Taylor talks to Monte in the kitchen (10:12 PM BBT)
Taylor quizzes Monte
Monte says he's been trying to think about what he would say in his speech when he picks her. It's the hardest thing to come up with.
Taylor says he could make it about the type of game he wants to play. And they are final three because they are strong in different ways. And he is willing to bet and compete against someone who's shown strength in a different way. Cause he and Turner have very similar strength in one way
Monte says he just wants it to be something that's clear on why he did it. The biggest thing in comparing his resume to Turner's is he hasn't made any big move on an HOH, which Turner has many times.
Taylor says hasn't been able to own a move.
Monte agrees and says this is his move.
Taylor says with peace and love. She tells him he will win this part three HOH
Monte says he appreciates her believing in that
Taylor tells him he better
Monte says he appreciates the motivation. He says he's told her multiple times whenever he's said something he's followed through with it. He's telling her exactly what he's' gonna do when the time comes
Taylor says she trusts him, but trust is also a choice. And she's choosing to trust him. So, don't worry about it.
...
Monte says he doesn't hav any hesitation about what he's gonna do. It just sucks (10:49 PM BBT)
Monte tears up
Monte says that's why he didn't want it to be a shock to him. Just imagine on live TV. After all the expectations, and telling him yeah.
Taylor says you're not that person
Monte says no. I'm just not. He's gonna be fine, it's just... it's just I'm not... I don't look forward to doing that. That's all.
Taylor says I don't expect you to be excited at the moment
Monte says having to tell him that is trying to figure out the best way to go about it so it's not such a dagger in the heart in that moment. Most people have an idea. He doesn't have any idea. I talk to him about us getting intimate or whatever, and I've reassured him cause I don't want him to go crazy or anything but...
Taylor says I've told him before that if... if it's you and me sitting next to each other, you have Monte's vote. One I think it's true. Two, I just think he needed to hear that to not think that ?? is interfering with this game
Monte says thank you... We'll have to figure it out tomorrow. Cause I hate doing that sh**. I don't know if he can tell, I'm not.. I'm not really saying it. He'll bring it up like yeah man, "it just feels good, it's gonna be the two of us". I don't know what to say
Monte says goodnight and goes to bed (10:57 PM BBT)
Taylor goes into the bathroom by herself and talks to the cams (10:59 PM BBT)
Taylor says she came to be a strong badass woman. She knew she wouldn't have good strategy, but she thought she'd be able to obtain power and wield it responsibly. But the game she's had to play has been of personal defense the entire time. And she wonders if it resonates with anyone. She wonders if it means anything for the way this game can be played. You can only play the cards you're dealt, and she's absolutely devastated that she didn't win that second part HOH and take herself to the final comp. Now she has to rely on men whose resumes are stronger than hers. Whose relationships are stronger than hers on the jury. And she has to rely on them to take her to the end. She took herself to the final three which is something. Not being at the very end and having her fate lie in the hands of two men is not the game she came to play. It's meant so much to her that she is one of four black women in the entire history of BB to make it to final three. She came here to play this game for the women in this game, and she feels like she didn't. She's the last one here and she still wants to win this for them. She wants to win this for the women who doubted how strong physically they are. Doubted how capable they are. Who people look at and assume they are not physical. She wants to win this game for all the women who have been counted out and cast aside as being there to be in a showmance and entertainment value. She wants to win this game for Azah, Danielle, Monica. The other three black women to make final three. She wants to sit in that final two chair and win this game for every black woman whose played this game, whose watched this game. Maybe she doesn't have the strongest credential, but that doesn't mean that this season isn't bigger than comps, bigger than evictions. She didn't walk through the fires of hell in this game for third place. For second place. She doesn't know if the jury will see that. And she doesn't know what the strongest argument is because she hasn't played a socially manipulative game. She hasn't played a socially influential game. She's just tried to keep her head above water, and she doesn't think that's gonna be respected. Her time here can not be for nothing. Everybody says "your story is so strong "but she feels like she doesn't even know her story. She feels like she can't even speak to her own story because she's had to tamp down everything that's happened to her in this house so she could survive to this point and fight til the end. Going against Monte and Turner seems impossible but there's always something there. But manipulation and lies and deceit does not work with either of these two. She is locked in with Monte. Turner needs to understand that he needs to choose her over Monte. He just needs to understand that. And the only way Turner maybe understands that is if she throws Monte under the bus and tells Turner that Monte is locked in with her. But maybe if Monte tells Turner that he won't take him, maybe that's when she swoops in and she tells Turner that he only wins this game sitting next to her. They just can't sit next to each other. She deserves a shot at advocating for herself in this game. And maybe it was stupid of her to make her existence in this game so heavy. Maybe she shouldn't have come in and said she wanted to play a game for the girls and wanted the girls to go forward. Maybe she should've just come in and played her game. Maybe she shouldn't have put all that pressure on her. That would make the decisions a lot easier, but it also would've made leaving this game a lot easier. If she didn't want to expand/evolve this game, it would've been a lot easier for her to tap out when Daniel yelled at her, when the whole house thought Paloma was leaving because of her. It would've been a lot easier when Nicole thought she was using something personal against her.
