Nicole Franzel graduated from college as an ER nurse in 2014.
24 Facts About Nicole Franzel
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Nicole Franzel is best known for her appearance on Big Brother 16 in 2014, winning Big Brother 18 in 2016, placing third on Big Brother 22: All Stars in 2020, and winning Big Brother Reindeer Games in 2023.
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Nicole Franzel applied for the show as a self-proclaimed 'super-fan.
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Nicole Franzel won safety from eviction in Weeks two and five courtesy of the Battle of the Block competition.
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Nicole Franzel returned to the house Day 63 after winning the Battle Back competition, where one of the first four jurors would return to the house.
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Nicole Franzel voted for Derrick Levasseur to win Big Brother 16 on finale night.
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Nicole Franzel was revealed to be among the top three vote-getters for "America's Favorite Houseguest", alongside Zach Rance and Donny Thompson, the eventual winner of the prize.
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Nicole Franzel earned the power of Head of Household two times during the season, first in week 1 and second in week 10.
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Nicole Franzel secured the Power of Veto twice, first in week 10 and again in week 12.
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Unlike in her first season, Nicole Franzel opted for a less aggressive strategy to avoid being nominated for eviction, which proved effective as Nicole Franzel avoided nomination for eviction until the final four.
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Nicole Franzel entered finale night having won the second part of the three-part Final Head of Household, advancing her to the third and final competition against Paul Abrahamian.
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Abrahamian defeated Nicole Franzel but chose to bring her to the Final Two.
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Nicole Franzel competed in The Amazing Race 31 alongside boyfriend-turned-fiance and now husband Victor Arroyo.
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Nicole Franzel was one of two former winners to enter the house, the other being Big Brother 14 winner Ian Terry.
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Nicole Franzel won her first and only Head of Household and Power of Veto competitions in week 10.
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Nicole Franzel played in the three-part Final Head of Household competitions against Cody Calafiore and Enzo Palumbo, winning the first part.
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On finale night, Nicole Franzel competed against Calafiore in the final competition, where Calafiore defeated Nicole Franzel by one point.
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Nicole Franzel opted to evict Franzel, placing her third amongst the other houseguests.
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Nicole Franzel made history by living in the Big Brother house the most days, with 255 days.
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Nicole Franzel returned for a fourth season during the holiday spin-off season, and won Big Brother Reindeer Games.
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Nicole Franzel attended Ubly High School, where she played on the women's basketball team.
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Nicole Franzel has been in a relationship with fellow Big Brother 18 houseguest Victor Arroyo since early 2017, and the two became engaged on September 8,2018 in a special appearance on an episode of Big Brother 20.
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On January 11,2021, Nicole Franzel announced on Instagram that she was expecting her first child with Arroyo.
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Nicole Franzel announced on her Coco Caliente podcast that she and Arroyo would wed in March 2021, after postponing the wedding three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.