01x70 - Episode 70

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ANNOUNCER: Right now on a live edition of "Big Brother."

house, people, days.

Look at this place, you guys.

ANNOUNCER: It was the opportunity of a lifetime.

Total strangers sharing all in ,

square feet of living space.

The cameras, the camaraderie, the challenges.

, minutes of video tape, dozen

two-way mirrors, and one pup.

Don't right checks your a*s can't cash, dog.

ANNOUNCER: The temptations, the tears,

the gamble people took.

I thought I would know who cared about me and who doesn't.

ANNOUNCER: So far, seven emotional goodbyes.

Now, three houseguests remain, and it all came down to you.

Your decision on who wins is about to be revealed.

"Big Brother" opens the door to dreams,

and one houseguest will walk out half a million dollars richer.

It's all happening right now on "Big Brother."

[theme music]

JULIE: Hi, I'm Julie Chen.

Curtis, Eddie, or Josh will walk out of the house

tonight with $,.

The runner up will claim $,, and the third place

winner grand.

Welcome to the big payoff on "Big Brother."

The results have been kept secret.

Even I don't know who has won.

The names of the first and second place winners

are sealed in an envelope, and I will

go into the "Big Brother" house later where I'll

read the results in person.

For now, let's check in with the houseguests.

Hello, gentlemen.

Hi.

JULIE: How is everyone doing tonight?

- Very well. - Good.

All right.

JULIE: Well, here it is, our final show, guys.

A lot of money will be paid out this evening.

How are you feeling?

How would you describe your feelings right now?

Eddie? - Good.

Feeling great.

How are you feeling?

JULIE: I'm feeling great.

I have nothing to lose, nothing to win.

Josh, you did this thing with your hands, so so.

I'm so nervous.

JULIE: Nervous?

But either way, you're going to win something.

Oh, I'm not nervous about that.

I just can't wait to see my family and my niece.

JULIE: OK.

And, Curtis, how about you?

I'm just really excited to be here,

and I just can't wait to run outside

and see my family and friends.

JULIE: You know, every night we had a banishment show

and you were nominated, you wore that outfit.

Is that because that's the outfit you want the whole

world to see you in when you do come out of the house?

It's going to have to be that way,

and it was a very small duffel bag I brought here.

JULIE: And it was your best outfit, right?

Yeah, I hope so.

JULIE: Well, gentlemen, on Wednesday's live show,

we asked each of you who should win

and why privately in the Red Room.

Right now, I want each of you to tell one another what you said.

Who goes first?

I said you.

I said you, because we came in here, we played,

and we had a good game.

And nothing to you, but in terms of the competitions

and the challenges, you've come through on all of them.

You only slipped on the juggling one.

So in terms of the game, I just said, Josh

has been a great competitor.

I think you should win.

All I said was I would love to win,

and you guys have already heard my pitch as to why I want

to win, but you've also heard Eddie's

and Josh's, and they have good reasons,

and so the public will decide.

I said Eddie because I thought the show was more than just

about us, and I thought that the money would

stretch farther in our families and everything else

with your family.

And so that's the reason I picked you.

JULIE: OK, guys, well, stay put.

I'll be back in a little while to announce

the third place winner.

Of course, we wouldn't do this final show without inviting

the seven former houseguests.

Let's welcome back Will Mega, Jordan,

Karen, Brittany, Cassandra, George

the Chicken Man, and Jamie.

Welcome back, guys.

I want to say you all look great, but um, George,

I'm not quite sure what to say to you right now.

Julie, I didn't make the costume, OK?

OK, I'm just glad he didn't wear the head part of it.

No, you guys all look great. How's everyone doing tonight?

- Great. - Good.

JULIE: Does this look familiar?

Bring back memories?

Deja vu?

Everybody looks better.

JULIE: Will, do you have one of those matching

hats in every outfit, every material?

I'm from Philly.

You gotta stay clean.

Lamar Johnson hooked me up.

JULIE: Before I ask each of you some questions,

I want to just go around quickly and ask

for predictions tonight.

Who do you think is going to take home the grand prize?

George?

The New Yorker Eddie.

JULIE: Jordan?

As much as Eddie and I loved each other in the house--

JULIE: And that was a whole lot.

