Frankie Grande

Frank James Michael "Frankie" Grande Marchione was a houseguest on Big Brother 16. Frankie is the brother of singer and actress Ariana Grande. For weeks Frankie hid this from his fellow cast members, but when his back was against the wall, he revealed his relationship to the singer as an attempt to win them back, to mixed responses.

After winning the first HOH competition of the season, Frankie established a relationship with co-HOH Caleb Reynolds that eventually led to the creation of the Bomb Squad, an eight-person alliance. After the leader of the alliance, Devin Shepherd, was evicted in Week 3, Frankie joined a new alliance called The Detonators which consisted of four other original Bomb Squad members.

Throughout the entire season, Frankie was consistently a target within the house due to his ability to win several competitions and for strategic moves in successfully backdooring original Bomb-Squad members and allies Amber and Zach during his HOH reigns.

When the BB Rewind Twist was introduced in Week 11, Frankie was adamant about pressing it, unknowingly nullifying his HOH and POV wins. He was evicted in the rewind week, after failing to win the same competitions, by a 2-0 vote, placing 5th and becoming the 7th member of the jury.

Like Derrick, Frankie is a self-proclaimed super-fan, and spent hours of his time talking to feeders, on the cameras. Unfortunately, he went from being the feeder's most loved to most hated houseguest. Please see controversies.

Biography
Frank "Frankie" James Michael Grande Marchione (born January 24, 1983), 31, is a YouTube blogger and older half-brother of pop and R&B singer Ariana Grande, from New York, New York. He is originally from Boca Raton, Florida. He is openly gay.

On week four, Frankie received a letter stating that his beloved grandfather Frank had passed away due to cancer at the age of 90. His grandfather told his family that he did not want Frankie to leave the game if anything should happen to him, so he stayed in the game, honoring his grandfather's wishes.

Competition History

 * Note: In Week 11, Frankie's HOH and POV wins were nullified due to the BBRewind Twist being activated.

HOH History
'''Week 11 ended with a twist called "BB Rewind" where the HOH and Veto competitions were replayed. '''

Controversies
Frankie made some very offensive comments over the live feeds. He had suggested that a pastor who performed a memorial service for Frankie's own grandfather, " can kill herself if she [was] mad about being nominated". During a discussion on sexuality, Frankie asserted that while he believes that gay men have a genetic predisposition to be attracted to men, gay women  choose  to be gay. He says that for the most part, men are born gay, but "any lesbians choose to become lesbians later in life."

During a live-stream, Grande told two male houseguests they should "double team" Victoria and "take all her virginities." He then made a bunch of extremely sexual gestures. Just watch the video. Victoria's mother, Lizabeth, told TMZ she definitely took Frankie's comments to be a "rape joke" and feels her daughter is now a "target for rape" because producers did nothing to stop Frankie's rant. Lizabeth wants an apology from Frankie's parents and Ariana Grande... and she wanted Frankie to apologize to her daughter.

Frankie also disgusted the feeders by putting his hands all over the male house guests as he repeatedly groped obviously straight men. Frankie who has had his roaming hands removed more times than one can count only came back and to do it again and again.

Read more: http://www.jokersupdates.com/jarticles/2470-bb16-the-real-issue-with-frankie-grande-gay-to-gay#ixzz3jgWK4TgV

Trivia

 * Frankie Grande holds the record for the most Head of Household competition wins with 5 wins. However, he was dethroned twice in Week 1 and 4 so officially he has 3 permanent HOH wins.
 * Frankie is now the third person to win HOH and POV in the same week twice, following Danielle Murphree & Andy Herren.
 * Frankie co-founded the largest alliance in BB history, the Bomb Squad, alongside Caleb Reynolds. Only two members of the alliance did not make the Jury.
 * Frankie is tied with Cody Calafiore for the most permanent competition wins in Big Brother 16 at 6
 * If one weren't to count dethroned HOHs and the Battle Of The Block as a win, Frankie and Cody are both tied with Frank Eudy and Shane Meaney for the most permanent competitions won by a male at 6. He is also the third male to do this.
 * He is also tied with Janelle Pierzina for the most competitions won in a single season at 9 competitions (5 HOHs, 3 POVS, 1 BOB). However, if you only count in permanent HOHs and POVs, Frankie has permanently won 6 competitons (3 HOHs, 3 POVS)
 * Frankie Grande is the third person (and second male overall) to win at least 3 HOHs and 3 POVs in a single season. Janelle Pierzina and Frank Eudy are the others to do this respectively.
 * Frankie is the first houseguest to win a BOB while their partner tried to throw it. The second houseguest was Donny Thompson from the same season.
 * Liz Nolan from Big Brother 17 was the first female to accomplish the task.
 * Frankie is the first Big Brother contestant to be a TV judge as he is currently judging America's Best Dance Crew, the second being Vanessa Rousso who judged on Bank of Hollywood prior to completing on Big Brother.