Big Brother houseguest Angela Murray’s strategy on the CBS reality competition series is purely based on luck, according to fans on Reddit. When Big Brother season 26 premiered in mid-July 2024, Angela’s personality and bizarre behavior stole the show right away. She has survived over a month inside the house when others like Matt Hardeman, Lisa Weintraub, Kenney Kelley and Cedric Hodges were evicted. Her behavior aside, Angela has also managed to find a lot of success along the way, including winning Head Of Household (HOH).
Tucker Des Lauriers even saved her after winning the Power Of Veto.
Big Brother fans took to Reddit to call out the ” dumb luck ” Angela Murray has had, resulting in the shocking success she’s seen in the game so far.
Despite finding success on Big Brother 26, it appears fans aren’t so sure that she has a legitimate strategy. In fact, in a Reddit thread started by ZachTheBomb, several Big Brother fans claimed that Angela’s supposed gameplay is paying off only because she’s gotten lucky instead of anything intentional she’s doing.
Chocolate_Milky_Way on Reddit claimed that while Angela deserves credit for winning a couple HOH competitions, her gameplay is not that good. The fan added that Angela is actually a “pawn in the truest sense,” and the game is instead “being played around her.” Several Reddit users used words like “lucky” to describe Angela’s time on Big Brother 26 so far, with GuyWhoAteAllThePizza going so far as to say that that being “whimsically lucky” isn’t the same thing as playing a strong game, and Hex20 bluntly saying Angela’s success just comes down to “dumb luck.”
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One example of where she’s gotten lucky is with Tucker, who’s now dominating Big Brother, leaving Angela somewhat out of the spotlight and being protected all at the same time. She likely didn’t expect to be saved by Tucker with the Power Of Veto, so Angela has gotten extremely lucky and keeps surviving. A great way to describe the situation is that Angela has “kinda fallen a** backwards into a good spot,” as TO_Jays2 said. In fact, Mlyszzn acknowledged that this success in the game probably came as a complete shock to Angela herself.
Some Reddit users believe the accusations that Angela is a producer plant on Big Brother 26, with lce_Fight admitting they’re convinced Angela is “playing an actress ‘playing Big Brother,'” noting that it feels like Inception and that even if she’s not a plant, then it’s possible her real plan all along was to “make crazy TV” instead of winning. That observation, which is based on her bizarre behavior in the Big Brother house, could very well be the truth since, as OppositeAdorable7142 added, Angela doesn’t seem like the “strategic type.”
According to Big Brother producers, Angela is not a plant. These accusations started after her behavior went viral online and after reports surfaced that she appeared on Dr. Phil, The Price Is Right and Let’s Make A Deal. It’s hard to tell whether Angela truly has a grand plan behind her behavior and early success in the game, or if fans are right that she’s gotten very lucky so far. Either way, her post-Big Brother26 interview with Julie Chen Moonves will be must-see TV because she’ll finally be able to confirm or deny all the accusations and speculation.
Big Brother season 26 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. EDT and Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m. EDT on CBS.