| Big Brother | |
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| Season 26 | |
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| Hosted by | Julie Chen Moonves |
| No. of days | 90 |
| No. of houseguests | 16 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | July 17, 2024 – present |
| Additional information | |
| Filming dates | July 16, 2024 – present |
| Season chronology | |
Big Brother 26 is the twenty-sixth season of the American reality television program Big Brother. The program is an adaptation of the franchise created in 1999 by John de Mol. The season is set to feature an artificial intelligence theme. It premiered on CBS on July 17, 2024, with filming beginning a day prior and running for 90 days, concluding on October 13.
Format
Big Brother follows a group of contestants, known as HouseGuests, who live inside a custom-built house outfitted with cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day.[1] The HouseGuests are sequestered with no contact with the outside world.[2] During their stay, the HouseGuests share their thoughts on their day-to-day lives inside the house in a private room known as the Diary Room.[3][4] Each week, the HouseGuests compete in competitions in order to win power and safety inside the house. At the start of each week, the HouseGuests compete in a Head of Household (abbreviated as "HOH") competition.[5] The winner of the HoH competition is immune from eviction and selects two HouseGuests to be nominated for eviction.[6] Six HouseGuests are then selected to compete in the Power of Veto (abbreviated as "PoV") competition: the reigning HoH, the nominees, and three other HouseGuests chosen by random draw. The winner of the PoV competition has the right to either revoke the nomination of one of the nominated HouseGuests or leave them as is. If the veto winner uses this power, the HoH must immediately nominate another HouseGuest for eviction. The PoV winner is also immune from being named as the replacement nominee.[7] On eviction night, all HouseGuests vote to evict one of the nominees, though the Head of Household and the nominees are not allowed to vote. This vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household casts the tie-breaking vote. The nominee with the most votes is evicted from the house.[8] The last nine evicted HouseGuests comprise the Jury and are sequestered in a separate location following their eviction and ultimately decide the winner of the season. The Jury is only allowed to see the competitions and ceremonies that include all of the remaining HouseGuests; they are not shown any interviews or other footage that might include strategy or details regarding nominations.[9] The viewing public is able to award an additional prize by choosing "America's Favorite HouseGuest." All evicted HouseGuests are eligible to win this award except for those who either voluntarily leave or are forcibly removed for rule violations.[10]
HouseGuests
Online applications for the season were underway by January 2024[11] while in-person casting sessions occurred in March.[12] The cast was revealed on July 15, 2024.[13] At this time it was also revealed that the houseguests would have the power to vote in a seventeenth houseguest by a majority vote.[14] This was later proved to be a ruse that introduced the seasons primary theme.[15] Among the HouseGuests are Angela Murray, a serial reality television show contestant who previously appeared on House Calls with Dr. Phil in 2021, The Price is Right in 2019, and Let's Make a Deal.[16][17] In 2019, Brooklyn Rivera appeared on another talk show hosted by Dr. Phil.[18]
| Name | Age | Occupation | Residence | Result |
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| Angela Murray | 50 | Real estate agent | Syracuse, Utah | |
| Brooklyn Rivera | 34 | Business administrator | Dallas, Texas | |
| Cam Sullivan-Brown | 25 | Physical therapist | Bowie, Maryland | |
| Cedric Hodges | 21 | Former marine | Boise, Idaho | |
| Chelsie Baham | 27 | Nonprofit director | Rancho Cucamonga, California | |
| Joseph Rodriguez | 30 | Video store clerk | Tampa, Florida | |
| Kenney Kelley | 52 | Former undercover cop | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Kimo Apaka | 35 | Mattress sales rep. | Hilo, Hawaii | |
| Leah Peters | 26 | VIP cocktail server | Miami, Florida | |
| Lisa Weintraub | 33 | Celebrity chef | Los Angeles, California | |
| Makensy Manbeck | 22 | Construction project manager | Houston, Texas | |
| Quinn Martin | 25 | Nurse recruiter | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Rubina Bernabe | 35 | Event bartender | Los Angeles, California | |
| T'kor Clottey | 23 | Crochet business owner | Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Tucker Des Lauriers | 30 | Marketing/sales executive | Brooklyn, New York | |
| Matt Hardeman | 25 | Tech sales rep | Roswell, Georgia | Evicted Day 10 |
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Day(s) | Original air date [19] | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating (18–49) | ||||||
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| Week 1 | ||||||||||||
| 898 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Day 1 | July 17, 2024 | 2.75[20] | 0.6[20] | ||||||