I think that he's had a strategy from day one,

and he made it clear that this was about him and his loved

ones and getting the money.

And he played the game.

JULIE: Will Mega.

Probably to everyone's surprise, I love a competitor,

so I got to go with Eddie.

Come out blazing, baby.

JULIE: Good for you.

Good for you for saying that, because we know you also

had your problems with Eddie.

You know, I was his competition, he's a competitor.

JULIE: OK.

Jamie, who do you think is going to win?

I have a feeling Josh.

JULIE: OK. Cassandra?

I'm going with the other New Yorker, Curtis.

JULIE: OK.

Eddie for sure.

JULIE: Four for Eddie.

Well, all the polls look like Eddie, so I'm going to go.

I think Eddie's going to do it.

JULIE: Well, we will see shortly who is right here,

but I'm going to start asking questions

in order of banishment.

So Will Mega, I'm going to start with you.

The night you were banished, you said to me,

if I wasn't in the final three, I'd

rather be the first one out. - That's right.

JULIE: You still feel that way?

Absolutely.

I'm used to being number one, so I got to be number

one either coming of going.

JULIE: Even if number one was something that was negative?

Oh, please.

JULIE: Brittany's not buying it.

You know, CBS president, Mr. Moonves,

said I was the JR Ewing of the show, and I brought the juice.

After that, it became Big Boring.

JULIE: I don't know if that's a compliment.

I don't know if it's a compliment.

That was a nice try, but it didn't work, baby.

JULIE: All right, I'm going to get out of this situation,

and move on to Jordan.

Jordan, question for you.

You still want to know who nominated you?

Show of hands, everybody?

I want to know.

JULIE: Show of hands.

I want to know.

No, really, what I really want to ask

you is you told us that you were a little bit disappointed

that there weren't enough heart to heart

conversations in the house.

Why do you think not enough materialized?

Why did that not happen.

I think it's obvious.

What?

In a brief statement, you blame

others for not being real?

You know, this is about entertainment.

Everybody had different motives coming in the house.

I think people were aware that they were on television.

They had different ideas.

You know, I'm over it.

JULIE: All right, she's over it.

She's here tonight. She's happy.

I'm just living like I'm living today,

and I'm feeling the thrill of life,

and I'm not afraid, Julie.

JULIE: Oh, very well said.

That is the theme song.

Karen, let me ask you.

Look at the three guys who are in the house right now,

still living in there, the three winners.

Look at the seven of you.

Why are they in there and you guys out here?

Because I didn't want to be in there.

I mean, I went on there to have a good time,

and when the good time ended, it was time to go, you know?

And I'm glad I didn't have to be in there for that long.

I couldn't have made it.

Obviously, everybody knows that.

JULIE: Brit, I'm going to move on to you.

Now, the day you came back to the studio you talked

to Josh in the Red Room, you told him

you can trust Curtis and Eddie.

You said there are questions about the others.

Care to elaborate?

Do you still feel that way?

Well, actually I have questions

for everyone, including the three that are still in there.

You know, you get out, and you have

your friends and family, people that you trust and love,

saying things.

You talk to camera people that have been there

behind the scenes hours a day,

and you get all this information,

and the three people that I heard the least about that

didn't match with what I thought they were in my head

were those three.

So I knew for sure that everything I thought

of those three was the same thing all my friends and family

and the camera people and CBS thought,

and the other stuff didn't match up exactly the same.

JULIE: When you said that, did you still like all

your former housemates as much?

And that's the thing, is I didn't have--

[inaudible], Brit?

Well, no, I don't.

Let's get it straight.

Writing checks--

That your a*s can't cash.

No, I mean, it came out wrong.

I didn't do a good job explaining what I meant,

because I like everybody.

I think everyone is trustworthy.

I don't think anybody is a liar or anything like that.

JULIE: Are there any hard feelings here tonight?

- No. - No.

- Not at all. - No.

I did a bad job.

I was under pressure, Julie.

JULIE: Oh, sure, now blame me.

Blame the show now.

I still don't feel like I know people in the house,

because when you're in the house, it's not reality.

That's not reality.

It's not reality.

I have feelings about people when I was in the house.

