household competition

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With the power in her hands, Shelby made her nominations

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But not everyone was convinced that Tyree was Shelby's actual target

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But after Shelby won the veto competition and locked down the nominations, Tyree's fate was sealed.

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And as he was leaving the house, Tyree exploded

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Before the planned live HoH competition, a secret twist was revealed to the houseguests: The winner of the second reward comp would be able to hand-select four evicted houseguests to compete for a chance to re-enter the Big Brother O.S. House Chat. Ben, having won the Odd Men Out reward competition, chose Drew, Rena, Laure, and Tyree to compete, with the hope that Drew would return.

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During the competition, things did not look good for Drew. He slaved over the puzzles for 7 and a half hours, feeling like he had no chance to win, but still refusing to give up.

Shockingly, one by one the other competitors dropped out

And, ultimately, Drew's resilience brought him from the spot of "first evictee" to guaranteed jury member. 

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With Tyree gone and Drew back, the house was shocked to find that the Live HoH competition they were supposed to be playing in was actually a LIVE DOUBLE EVICTION.

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The houseguests first faced off in a Knockout HoH Trivia competition. One by one the competitors fell by the wayside.

And with it down to just Ben and Jay, things started to look grim for the other side of the house

Ultimately, Ben won his third Head of Household competition of the season

and, after a stellar performance from Alanna in the HoH competition, his nominations were clear

But no one expected Amanda to do as well as she did in the veto competition, completing it in just two minutes.

As Andrew, Ben, and Jay scrambled for a new plan, they set their sights on one of their own alliance members. And Shelby immediately started to regret throwing the veto comp.

And in the second big blindside of the season, Amanda was the only one to remain loyal and Shelby was sent packing.

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Heading into week 8, it was once again do or die for Andrew, Jay, Ben, and now Drew. But having barely survived the double eviction, Amanda came out swinging.

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In the aftermath of Amanda winning HoH, she, Alanna, Will, and Drew formed an alliance in an attempt to take down Ben, Jay, and Andrew. And Andrew was their first target.

But Will had bigger plans in store

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Ultimately, Amanda nominated the people she thought threatened her game the most.

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During the Otev Veto competition, it was a close race between Ben and Jay, but ultimately it was the boy on the block that managed to pull off the win.

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Things started to look bad for comp beast Ben. But proving that there was more to his game than just competitions, Ben worked his magic and manipulated Amanda into putting Alanna on the block instead, assuring her that Andrew would go home.

 With Drew in a new alliance, things looked shaky for Ben, Jay, and Andrew. But ultimately, Drew picked a side, and the third blindside of the season took place.

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With Drew having made himself a target for the other side of the house by flipping, it was now up to him to flip the right cards and earn himself safety. And with a close tiebreaker answer, he managed to pull it out.

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With a difficult decision in front of him, Drew decided his best course of action was to stick with his original alliance.

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And when Jay pulled out another PoV win

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The nominations were locked and Amanda's fate was sealed.

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With the numbers dwindling and the final HoH comp just around the corner, and Jay and Ben still in the game, Will and Drew began to scramble. But Andrew kept his head and even rolled the dice by throwing the HoH competition.

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With Ben winning the endurance competition by a landslide

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plans amongst Will, Drew, and Andrew began to fall into motion.

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But ultimately, their plans fell flat when Jay pulled out his third Power of Veto win in a row. 

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With Will and Drew on the block and Ben realizing that he was living on borrowed time, he devised a quick plan to try and make himself seem like someone you'd want to be sitting next to in the final two.

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And ultimately his plan came to fruition

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Heading into the next week, the tension was palpable as the next head of household competition took place. But Jay persevered and came out on top yet again.

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And later that week, with talks of finally being able to evict the comp beast, Ben ensured his safety by just barely winning the final veto competition of the summer.

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And with the sole vote to evict, Ben made his choice.

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With Andrew, Ben, and Jay having made it from week one all the way to the final three, the alliance rejoiced in the house chat.

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With the final HoH underway, Andrew shocked everyone with a razor-thin victory in the endurance competition.

With Ben and Jay both absolutely sure that the other one wouldn't be taking them to final two, the second round of the final HoH was absolutely cutthroat.

But ultimately, Ben choked and it was Jay who came out on top.