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On Day 1, the first eight HouseGuests—Angela, Cam, Chelsie, Joseph, Kimo, Makensy, Rubina, and Tucker—entered the newly designed Big Brother house. Julie informed them that they would be tasked with voting to decide whether a 17th HouseGuest, Ainsley, would be allowed to enter the competition. Ainsley would need at least five of eight votes to compete. Angela, Joseph, Rubina, and Makensy voted to allow entry while Chelsie, Cam, Kimo, and Tucker voted no. Ainsley then revealed herself to be an AI creation, her name a backronym for Artificial Intelligence Network Self Learning Entity, who would affect the game. The HouseGuests then competed individually in timed memory competitions. The four that voted yes, participated for a secret power referred to as an "upgrade" to the game. The other four that voted no played a separate completion in which the loser would receive a "downgrade" that would harm their game. Makensy won her competition and received the upgrade and Chelsie lost the other competition, receiving a downgrade. | ||||||||||||
| 899 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Day 1 | July 18, 2024 | 2.36[21] | 0.5[21] | ||||||
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The next eight HouseGuests—Brooklyn, Cedric, Kenney, Leah, Lisa, Matt, Quinn, and T'Kor—also moved in on Day 1. They then participated in the same vote to admit Ainsley to the game, still unbeknownst to them that she is an AI entity. During this time, the first group of eight HouseGuests were isolated individually. Leah and Quinn voted to allow entry to Ainsley and the other six voted no. All eight also competed in individual upgrade and downgrade competitions that were modified from those the first eight played in. Quinn obtained an upgrade to his game and Cedric acquired the downgrade. Following the second set of the competitions, all sixteen HouseGuests were allowed to meet. Cedric and Chelsie were informed that their games were being downgraded to "mascots" for the week, not permitting them to participate in the first Head of Household or Power of Veto competitions as well as the vote to evict. Among Makensy and Quinn, one of them will receive a "Deep Fake HoH" while the other will get "America's Veto". | ||||||||||||
| 900 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Days 1–4 | July 21, 2024 | 2.39[22] | 0.5[22] | ||||||
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The HouseGuests formally introduce themselves to each other. Cam, Kimo, Tucker, and Quinn volunteered to be have-nots for the week. The contestants begin to form early alliances. Makensy received the America's Veto which allows her to anonymously remove any nominee from the block and offers viewers the chance to name the replacement nominee. Quinn acquired the Deep Fake HoH, allowing him to secretly be Head of Household for the week. Quinn will also communicate through a virtualized of the current HoH. If unused, both advantages expire after four weeks. Prior to participating in the Head of Household competition, Ainsley informs the HouseGuests that there will be three nominees each week. Ahead of the eviction, the three will battle in Ainsley's A.I. Arena competition where the winner will be saved from eviction. Ainsley hosted the "New Rule" HoH competition in which there were new rules each round. Angela beat Kenney and Leah in the final round to become the first Head of Household. Quinn confides in Angela about winning the Deep Fake HoH comp an the two form a final two alliance. Angela then contemplates who she should nominate. On Day 4, Angela nominated Kenney, Kimo, and Lisa for eviction. | ||||||||||||
| 901 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Days 4–7 | July 24, 2024 | 2.51[23] | 0.5[23] | ||||||
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Following nominations, Angela ultimately sets her sights on Kenney. She also begins feeling animosity towards Matt. Matt and Makensy are in the early stages of a possible showmance and form a three-person alliance with Leah. Makensy reveals winning America's Veto to Matt and Leah. Cam, Cedric, Chelsie, Joseph, Kimo, T'Kor, and Quinn also form an alliance called "The Collective". Angela later begins suspecting other possible alliances in the house. Joseph and Quinn pitch the Collective to Angela, but she believes they are secretly coming for her. Feeling increasingly uneasy overnight and into the next day, Angela publicly confronts Matt over breakfast. Following this, opinions of Angela quickly turn negative. Joseph and Brooklyn are chosen to compete in the Power of Veto competition along with the three nominees. Angela ultimately hopes to backdoor Matt. In the "Spelling Bee" competition, competitors searched for letters to spell the longest word possible. There were also "delete" tiles hidden, which allow letters to be "deleted" from the competition. Lisa spelled the longest word in the shortest amount of time, winning the Power of Veto. On Day 7, Lisa used the veto on herself and Angela named Matt as the replacement nominee. | ||||||||||||
| 902 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Days 7–10 | July 25, 2024 | 2.87[24] | 0.6[24] | ||||||
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Matt and Kimo begin to campaign significantly in an effort to save themselves from eviction. Tensions between Angela and others rise again when Kenney says he would be willing to purposefully lose the A.I. Arena Competition to Matt. In the A.I. Arena, Kenney, Kimo, and Matt played "Glitch in the System". The three of them viewed 16 "glitching" videos of their fellow HouseGuests that were playing simultaneously and attempt to find the HouseGuest who appeared the most. Kimo answered correctly in the shortest amount of time, saving himself from the block. Kenney and Matt are each given a few minutes to sway any last-minute votes in their favor. On Day 10, by a vote of 8–3, with Leah, Lisa, and Makensy voting to evict Kenney, Matt was evicted from the Big Brother house. | ||||||||||||
