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Big Brother 6 host Julie Chen. |
Big Brother is now a team game. This season, Big Brother will be a battle of teams not an individual game as in previous instalments.
CBS announced today that the 14 contestants are actually seven teams of secret partners from the outside world. Friends, co-workers and significant others will play the Big Brother game as covert duos. The twist is that each team believes they are the only such partnership in the house.
As an added stipulation, if one team can keep their secret and end up being the last two people in the house, the winner will win $1,000,000 with the second place finisher winning $250,000. If a twosome does not make it to the final two, the winner will win $500,000. The pairings will be revealed to TV viewers during the first live broadcast on July 14th.
This year’s theme is the Summer of Secrets. There are secrets in the new two-storey house, secrets in the game and every houseguest has a secret too which will all be unveiled throughout the summer.
The series debuts on Thursday, July 7 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS. Following the premiere, BIG BROTHER 6 will be broadcast each week on Tuesdays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), Thursdays (8:00-9:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) and Saturdays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT). The Thursday broadcast, hosted by Julie Chen, will feature the live eviction of one of the houseguests. Real Networks will also be offering 24/7 live feeds from the Big Brother house by subscription. Details are still to come.
Today, CBS also made public the identities of the 14 Big Brother HouseGuests. Most are in their twenties with the oldest HouseGuest being Eric Littmann, the 36-year-old firefighter from Boston. Unlike previous seasons, their professions are pretty mundane ranging from an emergency room nurse to a horse breeder.
Following are the 14 houseguests, listed across in alphabetical order, who will compete in Big Brother 6:
Maggie Ausburn, 26, Emergency Room Nurse
Beau Beasley, 25 Personal Shopper
Ivette Corredero, 25, Waitress
Michael Donnellan, 28, Artist
Ashlea Evans, 22, Fashion Design Student
Howie Gordon, 34, Meteorology Student
Sarah Hrejsa, 22, Retail Manager
April Lewis, 30, Pharmaceutical Sales Rep
Eric Littmann, 36, Firefighter
Janelle Pierzina, 25, Cocktail Waitress
Rachel Plencner, 33, Horse Breeder
James Rhine, 29, Loss Prevention Manager
Kaysar Ridha, 24, Graphic Designer
Jennifer Vasquez, 27, Arena Football League Dancer
For more information on the HouseGuests, logon to the official CBS site
here.
Join Jam!’s John Powell for the debut of Big Brother 6 on Thursday, July 7th and the launch of Jam!'s 24/7 summer-long coverage of the live Internet feeds. Check back on the
JAM! Big Brother 6 homepage for all the details as well as the latest news and happenings.
