Candy

* S12

**Candy** (*also known as DJ Candy*) is the Sole Survivor of *Season 14*. She originally competed as a houseguest from *Big Brother 1*. She would first compete as a castaway in *Season 12*.

A controversial houseguest known for her plucky attitude and close relationship with AT, she played the pivotal 'swing vote' role in the season's first two evictions, allowing her to make the jury phase. She never committed to a side fully, however, and once her target Liam was vetoed in Week Three, Jon nominated her at Snowball's discretion. After a tied vote, Jon chose to evict her, placing 7th.

She returned as a castaway and AT’s loved one for *Season 12*. After she was both eliminated and brought back at the hands of her loved one, she feared her game was suffering because of the returnee. To separate herself from AT strategically, she flipped against him during a crucial vote; once AT won immunity the following round, however, the target transferred onto Candy by default, leading to her elimination.

Now playing without her owner, her return in *Season 14* saw her exhibit resilience and edge, while also displaying better control of her mouth. Directing the majority alliance with her second-in-command Tuesday, they would run almost the entire game together. Reaching the end, she was commended for her leadership and her growth. After a tied vote with frenemy Mugabe, she received Tuesday’s tie-breaker jury vote because of her loyalty, making Candy the season's Sole Survivor.

## Controversies While In The Big Brother House

June 19: Candy was seen inappropriately touching houseguests' personal belongings. In one scene, she jokingly attempted to touch AJ's and Jon's with an ice cream scooper. She tried to attempt the same on AT, however he blocked his. Later Candy walked up to AT, who was having a massage at the time, and rubbed his feet. However, no houseguests complained about Candy's actions. Production later discussed her actions on the live feeds with her and warned her of future actions.

June 19: Candy and AT were outside on the hammocks when she said that her stomach was tanning as dark as black puffle Dark. AT later responded with, "Bruh". Candy agreed and said if she stayed in the sun for another two days that she would "dehydrate". Production later discussed her actions on the live feeds and warned her of future actions.

June 19: Candy was lying down in the upstairs lounge with AT and Liam where she quoted a Drake lyric. "I did go zero to 100 Sc\*tt, real quick." Immediately realizing what she had done with an "oops", Candy began to continue the song to cover the mistake up and to infer to the live feed audience that she was not a loser. Neither AT or Liam reacted to what she said.

June 19: Candy was in the HOH room talking with Promise, Liam, and Snowball about how the word "heck" is considered a derogatory/offensive word. She then compared the word to how "AT and sexy or Sc\*tt and loser" are not the same thing. Promise was instantly offended and lectured Candy to never use the word again. This controversy sparked a conversation between the two that was not shown on the Live Feeds, but was made the focus of the June 19, 2019 episode (Episode 1).

June 19: AT was trying to fall asleep when Candy woke him up asking "Are you a real man?" indirectly asking if he was manly. In response, AT stated that he was. Candy then said that "There was a comment that you are a wimp." AT asked "who said that" and Candy said that she did. Candy then attempted to touch AT's Granny Smith apple multiple times while he swatted her away repeatedly.

June 19: Candy was in a discussion with #PrideMonth and Promise when she began discussing how "they" (Jons) act the way they do. Candy began saying that “Jon should suck it” and “go find an Australian”. She later said “go to Australia and go get you one" saying “that’s what ‘they’ do.”

June 19: Candy was in a discussion with Promise on Big Brother: After Dank on how Promise is “(you’re) the only pink puffle I know that hates pink puffles.” After a laugh by Promise, Candy responds with "Yes, you do. Like normal pink puffles. You don’t like them [any] more than I do."

June 19: Candy was in the bathroom.

June 19: AT was in the middle of sleeping when Candy crawled into his bed. She began to kiss and cradle his flipper after AT told her that he did not want to sleep with her. Candy claims that AT was having a nightmare and that she was only trying to comfort him. AT has said that he doesn't recall any of the events and did not believe they really happened until production told him.

June 19: Jon was using the toilet when Candy decided to open and tie the door open. Jon then yelled at Candy to shut the door repeatedly, however, Candy did not. Jon then called out to production and the feeds cut. The feeds returned with a fight between Candy and Snowball after Snowball blasted Candy for her actions. Candy claims that Jon was attempting to scare her as a prank when she opened the door, and so she left it open in retaliation. Both of these actions led to Candy getting another warning from production, with AT and Jon both speaking to production as well, explaining that they did not feel unsafe due to her actions, with Jon having a private discussion with EP Anthony James Neale. Jon later told to Snowball that he does not "want to get [Candy] in trouble". Production also told Candy she is no longer allowed to sleep in the same bed as AT.

