The 5 Dumbest Moves in Big Brother History: No. 3

With 21 seasons and 3 spin off versions of Big Brother in the books, we decided to take a look back at Big Brother history. These are the 5 dumbest moves in Big Brother history.

With 21 seasons and 3 spin off version of Big Brother in the books, we decided to take a look back at Big Brother history. Now, we’ve decided to take a look back at the 5 dumbest moves in the show’s history. This will include the Celebrity and Over the Top version of the show.

To qualify for this list, this has to be a moment that Big Brother fans would remember and talk about how stupid it was. This could come from any portion of the game whether it is nominations, volunteering to go on the block, using the POV on someone you shouldn’t have etc. You get the idea. Checking in at No. 3 is Dustin Erikstrup volunteering to be nominated in week 6, leading to a massive blindside.

No. 3: Dustin Erikstrup volunteers to be nominated in week 6, leading to a massive blindside

In Big Brother 8, there were two big twists. The first was that some houseguests would be playing with their nemesis. The nemesis were “Evel” Dick Donato and Daniele Donato (estranged father and daughter), Carol Journey and Jessica Hughbanks (former best friends), and Dustin Erikstrup and Joe Barber (ex boyfriends).

The other was that Eric Stein was playing as America’s Player. America gave him 3 tasks each week ranging from who to get nominated to who to vote to evict, and whose pillow to pour mustard on among other things.

In week 5, Daniele won HOH. Her and Evel Dick unsuccessfully tried to backdoor Eric, leaving them all alone against an alliance of 4. The alliance of 4 was Eric, Dustin, Amber Siyavus, and Jameka Cameron. Jen Johnson and Zach Swerdzewski were floating in the middle.

To make matters worse for Evel Dick and Daniele, Eric’s showmance Jessica won HOH in week 6. She nominated the Donatos for eviction. Evel Dick won the POV that week and in a surprising move, chose to use the POV that week on Daniele intending to sacrifice himself for his daughter.

This meant Jessica needed a replacement nominee. Earlier in the week, an overconfident Dustin volunteered to be the replacement nominee, having complete trust in his alliance. He also badly wanted the satisfaction of seeing Evel Dick leave over him. So, Jessica gave him his wish and named Dustin the replacement nominee.

Facing long odds, Evel Dick went to work to rally numbers to save himself. He was able to convince Jen, his in-house nemesis, to vote with him as well as Zach. This made it a 3-3 tie, which still wouldn’t be enough with Jessica as HOH. Knowing this, Evel Dick turned to an unlikely ally: Eric, who he had tried to backdoor the previous week. Unbeknownst to both Dustin and Evel Dick, Eric was America’s player and had no real power that week.

At the live eviction, America told Eric to evict Dustin. As a result, Dustin was evicted in a 4-2 vote, stunning him and his alliance.

Let this be a lesson to all future Big Brother houseguests: never volunteer to go on the block. It doesn’t matter how confident you are in your alliance, just don’t do it. If you volunteer on the block, things can go very wrong leading to your eviction. This is exactly what happened to Dustin. It is a lesson people fail to heed over and over again. In fact, Kathryn “Kat” Dunn nearly got blindsided this season after volunteering to go on the block.

What is the 2nd dumbest move ever? Stay tuned to find out!