Where Are All 26 ‘Big Brother’ Winners Now? All About Their Lives Today

The 27th season of Big Brother is coming to a close.

On Sept. 28, host Julie Chen Moonves will crown a winner from finalists Vince Panaro, Morgan Pope and Ashley Hollis, who will take home the $750,000 grand prize. Based on the Dutch show of the same name, the social experiment sees contestants — also known as houseguests — living together away from the outside world while voting one another out. The victor is selected from a jury of evicted houseguests.

Over the years, 26 people have taken home the grand prize, with the most recent being Chelsie Baham, who won unanimously in October 2024. When asked what she wanted to spend the prize money on, she told Entertainment Weekly at the time that she wanted to give back.

“I want to continue to serve my local community. Now, financially, I would love to pay for somebody’s college tuition,” she said. “This money is not all mine. I may buy me a nice purse and some ice cream and cuddle with my dog.”

From season 1’s winner Eddie McGee to Baham, here’s where all of the Big Brother winners are now.

Season 1: Eddie McGee

The winner of Big Brother’s inaugural season in 2000, McGee has since found a career as an actor. He’s appeared in movies including the 2013 sci-fi thriller The Human Race and the 2014 drama God’s Pocket, as well as the TV show Eddie’s, in which he plays the owner of the titular bar and grill.

Most recently, he starred in 2024’s Road to Terzetto as Greg and appeared in five episodes of 9-1-1.

Season 2: Will Kirby

Will Kirby — popularly known as Dr. Will — beat Nicole Schaffrich in the final to become the second winner of the show. Since then, he’s remained a frequent sight on TV, returning for season 7 of Big Brother, winning a 2016 Big Brother special of The Price Is Right and appearing on The Traitors season 2.

An aesthetic dermatologist, he has published articles, lectured at medical conventions and spoken publicly about tattoo laser removal as the chief medical officer of LaserAway.

In his personal life, he has two children, son Cash and daughter Scarlett, with his ex-wife Erin Brodie.

Season 3: Lisa Donahue

Since becoming Big Brother’s first female winner, Lisa Donahue has worked as an actress with roles in series like Entourage, Dr. Vegas and Unhitched, per IMDb. She currently works as a photographer in Los Angeles.

She was close friends with Chadwick Boseman, paying tribute to the actor following his death in 2020. She said in a 2021 Instagram post that she had undergone a hysterectomy for stage 2 cervical and ovarian cancer.

Season 4: Jun Song

After winning Big Brother season 4, Jun Song moved to the Belgian city of Ghent. There, she raises her son, Noah, and works as a content strategist.

Song was formerly the owner and chef of a Korean restaurant, Rice House, in Ghent. However, the restaurant closed in 2018, per her LinkedIn.

Season 5: Drew Daniel

After winning Big Brother season 5, Drew Daniel embarked on an acting career appearing in the 2005 comedy-drama series Related and the 2009 romantic comedy He’s Such A Girl, according to his IMDb. He now works in probate law, per his website.

In his free time, Daniel enjoys volunteering, playing golf and following the Ohio State Buckeyes football team, according to his website.

Season 6: Maggie Ausburn

Emergency room nurse Maggie Ausburn won Big Brother season 6 over runner-up Ivette Corredero.

However, she does not use social media and has maintained a private life ever since.

Season 7: Mike ‘Boogie’ Malin

After first appearing on Big Brother season 2, Mike ‘Boogie’ Malin won season 7, All-Stars. He later returned for Big Brother season 14.

A year after winning, he appeared in the music video for Enrique Iglesias’ “Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song).” He later served as a mentor on VH1’s Famous Food in 2011. He also made appearances in projects like Monk, Hood of Horror and Gun, per his IMDb.

In recent years, he’s faced his fair share of legal troubles. In 2019, Malin was arrested for threatening his fellow houseguest Kirby and his family, and in 2021, he was found guilty of felony stalking related to that incident. In January 2025, he was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting in L.A. Weeks later in March 2025, he was arrested in connection with a “Criminal Contempt-Disobeying Court Order.”

Season 8: Dick Donato

At 44 years old when he won, Dick Donato is the show’s oldest winner to date, entering the house alongside his daughter Daniele, who finished runner-up. The pair then returned for season 13 in 2011 before he left on the sixth day.

He later told PEOPLE that he exited the house because he found out that pre-show blood tests had revealed that he was HIV positive.