(feeds switch)
Taylor says she didn't have to prove the point. She is the point. But now that they get to a jury, where nine people look at this game and they want understandably so to whittle it down to comp wins. Whittle it down to power/eviction, this season has been so much bigger than that. But she's scared of how she communicates that and how that will be received. She doesn't want to guilt the jury into voting for her. But she does want a very honest depiction of what's happened this season. Big moves are not the big moves of the season. Surviving has been the big move of the season. She's the one that survived. But she's afraid that because the women of this jury do not like her personally. No matter how badly she wanted to play a game for them, it'll go to the person they like more, which is Monte. And that's not to say he hasn't played the game well, but she just wants other people to know that you can win the game a different way. You can win the game by persevering and surviving. By showing people that no matter how many times they try to kick you down and while you are down, if you persevere, you can be victorious. That is a way to win this game too. ... She doesn't care how many people deny it based on comp wins and strategy. She deserves to be a Big Brother winner to. She wants it and she deserves it. ... She just hope she's not crazy for thinking she also deserves to win this game. She doesn't know how this game looks on the outside but... she is so afraid that she failed the women who enjoy/participate/play Big Brother ... What did she do socially? Create a fauxmance? ... She knows she's not crazy for feeling like her experience here deserves a win of the game. Why was it yes women, but not that woman, with her? ... She has to answer questions from jury tomorrow. ... She has to figure out what actual social things she did to influence people to do what she wanted them to do. And it can't be something that benefited Monte. She has to explain how the things that made her untouchable... and what she did to prevent that from actually making her untouchable. ... She knows she's not supposed to care about if America likes her or not... and she's still in this game til she walks through that front door tomorrow, but of course she cares about whether or not America likes her. She has a life to live outside of this house. She just hopes that people don't feel like she's playing victim. She's just pointing out the realities of her experience in this house. ... She can win this. She's still in it. She can win this. There's always a way. ... She hopes we've all enjoyed at least watching her come into her own in this game. Watching her become a full person and not a caricature in this game. She wants to bring that money home but Monte walks around this house like he's got this thing in the bag, and it's gonna be a challenge, and he probably... he has a higher shot of winning than she does. Change the game. Change the way this game can be won. that's all she wants to do. She wants to right the wrongs of all the other black women who've been wronged in this game. She wants to win the game so they can win the game in the future. She wants women to feel like they can win the game to. pThey don't have to be a certain archetype. They can be who they are and win the game too. That's all she wants. She wants to win for all of them.
(Feeds switch)
Taylor says she just didn't come here to play a guy's game, but it's all that's left. And she couldn't beat them in the final HOH. She couldn't even get there. What is she supposed to say?
Taylor talks to the cam above the bathroom door, joking about its disrespect
Taylor goes over a speech. With three comp wins and two HOHs, she's proven that she's capable of winning competitions and wielding power, but her game is so much more than the competitions she's won and the people she's evicted ... With three comps and two HOHs under her belt, she's already proven that she can obtain and wield power. Her game is much more than...
