The Cult Leader: How Maggie Ausburn Won Big Brother 6

[@jaybeevs8612]

Geez, Brian, this is crazier than the time I led a cult for three months on live TV

[@jaylenbarney7288]

😂

[@EmyN]

Lollll

[@gengarcrobat1576]

As much as I love Janelle, Maggie really dominated this game. Janelle was the comp powerhouse and Maggie was the strategic powerhouse.

[@JairoD.Garcia]

It’s could have been great to see like Maggie & Janelle Final 2 that we saw recently (Chelsie & Makensy) on Big Brother.

[@Calypsotastic]

Thinking about it now, Maggie and Janelle would've been such a power duo if they worked with each other lol

[@skoolieinspo487]

She’s soooo underrated. If she were in a season without all the other big personalities she’d get more recognition. But she doesn’t want to be a public figure and refuses to play ball with CBS so they never talk about her

[@ChickenGeorgeClooney]

The craziest part of this video is how dense it is. I'll be listening to you talking about everything Maggie was doing and then you'll give me "Kaysar was evicted 7 days ago" and it's like HOW HAS THIS ALL BEEN IN ONE WEEK?!

[@guyfierimtwi]

Big Brother 6 editing is much, much more edited better than modern seasons. After episode 18 they start doing Noms + veto in one ep

[@kimwilliamsii2122]

Literally Maggie convincing howie to nominate James and Sarah is on the levels of manipulation, akin to Chelsie convincing mj to nominate Leah: although I don’t care for Maggie as a person, this was a total boss move for a player such as her

[@Cross-k5v]

Leah moved on from MJ right after Matt departed, joining with Quinn, Joe. Leah also had final 2's w/ Angela & Brooklyn. Making it clear Leah viewed MJ as expendable & replaceable especially joining people who either shoved mj under a bus or who were openly targeting MJ. MJ's desire to target Leah wasn't accurately portrayed in the TV edit, Leah didn't even have a game relationship with mj for over a month! After Matt left, Leah would've voted mj out a couple times when tagging her guy simps who openly swung & missed at mj.

[@beckysmith9062]

Disagree. Maggie getting Howie to nominate James and Sarah is much better than Chelsie getting MJ to nominate Leah. Chelsie had been MJ's #1 ally for most of the season at that point. Since Leah picked up MJ when Brooklyn left, MJ was ALWAYS going to choose Chelsie over Leah. Howie was NEVER working with Maggie, and KNEW she was the leader of the other side. It is much more impressive convincing your opponent to do a move against their best interest than someone who thinks you're their #1 ally.

[@kimwilliamsii2122]

@ ah, I see what you mean. That’s pretty op

[@Cross-k5v]

@@kimwilliamsii2122 it’s important to mention as well that howie doing that gave the friendship the majority voting block that they needed to win the game in the jury phase. All MJ did was take a different path to the end try to lock in a final two with somebody that she had been working with for about 2 months. Leah’s boy friend Quinn used a coup de’tat on MJ to where she almost left and still Leah was willing to vote out mj at a couple of points. This year the TV edit really screwed mj Over to where it wasn’t an accurate portrayal .

[@TDRyan]

Ivette had some weird obsession with Cappy and Maggie capitalized on that. A brilliant game was played and a deserving winner was crowned!

[@khil1210]

I swear lesbians love men more than straight women 😭

[@seraaaaaa]

@@khil1210 ivette is a lesbian??

[@seraaaaaa]

@@khil1210 ivette??

[@jacob-ni6jr]

Ivette was annoying as fuck oh my god

[@pixlatedduck]

Honestly my favorite thing about you is the way you say "but" at certain points. I dont know how to necessarily describe it, but its appealing to the ears (or at least *my* ears lol)

[@pbnjilly2542]

Idk either but I 100% agree lol

[@guyfierimtwi]

OR.... AND....

[@jaylenbarney7288]

Oh yeah! Great point!

