He got me. I'm not kidding. There's a moment when you're sitting in that seat and you have votes counted. You just have to throw it. Dan and his wife, Chelsea, currently share two kids together, 5-year-old Desmond and 3-year-old Miles, who have all made appearances on Gheesling's social media. But then I was like, "Okay, Danielle, control it. Dan Gheesling first competed on Big Brother 10, where he formed the Renegades alliance with Memphis Garrett and took home the $500,000 grand prize.On BB10, which aired in 2008, Dan was a 24-year-old Catholic school teacher.In the end, he won the season by a unanimous vote. Then he kind of blew it off, of course didn't acknowledge it. DAN GHEESLING: I think that's one of the two angriest moments I've ever been in the game, and I pride myself on controlling my emotions. Did you know? This made Dan the first contestant to make it to theFinal 2 twice. 0 One thing I was a touch hesitant on was I didn't want to send another female out, but I was also like, "F Britney. I really don't. So I'm kind of anticipating what he's going to say to me, you know? The BB22kitchen mural honors the "Dan's Funeral" moment. Yes. It was on the tip of my tongue. To really answer that, I'd have to lock myself in the Big Brother house for a year, and then re-watch every season. And Dan was very good at using the lore of the show against me to influence my decisions. BRITNEY HAYNES: Frankly, at the end of the day, I knew Dan Gheesling was not going to win Big Brother 14. FRANK EUDY: I had kind of went around everybody after that double eviction acting like they'd manipulated Ian. I bought it hook, line and sinker. But I thought long and hard about it. 1 (Day 62) FRANK EUDY: He came out just acting like he had had some "come to Jesus" moment in the room. Especially the "You're dead to me" part. There's also a possibility that I was frustrated that she buzzed in and it was easy and she couldn't figure it out. DAN GHEESLING: I wanted people to be at least remotely concerned with my health because I didn't want to talk to anyone until the speech because I felt like anything prior to that would diminish it and maybe I would tip my hand. And this is real fing truth here. But unlike so many of the other personal bombshells that have detonated in the house over the years, this time there was a strategic method behind the madness, and when the smoke cleared, Dan had pulled off what many believe to be the greatest move the game has ever seen. JOE ARVIN: I was, "What the hell? Everything's going to be fine and she trusts me.". I immediately realized he's not being a team player. And they're like, "You cheated." BRITNEY HAYNES: Yeah, he was mad at her. It obviously seemed a little desperate. That is the longstanding motto for CBS' reality show Big Brother, currently in its 21stseason (along with an additional season for CBS All Access and two celebrity installments). 2 (Week 6 & Day 52) It didn't go to Britney or myself. That's a pretty intense thing, joking or not joking, to say to somebody. there are a lot of people that like him, and a lot that don't. DAN GHEESLING: I tried to gloss it a little bit and say, "Hey, I'll be friends with everyone." And as far as the solitary confinement goes, I kept wondering: Is he sting in a bucket in there? I hated him for a while after the show and I had really been searching my soul on it. Even when you know Dan and you know what he's capable of and how he works and how he maneuvers, you still want to believe him. I always felt like I was close with Ian in the beginning, and even though he went against me and was part of the reason that Mike and I eventually went home, it got him to the end. This whole Veto caused problems. Sprinkles, flowers, rainbows, unicorns, you name it. Give me a break. I feel like we connected and related around that point, so it was just the same thing of bringing up something nonthreatening that we both enjoyed talking about. And he got the reaction that he wanted. So there was a bitter jury component. I had no idea that it would burn that many people. But I can't just have a house meeting and then denounce Danielle. Times Nominated So don't come to me and ask about it because it's over. And then, "Oh, you want to talk now?" Even so many years after BB10, that season is still considered one of the most memorable. You were under his mist. I know people really took that very seriously, but I just saw it as just for the game not like this dude does this on a daily basis at home or some s. Born This is definitely top of the list. Next: Big Brother: The 10 Best Veto Plays In Series History. In "Big Brother 14," he orchestrated one of the most famous game moves in history. It felt like a character attack, because that is something I would've never done to him. WEST BLOOMFIELD (CBS Detroit) Dan Gheesling, 28, thought he had it all figured out when he saw his first reality TV show: outsmart opponents, win thousands of dollars, become an overnight. And so were the players and producers. I remember staring at the picture and, it was on the tip of my tongue. I just wanted to reiterate to him, "Hey, we're friends," and boost the ego a little bit. They then burst into the room'and were both confused and troubled by what they found. Why are you trying to win this?" What transpired around that I knew I had really little control over, but I knew Danielle would be upset by what I would say, and to me at least that could cause some diversion to the chaos. And while the funeral saved Dan's life in the game, did it ultimately cost him the win at the end? SHANE MEANEY: We would pull both of them off the block and we would still have enough votes to keep everyone. DANIELLE MURPHREE: I still would've done the same thing. [big-brother-oral-history_n_55c511cee4b0f1cbf1e51830 But First: An Oral History Of 'Big Brother']. Like, let the man speak. Dearborn, MI It was last seen in British cryptic crossword. I was already outside, I was ready to go, I was feeling the feeling, baby. But for him, the silliness and the spectacle sort of adds to that. It's going to come down to if Frank can convince her or not. While the other players were already making plans for life in the house without Dan, inside the solitary confinement room, a diabolical scheme was beginning to take shape. DAN GHEESLING: It's 100 percent bad and it's the most upset, sad, disappointed, angry I've ever been in playing two seasons in the history of my Big Brother competition-wise. Nope. The biggest mistake Dan made in his game was the jury management portion. 