Andy Herren was the winner of Big Brother 15. Playing an extremely quiet game in the beginning, Andy waited until the 3 A.M. alliance to pick up his gameplay. He was known for his deception and for backstabbing many other HouseGuests. Despite being deemed a "rat" by viewers and contestants alike, Andy was granted the win in a final vote of 7–2.
•Andy is the second HouseGuest to win HOH and POV in the same week two times: following Danielle Murphree and before Frankie Grande.
•He is also the first openly gay houseguest to win HOH and POV in the same week.
•Andy is the third openly gay HouseGuest to reach the final three (Ivette Corredero was the first, Kevin Campbell was the second).
•Andy is the first openly gay HouseGuest to win Big Brother.
•Andy is tied with Aaryn Gries and McCrae Olson for the most competitions won in Big Brother 15 with 5 wins each. Andy won 3 HoHs and 2 PoVs.
•He is the third houseguest to do this in the season
•Andy Herren is the first openly gay houseguest to win 4 competitions in a single season. He would later be followed by Frankie Grande and Jason Roy.
•Andy is the fourth person to win 2 POVs and end up winning the game. Dan Gheesling, Rachel Reilly, and Ian Terry were the first HouseGuests to accomplish this feat respectively (and later Steve Moses and Nicole Franzel).
•Andy made a cameo in the Ginger Fever challenge of Big Brother 17 appearing in a picture with Kathy Griffin.
•Andy is tied with Cody Calafiore, Austin Matelson, Nicole Franzel, and James Huling for the most eviction votes cast in a season with 12.
•He also holds the record for the most votes cast with the majority.