| Week 2 | ||||||||||||
| 903 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Days 7, 10–11 | July 28, 2024 | 2.40[25] | 0.5[25] | ||||||
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Following Matt's eviction, multiple HouseGuests begin planning their next steps. Leah, Lisa, and Makensy are upset that the remainder of their alliance did not vote to evict Kenney instead. In the "Animal Obsession" Head of Household competition, HouseGuests viewed a series of videos containing animals. They were then asked true or false questions relating to those videos. Those who answered correctly progressed to the next question, while those who answered incorrectly were eliminated. After everyone else was eliminated, Chelsie won the competition in the final round against Leah and T'Kor. Chelsie planed on nominating Angela for her confrontation with Matt, and Kenney for his relationship with Matt, but take suggestions on who the third nominee should be. Tucker proposes she nominate Lisa. Cam, Cedric, and Chelsie begin forming an alliance and ask Brooklyn and Quinn to join them. Angela offers to be a pawn for Chelsie and in exchange for safety, Makensey reveals her advantage to Chelsie. On Day 11, Chelsie nominated Angela, Kenney, and Lisa for eviction. | ||||||||||||
| 904 | 7 | "Episode 7" | TBA | July 31, 2024 | TBD | TBA | ||||||
| 905 | 8 | "Episode 8" | TBA | August 1, 2024 | TBD | TBA | ||||||
| Week 3 | ||||||||||||
| 906 | 9 | "Episode 9" | TBA | August 4, 2024 | TBD | TBA | ||||||
| 907 | 10 | "Episode 10" | TBA | August 7, 2024 | TBD | TBA | ||||||
| 908 | 11 | "Episode 11" | TBA | August 8, 2024 | TBD | TBA | ||||||
| Week 4 | ||||||||||||
| 909 | 12 | "Episode 12" | TBA | August 11, 2024 | TBD | TBA | ||||||
| 910 | 13 | "Episode 13" | TBA | August 14, 2024 | TBD | TBA | ||||||
| 911 | 14 | "Episode 14" | TBA | August 15, 2024 | TBD | TBA | ||||||
| Week 5 | ||||||||||||
| 912 | 15 | "Episode 15" | TBA | August 18, 2024 | TBD | TBA | ||||||
Voting history
Color key:
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | ||||||
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| Day 90 | Finale | |||||||||||||||||
| Head of Household | Angela | Chelsie | (None) | |||||||||||||||
| Nominations (pre-veto) |
Kenney Kimo Lisa |
Angela Kenney Lisa |
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| Veto winner | Lisa | Kenney | (None) | |||||||||||||||
| Nominations (post-veto) |
Kenney Matt |
Angela Lisa Tucker |
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| Angela | Head of Household |
Nominated | ||||||||||||||||
| Brooklyn | Matt | |||||||||||||||||
| Cam | Matt | |||||||||||||||||
| Cedric | Not eligible[b] | |||||||||||||||||
| Chelsie | Not eligible[b] | Head of Household |
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| Joseph | Matt | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenney | Nominated | |||||||||||||||||
| Kimo | Matt | |||||||||||||||||
| Leah | Kenney | |||||||||||||||||
| Lisa | Kenney | Nominated | ||||||||||||||||
| Makensy | Kenney | |||||||||||||||||
| Quinn | Matt | |||||||||||||||||
| Rubina | Matt | |||||||||||||||||
| T'kor | Matt | |||||||||||||||||
| Tucker | Matt | Nominated | ||||||||||||||||
| Matt | Nominated | Evicted (Day 10) | ||||||||||||||||
| Evicted | Matt 8 of 11 votes to evict |
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- Notes
- ^ This HouseGuest won the AI Arena competition and was saved from possible eviction.
- ^ a b For coming in last in the “Downgrade” competitions, Cedric and Chelsie became ineligible to compete in the HoH or PoV competitions for Week 1, and also lost their right to vote for the first Eviction. They were eligible to be nominated and evicted.
Production
Development
Big Brother 26 was officially confirmed by CBS on May 7, 2024.[26] The primary theme for Big Brother 26 is based around artificial intelligence (AI) and is dubbed "BBAI".[27]
Filming
Filming began on July 16, 2024, and is expected to run for 90 days.[28][29]
Production design
Similar to the season's overall theme, the Big Brother house was designed with an artificial intelligence theme. Bedrooms in the house were designed using AI prompts. The have-not room is described as "only a wireframe skeleton bedroom" because the AI crashed after given the prompt.[30]
Release
Broadcast
The season premiered on CBS over two nights on July 17 and 18, 2024.[31] New episodes will then air on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. eastern time (ET). It is set to conclude with a live finale on October 13, 2024.[32] Beginning July 25, Wednesday and Thursday episodes moved to 8:00 p.m. ET.[33]
Streaming
Following its broadcast, new episodes will stream on Paramount+ and CBS On Demand.[34] As with previous seasons, Paramount+ is also providing access to 24/7 live feeds.[35] The live feeds also stream on Pluto TV in a free advertisement-supported format.[36] In a change from previous seasons, those watching the live feeds will no longer be able to pause or rewind the video.[37]
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