CBS ANNOUNCES 16 NEW BIG BROTHER HOUSEGUESTS. Summer Reality Hit Debuts with a Two Night Premiere on June 28 and June 29

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June 19, 2017 CBS ANNOUNCES 16 NEW BIG BROTHER HOUSEGUESTS Summer Reality Hit Debuts with a Two Night Premiere on June 28 and June 29 CBS announced today 16 Houseguests who will embark on a new

CBS summer reality hit debuts with a two-night premiere event, Wednesday, June 28 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), and Thursday, June 29 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network.

1 June 19, 2017 CBS ANNOUNCES 16 NEW BIG BROTHER HOUSEGUESTS Summer Reality Hit Debuts with a Two Night Premiere on June 28 and June 29 CBS announced today 16 Houseguests who will embark on a new season of BIG BROTHER. This season s cast includes a government engineer, a rodeo clown, a microbiologist and a cosplay artist, among others. CBS summer reality hit debuts with a two-night premiere event, Wednesday, June 28 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), and Thursday, June 29 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network. Julie Chen returns as the host of the hit summer series. CBS All Access will give subscribers the opportunity to meet the Houseguests before anyone else via a live stream of their first interviews beginning this morning at 8:00 AM, PT/11:00 AM, ET. CBS All Access subscribers can watch the live stream online at CBS.com or the CBS App for ios, Android and Windows 10, and on connected devices, including Roku Players, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Fire TV. Click Here to Download Photos of the BIG BROTHER Houseguests. The following 16 new Houseguests will spend the summer competing for $500,000:

2 CBS Television 2 Christmas Abbott (35) Hometown: Lynchburg, Va. Current City: Raleigh, N.C. Occupation: Fitness Superstar Matthew Clines (33) Hometown: Arlington, Va. Current City: Arlington, Va. Occupation: Renovation Consultant

3 CBS Television 3 Dominique Cooper (30; turns 31 on 7/11/17) Hometown: Tuskegee, Ala. Current City: Woodbridge, Va. Occupation: Government Engineer Elena Davies (26; turns 27 on 8/19/17) Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas Current City: Dallas, Texas Occupation: Radio Personality

4 CBS Television 4 Jason Dent (37; turns 38 on 7/12/17) Hometown: Humeston, Iowa Current City: Humeston, Iowa Occupation: Rodeo Clown Jessica Graf (26) Hometown: Cranston, R.I. Current City: Los Angeles Occupation: VIP Concierge

5 CBS Television 5 Cameron Heard (24; turns 25 on 8/27/17) Hometown: North Aurora, Ill. Current City: Woodridge, Ill. Occupation: Microbiologist Mark Jansen (25; turns 26 on 6/13/17) Hometown: Grand Island, N.Y. Current City: Grand Island, N.Y. Occupation: Personal Trainer

6 CBS Television 6 Megan Lowder (28) Hometown: Cathedral City, Calif. Current City: Phoenix, Ariz. Occupation: Dog Walker Josh Martinez (23) Hometown: Miami, Fla. Current City: Homestead, Fla. Occupation: Hair Care Sales

7 CBS Television 7 Cody Nickson (32) Hometown: Lake Mills, Iowa. Current City: Plano, Texas Occupation: Construction Sales Rep Alex Ow (28) Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Current City: Camarillo, Calif. Occupation: Eco-Friendly Marketing Rep

8 CBS Television 8 Jillian Parker (24) Hometown: Celebration, Fla. Current City: Las Vegas, Nev. Occupation: Timeshare Sales Rep Kevin Schlehuber (55; turns 56 on 8/7/17) (pron Ssh-lew-ber) Hometown: Boston, Mass. Current City: Boston, Mass. Occupation: Stay-at-home dad

CBS Television 9 Ramses Soto (21) (pron Ram-zees) Hometown: Grand Rapids, Mich. Current City: Grand Rapids, Mich. Occupation: Cosplay Artist Raven Walton (23) Hometown: DeValls Bluff, Ark.

9 CBS Television 9 Ramses Soto (21) (pron Ram-zees) Hometown: Grand Rapids, Mich. Current City: Grand Rapids, Mich. Occupation: Cosplay Artist Raven Walton (23) Hometown: DeValls Bluff, Ark. Current City: DeValls Bluff, Ark. Occupation: Dance Teacher Details about the house and some of this season s new twists will be announced shortly. Following the two-night premiere, BIG BROTHER will air Sundays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), beginning July 2; Wednesdays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), beginning July 5; and Thursdays (9:00-10:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT), beginning July 6, featuring the live eviction show hosted by Julie Chen. Last summer, all three editions of BIG BROTHER ranked among the top 10 summer series in adults 18-49, adults and adults

10 CBS Television 10 BIG BROTHER follows a group of people living together in a house outfitted with 87 HD cameras and more than 100 microphones, recording their every move 24 hours a day. Each week someone will be voted out of the house, with the last remaining Houseguest receiving the grand prize of $500,000. BIG BROTHER is produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan for Fly on the Wall Entertainment, in association with Endemol Shine North America. CHEAT TWEET: New #BB19 cast announced! The 2 day premiere event begins 6/ pmET/PT, then 6/ pmET/PT! #CBS Website: Facebook: Twitter: CBS Twitter: Cast and Crew on Twitter: Julie Chen Allison Grodner Cast and Crew on Instagram: @juliechencbs * * *

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