Taylor spills the cider on herself
Taylor repeats and edits the speech. With three comps and two HOHs under her belt, she's already proven that she can obtain and wield power, but her game is much bigger than the comps she's won and the people she's evicted ... With three comps and two HOHs won, she's proven that she can obtain and wield power, but her game is much more than the comps she's won and the people she's evicted. ... Monte may have more blood on his hands, but she is the one who's bled out the most... Monte may have more blood on his hands, but she's the one who's bled out the most and she has stitched herself back together put bandages on her bruises and carried herself to the finale. How does she stitch from statistics to that ending. What happened in the middle of this game? What did she do in this game? ... With three comps and two HOHs under her belt, she's proven that she can obtain and wield power, but her game is so much more than statistics and people she's evicted. ... With three comp wins and two HOHs, she's proven that she's capable of obtaining and wielding power, but her game is so much bigger than the comps won and the people she's evicted. ... With three comps won and two HOHs, she's proven that she's capable of obtaining and wielding power, but her game is so much more than the comps she's won or the people she's evicted. With three comp wins and two HOHs under her belt, she's proven that she's capable of obtaining and wielding power, but her game is so much more than comp wins and the people she's evicted. ... Being a guy's girl, she wanted to play this game for the girls... What did she do specifically in this game? ... With three comps and two HOHs under her belt, she's proven that she's capable of obtaining and wielding power, but her game is so much more than the comps she's won and the people she's evicted
Taylor goes into the kitchen, grabs a bag of Lays chips, and circles back into the bathroom (12:30 AM BBT)
Taylor says some may ask her what she did to be unevictable. That's an interesting question. Let's go through the times she was considered unevictable. The first time was when she was accused of using someone's personal family, accused of using someone's cancer. The second time she was considered unevictable was when... she was left to sit on the block against someone who created a racist plot against her. If she was so unevictable, why was she left on that block? ... She's not the caricature that was placed on her... She doesn't want to struggle with this ... With three comp win and two HOHs, she's proven that she's capable of winning and wielding power, but her game is so much more than the comps she's won and the people she's evicted. Monte may have more blood on his hands, but she has bled out the most and she's stitched herself up and put on bandages and carried herself to the finale ... With three comp wins and two HOHs under her belt, she's proven that she's capable of winning and wielding power, but her game is so much more than the comps she's won and the people she's evicted. Monte may have more blood on his hands, but after five times sitting on this block on eviction night, she has bled out the most, and she's stitched up her wounds and she's gotten back in the game every single time ... Monte may have more blood on his hands, but after five nights of sitting on this eviction block, she has bled out the most and she has stitched herself up and gotten back in the game every single time.
...
Taylor says what was your biggest move in the game. Why do you deserve to win? What did you do specifically to become unevictable? ... With three comp wins and two HOHs under her belt she's proven that she's capable of winning comps and wielding power, but her game is so much more than the comps she's won and the people she's evicted. Monte may have more blood on his hands but after five times on the block on eviction night, she's bled out the most, and she's stitched herself up and gotten back in the game every single time.
...
Taylor says she can win this. She will be Big Brother Season 24 winner. She is Big Brother Season 24 winner.
Taylor continues to repeat and edit the speech
Taylor says not to mention a racist plot was formed that directly impacted her HOH ... She had to sit on the block next to someone who created a racist plot ... when there was an opportunity for her to come down ... while someone else went around and actively campaigned for her to go home ... not to mention when there was an opportunity for her to go off the block... she was left on the block while someone else went around the house and actively campaigned for her to go home that week
Taylor asks for the time and they tell each other goodnight as Turner leaves
Monte gets up and meets Turner in the kitchen, then goes into the bathroom
Turner sits at the kitchen table looking at the memory wall
Monte talks to Taylor for a bit, heads out of the bathroom, talks with Turner about the dreams they had, and then goes off to sleep
Turner gets back to studying. Big Brother tells him to stop messing with the playing cards, so he goes back to using the memory wall.
