Big Brother Season 27 Shocker: Final Veto and HoH Winners Revealed
Big Brother Season 27 hit the endgame as a last-ditch Veto shake-up and a clutch HoH win locked in the final three, capping a penultimate episode of bruising comps, ruthless politics, and frayed alliances. Here’s who seized power heading into the finale.
We finally hit the pointy end of Big Brother Season 27, and the penultimate episode delivered the two big ones: the last HoH, the last Veto, and one brutal cut to lock in the Final 3. It was tense, it was messy, and it had a couple of very 'did they really just say that?' moments.
The final HoH: Forensiscope
Ashley Hollis, Ava Pearl, and Morgan Pope faced off in the last Head of Household comp, a puzzle called 'Forensiscope' that involved pushing an oversized cube-cage around a platform to complete the solution. Hollis and Pearl stalled out; Pope didn't. She powered through and snagged the final HoH, which automatically made her the first person this season to lock a spot in the finale.
Worth noting: Pope spent most of the season whiffing on HoH comps, then suddenly went back-to-back with them right at the end. Timing is everything.
Nominations, then a Veto built for super-fans
With the HoH key, Pope nominated the two remaining women, Hollis and Pearl, and kept Vince Panaro safe. Her reasoning? She said their social games were the 'best' and 'impeccable' this season, which, fair or not, is exactly the kind of thing that gets you nominated this late in the game.
All four then played the last Veto, 'Organized Crime' — a tricky slide puzzle where you had to arrange the season's events in chronological order. Pope won that too, giving her a fifth Veto on the season. She kept nominations the same.
Inside baseball at final four
Here's the part Big Brother always makes a little weird: at final four, the HoH doesn't control the eviction. Once the Veto is settled, the only person who votes is the one houseguest who isn't HoH and isn't on the block. Because Pope didn't use the Veto, that power fell to Vince Panaro.
Before the vote, Hollis kept it calm and said she got the tough spot. Pearl, meanwhile, went for a line that lit up the room and then immediately had to be walked back:
'Never contact me outside of the show.'
She later clarified it was a joke. Either way, Panaro evicted Pearl.
Where we landed
- Final HoH (Forensiscope): Morgan Pope
- Nominations: Ava Pearl and Ashley Hollis; Vince Panaro was safe
- Final Veto (Organized Crime): Morgan Pope — her 5th of the season
- Veto used: No
- Sole vote to evict (final four rule): Vince Panaro
- Evicted: Ava Pearl
- Final 3: Morgan Pope, Vince Panaro, Ashley Hollis
- Big Brother Season 27 finale airs Sunday, September 28, 2025