Celebrity Big Brother power rankings: Season finale winner prediction

Welcome to the final Celebrity Big Brother power rankings of the season!

It’s time for more Celebrity Big Brother power rankings. Kandi Burruss, Tamar Braxton, Dina Lohan, Lolo Jones, and Ricky Williams are the final five houseguests. Friday night (February 8) saw a Double Eviction in which Natalie Eva Marie and Tom Green were evicted.

Recap of recent Celebrity Big Brother events

It started with Tom winning the Celebrity Tumbling Dice Competition, which featured a guest appearance from Celebrity Big Brother 1 star Omarosa. Tom then chose to nominate Ricky and Natalie at Kandi’s suggestion.

Tom was then able to win the Power of Veto, appearing to seal Ricky’s fate. However, Kandi refused to vote Ricky out, so Tom used the Power of Veto on Ricky, knowing he would not have the votes to evict him. In his place, Tom nominated Lolo. Natalie was sent packing in the first eviction of the night by a vote of 4-0.

The final Breaking Celebrity News twist of the season appeared and announced a new Safety Competition. The winner would be immune but was forced to then sit out of the Head of Household competition. Tamar won the Safety Competition.

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Lolo won the Living Art Head of Household Competition and chose to nominate Tom and Kandi for eviction. Celebrity Big Brother 1 stars Ross Mathews and Metta World Peace made an appearance during the Cousins Power of Veto Competition, which Tamar won. Tamar chose to keep the nominations the same. This sealed Tom’s fate, as he was evicted by a vote of 3-0.

America’s Favorite Houseguest

Voting for America’s Favorite Houseguest is now open. This was announced during the Double eviction and voting will remain open until 9 am PT on February 13. You can vote up 10 times a day for your favorite houseguest to win a $25,000 prize. Anthony Scaramucci is not included in the vote as he was a fake houseguest.

New developments

After the Double Eviction, Ricky Williams won the Head of Household Competition, ensuring his spot in the final four. Click below to find out how the final five houseguests rank in my latest Celebrity Big Brother power rankings.

5. Kandi Burruss

Checking in the at No. 5, with the least likely shot of winning, is Kandi Burruss. We finally saw some game out of Kandi, as she essentially ran Tom Green’s Head of Household reign, getting Tom to nominate Ricky Williams and Natalie Eva Marie instead of Tom’s original plan of nominating Ricky Williams and Lolo Jones.

She also got Tom to back down from his plan to evict Ricky, and as a result, Tom used the Power of Veto on Ricky and made Lolo the replacement nominee. Unfortunately for Kandi, it is too little too late. With Lolo winning Head of Household and Tamar winning Power of Veto, Kandi found herself on the wrong side of the numbers.

4. Tamar Braxton

Tamar Braxton has a solid resume at this point, with a backdoor of Kato Kaelin during her Head of Household reign, a win in the Safety Competition, and a Power of Veto win that sealed Tom’s fate. That is typically a resume worthy of consideration for the win in Celebrity Big Brother.

However, if there is ever a class on poor jury management included in the school of How Not to Win Big Brother, you will find Tamar Braxton on the first page of the textbook. Celebrating in someone’s face as they exit the Celebrity Big Brother house is only going to tick them off and likely ensure you do not get their vote.

In addition to losing that juror’s vote, other jurors are going to see your actions as well, and there is potential to lose their votes. In a perfect world, jurors would vote based solely on gameplay. However, this is a game in which real human emotions are involved. With her recent actions, she might very well be playing for second place at this point.

3. Lolo Jones

Lolo Jones has a very good shot at getting to the end. She has the ability to win competitions and she has the bonds with Ricky Williams and Tamar Braxton. However, the best chance she has at winning is against Tamar. While Lolo has been more relaxed lately, those previous arguments are going to stick in the minds of jurors, because, at the end of the day, sometimes a vote can come down to simply having happy jurors.

Lolo’s resume currently consists of a Head of Household reign, where she took out Tom Green, and a Power of Veto win, that helped seal Kato Kaelin’s fate. That is a resume that should at least get you votes. Ricky and Tamar arguably both have Lolo beat as far as a resume goes. Dina, Kandi, and Ricky also arguably have her beat in the social aspect of the game. However, the social aspect might be the one area where she beats Tamar. Despite the arguments Lolo has gotten into, she has at least treated jurors better on the way out.

2. Dina Lohan

The only reason Dina Lohan is not No. 1 on this list is that she is on the wrong side of the numbers. Tamar, Lolo, and Ricky have been very tight since the beginning of the game and it does not look like that is going to stop any time soon. Dina could beat everybody left in the final five with her social game. It is hard to find one person who has anything to say about her. Sometimes that is all it takes.

Plenty of people who have won Big Brother have won simply by having a better social game than the person they are sitting next to at the end. Even if fans do not like it because they are not necessarily making flashy moves, it is very much a valid Big Brother strategy. Do not overlook Dina Lohan. All she needs to do is win the final four Head of Household Competition.

Plus, how can a jury not love a good underdog story? Dina has been on the wrong side of the numbers since Jonathan Bennett got evicted. She was aligned with Jonathan, Ryan Lochte, and Joey Lawrence, and she saw them get evicted in the first three rounds. Yet, through her strong social game, she has barely even touched the block. She was briefly nominated in the second cycle for voting against the house, but she had the Power of Veto used on her by Tom. That run will likely come to an end soon, as she will likely be nominated against Kandi. She should ultimately stay if nominations remain the same, but if Kandi wins the Power of Veto, expect Dina to be evicted this cycle.

1. Ricky Williams

Back in the No. 1 slot in the Celebrity Big Brother power rankings is Ricky Williams. Ricky was able to survive the biggest threat to his game after Kandi Burruss essentially forced Tom Green to abort his plan to evict Ricky and he is now the frontrunner for the win. Ricky is in the best position to make it to the end, as he has been tightly aligned with Tamar Braxton and Lolo Jones. All Ricky needs to do is make sure he does not get to the final two with Dina Lohan. Ricky has low key played the smartest game in the house. However, Dina has everybody beat in the social aspect.

Ricky has largely orchestrated the season without people in the house even realizing it. After Ricky orchestrated Jonathan Bennett’s eviction in the first cycle, Ricky’s alliance of Lolo, Natalie Eva Marie, and Tamar has largely remained in power for the duration of the season, losing only Natalie. Through his social and strategic game, Ricky was able to avoid two eviction attempts by Tom.

The first attempt came in the third cycle when Tom wanted to backdoor Ricky for being the biggest threat in the game and potentially having the Power of the Publicist. However, Lolo spilled the beans about Tom’s plan to Ricky. It was to repay Ricky for him telling Lolo about a possible plan from Ryan Lochte to backdoor Lolo. The second attempt came in the fifth cycle when Tom nominated Ricky against Natalie with the hopes of evicting Ricky because he saw Ricky as the biggest threat. This backfired on Tom when Tom’s own alliance members refused to evict Ricky, causing Tom to use the Power of Veto on Ricky. That right there is a winning resume in Celebrity Big Brother if there ever was one.