5 women who worked as waitresses who did extremely well on Big Brother

Big Brotherhistory has shown us that contestants who have worked at or run bars (Evel Dick Donato, Memphis Garrett, Mike Boogie Malin, Lisa Donahue), especially waitresses, have fared very well through the 26 seasons as well as onBig Brother: Over The Top.

Granted, most of the women who were waitresses (or hostesses) when they entered the house usually don’t have that same job a year later, but the skills these women learned from being a waitress seem to have helped them an awful lot in the game, especially in the earlier years of our favorite show.

Why? Maybe it’s an ability to deal with a lot of people all at once and do so quickly while keeping a smile on your face, fake or not, while dealing with people of all walks. Or maybe it’s part of the physical nature of being on your feet all shift. Whatever it is, it has really seemed to work.

NotableBig Brotherplayers besides the five we will talk about below also went into the house with jobs as waitresses including Krista Stegall (BB2), Diane Henry (BB5, third place,BB7), Amber Siyavus (BB8), Keesha Smith (BB10, fourth place,BB22), Porsche Briggs (BB13, second place)Jodi Rollins(BB14). Kryyssie Ridolfi (Big Brother: Over The Top, third place), and Leah Peters (BB26).

Peters was the first Houseguest to ever win HoH and PoV in the same week sinceBig Brother 22(Nicole Franzel) and the first contestant to be voted out unanimously in the recently wrapped up Season 26, wonunanimously(7-0) byChelsie Banham.

Let’s look at five waitresses who did pretty darn where for themselves playing this game of weekly survival, stuck in a fake house built on a parking lot in Hollywood.

Ivette Cordero

OnBig Brother 6, waitress Ivette Corredero finished in second place to her ally Maggie Ausburn, lasting all 80 days in the house and losing on Finale night by a final vote of 4 to 3 in front of 10 million viewers in the third all-women’s Final 2 in the first six seasons.

As a matter of fact, thefinal four players in the house were all womenwith another waitress—Janelle Pierzina—and April Lewis finishing in third place and fourth place respectively in 2005.

Ivette, a 25-year-old from Miami, won the $50,000 runner-up prize money along with two Vespa scooters, and was teamed up with secret partner Beau Beasley.

This secret partner theme would have rewarded the show’s winner $1,000,000 and the runner-up $250,000 should both secret partners reach the Final 2 and would have beenthe biggest prize inBig Brotherhistory.

Ivette was in The Friendship Alliance and won two HoHs (Week 9, Week 11) and one PoV (Week 10). She had a chance to be voted intoBig Brother 7: All-Starsin 2006, but didn’t make the final cut.

Janelle Pierzina

AnotherBig Brother 6(VIP cocktail) waitress was Janelle Pierzina, like Ivette, also 25, and also from the Miami area (Miami Beach). Janelle finished in third place onBB6, and her secret partner was Ashlea Evans.

Janelle won two HoHs (Week 7, Week 9), two PoVs (Week 7, Week 10), and was nominated six times. She won a Netflix membership and a trip to the Bahamas, but most importantly, gained a reputation as a greatBBplayer and was asked back three more times.

Returning forBig Brother 7: All-Stars, theBBlegend again finished in third place, but won four HoHs (Week 1, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8), five PoVs (Week 1, Week 5, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9), and was nominated five more times. She also won $25,000 for being Fan Favorite.

So with six HoHs, seven PoVs, and 11 nominations in two seasons, you can see why this former waitress and now real estate agent in Minnesota quickly became aBBicon.

Janelle, now Janelle DeSanto, also returned forBig Brother 14: All Starsand entered the game as one of the four coaches before entering the game on Day 27 as an actual player. She was evicted on Day 34. She also played inBig Brother 22and was evicted on Day 23, so she did much better in the game when she was a waitress than when she was in real estate.

Janelle also competed onThe Traitors 2—with anotherBBalum, Dan Gheesling—as a Faithful and was banished in Episode 5.

Daniele Donato

A member of one of thebestBig Brotherduos everalong with her dadEvel Dick, Daniel Donato enteredBig Brother 8as a 20-year-old waitress and finished as the runner-up—behind her dad—winning $50,000 as the outnumbered teammates navigated their way through one of the most entertaining seasons to date.

Dani had two HoH wins (Week 5, Week 7), and an amazing five PoV wins (Week 1, Week 2, Week 7, Week 9, Week 10), and was nominated four times, so she has a very similar resume and game style like Janelle.

When Dani returned with her dad onBig Brother 13,she finished in eighth place and had two HoH wins (Week 4, Week 6) and lasted 55 days in the duo-themed season. Dani, now Dani Briones, also came back onBig Brother 22, where she finished in seventh place, won one HoH (Week 6), and $5,000.

So when you add it all up, former waitress Dani won five HoHs, five PoVs, won $55,000, and found herself a husband (Dominic Briones) on this wonderful CBS reality show.

Jordan Lloyd

One of two waitresses who actually won a season ofBig Brother, Jordan Lloyd, won on her firstBig Brotherappearance when she won $500,000 onBB11after capturing two HoHs (Day 43, Week 10) and one PoV (Day 43) and beating runner-up Natalie Martinez by a 5 to 2 vote.

Jordan was 22 when she entered the house and a native of Charlotte, North Carolina and teamed up with Jeff Schroder—her future husband she met onBB11—and the two also competed onBig Brother 13where Jordan won one HoH (Week 2), Jordan is 37 years old now and hostedBig Brother: Reindeer Gameslast winter.

Rachel Reilly

The other (cocktail) waitresswho wonBig Brotherwas Rachell Reilly, and like Dani and Jordan, Rachel met her husband (Brendon Villegas) on the show, and also like Jordan, formedone of the best pairs of teammateswe have ever seen on the hit show.

The two met onBig Brother 12and returned forBig Brother 13where Rachel won the $500,000 grand prize, beating runner-up another cocktail waitress—Porsche Briggs—by a 4 to 3 vote. Rachel won four HoHs and two PoVs that memorable season.

Rachel also was onThe Amazing Racethree times, competed inThe Traitors 1,and won the reality TV showsSnake in the Grass(co-winner) andCelebrity Fear Factor.

So as it stands, waitresses have wonBig Brothertwice, taken second place three times, ended up in third place at least four times, had one all-waitress Final 2, and have brought home over $1 million in prize money among Jordan, Rachel, Dani, and Porsche

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