Rachel Reilly

 is the winner of Big Brother 13, who first appeared on Big Brother 12.

In Season 12, Rachel caused significant drama for her overbearing personality, which led to her getting into verbal fights with her fellow houseguests. When she was nominated against her only ally Brendon Villegas in week 5, she was evicted unanimously for being seen as the more significant threat of the duo. She placed 9th and was the first member of the jury. She would cast her jury vote for Lane Elenburg, feeling he had played the best social game.

She returned to the game in Big Brother 13 as part of the season duo twist, being partnered with her now husband. When the duo twist was released back onto the house for a week, her second partner was. Rachel dominated in competitions; winning 4 HoHs and 2 PoVs. Rachel ultimately won the game in a close 4-3 jury vote.

Despite her constant irritation to houseguests and viewers, she and Brendon ("Brenchel") developed a huge fan base. Due to her competition prowess, she is considered one of the greatest physical players in the show's history, having won every endurance competition she competed.

Biography
Retrieved from CBS.com

Big Brother 12
Name: Rachel Reilly

Age: 26

Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.

Occupation: Chemistry Graduate Student/VIP Cocktail Waitress

Three adjectives that describe you: Bubbly, effervescent and adventurous

Favorite activities: Painting, working out, doing anything outdoors, watching movies with friends, playing with my dog, getting dressed up and going on dates.

What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house: Having your entire life televised

Strategy for winning Big Brother: I would hustle like I do at work when I get men to buy me champagne.

What types of people would you NOT choose to live with you in the house: Negative people - those who don't see the beauty in life and don't understand how fortunate we are to be alive.

'A recurring theme on Big Brother'' is "expect the unexpected." How would you handle "the unexpected:"''' I would welcome it - I'm always expecting the unexpected. My life in Vegas is like a show; I welcome the spice of life. Bring it on!

Which past Big Brother cast member did you like most or least: I like Laura the most because she stuck up for what she believed.

What are you afraid of: I hate spiders!!!!!!

Finish this sentence: "My life's motto is:" Try everything out the world has to offer and always keep a smile on your face. Make the world a better place.

Is there anything else you want the fans to know about yourself: I have so many facets to my personality. I'm a model, a cocktail server, a chemist, a student, a charity head... I have life experiences to share.

Post Big Brother

 * In late 2011, Rachel & Brendon competed on the twentieth season of The Amazing Race as an engaged couple and ultimately finished in third place.
 * Rachel & Brendan married on September 8th, 2012.
 * In late 2013, Rachel & Brendon competed on the second All-Stars season of The Amazing Race as a team of newlyweds. Brendon & Rachel won three legs and became the first team to make it to the final leg twice. However, Brendon & Rachel finished the race in third place again.
 * During her pregnancy, Rachel competed on a Big Brother edition of The Price is Right Primetime Special that aired on May 24, 2016. Rachel and her partner, Lisa won $3,000 while playing their pricing game. However, Rachel and Lisa failed to make it to the Showcase Showdown.
 * Rachel & Brendon's first child, a daughter named Adora Borealis Villegas, was born on April 8th, 2016.
 * Rachel returned in Big Brother: Over The Top to host an HOH competition.
 * Rachel returned to sing a musical number in the premiere HOH competition of Celebrity Big Brother 1 (US) alongside former houseguests Paul Abrahamian, Jodi Rollins, Cody Nickson, Jessica Graf, and Jessie Godderz.

Trivia

 * Rachel is the only female houseguest in Big Brother 12 to win HOH twice. In fact, she won 2 of the 3 HOH's won by a female in her season.
 * Rachel has made an appearance in every season of Big Brother since her inaugural season except Big Brother 19.
 * In seasons 12 and 13, she was a contestant, in season 14, she appeared as a punishment by Pandora's Box for Ian Terry, in season 15, she was seen handing the key to her sister and contestant Elissa Slater, in season 16, she appeared as a guest commentator, in season 17 she and Brendon announced her pregnancy, and in season 18, when she was in a segment showing her newborn baby, Adora.
 * Rachel appeared in Big Brother 14, in a video for Ian Terry which he had to watch after he opened Pandora's Box. She annoyed Ian and gave him advice on how to win the game, useless to anyone but herself. Ironically, he did end up winning the game.
 * Rachel, Mike "Boogie" Malin and Nicole Franzel, are the only Houseguests to win the game on their second attempt.
 * Coincidentally, both her and Malin were the fifth Houseguest evicted in the first season that they played.
 * Rachel is the only winner to have a sibling play in a future season.
 * Rachel is the third House Guest (and second female) to win the first Head of Household competition and then win the game following Lisa Donahue and Hayden Moss. She would be followed by Nicole Franzel
 * Rachel shares the record for earliest multiple HoH wins with Jessie Godderz, having won the first HoH and the third HoH in her second season.
 * Rachel is tied with Steve Moses and Morgan Willett for being the most nominated winner in Big Brother history, with 5.
 * Rachel is tied with Ian Terry and Steve Moses for the most competitions won by a winner in a single season of Big Brother, with 6.
 * She is the first and only female to accomplish this.
 * Rachel is one of ten Houseguests that have played in back-to-back seasons (the others being Janelle Pierzina, Kaysar Ridha, Howie Gordon, James Rhine, Jessie Godderz, Brendon Villegas, Da'Vonne Rogers, James Huling, and Paul Abrahamian).
 * Rachel has eight competitions won in total (6 HoHs 2 PoVs).
 * She ties for the most HoH wins in multiple seasons with Janelle Pierzina and Paul Abrahamian with six.
 * Rachel is one of eleven houseguests who has crossed over to or from another CBS reality show. The other nine being Alison Irwin, Jeff Schroeder, Jordan Lloyd, Brendon Villegas, Cody Nickson, and Jessica Graf who later appeared on The Amazing Race; Hayden Moss and Caleb Reynolds who competed on Survivor; and Jeff Weldon and Jackie Ibarra, who were originally from The Amazing Race, being the first to cross over into Big Brother.
 * Rachel and Brendon are the only two to cross over twice, with both times being on The Amazing Race.
 * Rachel won every endurance competition that she took part in(Going Banana's, Due Go Over, and Big Brother Mixer)
 * Rachel and Elissa are the third pair of relatives to compete on Big Brother. Michael Ellis and Nakomis Dedmon along with Adria Klein and Natalie Carroll are the first with Dick and Daniele Donato being the second.
 * They would later be followed by Liz and Julia Nolan, Cody and Paulie Calafiore, and Tiffany and Vanessa Rousso.
 * Rachel and Elissa are the first pair of relatives to play in separate seasons (Rachel on Season 12 and 13, and Elissa in Season 15). They would be followed by Cody and Paulie Calafiore, and Vanessa and Tiffany Rousso.