2 (Weeks 2 & 8) I don't know if Dan ever had intentions of working with me again. This whole thing is a complete hail Mary. If you've watched either bb10 or bb14 you know that Dan is good at staying in the game no matter what power end he's in. IAN TERRY: Dan gets it right. Then it's like, "We need to review some footage.". I really enjoyed spending time with her, so it was the same thing with Shane and Joe, but really more genuine. He shook his head in kind of like a "that's not true," putting him down way. Because of this, they are tied for highest average placement of 1.5. He's an apple polisher. It worked to his favor because he was able to really hammer out by himself every scenario. A look back at the crazy true story of Chippendales founder Somen "Steve" Banerjee and the murder and murder-for-hire plots at the center of the Hulu series. It was awesome. SHANE MEANEY: I'd stick to Ian, 100 percent. Big Brother 10 (US) Moving forward, we can be friends outside this. I could have just taken Frank upstairs and talked to him, but I would have come down to a lot of questions about "Hey, what did you and Frank talk about?" DAN GHEESLING: I was 100 percent worried that she wasn't going to buy it. It really does. It's not like Britney doing that, because I get it: She wants to win. If anyone else answered, the win would go to Frank. He started a YouTube channel in 2013, and primarily appears there and on Twitch. "Alright, the guy in the carrot suit, Frank. FRANK EUDY: That was like an over-sell to me at that point. Four years after his first appearance, Dan returned to the competition as a coach for Big Brother 14. I didn't think she would use it. I'm angry at Britney because I'm questioning her because why is she getting answers from Frank. ", FRANK EUDY: I didn't really want to go sit down in the living room. To be honest, I don't know for sure that he was trying to cheat. I'm borderline tears and so I go right to the Diary Room. Seven years later and after watching the season play back how do the jury members feel about their votes now? After coaching his team to victory this summer, the Michigan native is looking forward to being considered the best player to ever play this game.[2]. I gave you my word. This is how I go out." But at the end of the day, I knew that he was just a genius. So Joe's locked. He is usually compared to Dr. Will, but a large majority of BB fans love Dr. Will, and the general consensus is that he's loved. Re-watch Ian's speech. DAN GHEESLING: I remember seeing Jenn's vote and being like, "All right, I got no shot now." We're going to be safe for sure all of us. But at the same time, I'd wanted to take shots against Dan from the beginning, but Mike didn't want to, and then Mike was gone, and I couldn't go after Ian. He enjoys alternative and rap music and also likes to listen to Frank Sinatra. It was him ratting his squad out up in the HOH room and unnecessarily making promises on his cross and Bible. The couple has been married since 2011. You would've thought he looked like he had been in there a month. It was so good/bad. Dan Gheesling first competed on Big Brother 10, where he formed the Renegades alliance with Memphis Garrett and took home the $500,000 grand prize. Winner But I thought about it and I wasn't against the idea of Britney going home, only because I was very much into making Ian weak. Alliances I think everybody was stunned by that. BRITNEY HAYNES: To be honest with you, I'm so dumb, and nave, and emotional that I didn't really suspect anything nefarious in that. Ian and Jenn had next to no relationship outside of being on the same team with Boogie. Then when I realized, "Hey this is it. Britney was eventually voted out by the house (receiving only Ian's vote to stay), followed in order by Frank, Joe, and Jenn. She recently played on the Warped tour and her band Kittie released a live reunion DVD earlier this year. DANIELLE MURPHREE: Dan and I have still not seen each other since we were on the CBS lot at finale night seven years ago. Occupation Back in 2008, Gheesling, then a 25-year old Catholic school teacher from Dearborn, Mich., won half a million dollars on Season 10 of Big Brother where he was under constant surveillance as a . It was absolutely traumatic. But it if she wanted to win the Veto which would also be her first competition win of the summer she had to agree to the punishment of eating slop for the rest of the summer. FRANK EUDY: In the end, she just trusted my judgment on it. I was like, "I've been sitting here battling you guys and on the block every other week, and this guy gets on the block, and he gives you guys a big speech, and you all are all crying? Why do you guys think there is no widely accepted opinion on Dan except for the fact that he's one of the greatest players ever? I looked at Dan as family. But I wish I went into that season knowing it was not real life and that you do everything you can to win the stinking game. However, his cutthroat game-play cost him the win against Ian Terry in a 6-1 vote. I wanted to make sure she got every piece of that punishment. ALLISON GRODNER: That's news to me as well. Even though I wanted him to, and I was hoping that he would, you can't actually expect someone to do that. Dan Gheesling firstcompetedonBig Brother 10, where he formed the Renegades alliance with Memphis Garrett and took home the $500,000 grand prize. So many different things were going through my brain. BRITNEY HAYNES: As much as I knew that Dan was dangerous, I