But I have to say, Ian really had an amazing final speech. I mean, he was dead. ALLISON GRODNER (Executive Producer): I had just gone home, and I remember Rich calling me and running the decision and the situation and the decision by me. JENN ARROYO: We're all thinking "This is signed, sealed and delivered, baby!" It's two out of six people to possibly win the veto. But celebrating the Mass at the altar will be Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals. DAN GHEESLING: When I was swearing on the Bible, everything I was telling him was the truth. I was like, "Please Frank, pick somebody else." But I really struggled, and I felt terrible because I'm a team player and my whole thing was keeping the Quack Pack in tact at that point. For the eco-minded funeral director, it's often things like willow coffins and natural burials. It's embarrassing getting sent home and knowing that it was all because of a 21-year-old kid and the Quack Pack that they let him name so he'd feel a part of the team. You're such a good dude. This has got to be a setup.". But with their Big Brother lives on the line, would they do it and trust Shane or Britney to win and pull them off the block? I mean, obviously it wasn't what we wanted. I couldn't have been happier with the player selections to that point. 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. "Alright, the guy in the carrot suit, Frank. I care about their feelings. Dan agreed, yet then voted Shane out anyway. BRITNEY HAYNES: This is when we decide we can carry out the plan. I don't know. JULIE CHEN: I think it probably is the single greatest moment in Big Brother history. I'm like, "Oh my gosh, is this really happening? He got me. 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. RICH MEEHAN: He went into that solitary room and figured it all out. I wanted that win more than anything. I cannot go against Dan." I can remember I was seeing red because it made no sense to me. So I was furious and I didn't understand, but I took that feeling and really just pushed it more to "Now you've really got to run the table here. The Thomas family invite you to join them for a celebration of Dan's life as detailed below: Monday 8th of October 2018 15:30 St. Pauls Church, Walliscote Road, I look over, and then she said it and then there's a long pause. So initially, I was pretty moved by what he said, and I think that was his whole point. He was acting all "I'm not right. I can't blame somebody for making a move to get the win. When I see Frank's wheels start to turn and him being almost more upset or mad that Ian duped him, I'm like, "Maybe this thing has got a shot to happen. This could also be given by a religious leader or celebrant, depending on the family's wishes. "I brought this Bible up here, not to read to you, but to swear on," Dan began. DANIELLE MURPHREE: I am so nave." DANIELLE MURPHREE: I was just like, "Are you serious? As the time expired on Dan's solitary confinement, the other houseguests gathered outside the door to count down the final seconds. DANIELLE MURPHREE: After the show, I was just done with him. He was the houseguest who would talk to you in the backyard for hours about what you got for Christmas and what was on your second birthday cake, and what's the best present you've ever been given. SHANE MEANEY: I really struggle with the fact that Danielle was the only one to vote for him. Our thoughts remain with Dan's fianc, his children and all his family and friends at . She was in a bad place and I just kind of wanted to be there as a friend for her. You've got Joe, who says he wouldn't piss on Dan if he were on fire. 249. And then, in other ways, I'm cool with Ian. 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. So many different things were going through my brain. A dominant (and terribly named) alliance titled the Quack Pack consisting of Dan, Britney, Danielle Murphree, Shane Meaney, and Ian Terry took control of the house, with Ian playing the role of double-agent to secretly undermine his coach Mike Boogie and teammate Frank Eudy. While two Quack Pack members were up on the block, a plan formulated among the alliance to save the entire group, thanks to Ian already holding one Veto and another one being up for grabs in the next competition. So I'm happy that I was picked. However, I know if that doesn't happen, I've got to save myself. As the final Head of Household, Ian then evicted Danielle, leaving him and Dan as the final two members from whom the jury had to choose a winner. So we all go to the living room, and that's when the funeral happened. When you do something like that, the producers set it up so you can kind of have fun with it or take it easy on her. And in that moment when Dan shook his head, there was something very unlikeable about Dan. BRITNEY HAYNES: I didn't just blindly buzz