JULIE: Right.

And did you watch the show when you came out?

Uh-huh.

JULIE: And then your feelings about them changed?

Now they are changed.

Yeah, I feel pretty good.

I feel very relaxed, and I'm excited to go out tonight.

JULIE: I want to ask Cassandra, who was next to be banished.

Now, have you yet watched any episodes?

You said you weren't going to until this was over.

Have you caved and watched?

No, I haven't caved in.

I haven't watched any episodes, and--

JULIE: Because?

Because I really felt that it was important for me

to stay true to the experience that I had in the house,

and I still feel that way.

JULIE: We're you possibly afraid of your opinion of others

changing if you had watched it?

That's part of it, but also, I don't see the need.

I've lived those experiences, and I

don't see the need to go back to the film to see what happened.

JULIE: And the best experience in the house

for you would have been what?

If you could narrow it down to one.

Well, I think it was just getting

to know the people who are sitting

here with me on an individual--

[inaudible].

You know I'm a diplomat.

[interposing voices]

JULIE: Chicken Man, let me ask you, George.

Who you talking to, Julie?

JULIE: I can't even begin about the outfit.

I'm just going to pass over it.

Who here sitting before your eyes taught

you the most about yourself?

Cassandra.

JULIE: Why is that?

She carried herself so well in there and everything else

like this, I totally admired everything about her,

and I do today.

Yes, she did.

JULIE: That's the first time you're hearing that?

Sweet. Yeah.

She's one excellent woman.

That's for sure. JULIE: Jamie?

Yes.

JULIE: This is the first time we've

had a banished houseguest back on the show

in such a brief amount of time.

How are you doing?

You were just banished Wednesday night.

You haven't been out in the real world for all that long,

like how many hours?

Almost hours.

I've slept almost two hours in the last three days,

and it's just been crazy.

I was on the show with Julie.

At :, I left the hotel this morning.

JULIE: Yeah.

Yeah, it's been crazy.

JULIE: We've had a long day, and look how good she looks.

And the secret you told me earlier is?

Oh, I made a joke.

They asked me the secret.

I'm like lip gloss.

JULIE: You are known for your lip gloss

across America, by the way.

I didn't even know that until I got out.

I found out that people actually cared about the lips.

So, yeah, it's kind of funny.

JULIE: So what have people been coming up to you saying?

You've been walking down the street and being recognized,

I'm sure? - Yeah.

It's different.

It's funny.

I haven't had time to watch the videos

or even see any of the sites.

I spent several hours reading hundreds

and hundreds of e-mails all night the first night,

and that was fun.

JULIE: Any of them from anyone that you know?

Not that I'm aware of.

You get everything, Julie.

Let me tell you. It's funny though.

It's great though.

The fans are what make the show, so it's nice.

JULIE: Would everyone here say that "Big

Brother" has changed them?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

JULIE: Jordan?

I'm definitely a better chess player now.

Definitely.

JULIE: Did you know to play chess going in?

Yes, I did, but my game improved.

JULIE: All those hours.

All those hours.

JULIE: Will, changed because of it?

You weren't in all that long though.

No.

I wouldn't necessarily say--

I mean, all life experiences have some influence on you,

so you know, this one was one that

allowed me to get a feel for--

with the international community,

how they view my opinion.

So it allowed me to put some things into perspective,

and it made me clear about things

that I was already firm and adamant about even more so now.

JULIE: OK.

Well, everyone stick around, because when we come back,

we'll announce the third place winner,

who will take home $,.

ANNOUNCER: The houseguests ran up

a grocery bill of $,., that included cans of dog

for Chiquita.

Closed captioning for "Big Brother" provided by--

JULIE: Welcome back.

I'm sitting here with the seven banished houseguests who help

create the "Big Brother" world.

Now, I know Cassandra didn't watch the show after she

was banished, but who here watched and started

to call in and vote?

Brit?

I voted.

JULIE: OK.

Care to share with--

I voted out George.

Oh.

JULIE: Now when he was up against who?

Everyone else in the house except for--

No, everyone was up that week.

Was everyone up?

I don't remember, but, yeah, I called.

I even called live on a radio show too.

JULIE: You're the only one?