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With everything on the line, Jay and Andrew both played their hearts out in the third and final round. Andrew found his short taste of HoH-power short-lived, as Jay snatched the win from his hands.

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And with a difficult decision before him, Jay made the heartbreaking decision to cut his best ally loose in order to better his game.

With a bitter jury full of people that were pulling for Ben, the final two fielded scathing questions about their gameplay and level of independence.

But their bitterness subsided as the voting went underway.

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And ultimately, it was the comp beast and week one target, Jay, that pulled out all of the stops and took home the win.

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I'm going to be handing out awards for various different achievements throughout the season. Some obvious, some not. Some serious, some funny. I had such a fun time with this season, and I hope you guys did too! Okay, here are the awards:

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Immediately after getting to know each other, they were faced with their first HoH competition of the summer. While Dane walked away the victor

rumors began to spread throughout the house about a rivalry between Grace and Jay

and alliances began to form

When Dane had to put up two nominees, he didn't listen to the rumors and instead nominated Drew and Amanda. Although Andrew, Jay, Ben, Shelby and Laure thought they had the numbers, Alanna and Tyree flipped the vote, sending Drew out the door and splitting the house in two.

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With revenge on his mind, Jay won the next HoH competition and immediately struck back

While the other side of the house scrambled, those that voted for Drew to stay (Andrew, Ben, Jay, Laure, and Shelby) rejoiced.

With Ben winning veto

and the Baes having all the power that week, they put the nail in Dane's coffin.

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With the first ever reward competition taking place, various houseguests tried their hardest to pick the correct presents and win a special power.

But in the end only one person would go on to open the correct presents, unscramble the letters, enter the secret code, and receive a special power

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Although he was allowed to keep it a secret, Jay won the ability to, at any point up until the final 6, enact a second power of veto competition for the week that he and five houseguests chosen at random would compete in.

The reward win could not have come at a better time for Jay, as the next HoH went to someone the house would've never suspected:

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And while some were dumbfounded by Rena's win

Others seemed to know exactly where she stood

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Some worried about where Rena's head was at

while some tried to convince her to go after the baes for personal reasons

but ultimately, Rena took the nominations into her own hands and took her shot at a clear power duo within the house

And any plans for an actual backdoor went down the drain when Jay pulled out a win during the Veto competition

With the duo of Shelby and Laure on the block, Laure began to self-destruct by calling out Will and Grace, and even asking to self-evict. With Laure's actions on display, the house made their decision.

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Now with two houseguests from their side down, and Jaume leading a charge against Ben, it was win or die for Ben, Shelby, Jay, and Andrew. And they refused to die.

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With Tyree and Jaume's alliance becoming more obvious by the day, and with Jaume's personal problems with Ben, Ben's nominations were easy. And he made sure he got the last word.

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With Jaume and Tyree on the block instead of them, Will and Grace rejoiced.

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After the Veto competition, Ben was left with all of the power for the week

and in the end, his biggest enemy took a walk out the front door

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Ben's winning streak continued as the second reward competition took place, finally putting all of those clues the competition winners had been receiving to good use. Though Jay finished as well, he was just a few minutes too late.

But while Ben was completing the reward comp, Jay was speeding through the HoH.

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And with Jay's HoH win came a stop to Will and Grace's cheering.

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With the power duo on the block and a set of rewards and punishments laid out before them, Grace swallowed her pride and came out with the Veto.

But Will walked away with something a little less favorable

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With Grace using the power of veto on herself,

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Jay had to put up someone else that would be gunning after him

With Rena going home by the first unanimous vote of the season

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Andrew, Ben, Jay, and Shelby got a taste of complete power and they refused to give it up.

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Ben told Grace that he was putting her up as a "pawn" in order to ensure that Tyree went home. And although Grace was not happy about it, she was backed into a corner

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After the nominations, Grace and Alanna began to figure things out for themselves, figuring out that Jay and Ben were ultimately working together.

However, with Ben winning his fourth power of veto competition of the season

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and with Andrew earning Will's vote thanks to the punishment from last week's veto

Andrew turned on the pressure, and he and Shelby pushed for Grace to go home over Tyree

And ultimately, Grace bit the dust.

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It's been a long, fantastic first season. But now it's time to crown a winner. Andrew and Jay both fought hard from day one to keep their alliance safe and managed to make it all the way to the end. Let's see how the votes fell...