[@johk2293]

@@pixlatedduck HOWEVER

[@lmaobrendan]

Video I have been waiting for for YEARS! No one will ever master her game. Maggie will always be my favorite winner for how much of an enigma she is. Winning the season then falling off the face of the Earth is what makes her so amazing.

[@JairoD.Garcia]

Especially you watch modern day game of big brother for a female player standpoint in 2024.

[@EdibleBible]

Maggie is such a fun winner to watch, because half the house she dominates and half the house wants her gone. A lot of why the season's interesting is seeing how Maggie is able to win despite the crazy things like Kaysar coming back, Howie's jedi powers accidentally losing them the game or James winning veto for breakfast

[@elasiaval904]

maggie somehow managed to make so many people trust and keep her in a season where absolutely she should not be anybodies main allies, they shouldve held so dearly to their partners awesome vid as always

[@giovanniorellana2200]

Having just watched Big Brother 6 for the first time recently, I was impressed with Maggie's game. She wasn't the top competitor but she was the top strategist of the season, and it showed!

[@SophiaTobias-h8g]

Never apologize for the length of your videos. I love the fact that they are so long and detailed

[@beckysmith9062]

Wonderful video. Maggie is such a phenomenal player. I truly think she deserves so much credit for pioneering and successfully pulling off the objetively best strategy that we still see modern winners do. Before Maggie, no player had reached the end with a majority alliance. Will played a very solo game. Lisa played a solo game with individual bonds. Jun played a floating game going between sides. Drew played a very sociallt fluid game where he was friends with everyone, but moved depending on power. So many modern players, Hayden, Derrick, Cody, Jackson, Kaycee, Tyler, Chelsie, ect. have replicated her strategy of forming an early majority and staying with that. It has produced more winners/end gamers than any other strategy. Maggie was the blueprint for this, so that alone, gives her so much credit. Maggie thought of moves that were so ahead of her time. A jury pact 10 seasons before Derrick did it is so impressive. Using the idea of someone returning as a bargaining chip is so overpowered. A HUGE reason that she was able to mist howie into going after James/Sarah is because she said if Cappy returns, he will keep you safe. BB6 is the FIRST and LAST time the player's explicity knew about a returning player in advance. Why is it the last? Because Maggie broke it by using that to her advantage. As you mentioned, Maggie holding her group together is so much more impressive to me than any other alliance leader. We arent talking about Derrick holding competent players that are fans of the show together. This isn't the Brigade, who all got along super well sticking together. This wasn't the Cookout sticking together for non game purposes. This was Maggie alone, holding together an emotional group of players with underlying turmoil and conflict with each other to the very end. Most alliances, when there are two players who have conflict, choose a side and snip one. Maggie, made sure the conflict in her alliance were the LAST two there so she was guaranteed end game. Maggie is truly the female goat.

[@4Tom4lepus4]

Very that. People love to hate her because she opposed Janelle, but Maggie's game was the blueprint for many of the most dominating alliances and players. And, very obviously, she still did it better than many of them. With most of these alliances, they'll evict somebody purposely because rifts have formed, individual needs are put above the majority alliances and personal relationships with other players get in the way. But Maggie managed to hold them together even when they couldn't stand each other. She is a fantastic strategist and social player.

[@martinpaska4630]

I love how everyone has a specific 'THE' in each of this series I am so proud and happy about the growth this chanel has since 2023 when I stumbed upon it.

[@NathanClouse-ox1ln]

Week 2 to Week 7 from this season is so iconic. All the fights, no steamrolling and the one and only Pressure Cooker

[@guyfierimtwi]

1:34:03 Maggie using the cappy cult Maggie: If you turn on me, you TURN on cappy 1:47:40 What is it? Maggie: A really cool electronic thing

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

Maggie led a clut with some of the most unlikeable players in bb history.