Taylor removes her makeup in the bathroom and says I will win this game tomorrow
Turner studies in the kitchen off of a can
Turner walks up to the memory wall and recites each person's stats as he points
Turner goes into the bathroom and asks Taylor to ask him 10 questions (2:16 AM BBT)
Taylor says fifth person evicted
Turner says Daniel
Taylor says how many vetoes has nicole played?
Turner says one
Taylor says who was the fourth HOH?
Turner says Monte
Taylor says who was the seventh person evicted?
Turner says Jasmine and Joseph
Taylor says who was the 11th HOH?
Turner says was it Monte
Taylor says yep
Turner says and Alyssa was evicted that week
Taylor says yup, yeah. Who was evicted 7-1?
Turner says that would've been Indy
Taylor says killin it. Who was... this is fun, I'm having fun with this. Who played seven vetoes?
Turner says Monte, Terrance Alsysa
Taylor says killin it. Who has the most vetoes?
Turner says Michael
Taylor says what woman has the most vetoes?
Turner says played or won?
Taylor says won
Turner says Brittany?
Taylor says yup. Trying to think of good ones... hmm... who played three vetoes?
Turner says that's Indy, that is Joseph, and Kyle
Taylor says how many vetoes does Kyle have won?
Turner says two. Last one
Taylor says who was the only person evicted on a split vote?
Turner says Ameerah... you say split vote what do you mean?
Taylor says 1-1
Turner says tiebreaker, 2-1, Alyssa
First woman to win HOH
Turner says Jasmine
Taylor says a woman to have multiple HOHs
Turner says you
Taylor says who has played the least amount of vetoes
Turner says Nicole... honestly good question. Nicole and... not Daniel, not Alyssa... who else played only one? Not Joseph... Who is it?
Taylor says Pooch
Turner says oh f*** yeah. I forgot he was even in the game. Well, I did pretty good
Taylor says you did pretty good. Proud of you
Turner leaves the bathroom and goes back to the memory wall
Taylor leaves the bathroom
Turner says Alyssa was evicted 11th or 12th?
Taylor says Alyssa was evicted what?
Turner says oh 11th
Taylor says oh yeah. I thought you said Alyssa was evicted 11 to 12. I was like are you okay?
Turner says give me three numbers 1-12
Taylor says 4
Turner says Nicole
Taylor says 8
Turner says Kyle
Taylor says 2
Turner says Pooch
...
Taylor says that is it for her. She's going to bed (2:32 AM BBT)
Turner continues studying in the bathroom. First off of a Tampax box, then off of his hands, then off of an imaginary scroll wheel with Julie narrating
Turner goes over comp stats again, and then leaves the bathroom and goes back to the memory wall
Turner continues studying
Turner says goodnight to the kitchen camera (3:14 AM BBT)
Turner, Monte, and Taylor talk to the cams and live feeders (9:55 AM BBT)
Turner says he's malfunctioning. To all the random live feeders. Thank you for watching. Thank you for filling the pockets of just yet another corporation. That's awesome. So... yeah Because of you, I had a job this summer, I guess. And maybe, depending how much I'm inspired by other people, I'll chime back in. I just shout out to my mom and my girlfriend, all of my family who inspired me throughout this entire summer, throughout comps, social situations more/less difficult. There's a core group who inspired me, and even select few HGs, two of the people at this table included, I could just cry to them both. Thank you to everyone here, everyone at home. We love ya
Monte says thank you for tuning in and watching my ass and the rest of these clowns parade around the house and have fun. doesn't feel like we huge responsibility or feel your presence. Hope you've had fun seeing us being ourselves as well as playing the game. To all the live feeders who could've took advantage of some moment, I thank you for not sharing that to the internet. For the live feeders who could've caught me slipping on some things, I thank you for not sharing those things. For those who did I understand. But for those who didn't, I thank you. Hope you enjoyed seeing our entire journey from day 1 to day 82. Don't know if you would've expected the three of us. Sure you had your favorites. Hoping that one of the three of us was one of those favorites. If not had to kick your favorite out. Either way, love you guys, and I hope you've enjoyed the season cause we sure as hell have
Taylor says well feeders, look what you did. All the way 82 days of watching us be a little bit of a dingbat, a little bit of emotional, a little bit ridiculous. You have seen literally all of it. So many of my nipples probably, and I appreciate you guys not spreading that around the internet. It's been quite a journey and I am sure I am one of the last people that was expected to make it this far in the game, but it has been a ride of a lifetime and you all have seen every angle of it. And I am so happy that there are people who can see the truth in the moment that it happens and then hopefully advocate for my character because it's been twisted and flipped around in this space and you are the first ones who could've seen the truth. So I appreciate all the work that has probably been done on my behalf to spread the truth before a narrative was spun, and I'm really thankful...
