Michaela Waltz

**Michaela Waltz** was a houseguest on *Big Brother 6 (US)* and *Big Brother 7 (US)*.

In *Big Brother 6*, Michaela was best known for her impressive competition ability. She started off the game on a bad note when she was nominated during the second week as Hyunwoo Jung's target. She was able to save herself by winning the POV. Michaela would eventually be included in a girls alliance alongside Anastasia Sokolov, Blanca Reagan, and Ziyah Scott, which would eventually also include Radostina Petkova and Vivian Pinhosa. The alliance dominated the pre-jury but completely fell apart in the Double Eviction when Radostina and Vivian turned on the others. Looking for a backup plan, Michaela teamed up with Team Tilda members Hiro Kaneki and Nkechi Kabelo. This improved her position drastically as she was covered on all sides of the house. She could no longer play both sides when both Hiro and Ziyah were nominated during the Triple Eviction. In the end, Michaela chose to save Hiro and was the deciding vote to send Ziyah packing. From then on out, Hiro and Michaela were able to win their way to Final 4 where Michaela was evicted because of her competition prowess.

Michaela quickly became a fan favorite as a result of her Cinderella story and competitions wins. On finale night, the viewers awarded Michaela with America's Favorite Houseguest where she beat out Anastasia and Jay Walker for the award.

In *Big Brother 7*, Michaela returned to the game wanting to prove she could do well in the game without the help of Team Tilda. She was joined in the game by Team Tilda members Hiro Kaneki and Nkechi Kabelo, as well as her former ally, Ziyah Scott. Michaela found herself in a sticky situation early on when Nkechi won the first HOH and originally set out to target her. Michaela was able to mend fences with Ziyah and agree to stay loyal to one another, and through that was saved after Ziyah manipulated Nkechi into evicting Julian Kayne instead. Michaela still struggled to find her footing in the house as she was nominated during the second week by Brooklyn Clifford. She was able to win the fourth HOH where she evicted power player Alec Montoya. Her game would massively improve when the Double Eviction split the house in two and her and Ziyah were perfectly in the middle. They managed to survive week after week without being targeted, and forged close bonds with players like Addison Kasey and Ramani Copperman. In the endgame, Cecelia West, Juan Pablo Pérez and Zara Fae caught wind of their impressive positions and took them out one right after another in fifth and fourth place respectively.

## Biography

**Hometown:** Miami, Florida
**Occupation:** Fashion Designer
**Three adjectives that describe you:** Unapologetic, responsible, and wakeful.
**Favorite activities:** Socializing with people and uplifting others.
**What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house?**
Honestly the most difficult part about living in the house will 100% be the twists no one knows what is coming our way and that should scare everyone because if you cant prepare for a twist you will get picked off early and no one wants to be the first person booted from the house and have that title under there belt. i know that from first hand it is not fun to be a first boot at all. the second hand embarrassment of getting first boot is horrible and if a twist sends me out first cuz i wasn't prepared i would be so mad and furious with myself that is why i would immediately prepare myself for any twist thus upon entering the house.
**Do you have a strategy for winning the game?**
Upon entering the house I have one goal and that is to get on everyone's good sides and be an extremely social player. This will take the target off of me if they think I'm good with them. This will hopefully make up for the lack in my psychical game trust me when I say its bad its really really bad. Like I don't think I will actually win a comp if i get on this season. That is why i am planning on relying heavily on my social game if they trust me. They wont nom me. However I'm going to stick to one alliance that I feel comfortable with and stick with them to the end of the game while also maintaining neutral relationships with everyone so I wont be the first one targeted from the alliance I stick with. Basically if I would have to pick categories i would pick Social Butterfly and Floater. Believe it or not floating is actually something i go well with. People think floating is a bad strategy but it is completely one of the smarter ones. Making yourself a target by winning comps and voting in the minority is way too risky and wont get you far at all from my experience Floating will get you very far but when the end game hits its gonna be real hard to rely on that floating strategy and that is where my social game comes in if they all think i am there #1 they will keep me at f6 f5 f4 f3 and when i explain my game in the end hopefully the jury understands my game and awards me the win
**Which past Big Brother cast member did you like most?**
My favorite past houseguest is Annetta based off first impressions. I can tell she slayed her season and deserved her win. After getting evicted it is very easy to go back out right the door and she didn't she came back and won the whole thing that takes guts and nerve and she DID THAT. its already hard enough to win BB, but winning after being evicted is 100% harder and everyone knows that and i already have tons of respect for her winning after being evicted.
**My life motto is...** Be ready for the unexpected
**What would you take into the house and why?**
- I would take my weaknesses and use them to my advantage in the house
**Fun facts about yourself:**
- I play the violin.
- I'm Hispanic.

## Player History - *Big Brother 6 (US)*

### HOH History

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Player History - *Big Brother 7 (US)*

### HOH History

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Trivia

* Michaela won the most competitions of the women in *Big Brother 6*, with 6 wins.
* Michaela was the first member of Team Tilda to be evicted.
* Michaela holds the record for most overall days spent in the *Big Brother* house for a player who was not in one of the first five seasons, with 154 days.
	+ She is tied with Jennifer Vazquez for fourth most days spent by any player.
* Michaela was the first Hispanic-American HouseGuest to win the America's Favorite Houseguest award.
* Michaela was the highest placing former winner of America's Favorite Houseguest in All-Stars.