[@coolsomeash]

You make Maggie's strategy a whole lot more interesting and strategic then what was shown on the show

[@duolingo2370]

Phew I was panicking thinking this was only for members only (I didn’t know it was just early access 😅) so this has just made my day 😊

[@Annarekscia]

ONE MINUTE AFTER POSTING I NEEDED THIS SO BAD ETHANIMALE

[@strawberry0.0]

50 seconds ago! ALSO OMG SEASON 6 IS GENUINELY SO GOOD. AND CULT LEADER MAY SOUND EXTREME BUT IS ACTUALLY SUCH A GOOD WORD TO REPRESENT MAGGIE AND THE SEASON!! Like you don’t understand how much I would be screaming at the screen for how annoyed I would be with these ppl lolll

[@digist4r]

I’m so happy you released a video, I’ve been craving my BB breakdown videos

[@sophiawoods9799]

me and my friends watched big brother 6 on a whim with no knowledge of the show or fan response, and we ADORED Maggie + the friendship and couldn’t stand janelle or kaysar. getting into the BB fan culture was a shock to say the least

[@analeighw834]

that’s actually so wild, what are your opinions now?

[@samanthasherman6750]

i watched all of bb6 on my own because you announced you were doing this video. can't wait to watch, you never miss!!

[@thatonegirl3782]

You do not understand how many times I have watched and rewatched all your big brother videos, especially the winner ones. I am so super excited to add one more to that list!!

[@G0d0fDaWallz]

RAAAAA I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!!!! I saw it on the playlist when it was early access, and I got so excited! Have been waiting for a few days now and I can’t wait to see this one!

[@cutthroatcare]

YESSS ANOTHER WINNER RETROSPECTIVE!!! I think I have rewatched all of your previous ones 10 times each. How dare you make these such compelling narratives that have me impatiently clamoring for you to do more.

[@moongirlmagic822]

Wanted to say that your channel single handedly got me into Big Brother(both your channel and the show), and I have been obsessed for the last month since I discovered you. I’m a big fan of the longer form content, and I think you’re a rockstar. God bless 💕

[@Ethanimale]

❤️❤️❤️

[@moongirlmagic822]

@@Ethanimaleomg hello! I was wondering if you any session suggestions for a newcomer! I appreciate everything you do 💕

[@Ethanimale]

@ well season 6 isn’t a bad place to start! Season 10 is a lot of people’s recommended 1st season (and I tend to agree) - but, if you want something a little more modern and HD, I’d recommend season 20 or even the most recent season, 26!

[@moongirlmagic822]

@ thank you so much!! Tbh I’m gonna check out all of them!!

[@dezmereldah]

Not me just watching/listening to this whole thing while I clean my place today. 😂

[@rodrick.2006]

