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'Big Brother' Past, Present Houseguests Reflect On Season 16

Sophia Li, Alexa Youssefian |
September 27, 2014 | 1:25 p.m. PDT

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Season 16 winner Derrick Levasseur with Paul Calafiore. (Sophia Li / Neon Tommy)
Season 16 winner Derrick Levasseur with Paul Calafiore. (Sophia Li / Neon Tommy)
After a long summer in the house, the cast of Big Brother 16 celebrated the end of the season and kicked back in West Hollywood on Thursday night. 

Winner Derrick Levasseur, runner-up Cody Calafiore and other houseguests from BB16 partied with previous Big Brother HGs and fans at Eleven Nightclub. 

Here's what they had to say about season 16:

Victoria Rafaeli (BB 16)

Favorite moment: "Definitely ripping up Zach's hat. It was perfect revenge."

Rafaeli did say, however, that she and Zach are still going to be friends and that it was "all fun and games."

Frankie Grande at the Big Brother 16 wrap party. (Sophia Li / Neon Tommy)
Frankie Grande at the Big Brother 16 wrap party. (Sophia Li / Neon Tommy)
Frankie Grande (BB 16)

Favorite moment: "Winning the Zingbot veto and having Griffin zing me."

On his strategy: "My strategy was never to come out about who I was. I was never going to talk about my sister (Ariana Grande) on the show. And when I got so blindsidedly betrayed by every person in my alliance, in the house...I panicked. I was in an utter spiral."

"Blindsidedly betrayed" is one way to put it. The other way is that Frankie dug himself into a deeper and deeper pit the further the show went on.

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Hayden Voss (BB 16)

Favorite moment: "My first time making out with Nicole."

Derrick Levasseur (BB 16 Winner)

Favorite moment: "It was not getting the money. It was coming out and seeing my daughter in the audience, hands down."

On his strategy: "When I saw how young the cast was, I knew I had to take it a step further. I threw a beard on and the beanie; I found one person to rely on, my man Cody. Keeping a low social game, not winning too many competitions, using my ability to read people to get further - I stuck to it the entire way.

On how being a former undercover cop helped him: "As an undercover detective, you have to profile people. You have to find out what their interests are so you develop rapport, you find out what their motives are so you can use it against them--if they're there for money, if they're there for fame. It's pretty simple, you just gotta look at people, read their eyes, and find out if they're lying to you or not. Excepy for Cody; he was straight up."

Amber Borzotra (BB 16)

Favorite moment: "Eating cookie dough and playing pranks on everyone in the house."

Rachel Reilly (BB 13 Winner, Event Co-host)

On Derrick: By winning without ever being nominated, he has become not just an all-star, he's become an absolute legend."

Favorite character: "Zach, I loved him so much. He totally blew up his own game but I loved watching him."

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McCrae Olson (Big Brother 15) at the BB16 wrap party.
McCrae Olson (Big Brother 15) at the BB16 wrap party.
McCrae Olson (BB 15)

On Derrick: "He didn't get the perfect game, but he [played] the closest to a perfect game."

On Zach: "Zach is not a good player of the game, but the guy knew how to make drama and fun and entertainment. You can't beat that."

Andy Herren (BB 15 Winner)

On how he's like Derek: "We very smartly worked everyone else's game up. Like 'I'm so weak, you're so smart.'"

On how to win the game: "The key to "Big Brother" is modesty. Be the person pulling the strings without people knowing you're the person pulling the strings."

Elissa Reilly (BB 15)

On who she would have sided with: "Frankie 'cause he was super cometitive and awesome and I guess Derrick. And then Amber because we're really good friends."

Nick Uhas (BB 15)

On season 16: "They had such an immaculate understanding of the game itself. They understood the social game. Because of that, it made it more dynamic. Watching the first houseguests go out...it reminded me of an original Mike Boogie/Will sort of thing."

On who he'd want to play with: "Cody, 100 percent. I thought Cody was the best right-hand man. By taking Derek, it was like choosing 'I will not win.'"

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