Final Three (BB26)

Final Three (BB26)
Alliance Profile
Big Brother 26 (US)
Members	Cam Sullivan-Brown Chelsie Baham Makensy Manbeck Affiliates Leah Peters Quinn Martin
Votes Against	2
HoH Wins	7 (Weeks 2, 8, 10, Day 73, Weeks 11, 12 & 13)
Times Nominated	10 (Weeks 3, 4, 5, 6, 12 & 13)
Veto Wins	6 (Weeks 1 (America's), 6, 8, 10, 11, & 12)
Lowest Placing Member	Cam Sullivan-Brown (3/16)
Highest Placing Member	Chelsie Baham (1/16)

The Final Three was the dominant endgame alliance of Big Brother 26 (US).

Members

Jury Cam

Winner Chelsie

Runner-Up Makensy

Affiliates

Jury Leah

Jury Quinn

History

Creation

After all voting to evict Tucker Des Lauriers in Week 6, this group loosely came together during Quinn's HOH in Week 7 to evict his target Kimo Apaka. However, Chelsie and Makensy were both swayed by Kimo's final words and flipped their votes to evict Quinn's pawn Joseph Rodriguez instead, making him the final member of the pre-jury. Chelsie then won the following HOH and intended on finally taking out Angela Murray. However, suspicions began to form around Quinn and Leah going to work with The Trio due to a miscommunication from Angela, leading to Chelsie wanting to consider backdooring Quinn instead. Although Quinn competed in the Veto Competition, Makensy would go on to win OTEV in a historic fashion, and Chelsie contemplated even further on the decision, with Cam nudging them both to go through with it as he lost trust in Quinn after it came out that he leaked their Pentagon alliance weeks prior. This got Chelsie on board and so with her approval, Makensy went on to use the Veto on Angela, freeing a seat on the block for Chelsie to renominate Quinn, who was evicted in a 4-2 vote and became the first member of the jury.

JANKIE World Drama

Immediately following Quinn's eviction, the houseguests were forced to live in the backyard for the week, and Leah would go on to win HOH. While her sights were set on breaking up the Trio, she also put thought into taking a shot at Chelsie in the event of a Veto shakeup. Angela and Leah would go on to both win POVs that week due to a twist, and Leah felt even better about wanting to take both Kimo and Rubina Bernabe off the block to force T'kor Clottey and Chelsie to sit next to each other, viewing them as the strongest players in the game. However, Leah was unable to use her POV due to failing a task, meaning she only got to name one renomination and chose to nominate T'kor.

During this time, Cam and Makensy were getting closer, and Chelsie grew frustrated at Cam, with others in the house suspecting that she was crushing on him and therefore jealous of his growing bond with Makensy. Despite arguing, this new trio remained united when it came time to vote, sending T'kor home in a 4-1 vote and breaking up her trio for good.

The Ladies Power Through

From this point on, all but one competition for the rest of the season would be won by this trio, specifically between Chelsie and Makensy. Makensy won both the HOH and POV in Week 10 and Chelsie convinced her to take a shot at Leah, who was her closest ally outside of this group. Makensy obliged and Leah was blindsided after her renomination, and sent home in the season's first unanimous vote, during the first half of a Double Eviction.

At this time, Chelsie considered taking a shot at Makensy if given the opportunity, information she shared with Rubina. And it looked like she would get her chance as she took home her third HOH of the season during the Double Eviction, nominating Angela and Kimo. Kimo would go on to win the Veto - the only competition not won by Chelsie or Makensy from here on out - and the door was open for Chelsie to betray Makensy. However, she chose to remain loyal and nominated Rubina instead with the goal of finally sending Angela home, which was accomplished in a 3-0 vote.

At the Final Five, Makensy would once again dominate both the HOH and POV competitions, securing her place in the Final Four and nominating Kimo and Rubina once again. At this time she began to grow frustrated with Cam's lack of competition wins, feeling that she and Chelsie have been carrying him all the way, and considered using POV on Rubina to force Cam on the block instead. However, Chelsie kept her on track and she stuck to her guns and left the nominations the same for the first time all season. Cam and Chelsie wavered on who to send home, with Makensy targeting Kimo and Cam wanting to keep him in order to avoid being the last man left in the house. Chelsie found herself in the middle and went back and forth, but ultimately she and Cam chose to respect Makensy's wishes and evicted Kimo.

Chelsie would go on to win the next HOH competition, her fourth, with some help from Cam blocking Rubina from forcing a tie, locking her into the Final Three. To avoid choosing sides, she nominated both Cam and Makensy for eviction, knowing that ultimately the POV winner holds the true power. After Rubina was eliminated from the final Veto Competition, Chelsie then threw the competition leaving it to a showdown between her closest allies, who were also heavily contemplating evicting each other. Makensy managed to edge out Cam and win her fifth Veto of the season, granting her the ability to choose to stay loyal to this group or bring on the second all-woman Final Three of the series, following Big Brother 6 (US). Chelsie knew that both Cam and Makensy would likely take her to Final Two, so she tried her best to get Makensy to keep Cam. Cam and Makensy both seemingly agreed that they'd take each other to Final Two if she kept him, although both were still unsure if they would actually do that or remain loyal to Chelsie as intended. Ultimately, voting based on loyalty and what she believes furthers her own game, Makensy cast the sole vote to evict Rubina, locking this new trio in as the Final Three of the season.

Mission Accomplished

Going into the Final HOH Competition, Cam and Makensy both toyed with the idea of cutting Chelsie, but ultimately both decided they were going to remain loyal take her to the end even if it meant they would lose, cementing her as the core of this trio. Chelsie herself struggled with the decision, but wanted it in her own hands nonetheless and went on to win Part One of the competition. Makensy would win Part Two, securing Cam's place on the block. Chelsie assured both of them that she would take them in the final days, however Makensy would go on to win Part Three, guaranteeing herself a spot in the Final Two. She stuck to her word and took Chelsie to the end, evicting Cam in 3rd place.

During the Q&A, Chelsie took credit for her influence over Makensy and her safe position for a majority of the game, while Makensy highlighted her underdog status and dominating competition performance. Ultimately, the jury unanimously chose to crown Chelsie the winner of Big Brother 26 and leaving Makensy as the runner-up.

In her post-game press, Chelsie stated that she would have taken Makensy over Cam, and also voted for Makensy to win if she ended up evicting her.

Trivia

• This alliance, specifically Chelsie and Makensy, won all but one HOH and two POVs during the jury phase. If you count the JANKIE Veto, they lost three POVs.
• Cam is the only member of this alliance to have faced eviction before finale night, and the only one to receive any eviction votes. Coincidentally, each of his two votes to evict came from Chelsie and Makensy.
  • He is also the only member of this alliance to never win an HOH competition.