Vanessa Rousso was a houseguest on Big Brother 17. Vanessa is known for being the founder of The Sixth Sense alliance, manipulating people to do her bidding within the game, and playing a strategic and aggressive game. For a majority of the season, she controlled the game, and was responsible for almost every eviction within the house. She made countless deals and won several competitions within the house to get her to finale night.
She finished in third place, being evicted by the sole vote of her ally, Steve Moses, who went on to win the game. According to most of the jurors, had Vanessa made it to the final 2, she would have had the votes to win over either Steve or Liz Nolan.
Due to her competition prowess, strategic maneuvering, and constant manipulation, she is considered one of the greatest houseguests in Big Brother history.
Vanessa is the No. 4 female poker player in the world when it comes to online and live tournaments. She's been a pro for the past 10 years and has won $4.5 Million dollars since she began. She's a tomboy who has always been extremely competitive, whether it's playing lacrosse in high school or beating men and women all over the world at the poker table. Being in a male-dominated industry, Vanessa isn't easily intimidated and is used to keeping her emotions in check, which will help her keep her eye on the prize. She's perfected the art of bluffing and knows that she can manipulate her Houseguests however she sees fit while living in the Big Brother house.
Player History - Big Brother 17
Competition History
Week 1
HOH
Sat Out1
BOTB
Ineligible
POV
Not Picked
Week 2
HOH
Loss
BOTB
Ineligible
POV
Not Picked
Week 3
HOH
Win
BOTB
Survived
POV
Loss
Luxury
Loss
Week 4
HOH
Previous HOH
BOTB
Ineligible
POV
Win
Week 5
HOH
Win
BOTB
Survived
POV
Loss
Week 6
HOH
Previous HOH
POV
Loss
Week 7
HOH
Loss
POV
Loss
HOH
Loss
POV
Loss
Week 8
HOH
Loss
POV
Not Picked
Week 9
HOH
Loss
POV
Win
Week 10
HOH
Win
POV
Loss
HOH
Previous HOH
POV
Not Picked
Week 11
HOH
Loss
POV
Loss
Week 12
HOH
Win
Luxury
Loss
POV
Loss
HOH
Previous HOH
POV
Win
Week 13
HOH Part 1
Win
HOH Part 2
Unable To Play
HOH Part 3
Loss
Note:1 Vanessa volunteered to sit out of the first HOH competition as only seven spots were available.
She, along with Steve Moses and Liz Nolan, have spent more days in the Big Brother house in a single season than any other contestant with 98 days.
Vanessa's HOH reign in Week 3 is the first time a female HOH evicted a male houseguest since Aaryn Gries evicted Judd Daugherty in Big Brother 15, over 25 evictions ago.
Vanessa is the first female in Big Brother 17 to win the Power of Veto.
Vanessa is also the first HouseGuest in Big Brother 17 to win PoV and not be a nominee
Vanessa is the only HouseGuest in Big Brother 17 to have used the Veto on someone else (Jason Roy).
Vanessa is the second Big Brother contestant to be a judge on a TV show, Bank of Hollywood, the first being Frankie Grande who is currently judging America's Best Dance Crew.
Unlike Frankie, Vanessa became a TV judge before appearing on Big Brother.
She is third houseguest to win the POV twice in Big Brother 17 following John McGuire and Steve Moses.
She is also the only female to win POV multiple times in that season.
Vanessa is tied with Daniele Donato for the second most competitions won in a season in Big Brother history with 7 (4 HOHS, 3 POVS) , behind Janelle Pierzina who has 9.
She is second woman in the history of Big Brother to win at least 3 HOHs and 3 POVs in one season following Janelle Pierzina.
She is responsible for every eviction except for Jace's and Jackie's eviction.
Vanessa has nominated every single male houseguests this season during her reigns as HOH, except for Jace Agolli
In all of her HOH reigns all of her original targets were not evicted.
Her original targets were always James, Austin (during week 5) or John.
Her new targets Jeff, Jason and Austin (during week 12) respectively were evicted though.
