‘Big Brother 26’ Cast Revealed: Meet the all new houseguests

A celebrity chef, a former undercover cop, a real estate agent, a former Marine, a physical therapist and a crochet business owner are among the 16 new houseguests on “Big Brother 26” in pursuit of the $750,000 prize. But that’s not all.

As per CBS press release, a new “Big Brother” twist will roll out when Season 26 premieres on Wednesday, July 17 and Thursday, July 18 because they’ll add one more Houseguest to their ranks, “for the first time ever, have the power to vote in a 17th houseguest.”

The current 16 houseguests range in age from 21 to 52. As previously announced, the theme this summer is “BB AI,” which will take over the house and produce some “jaw-dropping surprises,” per CBS.

Meet the ‘Big Brother 26’ cast below:

Big Brother 26 Cast: Houseguest Bios

Angela Murray (50) Hometown/Current City: Long Beach, Calif./Syracuse, Utah Occupation: Real estate agent

Brooklyn Rivera (34) Hometown/Current City: Covington, Ga./Dallas Occupation: Business administrator

Cam Sullivan-Brown (25) Hometown/Current City: Bowie, Md. Occupation: Physical therapist

Cedric Hodges (21) Hometown/Current City: Running Springs, Calif./ Boise, Idaho Occupation: Former Marine

Chelsie Baham (27) Hometown/Current City: Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Occupation: Nonprofit director

Joseph Rodriguez (30) Hometown/Current City: Tampa, Fla. Occupation: Video store clerk

Kenney Kelley (52) Hometown/Current City: Boston Occupation: Former undercover cop

Kimo Apaka (35) Hometown/Current City: Hilo, Hawaii Occupation: Mattress sales rep

Leah Peters (26) Hometown/Current City: Pittsburgh/Miami Occupation: VIP cocktail server

Lisa Weintraub (33) Hometown/Current City: Los Angeles Occupation: Celebrity chef

Makensy Manbeck (22) Hometown/Current City: Houston Occupation: Construction project manager

Matt Hardeman (25) Hometown/Current City: Loganville, Ga./Roswell, Ga. Occupation: Tech sales rep

Quinn Martin (25) Hometown/Current City: Lawton, Okla./Omaha, Neb. Occupation: Nurse recruiter

Rubina Bernabe (35) Hometown/Current City: Los Angeles Occupation: Event bartender

T’kor Clottey (23) Hometown/Current City: Chicago via London/Atlanta Occupation: Crochet business owner

Tucker Des Lauriers (30) Hometown/Current City: Boston/Brooklyn Occupation: Marketing and sales executive

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