Every Big Brother US winner who won by a unanimous vote so far

As we get ready to close the doors on another season of Big Brother at Sound Stage 18 and let Team Ants take over the house again, we have still only seen three houseguests win the regular summer season of CBS’ popular show by a unanimous vote.

On Celebrity Big Brother 2 in 2019, Tamar Braxton—the youngest of six Braxton sisters, with singer Toni (Un-Break My Heart) the eldest—won by a unanimous 9-0 vote over former NFL player Ricky Williams, becoming the first African-American winner of the reality TV show. Besides this piece of Big Brother history, allies Tamar and Ricky were the first all-African-American Final 2 and Tamar was the first houseguest to break the infamous First To Enter Curse, where the first player to enter the house had never won the game.

Tamar lasted 29 days in the house and won one Head of Household (HoH) and was nominated for eviction twice. She became the second houseguest to ever win a Big Brother season in the American version by a unanimous vote.

So who was the first? And who were the other two who received all votes from the jury on finale night in the regular summer version of the show? We break down the three US contestants who won by unanimous vote.

Dan Gheesling, Big Brother 10

One of the most iconic players in Big Brother history, Dan Gheesling became the first houseguest to ever win by a unanimous vote, beating his The Renegades alliance team member Memphis Garrett by a 7-0 vote on Big Brother 10 in 2008.

The then-24-year-old Gheesling—the second youngest houseguest that season behind 22-year-old Jessie Godderz—came in as a teacher and assistant football coach from the Detroit suburb of Dearborn.

He won three HoHs and two PoVs while being nominated twice for eviction (weeks 2 and 8) in his 71 days there en route to his win and $500,000 payday. Dan also won $20,000 as America’s Player.

Dan would return as one of the Coaches in Big Brother 14, but as we all know, the Coaches entered the game. Again, Dan lasted every day in the house (75), but this time he was beaten by his Quack Pack ally Ian Terry on finale night by a 6-1 vote.

Still, Dan is the only Big Brother player to have made the Final 2 twice and is considered one of the greatest American players along with Dr. Will and Evel Dick. Dan would go on to play in Peacock’s The Traitors 2, where he was chosen to be one of the original Traitors but was voted out in Episode 6.

Cody Calafiore, Big Brother 22

Whereas Dan won his first time with a unanimous jury vote and finished as the runner-up in his second time in the Big Brother house, Cody Calafiore would finish as runner-up in his first foray in the house before winning by a unanimous vote his second time playing the game.

On Big Brother 16 in 2014, Cody was a member of the Bomb Squad alliance and he eventually made a Final 2 pact with fellow alliance member Derrick Levasseur. Cody won an impressive six competitions that season (3 HoHs and 3 PoVs), but when he had the chance to choose between Victoria Rafaeli and a sure win and Derrick, Cody stuck to his Final 2 word and went with Derrick, who would defeat Cody by a 7-2 vote.

When Howell, New Jersey native Cody returned for Big Brother 22: All-Stars, he snagged his own little $500,000 check by beating Enzo Palumbo on Finale night by a unanimous 9-0 vote. And the numbers Cody put up on Big Brother 22 are pretty mind-boggling.

After winning six total competitions on BB16, Cody won an amazing eight (4 HoHs and 4 PoVs) in his 85 days in the house and was in nine alliances. Yes, nine. Cody was also nominated for the block zero times—a perfect season—and ended up being the second HouseGuest ever, behind Dan, to never get an eviction vote while winning.

Cody, the brother of Big Brother 18 contestant and MTV’s The Challenge regular Paulie Calafiore, also played in The Traitors 1 where he was banished in Episode 7, and in Big Brother Reindeer Games where he ended up finishing in 8th place and was the second houseguest voted out.

Xavier Prather, Big Brother 23

The third and last player to win Big Brother came just a year later in 2015 when Xavier Prather played a brilliant game in a season that featured the famous The Cookout Alliance, a strategic group of six African-American players who got together in the first week of the season and made up of Xavier, Azah Awasum, Hannah Chaddha, Derek Frazier, Tiffany Mitchell, and Kyland Young.

The six members of The Cookout ended up being the last six HouseGuests in Big Brother 23 and they won 10 of the 14 HoH competitions and seven of the 13 PoVs.

27-year-old attorney Xavier played himself off as a model and bartender from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and ended up beating alliance member Derek by a 9-0 vote to become the first African-American winner of the classic US summer version of BB.

Xavier, who had three HoH wins, three PoV wins, and was nominated five times during his 85 days in the house, also became the first winner of the new $750,000 grand prize and made history for becoming the show’s biggest winner.

Like Cody, Xavier also participated in Big Brother Reindeer Games where he was in the house for six days and tied for 3rd place with Frankie Grande. Xavier was nominated four times, had four Showdown wins and no HoH reigns in the short and campy Christmas-themed version of BB.

Can Chelsie become the fourth to do it?

27-year-old Rancho Cucamonga, California native Chelsie Baham has been pretty darn amazing so far in Big Brother 26 and is in a great position to make the Final 2 with strong alliances with both Makensy Manbeck and Cam Sullivan-Brown.

Heading into the final week of the show, Chelsie had won four HoHs (weeks 2, 8, 10, and 12) and hadn’t been put on the Block yet. So if she does make it to the Final 2, will the jury possibly make her the fourth unanimous winner of the main summer BB show?

We will all find out sooner than later with the two-hour finale set to air on Sunday, Oct. 13 (CBS, 9 ET/8 CT/9 PT). But one thing is for sure; if there is another Big Brother: All-Stars season in the works as BB slowly creeps toward its 1,000 episode, expect the producers to tab Chelsie for that season, and The Challenge (MTV) and The Traitors (Peacock) also aren’t out of the question.