Rachel Reilly

Rachel Villegas
Houseguest Profile
Born	October 16, 1984 (1984-10-16)
Hometown	Las Vegas, NV
Occupation	Cocktail Waitress
Season History
Big Brother 12
Status	Jury Member
Place	9th
Votes Against	6
Loyalties	Brendon Villegas
HoH Wins	2 (Weeks 2 & 4)
Times Nominated	2 (Weeks 1 & 5)
Veto Wins	0
Days	41
Other Prizes	$5,000
Big Brother 13
Status	Winner
Place	1st
Votes Against	2
Votes To Win	4
Alliances	Veterans
Loyalties	Brendon Villegas Jeff Schroeder Jordan Lloyd Porsche Briggs
Duo Partner	1st - Brendon Villegas 2nd - Jordan Lloyd
HoH Wins	4 (Weeks 1, 3, 9, and 10)
Times Nominated	5 (Weeks 4, 5, Day 55, Week 8 & Day 69)
Veto Wins	2 (Weeks 1 & 8)
Days	75
Social Media
Twitter	RachelEReilly
Instagram	rachelereillyvillegas

Rachel Reilly is the winner of Big Brother 13, who first appeared on Big Brother 12.

In Season 12, Rachel caused significant drama for her overbearing personality, which led to her getting into verbal fights with her fellow houseguests. When she was nominated against her only ally Brendon Villegas in week 5, she was evicted unanimously for being seen as the more significant threat of the duo. She placed 9th and was the first member of the jury. She would cast her jury vote for Lane Elenburg, feeling he had played the best social game.

She returned to the game in Big Brother 13 as part of the season duo twist, being partnered with her now husband Brendon Villegas. When the duo twist was released back onto the house for a week later in the game, her second partner was Jordan Lloyd. When Brendon was evicted in Week 6, Rachel was in the house for the first time ever without him, and could play the game with less distraction, instead focusing on strategy. Rachel also dominated in competitions; winning 4 HoHs and 2 PoVs. Rachel ultimately won the game in a close 4-3 jury vote.

Despite her constant irritation to other houseguests and viewers because of her grating laugh and frequent crying, she and Brendon ("Brenchel") developed a huge fan base. Due to her competition prowess, she is considered one of the greatest physical players in the show's history, having won every endurance competition she competed in.

Biography

Retrieved from CBS.com

Big Brother 12

Name: Rachel Reilly
Age: 26
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Occupation: Chemistry Graduate Student/VIP Cocktail Waitress
Three adjectives that describe you: Bubbly, effervescent and adventurous
Favorite activities: Painting, working out, doing anything outdoors, watching movies with friends, playing with my dog, getting dressed up and going on dates.
What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house: Having your entire life televised
Strategy for winning Big Brother: I would hustle like I do at work when I get men to buy me champagne.
What types of people would you NOT choose to live with you in the house: Negative people - those who don't see the beauty in life and don't understand how fortunate we are to be alive.
A recurring theme on Big Brother is "expect the unexpected." How would you handle "the unexpected:" I would welcome it - I'm always expecting the unexpected. My life in Vegas is like a show; I welcome the spice of life. Bring it on!
Which past Big Brother cast member did you like most or least: I like Laura the most because she stuck up for what she believed.
What are you afraid of: I hate spiders!!!!!!
Finish this sentence: "My life's motto is:" Try everything out the world has to offer and always keep a smile on your face. Make the world a better place.
Is there anything else you want the fans to know about yourself: I have so many facets to my personality. I'm a model, a cocktail server, a chemist, a student, a charity head... I have life experiences to share.

