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Power Status

Head of Household: Dee (TBC)
Immunity: Chuk, Jason, Rome
Have-nots: TBA
Original noms: TBA
Veto winner/outcome: TBA
Post-veto noms: TBA
Blockbuster winner: TBA
Final noms: TBA
Evicted: TBA

Diary segment tallies by @clamperls4

TV episode ratings by @bigbrotherwikia



Upcoming Events

Big Brother 28 is underway!

Feeds are expected to start July 10, 6pm PT/9pm ET

Usual CBS schedule is Sundays 8pm - Wednesdays 8pm (90 minutes) - Live Thursdays 8pm
Plus BB Unlocked alternate Fridays 8pm (more or less), starting July 10
Times are Eastern/local, deduct one hour for Central

Exceptions:
-Sunday, July 12, 8pm 90 minutes
-Sunday, August 23 8pm two hours
-Thursday, August 27, 8pm 90 minutes
-Thursday, September 10, 8pm two hours
-Wednesday, September 16, 8pm two hours

-Finale is probably Sunday, September 20 or September 27, or Thursday, October 1 (sources vary)

BB Unlocked episodes:
-Friday, July 10, 8pm
-Friday, July 24, 8pm
-Friday, August 7, 8pm
-Sunday, August 23, 9pm
-Friday, September 4, 8pm
-Friday, September 18, 9pm


Daily Feeds Recaps

Day 3 - Premiere - Thursday - July 9, 2026

Julie at premiereWe're here, it's Day 3 for the hamsters but the first day for the show and for our season finally getting underway. I let another spoiler fly this morning, namely that Survivor Dee is indeed in the game and is the first HOH. Julie wore black, as I said in my first round of premiere spoilers, as a verification tool. Yes, she often wears black, but no matter.

I did add a few East coast air show links to the left sidebar so hopefully they'll help those who need them. I take no responsibility for their safety or security, so use at your own risk, use ad blockers, don't click on or download anything, and all the usual precautions.

I'll try to tackle it here but the premiere was A LOT! It started with a title card "In loving memory of Mickey Lee (1990-2025)" with a lovely pic of her doing heart-hands. Julie did her mini house tour and time warp announcement for those who've been under a rock the last couple weeks (tv-onlies and other casuals), and she said there are 94 cameras and 113 microphones in the house. Last year had 112 cameras per some official source - I don't make these things up - but that was up from 94 the prior year so maybe somebody goofed on that last year. No biggie.

Anyway, from there the ladies' intro packages ran, and the seven of them were gathered onstage where Julie welcomed them to the "social experment" [sic] and told them it's an all-woman season, but she quickly added that she was joking about that. Then came the men's intro packages and all 14 of the new kids were assembled onstage.

Julie sent them inside in assigned groups: Rome, Taylor, Ashley, Jason, Kamu (Jason went in first - oop); then LaTrice, Mallory, Yash, Barrett, Lyric; and then Chuck, Haley, Drew, Melody. After some preliminary greetings and chaos, Julie told them "for the first time" nobody currently in the house will be the first HOH. That's not true since a similar set up happened for BB11 move-in, so that landed on the goof tally, and she told them not everyone competing this season had moved in, which several of them had already figured out.

Campy chaos revved up then as Julie alternated with future Enzo via video to explain three groups of four people would compete for safety, which the winner of each comp would get, and each winner would also "recruit" and bring back a reality icon. Future Enzo told them the dining table is a time machine (a times table?!) and to activate it they'd need to find 12 BBtonium vials with correct equations that were hidden around the house. Everyone found one except Ashley and Barrett, so they had to sit out the safety comps (and maybe they got a little flirty).

The first safety comp sent Kamu, LaTrice, Mallory, Rome to July 9, 1988 and a Long Beach mall, where a young blonde woman (meant to be young Angela Murray, played by Cecilia Diamond) made 80s references. Competitors had to hang 80s items on the wobbly rack/tree we've seen before. The first to balance eight items for ten seconds won, and that was Rome. He delivered a letter to young Angela and after everyone was gathered back in the house, current Angela ding-donged and joined the season.

The next group to activate the hot tub dining table time machine was Chuk, Drew, Haley, Taylor. They were sent to July 7, 2018 and a jungle setting, where they each had to place planks of different sizes onto platforms to make a pathway so they could cross a "river." Chuk won that, and delivered a letter to Jeff Probst. Back inside, Rick Devens ding-donged and joined the season.

Next Jason, Lyric, Melody, Yash rode the table to June 27, 2010 and a Vegas club where they had to answer questions about how many times Bahama Mama, Fuzzy Navel, Purple Hooter were mentioned in audio clips. They were eliminated in rounds by exploding cocktails (slime), in order: Melody, Yash, Lyric, giving Jason the win. He set his letter on a podium, and back inside Rachel ding-donged and entered the house dramatically, dressed in red of course.

So Rome, Chuk, Jason earned safety this week, and Angela, Rick/Devens (I need to find out his official hamster name), Rachel would compete to become the first HOH. All 17 then sat down at the times table to travel to 175 million BC, and they magically changed into cave man/woman outfits and went to the backyard where they found a volcano. Rachel was doing her campy bits when a dinosaur came along and threw her into the volcano. Yep.

