Faysal Shafaat

Faysal Shafaat
Houseguest Profile
Nickname	Fessy Fess Finessy The Stinger
Born	October 17, 1991 (1991-10-17)
Hometown	Orlando, FL
Occupation	Substitute teacher
Season History
Big Brother 20 (US)
Status	Jury Member
Place	9th
Votes Against	4
Alliances	FOUTTE The Sacred Six The Hive
Loyalties	Bayleigh Dayton Chris Williams Haleigh Broucher Rockstar Lantry
HoH Wins	1 (Week 8)
Times Nominated	1 (Week 9)
Veto Wins	2 (Weeks 1 & 4)
Hacker Wins	0
Days	72
Social Media
Twitter	fessyfitness
Instagram	fessyfitness
Articles Across
The Challenge Wiki	Link

Faysal Shawn "Fessy" Shafaat was a houseguest on Big Brother 20 (US).

Known for his showmance with Haleigh Broucher and being strategically clueless, Faysal was a member of the crumbling FOUTTE alliance, was blindsided and left out of nearly every vote, and never knew what was going on. Throughout the season, he was attracted to Haleigh, and while Haleigh initially rejected his advances she eventually accepted and the two became a couple. He was often manipulated by his close ally JC Mounduix. After becoming the HoH in week 8, he was manipulated by JC into targeting his ally Scottie Salton. Scottie was evicted under his HoH. However, this was fatal as the following week both he and Haleigh were betrayed and nominated, and he was evicted in a 4-1 vote. He came in 9th place and became the third member of the jury.

Faysal's infamous decision to nominate Scottie is often considered one of the worst moves in Big Brother history.

Biography

Faysal Shafaat Biography

Age: 26 Hometown: Orlando, FL Current city: Orlando, FL Occupation: Substitute teacher Three adjectives that describe you: Joker, hilarious, and confident. Favorite activities: Music, food, and working out or playing sports. What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house? I guess missing and not having communication with family. Which past Big Brother cast member did you like most? Victor Arroyo! He played every challenge like it was his last and won his way back in multiple times. Do you have a strategy for winning the game? Finding a loyal person or two. Use my social game and let my physical gameplay show at the end more than beginning. Don't let the other Houseguests know I'm a powerhouse from Day 1. My life's motto is... Everybody dies but not everybody lives. Live every day like it's your last. What would you take into the house and why? iPod. My dog, Cooper. Stuffed-crust cheese pizza. Fun facts about yourself: I wet the bed until the age of 10, which helped me be skilled at laundry at an early age. I secretly love Taylor Swift. I'll listen to her while I work out and my favorite line is, "It's a love story, baby just say yessss." I have a blue-nose pitbull who's my world and I treat him like my child.

Player History - Big Brother 20 (US)

Competition History

Week 1	Punishment	Ineligible
	Punishment	Survived
	Immunity	Ineligible
	HOH	Ineligible
	POV	Win
Week 2	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 3	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
Week 4	HOH	Loss
	POV	Win
Week 5	Re-Entry	Ineligible
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
Week 6	HOH	Loss
	Hacker	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
Week 7	HOH	Loss
	Hacker	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 8	HOH	Win
	POV	Loss
Week 9	HOH	Previous HOH
	POV	Loss
Week 10	Re-Entry	Loss

Have/Have-Not History

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

BB App Store History

Week 1	Crap App
Week 2	Ineligible
Week 3
Week 4	BB App Store Phase Over
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9

Voting History

Week	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
1	Immune & POV Holder	Sam Bledsoe	No
2	–	Winston Hines	No
3	–	Brett Robinson	No
4	POV Holder	Kaitlyn Herman	Yes
5	–	Brett Robinson	No
6	–	Bayleigh Dayton	Yes
7	–	Ineligible
8	HOH	–	–
9	Nominated	–	–
Finale	Jury Member	Kaycee Clark	Yes

HOH History

	Original Nominees		Post-Veto Nominees		Intended Target
Week 8	Brett	Scottie	Kaycee	Evicted Scottie	Brett	OR	Scottie

Post Big Brother

Faysal's Promo Photo for SlamBall Summer: Series 6

• On January 5th, 2019, Fessy and Swaggy C participated in a one-on-one charity basketball game hosted by The Hive in order to gain money to help season 19's Kevin Schlehuber with his recovery after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. You can watch game highlights here.
  • He appeared alongside Haleigh on WESH News, hosted by season 3's Jason Guy, on the day before the game in order to discuss it. He appeared on a variety of other news channels as well, including Orlando's own News 6.
• In July and August 2023, Faysal competed in the SlamBall Summer: Series 6 tournament, playing for the Lava team. His team ultimately was eliminated during the semifinals by a score of 49-36.
• Faysal appeared as a Gladiator on Amazon Prime's revival of American Gladiators, alongside Jessie Godderz.

