In fact, it's one day away as Paul, Nicole or James will be crowned the newest winner on Wednesday night.
Who will take home the $500,000? Well, according to the brains behind Big Brother, executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, it's anyone's game. "What I'm happy about is that you can make an argument for all three of them," Grodner tells The Hollywood Reporter.
THR got on the phone with both Big Brother bosses to get their take on Nicole's gameplay, jury house live feeds, the possibility of another all-stars season and much more.
What did you think of Nicole's gameplay? It's the reverse Rachel Reilly effect. In season 12, Rachel was hated by America, but turned it around and everyone loved and rooted for her to win her second time around. For Nicole in season 16, she was a fan favorite, but this time, although she still has some fans, most super fans and alumni are extremely critical of her game.
Allison Grodner: She didn't get nominated the entire time until just this past week. She came to play. To go an entire season as a veteran where the spotlight and target are already on you and to make it to the end like this is pretty amazing. Instead of attaching herself to the girls, she attached herself to the guys and played with them and was an equal partner in the alliances. And I think they would say the same. And she won when she needed to win. She played a pretty strong game. It's hard to fault her.
Why do you think people do fault her though?
Grodner: I'm actually not sure. Rich, do you have an opinion on that? And maybe you know Brian. I've seen it. I've certainly seen the negativity about her online and I'm not sure why. It's hard to say. I'm not saying this is the case, but sometimes I look at how men and women are treated differently. There's a double standard in terms of them being an aggressive game player if you're a man and being applauded for it. And being a sneaky, 'backstabby' game player as a woman and suddenly maybe you're a bitch. (Laughs.)
Everyone rooted for her the first time because she was an underdog and now she's not.
Grodner: Yeah and that happens with anyone, male or female. I don't know and I was trying to figure it out. I've definitely seen that there is that different viewpoint, but I don't know.
Rich Meehan: We were just talking about this. This final three it seems like everyone you talk to is rooting for different people. There's not one clear cut person. Maybe because people have strong opinions about everybody, that's why some people don't like her as much. Maybe they feel like Paul played a better social game or James was nicer or whatever it is. I have talked to a lot of people who are rooting for her. I'm not quite sure if there's anything you can point to from a backlash point of view.
Grodner: Other than maybe because people saw her differently in that first season and now she was actually being a more aggressive player. People inside the house call her a snake, I'm not exactly sure why that is...
Julie called her a snake too!
Grodner: (Laughs.) She went where she needed to go to win. It's interesting because it becomes so subjective and you see that with the jury too.
Meehan: It also happens if a player strikes first against someone that fans really like, suddenly by default they don't like them. They made a move against Victor and Victor was really well liked. Throughout the game, she has made moves against people that fans really liked. And then suddenly you become...
Grodner: You become hated. But honestly it's hard to tell. What we appreciate the most about all of that though is that there are strong opinions out there. (Laughs.) We've had quite an active social media scene which means that hopefully people are interested enough to talk about it. It's better than them not talking about it, right?
Meehan: It's a good final three. They're all different. They have all played the game differently and we don't know who's going to make the final two, but those two will both have good arguments about why they should win the game.
Grodner: In the past, we've had players where we've been like, 'Oh no!' You know? How did they get there? They were purposely dragged to the end in some way. You don't have that here.
Meehan: Or you have a clear cut like season 16 where you know Derrick [Levasseur] behind the scenes was controlling that whole game and when he gets to the end you're like....
Grodner: It's a no-brainer.
Meehan: All three of them played the game well. I don't think any of them were puppet masters, but they all made moves, they were all part of a big duo, they were all in different alliances and they shifted and slid back and forth. That's what this season seems to be in my opinion. It's when you're in an alliance for a while and then you betray your alliance at the right time to take out other people in the game and all of them did that.
Grodner: We had three very strong duos make it to the end. Two were showmances and one was the bromance and now you have one half of each duo in the final three, which is also really interesting. That's never happened before. If anything, we always look for interesting stories and root for that our season.
Meehan: They'll each have someone arguing their merits at the jury roundtable. They each have someone in there.
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