Matthew James "Matt" Klotz is the runner-up of Big Brother 25 (US).
Originally secure in first Head of Household Reilly Smedley's inner alliance, her eviction in Week 2 would put Matt's, Jag Bains', and Blue Kim's games in jeopardy. Able to serve as an outer ally to power player Cirie Fields, Matt would lie low and stay safe for the immediate aftermath. In Week 4, Matt was voted by the viewers to participate in the BB Power of Invincibility Competition, which he would win and save Jag from his unanimous eviction later that week. Keeping steady gamewise, Matt would grow closer with Jag, in addition to winning the Power of Veto in Day 51's Double Eviction.
After several weeks near the center of the flow of information, in Week 10, after him and Jag would secure an alliance known as The Minutemen, they pulled in then-HOH Bowie Jane Ball to form The Mafia alliance. The Mafia would dominate the jury phase of the game, winning every HOH and almost every POV, and took out their adversaries with little issue. Narrowly surviving eviction at the final 4, Matt would subsequently win Part 1 of the Final HOH Competition. Jag, however, would win the other two parts, and used his sole vote to evict Bowie Jane.
Facing the jury vote with Jag, Matt stumbled on the jury's questions and failed to explain his independence as a player in comparison to Jag's well-articulated ownership of his game, leading to Matt finishing as the runner-up by a 5-2 vote. Matt would finish in the top 3 for America's Favorite Houseguest alongside Cirie and Cameron Hardin, but lost to Cameron.
Biography[]
Matt Klotz Biography |
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Player History - Big Brother 25 (US)[]
Competition History[]
Week 1 | Nomination | Safe |
HOH | Loss | |
POV | Not Picked | |
Week 2 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 3 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Not Picked | |
Week 4 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Not Picked | |
Invincibility | Win | |
Week 5 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 6 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 7 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Not Picked | |
HOH | Loss | |
POV | Win | |
Week 8 | Re-Entry Part 1 | Ineligible |
Re-Entry Part 2 | Ineligible | |
Week 9 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 10 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 11 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Luxury | Ineligible | |
POV | Loss | |
Week 12 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
HOH | Loss | |
POV | Win | |
Week 13 | HOH | Win |
POV | Loss | |
Luxury | Win | |
Week 14 | HOH | Previous HOH |
POV | Loss | |
HOH Part 1 | Win | |
HOH Part 2 | Unable to Play | |
HOH Part 3 | Loss |
Have/Have-Not History[]
Week 1 | Have |
Week 2 | Have |
Week 3 | Have-Not |
Week 4 | Have |
Week 5 | Have |
Week 6 | Have-Not |
Week 7 | Have/Have-Not Phase Over |
Week 8 | |
Week 9 | |
Week 10 | |
Week 11 | |
Week 12 | |
Week 13 | |
Week 14 |
Voting History[]
Week | Position | Voted for | With Majority? |
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1 | – | Kirsten Elwin | Yes |
2 | – | Reilly Smedley | Yes |
3 | – | Hisam Goueli | Yes |
4 | – | Jag Bains | Yes |
5 | – | Red Utley | Yes |
6 | – | Izzy Gleicher | Yes |
7 | – | Cameron Hardin | Yes |
POV Holder | Jared Fields | Yes | |
8 | – | No Voting | |
9 | – | Mecole Hayes | Yes |
10 | – | Cameron Hardin | Yes |
11 | – | Cory Wurtenberger | Yes |
12 | – | Blue Kim | Yes |
POV Holder | America Lopez | Yes | |
13 | HOH | – | – |
14 | Nominated | – | – |
Nominated | – | – | |
Finale | Runner-Up | – | – |
HOH History[]
Original Nominees | Post-Veto Nominees | Intended Target | |||||
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Week 13 | THEN |
Post Big Brother[]
- Matt appeared on an episode of The Bold & The Beautiful on December 20, 2023, alongside Cirie Fields.
Trivia[]
- Matt is the first deaf contestant to compete on Big Brother US.
- Matt and Bowie Jane Ball are the tenth/eleventh houseguests to make it past Day 78 without ever being nominated. The other houseguests are Derrick Levasseur, Austin Matelson, James Huling, Nicole Franzel, JC Mounduix, Holly Allen, Tommy Bracco, Enzo Palumbo, and Cody Calafiore.
- Matt is the last male houseguest to be nominated on Big Brother 25 (US), receiving his first nomination on Day 93, at the final four.
- Matt is the only houseguest on Big Brother 25 (US) to never be evicted or eliminated, and also the only one to never receive any eviction votes.
- Matt always voted with the majority.
References[]
- ↑ The Houseguests Are Here! Meet the Full Cast of 'Big Brother 25' (Including the New 'Survivor' Alum Houseguest!). Parade (31 July 2023). Retrieved on 28 January 2024.
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