MTV

Faysal's Cast Photo for The Challenge All Stars: Rivals

• Fessy competed on The Challenge: Total Madness alongside Swaggy, Bayleigh, Kaycee, Josh, Celebrity Big Brother 18 (UK) winner Stephen Bear, and HaAh HaGadol VIP 3 winner Asaf Goren. He ended up making it to the Final Challenge and after a solid performance at the start, he gassed out and ended up placing fourth out of the final five men and fifth out of all nine finalists.
• Fessy competed on The Challenge: Double Agents alongside Josh, Kaycee, Amber, Celebrity Big Brother 2 (US) contestant Lolo Jones and Celebrity Big Brother 22 (UK) contestant Gabby Allen. After they both won the Opening Challenge, Aneesa Ferreira did better and got to choose any guy to be her partner, ultimately deciding on Fessy. In Episode 4, after winning his Elimination, Fessy chose to separate himself from Aneesa and Infiltrate Kaycee and Leroy Garrett's partnership, stealing Kaycee from Leroy and making her his new partner. In Episode 5, Aneesa won her Elimination and proceeded to steal Fessy back, pairing them up once again, while Kaycee went back to Leroy. In Episode 13, Nany González won her Elimination and Infiltrated Aneesa and Fessy's partnership, stealing Fessy from Aneesa. In return, Aneesa got to immediately choose a new partner from the male Rogue Agents, and chose Nany's former partner Kyle Christie. In Episode 16, Amber won her Elimination and Infiltrated Nany and Fessy's partnership, stealing Fessy from Nany, as she returned to Kyle. In Episode 17, Fessy won the Final Elimination and once again chose to Infiltrate Kaycee and Leroy, pairing himself up with Kaycee again before the Final Challenge, while Amber ended up with CT Tamburello. After they were warned that the team that finishes last on Day One would be eliminated without finishing the Final, Fessy pushed them harder in an effort to maintain an early lead. Unfortunately, Kaycee ended up popping her knee running down a steep and rocky mountain, and Fessy felt there was no point in doing the eating portion if they were doing to be medically disqualified anyways. Kaycee was never disqualified, but by the time Fessy had started eating, the other teams had all left, and eventually it was impossible for them to catch up, officially eliminating them in fourth place out of the final four teams, putting Fessy at two fourth place finishes in a row.
• Fessy competed on The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies alongside Kaycee, Josh, Amber, Big Brother Nigeria 4 contestants Esther Agunbiade and Symply Tacha, and Big Brother 17 (UK) runner-up Hughie Maughan. He was chosen by Global Agent Esther to be her American partner. He and Josh ended up getting into an argument in Episode 6, and when Josh got in his face, Fessy pushed him away with his hand, while Josh threw a glass that wound up cutting Fessy's chin. That physical altercation led to only Fessy getting ejected from the game in Episode 7, marking to his first time not making it to the Final and also making him the first Big Brother player to be ejected from The Challenge.
• Now choosing to participate using his full name, Faysal competed on The Challenge: Ride or Dies alongside Kaycee, Amber, Analyse, Tommy and Promi Big Brother 8 contestant Emmy Russ. His "Ride or Die" partner for the season was his friend Moriah Jadea. In Episode 9, Faysal and Moriah won a challenge that allowed them to split the pairs up into teams, leading Faysal to became the captain of his own team. Moriah ended up getting eliminated in Episode 13, but due to the theme of the season, Faysal remained in the game as her "lifeline". She returned to the game in Episode 14 and reunited with Faysal as the teams were dissolved, and they won the first round of the Elimination to stay alive. They ended up getting permanently eliminated just one round before the Final in Episode 16, Faysal's first time losing an Elimination in his career.
• Faysal competed on The Challenge: USA 2 alongside Paulie and Josh representing the flagship MTV series, as well as Alyssa Lopez and Tiffany Mitchell returning from The Challenge: USA 1, and Alyssa Snider, Ameerah Jones, Monte Taylor and fellow BB20 houseguest Tyler representing Big Brother as rookies. He was placed on the Blue Team. After the teams were disbanded at the end of Episode 7, Faysal ended up as the last Big Brother player standing overall after winning an Elimination against Josh in the penultimate episode, marking his third appearance in a Final. He ultimately ended up running down a shortcut path that he didn't earn, so he had to backtrack to make up the skipped time. Because of that mistake, he was the last person to arrive to the second checkpoint and was eliminated, finishing in 4th place for a third Final in a row.
• Faysal was a standby alternate for The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras. Had he competed, he would have played alongside Paulie, Josh, Kaycee and Kyland, representing "Era IV" of The Challenge.
• Faysal competed on The Challenge All Stars: Rivals alongside Amber and Da'Vonne. He was partnered with Amber as his Rival for the season, following their feud during Double Agents and Spies, Lies & Allies. They ended up getting eliminated in Episode 7.

Fessy's Cast Photo for The Challenge: Total Madness

Fessy's Cast Photo for The Challenge: Double Agents

Fessy's Cast Photo for The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies

Faysal's Cast Photo for The Challenge: Ride or Dies

Faysal's Cast Photo for The Challenge: USA 2

Trivia

• Faysal and Rachel Swindler were casting alternates for Big Brother 19 (US). Specifically, Faysal claimed to be an alternate for eventual winner and fellow Challenge competitor Josh Martinez.
• Faysal only voted once in the jury stage.
• Faysal originally applied for Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers prior to appearing Big Brother.

External Links

Big Brother 20 (US) Houseguests
Kaycee Tyler JC Angela Sam Brett Haleigh Scottie Faysal Rockstar Bayleigh Rachel Kaitlyn Winston Swaggy C Steve Winner Runner-Up Jury Evicted