I posted this on Peridiam's video covering the winners' journeys, but I want to point out two things about Maggie's game. An extremely brilliant move she made was during the Final 6 round. Maggie never intended to use the veto on Ivette or Beau and have April nominated and evicted. With only her, Janelle, and April voting, she was obviously voting to evict Beau and thought that Janelle was voting to evict Ivette. This, in Maggie’s eyes, made April the deciding vote. She needed April to vote out Beau, which would be horrible for April’s game, and April knew that (April and Ivette HATED each other). So, she went over to April and emotionally destroyed her by lying and claiming she will use the veto on her, only for April to cry and literally beg Maggie not to, the reaction Maggie expected and wanted. With that, she acted like her not using the veto would be game suicide for her (in Maggie’s words, “choosing you because you’re my partner ensures my death,” when in fact didn’t, Maggie knew that and was acting). So when she didn’t use it, this made April feel indebted to Maggie, with April thinking Maggie sacrificed her game to spare her, so she voted for Beau in the end as repayment for Maggie saving her. What she didn’t know, though, was Janelle was also voting to evict Beau because Howie wanted to (because he saw him as a better competitor), which was valid because he was doing well in HoHs, coming in second in some and winning one the week Rachel got evicted. The reason I know Maggie was bluffing is because when she rallied the Friendship after she’d won Veto, she told Ivette and Beau that if she’d use it on them, April would go up, but still one of them would get evicted. That means that Maggie did intend to split up the duo and vote one of them out because let’s say she uses it on Ivette; Janelle wants to split up the pair so she’d vote out Beau, Ivette would vote out April, and with Maggie claiming one of them is going home regardless if April is on the block, Maggie will vote out Beau (a member of the last pair). Although this move is "weird" when looking at it initially, it is actually brilliant. While yes, having Ivette and Beau as a shield is good, Maggie gambled that next week it'd be 3 v 1, with the remaining Friendship members against Janelle. Yes, it was a risk, but a shield at this point in the game would not have mattered because it was only F5 where Maggie needed to be shielded. F4 noms did not matter (and she actually needed April and Ivette in the F4 to be safe), and having Ivette and Beau in the F3 with Maggie would have been disastrous. Another thing in the F6 round that Maggie wanted to do is talk to Howie to convince him to talk to Janelle to evict Beau over Ivette, but when Janelle wanted to be present, Maggie decided not to, as Janelle would figure out that keeping Ivette is for Maggie’s best interest, and Janelle did not want that. Plus, if she and Janelle were to evict Beau and April would vote to evict Ivette (because they did not get along), that would further pit April and Ivette against each other because April would’ve voted to evict her. That’s why Maggie wanted to talk to Howie after she’d won veto, but when Janelle intervened, she decided that April was her last option to vote out Beau (again not knowing Howie convinced Janelle to vote out Beau). I really wish she talked about her game in the Diary Room. She was so calculating. Lastly, in Final 5, Maggie threw the HoH to Ivette for 2 reasons. She wanted Ivette to feel indebted to her the same way April did the previous week, ensuring they’d both take her over the other if given the chance. Also, if she was HoH, and either one of Howie or Janelle wins veto (which Janelle did that week), that means she’d have to pick between April and Ivette, exposing her cards, which could be a great detriment.

[@misoely631]

thank you for posting I was losing my mind rewatching your other ones 😭

[@um-hf3oq]

Even though I don’t watch big brother, I will always watch these videos beginning to end Everytime they drop 😂

[@genuinelyeducated]

YESSSSS MY GOD. IVE BEEN WANTING A MAGGIE VIDEO FOR SO LONG. THANK U

[@aniaadamson7970]

Thank you for this deep dive! Can't wait for the Angela video!

[@jacobmcmillen2529]

You should do an updated top 15 players. Just an idea that I would like to watch. I know players like Chelsie would make a very strong placement on the list, I would like to see the shifts

[@Ethanimale]

@@jacobmcmillen2529 don’t know if I’ll make a whole video for it yet, but I can give you my updated list here! 1. Dan 2. Will 3. Derrick 4. Andy 5. Nicole F 6. Danielle Reyes 7. Cody 8. Paul 9. Tyler 10. Vanessa 11. Chelsie 12. Hayden 13. Jun 14. Maggie 15. Eric Stein Honorable mentions go to Tiffany and Jason Guy, they were the next two on the list

[@mkn5844]

literally the highlight of my day/week/month when an ethanimale video drops, I forgot to make copies for my next class cause I was too locked in watching

[@moonscorchedd]

wake up new ethanimale winner video just dropped AND it's a classic season. we stay winning

[@Sillycreative]

These videos are SO awesome! The effort you put in is so apparent. I find myself enjoying watching your videos WAY more than just watching bb

[@laylafunez8567]

I never ever comment on videos but I have to let you know how great of a job you’re doing! I’ve never seen big brother but I love your videos so much! Idk how many videos I’ve watched lol. Keep up the good work! It is not going unnoticed!!

[@braveyungjablezxbl79]

SEATED. Thanks king!

