Taylor Hale

Taylor Hale
Houseguest Profile
Nickname	The Sword
Born	December 31, 1994 (1994-12-31)
Hometown	West Bloomfield, MI Detroit, MI
Occupation	Motivational speaker
Season History
Big Brother 24 (US)
Status	Winner
Place	1st
Votes Against	2
Votes To Win	8
Alliances	The Leftovers Jaylor
Loyalties	Joseph Abdin Michael Bruner Monte Taylor
Festie Bestie(s)	1st - Nicole Layog 2nd - Alyssa Snider & Indy Santos
HoH Wins	2 (Weeks 6 & 11)
Times Nominated	6 (Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, & 12)
Veto Wins	0
Days	82
Other Prizes	$50,000 & 7-Day Cruise (Fan Favorite)
Big Brother: Reindeer Games
Status	Runner-Up
Place	2nd
Loyalties	Danielle Reyes Josh Martinez Nicole Franzel Xavier Prather
HoH Wins	3 (Episodes 2, 4, & 5)
Times Nominated	0
Showdown Wins	0
Times on Nice List	1 (Episode 3)
Times on Naughty List	1 (Episode 2)
Days	6
Social Media
Twitter	TheTayMack
Instagram	thetaylormack

Taylor Mackenzie Dickens Hale is the winner of Big Brother 24 (US) and the runner-up of Big Brother: Reindeer Games.

An underdog at the start of Big Brother 24 (US) who almost got evicted from Week 1 because of the numerous lies and negative perception mostly started by Paloma Aguilar, Taylor eventually gained footing in the game because of her superb social skills, competition wins both by herself and her alliance The Leftovers, and targets being prioritized over her whenever she was on the nomination block for eviction. While she lost some of her allies along the way, her great social game, persistence and Head of Household wins allowed her to reach the finale. She was also able to win back many of the people who bullied her with her kindness, which would help her with jury votes. On finale night, she gave a speech that cumulated her entire story with the resilience she had to bounce back from many adversities. She was then crowned the winner with a landslide vote of 8-1. It was later revealed that Taylor also won America's Favorite Houseguest, making her the first ever Black woman to win a civilian Big Brother (US) season and the first houseguest to both win the game and AFH award in the same season.

Returning for Reindeer Games, Taylor started in a good spot, being aligned with Xavier Prather, Danielle Reyes, and Josh Martinez. Despite keeping out of most danger by never competing in Santa's Showdown and displaying well-versed strategy, Taylor would still have several rivalries along the way such as Cody Calafiore and Frankie Grande. After making it to the Reindeer Games, she would defeat Frankie in the semifinals to advance to the Final 2 before losing to Nicole Franzel, resulting in Taylor finishing as the runner-up of the season.

Biography

Taylor Hale Biography

Retrieved from Parade.com Age: 27 Hometown/Current City: West Bloomfield, Mich. Occupation: Personal stylist What’s the best advice you received before coming out to play? The best advice I received was from my mom, who does not know much about the game. But she told me to let them think I'm stupid. (Laughs.) I've got a pageant background. I work in the beauty industry. I know a lot of people are going to assume that all I have is beauty. But there's a lot more underneath me. I'm a lot more cunning than people expect me to be. So I'll let them think that I'm stupid, and then I'll slit their throats on the back end. What do you think people will perceive you as? I think people will perceive me as someone who's only here for a showmance. You've got the hair, you've got the makeup, some pretty tight dresses, I won't lie. (Laughs.) But I'm here to play a hardcore game. Coming from the beauty industry, I'm here to prove that women have a lot more to offer than just what's on the outside. And you can use your wit, your cutting, your charm to get you very far in this game. I plan on leaving with that $750K at the very end of this. What types of players would you least want in your alliance? In my alliance, personally, the people that I would least want are the people who are not good at strategizing. I'm very good at using wit and charm to get far. I will admit strategy is not going to be my strength here. So as long as I'm not the one coming up with a strategy. We've seen serious strategists are the ones that end up getting taken out first when an alliance comes down to voting on itself. I want to be the one that's in that group with them. But I don't want to have to be doing the hard work when it comes to strategizing. What’s something the other houseguests may dislike about you? I'm very optimistic, and I think that's gonna go on a lot of people's nerves. I won't say I'm a bubbly person, but I am very outgoing. And I know that typically those people are the ones that have some trouble sticking it out in the long run in the game. The houseguests might not really like that I have all this big personality. So I might have to work on tamping it down so I can get really far in the game. On eviction night, would you rather flip the votes against the house to help your individual game, or go with the house to help your overall alliance? I think it depends at what point in the game. If we're talking early on, I think I wouldn't be afraid of flipping the vote in the house. Because I want everybody in the house to understand that we're really here to play a hardcore game. I'm not here to sit and coast all the way to the end. I want to do some hardcore work on the back end to really keep people on their toes. But as we get closer to the jury, I want to make sure that the people who are in my alliance are going to be there with me until the very end, so that I have the votes on that jury that are going to give me the cash in the end.

