Frank James Michael "Frankie" Grande Marchione was a finalist on Celebrity Big Brother 18 (UK) and Big Brother: Reindeer Games. He originally competed on Big Brother 16 (US).
Frankie is the brother of singer and actress Ariana Grande. For weeks Frankie hid this from his fellow cast members, but when his back was against the wall, he revealed his relationship to the singer as an attempt to win them back, to mixed responses. After winning the first HOH competition of the season, Frankie established a relationship with co-HOH Caleb Reynolds that eventually led to the creation of the Bomb Squad, an eight-person alliance. After the leader of the alliance, Devin Shepherd, was evicted in Week 3, Frankie joined a new alliance called The Detonators which consisted of four other original Bomb Squad members. When the BB Rewind Twist was introduced in Week 11, Frankie was adamant about pressing it, unknowingly nullifying his HOH and POV wins. He was evicted in the rewind week, after failing to win the same competitions, by a 2-0 vote, placing 5th and becoming the 7th member of the jury.
Frankie later competed on the eighteenth celebrity season of the United Kingdom version of Big Brother. Frankie took part in many weekly tasks like judging a talent show, winning a shopping task, and bringing a little bit of Hollywood to Borehamwood, just to name a few. On Day 30, he left the house in sixth place.
Biography[]
Retrived from CBS.com and BigBrother.Channel5.com
Age: 31 Age: 33 |
Player History - Big Brother 16 (US)[]
Competition History[]
| Week 1 | HOH | Win |
| BOTB | Dethroned | |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Week 2 | HOH | Loss |
| BOTB | Ineligible | |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Week 3 | HOH | Loss |
| BOTB | Ineligible | |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Week 4 | HOH | Win |
| BOTB | Dethroned | |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Week 5 | HOH | Win |
| BOTB | Survived | |
| POV | Loss | |
| Week 6 | HOH | Previous HOH |
| BOTB | Ineligible | |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| HOH | Loss | |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Week 7 | HOH | Loss |
| BOTB | Win | |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| Week 8 | HOH | Win |
| BOTB | Survived | |
| POV | Win | |
| Week 9 | HOH | Previous HOH |
| POV | Loss | |
| Week 10 | HOH | Loss |
| POV | Not Picked | |
| HOH | Loss | |
| POV | Win | |
| Week 11* | HOH | Win |
| POV | Win | |
| Week 12 | HOH | Loss |
| Luxury | Loss | |
| POV | Loss |
- Note: In Week 11, Frankie's HOH and POV wins were nullified due to the BB Rewind Twist being activated.
Have/Have-Not History[]
| Week 1 | Have |
| Week 2 | Have |
| Week 3 | Have |
| Week 4 | Have |
| Week 5 | Have |
| Week 6 | Have Not |
| Week 7 | Have |
| Week 8 | Have |
| Week 9 | Have |
| Week 10 | Have |
| Week 11 | Have |
| Week 12 | Have/Have-Not Phase Over |
Voting History[]
| Week | Position | Voted for | With Majority? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dethroned HOH | Joey Van Pelt | Yes |
| 2 | – | Paola Shea | Yes |
| 3 | – | Devin Shepherd | Yes |
| 4 | Dethroned HOH | Brittany Martinez | Yes |
| 5 | HOH | – | – |
| 6 | – | Jocasta Odom | Yes |
| – | Hayden Voss | Yes | |
| 7 | BOTB Winner | Nicole Franzel | Yes |
| 8 | HOH/POV | – | – |
| 9 | – | Donny Thompson | Yes |
| 10 | – | Nicole Franzel | Yes |
| POV Holder | Christine Brecht | Yes | |
| 11 | HOH/POV | – | – |
| 12 | Nominated | – | – |
| Finale | Jury Member | Derrick Levasseur | Yes |
HOH History[]
| Original Nominees | Post-Veto Nominees | Intended Target | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 (Dethroned) |
Dethroned | OR | |||||
| Week 4 (Dethroned) |
Dethroned | OR | |||||
| Week 5 | |||||||
| Week 8 | THEN | ||||||
| Week 11 (Rewound) |
THEN | ||||||
- Week 11 ended with a twist called "BB Rewind" where the HOH and Veto competitions were replayed, thus undoing Frankie's wins for both, along with his nominees.
