Big Brother 26 introduced 16 new houseguests for a season built around the Artificial Intelligence “BB AI” theme. The cast ranged from a former Marine and undercover cop to a celebrity chef, crochet business owner and video store clerk. These were our first preseason impressions before anyone entered the house, with early strategy comments from the cast included below. At a quick glance, my money was on mustache.
The two-night premiere of Big Brother 26 was fast approaching, and with it came lots of new information about the season. The theme, twists, house tour and cast were all starting to be released. We had just learned that the theme of the season was Artificial Intelligence, “BB AI.” I was sure the BB gods would be running plenty of “AI prompts” throughout the season, along with throwing a few curveball AI glitches into the system.
Today, we finally get to meet the cast of houseguests we’ll be spending our summer with. Now we get to make our first impressions of the all-new cast. Take a look at their bios below and start picking your favorites to win. At a quick glance, my money is on mustache.
Big Brother 26 Cast
Angela
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Current city: Syracuse, Utah
Occupation: Real estate agent
Preseason note: Angela said she wanted to model her game after Cody.
Brooklyn
Hometown: Covington, Georgia
Current city: Dallas, Texas
Occupation: Business administrator
Preseason note: Brooklyn said she wanted to play matchmaker in the house and help create a showmance.
Cam
Hometown: Bowie, Maryland
Occupation: Physical therapist
Preseason note: Cam said he wanted to work with the parents in the house.
Cedric
Hometown: Running Springs, California
Current city: Boise, Idaho
Occupation: Former Marine
Preseason note: Cedric said he wanted to bring the drama.
Chelsie
Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, California
Occupation: Nonprofit director
Preseason note: Chelsie talked about wanting to make her mark on the game.
Joseph
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Occupation: Video store clerk
Preseason note: Joseph said he wanted to model his game after Dan.
Kenney
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Former undercover cop
Preseason note: Kenney said he wanted to target the more sensitive people in the house.
Kimo
Hometown: Hilo, Hawaii
Occupation: Mattress sales rep
Preseason note: Kimo said he had applied to Big Brother multiple times before finally making the cast.
Leah
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Current city: Miami, Florida
Occupation: VIP cocktail server
Preseason note: Leah said she didn’t know past houseguests well enough to model her game after anyone.
Lisa
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Celebrity chef
Preseason note: Lisa also said there wasn’t a past houseguest she specifically wanted to model her game after.
Makensy
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Occupation: Construction project manager
Preseason note: Makensy said she wanted to play like Kaycee.
Matt
Hometown: Loganville, Georgia
Current city: Roswell, Georgia
Occupation: Tech sales rep
Preseason note: Matt said he wanted to target the superfans in the house.
Quinn
Hometown: Lawton, Oklahoma
Current city: Omaha, Nebraska
Occupation: Nurse recruiter
Preseason note: Quinn said he wanted to model his game after Jason Guy from Big Brother 3.
Rubina
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Event bartender
Preseason note: Rubina showed off her Julie Chen impression and made it clear there was only one Rubina.
T’Kor
Hometown: Chicago via London
Current city: Atlanta, Georgia
Occupation: Crochet business owner
Preseason note: T’Kor said she was often underestimated.
Tucker
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Current city: Brooklyn, New York
Occupation: Marketing and sales executive
Preseason note: Tucker wanted to be the first person through the door and said he wanted to model his game after Ian.
who is the mystery houseguestttttt?!
My only wish is Paloma and Audrey to be on this season……. OHHH and JEJO so we can all bask in the purity of their love.
the picture of Porsche in season 13 holding a zero up what is the reference to?
Leah Peters and Makensy Manbeck are early favorites.
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Hi Simon and Dawg! Did you hear about the changes that Paramount+ had made concerning our viewership of the Live Feeds? There will be no Rewind or Flashback viewing of Big Brother, strictly Live Streaming Viewing Only
Yes… this is terrible new! Its a very sad day! Hopefully the BB fans can convince them to bring back those features.
I will have to wait and see; she is from my hometown though(Houston)
I like her! 6′ 2″ tall and an athlete (or so she says – apparently played volleyball in college), a good looking lass, so she has the tools to go far, if she doesn’t screw things up with a bad attitude or a showmance. I also like Mighty Mite Rubina, as she too is a cutey and seems to have a very bubbly personality!
So is this site even going to be able to update much after this horrible news was dropped yesterday:
Paramount+ will not have flashbacks or archives available from the live online feeds. The streaming service quietly announced the change on its website: “Starting this season, archives and flashbacks are no longer available- but you can still watch all four cameras with our live feeds!”
This really pisses me off because this site is my favorite but aren’t there only 2 people who contribute to it? Surely you both can’t do it all. At least in the past one or both of you could go to the meaningful part(s) of the day and recap on your time but now you can’t unless you find some screen recorded portion of the clips.
This will surely mess up Jokers too but they have more contributors but rarely pictures so I’m so annoyed.
Why the fuck would they do this? Don’t they know when they mess with the feeds in any way they are putting the entire show at risk of being cancelled? The idiots in charge need to ask BBCA and Arissa how that shit went down.
They are just idiots plain and simple and all because they want to protect some potentially racists/sexist/homophobic/other type of piece of shit people…
Its a horrible decision! They’ve ruined the season before its started. I really hope the fan community can convince them to bring those features back.
Sticks. I agree