Player History - Big Brother 12

Competition History

Week 1	HOH	Loss
	Have/Have-Not	Have-Not
	POV	Loss
Week 2	HOH	Win
	Have/Have-Not	Sat Out as HOH
	POV	Loss
Week 3	HOH	Previous HOH
	Have/Have-Not	Have
	POV	Not Picked
Week 4	HOH	Win
	Luxury	Win
	POV	Loss
Week 5	HOH	Previous HOH
	Have/Have-Not	Have
	POV	Loss

Have/Have-Not History

Week 1	Have-Not
Week 2	Have
Week 3	Have
Week 4	Have
Week 5	Have

Voting History

Week	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
1	Nominated	–	–
2	HOH	–	–
3	–	Andrew Gordon	Yes
4	HOH	–	–
5	Nominated	–	–
Finale	Jury Member	Lane Elenburg	No

HOH History

	Original Nominees		Post-Veto Nominees		Intended Target
Week 2	Britney	Monet	Matt	Evicted  Monet	Monet
Week 4	Hayden	Kristen	Hayden	Evicted  Kristen	Kristen

Player History - Big Brother 13

Competition History

Week 1	HOH	Win
	Have/Have-Not	Sat Out as HOH
	Co-POV	Win
Week 2	HOH	Previous HOH
	Have/Have-Not	Have
	POV	Loss
Week 3	HOH	Win
	Luxury	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 4	HOH	Previous HOH
	POV	Loss
Week 5	HOH	Loss
	Have/Have-Not	Have-Not
	POV	Loss
Week 6	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
Week 7	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 8	HOH	Loss
	POV	Win
Week 9	HOH	Win
	POV	Loss
	HOH	Previous HOH
	POV	Loss
Week 10	HOH Part 1	Win
	HOH Part 2	Unable to Play
	HOH Part 3	Win

Have/Have-Not History

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

Voting History

Week	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
1	HOH/POV	–	–
2	–	Cassi Colvin	Yes
3	HOH	–	–
4	Vetoed	Jordan Lloyd	No
5	Nominated	–	–
6	–	Shelly Moore	No
7	–	Daniele Donato	Yes
	Nominated	–	–
8	Used POV on Self	Shelly Moore	Yes
9	HOH	Kalia Booker	Yes (Tiebreaker)
	Post-POV Nominee	–	–
10	HOH	Adam Poch	Sole Vote
Finale	Winner	–	–

HOH History

	Original Nominees		Post-Veto Nominees		Intended Target
Week 1	Keith	Porsche	Evicted  Keith	Porsche	Keith
Week 3	Adam	Dominic	Adam	Evicted  Dominic	Dominic
Week 9	Kalia	Porsche	Evicted  Kalia	Porsche	Kalia
Week 10	Evicted  Adam	Porsche	N/A		Adam

Post Big Brother

Brendan & Rachel's cast photo for The Amazing Race 24

• Rachel & Brendan married on September 8th, 2012.
• During her pregnancy, Rachel competed on a Big Brother edition of The Price is Right Primetime Special that aired on May 24, 2016. Rachel and her partner, Lisa won $3,000 while playing their pricing game. However, Rachel and Lisa failed to make it to the Showcase Showdown.
• Rachel & Brendon's first child, a daughter named Adora Borealis Villegas, was born on April 8th, 2016.
• Rachel returned in Big Brother: Over The Top to host an HOH competition.
• Rachel returned to sing a musical number in the premiere HOH competition of Celebrity Big Brother 1 (US) alongside former houseguests Paul Abrahamian, Jodi Rollins, Cody Nickson, Jessica Graf, and Jessie Godderz.
• Rachel returned to host the fourth POV competition of Big Brother 20 (US).

The Amazing Race

• In late 2011, Rachel & Brendon competed on the twentieth season of The Amazing Race as an engaged couple and ultimately finished in third place.
• In late 2013, Rachel & Brendon competed on the second All-Stars season of The Amazing Race as a team of newlyweds. Brendon & Rachel won three legs and became the first team to make it to the final leg twice. However, Brendon & Rachel finished the race in third place again.
• During the Summer of 2018, it was announced that Rachel would be competing alongside her sister Elissa Slater in the thirty-first The Amazing Race alongside fellow Big Brother (U.S.), Survivor & The Amazing Race contestants.