in. I thought what he said was harsh, but not even that harsh. And number three, how is this happening? ", DAN GHEESLING and his wife Chelsea have two sons Desmond (3) and Miles (1). It was just us two, and so I wasn't really worried about it. It's not like he's going to walk out the door and there are people with machetes just waiting to cut him up, put him on a grill, and serve him. Pretty much the only two people who would be willing to vote for Dan were myself and Jenn City. He's trying to get sympathy votes if he can. It was like, "Okay, I said it," so what are they deciding on right now? It was his HOH. I'm like, "Poor Dan, what a guy. It was Frank's idea. And I told her I still thought it was her best chance, even though it wasn't going to improve her chances at all. Because I got Spots?! They were already thinking about next week and just going through the motions thinking, "Dan's going home, he's finally leaving the house." I don't know if Dan ever had intentions of working with me again. I couldn't believe how gullible the house was. I didn't have any sympathy for any of them at that point. To really answer that, I'd have to lock myself in the Big Brother house for a year, and then re-watch every season. I let myself down, my family down, and now I've got to go into solitary confinement and that's my worst fear.". I really care about other people. Britney gave me a clue that she wasn't happy and this wasn't the plan. ", DAN GHEESLING: I didn't feel well, but I definitely played it up. ", DANIELLE MURPHREE: I was devastated. We heard it, we saw it, and we made the ruling. It will take place at Westminster Abbey, where the queen married Prince Philip in . I may have a future in sales selling ice to Eskimos if I can pull this off." I can't see.". But that doesn't do well with me. He was in tears, by the way. IAN TERRY: I was like, "Oh, this is going to be the last-ditch effort." I was like, "Frank, I cannot lie to you. I knew that I was going to have to lie to her. 3,495. It was just lie after lie. This is incredible. I mean, I wish I had gone to the kitchen and just popped some popcorn, because I was like, "I'm going to sit here and enjoy the show." He was super ripped and I'm just trying to flatter him at this point. I was bitter. George Laura Jeb Michelle Barack and Joe Biden , Hillary and Bill all received the/a message . DAN GHEESLING: I see Britney realize what's going on. Consider it the football coach's Hail Mary: Clad in all black, Dan presided over his own "Big Brother funeral" and thanked each of the remaining Houseguestsexcept loyal ally Danielle.The play worked, and Dan not only survived elimination but also made it to final two. Is he serious right now? Sussex Police has since launched a murder investigation. Why it went from that, to "Hey, Frank, let's meet in private." It's hard to get that around my brain. He's going to be alive. I remember I came in third place, and I threw this massive tantrum in front of everybody. There's a moment when you're sitting in that seat and you have votes counted. DAN GHEESLING: Danielle was the only person in the house I trusted 100 percent, and I think it was vice-versa, but I was always a little bit skittish because she also had that with Shane. There's no way I can ever expect him to believe that. I see oatmeal, I'm ready to burn it like my clothes. But we don't have that many people left yet, and I knew he was going to go after Britney. BRITNEY HAYNES: Frank felt so personally burned by Dan, so bad. DANIELLE MURPHREE: I waited until a few months after Shane and I had broken up. In one of the first weeks, I told her she was on her own. He was trying to get to our heartstrings and just try to manipulate and say the things that we wanted to hear so we would feel bad for him. Three Nation members were charged with the murder and given indeterminate life sentences; in 2021, two of the convictions were vacated. Frank has not dropped Britney's name, but I see Ian breathing heavily, shaking, looking back and forth. You're not guessing it fast enough. I really did. It was bitterness. DAN GHEESLING: It's almost like you're playing a game of Clue and you know the murderer and you know who's about to get murdered, and you know you're going to win. So I was like, "Okay, really the smarter game move for me despite wanting to send Dan home is to send Britney home.". ", DAN GHEESLING: I wanted to disarm everyone and let them think I'm done playing the game, so that's the only thing I could think of to make sense. Do whatever you can." DANIELLE MURPHREE: I just remember looking at him and crying and being like, "You broke my heart." So at this point, I'm getting really upset that he's that upset. "I have no power in this game. I said, "Okay," and I ran up to the Big Brother booth where we talk to the houseguests from. Please call our