“Big Brother” is coming back this summer with 14 new competitors — with “additional surprise houseguests” still to be revealed on air.
The CBS reality show announced who will be on Season 28 during a YouTube livestream on Tuesday, an announcement format that’s a first for the show.
This season’s cast includes an MMA fighter, a rocket scientist, a game show host, a daughter of an ’80s pop star and even a current “RuPaul’s Drag Race” All Star.
Season 28 will premiere with a 90-minute episode on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET/PT, which will air on CBS and will be available on Paramount+. In addition to watching weekly episodes, viewers can also watch the “Big Brother” live feeds, which will open on Friday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Paramount+ for premium subscribers and Pluto TV. Parts of the live stream will also be available on the show’s YouTube channel for a limited time after new episodes of “Big Brother” and “Big Brother: Unlocked.”
This year, the theme is “Time Trip,” meaning that contestants will live in a house with rooms that have been decorated around different decades. They will also have to compete in a series of competitions inspired by different eras of history. The reality series, which first premiered in 2000, follows a group of people living in a house that’s been outfitted with more than 100 cameras and 100 microphones designed to record their every move 24 hours a day. Each week, a houseguest is voted out. The last remaining houseguest will win the grand prize of $750,000.
Meet the Season 28 houseguests, below:
Name: Ashley Trail Age: 24 Hometown: Alton, Ill. Current City: Chicago, Ill. Occupation: Bartender
Name: Barrett Pfeiffer Age: 27 Hometown: Benton, Ark. Current City: Austin, Texas Occupation: Jumbotron Engineer
Name: Chuk Anyanwu Age: 27 Hometown: Dallas, Texas Occupation: Supply Chain Analyst
Name: Drew Campbell Age: 22 Hometown: Temecula, Calif. Occupation: Surgical Dental Assistant
Name: Haley Thogmartin Age: 29 Hometown: Neosho, Mo. Current City: Wildwood, Mo. Occupation: Telemedicine Executive
Name: Jason De Puy Age: 35 Hometown: San Francisco, Calif. Current City: West Hollywood, Calif. Occupation: Drag Queen
Name: Kamuela “Kamu” Kirk Age: 32 Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz. Occupation: MMA Fighter
Name: LaTrice Verrett Age: 57 Hometown: Kankakee, Ill. Current City: Maplewood, N.J. Occupation: Boutique Salesperson
Name: Lyric Medeiros Age: 25 Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii Occupation: Attorney
Name: Mallory Aurichio Age: 24 Hometown: Township of Washington, N.J. Occupation: Rocket Scientist
Name: Melody Morris Age: 24 Hometown: Thornton, Colo. Current City: Maricopa, Ariz. Occupation: Corporate Game Show Host
Name: Rome Seymour Age: 28 Hometown: Traverse City, Mich. Current City: Delray Beach, Fla. Occupation: Pickleball Coach
Name: Taylor Brown Age: 27 Hometown: Deerfield Beach, Fla. Occupation: Elementary School Counselor
Name: Yash Patel Age: 24 Hometown: Monroe Township, N.J. Occupation: Financial Analyst
“Big Brother” is produced by Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan for Fly on the Wall Entertainment in association with Banijay Americas.
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