John McGuire was a houseguest on Big Brother 17.
John is best known for his very loud and very funny diary room confessionals. Despite being one of the most nominated houseguests in Big Brother history, he managed to get off the block four times by winning 3 POVs and 1 BOTB. His closest allies were Becky Burgess and Steve Moses, and his primary target was Vanessa Rousso since he was the only person in the house to realize how much of a threat she was. In week 9 both he and Steve were nominated for eviction, and ultimately he was evicted unanimously. However, he managed to re-enter the game by winning the jury buyback competition. Upon returning he started working with his arch-nemesis Vanessa, and made Austwins his new targets. Despite managing to lay low and improve his social game with the remaining houseguests, Vanessa evicted him on day 91 because she was scared that he had a final two deal with Steve. He placed 4th and became the 8th member of the jury.
On finale night, Johnny along with Jason and James was revealed to be the top three to win America's Favorite House guest, but lost to James.
He is secretly a super fan of the show, but kept that status a secret to avoid being targeted.
Biography
John (aka Johnny Mac, the Rock Star Dentist) is unlike any other dentist. He is loud, goofy, and never seems to run out of energy. Recently, he’s taken up running Tough Mudder marathons and is excited at the prospect of having a few showmances. Single and proud of it, if any girl wants more of a relationship, he has a sure-fire way of getting out of it—he'll start acting completely annoying and geeky, so they end up dumping him and no hearts are broken. He's a closet super-fan and wants to win so he can save his parents’ lake house and finally pay off his school loans.
John is from Scranton, PA and attended undergrad at Penn State and medical school at Temple. He plays guitar and bass guitar, though he wants to learn how to play the electric violin next. His favorite musicians include Dave Matthews Band and Skrillex, though he said he listens to all music except country.
Player History - Big Brother 17
Competition History
Week 1 | HOH | Loss |
BOTB | Win | |
POV | Loss | |
Week 2 | HOH | Loss |
BOTB | Loss | |
POV | Win | |
Week 3 | HOH | Loss |
BOTB | Loss | |
POV | Win | |
Luxury | Loss | |
Week 4 | HOH | Loss |
BOTB | Loss | |
POV | Loss | |
Week 5 | HOH | Loss |
BOTB | Ineligible | |
POV | Loss | |
Week 6 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Not Picked | |
Week 7 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Not Picked | |
HOH | Loss | |
POV | Win | |
Week 8 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 9 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 10 | Re-Entry | Win |
HOH | Loss | |
POV | Not Picked | |
HOH | Loss | |
POV | Loss | |
Week 11 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 12 | HOH | Loss |
Luxury | Loss | |
POV | Win | |
HOH | Loss | |
POV | Loss |
Have/Have-Not History
Week 1 | Have |
Week 2 | Have |
Week 3 | Have |
Week 4 | Have-Not |
Week 5 | Have |
Week 6 | Have |
Week 7 | Have |
Week 8 | Have-Not |
Week 9 | Have |
Week 10 | Have-Not |
Week 11 | Have/Have-Not Phase Over |
Week 12 |
Voting History
Week | Position | Voted for | With Majority? |
---|---|---|---|
1 | BOTB Winner | Jace Agolli | Yes |
2 | Used POV on Self | Da'Vonne Rogers | Yes |
3 | Used POV on Self | James Huling | No |
4 | Nominated | – | – |
5 | – | Jason Roy | Yes |
6 | – | Clay Honeycutt | Yes |
7 | – | Shelli Poole | Yes |
POV Holder | Jackie Ibarra | Yes | |
8 | Nominated | – | – |
9 | Nominated | – | – |
10 | – | Meg Maley | Yes |
Nominated | – | – | |
11 | – | Julia Nolan | Yes |
12 | Used POV on Self | Austin Matelson | Yes |
Nominated | – | – | |
Finale | Jury Member | Steve Moses | Yes |
Trivia
- John is the first player to be nominated every week the first four weeks.
- John's birthday is June 28th, which was during his run on the show and was celebrated all day by the houseguests.
- John is the first houseguest Big Brother 17 to win the Power Of Veto multiple times.
- John is tied with James Zinkand for least amount of days spent evicted before re-entering the house, with both players re-entering after just being evicted.
- However, James was brought back before the live show ended whereas John re-entered around ten minutes after the live show.
- John is tied with James Rhine and Shane Meaney for the most Power of Veto wins among men in a single season with 4.
- John is tied with Spencer Clawson for most nominated male houseguest with 9 nominations.
- John is tied with Amy Crews for longest surviving player who was evicted and came back in an American Big Brother, both reaching the Final 4. He is the longest surviving male who was evicted and came back.
- John is tied with Liz for the third most competitons won in Big Brother 17 with 5 behind James who has 6 with Steve and Vanessa with the most at 7 competitions.
- Without the Battle Of The Block, John and Liz are both tied with James for the third most competitions won in Big Brother 17 with 4 competition wins each.
- John won the most Power Of Veto competitions in Big Brother 17 with 4 POV wins.
- His final eviction speech quotes a line from Halo 2 one of his favorite games.
- At the jury round table he criticized Liz Nolan for not making her own moves by nominating two people that were going after Vanessa he was proven right when Liz revealed the only reason she was in the final two was because of Vanessa and Austin making her decisions for her.
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