Lorde

*I've seen what needs to be done to make it to the end. This is my first round putting what I've seen to the test, and I think it's worked quite well. - Lorde, BB3*

***Lorde*** was the winner of both BB3 and BB8. She was also the second runner-up of BB4.

## Gameplay Personality

*I started in a good position, yeah, but so did the rest of you, and the reason my position continued to get better over the course of the game as opposed to yours was **because I was making the best moves to situate myself in better positions as the game progressed**. I openly admit I was looking out for myself above anyone, and I made the moves I believed would help me the most in coming weeks as opposed to others. **That** is why I am here. - Lorde, BB4*
## Big Brother 3: Out of the Box

In BB3, Lorde played an incredibly under the radar game. She navigated her way through the game with the *Galactic Empire* she helped to found with NP, Blakers, Violet, and mirdo. Early on she worked mostly with her alliance and used her connections to keep herself safe. She didn't begin to make big moves until the later weeks, where she managed to eliminate every big contender of the game, most notably breaking a tie to evict Violet. A mix of having her closest allies on the jury, and her late game momentum won her the game in a 5-1-0 vote.

### Comp History

**Note:** 1 Mariano was given an automatic HOH upon returning to the game through the Long Road Back twist.

## Big Brother 4: House of Horrors

In BB4, Lorde shook up her game, taking her game into her own hands from the beginning. She was a member of multiple groups, such as the *Fab Five*, *Knife Sandwich*, and other groups. Despite being a past winner, Lorde managed to avoid being a public enemy, and was in the good graces of most of the game. She was in the majority every single time she cast a vote, and managed to make it to the finale without ever being nominated. However, stigma against a two-time winner being a real possibility finally caught up to her, as the jury was largely against the idea. Her defining misstep, however, was failing to display the groundwork: forming and being part of tons of early game alliances (it is now known that bringing this information to light would have won her the game). This lost her the game in a 4-3-1 vote, only receiving 1 vote to win. She did, however, get to break the tie between TE and Blakers, breaking it in Blakers' favor.

## Big Brother 8: Friends & Enemies

In BB8, Lorde played one of the strongest games in PBB history. After laying low Week 1, she set up a flawless HOH reign Week 2 through her “Chip Week” strategy, getting information that allowed her to ascertain all the alliances in the game while still getting out the one player targeting her in the game, Ephemera. In Week 3, she formed Azalea and worked her way into their trust, learning about Violet’s Bag of Bounty advantage and Raven’s possession of the Backdoor Blockade, along with simultaneously eliminating Jade and getting him to convince Mae and Brave to join her in the La Revolución alliance. In Week 4, she used her accumulated info to flip Mirdo against Violet, toppling the player who was controlling the game up to that point and putting herself in control. From there, she became a target, but won the competitions she needed to keep herself safe and take out her opposition, being the ultimate cause of Mirdo’s final flip on Raven. Even when her back was against the wall, she managed to coach her ally Flour into winning competitions and manipulated Mirdo into taking out Brave instead of Flour. She then won out in the competitions during the final two weeks, first eliminating her greatest rival in Mirdo and then making it to the finale with her closest ally in Flour. On account of her dominance throughout the game, she won by a unanimous 5-0 vote, becoming the first winner of PBB to win in a Perfect Game.

### Comp History

**Note:** 1 As outgoing HOH, Lorde did not get to pick her competition status for Temptation Week, and was unable to compete for the Backdoor Blockade.

## Trivia

* She has hosted:
	+ Big Brother 1: Winter Escape with Jesi.
	+ Big Brother 2: Clique Collision with TAE.
	+ Big Brother 5: Game Changer solo.
	+ Big Brother 9: Arcade with Lily.
	+ Big Brother 10: Scramble & Conquer with Celever.
	+ Big Brother 12: Beach, also with Celever.
		- Lorde has hosted more seasons than anyone else, with 6 mainline games.
		- Lorde is one of two hosts to host multiple seasons with the same person (that being Celever).
* Across all of her seasons, Lorde has always voted in the majority.
* Lorde is the first winner to finish a Perfect Game, followed by NP.
* Lorde is the first player to reach the finale twice. She would be followed by Flour, NP, Ephemera and mirdo.
	+ Lorde is also the first player to make it to the finale three times. She would be followed by Flour.