Derek was known as his showmance with Kaela Grant. At the first week, Derek and Kaela aligned with Jesse Larson and Paras Atashnak and formed The Real Deal alliance, he also joined the Red Room alliance . However, he was almost nominated by Hamza Hatoum and he lost his ally Jesse at Week 3. After Week 3, he was safe for a few weeks due to his alliances controlling the game. On Week 6, after Ryan Ballantine was saved by Canada's Save, he and Kaela defected from the Red Room and backdoored physical threat Erica Hill. Derek won Head of Household in Week 7, he nominated Ryan and Johnny Mulder with the latter as the intended target. However, Johnny was able to gather enough votes to stay so Ryan was evicted unanimously. Derek was later nominated with Kaela after Johnny won the next Head of Household, but Derek won the Power of Veto and after Johnny nominated Alejandra Martinez, him and Kaela formed a deal with Secret Three, which meant Kaela had enough votes to stay. Furthermore, Derek won the Triple Eviction HOH and successfully sent Olivia Riemer and Johnny to the jury as they were the remaining houseguests who were after him and Kaela.
Although he and Kaela were nominated again due to Paras winning the Final 4 Head of Household, Kaela won the Final Power of Veto and evicted Will Kenny. At Final 3, Paras won HOH and Derek was evicted over Kaela because Paras had made a deal with Kaela and she wanted 2 girls to be in the Final 2, and also she thought Derek was a bigger jury threat.
Retrieved from Global TV Name: Derek Kesseler Age: 27 Hometown: Vancouver, BC (shout out to Beaumont, AB) Occupation: Fashion Blogger/Influencer, Server/Bartender Relationship status: Single Describe yourself in three words:
Energetic, genuine, and adventurous There are many sides to Big Brother. Let’s pretend you’re him! What kind of Big Brother would you be?
I would cause some drama and put people on edge. I would like to put people on their toes and see people pushed to their limits both mentally and physically. I think that would be a fun thing to watch and see (as human beings) how far we can go in different aspects of our lives, with our mind and our body. Do you have a strategy to win Big Brother Canada?
My social game is going to be really strong; I’m going to become friends with everyone and get in some alliances. Everyone talks but I’m going to try and keep that under wraps. I’m definitely not going to come in and be that cocky, confident guy who wins all the challenges and scare people into wanting to vote me off. I want to be noticed, but not to the point where they want to get me off the show. I want to be that likeable guy that they want to take all the way to the end. What are you known for?
Charisma, for being outgoing and being social, mostly for being funny. I always try to turn situations into something fun. What part of the Big Brother Canada experience do you think will be hardest for you?
I really will need to get a little better at lying – that’s a challenge for me. I always find it a little bit difficult to tell a flat-out lie, so I think I will be tip-toeing around ways to bend the truth. I hate hurting people’s feelings. I’ve never been into drama. In high school, I was a part of the popular crowd. I played hockey and was kind of a jock in sports. People would make fun of people, but I never took a liking to that or got involved. I think it’s kind of shady to put people down. Who is your Big Brother Canada idol and why?
To be honest I didn’t watch enough to pinpoint a specific idol. I’ve watched a little bit but I’ve never followed a person. I’m just so attracted to the concept of this show. I watched it and thought: I want to do this. I have to do this! I even tried out 3 times! I want to experience the social element and I’m a very competitive person. I want to go out and try new things. What do people from Beaumont, Alberta have that gives them an edge to win Big Brother Canada?
Anyone who is coming into the game from Beaumont is definitely going to come in with that small town, genuine, likeable nature about themselves. I can’t think of anyone who isn’t liked right off the bat. I have a joke with my friends that if a friend wants to bring someone from a different town out with us, they need to be approved by the group first.[1]
Derek is the second HouseGuest in the history of Big Brother to win four competitions in a row, following Kevin Martin from Big Brother Canada 5. He would be followed by his fellow Big Brother Canada 6 HouseGuest, and his showmance, Kaela Grant.
Derek voted in the minority the most in Big Brother Canada 6, doing so three times.
Both times Derek won Head of Household, Johnny Mulder was one of his nominees.
