Austin Matelson

Austin Matelson was a houseguest on Big Brother 17. For a majority of the game, he remained with his showmance Liz Nolan and her sister Julia Nolan and was a part of the Sixth Sense alliance. For many weeks, he never touched the block, until he was finally nominated on Day 78, being the second houseguest in Big Brother history to never be nominated since that day.

When he was re-nominated by Vanessa Rousso in Week 12, he was blindsided and evicted by her with a tied vote. He placed 5th.

He was extemely bitter at Vanessa for betraying and evicting him. After she evicted him, he told her that she will not win, and after reaching the jury house he said he will make sure that Vanessa does not win and told the other jury members that her game was flawed. On finale night, he was still bitter at Vanessa and hoped she would get evicted. Ultimately, he got his wish and Vanessa became the 9th and final member of the jury.

Biography
Austin grew up with four younger siblings, all girls. His parents were hippies who let him stop going to school before eighth grade! Although he was never pushed to study, he was always self-disciplined and got up at 6 AM to read and exercise. It paid off, as he later received a Masters degree in Medieval History and fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a pro wrestler. He is known as the wrestler Judas. His looks are deceiving, as he is a flower child who does a yoga stance as opposed to beating down his opponent.

Trivia

 * Austin is the third houseguest on BB17 to be a dethroned and permanent HoH.
 * Austin was originally supposed to be on BB16, but did not go through with it, ironically, due to his commitment with his girlfriend.
 * He is the first person to be evicted by a tie-breaker since Amanda Zuckerman and the first male to be evicted by a tie-breaker since Jeff Schroeder.
 * Despite asking Julie Chen to be on The Bold & The Beautiful his rivals Jason, Meg, James and John did appear on the show.