Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Putting BB19 to Bed

Tom's Take

I was totally wrong...and I loved it. Paul's defeat was so much fun to see. Congratulations Josh, I don't think much of your game but 500k is pretty fun and you got to live your dream.



Below I'm going to go through my final review of each of the hgs, and update my winner rankings and season rankings to include Josh and




1. Jessica





5th Boot
Show Play: 810
Gameplay: 340
Overall Grade: B-

I liked Jessica well enough, but the one time she had power she squandered it. While she made decent television, I can't give her too much credit when she absolutely failed to use numerous advantages. She's done a good job promoting herself post show though, and I could see her being brought back for another season.



2. Kevin



4th Place

Showplay: 600
Gameplay 780
Overall Grade: B+

I love Kevin. I just wish he could have been more of a game player.


3. Cody





11th Place

Showplay: 620
Gameplay: 260
Overall Grade: B-

Kevin won AFP, and he might come back for another season. Good for him, and his anti Paul sentiment was fun. But he is blatantly transphobic and I am really uncomfortable with him being celebrated.






5. Elena




10th Place

Showplay: 390
Gameplay: 430
Overall Grade: C+

Ultimately a Paul sheep who turned on Paul in the jury house. Elena is a perfect example of someone who had a lot of potential that was competely dampened by Paul completely crushing everyone this season. In an alternate reality, Elena would have been the star of BB19.

6. Jason





7th Place

Showplay: 380
Gameplay: 1005
Overall Grade: B-

I was actually pretty high on Jason as a player, and I really think he could have been a contender this season if he wasn't dragged down by Alex. Jason made some unfortunate comments, but honestly I found him to be overall likeable.


7. Christmas






3rd Place

Showplay: 630
Gameplay: 1080
Overall Grade: C-

I think Christmas is the player I most overestimated this season, which was reflected in her overinflated Gameplay score. I give her credit for fighting through a tough injury, but Xmas was such a sheep for Paul this season.

8. Matt




8th Place
Showplay: 100
Gameplay: 550
Overall Grade: F

What a waste of space. Pathetic.


9. Josh




Congratulations for winning Josh!

Showplay: 1000
Gameplay: 870
Overall Grade: B+

I gotta give it up to Josh for winning, and he was an interesting character on top of it. But what to say about his game? Josh obviously loved this game and dreamed about playing it, but boy oh boy was he a mess. The list of good moves for Josh seems to be that he guaranteed his safety in the first week with the golden apple, and he exposed Paul in his goodbye messages. He had an okay bond with some on the jury, but it was only really good in comparison to Paul's atrocious end game jury management. So much of this game was dictated by Paul, and I think ultimately the jury's decision was dictated by Paul as well. Josh is my lowest ranked winner because he was pretty actively bad at times. At least Jordan was inoffensive.



10. Dominique "The Dominator"




15th Place

Showplay: 200
Gameplay: 190
Overall Grade: D+

Dominique was tragically over rated at the start of the season which was why people were so taken aback by her complete collapse in week 3. Dom was smart enough to see Paul, but so bad she actually helped Paul cut her by seeming to be shady. Very poor outing.

11. Ramses



13th Place

Showplay: 70
Gameplay: 200
Overall Grade: D

Ramses was a real disappointment to me. Sorry Ramses fans, but he contributed nothing to this season other than being an early scape goat for Paul and Kevin.



12. Mark



9th Place

Showplay: 560
Gameplay: 560
Overall Grade: B

My original winner pick, Mark ended up not being able to accomplish much this season, but he put in real effort. He won some comps, and for a couple of weeks we had the "if only Mark wins HOH" dream to keep us nourished in a game that Paul completely dominated. In a Paul-less season I do think Mark could have been a contender.

13. Jillian






16th Place

Showplay: 0
Gameplay: 0
Overall Grade: F

Who?


14. Cameron



14th Place

Showplay: 0
Gameplay: 0
Overall Grade: Incomplete

Poor poor Cameron.


15. Raven







6th Place
Showplay: 250
Gameplay: 610
Overall Grade: C

Honestly all the Raven Exposed Party stuff is hysterical.


16. Alex







5th Place
Showplay: 690
Gameplay: 840
Overall Grade: C

A great competitor, but the dumbest player to ever play. Alex's value comes from how bad she was at Big Brother. I also enjoyed the totally bitter jury vote.


17. Paul




Runner Up
Showplay: 1000
Gameplay: 1955
Overall Grade: B

Those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it. Paul completely dominated BB19. If you're a "the person who played the best game deserves to win" type person, you probably think he was robbed. However, I hope all rational people can see that Paul lost for similar reasons that he did last year. He pissed away jury votes. He shit talked way more than he needed to, and he failed to own his game until the end when it was already too late. Unlike BB18 there was no one on the BB19 jury that Paul didn't put there. From beginning to end, Paul was the driving force of this season. And the episodes reflected that, with Paul seemingly getting more DRs and airtime than everyone else combined. But the result was a one sided often mean spirited season. Kudos to Paul for showing he could make it to the end again, but after this season, I am on a personal level very happy that he is a two time loser.


Overall Season thoughts. It was a bad season. The cast was the dumbest ever, I think we got a very weak winner, and I couldn't really root for anyone. But there were some fights and some drama, so its not the very worst season.

Reminder on winner rankings, that I rank the winning games, not the winners as a whole.

1. Derrick BB16

2. Andy BB15

3. Jun BB4

4. Jon BBCAN2

5. Dan BB10

6. Will BB2

7. Hayden BB12

8. Maggie BB6

9. Jillian BBCAN1

10. Dick BB8

11, Boogie BB7

12. Ian BB14

13. Sarah BBCAN3

14.  Nick/Phil BBCAN4

15. Kevin BBCAN5

16. Morgan BBOTT

17. Lisa BB3

18. Adam BB9

19. Drew BB5

20. Steve BB17

21. Nicole BB18

22. Rachel BB13

23. Jordan BB11
24. Josh BB19 

Season Rankings

1. BB Allstars

2. BBCAN2

3. BB8

4. BB14

5. BBCAN5

6. BBOTT

7. BB4

8. BB10

9. BB2

10. BBCAN4

11. BB3

12. BBCAN3

13. BB18

14. BBCAN1

15. BB15

16. BB11

17. BB5

18. BB6

19. BB17

20. BB13

21. BB12
22. BB19

23. BB9
24. BB16