Freephone Helpline team on 08088 020 021 or email ask@winstonswish.org. You know what you did, and in this game, you are dead to me. What?" What I do have is information. I don't know. 5. SHANE MEANEY: At that point, I was still very bitter. SHANE MEANEY: To put yourself in his shoes, of course you want to win. Maybe not realize what's going on, but she's shocked. And it made me question Britney at that point. If I throw it and I'm still up there, you have to vote for me to stay." He was pissed at me and kept asking, "What the hell are you doing? And I've forgiven Danielle for some of things she didn't disclose to me. And that's someone who's been in the game before, so why not get his ass out? After Dan's funeral the Family Liaison Officer put her in touch with Victims Support. FRANK EUDY: I could see in Britney's face that she saw the win. The idea that there was truth behind his lashing out at her is not something I remember. He and I didn't have any arguments during the whole time. People were going to be expecting that. I fear nothing in Big Brother at all, but that was one thing I truly feared. DANILLE MURPHREE is a surgical ICU nurse in Dallas, having moved to Texas in 2017 after living in Alabama and Seattle. My initial reaction was I felt bad for him, but it was all part of his plan. BRITNEY HAYNES: To be honest with you, I felt really bad for him because this game means so much to Dan. I don't know what happened to me in there. So I threw the kid my vote. He grew up in a small rural town and developed a liking for nature. So I'm like, "I can't. But God had a different plan. BRITNEY HAYNES: I was frustrated by it, because we had organized this plan. He's just doing this because this is his way of trying to stay in the house. BRITNEY HAYNES: I began to get very worried about him. With Frank now on board, the two came up with a plan for Jenn to use her Veto on Dan, with Britney then going up on the block in his place, and then Frank, Jenn, Dan, and Danielle would form a new four-person alliance to get to the end. I was disgusted that Ian knew Dan was going to do that and didn't tell me. I did feel and still do feel comfortable voting for either of them. DAN GHEESLING: My reaction is, number one, I can't believe this is working. ", DAN GHEESLING: Is it the greatest Big Brother moment ever? SHANE MEANEY: I think he played it off like he was kind of insane or he was worse off than what he actually was so we would feel bad for him. It was televised and streamed live on the . The plan includes the funeral director's services, a simple coffin, a funeral procession and gives the family the choice of time and date for the funeral, plus a 1,100 allowance towards third party costs which can be used for burial and cremation fees. He was a bluegrass musician in the Sweet Auburn String Band. Click here if you would like to make a donation. SHANE MEANEY: When you start swearing on the Bible, I understand it's a reality show and you got to do what you got to get by. I just couldn't get the shapes and I couldn't guess. ALLISON GRODNER: That's news to me as well. SHANE MEANEY: I'm thinking my odds are pretty good. During the competition, Dan was only able to answer one question correctly, and Frank was disqualified for cheating by trying to help Britney answer the final question, which would have secured. It's like, "Okay, I have a reason to be mad at Danielle and whether people or not realize that, let me take that and build from there. It was a culmination of all of Dan's hard work and the power of his mist. Obviously, there's strategy to it, too, because Dan was a good player, and had a lot of people that he was working with in the house. My family was so upset and my dad didn't even come to finale night because of Dan. It's over. Oh, Danielle, no water in the cup." Oh, boy, maybe this isn't good for me.". After Jenn got "Clock" (and had to burn her clothes in 90 seconds), Britney got "Shackle" (and had to choose someone Danielle to be shackled to for 24 hours) and Frank got three in a row with "Shower," "Carrot," and "Bench" (agreeing to take a chum shower every time an alarm sounded over 24 hours, to wear a giant carrot costume for a week, and to not participate in his next eligible Head of Household competition), Danielle finally buzzed in with "Spots." To hate somebody takes a lot of energy, and it was taking a lot of unnecessary energy that I didn't want to have. Once again, Britney buzzed in first, and once again, she did not know the answer, enabling Jenn to then buzz in with the correct answer of "Ticket." If Shane or Britney had won no problems. IAN TERRY: I'm absolutely pissed, and I'm shocked that Dan actually managed to slide out of it. We were both looking at each other during the funeral, like, "This is kind of stupid and lame," so she was like, "Hold on, I thought