Daniele Donato

Daniele Donato-Briones (née Donato; born August 20, 1986) is an American television personality. She was a contestant on Big Brother 8, and Big Brother 13 along with her father Dick Donato, placing second and eighth, respectively. Donato is now married to Big Brother 13 cast member Dominic Briones, whom she began a relationship with shortly after the 13th season ended.

Daniele Donato was born on August 20, 1986. Her estranged father Dick Donato or better known as the notorious "Evel Dick" appeared on Big Brother with her for Season 8 in 2007. When Daniele was first on Big Brother she worked as a waitress in Huntington Beach, California. The two re-appeared on the show for Season 13, but her father had to leave the first week due to personal reasons. She is currently in college working towards her career. Aside from Big Brother, Daniele has appeared on the television show Reality Obsessed.

Daniele joined Big Brother 8 in 2007, along with her father, Dick. On Day 7, the House competed for the Power of Veto. Kail, as HoH, and Amber and Carol, as the nominees, automatically got to play for the power. During the random draw, Kail got "Houseguest Choice", and picked Daniele, Carol drew Nick's name, and Amber drew Jameka. During the competition, called "Hide and Seek Veto", players had one minute to hide a veto box inside the Big Brother house. When all six veto boxes were hidden, one by one, the players had a time limit to find another player's veto box. The player whose veto box was not found would win the Power of Veto. When it came down to Kail and Daniele, Daniele found Kail's Veto box, making Daniele the winner of the first Power of Veto competition. Meanwhile, Jen was beginning to get on her fellow Houseguest nerves, leading to her having confrontations with Dick and Nick. Despite Daniele considering using the Veto to backdoor Jen, on Day 9 Daniele chose to leave the nominations intact.

In 2011, Daniele and her father, Dick were asked to appear on Big Brother 13, where they and other notable duos from past Big Brother seasons returned to play doubles with eight new houseguests for a chance to win the grand prize of $500,000.

Donato is the daughter of Big Brother season 8 winner Dick Donato. Donato was in a relationship with her former housemate, Nick Starcevic after the season ended in 2007. On Big Brother 9, she and her father were interviewed, and she confirmed that she and Starcevic were no longer together. After meeting on Big Brother season 13 and becoming best friends, Daniele married her former housemate Dominic Briones on January 19, 2013 in Huntington Beach, California. In February 2018, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child. On August 20, 2018, their baby girl Tennessee Autumn was born.

On Day 6 of BB 13, Dick had to leave the show for personal reasons, leaving Daniele without a partner, and with a Golden Key. Shortly after, Daniele turned on her own alliance of Veterans from past seasons, and formed a new alliance with Kalia Booker and Porsche Briggs. Shortly after Dominic's eviction the HouseGuests were informed that the Golden Key twist was over and all HouseGuests except for Rachel competed in the next Head of Household competition Big Brother Slalom. The HouseGuests had to hold on to a wall while standing on ‘skis’ which moved from side to side while having snow blowing on them at random times. The first five eliminated HouseGuests had to choose a numbered snowball four of which contained a punishment while one contained a prize. Lawon, Brendon and Jordan picked the snowballs that contained Have-Not tickets, Adam was required to wear an elf suit for a week and Jeff won $10,000. On Day 28 Daniele nominated Brendon and Rachel for eviction and the next day Brendon won his third Power of Veto competition Time's Up. The six players had to complete mini-tasks based on previous competitions in as short a time as possible. Brendon chose to save Rachel from eviction on Day 31 Daniele chose Jordan as the replacement nominee. Brendon was evicted from the House on Day 34 with Rachel and Porsche as the only two votes to evict Jordan.