He was best known for his friendship with Christmas Abbott, banging pots and pans through the house while singing circus music, calling people "meatballs", his loud Diary Room confessionals, and getting into arguments with several houseguests. At the first HoH competition, he took the golden apple, which granted him immunity for the week, because he believed he was a target. He then proceeded to lash out at Megan Lowder and call her a snake. He got into several heated arguments with Cody Nickson, Jessica Graf, Kevin Schlehuber, Elena Davies, and Mark Jansen. The altercations combined with his emotional outbursts made him a target early on, but he eventually got his foot in the door and started working with Paul Abrahamian and Christmas. For the most part, he was loyal to Paul and did what he wanted, but eventually, he realized Paul was making everyone else do his dirty work, and he saw how dominant Paul's game was. He then began using his goodbye messages to expose Paul's lies and, ultimately, thwarted his attempts to shift all blame onto him and Christmas. During the final weeks of the game, he contemplated turning on Paul several times, especially after winning the Final 5 HOH, but never actually did it. When he won the final HoH, he made a risky decision to take Paul to the final 2, believing that the jury disliked Paul more than either himself or Christmas. Despite his major altercations with others earlier on in the season, his strategy and risky decision paid off, and he was awarded the win in a 5-4 vote.
Retrieved from CBS.com[1] Age: 23 Hometown: Miami, FL Current City: Homestead, FL Occupation: Hair Care Sales Three Adjectives: Ambitious, courageous and passionate Favorite Activities: I enjoy playing sports, going to the gym, reading, hiking, traveling, meeting new people, being an adrenaline junkie and having new experiences. What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house?
The hardest part of living in the house will be being away from my family and not hearing from them. We are so close and my siblings are my best friends, so it will be really hard not having contact with them. However, they know that I'm living a dream and playing for them. Which past Big Brother cast member did you like most?
"Evel" Dick Donato from Season 8 is hands down my favorite Houseguest. He always spoke his mind, was an a-hole when he needed to be, didn't care what others thought of him, and, even though he didn't have a good relationship with his daughter, he always defended her, which is kind of the dynamic with my family. Overall he was himself, spoke his mind, and did not give a sh*t about being on anyone's good side. I see a lot of his gameplay in the way I'll play. Do you have a strategy for winning the game?
I have a huge strategy to playing the game and it's simple: lie, cheat, and manipulate. Lie and deceive all these meatballs (aka losers) into doing what I want as I win comps and make them think we're best friends. Also, find that one Houseguest I can completely trust and make it all the way to Final 2. My life's motto is… Play hard, work hard, and live your life the way you want. Always work for what you want, but enjoy your life and live life to the fullest. Never care about anyone's opinion, as long as you're living your life. What would you take into the house, and why?
- My cell phone because I could stay connected with the world
- My mom because she could cook and clean for me
- My brother or sister because we would raise hell together Fun facts about yourself:
- Crazy
- Adventurous
- Down for new experiences
- I'm an adrenaline junkie
It is rumored that Josh was in consideration for on the third season of Peacock's The Traitors, but was prevented due to his exclusivity contract for The Challenge. Had he competed, he would have participated with fellow Big Brother: Reindeer Games houseguests Britney Haynes and Danielle Reyes, alongside fellow winner Derrick Levasseur.
Josh is rumored to be competing on the second season of Telemundo's Los 50.
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Josh's Cast Photo for The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras
Josh competed on The Challenge: Double Agents alongside Fessy, Kaycee, Amber, Celebrity Big Brother 2 (US) contestant Lolo Jones and Celebrity Big Brother 22 (UK) contestant Gabby Allen.[9] After everyone was instructed to freely choose anyone of the opposite gender to be their partner at the start of the game, he and Kam Williams chose each other. In Episode 2, Kyle Christie won his Elimination and Infiltrated Kam and Josh's partnership, stealing Kam from Josh, leaving him as a Rogue Agent. In return, Josh got to immediately choose a new partner from the female Rogue Agents, and chose Kyle's former partner Nany González. He ended up getting eliminated in Episode 12 alongside Devin Walker-Molaghan in a Double Elimination, leaving Nany as a Rogue Agent.
Josh competed on The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies alongside Fessy, Kaycee, Amber, Big Brother Nigeria 4 contestants Esther Agunbiade and Symply Tacha, and Big Brother 17 (UK) runner-up Hughie Maughan.[10] He was chosen by Global Agent Lauren Coogan to be her American partner. In Episode 2, Lauren was disqualified from the game and Amber was brought in as her replacement, thus automatically becoming Josh's partner as well. In Episode 4, Josh ended up paired with Ashley Mitchell after their original partners, Amber and Hughie, chose to leave them and steal someone else's partners. In Episode 8, Priscilla Anyabu then won her Elimination and stole Josh from Ashley. In Episode 10, the game shifted from pairs to teams and Josh ended up on the Emerald Cell. He ended up getting eliminated in Episode 15.
Josh quarantined and was flown out to be an alternate on The Challenge: Ride or Dies, but was ultimately unused. Had he played, he would have competed alongside Faysal, Kaycee, Amber, Analyse, Tommy and Promi Big Brother 8 contestant Emmy Russ. He was one of Da'Vonne's "Ride or Die" partner options for the season but she ended up dropping from the season, so it is unknown who he would have ended up with. It was later revealed that production wanted him to compete alongside his sister Maytee Martinez, but he declined that option, wanting her to stay away from potential hate from fans.[11]
Josh competed on The Challenge: USA 2 alongside Paulie and Faysal representing the flagship MTV series, as well as Alyssa Lopez and Tiffany Mitchell returning from The Challenge: USA 1, and Tyler Crispen, Alyssa Snider, Ameerah Jones and Monte Taylor representing Big Brother as rookies. He was placed on the Red Team. After the teams were disbanded at the end of Episode 7, Josh ended up getting eliminated in Episode 13 alongside Survivor'sCassidy Clark in a Double Elimination just one round before the Final Challenge, the farthest he's made it on a Challenge season so far.
Josh appeared in the fifth episode of The Challenge: Home Turf, which focused primarily on his friend and fellow Challenger Tori Deal and her Challenge legacy.[12]
Josh confirmed that he was set to compete on Big Brother 22 (US), going through quarantine and sequester, but was ultimately cut at the last minute due to a false positive COVID-19 test. He later confirmed in a February 2021 interview that he did receive a positive test result two days before he was supposed to move into the house and was thus cut from the cast.[13] He was replaced by Memphis Garrett and went onto compete on The Challenge: Double Agents instead after fully healing.
