‘Big Brother 26’ winner predictions: Chelsie Baham is overwhelming favorite to prevail on Sunday night
No one has had a better trajectory on “Big Brother 26” than Chelsie Baham. She started out the season as a microchip mascot with absolutely no power, and she went on to win a whopping four Head of Household competitions (so far). In addition, Chelsie was only on the chopping block once throughout the entire season, but she won safety for herself in the A.I. Arena, so she was never eligible to be voted out. For all of these reasons and so many more, the 27-year-old nonprofit director from Rancho Cucamonga, CA overwhelmingly leads Gold Derby’s “Big Brother 26” winner predictions.
Chelsie currently has 1/5 odds to prevail, while Makensy Manbeck is in second place with 6/1 odds, and Cam Sullivan-Brown trails in third place with 48/1 odds. Do YOU agree or disagree with our racetrack odds? There is still time to make or update your “BB26” predictions before the Season 26 finale airs on CBS on Sunday, October 13 at 9/8c.
Even though Chelsie was only the HOH on four different occasions, her social gameplay always kept her safe when others had the power. In fact, nobody ever even seriously came after Chelsie at any point in the game. And during the weeks that her bestie Makensy was Head of Household, Chelsie was able to convince her to go after the people that Chelsie wanted to leave (including Leah Peters and Kimo Apaka), so she was essentially a Secret HOH.
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Chelsie was a part of several alliances throughout the season, including the Collective and the Pentagon, but it was her Final 3 pact with Makensy and Cam that proved to be the most important. The other players never seemed to realize just how strong they were as a threesome — not even in Jankie World when Leah had the option of splitting up a massive trio and she opted instead to target T’kor Clottey, Kimo and Rubina Bernabe — oops!
Besides the winner of the $750K grand prize being announced on Sunday night, viewers will also learn who will be named America’s Favorite Houseguest. That coveted honor comes with its own $50,000 check. All 16 contestants are eligible for the prize, but don’t be looking for Chelsie to pull a Taylor Hale by winning the game and AFH in the same night.
Why? Because our users believe that the Top 5 people in the running to be named America’s Favorite Houseguest are Tucker Des Lauriers, Angela Murray, Quinn Martin, Cedric Hodges and Leah. Are they right? Voting is still open at CBS, and you have until 9:00 a.m. PT on October 13 to cast your votes for AFH.
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