Big Brother Season 23

Six houseguests formed a historic alliance with a shared goal that fundamentally shaped the entire season. Xavier Prather, Tiffany Mitchell, Kyland Young, Hannah Chaddha, Azah Awasum, and Derek Frazier created the Cookout, committing to ensuring Big Brother crowned its first Black winner of the main American series. Their strategy relied on maintaining outside partnerships that concealed the alliance's existence and helped protect its members from nominations. Tiffany played a major role in developing this approach, while Xavier balanced strong relationships with an increasingly effective competitive game. Derek Xiao and Claire Rehfuss became significant threats but were eliminated before recognizing the alliance's full structure. Once the Cookout successfully reached the final six, its members turned against one another. Xavier emerged as the strongest contender, winning crucial competitions and positioning himself to control the endgame. He brought Derek Frazier to the final two and earned a unanimous 9-0 victory, claiming the newly increased $750,000 grand prize.