It's the plan.

I had this plan.

JULIE: All right.

Quick question.

George, [inaudible] chicken costume.

I still don't have a plan.

The guy who comes out in a chicken suit

does not have a plan.

JULIE: George, I'm about to announce who is going to come

out as the third place winner.

Quick predictions.

Who do you think is going to come out as third place?

Curtis.

JULIE: Jordan? - I don't know.

JULIE: Will?

Curtis.

By the polls, Curtis.

I don't know. JULIE: By the polls, Curtis.

I have no idea.

No idea.

Curtis or Josh.

It's a toss up.

Yeah, the polls say Curtis, but Josh is close,

so I don't know.

JULIE: OK, well, let's see who is right.

I'm going to go announce who's come in third place.

Hi, everyone.

Hi.

JULIE: Well, houseguests, the moment is here.

It's time to announce the third place winner who

will take home $, tonight.

And with % of the vote, third place goes to Curtis.

Curtis, you need to say your goodbyes,

and join me in the studio.

Congrats, you guys.

I'll see you guys out.

You guys want to stay here? - Come on, we'll walk you out.

No, we'll walk with you, buddy.

I get to see my parents.

Visit RN singles calling in for you.

Oh my God.

I'm so hyper.

Be smooth.

All right, you guys, I'll see you out there.

Hopefully, tonight, but like do good.

- Definitely. - All right.

Be good.

Bye.

Dude, I'll watch your [inaudible] for you.

I gotta got to the bathroom real quick.

See ya, Curtis.

JULIE: When we come back, we will show Curtis

what he looked like on TV.

Stay with us.

ANNOUNCER: The "Big Brother" house is wired to the hilt.

There's more than seven miles of electrical wires

and communications cables in the complex,

and the house uses enough air conditioning per day

to cool average sized homes in Southern California.

Now, that's cool.

Oh my God.

I'm glad to see you again.

JULIE: Come on down over here.

JULIE: Sit down.

This is your moment.

Curtis.

I think you look more excited to see these seven

than your family behind me.

I had years with them.

That's true.

That is true.

How are you feeling right now?

Totally excited.

I can't believe I'm here.

This is so great.

JULIE: Was your heart pounding as I was about to announce--

Oh, the whole time.

Absolutely.

JULIE: And that has nothing to do with-- we saw

last night you guys partied after being

the last remaining three.

You weren't supposed to see last night.

JULIE: You want to do that encore dance

where's it's the Trinitron?

The -inch.

Oh my God.

That was hilarious, Curtis.

Well, looking back your past days,

would you have done anything differently?

Not at all.

I mean, whatever I did apparently got me here,

and I'm happy to be here right now.

And I had so much fun the whole way through.

JULIE: You're happy to be in third place?

Yeah.

I mean, first would be great, I mean, come on.

JULIE: Yeah.

But, yeah, look at me.

I'm here and I'm having fun, so I mean,

you know, first, second, or third.

It's all good.

JULIE: Now Wednesday night I asked each of you,

and you went first.

I said, who do you think should win and why?

And you said I would love to win, but it's up to you guys,

and then the other two guys are like, Josh Eddie.

Now you just found that out, do you-- and some people

actually on the street, came up to me

and said Curtis was the only honest one.

He should win.

Come on, everyone.

So do you regret answering that way or do you think, you know,

hey, that's how you felt?

That's how I felt because I had no idea why I wasn't

getting banished constantly anyway,

so I figured whatever I was doing must have been OK.

So if it got me to first, great, and if it got me to third,

which it did, that's great too.

JULIE: The people that you're looking at right

now sitting before you--

They look good.

Don't they?

See what happens when you come out of the house?

Well, you look good too.

Uh, thanks though.

JULIE: You would describe them as possibly friends

for life, a second family?

Yeah.

JULIE: Now, why do you think they kept

nominating you time after time even

though the public kept you in?

Well, I've now found out that two of my friends for life

and family are sitting in the--

and that was enough to nominate me a lot rounds,

but like we never took it personally.

None of you guys are taking it personally.

No.

I nominated a lot of these people here too.

JULIE: That was hilarious when you guys just

dished it out and admitted--

Jamie was there that night.

