Big Brother 28 · Finale Power Brief
Devens cuts Drew, then wins 6–1.
Taylor’s warning enters Devens’s stated reason, while her separate mutual-final-two offer raises Reward Power. The final choice remains Devens’s, and the result remains separate from all three terminal profiles.
Result and profile separation
The game result and the Power profiles answer different questions
The jury vote determines the winner. The terminal profiles record demonstrated Power; no active rank remains.The margin creates no winner bonus, runner-up penalty, or juror-by-juror Power finding.
Decision sequence
The final choice stays with Devens
Access, influence, response, formal authority, action, and outcome stay separate.- 01 · AccessTaylor wins Part 1
The win preserves her route to Part 3. It creates no final-eviction right.
- 02 · AccessDevens wins Part 2
The win preserves his route to Part 3. It creates no final-eviction right.
- 03 · InfluenceTaylor warns and offers
She separates Drew’s jury threat from a mutual-final-two benefit.
- 04 · ResponseDevens considers both
He requires reciprocity and describes the combined case as highly attractive.
- 06 · ActionDevens cuts Drew
Devens cites the risk of losing to Drew when he exercises the right.
- 07 · OutcomeThe jury votes 6–1
Devens defeats Taylor. The margin settles the game, not the Power scores.
Complete pleas and exact event minutes are unavailable. Taylor demonstrates influence, not formal control.
Power movement
One rating changes at season end
Her mutual-final-two offer receives observable consideration while she can still deliver it.
Devens later cites her warning about losing to Drew.
Part 3 activates the final-eviction right; exercise and expiry return the terminal value to 2.
The scale ends at 4. The offer does not receive sole causal credit for the cut, and Part 3 performance adds no Expert Power.
Relationship close
The warning lands; the promise breaks
The Devens–Drew close is mixed: a broken promise, personal hurt, and continued strategic respect. It does not establish a global Referent decline or a juror-specific Power mechanism.
Season context
Three season paths reach the finale
Every line uses the same fixed 6–24 scale, Episode 1 through Episode 35, and a separate Finale point. Steps connect recorded checkpoints without interpolation.- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 21
- Final
- 19
- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 18
- Final
- 13
- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 17
- Final
- 12
Temporary office peaks are not durable baseline gains.
The finalists inside the numbers
Finalist Power profiles
Placement and vote margin remain outcomes. Each card shows the terminal profile and its season path without an active rank.
Winner · terminal profile
Devens
Returning player · Terminal profile · no active rank
The decider
9 → peak 21 → final 19
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 2
- Reward
- 3
- Coercive
- 4
- Expert
- 3
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 4
- E6 total 20
- E21 total 19
- E33 peak 21
- Finale decision right and win
- Finale position
- Part 2 and Part 3 winner
- Action
- Receives and exercises the final-eviction right.
- Result
- Cuts Drew and wins 6–1.
- Power change
- No retained change; Legitimate temporarily moves 2→4→2.
Runner-up · terminal profile
Taylor
New player · Terminal profile · no active rank
The challenger whose warning lands
9 → peak 18 → final 13
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 1
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 4
- E17 Informational 4
- E34 peak 18 under temporary office
- E35 office expiry
- Finale Reward increase
- Finale position
- Part 1 winner and selected finalist
- Action
- Warns Devens about Drew and offers a mutual final two.
- Result
- Devens takes her; the jury vote is 1–6.
- Power change
- Reward rises 1→2; Informational remains 4 and is confirmed.
Third place and final juror · terminal profile
Drew
New player · Terminal profile · no active rank
The jury threat who loses the final choice
9 → peak 17 → final 12
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 2
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 2
- Informational
- 3
- E26 peak 17 under temporary office
- E27 expiry to 11
- E34 total 13
- E35 and Finale total 12
- Finale position
- Loses Part 2 and never controls the final choice
- Action
- Remains the promised finalist until Devens cuts him.
- Result
- Becomes the final juror and votes for Devens.
- Power change
- No retained change.
Official cast portraits: Evan Mulling / CBS. Only the cohort context supported by the audited finale lineage appears here.
Separate public result
AFP changes no Power rating
Devens wins America’s Favorite Houseguest. Drew and Yash are the other reported top three. Vote totals, shares, question wording, limits, and close are unavailable.
Season close
What the finale leaves behind
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