“I decided that it was time to just publicly say what I’m dealing with,” he said. “On one hand, I’m doing this for myself: I don’t want to hide anymore. On the other hand, I hope it will remind viewers to get tested, practice safe sex, all those things we know in the back of our minds but maybe don’t do.”

In 2014, he starred on season 5 of VH1’s Couples Therapy in 2014 alongside his then-girlfriend Stephanie Rogness-Fischer. He now hosts the Dick at Nite show, where he discusses current Big Brother episodes, on his Patreon.

Season 9: Adam Jasinski

Adam Jasinski faced a difficult legal struggle after leaving the Big Brother house. Three years after winning the show in 2008, he was sentenced to four years in prison on a drug trafficking charge and a concurrent term of one year for failure to pay income taxes on his $500,000 Big Brother winnings, according to the United States Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts. In his sentencing hearing, prosecutors noted that Jasinski was allegedly “responsible for distribution of 14,000 oxycodone pills.”

Since his release in 2015, Jasinski has since become an addiction recovery consultant and professional interventionist, per his website. He has also released a book titled My Kid’s On Drugs, Now What?, which details resources for dealing with addiction.

Per his Instagram bio, Jasinski is also the owner and contractor at Living In Style Inc.

Season 10: Dan Gheesling

Dan Gheesling, who was a teacher before winning season 10, returned for Big Brother season 14, where he finished runner-up. It wasn’t his only return to the screen, however, with Gheesling also taking part in the second season of Peacock’s The Traitors.

In 2011, he married his wife, Chelsea, in Orchard Lake Village, Mich. Together they have two sons, Des and Miles, and a daughter, Celine. He currently produces gaming content on YouTube and Twitch.

Season 11: Jordan Lloyd

After Jordan Lloyd won Big Brother season 11, forming a close relationship with fellow houseguest Jeff Schroeder, she returned for the 13th season — this time with Schroeder as part of the “Returning Duos” twist. In 2023, she co-hosted the Big Brother spinoff Big Brother Reindeer Games.

In October 2009, shortly after winning Big Brother season 11, she revealed that she had begun dating Schroeder. In 2012, they moved to L.A. together, and Schroeder proposed to her in the backyard of the Big Brother house in 2014. They wed in 2016, welcoming their older son Lawson Keith later that year in October and younger son Layton Sarti in September 2018.

Season 12: Hayden Moss

Three years after winning Big Brother, Hayden Moss joined Survivor: Blood vs. Water and competed with his then-girlfriend, Kat Edorsson. He finished in seventh place.

He seems to be a frequent traveler, posting regular photos from a range of destinations on Instagram. He was in a relationship with singer Vanessa Jamison as recently as March 2023, per Instagram.

Season 13: Rachel Reilly

Rachel Reilly first appeared on Big Brother season 12, where she began a romantic relationship with fellow houseguest Brendon Villegas. Neither of them won, but they returned — with Villegas as her fiancé — for the next season. Reilly won season 13 and returned in 2025 to star on season 27, where she placed ninth.

She has also made appearances on three seasons of The Amazing Race and starred in season 1 of The Traitors.

Villegas proposed to Reilly on Valentine’s Day 2011, and they got married in September 2012. They have two children: a daughter, Adora Borealis, who was born on April 8, 2016, and a son, Adler Mateo, who was born on Nov. 11, 2020.

Season 14: Ian Terry

At 21, Ian Terry became the youngest Big Brother winner in history when he won season 14.

He re-entered the house for season 22, where he finished in 11th place. He is also a keen backgammon player, representing the U.S. in the 2021 World Backgammon Team Championship in Germany.

In 2026, he is set to be a contestant on season 4 of The Traitors. He currently works as a senior consultant for the Peloton Consulting Group, per NOLA.

Season 15: Andy Herren

Herren became Big Brother‘s first openly gay winner when he received the most jury votes in season 15.

He’s still heavily involved with the reality competition community, frequently posting photos with recent Big Brother and Survivor contestants. He lives in Chicago and celebrated being two years sober in May 2025.

Season 16: Derrick Levasseur

Derrick Levasseur was a police officer when he won season 16 in 2014, but he retired in 2017 after receiving an American Red Cross Emergency Services Hero Award for helping to save seven people from a burning building, per the organization. After leaving the police force, he founded a private investigator firm, Break Investigative Group, and has appeared on several crime TV shows.

