I started a Big Brother fantasy league with a few friends starting with Season 23 and, despite covering the show for many years and knowing the do's and don'ts of winning BB , I'm absolutely terrible at picking Houseguests to win pre-game. I've never finished above third place since my buddies and I started the league, and Season 25 was possibly my worst showing yet. As such, I figured it would be great to showcase my picks for this year, for anyone who wants to manage their expectations now that they'll win Big Brother 26, which recently premiered .
To illustrate for you just how bad my Season 25 picks were, I took Hisam Goueli, Reilly Smedley, Red Utley and Luke Valentine. One of my Houseguests was expelled on Day 8 and, by Day 37, my entire team was out of the game. To further exemplify how bad I am at picking pre-game, I drafted Derek Frazier on Season 23 as my first pick.
While he did finish in second place, he's the only person since Dr. Will to make a Final 2 while winning absolutely nothing. I'll say it again, I'm terrible at drafting players.
For that reason, I'm sharing my Season 26 picks below, along with some logic on why I'll be rooting for them when I watch the live feeds with my Paramount+ subscription . Of course, my expectations are pretty low given my track record, and I suggest readers also start to feel that way as well as they watch this season. Brooklyn Rivera I'll be honest, when I learned that Brooklyn was part of the pageant scene, I immediately locke.