this didn't affect us." BRITNEY HAYNES: That better not be true, by the way, but moving on. He wouldn't even have time to try to save his own Big Brother life. I just remember being like, "Oh, my God, Dan is not well! But they say to expect the unexpected, and I didn't expect what was to come, for sure. If she didn't, then Dan would win the Veto and be able to take himself off the block. Why did you guess Spots?" It always felt like he had a motive and he had an agenda, and I thought the agenda was so obvious as a viewer. I'd like to believe she would have taken me over Shane, but I didn't, so I didn't want to leave that to chance. DAN GHEESLING: Internally, I felt if I could get to the end, as cocky as it sounds, how could you not vote for me to win? I can win Veto.". ", JENN ARROYO: I was like, what? I remember feeling really upset, sad and heartbroken, and then I remember feeling, "Okay, well at least I know I have more friends here than him. IAN TERRY: I'm like, "It's done. IAN TERRY: Yeah, I noticed that. Britney's a more dangerous player. I was like, "Oh, man. I feel like I did everything I could to stay in the game and it cost me in the end, but I can't fathom a nice way to stay in the game other than what I did. I never wanted to be in a position ever where you win or you go home. So I just felt like I was misled and it really broke my trust a lot. I thought when I picked you that you would have similar qualities to Memphis Garrett, and through my own fault, I was wrong. Let me gas up everyone else.". My brain's not right. There wasn't any part of my being or soul that believed that he was planning some big thing. Dan resides in the Detroit suburbs of Michigan and also has You Tube and Twitch channels where he is "creating clean, positive entertainment in the gaming space.". BRITNEY HAYNES: As much as I knew that Dan was dangerous, I did not know that he could pull it off. : A plan created during one of the punishments Dan faced from the veto competition to one day of Solitary Confinement. You can only freaking win so many competitions. I thought Britney was a toss-up and I was banking on Danielle, which would have been enough to win. Sprinkles, flowers, rainbows, unicorns, you name it. I don't remember how much time elapsed. And then to tell me that I'm worthless, and that I don't even compare to Memphis? It's taken a long time for me to get strong though, to be honest. He was not going to get those votes, period. Honestly, one of the things that makes my game in that season weaker is the starstruckedness with the returning players. The Queen 's sad death aged 96 at Balmoral Castle has triggered a 10-day mourning period. And that fury manifested itself once Danielle had to allow her fellow contestants to throw paint at her two minutes as her punishment: DANIELLE MURPHREE: I got "Spots" right, and Dan was so pissed off at me. And I'm just like, "You know that he doesn't really mean this." But Ian did play a good game. Go to the living room." He says, "No, I didn't." She had not been a real aggressive gamer or game player. With Lucifer ending, could Ella receive the happy ending she deserves? It's like the little pranks that he would pull in Big Brother 10, and we would see it a lot on Frank and Jenn City. BRITNEY HAYNES: There is not a Big Brother handbook that you have to have any sort of moral compass. I knew she was building up and waiting for the compliment like, "Hey, you're my ride or die. And you singlehandedly made this experience for me.". So it was really frustrating for me. And he storms out of the room, right? I felt really bad for him. To be honest, I don't know for sure that he was trying to cheat. You don't care what you do, who you hurt. 2023 Oscars predictions: See who will win at the 95th Academy Awards. "Here's my funeral. But while the other houseguests assumed this was Dan's way of making amends and saying goodbye, the corpse-to-be had. 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. DanGODFREYPassed away peacefully at home on 31st July 2018, aged 83 years. I feel like Dan played a way better game than Ian, and that's never going to change. I feel like everyone would have understood because that is just putting a ton of faith in people that you didn't even know what they're going to do. I'm like, "Okay, Britney gets this answer from Frank. I moved the toilet closer to the door to try to make it smell bad in there, and I remember everyone's cheering and celebrating that I survived, and they're happy to see me or at least giving the illusion they're happy to see me. She was the only other person who would say, "Well, that just makes him a really good gamer." It was "Fold" or "Stay," and I was looking at Mike in the stands, and he was telling me what to do. Knowing that Dan's one of the best of the best, that's a huge ego boost. S, Shane's