June 19: Candy, Liam, #PrideMonth, and Snowball were all in the HOH room where they were talking about "Snickers" candy and other goods that come in the HOH basket. Candy repeated the word and began chuckling, and many fans believe that she said the s-word once again, after being warned not to following an earlier incident with Promise. This incident led to production meeting and discussing whether or not to expel Candy due to her constant controversy after being warned multiple times, and through a vote it was determined that she would stay in the game for the time being.

June 19: During Candy's speech during the live eviction, she had to be censored out multiple times due to inappropriate language. She first said that "everyone's been messing around all week". She would later go on to say "you can all suck it except for you, AJ, cause I know you have been getting that Burger King 2 for 5 deal." Referring to bad food and using the Burger King that AT hails from. Finally as she was walking to the door, she then turned and attempted to flip off everyone in the house as she spun around, but she didn't have hands.

## Season 14: Puffle Island III

Beginning on Kotikini, Candy was one of the few puffles to not be shocked by the Instant Merge twist. Immediately, she apologized to the other castaways for her previous controversial actions while in the Big Brother house and on her previous season, condemning her use of offensive language such as “wimp” and “loser”, and for entering the bathroom. This apology was well received and made her an approachable figure at camp.

Wanting to prove herself as independent, Candy had already gone to work on getting numbers for the vote before the challenge, beginning to talk Raspberry and Ball over to her side. Like many of the other castaways, she set her sights on the socially unaware Lewis.

She succeeded in winning the inaugural individual immunity along with Lewis and chose to send Ball on the Forest Quest. With her target now immune, she began to go after his closest ally, Smegma. Around this time, she approached Tuesday and asked him to be in her alliance. Unknown to her, he had been gathering a coalition of his own in Mugabe and Villager. They agreed to combine their two alliances and struck up a sub-alliance with just the two of them. Candy was seen to be the leader of this new mega-alliance, and together they easily voted out Smegma.

Candy assumed that the alliance would easily vote off Lewis once he had lost the immunity challenge but was shocked when Ball alerted her of Villager’s plan to flip against her with the outsiders. After reaffirming their allegiance, the remaining four, along with Blue, still stuck with Candy in eliminating Lewis as planned.

Once the Tribe Swap occurred, Mugabe would select Candy to join the tribe in the schoolyard pick. Candy herself would pick Raspberry, him being her closest ally after Tuesday was chosen by Tina. Although separated from her partner, she was confident in her new position; everyone on her new tribe was in her alliance on Kotikini, sans an easy target in Villager. Not wanting to take any risks in allowing Villager to make it past the swap, Candy threw the following immunity challenge for Tino, with the intent of disposing of Villager that night. Out of the blue, Mugabe approached Candy and bragged that he would be voting with Villager that night to vote her out. Angered by his cockiness, the two got into a fight, after which Candy went to Raspberry and threatened that if he flipped his vote, he would be voted out soon after her. This intimidated Raspberry into staying firmly loyal to her. At Tribal Council, she was put into a tie against Mugabe. Luckily, Villager flipped on the re-vote, sending Mugabe to Redemption Iceberg instead in a close call, and giving Candy a 2-1 numbers advantage. At the next immunity challenge, though Candy planned on throwing it once again, she was approached by Tuesday and asked to allow his tribe to throw the challenge instead to eliminate Tina. She decided to oblige, allowing Tino to win the final pre-merge challenge.

With the tribes merging into Pikorunga the very next round, Candy had accomplished her secondary goal of making it to the merge again. Although happy to be reunited with Tuesday and all the rest of her alliance, she was less-than-thrilled to see Mugabe return to the game via Redemption Iceberg and planned to permanently eliminate him at the first opportunity. However, Tuesday was able to gradually warm Candy up into forgiving Mugabe for the sake of their game, although she still did not fully trust him. Blue was brought into the group by Tuesday as well, and the four broke off from the main alliance into their own group. At the immunity challenge, Candy had a large lead over the remaining competition late in the challenge, but ended up eliminated after being targeted by Blue in the challenge's closing moments. This led Candy to accuse Blue of targeting her, although the latter denied it. Raspberry, the immunity winner, chose to send Candy on the Forest Quest, although she would come back with nothing. While the group of four began to become apparent to some of the other castaways, Candy was still successful in having Villager finally voted out.