Player History - Big Brother 24 (US)

Taylor had a very rocky start to the game as she was immediately targeted by almost everyone in the house, due to the multiple lies spun about her and the initial negative perception of her. This was mostly started by Paloma Aguilar. She was then made the replacement nominee and target by Head of Household Daniel Durston when his original target Michael Bruner won the Power of Veto. Her fate was almost sealed, but she was given a reprieve when the Backstage Twist that week was cancelled and saved Taylor, since Paloma, who was one of the holders of the Backstage Passes and was therefore eligible for eviction, walked off the house. In week 2, she was again nominated by Jasmine Davis as Taylor was the original target. After Pooch Pucciarelli volunteered to be nominated as a pawn, most of the females started to look at Taylor as an asset to take out the men. In addition, Jasmine and her Girls Girls alliance saw an opportunity to take out a physical threat in Pooch and lead the charge to evict him instead, sending him home in a unanimous vote.

Week 3 was a game-changing week for Taylor as the Festie Bestie twist was unleashed and several incidents happened that turned the tide to her favor. While she was the backdoor target by Matt Turner, this later changed to the leader of the Girls Girls, Ameerah Jones, as a new plan was concocted instead as the outsiders realized that Taylor was actually innocent of many accusations thrown by members of the house after Daniel and Nicole were involved in a fight with Taylor. With Kyle Capener receiving intel from Alyssa Snider that a secret alliance was formed weeks before and Joseph Abdin deducing that Ameerah and her alliance were behind Pooch's eviction, a new dominant alliance called The Leftovers, which included Taylor, was formed. The Leftovers were then able to successfully evict Ameerah. and eventually picked off many of her enemies inside the house. This gave Taylor better positioning and social capital inside the house after every eviction.

At the start of the jury phase in Week 6, Taylor won the Head of Household competition and she initially targeted outsider Terrance Higgins. However, this proved to be a tumultuous HoH reign as her Leftovers allies tried to target Indy Santos instead for being deemed as a bigger threat and a better competitor than Terrance, resulting to Indy's eviction of that week.

While she lost her closest allies in Joseph Abdin, Michael Bruner and Brittany Hoopes in the subsequent weeks, she was able to maintain great relationships with the remaining HouseGuests, most notably with Monte Taylor who then started a string of both HoH and Power of Veto competition wins that also saved Taylor in the weeks he was in power.

Taylor also won the final 4 HoH competition, granting her a spot in the finale night. The final HoH of the season, Monte, decided to take her to the final two over his closest ally in Matt Turner as he thought Turner had a better gameplay and a jury threat over Taylor. However, Taylor gave a strong articulation of her journey during her speech and provided solid answers to the questions by the jury where she highlighted her perseverance, persistence and genuine social connections. This eventually garnered huge respect among the jury members who then decided to give her a historic landslide win of 8-1, with only Turner voting for Monte.

Competition History

Week 1	HOH Part 1	Loss
	HOH Part 2	Ineligible
	POV	Not Picked
Week 2	HOH Part 1	Win
	HOH Part 2	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 3	HOH	Loss
	Co-POV	Loss
Week 4	HOH Part 1	Loss
	HOH Part 2	Ineligible
	Co-POV	Not Picked
Week 5	HOH	Loss
	Co-POV	Not Picked
Week 6	HOH	Win
	POV	Loss
Week 7	HOH	Previous HOH
	POV	Loss
	POV	Ineligible
Week 8	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 9	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 10	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 11	HOH	Win
	POV	Loss
Week 12	HOH Part 1	Loss
	HOH Part 2	Loss
	HOH Part 3	Unable To Play