crying! After detonating a bomb in the living room with his takedown of Danielle, Dan escaped with Frank up to the HOH room, where he unleashed phase two of his plan: revealing Ian as the mole and selling out the rest of the Quack Pack. And then for him to be laughing and he was smiling and acting so jovial and that it was so hysterical to him also really pissed me off. And my phone rang in my office and it was [co-executive producer] Heath Luman, who calls me and says, "Hey, this just happened. Are her and Frank working together? I can't promise that, I'm sorry.". And in this one, there was no doubt about it. JULIE CHEN (Host): We knew he was done and he knew he was done. So I was fine with it because this just clears the path for me a little bit to get to the end, and if I asked for one of us five to be out, yeah, it would be him for sure. Ultimately, in the end, I believe the reason why Dan did not win is because no one wanted him to win twice. He was totally mad at her, which makes no sense, because he was trying to win. I felt game-wise good about Britney going home, but I didn't feel personally good because I really like Britney. I think everybody was stunned by that. I did have some bitterness. DANIELLE MURPHREE: Do you know how many times Shane wanted to get rid of Dan? Then it's like, "We need to review some footage.". IAN TERRY: I was a big fan of him on Big Brother 10. An online appeal towards Dan's funeral costs had by last night raised 4,188 towards its 5,000 target. I didn't initially realize how ticked off Dan was. He's an apple polisher. 26 Comments / Obituaries, Westbrook Obits / By Stephens Funeral Service. I was shocked. Dan was going to throw it so that we could carry out this plan. For the plan to work, both Britney and Shane had to be picked at the Veto player picking ceremony in which the Head of Household and two nominees each put their hand in a bag and pulled out a chip with a player's name in it. 100 percent. And I just stood there and took the heat. All the emotions were still very new. She got really upset, and then I had to reel her back in. How can I weave this story to make you feel the best about it, and to make this feel like this was in the best interest of your game?". So that's what I have struggled with the past seven years. She wasn't really tight with Dan or Danielle. With Frank eliminated from the competition, a new final 11-point question was added with Dan (13 points), Britney (6 points), and Jenn City (4 points) all eligible to win. It ate me alive, and that moment still breaks my heart. I started with just calling a house meeting and calling out Danielle, but to me that didn't work out. SHANE MEANEY: I think I made a comment like, "Where the f did Jenn come from?" DANIELLE MURPHREE: I had to get on medicine. Pope Francis will preside over the funeral, taking his place in front of a canopied altar, and delivering the homily and key invocations. There's no chance. The actor has appeared in the series prior to taking the regular role of Dan in 2004. And then, the bizarre happened. DAN GHEESLING: I tried to gloss it a little bit and say, "Hey, I'll be friends with everyone." Dan, what the heck is wrong with you?" Even in Boy Scouts, I would lose that stupid game where you have to blow a little wooden boat through water with a straw. But I still think that there's something rotten going on because this guy, he's too good to go out this way. I'm just looking around for a hidden Veto, and that's the first couple of hours. Dan's Funeral Service will take place on Monday 13th August at South Leicestershire Crematorium, Countesthorpe at 12 noon. I thought Jenn was a lock for me and I was counting on maybe an Ashley, a Jenn, and a Joe. I didn't know Dan had this in him." I'll be friends with all of you. He was insinuating that these lights messed with his eyes, and that he was in pain, or he was messed up. I'm pissed, I'm sad, and I tell the producer, "Hey, look, no offense, but get Chris Roach in here because I'm not talking to anyone else." I'm happy that Britney was picked. SHANE MEANEY: At this point, I'm like, "Okay, that's weird. And I remember that jury roundtable, and he was not happy. It was blatant. No!". I gave you my word. DANIELLE MURPHREE: It was a massive fight. That was my moment to just internally go nuts, but don't show a sliver of it externally. I bought it hook, line and sinker. This is such a teachable moment for the social game, in general, because he would spend hours, days, and weeks in the backyard talking to each one of us individually, one on one. He would always make the conversation about you and he would always make you feel so important. Dan used his funeral to 'cut ties' with danielle by saying she's dead to him and making her cry. It was something that made me relatable to Joe and made Joe feel I was being genuine.