Big Brother 28 · Barrett’s Final Story · Season spoilers
Barrett Took Aim at the Icons. The Votes Went Another Way.
Why did Barrett’s HOH fail to send Dee home—and why couldn’t he save himself the next week?
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How to read this story
A choice, a response, and what changed
Power ratings show how players influenced other people in the game. They are not odds of winning. Staying in the game does not by itself raise a rating. Winning Head of Household (HOH) can raise a player’s score while they can nominate people. That boost ends when their HOH reign ends.
Power across the game
What changed—and what did not
These are key moments, not scores for every episode. Each of the six kinds of Power gets a rating from 1 to 4, for a maximum Total Power Score of 24. The score shows a pattern, not an exact amount of influence or a guarantee of safety.
- Episode 311/ 24
Useful connections
Barrett shared information with Dee. She brought him into planning and protected him.
- Episode 412/ 24
Protection to offer
His offers of protection and voting support raised his Reward Power rating.
- Episode 2818/ 24
His turn as HOH
As HOH, he could nominate players. That raised his score for the week.
- Episode 3212/ 24
His final week
His HOH reign had ended. Eviction did not erase the influence he still had.
Episodes 3, 4
Information opened doors
Early on, Barrett brought Dee information, joined her nomination discussions and counted votes with her. She gave him access and protection. He was doing more than passing along gossip: Dee responded to what he told her. His Total Power Score reached 11. It reached 12 when he could offer protection and voting support, another way to influence people.
Episode 25
Saving Mallory meant going against Drew
When Dee and Devens revealed that they wanted Mallory out, Barrett felt burned. He refused to vote her out over Taylor and helped organize a different plan: evict Drew if he stayed on the block. Barrett even urged Drew to throw the Blockbuster. Drew won instead, taking that choice away. Barrett and Melody voted to save Mallory, but the other six voters sent her home. Barrett had fought for his ally. He could not get enough people to save her in the final matchup.
Episode 28
He chose the nominees
Barrett’s HOH gave him a direct shot at the three icons: Angela, Dee and Devens. He nominated all three despite attempts to change his mind, keeping Drew and Melody off the block. He preferred Dee to leave, though he was also willing to lose Devens. Five newer players had agreed not to target one another. They had not agreed to vote together. Barrett’s Total Power Score rose from 12 to 18 because he could nominate people, not because every voter would follow him.
Episode 29
The voters chose a different target
Yash left the veto unused. Devens won the Blockbuster, leaving Angela beside Dee. Drew and Melody voted against Dee, as Barrett wanted. Taylor and Yash had promised to take each other to the final two, and Dee offered to work against Drew and Barrett. They joined Devens in voting Angela out, 3–2. One icon did leave, so Barrett’s HOH was not a total waste. But his preferred target stayed. His score returned to 12 when his HOH reign ended, not because he failed to evict Dee.
Episodes 30, 31, 32
Now Barrett needed their help
Yash won the next HOH and nominated Barrett, Drew and Melody. Before the veto, Drew promised Yash he would vote to keep Taylor if Yash had to put her on the block. Drew then won the veto and saved himself, so Yash nominated Taylor. Barrett tried another route. He offered to be a shield for Devens—someone others could target ahead of him—and said he would go after Yash and Drew. Devens listened and offered personal support. The record does not show him promising to vote to save Barrett. Sympathy did not become protection.
Episode 32
Melody stayed loyal
Melody won the Blockbuster, leaving Barrett up against Taylor. Melody voted to save him. Dee, Devens and Drew voted him out, 3–1. Drew voted to keep Taylor, as he had promised Yash. The record cannot show whether that promise was his only reason. Barrett still had one loyal voter. He needed more than one.
The vote that ended the game
Barrett or Taylor
3 voted to evict Barrett
1 voted to keep Barrett
What Barrett’s season shows
Barrett could trade information, stand by an ally and put powerful opponents on the block. What he could not do was bring enough voters with him when their plans differed from his. His final Total Power Score was 12. Melody’s vote shows he still had someone loyal to him. He just did not have enough votes to stay.
Was Barrett’s bigger problem his choice of nominees, or counting on voters who wanted different things?
Final Score Before Eviction
Six kinds of Power, one Total Power Score
Barrett’s Total Power Score was 12 in Episode 32. These six ratings come from the Season Power Report; this story does not change them.
- Legitimate Power
- 1Authority from a role
- Reward Power
- 2Benefits someone can offer
- Coercive Power
- 1Consequences someone can impose
- Expert Power
- 2Influence through useful judgment
- Referent Power
- 3Influence through trust and connection
- Informational Power
- 3Influence through information and reasons
Sources and limits
The game record behind the story
The Episode links in this story lead to RPM’s episode reports and their sources. Episode numbers follow RPM’s game sequence, which sometimes differs from CBS’s broadcast numbering. Some early ratings were assigned later by reviewing the game record, rather than during the season. This is a look back at the season, not a prediction. No later interview changes the earlier ratings.
Yash’s HOH, Drew’s veto and Melody’s Blockbuster win each changed Barrett’s options. The record does not show that different nominations or a different pitch would certainly have saved him. This story follows Barrett through Episode 32, when he was evicted.
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