Big Brother: the 6 dumbest moves of the 2010s: No. 1

With the decade nearly over, we decided to take a look back at every season of Big Brother we had this decade. In our look back, we decided to rank our 6 dumbest moves of the decade.

With the 2010s nearly over, we decided to reflect on every season of Big Brother that took place this decade. We knew that several incredibly dumb moves had been made over the years. With this in mind, we decided to rank the 6 dumbest moves of the decade. This will include both the Celebrity and Over the Top versions of Big Brother. Our dumbest move of the decade is Lawon Exum volunteering to be evicted thinking he would return with a superpower.

No. 1: Lawon volunteers to be evicted thinking he would return with a superpower (Big Brother 13)

At week 4’s live eviction on Big Brother 13, host Julie Chen-Moonves announced to the houseguests a twist that would send a player back into the house after week 5. Brendon Villegas was evicted at week 4’s live eviction in a 5-2 vote. This set the stage for arguably not just the dumbest move of the decade, but the dumbest move in Big Brother history.

Kalia Booker won HOH in week 5. She was aligned with Porsche Briggs, Daniele Donato, and Lawon. Their target that week was Jeff Schroeder with Rachel Reilly as the backup plan. So, Kalia nominates Jeff alongside Rachel for eviction. When Jeff won the POV that week to save himself, thus the target shifted to Rachel. Naturally, since Jeff was going to veto himself a replacement nominee was needed. Enter Lawon.

As Kalia’s alliance was debating the replacement nominee in the HOH room, Lawon not only volunteers to be the pawn, but he volunteers to be evicted. Lawon was under the very false assumption he would return with some sort of superpower. Lawon’s alliance was already laughing at this plan in the diary room, knowing full well how ridiculous it sounded. Nonetheless, Kalia granted his wish and named him the replacement nominee. Lawon was then evicted 6-0.

Lawon then had to face the person America voted for in a competition in order to return to the house. America voted for Brendon to get the shot to return over Dominic Briones. Lawon subsequently lost the competition and Brendon re-entered, cementing Lawon’s place in the Big Brother Hall of Dumb. At his eviction interview, Julie informed Lawon there was no superpower.

Where to even begin when dissecting this one? First of all, in the history of Big Brother, nobody has ever had any sort of power upon returning to the game. So, unless Lawon hadn’t done his homework, then I have to question why anyone would think there was a superpower to be had upon returning. Second of all, there was no way they were going to make it easy on Lawon to return and Lawon was terrible at competitions. Third, just why would you ever volunteer to be evicted in the first place if you’re actively trying to win the game? If you’re evicted, you are no longer in the game and if you do return, its likely a huge stain on your resume.

What is the dumbest move of the decade in your book? Let us know in the comments!