Jess

## Season History

**Jess** was a houseguest on Season 1.

Jess was arguably the most impactful player of the season. He started off the game placing 1st in the average trust rankings that would divide teams, but unlike Aiden, the other captain, he was able to hide his threat level, all the while throwing every most comps he played in. Jess made it to the final 5 without being nominated which was due to his social prowess. He formed many close relationships but most notably with Nam and was the most influential voice when it came to the strategy and voting in the season. At the final 5 where his once closest ally, Nam convinced Smoothie to renominate him. After failing to win the veto, he was renominated and was evicted through the HOH tiebreaker, placing 5th and becoming the 7th jury member.

## Biography

**Pronouns:** He/Him
**Timezone:** EST
**Do you have any BB player alumni that you love personally? Which of the BB alumni do you think best suit the kind of game you generally play as?**
If I didn’t have an BB alumni that I didn’t love then I wouldn’t be watching the show, I don’t obsess over things that actively piss me off. Lemme reach into my memory bank, you can’t go wrong with the Doctor himself. He just set the standard in the first ever season of the actual format, to be an entertaining character while also playing the hell out of the game. Some people forget you can do both. I used to be gamebotty as fuck until I realized that it’s boring? I don't know why it took me so long. Dan is an easy choice, BB10 is a top 5 season for me. Look, don’t hate me but Frankie Grande is so iconic… maybe not as a person but like BB16 would be nothing without miss Frankie. One of the most iconic modern LGBTQ+ players, KEVIN ROBERT MARTIN. There isn’t much to actually say about him but like, imagine winning out from like final 9. That’s fucking insane, I love winning comps. He’s an idol, he reminds me to try to exploit and break as many competitions as I can. Why am I all men right now, lemme add some great women. Danielle Reyes do I even have to say why? Vanessa Rousso… again do I even have to say why? TIFFANY FUCKING MITCHELL? Extremely disrespected. Britney Haynes might be the funniest houseguest of all time. I’m ranting, what’s the second question? Rhe kind of gameplay I generally play as doesn’t even really exist, I don't even know, like I don’t play the same every time. Vanessa except I don’t get into fights, yeah that’s the best answer I could really find.

**In a Big Brother ORG, are you the active houseguest type in targeting people or are you the passive houseguest type in baiting/setting people up for failure?**
I target people. ORGs have become so unpredictable to a point where trying to set things up and set bait is risky and can backfire even worse than failing a direct target. At least if you fail a direct target everyone knows who you’re going after and can be used as a shield in a sort of way. I’ve moved past my days of being passive. It was fun but going for the throat is funner! I’m not afraid of going hard for a full power week, I’m not afraid of a tie vote. I actively encourage getting blood on my hands early as it not only establishes me as a player who can win the game from the beginning instead of having to work twice as hard to gain jury respect. It invites people to want to use you for their plans to attack others. Which I’m fine with because I can read if i’m being used. Just makes it easier to make reads on the house.
**How would you describe the term "emotional manipulation" and to what lengths will you go for to achieve what you want in a game?**
Emotional manipulation… emotional manipulation is using someone’s emotions against them to take advantage and persuade them to do something they wouldn’t have done if they based their decision in logic? That’s harder to describe than I thought, I will and have gone to great lengths to get what I want, has it always worked… Welllllllll, no. They have to be a really vulnerable person for you to be able to do that, like ORGs are over discord, you don’t have body language, facial expressions, actual WORDS (unless you VC). In the real big brother house it’s much more common and easy because you actually form like
lasting friendships with people you live in a house with 24/7, in ORGs it’s very much different. I have tried many tactics before though. I mean I spent almost every day for a week in vc with a certain runner-up in an ORG I won, multiple hours. They are the most delusional person ever. But it was all to get them to take me to the end had they won Final HOH. Didn’t matter I won it anyways but they almost beat me and would’ve taken me and still lost. So I don’t regret it, just pounding into them my nonexistent loyalty throughout the entire game and stressing the fact everyone else was gonna beat them in a jury vote. It’s Not as impressive just being described out in my text but it was excruciating trust me, my only limit is actively hurting someone knowingly. If i hurt someone with a game decision like evicting them or something, I don’t care, but if it comes to bullying, no? I mean that shouldn’t even ever be allowed in the first place but to me it’s all on limit as long as I’m not being a true fucking asshole.
**What can you bring to the table that will make us want to choose you? Define to us the defining qualities of your character and how it makes you stand out, may it be personal or game-wise.**
I think most importantly, I’m extremely passionate and dedicated and being production and hosting in the past, that was always what I wanted out of player. Maybe y’all don’t value it the same but to me, the perfect season would be a fully active cast that all obviously tried their hardest to do everything to win. Low effort, inactivity, intentionally lazy gameplay
I just hate it, watching, hosting, or playing in a season, more competition is always better and I always bring the heat. As a sports fanatic my competitive edge has always been sharp, I’ve gotten suspended from school for fighting over games in GYM and RECESS. That’s not to say I’ll be a sore loser because I’ve moved past that immature phase in my life but only a few things piss me off more than losing. And you’re gonna have to take my word on this one because I’ve been trying my best to keep this application as tight and neat as possible. But i’m legitimately crazy, I ate the ketchup out of a ketchup packet two days ago just because I thought it would be funny and then I spat it all out, I wore a bear outfit to school and danced in the middle of class, I threw a cheese stick across the cafeteria and then got forced to do a 10 minute squat because of it… I dropped a bowling ball on the ground and it bounced up and caused a NOSEBLEED. There’s more. You need wild energy in your cast, I PROMISE YOU, you need the energy.

## Trivia

* Jess holds the record for being in the game the longest without being nominated, being nominated for the first time at the final 5.
* Jess is the first person to be evicted by the HOH tiebreaker.
* Jess voted every single week up until the final 5.