Julie told us Rachel had "met an untimely demise" and was out of the game, but a replacement would be found for her. Julie snuck into the house to ride the table to someone from sometime, and said we'd find out who the real #17 is on tomorrow's Unlocked premiere (that will be Dee). She also said they'd launch a vote that would "impact the first six weeks of the game," and that the feeds would start "immediately after" Unlocked, and that was that. The credits rolled as a burned-up skeletal Rachel laid in her lava bed inside the volcano. Love one another.

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Season Stats

HOHs in order: TBA

Veto winners in order: TBA

Evictions in order: TBA


Ratings - Broveal edition

Ratings will be based on entertainment value, usually - free neutrals for all until they earn otherwise.
Just basics for now but I'm adding some bits and pieces, socials, etc gradually.

Noms count: original/renom/twist


 
They and we are back to do it again! I don't know what they have up their sleeves this year but whatever it is probably won't be as good as letting the game unfold organically. But that's how they do things and we all know it. Resistance is futile so just sit back with some popcorn or Froot Loops or M&Ms and enjoy the spectacle.





Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Angela Murray - 52
Instagram - TikTok
Married with kids & grandkids - BB veteran
BB26 6th place, Amazing Race 38 12th place
Real estate agent
Syracuse, UT (orig Long Beach, CA)

While I ALWAYS prefer an all-new cast, I guess I don't mind that she's back? At least not as much as I'd mind some others. She brought a lot of drama and a lot of humor, both intentional and not, and more than her share of iconic moments. I don't ask for much more than that. I just hope she doesn't go all performative and try to re-create those iconic moments. That would be terrible.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Ashley Trail - 24
Instagram
Single Bartender (and influencer, actormodel)
Chicago, IL (orig Alton, IL)

There are some indications she might know last year's Ashley, but that's unconfirmed, as of now.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Barrett Pfeiffer - 27
Bluesky - Instagram - TikTok - Our Reality podcast
Single - fan applicant, feedster
Jumbotron engineer
Benton, AK (orig Austin, TX)

A legit superfan/feedster/BB podcaster, who might even lean across the line into BB fanatic/lunatic status. One of us! One of us!




Won: Safety Week 1

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Chuk Anyanwu - 27
Single Supply chain analyst
Dallas, TX

He said he's first generation American which I always find interesting and refreshing in a hamster, as they can have very different outlooks on life in general than those whose families have been here forever. And maybe his name is short for something and not just a weird spelling. (Britini and Makensy say hi.)




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Dee Valladares - 29
Instagram
Survivor 45 winner, Survivor 50 14th place, Challenge 41 10th place


I don't watch Survivor so I'm able to take both her and Rick at face-value, once the feeds start. Her reputation precedes her though, and most seem to think she's already got this season win wrapped up.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Drew Campbell - 22
Instagram
Single Surgical dental assistant
Temecula, CA

He was on Beast Games, and Dalton Ross included a pic of Mr Beast with Rick and Jeff Probst when he announced Rick will be on this cast, so I am expecting Mr B to show up sooner or later in some kind of capacity (not Felicia's Mr B, unfortunately). Everlasting thanks to Britney Haynes for pointing out Drew said he graduated 'simba cum laude' - that needs to stick.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Haley Thogmartin - 29
Single Telemedicine exec
Wildwood, MO (orig Neosho, MO)

I won't be surprised if she's involved in one or more fights, but I don't even know what makes me think that. I'm glad her name doesn't have trick spelling.




Won: Safety Week 1

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Jason De Puy - 35
Twitter - Instagram - TikTok
Pre-BB26 part 1 - part 2 - Reality press event as Ainsley

Single? - BB fan/pre-season test run veteran
RuPaul's Drag Race 15 6th place, RuPaul's Drag Race 11 9th place
Drag queen - West Hollywood, CA (orig San Francisco, CA)

AKA Salina Estitties (I want Julie to have to say that out loud), a legit fan of the show who did the pre-season trial/test run one year as Salina, as well as a photo shoot as Salina as Ainsley during BB26. (I actually used a pic from that shoot for Producers in this section that year! And a Jerry O'Connell another week, and of course Angela every week.) I respect that he wants to play now as Jason, but I think we can probably count on some dress-up nights and fashion shows on feeds.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Kamuela 'Kamu' Kirk - 32
Twitter - Instagram
Single MMA fighter
Phoenix, AZ

He's already causing waves out here over politics, which I do not want or need on this show, mostly because I don't want to see the everlasting complaints and fights about it in my mentions every day. So that's strike one for him, from me, unless he keeps quiet about all that in the house.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

LaTrice Verrett - 57
Instagram
Single, 4 kids - fan applicant, feedster
Boutique sales
Maplewood, NJ (orig Kankakee, IL)