Matching the comp names to the right comp type (HOH or Veto), and putting them all in chronological order
Taylor's time was 7:04
Monte's time was 6:41
Dr. Will hosts the final three jury
Brittany joins as the final juror
They make a case for each of the final three
Final HOH Part 3: Jury Fest
Members of the jury were having such a good time that they decided to get jobs at this festival. Your job is to prove just how well you know your former housemates who now sit on the jury
The Jury Fest videos will feature specific members of the jury
Each video will reference three statements about that juror
Your job is to determine which is false
For each correct answer, you will receive one point
The HG with the most points after eight videos will become the final HOH of the season
Indy
A. Faced off against Joseph in bye bye backstage competition
B. I never won a competition
C. Evicted unanimously
C
Both got it right, both receive one point
Jasmine
A. The veto was not used during my HOH week
B. First person blasted with blue goo in potty talk
C. Only nominated for eviction once
B.
Both got it right, both receive one point
Joseph
A. 8th person to fall in the Conspiracy Fest wall comp
B. Found a red invitation in the invitation comp
C. Third player eliminated in the Otev competition
C.
Both got it right, both receive one point
Kyle
A. Eliminated after Alyssa in the Get Lit competition
B. Won my second veto comp the week Indy was evicted
C. Was the fourth house guest to join the jury
A
Both got it right, both receive one point
Terrance
A. Was first eliminated in the Punk-a-roo comp
B. The veto was used on me the third time was on the block
C. Throughout the season received a total of 10 votes on eviction night
C
Both got it right, both receive one point
Michael
A. Losing the fourth veto that I played in
B. Scoring 4 rings in final sudden death run in Ren Fest competition
C. Being in the orange lane for the Pride Slide competition
A
Monte got it right, and takes the lead by one point
Alyssa
A. Was first to drop in hanging tough competition opening night
B. Lost all 19 comps I played in
C. The veto was used to take me off the block two times
B
Both got it wrong, neither receive a point
Brittany
A. Won the first veto I played in
B. Finished with a score of 4 in the invitation competition
C. Zingbot zinged me last
B
Monte got it right and wins the final HOH competition
Turner and Taylor each make their case to stay
Monte says the only thing missing from his resume is a big move, and this is the time for him to make his big move
Monte evicts Turner
Julie asks Turner if that was bussin or disgussin
Turner says disgussin. Between mid and disgussin. He gets it. He wasn't not expecting it.
Julie asks if Monte made the right decision.
Turner says he thinks he did. He (Turner) didn't have the best jury management, but he made the biggest moves, and it would've been tough
Julie introduces the jury
Turner joins them as the final juror
Kyle
To Monte - Other than using the veto that led to Michael's eviction what do you think was the most pivotal move you made to set you up for the final two?
Monte says the biggest move was tonight. Making that move to decide to evict Turner who was probably the second best competitor in this game. It was a necessary evil he had to conduct at this point in the game
Michael
To Taylor - You were a big target for the first few weeks of the game. Did you adapt your game to improve your position, and if so how?
Of course she adapted her game. She was painted as an unreasonable, unthinkable villain, but she had to make personal connections. Build stronger connections with the women. Make sure everyone knows she wasn't trying to manipulate anybody, just being who she is. Come to understand that she's come to play this game the way she's always wanted to.
Joseph
To Monte - No one can play a perfect game. What was your biggest blunder and how did you remedy it?
