"Big Brother" Season 17 is being promoted as the season with the "widest multi-platform yet." It looks to live up to that promise too.
Last week, CBS revealed details on where everyone will be able to track the houseguests. CBS will use the CBS All Access streaming network to provide the Live Feed, which will now be viewable on TV through a Roku player. There will also be different camera views and live chats with fellow viewers.
The new season makes its bow on June 24, with a two-night premiere. Will it get you to return on Night Two? That remains to be seen. But, this does appear to be the most diverse cast to date.
A special guest will appear on each night of the two-night premiere and reveal twists that could affect the cast and viewers. Tune in next week!
The house this year will be the biggest one yet, with 155 square feet of additional living space. It is being described as a modern steel beach house where the ground floor represents the sea and the top floor represents the sky.
Here’s the list of 14 houseguests:
Jace Agolli, 23 - personal trainer
Becky Burgess, 26 - retail manager
Clay Honeycutt, 23 - graduate student
James Huling, 31 - retail associate
Meg Maley, 25 - server
Austin Matelson, 30 - professional wrestler
John McGuire, 27 - dentist
Audrey Middleton, 25 - digital media consultant
Steve Moses, 22- college student
Liz Nolan, 23 - marketing coordinator
Shelli Poole, 33 - interior designer
Da’Vonne Rogers, 27 - poker dealer
Vanessa Rousso, 32 - professional poker player
Jason Roy, 25 - supermarket cashier
My early picks (i.e. the ones that have the best advance press):
College student Steve is a genius who scored top recommendations for Cornell, the Ivy League university where he ended up studying Mechanical Engineering. He may appear the 22-year-old goody-two-shoes, but that doesn't stop Steve from being the life of the party, or someone to underestimate. At the age of 18, he taught a Cornell Engineering class and was only one year older than his students. He is slick, wise beyond his years (even if he doesn't have any true "life experience"), and will be a force to be reckoned with.
Interior designer Shelli is a fraternal twin and the middle child - five siblings, to be exact. The middle child should, ostensibly, fare well on "Big Brother." Think about it. Married for a year in her late twenties, she was watching "Brother" last summer and told her boyfriend at the time she wanted to apply. He mocked her, and that was enough for Shelli to go for it, and put her real life on hold. Now single, Shelli is entering the house. This Atlanta native is a good mix of southern charm and city grit. At 33 years old, Shelli is finally doing what she wants to do, so don’t get in her way.
I see these two as coming out of the gate hard, fast, and in it for the long haul.
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