Player's History - Celebrity Big Brother 18[]
Task History[]
| Day 3 | Game of Phones | Win |
| Day 5 | Talent Show | Judge |
| Day 6 | Shopping Task 1 | Win |
| Day 7 | Shopping Task 2 | Win |
| Day 8 | Hollywood to Borehamwood | Win |
| Day 11 | Protect Large Balloon | Not Chosen |
| Day 12 | Talent Agency | Not Chosen |
| Day 13 | Nerve | Win |
| Day 14 | Big Risk | Win |
| Day 16 | Shopping Task 3 | Win |
| Day 18 | Back to School | Win |
| Day 21 | Shopping Task 4 | Win |
| Day 23 | One-Upping | Win |
| Day 24 | Elves vs Reindeer | Win |
| Day 28 | Award Categories | Win |
Nominations History[]
| Day | Nominated | Nominated By | Final Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ineligible | – | – |
| 4 | James Whale Grant Bovey |
Marnie Simpson | – |
| 9 | Stephen Bear | – | – |
| 10 | Lewis Bloor Marnie Simpson |
– | – |
| 13 | Ineligible | – | – |
| 16 | Chloe Khan | Ineligible | – |
| 17 | Lewis Bloor Marnie Simpson |
– | – |
| 20 | James Whale Lewis Bloor |
Marnie Simpson | – |
| 25 | Marnie Simpson Katie Waissel |
Stephen Bear Katie Waissel Samantha Fox |
Nominated |
| 30 | No Nominations | Sixth Place | |
Player History - Big Brother: Reindeer Games[]
Competition History[]
| Episode 1 | Naughty & Nice | Loss |
| Jingle Bell Brawl | Win | |
| Santa's Showdown | Ineligible | |
| Episode 2 | Naughty & Nice | Loss |
| Jingle Bell Brawl | Loss | |
| Santa's Showdown | Safe | |
| Episode 3 | Naughty & Nice | Loss |
| Jingle Bell Brawl | Loss | |
| Santa's Showdown | Win | |
| Episode 4 | Naughty & Nice | Win |
| Jingle Bell Brawl | Win | |
| Santa's Showdown | Ineligible | |
| Episode 5 | Naughty & Nice | Loss |
| Jingle Bell Brawl | Loss | |
| Jingle Bell Brawl | Win | |
| Santa's Showdown | Ineligible | |
| Episode 6 | Naughty & Nice | Loss |
| Reindeer Games Part 1 | Ineligible | |
| Reindeer Games Part 2 | Co-Third Place |
Status History[]
| Episode | Position | Punished |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jingle Bell | – |
| 2 | Nominated | – |
| 3 | Nominated | Xavier Prather |
| 4 | Nice List/ Co-Jingle Bell |
Nicole Franzel & Xavier Prather |
| 5 | Co-Jingle Bell | – |
| Finale | Second Bracket | – |
| Co-Third Place | - |
Nominations History[]
| Original Nominees | Intended Target | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | |||||
| Episode 4 (with Taylor) |
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| Episode 5 (with Taylor) |
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Post Big Brother[]
Ian and Frankie with their respective partners at Contestant's Row
Frankie as "Frankini" in Henry Danger and Danger Force, and cartoonized in The Adventures of Kid Danger
Caleb & Frankie's Promo Photo for Candy Crush
The Big Brother 25 BB Break-In.
Unleashing Big Brother: Reindeer Games
- Frankie and Zach Rance had a brief relationship for some time after Big Brother 16, which Zach revealed in December 2020 when he came out as bisexual.[3][4]
- Frankie appeared in the audience during the first live eviction episode of Big Brother 17, when evicted houseguest Jace Agolli gave him a shoutout as he saw him in the front row. He later appeared at the Final 5 to take Liz Nolan and Vanessa Rousso on a trip to see his sister perform as a prize for winning a Luxury Competition
- Since his appearance on Big Brother, Frankie has made appearances on various TV shows. Most notably, being a judge on Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew.[5]
- Frankie has a recurring role on Nickelodeon sitcom Henry Danger as supervillain "Frankini". He maintains the role in its two spin-off series: cartoon series The Adventures of Kid Danger and sequel series Danger Force. He has appeared in six episodes across the three shows, starting in September 2017 to as recently as March 2020.[6]
- Frankie competed on the Big Brother Primetime Special of The Price is Right that aired on May 24, 2016.[7] Despite being one of the first four teams called, Frankie and his partner, Amy were unable to play a pricing game.[8]
- Frankie is a host on Style Code Live, a web series on Amazon.com.[9]
- Frankie competed on the Big Brother team on the CBS game show Candy Crush that airs on July 9, 2017.[10] with his teammate and fellow BB16 houseguest Caleb Reynolds competed against Big Brother 18 houseguests Da'Vonne Rogers and Paul Abrahamian.
- On May 24, 2018, Frankie would be a guest on the 10th episode of Season 10 of RuPaul's Drag Race in which he was paired up and put in drag by Eureka, and given the drag name "Eufreaka."
- Frankie appeared in Big Brother 19 as part of the BB Comics Revengers.
