Before the live finale of “Big Brother 26,” there were only three houseguests left in the running for the $750,000 grand prize: Cam Sullivan Brown, Chelsie Baham And Makensy Manbeck. This trio competed in the “BB26” house for 90 days, battling obstacles like Ainsley the AI ​​robot, a full week at Jankie World, and the Veto, which was used a total of 12 times (a new record). So who ended up winning the season and who became the next recipient of America's Favorite Houseguest?

Read our minute-by-minute recap/live blog of the Big Brother Season 26 finale below to find out what happened on October 13 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. Then be sure to tell us in the comments section about your favorite “BB26” houseguests on the CBS reality TV show, who annoys you the most, and who you think will end up on the “Big Brother” winners list. As always, Julie Chen Moonves hosts the series.

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9:00 p.m – “Previously on 'Big Brother'!” At the last live eviction, Makensy won the last Veto competition of the summer and decided to use it to save himself. Makensy then cast the sole vote for eviction, sending Rubina to the jury house and bringing Cam with her and Chelsie, the current Head of Household, into the Final 3. Tonight's two-hour episode will feature the three-part HOH competition, former champion Taylor Hale will moderate the jury roundtable and the final winner will be crowned. Let's go!

9:04 p.m – In the first part of the HOH competition on Day 87, the three houseguests had to endure the chaos of tilting and hanging robot ships longer than their competitors. Throughout the competition, the ships sprayed ice-cold green mud on the players, an element that became unbearable for Makensy, who was eliminated after 26 minutes.

9:09 p.m – Despite practicing his mindfulness and meditation to cope with the pressure of the competition, Cam crashed after 37 minutes, meaning Chelsie was declared the winner and secured a place in the third part. Cam and Makensy would compete against each other in the second part.

9:16 p.m – In the second part of the HOH competition, Makensy and Cam raced to move three buttons through a maze and then connect them to wires in the correct order to be the first to permanently disable Ainsley's brain. Makensy got all three of her buttons first and then successfully connected all nine wires before Cam could get his third button out. The competition marked Makensy's tenth overall victory and prepared her to face Chelsie in the final part to see who has the sole power to decide the final elimination.

9:23 p.m – Chelsie and Makensy were one step closer to the final two and had to weigh their options as to who would be best to sit in front of the jury. They both knew they controlled the second half of the season and kept coming out with wins. Chelsie said her head said take Cam because he's easier to beat, but her heart knows Makensy deserves it.

9:30 p.m – At the judging roundtable, the five original judges were disappointed that Rubina joined them as number six, but not surprised that Chelsie and Makensy continued to win competitions and remain in their final three. Angela said Makensy's competition wins should “weight heavily,” adding that she “had a harder time” than the other two, a point Leah agreed with. Quinn said that Makensy taking out Leah “makes no sense” and that she needs to explain it. Rubina said that Chelsie was very convincing and Quinn added that she was a really good liar. Angela feels like a “token” to Chelsie and thinks she could have done better on jury duty, but admits she is “bitter”. T'Kor said she values ​​strategy and social moves more than comp wins and believes Chelsie was able to get Makensy to make some of her plays. On the topic of Cam, T'Kor said he played the game she wanted to play. Quinn made it clear that he was in most of the alliances that formed, and so he was a decision maker early on, preparing himself to be where he is at the end. Kimo and Rubina didn't want to judge Cam's play solely based on his comp losses. What they all wanted to hear from a potential winner is that they have won some challenges while being able to “own” the moves they made.

9:42 p.m – In the third part of the HOH competition, Chelsie and Makensy had to answer multiple choice questions based on true and false statements from the judges. They both answered Quinn, T'Kor, Leah, Angela and Kimo's statements correctly, but Chelsie answered Rubina's statement incorrectly and so Makensy became the final HOH with six out of six correct answers.

9:55 p.m – Before Makensy cast her vote for eviction, Cam appealed to her with respect for the game she was playing and Chelsie asked her to make the decision that would make her proud, putting forward the idea that in the end two women would sit. Makensy's decision was to evict Cam and take Chelsie to the final two. She explained that she was not afraid to play against other competitors and that she wanted to stay true to the game she played with Chelsie.

9:58 p.m – Freshly evicted, Cam told Julie that he wasn't surprised by Makensy's decision because they had supported each other the whole time, but that it would be “very hard” to sit next to Chelsie. Julie reminded Cam that he is a Division I college athlete but only won a single contest in the game. He also said that if he had won the final HOH, he would have also remained loyal to Chelsie and taken her to the final two as well.

10:06 p.m – The existing judges weren't too surprised that Cam was added as the final judge after predicting that both Chelsie and Makensy would call the match. Before voting, they had the opportunity to ask each finalist three questions. Chelsie told the jury that she knew about a lot of what was going on in the house, but she knew when to open her mouth and when to keep her mouth shut to further her game. Makensy said getting Leah out was her best move, the one that benefited her own game the most, and said no one influenced her in that decision. Chelsie spoke about the influence she had on Makensy to take Angela off the block and put Leah on the block in two different weeks. Makensy said she became a loyal player when Chelsie was left alone and they stuck together until the end of the game by winning competitions and protecting each other. Chelsie said that a hallmark of her game was ensuring that she was protected even when she wasn't winning competitions, due to the social and strategic measures she took to highlight threats greater than herself. Makensy relied heavily on taking out Tucker in the AI ​​arena and taking his place as the comp beast to take her game from a pawn to a game winner.

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