We should have done that right away.

You were the smartest one, who knew?

JULIE: Jordan was on to something, you guys.

Now, for the last days, millions of viewers

got to know you, Curtis, by watching you on TV.

So we figured we'd like for you to see what

you looked like to us on TV.

Look at the big monitor here.

My best chance of staying here would be like just not

get nominated, get along with.

You know I'm kind of like the boring lawyer guy.

I think my first hug from my dad was my st birthday.

Oh my God.

That's why we're all dead inside.

You are dead inside, you poor thing.

Curtis is just ha ha, ha ha.

It would have been cool if you came into this house

and you met the chick of your dreams?

I will be the Lord of the dance.

I know the nomination thing is a game,

and I totally can't hold it against anybody

for nominating me.

I think you're handling it awesome.

It's slightly worse for me, because it's not like--

It's not like anybody dislikes you.

No.

It's just I refuse to kiss a*s.

Who is most likely to be banished this week?

Curtis.

All right.

All right, Curtis.

Holy [muted].

Today at the Emmys.

You're going to the Emmys?

By just being here and having the fun that we've had,

we have already won.

JULIE: What did you think looking at that?

What did you think looking at yourself on TV?

It's still weird.

I still think I look pretty rough on video, but--

JULIE: No.

You got a lot of female fans out there.

Do I really?

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

More than any of us.

JULIE: Actually, I've gotten fan email for all of you guys.

Give them my number.

Dad da da da.

Well, I'm anxious to open it.

JULIE: Would you say living in the house changed you?

I still think I came out the same person that I entered,

but I had a lot of fun, and I just

learned a lot from everybody.

And everybody was so different, but I

learned that you could be there for days

and have a good time.

And I don't think I would have met anybody

like you guys ever in my life, and I'm

just so glad that I did.

But I feel the same.

JULIE: It seemed like you opened up a lot more or really

let loose, maybe a little bit too much, no, in the house.

So is that the real you that we saw?

That's how you are when you're comfortable with people, and--

I think so.

I mean, I think you saw me the whole way through.

I think I was on guard for the first couple of weeks,

just because I didn't know.

I'm on national television, so I tried

to be a little more reserved, but that was still me too.

But once I was nominated the first time, I decided,

well, you know what, let's just have fun,

and I might be out of there in a week, so let's just do it.

Since that worked once, I just decided

to just go along and have fun, and I had a lot of fun.

JULIE: Was it easy for you to ignore the cameras

or forget they were there or not let them inhibit you?

Yeah, pretty much.

I mean, because it's just sort of like daily living.

You're cooking food, you're out there playing with the pug,

you're doing the garden.

You hear cameras, you know they're on you,

but you don't realize that there's an audience,

or I guess, millions of people watching.

Right now, it's a little more weird,

because I have people watching that I know are watching.

JULIE: Right.

Last night's episode we saw the conversation the three of you

guys had about the women in the house,

who you found attractive.

Everyone said Brittany in the long run.

Is she able to handle it?

JULIE: But-- we saw you and Jamie bond.

Yeah.

JULIE: I mean, a lot of viewers thought maybe the two of you?

Really?

JULIE: Your response to that?

Curtis, I have hundreds of, you should marry Curtis emails.

It's hilarious.

Yeah.

JULIE: So now that you're out--

you did say when you get out of the house that's when you would

like to maybe see how you really feel not doing

it in the "Big Brother" house.

Sure.

JULIE: So do you think, I don't know?

Just kidding.

I'm still dealing with the shock of being out.

JULIE: I'm going to let you off the hook.

Thank you.

JULIE: Let's hear it for Curtis, our third place

winner, everybody.

Nicely done.

Nicely done.

After we take this commercial break,

I'm going to head over to the "Big Brother" house

so I can deliver the news in person

to the final two houseguests.

One of them has won half a million dollars.

Stay with us.

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JULIE: Thank you, Regina.

Welcome back to the show.

I'm standing in the master control room

where I've just been handed the envelope with the name

of the grand prize winner.

Now the houseguests don't know it yet,

but I'm actually going to go into the house

to make this announcement.

But as I make my way over there, I just

want to give you a quick behind the scenes look

of the "Big Brother" operation.