Have/Have-Not History

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

Voting History

Week	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
1	Post-POV Nominee	Nominations Void
2	Nominated	–	–
3	–	Ameerah Jones	Yes
4	Post-POV Nominee	–	–
5	–	Daniel Durston	Yes
6	HOH	–	–
7	–	Jasmine Davis	Yes
8	Nominated	–	–
9	–	Terrance Higgins	Yes
	–	Michael Bruner	Yes
10	Post-POV Nominee	–	–
11	HOH	–	–
12	Nominated	–	–
Finale	Winner	–	–

HOH History

	Original Nominees		Post-Veto Nominees		Intended Target
Week 6	Indy	Terrance	Evicted Indy	Terrance	Terrance	THEN	Alyssa	THEN	Indy
Week 11	Brittany	Turner	Evicted Brittany	Turner	Turner

Player History - Big Brother: Reindeer Games

Competition History

Episode 1	Naughty & Nice	Loss
	Jingle Bell Brawl	Loss
	Santa's Showdown	Ineligible
Episode 2	Naughty & Nice	Punished
	Jingle Bell Brawl	Win
	Santa's Showdown	Ineligible
Episode 3	Naughty & Nice	Win
	Jingle Bell Brawl	Loss
	Santa's Showdown	Ineligible
Episode 4	Naughty & Nice	Loss
	Jingle Bell Brawl	Win
	Santa's Showdown	Ineligible
Episode 5	Naughty & Nice	Loss
	Jingle Bell Brawl	Win
	Jingle Bell Brawl	Ineligible
	Santa's Showdown	Ineligible
Episode 6	Naughty & Nice	Loss
	Reindeer Games Part 1	Ineligible
	Reindeer Games Part 2	Win
	Reindeer Games Part 3	Runner-Up

Status History

Episode	Position	Punished
1	–	–
2	Naughty List/ Co-Jingle Bell	–
3	Nice List	Josh Martinez
4	Co-Jingle Bell	–
5	Co-Jingle Bell	–
Finale	Second Bracket	–
	Runner-Up	–

Nominations History

	Original Nominees			Intended Target
Episode 2	Eliminated Cody	Frankie	Xavier	Cody
Episode 4 (with Frankie)	Frankie Eliminated Josh	Nicole		Nicole
Episode 5 (with Frankie)	Eliminated Britney	Xavier		Frankie	THEN	Xavier

Post Big Brother

• During the run of Big Brother 24, Taylor was nominated for and ended up winning E! News' Reality TV Scoop Award for "Favorite Reality Star".
• In November 2022, Taylor confirmed she was dating fellow Season 24 houseguest Joseph Abdin. On April 19, 2023, the couple announced their split but stated they would “support one another as best friends”.
  • They attended the 65th Annual Grammy Awards together on February 5, 2023.
• In March 2023, Taylor was featured on Paramount+'s Twitter banner.
• Taylor was interviewed for the Big Brother: 25th Anniversary Celebration ahead of Big Brother 25.
• Sometime after the premiere of BB25, Taylor began an undefined relationship with Big Brother 23 houseguest Kyland Young.
• Taylor returned in Big Brother 25 to discuss the season during Week 14's eviction episode.
• Taylor appeared on a special episode of Big Brother 26 alongside fellow BBRG houseguest/winner Cody Calafiore and fellow winner Jag Bains to look back on the first three weeks of the season and reveal the next twist.
• Taylor returned in Big Brother 26, where she began taking over for fellow winner Will Kirby as the new host of the Jury Roundtable.
• Taylor and Kyland are rumored to be competing on the thirty-eighth season of The Amazing Race featuring BB alumni and their loved ones, as the only pair with two alumni. Jag, Joseph, and other former alumni Angela Murray, Chelsie Baham, Enzo Palumbo, Hannah Chaddha, Izzy Gleicher, Kathryn Dunn, Natalie Negrotti, Rubina Bernabe, Tucker Des Lauriers and Matt Turner are also rumored to be competing.

