James Zinkand was a houseguest on Big Brother 9 (US).
Known by the moniker "Crazy James," he was well-liked by the rest of the house for his outgoing and wacky personality. James developed a close bond with his soulmate Chelsia Hart and the two found early success when they won the Week 2 Head of Household competition and successfully evicted house pariahs Alex Coladonato and Amanda Hansen. After the couple spilt, James initially formed an alliance with Adam Jasinski, Ryan Quicksall, and Matt McDonald, who all devised a plan to evict Sharon Obermueller in Week 4. However, James would eventually jump ship and join an alliance with Chelsia, Sharon, Joshuah Welch, and Sheila Kennedy, who all planned to convince Head of Household Ryan to backdoor Matt. However, after Sheila became offended by Chelsia, she convinced Ryan not to target Matt. Ultimately, the target fell onto James, who was nominated after Chelsia used the Veto to save herself and was evicted by the end of the week in a 5-1 vote against Sharon, with only Chelsia voting to keep him. After he was successfully backdoored, James was voted back into the game only minutes after leaving the house by a 5-3 vote in an unexpected twist, beating fellow evicted houseguest Alex Coladonato (whose identity was a mystery to the other houseguests). James became a huge threat upon his return, winning one Head of Household competition and three consecutive Power of Veto competitions. After failing to win the Power of Veto in Week 8, James was finally evicted by a unanimous 3-0 vote, placing 6th and becoming the fourth member of the Jury.
Due to his likability throughout the season and underdog status upon his return, James won the $25,000 America's Choice Jury Prize at the end of the season with 20.5% of the public vote.
Biography[]
Retrieved from CBS.com
21
Single
Riding Bicycle around the World
Sarasota, FL
James, a high school graduate, is currently on a mission to ride his bicycle halfway around the world with no money in his pocket. He has also lived in Buenos Aires where he dressed mannequins for a living.
He describes himself as insane and crazy and has a few very different personalities, depending on his mood. He grew up in a broken home and had to learn to be different to get the attention he needed from others. He was the "freak" in high school who wore costumes to school when it wasn't Halloween. He is close with his mom and has one sister, both recently divorced.
His favorite movie is "Fight Club" and his favorite music is by The Clash. James has seven tattoos. He is currently single, but was engaged to an older woman at one point. His birth date is November 21, 1986.[1]
Player History - Big Brother 9 (US)[]
Competition History[]
| Week 1 | Power Couple | Loss |
| Co-HOH | Loss | |
| Co-POV | Not Picked | |
| Week 2 | Co-HOH | Win |
| Food | Loss | |
| Co-POV | Loss | |
| Week 3 | Co-HOH | Previous Co-HOH |
| Food | Win | |
| Co-POV | Not Picked | |
| Week 4 | HOH | Loss |
| Food | Win | |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Week 5 | HOH | Win |
| POV | Win | |
| Week 6 | HOH | Previous HOH |
| Luxury | Loss | |
| POV | Win | |
| Week 7 | HOH | Loss |
| Food | Loss | |
| POV | Win | |
| Week 8 | HOH | Loss |
| Food | Win | |
| POV | Loss |
Voting History[]
| Week | Position | Voted for | With Majority? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulnerable | Ineligible | |
| – | Jen Diturno & Parker Somerville | Yes | |
| 2 | Co-HOH | – | – |
| 3 | — | Allison Nichols & Ryan Quicksall | Yes |
| — | Allison Nichols | Yes | |
| 4 | Post-POV Nominee | – | – |
| 5 | Evicted | ||
| HOH/POV | Matt McDonald | Yes (Tiebreaker) | |
| 6 | Used POV on Self | Chelsia Hart | Yes |
| 7 | Used POV on Self | Sharon Obermueller | No |
| 8 | Post-POV Nominee | – | – |
| Finale | Jury Member | Adam Jasinski | Yes |
HOH History[]
| Original Nominees | Post-Veto Nominees | Intended Target | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2 (Co-HoH with Chelsia) | & | & | & | ||||||
| & | & | ||||||||
| Week 5 | THEN | ||||||||
Post Big Brother[]
- Since Big Brother, James has gotten married. [2]
Trivia[]
- James is tied with Shane Meaney, Frank Eudy, Ashleigh Wood, Kevin Martin, Kaela Grant, Kaycee Clark, Rohan Kapoor, Jag Bains, Tucker Des Lauriers, Keanu Soto and Morgan Pope for winning the most consecutive Power of Veto competitions with three in a row, sometimes referred to as the Three-peat Veto.
- He was the first HouseGuest to accomplish this feat.
- James was the second HouseGuest in Big Brother history (Adria Klein being the first) to win Head of Household, win the Power of Veto, and cast a tiebreaker vote all in the same week. He would later be followed by Nicole Franzel from Big Brother 18.
- He is the only male HouseGuest to accomplish this.
- James is tied with John McGuire, Victor Arroyo, Cliff Hogg III and Jag Bains for least amount of days spent evicted before re-entering the house, with all five players re-entering after being evicted earlier in the same day.
- However, Jag was brought back immediately, James and Cliff were brought back before the live show ended, whereas John re-entered 3 minutes after the live show ended, and Victor re-entered 40 minutes after the live show ended.
- James is the first contestant in Big Brother history to be evicted and win HOH on the same night, followed by Cliff.
- James was the first male HouseGuest to win multiple HoHs and PoVs in a single season.
- James was the first male HouseGuest to veto one of his own nominations.
- James was the first HouseGuest to win HOH twice in Big Brother 9.
- James was the first male recipient of the Fan Favorite Award.
- During the jury phase, James was either HOH or nominated.
- Both times James was evicted, it was as a replacement nominee.
- James is the only juror to win HOH multiple times.
- James is the only Big Brother 9 houseguest to cast a vote against his partner.
- James is the first contestant to have the same exact birthday (November 21, 1986) as a future contestant.
- Although Adria Klein and Natalie Carroll are the first contestants to share the same birthday, they are twins, therefore automatically share the same birthday and don't count.
References[]
| Preceded by Season 7 - All-Stars  Janelle Pierzina Season 8 Replaced by America's Player |
America's Favorite Houseguest Season 9  James Zinkand |
Succeeded by Season 10  Keesha Smith |
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