He won four Head of Household competitions.
He won four Veto contests.
He was never nominated for eviction all season long.
Cody Calafiore on ‘Big Brother’.CBS
And, at the end, he won every single jury vote.
It was a big change from the last time Cody played duringBig Brother 16.
Derrick trounced Cody, who would have won that season if he had just selected Victoria Rafaeli instead.
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All you had to do was pick Victoria, and you would have won $500,000.
Instead, you picked Derrick.
How much was that going through your mind when you decided to cut Nicole loose at the final 3.
I was losing sleep over it.
Fortunately, I also felt very similar about Enzo.
Did they think I was playing a good game?
Or did they not?
I just clicked with Enzo.
I clicked with Nicole, and I wanted to build that with Nicole and Enzo.
It was just easy.
And so Nicole, I felt like I was worried about the trust from season 16.
I didn’t know if she was not going to trust me.
And we grew to be so incredible together and such an incredible duo.
That’s what made it so tough.
What was it like having to tell her?
I just spoke to her and she said that you gave her the heads up right before the vote.
You didn’t want to blindside her.
You were emotional, and she was extremely emotional.
She’s still very emotional about it.
Going back and forth with her was like a sister.
Our relationship was so close.
And so, for me, it was immediate.
So, that’s the only thing I can say about that.
Which votes were you most worried about?
So my biggest thing was that Nicole could get DaVonne, Ian, Kevin, and then Christmas.
And that could be anybody that’s just like, You know what?
Nicole was a winner and is at the end of this game.
And a fifth vote is me losing again.
And with Enzo, I was like, it’s a toss-up, really.
And so everybody could have been like Enzo purposely was not winning competitions.
So let’s throw the competitions out the window that Cody won.
Now let’s match up their social game Enzo’s was better.
And so that’s why for me, it was such a toss-up with Enzo.
I was like, I don’t know how anybody will vote.
But with Nicole, I felt a little more confident that I think these votes will go her way.
And so it was very difficult for me.
Lets say that you hadn’t won that final HOH.
Let’s say you got sent to the jury.
Whom would you have voted for between Nicole and Enzo?
Oh, that’s such a difficult question because I’ve respected both of their games so much.
Its so hard for me to answer
Well, the jury had to answer.
Now so do you.
Well, who cut me?
Then I wouldve voted Enzo.
Although I think I wouldn’t have voted bitterly, so maybe I would have voted for Nicole.
I don’t know.
Well, maybe I would’ve been bitter.
And in that moment, maybe I just would have voted for Enzo.
I don’t know.
Was there ever a point in this game where you felt like you were in any real danger?
And it was in the fifth week when she went home.
She said that to me very early on, which was very alarming.
I don’t want that, like spreading throughout the house.
Then it was coming up a little bit later again.
And at that point, Nicole had won HOH, and I had won.
Its crazy that neither you nor Enzo was ever put on the block.
That’s another thing that was incredible.
The fact that both of us never sat on the block next to each other.
I felt like Nicole and my relationship was masked a lot.
It was the most bizarre thing.
We would almost joke about it all the time.
It’d be like, Dude, how are we not on the block next to each other?
Why are they not putting us up?
Trust me, the viewers were saying the same thing.
Why are we not on the block together?
And I think everybody likes Enzo, so they’re not going to send them home.
You won eight competitions.
You were never put on the block.
You won every single jury vote.
Did you just play a better season than Derrick?
No, definitely not.
Playing alongside him taught me what I needed to know about coming back.
Lay it on me.
What are you thinking?
So I do have a thought I need to get rid of my school loans first.
That’s my priority.
My whole life is, Why did I put myself in this debt?
I don’t even work in the industry that I got my degree in.
So getting rid of my school loans is just going to be huge for me.
And then I want to invest properly.
I want to have a family.
I want to have kids.
And I want to double-check that this money at this time helps me at that stage in my life.
Finally, what do you call a person who comes from the state of Texas?
A Texan, apparently!
Thats not a thing!
Im still going to hold to that because Ive never heard someone be referred to as a Texan.
Maybe its just because New Jersey doesnt have a cool trendy name like that.
Were not New Jerseyians.
Were just from Jersey.
I dont get it.
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