Her bio says boutique sales but her IG says recording artist. That sounds more plausible than it does for some hamsters, since her uncle is Robert Bell, aka Kool of Kool & The Gang. And that's a full circle moment for this site and one of my all-time favorite hamsters BB5 Marvin Latimer, who'd often say 'that's Kool & the Gang' as a catchphrase for 'that's cool.' I used it for his obit.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Lyric Medeiros - 25
Instagram - TikTok - Twitch
Single - fan applicant?
Attorney
Honolulu, HI

The secret attorney thing was fun the first time, even the second, but it seems it's kind of run its course by now? Oh well. She can't mention enough that her dad was an 80s pop star, especially on her TikTok, and he was (Glenn Medeiros). Great, but LaTrice's uncle is a bigger story. She was on American Idol in 2023 (with dad mentions) and made it onto the show. She was eliminated quickly but stick til the end of the linked audition clip to see Katy Perry assault her.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Mallory Aurichio - 24
Single Rocket scientist
Township of Washington, NJ

Yep, it says rocket scientist. I don't know, maybe so? And good for her if she really is!




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Melody Morris - 24
Single Corporate game show host
Maricopa, AZ (orig Thornton, CO)

There are links about the game show hosting that I'll re-find and add here but meanwhile can I just say how much I love that we have both a Lyric and a Melody on board? That's a whole song right there.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Rick Devens - 42
Twitter - Instagram
Married, 2 kids - Survivor vet
Survivor 38 4th place, Survivor 50 7th place
News anchor
Macon, GA

I don't watch Survivor and I've heard as many pros as cons for whether this guy will be good here or not, but most everyone agrees he's likely to bring chaos, and I hope he does.




Won: Safety Week 1

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Jack 'Rome' Seymour - 28
Single Pickleball coach
Delray Beach, FL (orig Traverse City, MI)






Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Taylor Brown - 27
Single Elementary school counselor
Deerfield Beach, FL

Alternate.




Won: Nothing yet

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Yash Patel - 24
Financial analyst
Monroe Township, NJ

Alternate.




Won: Hot lava bath

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0/0 - HN 0

 

Rachel Reilly - 41
Instagram
Married, 2 kids - three-time BB veteran
Casting agent
Hoover, AL (orig Concord, NC via Las Vegas, NV)

Eliminated via volcano - Day 1

She came in dramatically after (almost) everyone else again, dressed in red again, but this time she was there for a stunt. We've had a couple other fake move-ins before - think Anthony Scaramucci on Celebs 2 or human Ainsley (Cosette Rinab) on BB26. Rachel had people going and thinking she was there as a player but no: 175 million years ago, a dinosaur carried her off and threw her into a volcano before she even got to play a comp or invent a new catchphrase.



Lines and Links of the Day

Lines

@MLB on Twitter: Tonight is the night that Angela Murray graces us with her presence on Big Brother again #BB28
Until then, here are today's baseball games [baseball emoji]

Angela promo: Surprise bitches, I bet you thought you saw the last of me

 

Links

Ranking 27 seasons of Julie's premiere looks by Reality Art Pod

Rachel check-in post volcano

Levi on why he left (he was replaced by Yash)

Broveal House tour and cast intros

Aaron's BB pool is back! Great fun all season, $15 buy-in - I vouch for him: winners get paid

Big Brother Hub at realityblurred - lots of good stuff there!

Big Brother Dictionary compiled by Slothy

Rancho Coastal Humane Society temporary home of our feeds anipals, including adoption updates - visit them or your local shelter to find your new best friend

Behind the Mirror Taran's book about BB is pretty great, available through Taran's site or from Amazon



Tally Items

Extracurricular Tally

Premature exits: 1
Rachel

Fake move-ins: 1
Rachel

 

Production Goofs

 1 Casting page had some issues
 2 Date announcement said 'series premiere' rather than 'season'
 3 Internal Paramount Chinese pitch to advertisers leaked season info
 4 Mobile and TV apps using Celebs logo for main BB
 5 Wrong premiere date on promo material
 6 China advertiser pitch mixed up Derrick L with Derek X
 7 Cast bio clips on the show's IG linked to a random, unaffiliated 'CBS' account
 8 Feeds return in premiere July 9 AND feeds open July 10
 9 Faulty stat about first HOH by Julie on premiere





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GAME TWISTS

-Day 1 Chuk, Jason, Rome won their respective move-in comps and earned Week 1 safety.

-Day 1 Angela, Rick, Rachel joined but Rachel move-in was fake. She was thrown into a volcano and replaced by Dee.

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Big Brother 28 SEASON FAQ
-Day 1 July 7: Move-in, cast reveal
-Day 3 July 9: Premiere
-Jason entered the house first
-Day 4 July 10: Feeds start
-Day 87 October 1: Finale

Feeds are streamed by Paramount Plus. Call 888-274-5343 for account help, including cancellation.

BB28 finalist prizes are likely the same: $750k for the winner, $75k for 2nd place, $10k for 3rd, $7.5k for 4th, $5k for 5th.
Stipend is probably still $1k per week for all except 1st and 2nd place, including pre-season sequester. Stuntcasts likely get more.

The habitat has 94 HD cameras (down 18) and 113 microphones (no change).

The recorded in-house announcements are the voice of producer Don Wollman. He and Julie Chen are the only senior staffers who have been there since Big Brother 1.

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