Big Brother 14

I'd say he got to Final 2, and actually played the best game. But he was up against a 21-year-old who was awkwardly likeable and had talked a lot about his student debt. The people in the jury knew Dan had already won half a mil once. And on top of it, some of them thought he went a bit beyond playing the game and took it to a bad level. His maximum in that game was going to be second place. He got it. That is impressive.

 

Ian was surprising. The first week, when Boogie was basically trying to get him to not act like a dork, you really thought that socially he was going to annoy people and hasten his exit. But he settled down nicely. Then he was really smart about getting people to underestimate him. Knowing your weaknesses and using them to your advantage is a sign of good game play. I don't think it really affected anything, but when it came to the final speeches, Ian nailed his, and for all of Dan's polish, he came off as scripted and fake. Ian came across as poised, sincere and made a case for himself. He is so damned awkward that it is just stunning that he manages to find poise in moments like that and essentially be a completely different person.