Aaryn Gries

Aaryn Gries was a houseguest on Big Brother 15. She was at the center of controversy inside and outside of the house due to comments made that were deemed as racist and homophobic, even being read back some of her comments during her eviction interview. Aaryn also became a huge competition threat, winning four HOHs and one POV throughout her time in the game. Despite having a large target on her back for the majority of the game, Aaryn managed to survive nine weeks before being evicted by a vote of 5-0. She placed eighth.

Biography

Aaryn Eliza Gries is 22 years old. She is from San Marcos, Texas, and is a college student.

Player History - Big Brother 15

Competition History

Week 1	HOH	Loss
	Have/Have-Not	Have
	POV	Not Picked
Week 2	HOH	Win
Week 2	POV	Loss
Week 3	HOH	Previous HOH
	Have/Have-Not	Have
	POV	Loss
Week 4	HOH	Loss
	Have/Have-Not	Have
	POV	Loss
Week 5	HOH	Win
	Have/Have-Not	Win
	POV	Loss
Week 6	HOH	Previous HOH
	POV	Not Picked
	HOH	Win
	POV	Win
Week 7	HOH	Previous HOH
Week 7	POV	Not Picked
Week 8	HOH	Win
	Have/Have-Not	Win
	POV	Loss
Week 9	HOH	Previous HOH
	POV	Loss

Have/Have-Not History

Week 1	Have
Week 2	Have
Week 3	Have
Week 4	Have
Week 5	Have
Week 6	Have
Week 7	Have-Not
Week 8	Have
Week 9	Have/Have-Not Phase Over

MVP History

Week 1	Loss
Week 2	Loss
Week 3	Loss
Week 4	Ineligible
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7	MVP Phase Over
Week 8
Week 9

Voting History

Week	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
1	–	Elissa Slater	No
2	HOH	–	–
3	Nominated	–	–
4	Nominated	–	–
5	HOH	–	–
6	–	Candice Stewart	Yes
6	HOH/POV	–	–
7	–	Jessie Kowalski	Yes
8	HOH	–	–
9	Nominated	–	–
Finale	Jury Member	GinaMarie Zimmerman	No

HOH History

	Original Nominees			Post-Veto Nominees			Intended Target
Week 2	Elissa	Helen	MVP Nominee Jeremy	Elissa	Helen	Evicted Nick	Elissa
Week 5	Howard	Spencer	MVP Nominee Amanda	Candice	Evicted Howard	MVP Nominee Amanda	Howard	OR	Spencer
Week 6 (Day 49)	Jessie	Spencer		Evicted Judd	Spencer		Jessie	THEN	Judd
Week 8	Elissa	Helen		Evicted Helen	Spencer		Helen

Trivia

A petition was created for Aaryn and GinaMarie Zimmerman to be expelled from the house due to racial and homophobic slurs directed towards Helen Kim, Candice Stewart, Howard Overby, and Andy Herren.
- It was later reported that Gries was dropped from two modeling agencies.
Aaryn is tied with Drew Daniel (BB5), Janelle Pierzina (BB7), Hayden Moss (BB12), Rachel Reilly (BB13), Ian Terry (BB14), and Caleb Reynolds (BB16) for the most official HOH wins in a season with four (4).
- Out of the HouseGuests who have won HOH four times in one season, only Aaryn, Janelle & Caleb had won their four HOH titles before the final HOH competition.
  - Coincidentally, they are the only ones to not win the game.
- Aaryn is the fastest Houseguest to win four HOH competitions, having won four out of the first 9 HOH competitions. She beat Janelle, who only won four out of the first 10 HOH competitions.
Aaryn is the first houseguest to be booed. SHe would later be followed by Amanda Zuckerman and Christine Brecht
Aaryn is tied with Andy Herren and McCrae Olson for the most competitions won in Big Brother 15 at 5.
Aaryn has won the most competitions out of any female in Big Brother 15 at 5
Aaryn has the lowest place finish with anyone with 3 or more HOH wins placing 8th.
- She also finishes in the lowest place for anyone with 5 or more competition wins in a season.