- Frankie appeared as a guest host for Off the Block (the Big Brother 20 after show) Episode 6, alongside Marissa Jaret Winokur to make up for Ross Mathews' absence.
- However, a few days after being uploaded, the video was taken down for unknown reasons.
- On March 3, 2023, Frankie would appear as a guest on the 10th episode of Season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race to be apart of the main challenge.
- During this episode he would reference his time on Big Brother, stating "This should have been a challenge on Big Brother, I would have won."
- Frankie was interviewed for the Big Brother: 25th Anniversary Celebration ahead of Big Brother 25.
- Frankie, Danielle Reyes and Britney Haynes appeared in the Big Brother 25 premiere, "breaking into" the new house in an attempt to change their fate from prior seasons, but when it backfired they accidentally unleashed the twist of the season onto the new houseguests.
- The three later appeared in the season finale where they again broke into the new house, this time introducing Big Brother: Reindeer Games.
- Frankie competed in Worst Cooks in America: Heroes vs. Villains alongside Rachel Reilly and Tiffany Pollard. He was placed on the Heroes team.
Trivia[]
- Frankie is technically tied with Demetres Giannistsos and Dane Rupert for the record for the most Head of Household competition wins with 5 wins. However, he was dethroned twice in Week 1 and 4 so officially he has 3 permanent HOH wins.
- Frankie is the first houseguest to win HOH two weeks in a row, excluding Final 4 and 3. He would be followed by Sheldon Jean, Tiffany Mitchell and Jag Bains.
- Frankie is the third person to win HOH and POV in the same week twice, following Danielle Murphree and Andy Herren. He would be followed by Paul Abrahamian and Cody Calafiore.
- Frankie co-founded the largest alliance in Big Brother history, the Bomb Squad, alongside Caleb Reynolds. Only two members of the alliance did not make the Jury.
- Ironically, in a live chat Frankie said a year later it was better to have a small alliance than a large one.
- Frankie won the most competitions in Big Brother 16, having won 9 (8 if his BotB win isn't included).
- He would also tie Janelle Pierzina and Michael Bruner for the most competitions won in a single season with 9 wins each (5 HoHs, 3 PoVs and 1 BotB). Though technically without his dethroned HoHs and the BotB, Frankie would have six competition wins (3 HoHs and 3 PoVs).
- Frankie is the third HouseGuest (and second male overall) to win at least 3 HOHs and 3 POVs in a single season. Janelle Pierzina and Frank Eudy are the first houseguests to do this respectively (and later Cody Calafiore, Vanessa Rousso and Paul Abrahamian).
- Frankie is the first openly gay HouseGuest to win the first HOH. He was later followed by Jason Roy from Big Brother 17.
- Frankie is the first houseguest to win a BOB alone while their partner tried to throw it. Donny Thompson and Liz Nolan later accomplished this feat.
- Frankie is the first Big Brother contestant to be a TV judge as he is currently judging America's Best Dance Crew, the second being Vanessa Rousso who judged on Bank of Hollywood prior to competing on Big Brother.
- Frankie is the first US houseguest to appear on another country's version of the show officially. He would be followed by Omarosa Manigault and Ariadna Gutiérrez.
- Jase Wirey had a chance to complete on Big Brother Canada 4 but lost the public vote to Tim Dormer.
- Frankie along with George Allen Boswell, Nikki Grahame, Tim Dormer, Brandi Glanville Omarosa Manigault and Ariadna Gutiérrez are the only houseguests to compete in different seasons of the show with different voting systems, primarily the North American systems versus the international systems.
- Due to Reindeer Games not having voting, instead being more competition based, all three of Frankie's seasons featured different formats, despite two of them being part of the same franchise.
- All three times Frankie competed, he was nominated twice.
- Frankie was the only person to win multiple competitions in a single episode during Big Brother: Reindeer Games, winning both the Naughty & Nice Challenge and the Jingle Bell Brawl in Episode 4.
- He and Taylor Hale were also the first and only people to win multiple Jingle Bell Brawls, with 3 total each, 2 of them shared with each other.
- Frankie was the only finalist on Reindeer Games not to be a previous winner.
References[]
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/user/FrankieJGrande
- ↑ http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_brother/cast/214878/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/qnsLGzmL4e8
- ↑ https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/big-brothers-zach-rance-comes-out-as-bisexual-hooked-up-with-frankie-grande/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6444041/
- ↑ Frankie's Henry Danger Wiki Page
- ↑ http://parade.com/472671/joshwigler/survivor-big-brother-amazing-race-the-price-is-right-photos/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dZwCve7PtY
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Style-Code-Live/b?ie=UTF8&node=13301547011
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/candy-crush-big-brother-survivor-alums-compete-premiere-1013620
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