[@willlove235]

Did I stop everything I was doing to dump two hours into this video? Why yes, I did! Good as always!

[@johk2293]

Man, I love your channel. Good luck getting to 100k

[@aaronsmith4806]

I still can’t believe Jennifer would do that to kaysar. You know that AMERICA voted Him back. You promised him safety and then backstab him. Be better to do it to any other player. I’d refuse to do it just knowing that America would hate me for it. Kaysar is a completely overrated strategic mind though and nobody should ever feel like they can make a deal hours after coming back in

[@spillthe_bea]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE! TURN IT UP!

[@Dj-bt4yp]

16:32 my bro Ethanimale is spitting bars

[@shayiix]

😭😭😭

[@EmyN]

Sounds like she made sure to leave nice goodbye messages as well, so she was attentive to jury lip service too

[@kimwilliamsii2122]

LETS GO! Was waiting for this! Best season ever! Btw wish u put caps on her thumbnail for cappy lol

[@elleeskanz]

MY WEEK IS MADE!! another how they won for me to obsess over!!

[@Cynikel]

I'm screaming!!! I've wanted this video since I started watching your channel!!! So excited to get into it!

[@ejirokirishima4604]

Its always so impressive, pretty much everybody aggrees the souverign six are the side to root for and want to win and they lose, but nobody can disagree that maggie played a deserving winning game and even though it was culty af it was super impressive

[@alejandrita2195]

I BEEN WAITINGGGG ON THIS ONE

[@brycesangster922]

oh ive BEEN waiting for this!!!

[@hihoneywelcomehome]

YEAHHH NEW VIDEO TIME TO LOCK IN THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK KING

[@PrettyLittleChanell]

babe wake up ethanimale the goat posted a new bb analysis 🗣🗣🗣‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@MV.12345]

Please don’t make them shorter I love the longer videos👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@heater1237]

i hope maggie plays persona 3 portable on her electronic thing one day

[@fosterdawson7339]

41 mins ago? damn, just finished the Dan video and i see this. We're eating good.

[@ocho33]

One of my favorite winners despite not liking her that much. She is very underrated

[@KB-dn6mh]

Season 6 is the best BB season. Thanks for this amazing video!

[@elenahernandez9071]

BEEN WAITINGGGG FOR THIS VIDEO ❤❤❤

[@TimTeemo]

popcorn ready! new ethanimale documentary oh boy

[@valenciaesaka1539]

YAY ready to watch🎉

[@marianaalmeidaaaa]

A new video for me to play on repeat while i work lets goooo

[@JamesAugust5]

I think in her first 3 weeks she wasn't a big target and she wasn't "part" of a group but secretly she actually was because of Eric, they learned that people were secretly paired and that everyone were paired. She was the biggest target and committed to a group after those 3 weeks which are complete opposite to after which is interesting. Love the video, I just watched full episodes and I can see that your videos saves so much time and it's a great story telling.

[@Lilith-._.]

Amazing video, but im still waiting on Will Kirby one

[@ChickenGeorgeClooney]

@Lilith-._. watch the whole thing.

[@NathanClouse-ox1ln]

It’ll come out in early May

[@analeighw834]

oh i’ve been waiting for this one!! i have such a love hate relationship w this season cause i love janelle and the friendship alliance was so annoying loll but it’s such good gameplay

[@befr_alphar]

maggie was one of my favourites to be honest! great video

[@conoxr]

most underrated bb winner love her sm

[@aidenmartini]

6 isntttt my favorite season, BUT i might have to do a rewatch for the mess! Great job on the video, killed it as always🙂‍↕️

[@felixtapes]

i abandoned this season and i was looking for your video abt this yesterday! plus i binged your vids today lol

[@unpopularbear77]

i think the defining message to take away from this season is that kaysar deserved better

[@nosffy]

have you ever watched big brother brazil? i think you'll enjoy not only the chaos, but the way the show is structured as well!

