Derrick Levasseur
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- Television personality
- retired police officer
- private investigator
- Big Brother 16 (winner)
- Breaking Homicide on Discovery ID
Derrick Levasseur | |
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 Levasseur discusses his television program Breaking Homicide in 2018 | |
| Born | February 3, 1984 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
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| Spouse |
Jana Donlin (m. 2011) |
| Children | 2 |
Derrick Levasseur (born February 3, 1984) is an American television personality, private investigator, and former police officer. He is best known for winning the reality television series Big Brother in 2014.[1]
Big Brother
Levasseur competed on the sixteenth season of Big Brother USA, a competition show where the contestants, "Houseguests," compete against each other for months while being monitored 24/7. While Levasseur was an undercover detective at the time, he did not tell other houseguests, fearing they would evict him for it.
On Day 2, Levasseur formed an alliance and final two deals with fellow houseguest Cody Calafiore called "The Hitmen". Levasseur was also a member of the Team America alliance with fellow houseguests Frankie Grande and Donny Thompson, earning $75,000 by completing tasks as assigned by online voters.
Levasseur won Head of Household (HOH) in weeks 3, 8, 10, and 12. He was the sole HOH for three out of those four weeks. Levasseur was not put up for eviction until the Final Three, making him the first Houseguest to accomplish this since Danielle Reyes and Jason Guy, both of Big Brother 3.[2]
On finale night, Calafiore won Head of Household and chose to take Levasseur to the final two. Levasseur won the game with a 7-2 jury vote, earning him $500,000.[3] This, coupled with previously earned Team America prize money, resulted in a grand total of $575,000 for Levasseur.
Post Big Brother
On March 31, 2016, Levasseur confirmed that he would be part of a Martin Sheen-produced series Hard Evidence: Is OJ Innocent on Investigation Discovery.[4] He was one of the hosts on two seasons of Breaking Homicide on Investigation Discovery.[5] Levasseur also co-hosts two podcasts: one about true crime called Crime Weekly with YouTuber Stephanie Harlowe, as well as one with fellow Big Brother winner Cody Calafiore called The Winner's Circle, where they analyze the current season of Big Brother.[6] Additionally, Levasseur hosts his podcast called Detective Perspective, which is also available on YouTube.
In 2025, Levasseur competed on the third season of The Traitors.[7][8] He was 'murdered' on the seventh episode.[9]
