First to Enter Curse

The  refers to the pattern in which no houseguest from Big Brother US or Big Brother Canada who was the first person to enter the house through the front door has then gone on to win the game during that season.

Trivia

 * Rachel Reilly is the only person to enter the house first and also be a winner. However, they occurred in different seasons: she was the first to enter in Big Brother 12 (US), but lost that season, before returning for Big Brother 13 (US) and winning.
 * Due to being twists, winners Dick Donato (Big Brother 8 (US)) and Nicole Franzel (Big Brother 18 (US)) were hidden in the house before the rest of their houseguests entered, and when they were revealed, they didn't enter through the front door.
 * Dick was hidden in the HoH Room alongside Carol Journey and Dustin Erikstrup as part of the Rivals twist, while Nicole was hidden below the house, before coming up through a box in the foyer, alongside James Huling, Da'Vonne Rogers and Frank Eudy, as they were all Returning Players.
 * Some houseguests such as Ross Mathews and Tyler Crispen knew about the curse and tried to avoid it after having their names called by Julie Chen. Ross held the door open for Ariadna Gutierrez and Brandi Glanville so that they would enter before him, while Tyler waited and slowly trailed behind the group (consisting of himself, Bayleigh Dayton, Sam Bledsoe and Winston Hines) so that he would be the last of the four to enter.
 * Ironically, both Ross and Tyler were both the runners-up and America's Favorite Houseguest of their respective seasons.
 * Nicole Nilson Schaffrich, GinaMarie Zimmerman and Sabrina Abbate have all come the closest to breaking the curse, due to coming in 2nd.
 * Scott Weintraub and Joey Van Pelt were affected by the curse the worst, coming last in their respective seasons (13th place for Scott and 16th for Joey).
 * However, Scott was expelled, and Joey was evicted normally.
 * Some houseguests had their names called first but did not enter the house first. The list, in order, includes George Allen Boswell, Eric Ouellette, Ashlea Evans, Carol Journey, Renny Martyn, Ronnie Talbott, Britney Haynes, Porsche Briggs, Wil Heuser, Candice Stewart, Cody Calafiore, Natalie Negrotti, Mark McGrath and Tyler Crispen. However, none of them won the game either, with Porsche, Cody and Tyler coming the closest, each of them coming in 2nd on their respective seasons.