Marek

**Marek** (marek#4143) placed 7th in Big Brother Season 1.

Starting the game active and aware, Marek would find himself in a good early position when in the social periphery of power players. Additionally, his tight early duo with James saw them sharing info from all sides of the house. Upon winning the Week 2 HOH, Marek narrowly avoided exposing himself fully and gaining enemies when he had a small nomination pool due to the twist. This would allow him to stay completely protected on all sides for weeks to come. In Week 4, Marek would aggressively push to save the inactive Tony over Brayden simply due to boredom in the game with how many easy votes there had been. This would backfire, when a tight 5 - 3 vote saw Brayden stay in the house instead. He would initially lie and get Ryan to back up his lie unknowingly, blaming Jesse for the vote and promising others it was not him. However, seeing that Josh was outing him in a panic, Marek decided to come clean to HOH Brayden and the rest of the game. While this made his target a lot bigger, the Duos Twist would benefit his game when HOH Brayden did not want to risk his new ally Jesse going home, saving him from nomination. In Week 6, Marek was faced with a majority of the rumors about him in the Rumor Has It twist, making it quite apparent that the house was firmly against him as a unit. With HOH Hao ready to backdoor him should the veto be used, Marek was able to win a clutch veto and send the house reeling when he went on to use the veto on house target James, keeping them both safe for the week. Following the eviction, Robbie would call a house meeting to smear Marek’s name and rub in his face that he was on the outs twice in a row. This greatly annoyed Marek, who felt Ryan was controlling the opposing side (as well as the game as a whole) but he was somehow being labeled a mastermind manipulator despite being on the bottom since pre jury. It lit a fire under his ass, as he became determined to outlast his opposition in the game. During Week 7, Marek would win a clutch HOH immediately following the house meeting, sending the majority into panic mode. He would nominate Leon as a pawn with Robbie as “the target,” with plans to backdoor Ryan if the veto was used. Unfortunately, when Ryan was picked for veto, Leon and Robbie would gang up with him on the other players and obviously throw the competition to Ryan. This would be followed by an LOS play by Leon, ensuring all 3 of his potential targets safety for the week. Marek would go on to nominate Hao and Jesse, calling his HOH a “flop” but hoping he could pull out Jesse staying to weaken Ryan’s game. In Week 8, Marek would hit the block as Leon’s main target due to his competition prowess and overwhelming threat level in the game due to earlier social play. He would narrowly miss saving his game when he lost veto by only a handful of points, leading to him having to campaign the seemingly impossible to evict James over himself. Choosing to campaign only about how James was technically a bigger threat than him due to being unlikely to be evicted compared to himself, this would not change minds as the house was too worried about his competition prowess. In the end, Marek was unsurprised to be evicted in a 4 - 0 vote, leaving the house some choice parting words that truly stirred the pot. He is remembered for his pleasantly sassy demeanor in confessionals, referring to many inactive players as “irrelevant.”