This booth is where our various story

editors speak to the houseguests via an intercom system.

Go ahead, John, and say something to them.

Curtis, excuse me, Josh and Eddie can you please move over

to the other couch, please?

JULIE: See how that works.

But now we're going to go to an area

that we call the camera cross.

The camera cross is a very, very restricted area.

Only camera operators are allowed back here.

Even I'm not allowed back here, but of course,

for the purposes of this show, they're

going to make an exception.

Now this is where we get some of the best

shots of inside the house.

This area is normally kept completely dark.

That way the house guests can't see our camera operators.

This is obviously the men's bedroom.

Right next door is the Red Room, but I'm

going to go into the house through an area

that you rarely see on television.

It's the storage room.

It's not very glamorous, but this

is how we get the groceries to the houseguests,

and it's also where I can access the Red Room,

and eventually access the house.

They're going to be totally shocked, and I'm going in.

Hey, guys.

How you doing?

JULIE: What's up?

What's happening?

Welcome to our humble abode.

This one calls me babe.

This one winks at me.

I'm Julie.

How are you guys? - Nice to meet you.

JULIE: Nice blue hair, Josh.

Thank you.

JULIE: Well, this is it, you guys.

Inside is the name of the grand prize winner.

I don't even know whose name is in here right now,

and before I open it, I just want to ask

you guys a couple of questions.

Sure.

JULIE: All right?

How are you guys feeling right now?

Great.

JULIE: Josh, you know the last two times we saw you,

I almost felt like I could see your heart pounding.

Yeah.

It's working like that.

JULIE: We don't mean to scare you.

For the last days, our viewers

have seen your ups, your downs, your good days,

your bad days, your sober days, you're

non-sober days, everything.

So we thought we would let you guys see a little bit of how

we got to know each of you, and we're going to do

this in alphabetical order.

So I'll start with you, Eddie.

Take a look at the screen. - Great.

Thank you.

I hate Eddie!

He's a screamer.

Hater!

Worthless!

Hater!

I try to tell it like it is best I can.

Half the house [muted] you, so you have

to [muted] the other half to prove that your man,

you;re big dog?

No.

Come on, man, that's bull [muted]..

George. - Huh?

It's o'clock, man, we're drinking, you coming?

[inaudible] very proud of you, Brittany.

Just knowing that his daughter had

the guts to come out here on national television

and be yourself and who she is.

I love you, Eddie.

I like you too, Brittany.

You're a good kid.

Say, Eddie's great.

Brittany's great.

No, that's not it.

[belch]

Jamie, that was disgusting.

Sorry.

Look, that's a passionate moment right there.

My take is, you know, quit your bitching.

Just do what you got to do and that's it.

Yeah, that was lame.

Yes, the dog is key.

Ha ha ha ha.

Look at me when I'm talking to you.

Don't [muted] turn your face from me.

I'll tell you this, man, you might

want to walk on Wednesday.

I'm not walking.

Then we'll lose.

We're going to [muted] lose anyway, man.

It is meaningless for me to walk on Wednesday.

Yes, there's a three-legged dog.

Oh, man, this is ridiculous.

I'm taking that one home with me.

Where's the three legged one?

I'm hanging out with him.

You know what I want to do right now?

Just clothesline Jamie.

Boom.

Why would you want to do that?

I don't know.

I just had the urge to do it.

There should be a winner, you know what I'm saying?

JULIE: Eddie, what'd you think?

That was great.

JULIE: We'll get you a copy. - Great.

I appreciate it.

I hear there's three months of that, but that's great.

I thought that was really cool.

Thank you.

JULIE: What was it like living in here for days?

It was, for me personally, it was a wild ride.

There were ups and downs.

I enjoyed basically every minute of it.

I really did.

I got to meet some really cool people.

Brittany, Josh, Cassandra, the entire house was just great.

It was a real wonderful experience,

to tell you the truth.

JULIE: That's what I want to ask you about.

You made it clear when you first came in that you

were here to win the money.

This is a competition.

You weren't really here to make friends, but you did.

Yes.

JULIE: So did that interfere with maybe your strategy?

