Summary
Big Brother 26premieres in a two-night event on Wednesday, July 17 and Thursday, July 18 on CBS, andthe cast of 16 houseguests has been announced. Hosted by Julie Chen Moonves,Big Brother 26follows in the footstepsofBig Brother 25, a milestone season that was its longest ever at 100 days. Jag Bains, the first-ever Sikh houseguest, won the competition, while Matt Klotz, the first-ever deaf player, was the runner-up. Now, a whole new set of houseguests will playBig Brother 26, which has been teased to have an AI theme.
CBS has announced that the 16Big Brother 26houseguests includeAngela Murray (50, real estate agent, hometown - Long Beach, CA, current city - Syracuse, UT); Brooklyn Rivera (34, business administrator, hometown - Covington, GA, current city - Dallas, TX); Cam Sullivan-Brown (25, physical therapist from Bowie, MD); Cedric Hodges (21, former marine, hometown - Running Springs, CA, current city - Boise, ID); Chelsie Baham (27, nonprofit director from Rancho Cucamonga, CA); Joseph Rodriguez (30, video store clerk from Tampa, FL); and Kenney Kelley (52, former undercover cop from Boston, MA).
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In addition, Kimo Apaka (35, mattress sales rep from Hilo, HI); Leah Peters (26, VIP cocktail server, hometown - Pittsburgh, PA, current city - Miami, FL); Lisa Weintraub (33, celebrity chef from Los Angeles, CA); Makensy Manbeck (22, construction project manager from Houston, TX); Matt Hardeman (25, tech sales rep, hometown - Loganville, GA, current city, Roswell, GA); Quinn Martin (25, nurse recruiter, hometown - Lawton, OK, current city - Omaha, NE); and Rubina Bernabe (35, event bartender from Los Angeles, CA) will play the game.
Rounding out theBig Brother 26cast are T’kor Clottey (23, crochet business owner, hometown - Chicago, IL via London, current city - Atlanta, GA) and Tucker Des Lauriers (30, marketing and sales executive, hometown - Boston, MA, current city - Brooklyn, NY).CBS has also announced that, for the first time ever, the houseguests will have the power to vote in a 17th houseguest.
It’s great to see thatBig Brother 26has seven houseguestsaged 30 or older in its cast. For years, fans have been wanting to see older contestants play the game, andBig Brother 25made that change by including ten houseguest who were 30 or older. That group included Felicia Cannon, who, at 63 years old, was the oldest female houseguest inBig Brotherhistory.Big Brother 26also has some very young contestants in their early 20s, so there will definitely be an interesting dynamic in the house.
TheBig Brother 26twistof allowing the houseguests to vote in a 17th houseguest is very intriguing.It’ll be interesting to see if they have a choice about whether to vote the houseguest in at all, or if they’re choosing the contestant from a group of people. Whatever happens, hopefully these newBig Brother 26houseguests have already learned to"expect the unexpected."
Big Brother 26premieres in a two-night event on Wednesday, July 17 and Thursday, July 18 on CBS.
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Big Brotheris a reality game show that is based on a Dutch series of the same name. Each season, contestants, known as HouseGuests, live in the same house and compete for upwards of $500,000. Contestants are constantly monitored by cameras placed throughout the house and are voted out each week in an eviction
