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Bridgette Hailey Tolnai (née Dunning) was a houseguest on Big Brother 18 (US).

Bridgette began the game as apart of Jozea Flores’s newbies alliance, which sought to target the returning players. However, after Nicole Franzel, one of the returning players won Head of Household and Frank Eudy won the Roadkill Competition, Bridgette found herself nominated due to her allegiance to the alliance. Despite this, Bridgette was able to survive eviction, as Jozea, was evicted instead. After that week, Bridgette began to align herself with soon to be house target. Frank Eudy, whilst also having her core alliance with Bronte D'Acquisto and Natalie Negrotti, called the Spy Girls. Despite her and Frank being large targets in the house for being physical threats and for Frank not getting along with some of the other houseguests, they were able to stay safe for a few weeks due to either them or their teammates winning Head of Household. During Week 5, Bridgette and Frank were betrayed by James Huling, whom Bridgette had made a deal with during the Head of Household to keep them safe for the week. Luckily for Bridgette, she was able to survive eviction as Frank was evicted instead. Bridgette’s game began to pick up again in week seven, as Bridgette, Natalie, and Michelle Meyer were able to flip the vote to take out Zakiyah Everette, as a way to weaken Paulie Calafiore, who was seen as a major power player at the time. However, after it was revealed to be a Double Eviction, Corey Brooks won HOH and targeted Bridgette for being the biggest physical threat of her alliance. After Corey won the Power of Veto and kept the nominations intact, Bridgette was evicted by a vote of 5-1, placing 9th, and becoming the 3rd member of the jury.

Biography[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Age: 24
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Current city: Ventura, CA
Occupation: Traveling nurse
Three adjectives that describe you: Optimistic, energetic, and awesome.
Favorite activities: I love to practice yoga, run, bake, read sci-fi books, go out with friends, and go to comedy shows.
What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house? I’ll miss hearing from my friends and family. I love to call and text those closest to me on a weekly, if not daily, basis. Being cut off from them will be the most difficult part for me.
Which past Big Brother cast member did you like most? I loved watching Johnny Mac from Big Brother 17. He was hilarious and seemed like a really fun guy to hang out with. He was smart but hid that pretty well. Very eccentric, but in a good way.
Do you have a strategy for winning the game? Yes. People tend to underestimate me. I look very young, I can be a bit gullible and oblivious at times, and I tend to be goofy and playful. I plan to let them think what they will and let them disregard me as a threat. What they will not expect is for me to be extremely smart. I can—and will—outwit others with my gameplay and strategy. Once it's down to the Top 10 or so, I should definitely be on a team or alliance, which will hopefully include someone who is physically strong and someone who is easy to manipulate. I plan to keep secrets and promises, but I also plan to spread small bits of doubt and leak rumors. I want to be behind the scenes, manipulating someone else in the house to look like a bigger threat than me each week until the finals, where I will blow them all away and get into the Final 2. At this point, I'll be able to share with those in the Jury just how much manipulation and drama I silently caused. Plus, I'm super-cute and awesome, so who wouldn't want to pick me as the winner?
My life's motto is... Follow your heart.
What would you take into the house, and why? My epilator, ’cause this girl can get pretty hairy, a yoga book, so I can continue to grow and develop my strength and balance, and a pair of comfy sneakers for comfort and style.[1]

Player History - Big Brother 18 (US)[]

Competition History[]

Week 1 Immunity Loss
HTR Part 1 Win
HTR Part 2 Ineligible
HTR Part 3/HOH Ineligible
Roadkill Loss
POV Not Picked
Week 2 HOH Loss
Roadkill Loss
POV Not Picked
Week 3 HOH Win
Roadkill Loss
POV Win
Week 4 HOH Previous HOH
Roadkill Loss
POV Not Picked
Week 5 HOH Loss
POV Loss
Week 6 HOH Loss
POV Loss
Week 7 HOH Loss
POV Not Picked
HOH Loss
POV Loss
Week 8 Evicted
Week 9
Week 10 Re-Entry/HOH 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

Carepackage History[]

Week 1 Twist Not Active
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6 Loss
Week 7 Loss

Voting History[]

Week Position Voted for With Majority?
1 HTR Winner Ineligible
Post-POV Roadkill Nominee
2 Team Immunity Victor Arroyo Yes
3 HOH/POV
4 Team Immunity Tiffany Rousso Yes
5 Nominated
6 Nominated
7 Zakiyah Everette Yes
Nominated
Finale Jury Member Paul Abrahamian No

HOH History[]

Original Nominees Post-Veto Nominees Intended Target
Week 3
Bronte D'Acquisto
 Roadkill
Bronte
Bronte D'Acquisto
 Evicted
Bronte

Post Big Brother[]

  • Bridgette attended the premiere of Big Brother 20 (US).[2]
  • On September 3, 2018, Bridgette and her boyfriend Kristopher Tolnai became engaged.[3] They got married on June 29, 2019.[4]
  • On November 21, 2020, Bridgette and Kristopher announced that Bridgette was expecting their first child.[5]
    • Bridgette and her husband Kristopher welcomed their son on January 17th, 2021.[6]

Trivia[]

  • Bridgette was the first female newbie to win a Head of Household competition on Big Brother 18 (US).
  • Bridgette was the first female to win the Power of Veto on Big Brother 18 (US).
  • Bridgette was the lowest placing houseguest to win an HOH or POV competition on Big Brother 18 (US).
  • Bridgette was the first female houseguest to win HOH and POV in the same week in Big Brother 18 (US). She would later be followed by Nicole.
  • Bridgette was the first houseguest to not use the POV on Big Brother 18 (US).

References[]

Big Brother 18 (US) Houseguests
Nicole Small 2016
Paul Small 2016
James Small 2016
Corey Small 2016
Victor Small 2016
Natalie Small 2016
Michelle Small 2016
Paulie Small 2016
Bridgette Small 2016
Bridgette
Zakiyah Small 2016
DaVonne Small 2016
Frank Small 2016
Tiffany Small 2016
Bronte Small 2016
Jozea Small 2016
Glenn Small 2016
Winner
Runner-Up
Jury
Evicted
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