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Jordan won Big Brother 11. Thank god, I can sleep again.

Okay, I may not be that obsessed with the summer reality show, but it sure felt awesome to see one of the nicest contestants to play the game come out on top and claim the $500,000 prize.

And as she said in her closing speech to the Jury on why she should win over Natalie, Jordan did it all on her own. Well, at least when it mattered.

Without Jeff by her side to help coast her further into the game, Jordan actually battled Natalie and Kevin all by herself – and won. First she claimed the season's final Head of Household crown and ousted Kevin on the spot. Then, she convinced four out of six Jury members that she played a better game than Natalie did. Securing a vote from America to officially seal the deal, Jordan eliminated Natalie by a 5-2 vote.

The studio audience, as expected, went nuts.

Her plans with the prize money, which she spelled out with her delightful Southern accent, include putting a down payment on a home, sending some cash to a relative with college-bound kids and perhaps purchasing a new car. Oh, Jordan!

Team Jordan/Jeff actually took home a total of $525,000 on finale night, as Jeff was awarded $25,000 for being America's Favorite HouseGuest. With a sly smile, host Julie said of America's vote: "It wasn't even close."





Can anybody page the boy who cried wolf?

Like every season of Big Brother, there was a ton of lyin' going on this summer. It continued to the bitter end. Having final two deals with both Kevin and Natalie, Jordan was forced to kick one of them to the side when it came time for her to cast the season's final eviction.

But she wasn't the only one playing both sides. Kevin told Natalie incessantly that he would take her with him to the final two when it reality he discussed in the Diary Room that said scenario would prove to be suicide because Natalie had too many friends in the Jury House.

What Natalie planned to do was never a source of contention because she lost her crack at securing a spot in the final two in a previous episode. The only trick she had left in her sleeve was to talk Kevin or Jordan into taking her to the final two.

Last stop at the Jury House

Being the finale, of course our time inside the Jury House tragically ends here. (Spin off... spin off...). This week's peek inside framed the space like a dream world: HouseGuests soaking up sun, Jeff putting his differences with Russell aside – Jeff did evict him, of course – and tossing the football around with the big man in the pool. Smiles and all. The whole thing seemed so peaceful, and rather unlike anything the HouseGuests experienced weeks earlier within the Big Brother house.

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