[@EmVeeVanc]

ooo im so glad theres another video

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

Maggie mist Howie three years before Dan even played and 7 years before season 14 and the mist became an thing.

[@meemly4508]

MAGGIEEEEE MY RESOURCEFUL QUEEN

[@lionboilol4634]

Hey great video. You should make a video on how danielle from s3 almost won. Or how vanessa from season 17 almost won.

[@Ethanimale]

Those are some videos I do want to tackle once I get some more winners taken care of!

[@lanaaisya]

maggie being the friendship's natural (cult) leader and using loyalty as the major manipulation tool to her gameplay is inevitable. it's in her stars - she's a leo!

[@deathcon6261]

1:33 This is just plain wrong. Maggie was so unaware of how the show worked that when another houseguest told her that there was no cameras in the HoH room she admitted to another houseguest in the HoH room (she thought privately) that she had to lie to protect a coworker during a trial. This was a major controversy when the season was airing and contributed to how hated she was. Otherwise great video.

[@TheToeSong]

Has BB ever had a season of just America's favorite players?

[@cyberyoutabe5995]

all stars?

[@TheToeSong]

@ isn’t all stars just winners?

[@mushroom_goblinkaok4377]

@@TheToeSong no and no, also why not just google it?

[@daynemicah]

Ahh I’ve been waiting

[@liveIeak]

ITS UNLOCKED I CAN WATCH NOW OUUUU MY SHOW IS OONNNN

[@UncleMarco]

Better than Derrick

[@RoyalKingOliver]

BB6 is such a weird season. I’ve never seen such a split house be so split til the very end. And it’s definitely the best precursor to the legendary All Star Season that would happen a year later.

[@PoopHobbit]

Maggie is one of the prettiest women I've ever seen but shes also so normal looking... she just has such a great smile and her hair is beautiful. Whats is it???

[@fionapple]

RIGHT that clip of her winking in the beginning 🥰

[@minerzach1236]

One of the more interesting big brother winners probably the second best female winner in the show history.

[@Raul-gm1cr]

The main problem I have with Maggie’s game is that she was very lucky with how that F4 round played out. Had Ivette not unexpectedly won the veto, she’s toast. April, unlike Ivette, was self-interested and would have thrown that HoH to Janelle in a heartbeat and win. Even in a Maggie-April F2, I think April wins being the most palatable player left to sov6 and with the James backdoor under her belt.

[@CommanderNam]

They could never make me like maggie but I do respect the game she played.

[@yoissy]

Here you go Maggie, it's the last of my hamon. Take it and win. - Eric

[@jacksonia7724]

I know some of us aren’t the biggest fan of hers personally, but she is a top 5 big brother winner by a long shot. Literally one of the most dominant wins of all time.

[@jglyra9155]

The soverign six is the most iconic allience on big brother and no body is taking this from them

[@maxxx6970]

NEW STORY VIDEO IM HERE I’ll watch it after my career fair

[@Ethanimale]

Best of luck!

[@ea-g4056]

Howie - the boytoy of the century 😂

[@coolsomeash]

Not related to Maggie's game, but Ivette's obsession with Eric was weird & annoying as hell. At one point, I thought she had a crush on him

[@sarahlouie2603]

YAYYYY IM SO EXCITED

[@kauanmossonzaianz3552]

Great video

[@kidzemp]

Ngl been waiting for this lol

[@EmyN]

Yessssss it’s here

[@MRrichthe7th]

You ever plan on going back to remake some of the old winner videos like Josh, Steve, Xavier, and Nicole

[@Ethanimale]

Yep! After I finish all the other winner videos, I am going to remake those 4 to be in line with my current format

[@MRrichthe7th]

@@Ethanimalegot it

[@sianam2916]

FINALLY THE MAGGY EDIT

[@pbnjilly2542]

Ethanimale video? As BB20 winner would say LETS GOOOOO