Big Brother 24 Cast: CBS Introduces 16 Houseguests To Compete For $750,000 Grand Prize

CBS has finally unveiled the 16 houseguests competing for Big Brother 24. From a thrift store owner to a private chef to an attorney, the new season has diverse contenders who will face new challenges to battle for the $750,000 grand prize.

CBS has released the names and photos of the new contestants moving in for Big Brother 24. So, meet the 16 housemates whose lives will be closely monitored by the entire U.S. for about three months.

Big Brother 24 Houseguests

The new season’s roster seems to be older than the houseguests from the previous years, with a median age of 30.

As revealed by TVLine, the Big Brother 24 newbies begin with the 24-year-old lawyer Joseph Abdi, followed by Paloma Aguilar, 22, an interior designer and Michael Bruner, 28, an attorney.

Next is Kyle Capener, 29, and Jasmine Davis, 29, an entrepreneur. Daniel Durston, 35, a Vegas performer, joins the list, along with Taylor Hale, 27, a personal stylist; Terrance Higgins, 47, a bus operator; Brittany Hoopes, 32, a hypnotherapist and Ameerah Jones, 31, a content designer.

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Viewers will also meet Nicole Layog, 41, a private chef; Joe “Pooch” Pucciarelli, 24, an assistant football coach; Indy Santos, 31, a corporate flight attendant; Alyssa Snider, 24, a marketing rep; Monte Taylor, 27, a personal trainer and Matt Turner, 23, a thrift store owner.

Big Brother 24 Details, Theme and More

CBS is committed to casting at least 50% of people of color in the show.

“We’re always looking for a diverse group of people to put in this house, diverse in personality, backgrounds, where they’re from, everything,” executive producer Allison Grodner told Us Weekly.

Big Brother 24’stheme will be “the BB Fest” and will be once again hosted by Julie Chen Moonves.

“Every week throughout the summer, you’re going to see different themes, like a music fest, a comedy fest, a renaissance fest,” she told Us. “But my personal favorite–I think most people will agree–is going to be the Zing Fest.”

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Moonves continued that the new houseguests would have their own “unique competition” and hinted that a big twist would happen on the eviction night.

“It may not be one of the people that you think that ends up getting bounced that night,” she teased. “These houseguests aren’t going to learn of this new twisted twist until that night. So your head is gonna be spinning this season.”

Moonves continued that the new cast would be living in what they called the BB Motel, designed with a “mid-century Palm Springs feel.”

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“You can check in, but you can’t check out. You don’t really wanna check out (laughs). You don’t wanna get evicted,” she continued. “You wanna stay in the BB Motel. So it has that whole feel to it this year. Retro.”

Big Brother 24 premieres on Wednesday, July 6, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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