JORDAN WINS "BIG BROTHER" ON THE 11TH SEASON'S TWO HOUR FINALE

America Votes For Jordan To Win and Then Names Jeff as "America's Favorite Houseguest"

After living in the BIG BROTHER house for 73 days, Jordan emerged triumphant last night as the show's grand prize winner of $500,000. Natalie will receive $50,000 as the second place winner.

Last night, Jordan won the final HOH competition and decided to vote out Kevin, ensuring that she would go head to head with Natalie in the finals. In the end, the two faced a jury consisting of the last six evicted Houseguests (listed in order of eviction): Jessie, Lydia, Russell, Jeff, Michele and Kevin. In addition, BIG BROTHER viewers were granted a special "America's Vote," in which they could get to have a say in the final decision.

After each of the six jury members had the chance to ask the finalists questions, they voted live for who they wanted to win. By a vote of 5 to 2, Jordan, the 22-year-old waitress from Matthews, N.C. became the grand-prize winner of $500,000. In addition, a second viewer vote for their favorite Houseguest awarded $25,000 to Jeff.

After the vote was revealed, BIG BROTHER winner Jordan, was met by family and former housemates and then interviewed by Julie Chen.

The Houseguests:

Braden Bacha, Santa Monica, Calif. - Evicted on Thursday, July 16

Casey Turner, St. Petersburg, Fla. - Evicted on Thursday, July 30

Chima Simone, West Hollywood, Calif. - Expelled on Tuesday, Aug. 18

Jeff Schroeder, Norridge, Ill.- Evicted on Thursday, Sept. 3 (4th Jury Member)

Jessie Godderz, Tampa, Fla. - Evicted on Thursday, Aug. 13 (1st Jury Member)

Jordan Lloyd, Matthews, N.C.- Named winner on Tuesday, Sep. 15

Kevin Campbell, Chula Vista, Calif.- Evicted on Thursday, Sep. 15 (6th Jury Member)

Laura Crosby, Atlanta. - Evicted on Thursday, July 23

Lydia Tavera, Torrance, Calif. - Evicted on Thursday, Aug. 20 (2nd Jury Member)

Michele Noonan, Pasadena, Calif. via Iselin, N.J.- Evicted on Thursday, Sep. 10 (5th Jury Member)

Natalie Martinez, Gilbert, Ariz. via Chino, Calif.- Named Runner-Up on Tuesday, Sep. 15

Ronnie Talbott, Belpre, Ohio via Vienna, W.Va. - Evicted on Thursday, Aug. 6

Russell Kairouz, Walnut Creek, Calif. - Evicted on Thursday, Aug. 27 (3rd Jury Member)

BIG BROTHER follows a group of people living together in a house outfitted with dozens of cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day. Each week the Houseguests voted someone out of the house.

BIG BROTHER is executive produced by Emmy Award winner Allison Grodner, Rich Meehan and Emmy Award winner Scott Einziger, in association with Endemol U.S.A.

For more information on the 11th season of BIG BROTHER, the 13 Houseguests, and last night's finale episode of BIG BROTHER, log on to the official CBS Web site at: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_brother/ Official BIG BROTHER Twitter "BigBrotherScoop" (www.Twitter.com/BigBrotherScoop) and "BigBrotherHoH" (www.Twitter.com/BigBrotherHoH).

RATING: To Be Announced