After Tribal Council, Raspberry called out the group, but Candy refused to engage in a rebuttal. At the following immunity challenge, Candy would come in second to Blue, again frustrating her, but Blue would choose to send Candy on the Forest Quest to make it up to her. Candy, however, would activate the Free-For-All, which gave every castaway an opportunity to obtain an advantage. Candy herself would receive the Ice Idol, which she planned to get rid of as soon as possible. While she mused about blindsiding the unpredictable Mugabe, it was all for naught as he decided to use his Rogi Rosary. Instead, she organized a split vote between the two puffles not in the main group of four: Ball and Raspberry, with the latter being the primary target due to him being a more aggressive player in Candy's eyes. While Candy used her Ice Idol on Raspberry, it would be cancelled out by his Lunar Locket, but with Ball playing his Water Wand and forcing a tie, Candy still got her way, and Raspberry was eliminated in the following re-vote.

Although the Final Five were all loyal members of Candy's original alliance, Ball was the clear outsider. Once again, however, Candy began to plot to eliminate Mugabe should he not win immunity. Although Candy herself fell behind early in the challenge, she was asked by Tuesday to continue making high bids to allow him to win. She continued to do so, allowing Tuesday to narrowly win immunity over Mugabe. With Mugabe now vulnerable, and with Tuesday's notably abrupt encouragement, Candy decided to make her move. She told Mugabe that the target had flipped from Ball to Blue, while telling Blue to vote Mugabe with her and Tuesday. Wanting to ensure her own safety should Mugabe find out, Candy set out to find the hidden immunity idol, managing to unearth it just a short while later. At Tribal Council, she decided to play it for Blue instead, assuming votes were likely going her way. Instead, the votes came Candy's way, and to her surprise she was put in a re-vote against Ball after the votes tied between them 2-2. Realizing she had been played, Candy congratulated her competition and gave them kudos for the move. This was premature, however, as she would survive the re-vote 2-1 after Mugabe figured out Tuesday's plan.

While Candy was infuriated with Tuesday, she chose to hold her tongue and allow Mugabe to blow up on him instead. With Mugabe revealing his Snack Strand, Tuesday begged for Candy to not abandon him. While initially hesitant, she agreed as a means to get his jury vote should he be eliminated, and also because she viewed him as a non-factor at Final Tribal Council should he somehow survive the vote. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Candy once again seemed poised in a position to win. Blue, however, used her last remaining moves to block Candy in, ensuring neither would win immunity. Furious, Candy snapped at Blue for once again denying her an immunity win. Despite Mugabe winning the challenge, Candy was in no danger of being voted out herself as a result of the feud between Mugabe and Tuesday. While it appeared that Tuesday would be headed to the jury that night, Blue announced that she wished to be voted out instead. Having been ready to cast her vote for Blue anyways, Candy enthusiastically agreed. She ignored Mugabe's attempts to get her to vote out Tuesday, and at Tribal Council, a hinky vote cast by Blue against Candy would seal her fate, with Mugabe finally letting Blue go on the re-vote. With Blue's elimination, Candy had finally reached the end.

At the Final Tribal Council, she stated that her goal had been to not only show that she was a better player, but a better puffle as well. She preached her case by explaining that she was the leader of a successful alliance throughout the entire game, came out on top of multiple attempted coups, and managed to play with a much fairer conduct than before. She also finally revealed her undercover partnership with Tuesday, to which she was given all the credit for by the jury (much to Tuesday’s chagrin). Although she was met with criticism from Blue for what she perceived as bouts of bratty behavior, the jury was overall impressed with the new Candy that had emerged this season. When critiqued about not managing her threat level well, she rebuked that despite her apparent status, she never needed an advantage and she was never voted out, something that only herself and Tuesday could say.

Despite a compelling Final Tribal Council performance, the vote still ended up tied between her and Mugabe, leaving the tie-breaking vote to Tuesday. Respecting their partnership and her more sure-handed playstyle, Tuesday chose to give his vote to Candy, making her the winner of *Season 14*, and ending her pursuit for redemption.

## Trivia

* She was named after the DJ from The Sims, Candy Behr, who herself is likely based off of "professional dancer" Candy Barr.
* Candy only voted "for" penguins and "against" puffles on *Big Brother 1*.
* Candy was the only puffle to outlast a penguin contestant in *Season 12*.
	+ However, she was initially voted out before Cooper, and only accomplished this by returning to the game.
* Candy is the second puffle, and third castaway overall to win following a tied jury vote
	+ She was preceded by Rogi in *Season 10*, and her owner AT in *Season 12*.