Brendan & Rachel's Cast Photo for The Amazing Race 20

Trivia

• Rachel is the only female houseguest in Big Brother 12 to win HOH twice. In fact, she won 2 of the 3 HOH's won by a female in her season.
• Rachel has made an appearance in every season of Big Brother since her inaugural season except Big Brother 19.
  • In seasons 12 and 13, she was a contestant, in season 14, she appeared as a punishment by Pandora's Box for Ian Terry, in season 15, she was seen handing the key to her sister and contestant Elissa Slater, in season 16, she appeared as a guest commentator, in season 17 she and Brendon announced her pregnancy, and in season 18, when she was in a segment showing her newborn baby, Adora.
  • Rachel appeared in Big Brother 14, in a video for Ian Terry which he had to watch after he opened Pandora's Box. She annoyed Ian and gave him advice on how to win the game, useless to anyone but herself. Ironically, he did end up winning the game.
• Rachel, Mike "Boogie" Malin and Nicole Franzel, are the only Houseguests to win the game on their second attempt.
  • Coincidentally, both her and Malin were the fifth Houseguest evicted in the first season that they played.
• Rachel is the only winner to have a sibling play in a future season.
• Rachel is the third House Guest (and second female) to win the first Head of Household competition and then win the game following Lisa Donahue and Hayden Moss. She would be followed by Nicole Franzel
• Rachel shares the record for earliest multiple HoH wins with Jessie Godderz, having won the first HoH and the third HoH in her second season.
• Rachel is tied with Steve Moses and Morgan Willett for being the most nominated winner in Big Brother history, with 5.
• Rachel is tied with Ian Terry and Steve Moses for the most competitions won by a winner in a single season of Big Brother, with 6.
  • She is the first and only female to accomplish this.
• Rachel is one of ten Houseguests that have played in back-to-back seasons (the others being Janelle Pierzina, Kaysar Ridha, Howie Gordon, James Rhine, Jessie Godderz, Brendon Villegas, Da'Vonne Rogers, James Huling, and Paul Abrahamian).
• Rachel has eight competitions won in total (6 HoHs 2 PoVs).
  • She ties for the most HoH wins in multiple seasons with Janelle Pierzina and Paul Abrahamian with six.
• Rachel is one of sixteen houseguests who has crossed over to or from another CBS reality show. The other fifteen are Alison Irwin, Jeff Schroeder, Jordan Lloyd, Brendon Villegas, Cody Nickson, Jessica Graf, Janelle Pierzina, Britney Haynes, Elissa Slater, Nicole Franzel, and Victor Arroyo, all who later appeared on The Amazing Race; Hayden Moss and Caleb Reynolds who competed on Survivor; and Jeff Weldon and Jackie Ibarra, who were originally from The Amazing Race, being the first to cross over into Big Brother.
  • Rachel and Brendon are the only two to cross over twice, with both times being on The Amazing Race.
• Rachel won every endurance competition that she took part in(Going Banana's, Due Go Over, and Big Brother Mixer)
• Rachel and Elissa are the third pair of relatives to compete on Big Brother. Michael Ellis and Nakomis Dedmon along with Adria Klein and Natalie Carroll are the first with Dick and Daniele Donato being the second.
  • They would later be followed by Liz and Julia Nolan, Cody and Paulie Calafiore, and Tiffany and Vanessa Rousso.
  • Rachel and Elissa are the first pair of relatives to play in separate seasons (Rachel on Season 12 and 13, and Elissa in Season 15). They would be followed by Cody and Paulie Calafiore, and Vanessa and Tiffany Rousso.
• Everytime Rachel was HOH her primary target was always evicted.
• Everytime Rachel was HOH her target was always a newbie.

References

Preceded by Season 12 Hayden Moss

Winner Season 13 Rachel Reilly

Succeeded by Season 14 Ian Terry

Big Brother 12 (US) Houseguests
Hayden Lane Enzo Britney Ragan Brendon Matt Kathy Rachel Kristen Andrew Monet Annie Winner Runner-Up Evicted Jury

Big Brother 13 (US) Houseguests
Rachel Porsche Adam Jordan Kalia Shelly Jeff Daniele Brendon Lawon Dominic Cassi Keith Dick Winner Runner-Up Jury Evicted Walked