He hosts the Crime Weekly and Detective Perspective podcasts, as well as The Winner’s Circle with fellow houseguest Cody Calafiore. He went on to participate in season 3 of The Traitors and, since July 2025, has hosted the bonus episode series Big Brother: Unlocked alongside Taylor Hale, which features unseen footage and expert commentary.

He married his wife Jana Donlin in 2011. They share two daughters.

Season 17: Steve Moses

Months after winning Big Brother season 17, Steve Moses graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia with a degree in audio engineering, he told Entertainment Weekly in July 2022. He worked in audio engineering for a year and a half before becoming a franchise owner and certified senior advisor at Oasis Senior Advisors in 2019, per his LinkedIn.

Moses spent his winnings paying for tuition, investing in the stock market and purchasing his condo, he told Entertainment Weekly.

Season 18: Nicole Franzel

After winning Big Brother 18, Nicole Franzel returned for Big Brother season 22 and the Reindeer Games spinoff. Since 2017, a year after winning, she has been in a relationship with fellow season 18 houseguest Victor Arroyo, and the couple later appeared on The Amazing Race together in 2019.

They got engaged in September 2018 on an episode of Big Brother. They wed in March 2021 and welcomed son Victor ‘Arrow’ Arroyo IV in July of that year. They’re currently expecting twins.

Franzel currently works as a school nurse in her hometown of Ubly, Mich, per the Huron Daily Tribune.

Season 19: Josh Martinez

Since winning season 19, Josh Martinez has remained involved in the Big Brother world, attending the premiere and appearing in an episode of Big Brother season 20.

Martinez has also appeared on multiple seasons of MTV’s The Challenge and the first seasons of Netflix’s Pop the Balloon LIVE and NBC’s Destination X.

Season 20: Kaycee Clark

After winning season 20, Kaycee Clark has also taken part in multiple seasons of The Challenge, winning season 37 in 2021.

She was in a relationship with fellow The Challenge contestant Nany González, announcing their engagement on Sep. 17, 2023. However, they said in a joint statement on Jan. 25, 2025, that they had broken up, explaining, “This definitely wasn’t an easy decision, but it’s what’s best for the both of us.”

Season 21: Jackson Michie

After winning season 21, Jackson Michie briefly dated runner-up Holly Allen. However, broke up six months later.

Michie entered a relationship with Caitlin Goodrich, and he proposed to her on March 14, 2023. They got married on July 7, 2023, and their daughter, Sophie Grace Michie, was born on May 17, 2024.

Season 22: Cody Calafiore

After being runner-up in season 16, Calafiore re-entered the Big Brother house for Big Brother season 22 and won. He then came back in 2023 for Reindeer Games and was a contestant on The Traitors that same year. He hosts the podcast The Winner’s Circle with Levasseur.

In October 2022, he announced his engagement to Cristie Calafiore (née Laratta), his girlfriend of seven years. They got married on Feb. 16, 2024, and are currently expecting their first child.

Season 23: Xavier Prather

Xavier Prather won Big Brother season 23 in 2021, becoming the first Black victor in the franchise’s history. He later appeared on The Challenge and the Big Brother spinoff Reindeer Games.

Prather is a lawyer, and founded his own virtual practice, LawyerLike, in 2024. He’s also a model and is signed to the Option 1 Models agency.

On May 27, 2023, he became engaged to Kenzie Hansen.

Season 24: Taylor Hale

The only houseguest to win both the competition and the America’s Favorite Houseguest prize, Hale won season 24 in 2022. A couple of months after winning, she announced that she was in a relationship with fellow houseguest Joseph Abdin, but they broke up in April 2023.

She returned to Big Brother a year later for Reindeer Games, finishing as runner-up. Since July 2025, she’s hosted Big Brother: Unlocked alongside Levasseur.

Season 25: Jagateshwar ‘Jag’ Bains

After winning Big Brother season 25 in 2023, Jagateshwar ‘Jag’ Bains founded the real estate company New Havens in December of that year, per his LinkedIn.

He is currently appearing in season 38 of CBS’ The Amazing Race alongside his brother, Jas.

Season 26: Chelsie Baham

After winning Big Brother season 26 in 2024, Baham is also appearing on season 38 of The Amazing Race, taking part with her father, Jack.

She also works as a motivational speaker and strategist, according to her website.