Luke Valentine is a contestant who competed on season 3 of Fishtank. He was initially eliminated on Day 5 and finished in 12th place. He returned again as a plant on Day 29, as part of the new act 3 cast. Afterwards, he remained as a freeloader through to the finale.
Before Fishtank[]
Luke is from Weston, Florida, but lives in Coral Springs, Florida. He is the creator of the popular online comic Splatterbrain. He was a contestant on Big Brother 25 and was expelled from there for saying the n-word.
After being removed from Big Brother 25, Luke appeared on a joint August 15, 2023 episode of Simian Jimmy's Treehouse and B-Bang with hosts Simian Jimmy and LowRes Wünderbred where he expressed interest in joining the cast of season 2 of Fishtank. Luke appeared on B-BANG again on November 17, 2023 where he reaffirmed his interest in appearing on Fishtank.
Fishtank Season 3[]
Luke was the 11th star to enter Famous House. Due to his experience with reality TV, he is very perceptive and was in it to win it. Luke formed a connection with Alex B, and acted as a wrangler of sorts. Luke started the trend of stealing another's candy during the candy collection challenge that was ongoing during the first week. He disliked Simbal for being fake and simping for the female stars. On Day 2, Luke was awarded a TCL TV after winning the pumpkin carving challenge.
At around 1 AM on day 4, Luke was woken up by Mizzy, who alerted Bedroom 3 about her stolen candy. Luke, having barely gotten sleep in the past few days, went to blow off steam in the flat by smashing the pumpkin he carved. As the commotion in B3 continued, Luke called the other contestants names. like "Nurse Ratchet" for Alexis, and "WiFi Signal" for Simbal. Luke, having had enough, forcefully moved Simbal out of Bedroom 3 into Bedroom 1. The following morning, the stars had a talk in the den about what happened. Luke apologized and blamed the lack of sleep and increasing tensions in the house, and everyone had forgiven him except Simbal.
At 3 AM on day 5, production moved a rectangular computer onto a table next to Ian, who was sleeping on the couch. After this, Luke got a pot and pan, and banged them together, rallying all the fish into the basement for a vote. Production went down there, informed them that the vote wasn't happening right now, and told them to return to bed. When questioned, Luke said production told him to, but later switched and said he did it as a prank. A production message on the site read "luke fucked up our bit." Mizzy and Binx confronted him, and they talked in the Den until production came upstairs and told them to go to bed. Luke was then taken downstairs by Ben.
A few hours later, Jet announced over the intercom that Luke had been eliminated for "leaving the play area."
On Day 29 (November 24), Luke returned to the house as a plant once again, as part of the act 3 cast in the Famous House 2.0 twist. While the new fish were unaware of Fishtank and Luke's participation in season 3, Luke's presence was an added challenge for the final four from the original fish (Binx, Burt, Payton, and Simbal) to not break kayfabe, while Luke also had to keep up the illusion himself at the same time. On the same day, Luke confronted Brandon over his story about creating a costume for a drag queen under the age of 18, and had a strong reaction to it. Brandon was ejected later that night.
After all of the non-plant Famous Stars departed from the house on Day 32 (November 27), Luke, along with Chris, was changed from "Fish" to "Freeloader" on the website. While everyone was in Las Vegas for Act 4, Sam offered Luke a job, to which Luke accepted immediately.
After Fishtank[]
Luke hosted an Instagram live where he went over his experience in the house and answered questions from chat. He confirmed that production kicked him.
Trivia[]
- Luke was the most endorsed fish on the website by the end, surpassing the former fan-favorite, Burt.
- In the early morning of day 7, a Shark came upstairs and moved furniture around in the den. A friend and associate of Luke, DNSL, said in the Fishtank discord that Luke "was staying and that's him in the orange jumpsuit," leading to speculation that Luke was the shark. Luke denied this on his Instagram.
- Luke was the only participant in Season 3 who was classified as every type of participant possible (Fish, Freeloader and Famous Star).
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