Big Brother Canada: Where Kevin Jacobs Ranks Among Former Winners

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The tenth season of Big Brother Canada has come to an end, and Toronto native Kevin Jacobs has been crowned as its champion. Kevin, a 28-year-old sales engineer, entered the season promising to play a cutthroat, villainous game. He expressed glee at the prospect of manipulating his fellow houseguests and lying through his teeth to win the game. He went so far as to wear a fake wedding ring and tell his competitors that he was married, blatantly lying by referring to his long-term girlfriend as his wife.

Kevin found himself in an uncomfortable position in the first week, surviving the elimination vote while on the block next to the first evictee. He used this time to begin implementing his master plan, though, forming a tight alliance on day two with Haleena Gill, which the pair named "The Ghosts." The Ghosts controlled the game in the shadows, secretly working the rest of the house and forming an additional alliance with eventual runner-up Josh Nash, "The Crash Test Dummies." Ultimately, Haleena was evicted in fourth place, while Josh won the final Head of Household and shockingly chose to bring Kevin with him to the final two, evicting his own best friend, Betty Yirsaw, in dramatic fashion.

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In terms of his ranking as a winner, simply put, Kevin Jacobs is one of the greatest Big Brother players of all time. He played one of the most dynamic strategic games in the history of North American Big Brother. At nearly every juncture, Kevin covertly influenced the game in his favor, guiding other players to make moves that would benefit him. He was especially skillful at getting himself out of potential danger by manipulating each week's HOH to work against their own