Daniele Donato — Dani Briones by her third season — won five Heads of Household and five vetoes across three seasons of Big Brother and never won the game. She finished runner-up to her own father in Big Brother 8, went out on double eviction night in Big Brother 13, and left in the show’s first triple eviction in Big Brother 22. In her last two seasons, the player she aimed at was the one who sent her home.
- Seasons: Big Brother 8 (2007), Big Brother 13 (2011), Big Brother 22 (2020)
- Best finish: Runner-up (BB8, 5–2 to her father, Dick)
- BB13: 8th place — evicted 3–2 on double eviction night
- BB22: 7th place — evicted 4–0 in the first triple eviction
- HOH wins: 5 (two in BB8, two in BB13, one in BB22)
- POV wins: 5, all in BB8 — a share of the single-season record at the time
- Jury votes cast: Porsche (BB13), Cody (BB22)
Big Brother 8
Dani walked into Big Brother 8 and found her estranged father, Dick, in the house with her. She won five vetoes that summer, which tied the single-season record at the time, and two Heads of Household. At the final four she won the last veto and used it on her father. Dick cast the only vote to evict Jameka, won the final HOH and took Dani to the final two. The jury gave it to him 5–2. Jameka and Jen voted for her.
Big Brother 13
She came back in 2011 paired with Dick as one of the season’s Dynamic Duos. He left the game for personal reasons in the first week, and she inherited the season’s first Golden Key. Her push in week 3 to backdoor Jeff and Jordan leaked — Dominic told Shelly, and Shelly told Jeff — and the house split into two camps — what Adam, looking back, called “Dani’s Army against Jeff’s army.” She won HOH the next week and again two weeks later, and sent Brendon home both times, the second just after he had returned to the game. Jeff won the war. On double eviction night he won the veto, pulled Porsche off the block, named Dani, and she went out 3–2. She met Dominic that summer and later married him.
Big Brother 22
As Dani Briones she joined the Committee, the six-person bloc that ran All-Stars. She won her one HOH in week 6, hanging off a billboard, and the nominations came apart around her. David’s Disruptor power took him off the block, so she named Tyler. Da’Vonne’s veto took Kevin off, so she named Ian. She told the house Tyler was her target. The Committee kept him, and Ian went out 5–3. Christmas saw the danger late: “f—ing Dani I should have gotten rid of her ass earlier I can’t believe I got rid of Bayleigh over Dani.” A week later, in the first triple eviction, Tyler won HOH and the veto, nominated Dani and Nicole, and she left 4–0. She voted for Cody.
