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Amber Nichol Borzotra was a houseguest on Big Brother 16 (US).

Amber began the game in a comfortable position, being part of the majority alliance, the Bomb Squad, and having close relationships with many of the outsiders. However, after Amber’s ally Devin Shepherd blew up the alliance, Amber became a large target for many of the other houseguests due to her competition prowess and Caleb Reynolds’ controversial obsession with her. The Detonators, who had become the new majority alliance, set in motion a plan to backdoor her during week five. Amber was successfully backdoored and evicted by a vote of 9-0, placing 12th.

Biography[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Age: 26
Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn.
Current City: North Hollywood, Calif.
Occupation: Esthetician
Three adjectives that describe you: Courageous, free spirit and nurturing.
Favorite Activities: I like to hike, kayak, rock climb, yoga, spelunking, horseback riding, write, late-night cow tipping, skinny dipping, streaking, prank calling, playing in Wal-Mart, dirt bikes and skeet shooting.
What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house: Not being able to talk to my mom, sister, or best friend any time I want and not having all the food I want to eat.
Do you have a strategy for winning Big Brother?: It's all a secret! When money is on the line, I'll do anything it takes to win. Well, ALMOST anything.
Which past Big Brother cast member did you like most: I like Howard just because he was good looking. At the end of the day this is a game, I just like pretty people!
What are you afraid of: Spiders, snakes and having to eat bananas.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of: Going an entire year without sex or out on a date.
Finish this sentence: My life’s motto is… Sh*t could be worse...
What would you take into the house and why: Walkie Talkies just because they're fun, my karaoke machine for sleepless nights and a camera for memories. I just want to have a good time!
What would you do if “Big Brother” made you famous: I would enjoy my moment, but still stay humble. I would love to take my family on a vacation, pay it forward and make sure my mother never had to work again. I would like to pay off my debts and maybe one day become an entertainment or ESPN host.[1]

Player History - Big Brother 16 (US)[]

Competition History[]

Week 1 HOH Loss
BOTB Ineligible
POV Not Picked
Week 2 HOH Win
BOTB Dethroned
POV Loss
Week 3 HOH Loss
BOTB Win
POV Not Picked
Week 4 HOH Loss
BOTB Win
POV Not Picked
Week 5 HOH Loss
BOTB Ineligible
POV Not Picked

Have/Have-Not History[]

Week 1 Have
Week 2 Have
Week 3 Have-Not
Week 4 Have
Week 5 Have

Voting History[]

Week Position Voted for With Majority?
1 Joey Van Pelt Yes
2 Dethroned HOH Paola Shea Yes
3 BOTB Winner Devin Shepherd Yes
4 BOTB Winner Brittany Martinez Yes
5 Post-POV Nominee

HOH History[]

Original Nominees Post-Veto Nominees Intended Target
Week 2
(Dethroned)
Dethroned

Post Big Brother[]

  • On January 22, 2023, Amber announced that she was pregnant with her and her boyfriend and fellow Challenge competitor Chauncey's first child together.[2]
    • Their daughter Sunny was born on May 29, 2023.[3]
  • During the reunion special for The Challenge: Ride or Dies, Amber revealed that she had recently received an autism diagnosis. This retroactively makes her the third contestant to be diagnosed with autism, following Ian Terry and Britini D'Angelo. She would be followed by fellow Challenger Kyland Young.

MTV[]

Amber Challenge WC

Amber's Cast Photo for The Challenge: World Championship

  • Amber competed on The Challenge: Double Agents[4] alongside Josh, Fessy, Kaycee, Celebrity Big Brother 2 (US) contestant Lolo Jones and Celebrity Big Brother 22 (UK) contestant Gabby Allen.[5] After everyone was instructed to freely choose anyone of the opposite gender to be their partner at the start of the game, she and Darrell Taylor chose each other. In Episode 14, Darrell was eliminated by Cory Wharton, leaving Amber as a Rogue Agent. In Episode 15, Kyle Christie's partner was eliminated, and as the male Rogue Agent, he was partnered with Amber by default. In Episode 16, after winning her Elimination, Amber chose to separate herself from Kyle and Infiltrate Fessy and Nany González's partnership, stealing Fessy from Nany and making him her new partner. In Episode 17, Fessy won the Final Elimination and chose to Infiltrate Kaycee and Leroy Garrett, pairing himself up with Kaycee again before the Final Challenge, while Amber was left as the last Rogue Agent of the season and was paired with CT Tamburello by default. After maintaining a lead ahead of the other three teams and winning every checkpoint, Amber and CT reached the finish line first and were ultimately crowned the winners of The Challenge: Double Agents, CT's fourth win in the series and Amber's first, making her the first Big Brother player to become a Challenge Champion.
  • Amber competed on The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies alongside Fessy, Josh, Kaycee, Big Brother Nigeria 4 contestants Esther Agunbiade and Symply Tacha, and Big Brother 17 (UK) runner-up Hughie Maughan.[6] While she was not in the initial cast, once Josh's partner Lauren Coogan was disqualified, Amber was brought in the game to replace her and automatically became Josh's partner. In Episode 4, after winning her Elimination, Amber chose to separate herself from Josh and Infiltrate Devin Walker and Emy Alupei's parntership, stealing Devin from Emy and making him her new partner. She ended up getting eliminated in Episode 9 alongside Jeremiah White, her first elimination loss in the series.
  • Amber competed on The Challenge: Ride or Dies alongside Kaycee, Faysal, Analyse, Tommy and Promi Big Brother 8 contestant Emmy Russ. Her "Ride or Die" partner for the season was her boyfriend Chauncey Palmer. In Episode 9, the pairs were split into teams and Amber ended up on Team 2. In Episode 14, she reunited with Chauncey as the teams were dissolved, and they ended up getting eliminated in Episode 15.
  • Amber competed on The Challenge: World Championship[7], a Paramount+ exclusive spin-off season that focuses on Champions, finalists and MVPs from the flagship series and global spin-offs. She competed alongside Kaycee. She was chosen by Global MVP Troy Cullen to be his Challenge Legend partner, and she joined him on Team AUS. However, in Episode 8, Kaycee's partner Ben Driebergen was medically disqualified, and Kaycee was set to be disqualified alongside him due to lacking a partner. But Amber had also been feeling ill throughout the entire season and elected to quit so that Kaycee could stay and so that Troy wouldn't get disqualified later on if Amber didn't get better. This left Troy and Kaycee to become a new pair while Amber left the game. It was later revealed that the cause for her illness was her pregnancy, which she had later announced during the Ride or Dies reunion show, which was filmed after World Championship but aired before it.
  • Amber appeared in the launch special of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion, during Chauncey's intro package in preparation for his appearance on the season.

Trivia[]

  • Amber is the first female to win Head of Household in Big Brother 16. She was followed by Nicole Franzel and Christine Brecht.
  • Amber is the first houseguest to win the Battle of the Block competition twice.
  • Amber won a total of 1 HoH and 2 Botbs during Big Brother 16, the second most competitions of the girls behind Nicole Franzel and Christine Brecht who each have five wins.
  • Amber is the only houseguest to be dethroned as HOH and not make the jury phase in Big Brother 16.
  • Amber along with Brittany Martinez (who appeared in the same episode) are the only houseguests to appear on America's Most Funniest Videos.
  • Amber was always nominated after she won her HOH.
  • It is heavily rumored that Amber was an alternate for Christmas Abbott on Big Brother 22 (US), going through quarantine and sequester, but was ultimately unused. She went onto compete on The Challenge: Double Agents instead.

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