WARNING! THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS ABOUT BIG BROTHER 26!
Big Brother 26 houseguest Cam Sullivan-Brown placed third behind runner-up Makensy Manbeck and unanimous winner Chelsie Baham, but he's now revealing which jury votes he thinks he would've had if Makensy had taken him to the Final 2. In the final week of Big Brother 26, Chelsie and Makensy won Parts 1 and 2 of the final Head of Household (HOH) competition, respectively, which meant that Cam had to rely on one of them to take him to the end. However, when Makensy won Part 3 and became the final HOH of the season, she chose Chelsie instead of Cam.
In an interview with EW, when asked how he would've done in the Final 2 if Makensy had brought him to the end, Cam responded, "I think I would've done very well, because I played a very good social game throughout this whole time in the Big Brother house. And I brought Makensy into the alliance with myself and Chelsie at the halfway point of the house, so I could use that to my advantage with the jury, as well as I had very good jury management."
Cam then revealed the four jury votes that he believes he would've had in order to win Big Brother 26. He said, "I was close with T’kor [Clottey] and Kimo [Apaka] and Quinn [Martin]. I was in an alliance with all three of them. So those are three votes. And then, inevitably, if Chelsie got evicted, that would probably be another vote for me. So I think I had very good jury management, so I think I would've held up pretty well."
I think I would've done very well, because I played a very good social game throughout this whole time in the Big Brother house. And I brought Makensy into the alliance with myself and Chelsie at the halfway point of the house, so I could use that to my advantage with the jury, as well as I had very good jury management. I was close with T’kor [Clottey] and Kimo [Apaka] and Quinn [Martin]. I was in an alliance with all three of them. So those are three votes. And then, inevitably, if Chelsie got evicted, that would probably be another vote for me. So I think I had very good jury management, so I think I would've held up pretty well.
What Cam Sullivan-Brown’s Jury Management Comments Mean
Cam Was Confident That His Social Game Would Earn Him The Win
It's very interesting to see that Cam believes that he could've won Big Brother 26 with votes from T'kor, Kimo, Quinn, and Chelsie. He was confident that his social game could secure him the win, but that probably wouldn't have been the case. Makensy had eleven competition wins versus Cam only having one. While houseguests can't win Big Brother based on competitons alone, Makensy's résumé was so much stronger than his in every way. It's hard to imagine that Big Brother superfans such as Quinn and Chelsie would choose Cam as the winner over Makensy.
Our Take On Cam Sullivan-Brown’s Delusional Jury Management Comments
Cam Couldn't Have Won Big Brother 26
Although Cam did have good jury management, his prediction that he could've won the game with four votes is delusional. Cam's jury management was great because he got no blood on his hands because he didn't win any competitions, and he didn't make any big moves. There's no way that any of the jury members would've rewarded Cam the $750,000 grand prize over Makensy. This is why it was so hard to watch Makensy stay loyal to Chelsie and take her to the end. Makensy most likely would've won unanimously if she'd brought Cam with her to the Final 2.
While Cam is a good guy, and a very nice and loyal person, he wasn't the best Big Brother player. He blamed his lack of competition wins on "the yips," but the truth was that he simply didn't perform very well under pressure. As a Division 1 athlete, Cam was frustrated by his lack of competition wins, and the jury saw that.
At times, Cam's fellow houseguests even thought that he must be throwing competitions because it seemed so unbelievable that he only won one of them. Although Cam definitely made some good friends in the house and the jury loved him as a person, they almost definitely wouldn't have crowned him the winner of Big Brother 26.
Source: EW