Hisam was a major competition threat in the first few weeks, winning the Week 1 Power of Veto and claiming total control by winning both the Head of Household and Power of Veto in Week 2. During Week 2, Hisam used his Head of Household reign to target Reilly Smedley, who was evicted at the end of the week. Hisam believed that his alliance, The Professors, were extremely loyal and trustworthy. However, the rest of Hisam’s alliance believed that he was acting like a dictator, so when his ally Felicia Cannon won HOH in Week 3, she and the other members of The Professors plotted against Hisam, planning to backdoor him. Jag Bains, a nominee, went on to win the Power of Veto and remove himself from the block, and Hisam would be put up as a replacement nominee and evicted unanimously in a 11-0 vote, placing 14th.
Retrieved from Parade.com Age: 45 Hometown: Minneapolis, MN Current City: Seattle, WA Occupation: Geriatric Physician
How does it feel to be on the 25th season of Big Brother?
I am beyond thrilled to be on Big Brother season 25. This is a historic milestone, which means that this game is going to be more competitive, the house's going to being more interesting, and it's going to blow people out of the water. And I'm so thrilled to be part of something so big.
Why did you decide you wanted to play Big Brother?
The reason I wanted to be in the Big Brother house was that I work with older adults every day, and you are not guaranteed another day. If you live to be 100 years old, you only get 36,500 days to live. And most people only live into their 70s, which is around 27,000 days. I wanted to make sure that every day that I lived mattered and counted, and I was living it to its full potential, going on adventures, and experiencing new things.
What are your thoughts on Julie Chen Moonves as a host?
I think that Julie is an iconic person in the show because she has been with the show, from its very inception. She has a background in actually interviewing people and had sort of a career prior to starting Big Brother. She consistently comes back and her outfits get more and more fierce every year. And I think that the questions in the probing and the conversations that we're having are a lot more meaningful. We're talking a lot about race now and what it means to basically develop an alliance and what it means to move dynamically in this new climate. And I think she's a great guide for all of that.
What is your strategy going into the game?
So my strategy for the Big Brother game is to find someone who's conscientious and agreeable to be my ride-or-die. I want them to be someone who is good at keeping their emotions in check, and someone who's intelligent and sort of maneuvering strategically. Then the two of us will sort of maneuver to create two fashioning groups that basically get split, while we sort of live in the middle and then are able to sway the vote based upon the dynamics of what is happening, never allowing either side to get too powerful. I think that one of the problems that has happened in past seasons is people ride or die is not that competitive and not that good at winning, and then you watch the two of them sort of fumble at the end. And that is not my plan.[1]
