Taylor Brown has taken one of the most unusual paths to the end of Big Brother 28, and that is exactly why she deserves serious consideration for the $750,000 prize. Unlike some of the other finalists, Taylor was never protected by a massive alliance for most of the season.

Instead, she repeatedly found herself on the block, survived difficult situations, built personal relationships and remained loyal to the people she considered her closest allies. Her journey from an underestimated player to the Final Three is a major part of her case to win.

Taylor Brown

Taylor Brown Works On Relationships

Taylor’s strongest and most consistent relationships were with LaTrice “LaLa” Verrett and Yash Patel. She also worked closely with Kamu Kirk for a period of the game, forming a group with LaLa, Yash and Kamu after the collapse of the original power structure.

Yash specifically described becoming closer with Taylor and LaLa as they worked together to challenge the established players. Taylor also remained loyal to LaLa when it mattered most. During the double eviction, Taylor voted to keep Yash even though the rest of the house voted him out, demonstrating that she was willing to follow through on her personal loyalties rather than simply go with the majority.

Her competition résumé is not the biggest in the house, but that actually helped shape her game. Taylor won a crucial Power of Veto earlier in the season and, more importantly, won the Final Four Head of Household competition.

She Wins When She Needs Too

That victory was enormous because it guaranteed her a place in the Final Three. She defeated two members of the powerful Crossover group when the stakes could not have been higher. She then advanced to the final Head of Household competition, winning the first round against Devens and Drew before Devens won the second round.

Taylor’s biggest game move may have been influencing LaLa’s Head of Household reign.

Taylor did not hold the power herself, but she successfully got into LaLa’s ear and helped redirect the target toward Haley rather than allowing LaLa to focus on Devens. That showed Taylor understood an important part of Big Brother: sometimes controlling the person with power is more valuable than having the power yourself.

Ultimately, Taylor’s argument to the jury would be about survival, loyalty and timing. She was repeatedly underestimated, survived the block numerous times and remained dangerous without becoming the house’s biggest target.

Now, after winning the Final Four HOH and reaching the final stages of the game, Taylor has turned that quiet, underestimated strategy into a legitimate path to the end. If she can win the final HOH and choose her opponent, she will have completed one of the season’s most remarkable transformations—from a player others thought they could easily evict into a finalist with a compelling story of her own.