Episode #40 – FINALE - The winner of Big Brother Season #16 is announced – Day #97 - Recap

Tonight we saw the final 3 houseguests remaining in the game compete in the last “HoH Competition” of the summer. Those 3 houseguests were Cody “The Flirter” who rode the coattails of his “Hitmen” buddy to the finale. Derrick “The Puppet Master” who was never up on the block even 1-time all season. Finally there was Victoria “The Floater” who broke the all-time Big Brother record for the number of times she was on the Block! The 1st part of the competition was one of endurance and stamina to see who could hold onto a bar on the bottom of a makeshift hang glider while being pounded by a torrential downpour of rain. Victoria was the 1st to fall off after about 40 minutes into the competition. After about 2 hours Derrick decided he had enough and dropped off giving the 1st part to Cody. Part 2 is an ancient Egypt themed competition where 1 houseguest at a time competed against the clock for the shortest time. They were strapped to a bungee cord type apparatus so they could easily scale a wall and had to match up the 2 houseguests that were on the block next to each other during each of the 14 eviction ceremonies. Since Cody won part 1 of this competition only Derrick and Victoria are competing. Victoria finished in 30 minutes and 3 seconds but Derrick had the best time with 15 minutes and 29 seconds so he won Part 2. Part 3 was contested by Cody and Derrick only since Victoria lost both Parts 1 & 2 of the competition. This is a guess what the Jury member said type question contests with 2 possible answers to each question. It was 8 questions total ending in a tie so they had to guess the number of seconds Part 1 of this final HoH Competition took to complete. Cody guessed 3,013 and Derrick guessed 3,120 and the correct answer was 3,600 meaning Cody became the final HoH of the season. Cody decided he would evict Victoria from the House and take his chances against his fellow “Hitmen” member and friend Derrick. The jury members were first shown outside the Jury house being questioned by Doctor Will Kirby the winner of Big Brother 2 in 2001. The jury members are then told they need to get the questions together that they wish to ask the remaining 2 houseguests later in the show. The 8th Jury member walks into the area and everyone is amazed that it was “Beast Mode Cowboy” Caleb. The 8 jury members are next seen entering the studio one at a time and sit down on stools. Julie then tells them that they can now meet their 9th and final jury member and out walks Victoria. The jury then begins asking the 2 remaining houseguests their questions. The jury puts their key in the box of who they want to win one at a time and then the first 5 evicted houseguests are brought out and sit down on the other side of the floor across from the jury members. Julie then reveals to the entire 16 houseguests the secrets of the season that most of them had no clue about. First she explained the “Team America” concept and then she turned to the big screen and said that Derrick had a secret he was keeping all summer as well. Derrick spoke up and explained to everyone that he was not what he claimed to be but he was really an undercover Cop. It’s now time to reveal the votes and who voted for who in the order that they placed their keys into the box. Jocasta voted for...Cody!, Hayden voted for...Derrick!, Zach voted for...Derrick!, Donny voted for...Cody!, Nicole voted for...Derrick!, Christine voted for...Derrick! and Frankie voted for...Derrick! and that gave the win to Derrick. The last 2 votes were then revealed to be Caleb voted for...Derrick! and Victoria voted for...Derrick! pretty much a landslide 7 – 2 vote. Up next was the “Fan Favorite” vote to see who won that as Julie said they had received the most votes this year of any season to date of over 10 Million votes. She revealed the Top 3 vote getters were Donny, Nicole & Zack and that Donny was the winner!