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This article is about the American reality show contestant. For the British television presenter, see Rachel Riley.
Rachel Reilly
Born
Rachel Eileen Reilly

(1984-10-16) October 16, 1984 (age 40)
Concord, North Carolina, U.S.
TelevisionBig Brother 12 (9th place)
Big Brother 13 (winner)
The Amazing Race 20 (3rd place)

Rachel Eileen Reilly (born October 16, 1984[1]) is an American television personality and reality show contestant. Reilly appeared in two seasons of the American edition of the television series Big Brother, winning its thirteenth season in 2011.[2] She also participated in the 20th season of The Amazing Race with her fiancé Brendon Villegas where they placed 3rd.

Early life

Reilly originates from Concord, North Carolina. She graduated from Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, North Carolina and attended Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina for four years, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. She has a younger sister named Elissa Reilly.[3] In 2008, Reilly won the "Miss Sturgis" pageant, becoming the spokes-model for the Sturgis Rally, an international motorcycle convention. As part of her role, Reilly posed on the cover of the magazine "Sturgis Rally News," alongside Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. Prior to appearing on Big Brother, Reilly moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in search of work, and was employed as a VIP cocktail waitress and worked briefly as a model for Hawaiian Tropic swimwear.

Reilly has also played a role of a waitress on CBS' Emmy Award winning soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful eight times, and she is set to reprise her character in a larger role in late 2011. The episodes that featured Rachel Reilly aired between October 28 and 31 of 2011.[4]

Big Brother

Season 12

Reilly first appeared on Big Brother in its twelfth season, aired in the Summer of 2010. Within the first week of the season, Reilly entered into a romantic relationship with fellow houseguest Brendon Villegas, leading to the pair becoming immediate targets, but despite being nominated in the first week, Reilly was spared when the rest of the house decided fellow nominee Annie Whittington was a bigger threat. Reilly won two Head of Household competitions during her stay in the house, in the second and fourth weeks, resulting in the evictions of Monet Stunson and Kristen Bitting. Reilly was known for her many feuds during her stay, most notably with Bitting, Ragan Fox and Britney Haynes. Eventually, Reilly and Villegas were nominated together in the fifth week of the season, and despite Villegas' attempts to get the other players to keep Reilly instead of him, she was evicted unanimously. Reilly later returned to the house as a guest for one day as part of the "Pandora's Box" twist. As a result of her ninth place finish, Reilly became the first member of the Big Brother jury, and eventually voted for runner-up Lane Elenburg to win the $500,000 prize.

Season 13

One year later, Reilly and her new fiancee Villegas returned to Big Brother for its thirteenth season, as part of a "Returning Duos" twist. Reilly claimed she was returning to the show in a bid to win over fans of the show and to redeem herself following her previous appearance. Reilly and Villegas quickly forged an alliance with the four other returning players - father and daughter, Dick and Daniele Donato of Big Brother 8 and fellow couple, Jordan Lloyd and Jeff Schroeder of Big Brother 11 as well as a side alliance with Porsche Briggs. The alliance - known as "the Veterans" dominated the house in the early weeks, with Reilly winning Head of Household (HoH) in the first and third weeks, as well as the Power of Veto in a two-person challenge with Villegas in the first week. The alliance fell apart in the second of Reilly's HoH weeks, when Daniele was caught in her attempts to turn the two couples against each other. However Daniele then proceeded to win the next HoH competition, nominating Reilly and Villegas against each other, sparking a long-running feud between the two women. After winning the Power of Veto, Villegas decided to use it on Reilly, effectively ensuring his own eviction. Reilly was nominated again the following week, but was spared when confusion about an upcoming twist caused Lawon Exum to volunteer to be evicted in her place in the mistaken belief that it would give him an advantage through the twist. In reality, the evicted player and the winner of an America's Choice vote would compete to return, with Villegas winning the vote and the competition, regaining his place in the game. The reunion was short lived however, as he was evicted at the hands of Donato once again a week later. Reilly took revenge the next week, evicting Daniele after finding herself as the swing-vote. After surviving an eviction vote 3-2 against Schroeder, Reilly paired up with Lloyd when the duos twist briefly returned, and won a key Veto competition that kept her and Lloyd in the game at the expense of Shelly Moore. She then followed up by winning HoH for the third time, breaking a tie to evict Kalia Booker. After failing to win the final Veto competition, Reilly rebuilt her early alliance with Briggs, and the pair worked together to make the final two, with Briggs evicting Lloyd in the final four stage, and then Reilly evicting Adam Poch the following week after she won HoH for the fourth time. Reilly eventually was named as the winner of Big Brother 13 in a vote of 4-3 over Briggs, earning the jury votes of Brendon Villegas, Jeff Schroeder, Jordan Lloyd and Shelly Moore, and losing the votes of Daniele Donato, Kalia Booker and Adam Poch. Reilly won $500,000 for winning the show.

Records

In being nominated for eviction five times[5][6][7][8][9] and still making it to the end to win the $500,000 prize, Rachel set a Big Brother record as the first finalist to achieve this feat. Additionally, in winning the third part of the final Head of Household competition (which she won by providing the only correct answers), she tied Janelle Pierzina's record of multi-seasonal HoH competition wins at 6, though Reilly competed in fewer competitions than Pierzina.

Post Big-Brother

The day following her Big Brother win, Reilly and Villegas appeared on CBS talk-show The Talk, fronted by Big Brother hostess Julie Chen. Reilly discussed her experiences on Big Brother during her appearance and won a vacation to Aruba, after competing in a Big Brother style challenge. In late 2011, photographs appeared on the internet suggesting that Reilly and Villegas are competing as a team on the 20th season of The Amazing Race.[10] In January 2012, CBS confirmed that Reilly and Villegas would compete on the 20th season of The Amazing Race.[11]

The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race 20

Reilly and fiancé Brendon Villegas are on the 20th season of The Amazing Race, which premiered on February 19, 2012. They ended up in 3rd place out of 11 teams in the final leg in The Amazing Race 20.

Personal life

Reilly is engaged to fellow Big Brother player Brendon Villegas. Villegas proposed on Valentine's Day 2011.[12] The couple attracted minor publicity due to a scandal in late 2010, where explicit pictures of Villegas were posted on the internet after he had sent them to another woman via Skype, but after posting an online apology to Reilly, the pair reunited a few days after the revelations became public.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Rachel Reilly's Official Facebook page". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  2. ^ "'Big Brother' jury votes Rachel Reilly winner over Porsche Briggs". Reality TV World. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  3. ^ "Rachel's sister's Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  4. ^ "Rachel Reilly on CBS' B&B". Tvguide.com. 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  5. ^ Morty. "Video of Rachel talking about being up 5 times". Mortystv.com. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  6. ^ Corneau, Allison (2011-09-15). "Rachel Reilly crowned BB winner". Us Magazine. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  7. ^ Gomez, Patrick (2011-09-15). "People Magazine on Rachel's win". People.com. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  8. ^ Big Brother Network
  9. ^ "Rachel up on block 5 times, yet wins under "Interrogation" paragraph". Blog.zap2it.com. 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  10. ^ "Which 'Big Brother' Couple Will Be on 'The Amazing Race 20'?". Buddytv.com. 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  11. ^ "Press Express | Not Available". Cbspressexpress.com. Retrieved 2012-05-05.[dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Brendon Villegas and Rachel Reilly: Engaged!". The Hollywood Gossip. 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  13. ^ "Big Brother's Brendon admits to cheating on Rachel via Skype affair, naked pic posted + reality blurred". Realityblurred.com. 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
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