Trivia

• Taylor is the first African-American houseguest to win The Wall competition on the civilian version of Big Brother (US).
• Taylor is the only female on Big Brother 24 (US) to win multiple HOH competitions.
• Taylor and Jasmine Davis were the only females to win an HOH competition on Big Brother 24.
• Taylor always voted with the majority while in the house.
• Taylor is the first African-American female to win a civilian season of Big Brother (US).
  • She is the second overall following Tamar Braxton.
• Taylor is the first person to win with an 8-1 jury vote.
• Taylor has the most votes to win Big Brother in a civilian season against a male Houseguest out of all female winners, with 8 votes.
• Taylor is the first person to win both the game and America's Favorite Houseguest.
  • Because of this, Taylor has won the most money out of any Big Brother player ever, winning a grand total of $800,000.
• Following Da'Vonne Rogers and Tiffany Mitchell, Taylor is the third consecutive African-American woman to win America's Favorite Houseguest. Including Nicole Anthony, she is the fourth consecutive woman overall.
• Following Maggie Ausburn, Taylor is the second person to lose both parts of the Final Head of Household competition and still go on to win the game.
  • Including Big Brother Canada, she is the fourth, following Jillian MacLaughlin and Sarah Hanlon.
• Taylor has the most nominations within a single season for a winner, with 6. She has also faced eviction the most times of any winner, also with 6.
• Following Steve Moses, Taylor is the second person to win after being nominated in Week 1.
  • Including Big Brother Canada, she is the third, following Kevin Jacobs.
  • As Steve was vetoed off the block, Taylor is the first to win after facing eviction Week 1.
    • Including Big Brother Canada, she is the second, following Kevin once again.
• Following Derrick Levasseur from Big Brother 16 (US), Taylor is the second person to win the game without winning any Power of Veto competitions.
  • Including Big Brother Canada, she is the fourth, following Jillian and Paras Atashnak.
  • She is the first female in the US version to accomplish this.
• Taylor is tied with Maggie Ausburn from Big Brother 6 (US) and Jun Song from Big Brother 4 (US) with the least amount of competition wins among all female winners, with 2 wins each.
• Taylor became the first black woman to win the game on the 20th anniversary of when Danielle Reyes, the first black woman and black houseguest overall to make it to the Final Two, lost to Lisa Donahue in Big Brother 3 (US). Danielle only received one jury vote, while Taylor received all but one jury vote. Coincidentally, Danielle is Taylor's favorite player.
  • This also occurred on the 3rd anniversary of Cassandra Waldon's passing. Cassandra was the first black woman to play Big Brother on Big Brother 1 (US), and was the first houseguest overall to ever enter the Big Brother House.
• Taylor is the first female to win the final 4 HOH and go on to win the game.
• Following Dan Gheesling, Nicole Franzel and Xavier Prather, Taylor is the fourth winner to come from Michigan.
• Taylor is the first Houseguest to win the game and never be a Have-Not.
• Both times Taylor was Head of Household, her original target was a man, but the evicted houseguest was a woman.
• Taylor was the only person to avoid nomination and Santa's Showdown in Big Brother: Reindeer Games.
• Taylor and Frankie Grande were the first and only people to win multiple Jingle Bell Brawls, with 3 total each, 2 of them shared with each other.
• Janelle Pierzina, Dan Gheesling, Paul Abrahamian, Enzo Palumbo, Cody Calafiore, Nicole Franzel, Xavier Prather, Taylor and Anthony Douglas are the only people to make it to the Final Three twice. Excluding Janelle, all of them made it to finale night twice as well.
• Taylor is the first former winner to lose to a fellow former winner.
  • She is one of three winners to finish as a losing finalist in their subsequent season, alongside Dan Gheesling and Xavier Prather.
    • Coincidentally they are three of the four winners from Michigan, and both Taylor and Xavier lost to Nicole, the fourth winner from Michigan, in Reindeer Games.
  • She is the second former winner to be a runner-up in a subsequent attempt of playing Big Brother, after Dan Gheesling.

References

Preceded by Season 23 Xavier Prather	Winner Season 24 Taylor Hale	Succeeded by Season 25 Jag Bains
Preceded by Season 23 Tiffany Mitchell	America's Favorite Houseguest Season 24 Taylor Hale	Succeeded by Season 25 Cameron Hardin

Big Brother 24 (US) Houseguests
Taylor Monte Turner Brittany Alyssa Michael Terrance Kyle Joseph Jasmine Indy Daniel Nicole Ameerah Pooch Paloma Winner Runner-Up Jury Evicted Walked

Big Brother: Reindeer Games Houseguests
Nicole Taylor Frankie Xavier Britney Josh Danielle Cody Cameron Derek Jordan Tiffany Winner Runner-Up Finalist Eliminated Elf Ambassadors