Josh Martinez

Josh Martinez is the winner of Big Brother 19 (US).

He was best known for his friendship with Christmas Abbott, banging pots and pans through the house, his DR confessionals, and heated arguments with several houseguests. At the first HoH competition, he took the golden apple which granted him immunity for the week because he believed he was a target. He then proceeded to lash out at Megan Lowder and call her a snake. He got into several heated arguments with Cody Nickson, Jessica Graf, Kevin Schlehuber, Elena Davies and Mark Jansen. On several occasions, he banged pots and pans which was a strategy Dick Donato used in BB8. The latter two combined with his emotional outbursts made him a target early on, but he eventually got his foot in the door and started working with Paul Abrahamian and Christmas. For the most part, he followed Paul's orders, but eventually, he realized Paul was making everyone else do his dirty work, and he saw how dominant Paul's game was. He then began using his goodbye messages to expose Paul's lies and, ultimately, thwarted his attempts to shift all blame onto him and Christmas. During the final weeks of the game, he contemplated turning on Paul several times, especially after winning the Final 5 HOH, but never actually did it. When he won the final HoH, he made a risky decision to take Paul to the final 2. His risky decision paid off as he was awarded the win in a 5-4 vote.

Post Big Brother

 * He returned for Celebrity Big Brother 1 (US) along with and fellow winners Ian Terry, Derrick Levasseur, and Nicole Franzel to explain how to win the game.

Trivia

 * Josh is tied with fellow HouseGuest Mark Jansen, Big Brother 11 HouseGuest Michele Noonan, Big Brother 15 HouseGuests Helen Kim and Elissa Slater, and Big Brother 18 HouseGuest Corey Brooks for the most weeks spent as a Have-Not in a single season with four.
 * Josh is the fifth HouseGuest to win HOH twice in Big Brother 19, following Paul, Alex, Jason, and Christmas respectively.
 * After Alex and Paul, he is the third to win it 3 times.
 * Josh is the first minority male winner and the second minority winner overall, following Jun Song.
 * Josh is the third Hispanic-American houseguest to make it to the final 2, following Ivette Corredero and Natalie Martinez.
 * He is the first one to win.