When he didn't necessarily stay true to himself in protecting Michael and Brittany in the Leftovers. After that week he felt terrible because he'd denied it to Jasmine and never addressed it to Indy and Alyssa, and he thinks that made a bigger target on him. Wishes he would've handled it differently
Jasmine
To Taylor - Any big moves in this game that people might not necessarily see as hers but that she orchestrated
When it came to making moves in this game, wanted to make sure she wasn't going to make the biggest moves ever. wanted to defend the game of the girls. While they ended up being targets over time, she still joined them to make sure they weren't going to be targets. The game she came to play was for women. It's been her biggest blunder not getting them all here, but she's done the best she could to protect them
Brittany
Some say he's played a safe game. Where would he say he took a deliberate risk that's his own?
Monte says that time when he tried to make sure Daniel and Nicole did not use the PoV in order to protect Michael and Brittany. In doing so he made himself a target. If anyone else was HOH, he could've been a huge target, and could've been voted out. Respects and honors the way he made that move, but would've done it differently
Indy (Indy's wearing the outfit Taylor gave her)
To Taylor - You've been on the block many times this season. That can be season as weak gameplay. Say why we're wrong about that
Taylor says now being on the block six times on eviction night. Ultimately it's a testament to the relationships she was able to build in this game. That is a social strategy. Ensuring others feel safe in her success. Being on the block can be seen as very weak game. But when it comes to her. She is the block buster. If you sit next to her, you are going home... so good luck Monte.
Turner
To Monte - Biggest move in this game was at his expense. Why does he think he should get his vote?
Mont says completely respects if he's feeling some sort of way about that. But their final two was formed after finding out he and Kyle had a final two. He knew his game wasn't necessarily a priority to him and those folks in the pound. So it came down to when he made those agreements and he made those agreements with the folks in Big BroChella beforehand. Completely understands if Turner doesn't get that, but this is what he felt was good for him.
Speeches
Monte
Power to decide who will be the representation for the season. May be looking for someone who had a strong competitive game. A strong social game. May also be looking for somebody who was able to make big moves in this game. Loves and respects all of them, but he does hope they choose him to be the representation for this season.
Taylor
She is someone who's won three competitions, including two HOHs. She's more than her wins in this game. Monte may have more blood on his hands than her. She has bled out the most in this game. But she has bandaged herself up. Like so many other women in this game they have to fend for themselves. She has overcome so much in this game. If there is one word that is going to describe this season it is resiliency. She's challenging all of them to decide what type of winner they want this year. Evictions and competitions. Or resiliency and persistence. She's never given up on herself. She's challenging them to make the hard decision and choose progress for the course in this game. She promises it will not be in vain if they choose her tonight.
Indy voting for one of her favorite people
Jasmine voting for someone doing what she wishes she could've carried on
Joseph loves and supports both, but he's voting for the face and sword of this season
Kyle loves both. Congrats. He wants to choose the person that represents this season
Terrance says well well well. Finally got Monte on the block. Loves them both
Michael says congratulations to both. His vote is going to the strongest player of the season. Thinks they'll look back and see they were #1
Alyssa loves and misses both of them, but she thinks it's time to take their power back
Brittany just been looking everywhere for that missing big time vote
Turner made up his mind 0.5 seconds ago. This is just a vote for one of them. Peace and love.
Voting complete
Pre-jurors join
Michael reveals that he is a criminal defense attorney
Joseph reveals that he's also an attorney
Ameerah says the most recent surprise would be the Monte/Taylor showmance
Alyssa and Kyle will go back home and see how their relationship works out
Pooch says he's happy to have this experience. He really thought Taylor would be a threat and that's why she's sitting there at the end
Julie asks who ate the muffin. Turner says it was him, and he did it in the Diary Room
Daniel says watching the second double eviction was the biggest moment of the season for him
Vote Reveal
Turner - Monte
Brittany - Taylor
Alyssa - Taylor
Michael - Taylor
Terrance - Taylor
Kyle - Taylor
Taylor has won Big Brother Season 24
For the record, Joseph, Jasmine, and Indy all voted for Taylor
Taylor won 8-1
Favorite House Guest
Top three vote getters (in no particular order)
Michael, Taylor, and Kyle
For the first time in history, the winner of America's Favorite House Guest is also the winner of Big Brother.