Josh Martinez

Joshua "Josh" Martinez is the winner of Big Brother 19 (US).

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 having heated 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. His risky decision paid off, and he was awarded the win in a 5-4 vote.

Biography

Josh Martinez Biography

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

Player History - Big Brother 19

Competition History

Week 1	Temptation	Sat Out
	Hit The Road	Saved
	HOH Part 1	Immunity
	HOH Part 2	Ineligible
	POV	Not Picked
Week 2	HOH	Loss
Week 2	POV	Loss
Week 3	HOH	Loss
Week 3	POV	Not Picked
Week 4	House Challenge	Not Picked
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 5	HOH	Loss
	Temptation	Sat Out
	POV	Not Picked
Week 6	HOH	Win
	Temptation	Sat Out as HOH
	POV	Loss
Week 7	HOH	Previous HOH
	Temptation	Survived
	POV	Not Picked
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 8	HOH	Loss
Week 8	POV	Not Picked
Week 9	HOH	Loss
Week 9	POV	Loss
Week 10	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Win
Week 11	HOH	Win
	POV	Loss
	HOH	Previous HOH
	POV	Loss
Week 12	HOH Part 1	Loss
	HOH Part 2	Win
	HOH Part 3	Win

Have/Have-Not History

Week 1	Have-Not
Week 2	Have
Week 3	Have-Not
Week 4	Have-Not Extension
Week 5	Have
Week 6	Have
Week 7	Have
Week 8	Have-Not
Week 9	Have
Week 10	Have/Have-Not Phase Over
Week 11
Week 12

Den of Temptation History

Week 1	Loss
Week 2	Loss
Week 3	Loss
Week 4	Den of Temptation Phase Over
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12

Voting History

Week	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
1	Saved By Apple	Christmas Abbott	No
1	Immune	Jillian Parker	Yes
2	Vetoed	Cody Nickson	Yes
3	–	Dominique Cooper	Yes
4	House Challenger	Paul Abrahamian	Yes
4	Nominated	–	–
5	No voting	–	–
6	HOH	–	–
7	–	Cody Nickson	Yes
7	–	Elena Davies	Yes
8	–	Mark Jansen	Yes
9	–	Matthew Clines	Yes
10	–	Jason Dent	Yes
10	POV Holder	Kevin Schlehuber	No
11	HOH	Alex Ow	Yes (Tiebreaker)
11	Nominated	–	–
12	HOH	Christmas Abbott	Sole Vote
Finale	Winner	–	–

HOH History

	Original Nominees			Post-Veto Nominees			Intended Target
Week 6	Elena	Mark	Temptation Jessica	Elena	Raven	Evicted Jessica	Elena	THEN	Jessica
Week 11	Alex	Kevin		Evicted Alex	Kevin		Alex
Week 12	Evicted Christmas	Paul		N/A			Christmas

Post Big Brother

He returned for Celebrity Big Brother 1 (US) along with fellow winners Ian Terry, Derrick Levasseur, and Nicole Franzel to explain how to win the game.
On December 5, 2017, Josh appeared on The Taran Show to talk about his family and his life pre and post Big Brother 19 (US).^[2]
Josh attended the premiere of Big Brother 20 (US).^[3]
Josh appeared on an episode of Big Brother 20 (US) along with Derrick Levasseur, Paul Abrahamian, Britney Haynes, Daniele Donato and Dominic Briones (offscreen) to celebrate Nicole Franzel and Victor Arroyo's engagement.

MTV

Josh Challenge 35 — Josh's Cast Photo for *The Challenge: Total Madness*

Josh competed on The Challenge: War of the Worlds^[4] alongside Liz, Julia, Da'Vonne, Natalie, Paulie, Morgan, and Celebrity Big Brother 18 (UK) winner Stephen Bear.^[5] He ended up losing the Opening Challenge alongside Liz and they got eliminated in Episode 1. However, fellow Prospect/Rookie Alan Valdez broke his arm, so Josh was brought back into the game and was paired with Amanda Garcia as his Veteran partner, and they ended up getting eliminated in Episode 7.
Josh competed on The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 alongside Paulie, Bear and Big Brother 18 (UK) contestant Kayleigh Morris. He was placed on Team USA.^[6] He ended up getting eliminated in Episode 13.
Josh competed on The Challenge: Total Madness alongside Bear, Kaycee, Fessy, Bayleigh, Swaggy C, and HaAh HaGadol VIP 3 winner Asaf Goren.^[7] He ended up getting eliminated in Episode 14 alongside Aneesa Ferreira in a Double Elimination.
Josh is rumored to be competing 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. His partner is rumored to be Kam Williams.

Josh's Cast Photo for The Challenge: War of the Worlds

Josh's Cast Photo for The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2

Trivia

Josh is tied with fellow BB19 houseguest Mark Jansen, BB11 houseguest Michele Noonan, BB15 houseguests Helen Kim and Elissa Slater, BB18 houseguest Corey Brooks, and BB20 houseguest Scottie Salton for the most weeks spent as a Have-Not in a single season with four.
- He holds the record of most weeks spent as a Have-Not in terms of winners.
Josh is the third Hispanic-American houseguest to make it to the final 2, following Ivette Corredero and Natalie Martinez. He is the first one to win.
Josh is the first, and currently only, minority male winner and the second minority winner of Big Brother US overall, following Jun Song. They would be followed by Kaycee Clark and Tamar Braxton.
Josh's first and last votes in BB19 were both for Christmas Abbott.

References

↑ http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_brother/cast/215649/
↑ Armstrong, Taran (5 December 2017). The Taran Show 21 - Josh Martinez. Rob Has A Website. Retrieved on 18 April 2018.
↑ BB Family photo from the premiere!. Reddit (27 June 2018). Retrieved on 27 June 2018.
↑ Josh's The Challenge Wiki Page
↑ https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/the-challenge-cast-meet-the-war-of-the-worlds-competitors/
↑ https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/the-challenge-34-u-s-vs-u-k-cast-revealed/look-whos-back/
↑ https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/the-challenge-season-35-meet-the-cast-of-total-madness/

Preceded by Season 18 Nicole Franzel Over The Top Morgan Willett	Winner Season 19 Josh Martinez	Succeeded by Season 20 Kaycee Clark