Nathan McBride

**Nathan McBride** is the runner-up of *Big Brother 1 (US)*. He later returned for *Big Brother 7 (US)*.

Despite being the runner-up of his respective season, Nathan was regarded as one of the best players in his season by the fans. He started the game trying to bond with his fellow housemates, trying to make it to the latter half of the game by being quiet and not being noticed. However, a change in plans had to be made when Nathan won the Head of Household competition in Week 4. Nathan decided to stay safe and nominated Adam McCormack and Sawyer Gossett, as they were targets to the house at the time. Despite Adam being his main target, Sawyer became frustrated. He won the Power of Veto, and it later led to a season-long power struggle between the two after that week. During the jury phase of the game, Nathan formed a final two alliance with Tiana Del'Rio, as he and her were friends in the house, and he thought he had a better chance of winning against her. This led to a rivalry between those two, and Sawyer and Gabrielle Fraser. It came to a head at the Double Eviction, when Gabrielle was the victim of the Double. At the Final Three, Nate won the Final Head of Household competition and voted out Sawyer. When it came time for the jury to vote, he thought he had the votes to win the game. However, the jury didn't respect the fact that he betrayed multiple allies to get to where he needed to be, ending in him getting second place. He became the first runner-up in the show's history.

Despite not winning, many of the fans have debates online as to if he truly deserved to win or not. However, many of the fans do agree that he lost as a result of a bitter jury.

Returning for *Big Brother 7* as one of the fan favorites, Nathan did not disappoint. He was able to mend things over with both of his rivalries in Dante Mullins and Gabrielle Fraser from their original season, and aligned himself with the other runners-up, playing along with the Winners vs Runners-up war. Meanwhile, he was able to bond with almost everyone, once again setting himself up for the win. When he won HOH the fifth week, he was done playing games, and took out a winner in Candace Benoit. He later was able to join in a four-person alliance with Jessie Hughes, Jalen Everett and Spencer Montgomery to keep him safe. This alliance ended up saving him during the Final Eight when Dominique Terry used this to her advantage to take out rival Xavier Folkestad. However, the four-person alliance were thinking long-term and started to systematically take out the rest of the house. This almost worked, until Omar Nair won HOH at the Final Five and took out Jalen, but this didn't bother Nathan, as Jalen wasn't as strong of a member as the other three were in the alliance. They took out Omar, and Nathan, Jessie and Spencer got their goal of being the Final Three. However, Nathan was seen as too big of a threat sitting in the Final Two, as he would've been the only person ever to make the Final Two twice, thus leading to Final HOH Jessie Hughes evicting Nathan at the Final Three, becoming the final member of the jury.

Due to his popularity, strategic presence, and competition history, Nathan is known as one of the best players to never win.

## Biography

**Age:** 22
**Hometown:** San Diego, CA
**Occupation:** Engineering Student
**Three adjectives that describe you:** Introverted, Sneaky, and Geeky
**Favorite activities:** Being a geek over the forums, being on my computer, and watching TV.
**What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house?**

Having to actually not be an introvert. I don't hate people, but it's gonna be hard to break the habit of staying quiet.
**Do you have a strategy for winning the game?**

To not be noticed by the house for the first half, and then steal the $500,000 when it's too late for anyone to notice me in the game.
**What would you take into the house and why?**

- A book

- My video games

- My parents
**Fun facts about yourself:**

- I was bullied in school unfortunately

- I'm gay

## Player History - *Big Brother 1 (US)*

### HOH History

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

**Tiana** | N/A

## Trivia

* Nathan is the first ever runner-up of the United States edition of Big Brother.
	+ Nathan is the first gay runner-up.
	+ Nathan is the first member of the LGBTQ+ community to make it to the final two.
	+ Nathan is the first ever runner-up to not receive any votes during the end of the game.
* Nathan is the first person to ever break a tie-vote.
	+ Nathan is the first person to vote as an HOH.
		- Nathan is the first person to vote as an HOH twice in a single season.
* Nathan is the first person to ever win the Final Head of Household competition.
	+ Nathan is the first person to become the Final Head of Household and not go on to win the season.
* Nathan is tied for the most amount of the days spent in the Big Brother House with Spencer Montgomery, with 168 days.