Yeah, at first, I came in here,

and I was basically going to just watch my own back

and take care of myself, but as time elapsed and went on,

I became closer to the other houseguests,

closer than I intended to--

it caught me off guard when I found myself actually really

caring about the other houseguests,

because in my mind, they were still contestants.

They were here for the same reason I was,

to make it to the end and to win.

And then, maybe a month of that, my mind,

maybe I say, clouded, where I lost purpose,

I lost sight of what I came in here for.

And I came in here to play and have a good time

and to win and take care of my family when I get out.

So it was just wild.

JULIE: Are you going to miss living in here?

Some aspects, yes, I will.

JULIE: But you made friends for life in the outside world?

Yes.

JULIE: Now, when you guys were in the Red Room,

and I asked you, who do you think should win and why,

you said each other.

And you're both sitting here now, so something's worked.

OK.

That was an honest answer? - Yes.

JULIE: Even though you've said, I want to win.

Yes. Nah, that's the truth.

JULIE: OK.

Well, Josh, you also gave us some shining

moments in the house, and here is a look

at what you look like on TV.

Oh, no.

I'm worried that Josh may be misrepresenting

himself in the house.

No.

Josh is a nice guy.

My physical attraction was immediately to you.

So this is all like a--

This is what I'll tell you--

I want to have sex talk?

Yeah, basically.

I never ever, ever, ever felt like I was dating Jordan.

You didn't?

Never.

If I could see myself having any relationship,

even after this show with anyone, it would be Jamie.

To be honest with you.

I'm so mad at you, I can't believe

I'm even laying here with you.

Nice safe.

The reason I don't want to kiss you

is because I like you so much.

So if this world crushes me for the rest of my life,

and I die feeling this way, if there's

something better on the other side, then I'm happy.

So you'll know when things are bothering me

because I'll swim underwater, and it's like your own universe

under thee.

All you hear is rushing water by your ears, and that's it.

They can't tell if you're crying either.

Love, lots of love.

I think the pug is somewhere in here

because the Pugita is not out there definitely.

Hey.

Tomorrow will be degrees and very sunny.

Lovely.

Thanks, Josh, you going to take a little dip for s?

I think I'm going to take a little dip to get out of here.

You do that.

Here he goes.

Here comes the big dive.

I hope that pool's deep enough.

[SINGING] [inaudible] people like us in your lifetime.

You have passed us on the street of Main.

JULIE: Well, Josh, what did you think?

You know, you're lucky we didn't run

last night's episode when you guys kind

of celebrated a little early.

I think I'm very lucky.

JULIE: That little dance number he did.

What'd you think looking at that?

It was pretty accurate, I guess.

I got very lucky you didn't show everything.

JULIE: Oh, don't worry, we did, but just not now.

Well, what was it like living in here?

You know, to me, this was like a vacation.

In here, being in here, no matter what happened,

it was easier being in here for me

than real life had been in the past.

I had a lot of ups and downs in my normal life,

day to day life, and lot of struggles and everything else,

and some high points and some very low points.

And in here, the highs and lows weren't

nearly as bad as real life, and so I

just kept that perspective.

And then every once in a while, you know, something bad would

happen in here, and I would go and I would sit at the corner

of the pool, and I'd look back at this house, and go,

you know, this house is pretty small.

In the end, this is a small place,

and we're only here for three months,

and I just have to keep a clear head that way.

And just look at it that way.

The whole world is out there waiting for us.

JULIE: It sounds like this was kind of an escape for you then?

Definite escape.

Yeah.

JULIE: Has living in here changed you?

Definitely.

I think it's made me a better person in the sense

that I think I can treat people the way

I've always wanted to treat them now, because I

understand people better.

And I've made great friends like Eddie in here,

and great relationships with girls.

Great and bad, and even with the bad points and everything else,

they taught me a lot.

And it was good that I got shot down a few times,

because I needed it.

And I think I can walk out of here a better person

and be a better person in society

and help people out better.

JULIE: Now, before I open this envelope, one of you

is going to walk out with half a million dollars.

The other person is going to walk out with grand.

What do you guys want to say to each other before I do that?

It's been a pleasure, man.

Best of luck to you.

I'll see you on the outside.

You're one of the best friends I've ever had.

