The Trio

The Trio
Alliance Profile
Big Brother 26 (US)
Members	Kimo Apaka Rubina Bernabe T'kor Clottey Tucker Des Lauriers
Votes Against	13
HoH Wins	2 (Weeks 5, 6)
Times Nominated	11 (Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Day 73, 11)
Veto Wins	3 (Weeks 3, 4, 5)
Lowest Placing Member	Tucker Des Lauriers (11/16)
Highest Placing Member	Rubina Bernabe (TBD/16)

The Trio (formerly known as Friendzzzz) is an alliance on Big Brother 26 (US).

Members

Jury Kimo

Rubina

Jury T'kor

Evicted Tucker

History

Creation of the Friendzzzz

T'kor, Kimo and Rubina grew very close in the house on a social level despite T'kor and Kimo being part of the larger Collective alliance that excluded Rubina. Additionally, Kimo and Rubina were extremely close with Tucker, the latter even going out to begin a Showmance with him, although they never began formally working together.

However, when Quinn Martin nominated Tucker during his Deepfake HOH in Week 4 and later targeted Rubina after Tucker took himself off the block, T'kor and Kimo chose to betray their alliance with him and blindside him by voting out Cedric Hodges, due in part to Quinn revealing that due to the existence of The Pentagon within The Collective they were on the bottom of the majority, but also the fact that they truly felt closer to Rubina and did not want her to go. Tucker at this point had also formed two large rivalries with both Cedric and Quinn due to feeling blindsided after Cedric aborted his plan to backdoor Quinn the prior week.

From this point the group began actively working together within the larger group of Sixth Avenue, and following Brooklyn Rivera's eviction on Tucker's HOH the next week, they decided to formalize their core within the Sixth Avenue alliance due to a lack of trust in the other members Joseph Rodriguez and Angela Murray, leading to the foursome dubbing themselves the Friendzzzz.

Down to Three

T'kor would go on to win the HOH in Week 6 and when looking for a third nominee due to the AI Arena twist, Tucker volunteered to be a pawn for her, as he had done so in the past for people he was not in an alliance with and wanted to make her week a little easier. Tucker's competition streak ended here as he lost both the POV and in the Arena and was evicted by a 5-3 vote, receiving votes to stay from Kimo, Rubina and Joseph.

From this point out the remaining members began getting viewed as a public Trio by the house, and a large concern for the remaining houseguests was breaking up this tight voting block before the Jury phase began. They narrowly scraped by as Kimo managed to save himself from eviction by convincing Chelsie Baham and Makensy Manbeck to change their votes with a compelling last minute plea during the eviction ceremony, securing that the Trio would enter the Jury intact. The concern of the Trio being able to control the game strictly by having the numbers continued to persist in the following weeks, but in Week 8 they were spared yet again as Chelsie chose to blindside Quinn instead, viewing him as a more dangerous threat.

Leah Peters would go on to win HOH in Week 9 and fully set her sights on breaking up the Trio for good, nominating Kimo and Rubina for eviction. The houseguests were stuck living outside for the week due to a twist, and during this time the three members constantly isolated themselves and spent time mainly with each other. They almost caught a lucky break as another twist allowed for two vetoes to be up for grabs this week, however they lost both shots as it while Angela and Leah would go on to win the POVs. Angela used her POV on Kimo, and Leah(having lost her chance to win veto after failing the JANKIE game) promptly renominated T'kor, forcing him to choose and cementing that the Trio would be broken up. The house chose to evict T'kor in a 4-1 vote, with only Kimo voting to keep her.

The Two Perpetual Pawns

In Week 10, Makensy won the HOH and nominated Kimo & Angela, the perpetual pawns for eviction all season long. Makensy's intended goal was to evict Angela and things looked to be going smoothly as Makensy also won the veto. However, in a turn of events, Chelsie convinced Makensy to use the veto to pull down Kimo to try and get Leah out. After a back and forth, and after Chelsie continued to push harder, Makensy used the veto on Kimo and nominated Leah in his place. This kept Kimo & Rubina safe for the week once again and was the second week in a row the veto had been used to save Kimo after Kimo didn't win it. Kimo & Rubina became part of the unanimous 4-0 vote to send Leah home and survived another week.

After AINSLEY surprised the houseguests with news of a double eviction, the game kicked into high gear. Chelsie won the HOH, barely beating out Angela in a tiebreaker question and once again nominated Kimo & Angela for eviction, having the same goals as Makensy to take out Angela. This time, Kimo won the power of veto to keep himself safe without needing anyone else. However, as a result, Chelsie nominated Rubina in his place as the replacement(as a pawn). Despite this, with Kimo stuck between choosing his only partner left in the game and the other perpetual pawn, the perpetual pawn finally went home as Angela was evicted in a 3-0 vote, leaving the final two of Kimo & Rubina intact. However, with Angela evicted, she can no longer be a perpetual pawn, which leaves the fate of the alliance in jeopardy as Rubina was the replacement nominee when Kimo took himself off.

Downfall

With the final five intact, Makensy went on to win Head of Household and with yet another week of being on the bottom, Kimo & Rubina were unable to keep themselves off the block yet again due to Makensy being closer to Cam Sullivan-Brown & Chelsie. Kimo & Rubina were nominated for eviction, and their fate as a duo would all rest on the veto, otherwise, they would be broken up for good. When Makensy won the veto, she promised to use it on Rubina and nominate Cam since he wasn't pulling his weight in competitions and Makensy thought he was throwing them. However, Makensy wanted to avoid bad blood with Cam & Chelsie as a whole, so she kept her nominations the same, meaning the alliance would be down to one. The trio of Cam, Chelsie & Makensy continued to debate who to send out. In the end, Kimo had become too much of a pawn to keep around, and he was sent packing in a 2-0 vote.

Rubina's Path

With no allies left, Rubina was left to fight alone. However, in the event she was up next to Cam, she did attempt to form a deal for an all-women final 3.