James Jude "Jimmy" Heagerty III was a houseguest on Big Brother 27 (US).
Quickly bonding with Morgan Pope and Mickey Lee and against Keanu Soto, Jimmy soon won HOH in Week 2. After house pariahs Keanu and Kelley Jorgensen both saved themselves, he ended up nominating five different players by the end of his reign. Jimmy's former ally Mickey named him as the replacement nominee on her Week 4 HOH following a push by Morgan, due to his lack of collaboration with them during his HOH and Morgan's desire to keep and control Mickey's other option. By the time he lost the Block Buster, the house had isolated him and his two remaining allies, resulting in his eviction in 14th place by a 9-2 vote.
Biography[]
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Retrieved from parade.com Why will you win Big Brother? I’m gonna win Big Brother because I have a strategy background. Professionally and personally, I come from a world where manipulation and understanding who you want to get something from and when you want to get it is key. And I come into the house with a strong amount of self-awareness. I know what I need to say, I know who I need to say it to, and I know exactly what I need to do to win. I’m ready to put my chips on the board. I’m ready to show my cards, and I’m just ready to play and ready to play to win. I’m not here for the experience, okay? Some people come into the Big Brother house for the experience. But I am here to win because that $750,000 check is gonna have my name on it. [Laughs.] I’ve been manifesting it for weeks now. I’ve been seeing myself walk out of that onto that stage, seeing Julie Chen. For some reason, the confetti is purple to me, so I’ve been seeing that. I’m excited for everybody else to see it, too. But I have the smarts. I have the social game, and I know what it takes to win competitions, and when you need to win competitions. I know how to play people, and I know how to manipulate them. But at the end of the day, I also know how to build relationships with and create friends. I know how to work a house and a group of people in a way that strategically matches the goal that I’m trying to achieve, which in this case, is winning Big Brother. So I’m gonna lean into that social game. I’m gonna play with my competition and strategy smarts, and I’m also gonna make friends along the way and walk out of that house collecting a check of $750,000. What has prepared you the most for Big Brother? So outside of the game, I’m Jimmy. I work, I play tennis, I hang out with my animals and my long-term boyfriend, Sean, and I have a lot of really close and tight-knit friends. I’ve moved around a little bit. I went from Florida to a college where I knew nobody, and built a whole network from there. And then after college, I did it all again in a whole new city, built a whole new network and a whole new group of friends. And through that process, you find a lot of confidence in yourself. You really understand who you are, what you want to put out into the world, and then what you want to get from the world, too. And I think that breeds a level of insight and maturity that somebody at 25 actually has, that I think is really cool. And so into the house, I bring my smarts, I bring my life experiences, and I bring this unabashed confidence and understanding of who I am and what I want to put out into the world and what I want to receive from it. Why will you be the player to watch this season? Listen, I’m going to be the one to watch this summer, because I’m going to give y’all strategy, I’m going to give y’all gameplay, I’m going to give y’all personality, if you couldn’t tell. I’m going to give y’all interesting television, alright? Because that’s what we’re here for. We’re here to play a game. We’re here to make friends, and we’re here to make good TV. What are your biggest strengths? I mean, going into the game, I have a strong strategic background, again, both personally and professionally. And I’m really ready to see that exercised in the house and in the game. I’m also really resilient. I think that’s really important in the game as well. Whether it’s a competition where you’re behind and have to catch up a little bit, or maybe you’re thrown up on the block in a blindside, and you really have to lean in and use last minute time to talk people into letting you stay, or getting them to vote maybe a way that they didn’t expect to. And I think not giving up fighting for every point, something that I’m really used to doing, is gonna serve me really well in the Big Brother house. And I’m also a triplet, so I know how to stick out amongst a crowd, and I know how to you play that to my advantage. I know when I have to lean in and know when I have to lean out in the key moments. And I really think that’s gonna work to my advantage in the house. What are your biggest weaknesses? Gosh, I think I’m really trusting. I think that’s gonna be a weakness of mine. Once I really latch onto people and feel like I have a good connection, I feel like I’d be vulnerable to a blindside. So I definitely think that’s a weakness I’m looking forward to, or maybe not so much. And I also think a weakness I have is maybe I won’t think I need to win a competition because I don’t want to show how strong or how smart I am, but maybe it was the right time to win that competition. So those are the two things I’m kind of kind of weary about. I’m overtrusting and maybe in a way that leads to me not winning a competition that I might need to win, because I don’t feel like I have to win it at the time. What’s something you plan to keep secret from the rest of the house? You think I’m gonna walk in this house and tell everybody I have a professional strategy background, or that I’m from Washington, DC, especially right now?! No! I am a tennis coach and I am from Bradenton, Florida. I don’t need people worrying about my professional background. I don’t need people worrying about where I’m from. I want them to focus on this personality, and I want them to focus on how fun I am. I want them to focus on the fact that I’m a triplet. But I 100% will not be telling anybody what I do for work or where I work. Will you be more of a hero or a villain in the house? I’m definitely more of a villain. But see, when I say that, most people actually tell me I’m more of a hero. So I think it could go either way. In my mind, I’m more of a villain. I tell it how it is, and I’m kind of a [expletive]. I don’t know if I can say [expletive], but I kind of am. So I also read it down very consistently. So I think I’ll definitely lean more towards the villain side. But again, a lot of people tell me I’m good-natured and a lot nicer than I think I am. So who knows? Maybe I could be a hero. Maybe a villain who’s a hero. Does that work? How will you crush your