‘Big Brother’ Season 28 Winner Revealed: Who Won the $750,000 Prize?

“Big Brother” Season 28 has officially come to an end, with “Survivor” icon Rick Devens taking the season’s top prize.

Ahead of Thursday night’s 90-minute live finale, Taylor Brown and Devens had already secured victories in the first two parts of the final Head of Household competition. That left Drew Campbell’s fate dependent on the winner of the third and final HoH challenge.

Devens ultimately won the last competition of the summer and chose to evict Campbell. The jury of eliminated houseguests then voted 6-1 to name Devens the winner, awarding him the $750,000 grand prize. Brown, who finished as the runner-up, received $75,000.

Devens also earned another $50,000 after host Julie Chen Moonves announced that he had been voted America’s Favorite Houseguest. Campbell and Yash Patel were also among the finalists for the fan-voted honor.

The finale featured several other memorable moments, including Devens’ “betrayal” of Campbell. Brown persuaded Devens to evict his day-one ally after arguing that Campbell would otherwise have enough jury support to win. Campbell then left for the jury in tears.

The episode also introduced the houseguests to Jason De Puy’s drag persona, Salina EsTitties, a “Drag Race” all star. Meanwhile, Jack “Rome” Seymour and Lyric Medeiros remain in love and are nearing the point of moving in together.

Season 28 also marked a major milestone for the long-running competition series, which became the first primetime series to reach 1,000 episodes.

“I love the format, I love the gameplay, I love getting to know these houseguests for the summer. I love the fact that I love some of them, I love to hate some of them. I pretend I know how to play the game when I don’t have a clue how to do it,” George Cheeks, chair of TV Media at Paramount, previously said at the August celebration event.

“But also, as the steward of CBS, what I love about this show is that you built and sustained water cooler TV. In spite of the fact that there’s so much audience fragmentation now, people are doing different things, there’s so much competition for mindshare, people still want to be part of the ‘Big Brother’ community.”

CBS also confirmed at the conclusion of the finale that “Big Brother” will return for Seasons 29 and 30, with casting already underway for “BB29.”

The renewal follows a strong ratings performance for “BB28,” which averaged 5.1 million multi-platform viewers, an 8% increase from last year.

“Big Brother” will return next summer.