Thanks, man.

JULIE: When we come back, I will open up this envelope

and reveal who the grand prize winner of "Big Brother" is.

Back after this.

How you doing, Julie?

I'm OK.

JULIE: Welcome back.

After days, it has come down to this.

The viewers have made their decision.

With % of the vote, the grand prize winner is Eddie.

Oh, man.

JULIE: Congratulations, Eddie.

Thank you, Julie.

JULIE: And congratulations to you too, Josh,

because you got second place.

You get grand.

I can't complain.

JULIE: And we've got some people to help you celebrate this.

How did all these people stay so quiet?

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Congratulations, Eddie.

Thank you.

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JULIE: Kiara.

I don't know how all of you managed

to stay so quiet back there.

We were trying so hard.

JULIE: All right, I'll tell you what.

Eddie, I'm going to give you this.

I need you to take a seat.

All right.

JULIE: Gather your thoughts, enjoy your moment.

I'm going to walk Josh and his family out.

If you want to come around this way, I'll lead the way.

He made that for you.

JULIE: Hey, Josh.

I think you've got a lot of others who

want to see you on the outside.

Josh, I'll see you outside.

JULIE: Gs.

What are you going to do with it, Josh?

Well, this little girl is going to college for sure.

JULIE: She's like, I'm too young what college is right now,

but I'm going.

All right, congratulations.

Best of luck to you on the outside world.

I'm sure I'll be seeing you again.

Nice meeting you all.

Same here.

JULIE: The public is waiting for you, Josh.

Thank you.

JULIE: Bye bye.

Bye bye.

When we come back, we will talk to Eddie, who is now

half a million dollars richer.

Welcome back.

I am here with the grand prize winner of "Big Brother USA."

Eddie, congratulations.

Thank you.

JULIE: How do you feel right now?

I'm just awestruck.

I did not expect to win.

I am just--

I can't even describe it, to tell you the truth.

It's just wild.

It is wild right now.

My heart is pumping like you wouldn't believe.

I have to remind myself to breathe.

JULIE: Are you sweating?

Because your face looks redder than it was.

Yes, I'm dying here.

JULIE: Understandably so.

Since Wednesday, when it was the three of you guys left

in the house, come on, you must have

fantasized that you would be sitting here right now,

maybe think--

did your gut tell you you could be the winner?

No, it didn't.

Honestly, I thought it'd be Josh.

And I wasn't sure between Curtis and I who would take second.

JULIE: Why would you think that the public would

vote Josh to win and not you?

You got % of the vote.

I know.

I don't know.

JULIE: And Curtis got .

I know.

Man, I don't know.

You know, Josh is, he's a great guy.

All-American kid, valedictorian, just he's great.

You know, Curtis is a hard working young man.

He's going to be going places in life, and I just I wasn't sure,

you know?

I didn't have anything to tell me otherwise.

JULIE: What are you going to do with the money?

I will--

I'm going to go back to New York to take care of some

of financial responsibilities.

I'm going to sit down with my little brother,

have a long talk about his education,

and what he wants to pursue.

But further than that, look to be wise, put it aside.

But one thing I will tell you this,

I am going to look forward to having

a real great holiday season.

JULIE: I'm sure you will.

Shall we go face your public, Eddie?

Yes.

Oh, wow.

JULIE: Congratulations again.

Hey, thanks a lot.

I appreciate it.

JULIE: You feel like you're dreaming right now?

You have no idea.

JULIE: Say goodbye to all this loveliness.

Goodbye, house.

JULIE: Although--

I'll just leave that on the table?

JULIE: I think we'll let you back in to get what you want.

Appreciate it.

Julie, thank you very much.

JULIE: Hey.

Congratulations.

ALL: [chanting] Eddie. Eddie.

Eddie. Eddie.

Eddie. Eddie.

Eddie.

Eddie.

JULIE: So as this season of "Big Brother" comes to an end,

we want to thank all of you for joining

us for the last three months.

Your participation made this truly an interactive show.

You changed the lives of people.

In the beginning, none of us knew if these people would

become strangers in a strange land,

or create a brave new world for themselves.

Now we know.

They lived, you watched.

Goodnight.

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