did not know that he could pull it off. I just saw him as the winner. Dan's attempts at tackling the late-game Elden Ring boss had. You don't care what you do, who you hurt. We would have understood if he could have just told us that he wasn't going to do it. I think that the majority of the jury was very caught up in this rule book that they had in their mind of how people can or can't do certain things. IAN TERRY: Basically, the way that this would work is Dan and Danielle are nominated, but I already have one Veto, so if Britney or Shane wins the second Veto, we can pull both of them off, which means that two people would have to be nominated other than those two. FRANK EUDY: Nobody was telling me anything at that point, but I knew that there was no way they were going to vote Danielle out. I was very angry that she went after those points, so that's where I started the thought process. Stop, do not say anything. You're trying to will the win, and it's a reaction. I feel like I can walk away from Big Brother knowing that I did everything I could. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Because I did not want to have to choose between my alliance members. Dan's won the game. I remember him doing this thing with his eyes, like "I can't focus my eyes because they had strobe lights in there." She wasn't really tight with Dan or Danielle. My family was so upset and my dad didn't even come to finale night because of Dan. I will never vote against Dan. And over the course of a few weeks, the coaches were all turned into regular houseguests. But the Quack Pack was shocked when Dan who was supposed to be throwing it for Britney and Shane buzzed in and got question number two correct with "Hunger. So I'm happy that I was picked. BRITNEY HAYNES: That better not be true, by the way, but moving on. And why are you answering questions?" DANIELLE MURPHREE: I was just like, "Are you serious? It always felt like he had a motive and he had an agenda, and I thought the agenda was so obvious as a viewer. Veto Wins She was the only other person who would say, "Well, that just makes him a really good gamer." Everything I was telling him about what already happened was 100 percent true, but anything that wasn't in the past isn't, but I'm not going to tell him that. What did she do?" He's not just up there to read him a Bible passage. DAN GHEESLING: I thought about trying to cause a fight between two people, but then quickly dismissed that because it seemed so desperate and obvious of a play. S, Shane's crying! I'm dying." HoH Wins I guess what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. JENN ARROYO: I don't know how a man in his 30s hadn't met a lesbian somewhere in Michigan, but I guess it's possible. He can get whatever he wants.". We're still good to go.". ", DANIELLE MURPHREE: I was devastated. That segment should live in the Big Brother Hall of Fame. Why did you guess Spots?" If they were correct, they had to do a punishment if they wanted to collect points towards winning. Houseguest Profile After everything that I've ever done, that's the most backlash I got. You've got to get every question from here on out if you want to stay in this game.". When longtime viewers discuss who the greatest player of all time is, the answer is usually between Dan Gheesling, Derrick Levasseur, andDr. Will Kirby. I really didn't suspect that he was going to go up there and try to get off the block, I really didn't. DAN GHEESLING: They put up a string with a pullable curtain and like a plastic adult baby toilet so like a camping toilet. If she didn't, then Dan would win the Veto and be able to take himself off the block. I don't like having to vote out those that I feel like I already have a connection with because I've seen them on TV. He was acting like a man who was sick. I felt like I could always see it, starting with the way he always addressed me as Mrs. Chen. I don't give a s what people say about it. BRITNEY HAYNES: I didn't just blindly buzz in. There's a percentage of every damn competition that is chance or luck, so I just knew it wasn't going to happen. I'm sure they had to make it less blatant for the purpose of television, but it was blatant. I get it because we were close in the house. He also enjoys watching football. It's hard to get that around my brain. Dan made a monument in The Dome to remember his and MALF's heroic defense of The Dome against the raid. That was the plan. That's pretty good odds at this point in the game. With Frank and Danielle now reeled in, it was up to the Head of Household to see if Jenn would use the Veto on Dan. It also would have made sense for Danielle and Shane to be on the block next to each other, because they were a showmance. Now's not the time or place but after I'd like to talk to you by yourself and just get that off the table.". According to Dan, Im back to coach a team to do the exact same thing that I did which is win a half million dollars! Since we last saw Dan on BIG BROTHER, he has been very busy. FRANK EUDY: I'm as confident almost as if I had won because I knew that she didn't have anybody else in the house either, and she had already come to me and was like, "I guess I'm with you." I'm not a good loser at any game for a lot of reasons. I thought Britney was a toss-up and I was banking on Danielle, which would have been enough to win. And I will say this. Number two, I can't believe this is working. I want the rest of the experience to be fun for everyone and not awkward. He was the wielder of the ultimate shovel 'Chet Lemon' until it was lost due to Dan falling in lava. FRANK EUDY: I didn't ever look at my vote as bitter. I was like, "Oh, it was just another meeting. I let you guys down, the producers. IAN TERRY: I'm not someone who takes losing kindly. BRITNEY HAYNES: This is when we decide we can carry out the plan. Frank messes up and I get another chance to go head-to-head against Jenn, and I lose to Jenn who hasn't won anything. I just couldn't get the shapes and I couldn't guess.