The American version of the one of the world’s most popular reality competition shows is finally joining its international cousins. On Thursday, CBS announced the first-ever celebrity edition of “Big Brother” in the United States. Set to air this winter, the special edition of the long-running show will see multiple episodes broadcast per week in a concentrated run. “Big Brother” host Julie Chen will also serve as host for the celebrity edition of “Big Brother”, which will include Head of Household and Power of Veto competitions, as well as live evictions.
Housemates to be featured in celebrity “Big Brother” have note been announced. The show will appear in addition to the upcoming 20th season set to air in summer, 2018.
The first “Celebrity Big Brother” was created as a spinoff of the British “Big Brother,” debuting in 2001. Since then, several other nations have established their own versions of the concept, including Australia, Finland, and Indonesia.
'Big Brother' 19: Meet the Houseguests (Photos)
Here are all the houseguests for Season 19 of "Big Brother," including one choice quote from their cast bios.
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Ramses Soto, 21 Occupation: Cosplay artist "For some reason, people automatically like me as soon as they meet me."
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Jessica Graf, 26 Occupation: VIP concierge "I'm going to find the best male competitor in the game and the two of us are going to clean house!"
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Dominique Cooper, 30 Occupation: Government engineer "My hair and my skin means nearly everything to me."
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Josh Martinez, 23 Occupation: Haircare sales "[I will] lie and deceive all these meatballs (aka losers) into doing what I want."
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Alex Ow, 28 Occupation: Eco-friendly marketing rep "My spirit animal is a sloth. LOL."
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Elena Davies, 26 Occupation: Radio personality "[I would bring] my phone, because of Instagram and I'll miss my mom"
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Christmas Abbott, 33 Occupation: Fitness superstar "I love being creepy."
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Raven Walton, 23 Occupation: Dance teacher "If I had been on [Frankie Grande's] season, I swear we would have been two peas in a pod."
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Jillian Parker, 24 Occupation: Timeshare sales rep "Every time I break my phone, I win over a thousand dollars when I go to the casino. It's a weird gift."
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Cody Nickson, 32 Occupation: Construction sales rep "I want to face warriors and champions to the end, not some tagalong."
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Megan Lowder, 28 Occupation: Dog walker "There is always that whiny, crying girl that just can't handle the pressures of the house. I would make her my friend and my secret ally."
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Matthew Clines, 33 Occupation: Renovation consultant "I can't really live life without tweezers."
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Cameron Heard, 24 Occupation: Microbiologist "I had no idea what [the series] was and my Mom told me to start watching BB14 because it's like Survivor in a house."
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Mark Jansen, 26 Occupation: Personal trainer "I love chess and I'm real good."
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Kevin Schlehuber, 55 Occupation: Stay-at-home dad "I was on The Geraldo Rivera Show and won a hunk contest."
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Jason Dent, 37 Occupation: Rodeo clown "I'm a storyteller extraordinaire. My stories are true, very handy, very creative, and infectious."
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Season 19 of the CBS’s flagship summer reality show premieres Wednesday, June 28
Here are all the houseguests for Season 19 of "Big Brother," including one choice quote from their cast bios.