Demetres Giannitsos

Demetres Giannitsos is a contestant on Big Brother Canada 5.

He was best known for his competition prowess and his strategic partnership/showmance with Ika Wong. He was a competitive threat during his time in the house winning 5 HoH's and 2 PoV's, making him the first Big Brother Canada HouseGuest to ever win seven competitions and the first HouseGuest with the most HOH wins in both Big Brother Canada and Big Brother US history , He was nominated for eviction in Week 1 and narrowly avoided being evicted first in a 7-6 vote. He was a likeable character who managed to avoid being targeted after his Week 2 HOH reign until his close partnership with Ika Wong became obvious to his fellow houseguests in Week 6. During the last few weeks, he and Kevin Martin developed a rivalry and continuously targeted each other. Despite winning HOH at the final 4, Ika became evicted after the intended target Kevin won the Final PoV and cast the sole vote to oust her. He ultimately placed third after Kevin cast the single vote to evict him. He was the 9th and final member of the jury.

Biography

Demetres Giannitsos Biography

Retrieved from Global
Age: 25
Hometown: Edson, AB
Occupation: Oil Field Instrument Technician

Describe yourself in three words:
Obnoxious, confident, fit

Do you have a strategy to win Big Brother Canada?
I do, and I don't have a strategy. If there is a group of stronger males, I definitely want to get on their good side, because the last thing I want is to be clashing with all of the alpha males early on in the competition. I'd rather get to the end with them and then battle it out. But if there are no strong males other than me, then I have to take the target off of my back. I might have to throw some competitions and try to lay low while I'm building relationships with people. It really depends on who is in the house.

If you could take one thing inside the house, what would it be and why?
A golf club and golf balls. For some weird reason, whenever I'm lounging around my house I always have a golf club on me - putting on the carpet, or bouncing the ball around. I'm a big golfer.

What part of the Big Brother Canada experience do you think will be hardest for you?
The first couple of days will be the hardest for sure. There's lot of anxiety at the beginning, feeling like all eyes are on me, but I'm sure after a couple of days I'll settle down and start talking to people and relaxing a bit more. I'll stop worrying as much about what I should say and who's watching. I'm sure you forget about those kind of things after the first few days. Those first days are going to be tough.

What perk within the competition means the most to you: a letter from home, a luxury party, a season’s slop pass, or a vote from Canada?
A vote from Canada would be the most useful. That, or the slop pass because I like to eat and I haven't seen anyone who has liked slop yet. A letter from home would mean a lot, but it's probably better if I don't cry on TV.

Who is your Big Brother Canada idol and why?
I like Tim (Season 4) because he wasn't afraid to lose. I feel like a lot of people are constantly tiptoeing around, but he wasn’t scared to lose at any point, and I think that helped him go pretty far. His gummy bear strategy was amazing! Dallas (Season 4) really missed out on that.

If you could travel into the future or the past which would you choose and why?
I would go into the past and do some things a little bit differently. Not that I have any big regrets, but I might pursue golf a bit more knowing what I know now. There was a point in High School where life was all about girls and partying when in retrospect, those shouldn’t have been that big of a deal.

What do people from Edson have that gives them an edge to win Big Brother Canada?
I would go into the past and do some things a little bit differently. Not that I have any big regrets, but I might pursue golf a bit more knowing what I know now. There was a point in High School where life was all about girls and partying, when in retrospect, those shouldn’t have been that big of a deal.

Player History - Big Brother Canada 5

Competition History

Week 1	HOH/Immunity	Loss
Week 1	POV	Loss
Week 2	HOH	Win
	Have/Have-Not	Sat Out As HOH
	POV Advantage	Loss
	POV	Loss
	Luxury	Ineligible
Week 3	HOH	Loss
	Have/Have-Not	Have-Not
	POV	Not Picked
Week 4	POV	Not Picked
	Have/Have-Not	Have-Not
	HOH	Win
	Luxury	Win
Week 5	HOH	Previous HOH
	Have/Have-Not	Ineligible
	Luxury	Win
	POV	Not Picked
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
Week 6	HOH	Loss
	POV	Win
	HOH Advantage	Loss
	Black Hole POV	Loss
Week 7	HOH Part 1	Win
	HOH Part 2	Win
	HOH Part 3	Win
	POV	Loss
	Luxury	Loss
Week 8	HOH	Previous HOH
	Luxury	Win
	POV	Win
	HOH	Win
	POV	Sat Out As HOH
Week 9	HOH	Previous HOH
Week 9	POV	Loss
Week 10	HOH	Win
	POV	Loss
	HOH Part 1	Win
	HOH Part 2	Unable to Play
	HOH Part 3	Loss

Have/Have-Not History

Week 1	Have
Week 2	Have
Week 3	Have-Not
Week 4	~~Have-Not~~
Week 5	Have
Week 6	Have
Week 7	Have
Week 8	Have
Week 9	Have/Have-Not Phase Over
Week 10	Have/Have-Not Phase Over

Nominations/Voting History

Week	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
1	Nominated	–	–
2	HOH	–	–
3	–	Cassandra Shahinfar	Yes
Week	Nominated	Nominated By	Final Position
4	Dillon Carman Jackie McCurach	–	–
	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
	HOH	Gary Levy	Sole Vote
5	–	Emily Hawkin	Yes
5	–	Neda Kalantar	Yes
6	Used POV On Self	Sindy Nguyen	Yes
7	HOH	Nominations Void
7	HOH	–	–
8	Used POV on Self	Jackie McCurach	Yes
8	HOH	–	–
9	Nominated	–	–
10	HOH	–	–
10	Nominated	–	–
Finale	Jury Member	Kevin Martin	Yes

HOH History

	Original Nominees			Post-Veto Nominees			Post-Black Hole Veto Nominees		Intended Target
Week 2	Dillon	Emily		Evicted Dallas	Emily				Dillon
Week 4 (House Vote)	Dre	Gary		Dre	Evicted Gary				Gary
Week 7	Bruno	Kevin		Bruno	Kevin		Evicted Bruno	Karen	Kevin
Day 55 (Triple Eviction)	Dre	Kevin	William	Dillon	Evicted Dre	Evicted William			Dre	OR	William	AND	Kevin
Week 10	Karen	Kevin		Evicted Ika	Karen				Kevin

Post Big Brother

Demetres and Ika Wong started a relationship after the conclusion of Big Brother Canada 5. When she goes to interview Big Brother US houseguests before and after the upcoming season, he accompanies her and sometimes joins the interviews if the houseguests recognize him. He records certain behind the scenes clips and uploads them to their YouTube channel.

Trivia

Demetres holds the record for most official HOH wins in a single season with 5.
- Demetres also holds the record for having the most HouseGuests nominated under his HOH reign, having ten HouseGuests nominated under all of his HOH's.
  - Every male was nominated under Demetres' HOH reigns (except Mark).