enemies? I’m gonna crush my enemies by being their friend. I think there’s something so interesting about being a frenemy with somebody and then turning around and putting them on the block, and then sitting there in front of the entire house telling them exactly what I think of them. So I think that is a really good way to shut somebody up. Also, a few reads here and there definitely help. But I’m always ready to put somebody in their place. I’m the youngest of three, and I’ve always had to fight for my own. And I’m ready to do that in the Big Brother house. What are you bringing to the show that nobody has seen before? Well, you guys have never had a triplet on, so that’s new! I also think I’m gonna bring a unique and interesting energy. I don’t really give a what people think about me, and I think that’s gonna bode well for me in the house and with America. I’m also not afraid to run right up to an edge and just jump right off and see where it goes. And I think that’s a unique twist that, especially maybe the more modern seasons some people have been been afraid of. But again, I bring a level of strategic knowledge, ingenuity, and also a level of happiness and energy, all wrapped up into a cute little gift basket, if I do say so myself! What’s your fan level with Big Brother? I would say I’m a solid fan. I’ve seen most Big Brother seasons, not all of them. I started watching with my mom, primarily around earlier Big Brother seasons, around BB10, and then I’ve just watched since then. So I’ve seen a lot of the show. I wouldn’t consider myself a superfan, but I’m definitely a big fan of the show, and definitely understand how the ins and outs to the show work. The unique characters that exist, and really, how to play a solid game that you really want to win, right? Not showing all your cards at once, but moving strategically through the game. What’s your strategy going into the game? So, going into the house, I want to be a part of a bigger alliance right away. I don’t want to form the alliance. I want to be in situations where the alliance comes to me. Because the last thing you want to do is everybody finds out you’re trying to form some bigger alliance. Then, within that bigger alliance that’s usually around six to eight people, I want to form a couple different threesomes. I want to find one, two, maybe even three, different groups of three. So I want to find those threesomes within the larger group. And within that, I want to find a ride or die, and what I call a good D. Diva’s too long. Div is just right. And through that, I want to make a few Final Twos and a few Final Threes. That way you have an alliance within an alliance. The bigger alliances, they always break up, they always implode a few weeks into the competition. So you need to have those smaller alliances together so that when the bigger alliance breaks up, you have something to latch onto. Then, from there, you figure out who your competition is. You figure out who’s running the other side of the house, who the masterminds are. And you eliminate them, you get them out right away. You don’t wanna be like Cody in BB16 when he had the opportunity to send Derrick home and didn’t. I’m gonna be the one who’s gonna send my competition home when given the opportunity and when I have all the power. So my strategy going in is to build that bigger alliance, build smaller alliances within that alliance, and have a few Final Threes and Final Twos that I could really lean into when the time is right. And at the end, you want to take somebody to Final Two that you know you can beat. You don’t want to pull a Chelsie and Makensy all over again, when Makensy should have taken Cam with her. Come on, she would have beaten him! I’m not taking a Chelsie with me to the final; I’m taking somebody I can beat. And that’s how I’m going to win BB27! What makes Big Brother such a successful show? Big Brother has been such a success because every season there’s something a little different. There’s a new twist, there’s a new turn, and the house guests always have a willingness to adapt to what’s coming. And the house guests are always different. Every season, there’s always a different crop of people with interesting personalities. And I think that brings America coming back to see what’s in store, right? But there is a framework. It’s literally like a box of chocolates. You open the box and you know there’s chocolate in it, but you don’t know if there’s a macadamia nut inside. You don’t know if there’s peanut butter inside. And it’s always a welcome surprise. So I think Big Brother has been successful for so long because there’s a formula and a lot of variables within that formula that keeps the show interesting and keeps people coming back. And hell, this season, they get to see me on the screen, all right. So that’s even better for them to come back 25 more years after this.[1] |
Player History - Big Brother 27 (US)[]
Competition History[]
| Week 1 | Advantage | Win |
| HOH | Loss | |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Block Buster | Ineligible | |
| Week 2 | HOH/Advantage | Win |
| POV | Loss | |
| Mystery POV | Ineligible | |
| Block Buster | Ineligible | |
| Week 3 | HOH | Previous HOH |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Block Buster | Ineligible | |
| Week 4 | HOH | Loss |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Block Buster | Loss |
Have/Have-Not History[]
| Week 1 | Have |
| Week 2 | Have |
| Week 3 | Have-Not |
| Week 4 | Have |
Voting History[]
| Week | Position | Voted for | Correct? |
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| 1 | – | Rylie Jeffries | No |
| Position | Voted for | With Majority? | |
| – | Zae Frederich | Yes | |
| 2 | HOH | – | – |
| 3 | – | Adrian Rocha | Yes |
| 4 | Post-POV Nominee | – | – |
HOH History[]
| Original Nominees | Post-Veto Nominees | Post-Mystery Veto Nominees | Post-Block Buster Nominees | Intended Target | ||||||||||||||
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| Week 2 | THEN | THEN | THEN | |||||||||||||||
Post Big Brother[]
- Jimmy appeared as a guest panelist during the second episode of Big Brother: Unlocked that aired on August 8, 2025, discussing his eviction the night before.
- Jimmy competed on RHAP Reality Mafia on Rob Has a Podcast on September 20, 2025, alongside Angela Murray, Derek Frazier, Leah Peters, and Zach Cornell. As a member of town, he was incorrectly suspected and was evicted from the town on Day 3, finishing in 9th place.
Trivia[]
- Jimmy is the third HOH to nominate five different people in a single HOH reign, following Cody Nickson and Michael Bruner.
References[]
- ↑ The Houseguests Are Here! Meet the Full Cast of ‘Big Brother 27’ (8 July 2025). Retrieved on 8 July 2025.
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