Big Brother 26 (American season)

Big Brother
Season 26
Hosted by	Julie Chen Moonves Jerry O'Connell
No. of days	90
No. of houseguests	16
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	July 17, 2024 (2024-07-17) – present (present)
Additional information
Filming dates	July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16) – present (present)
Season chronology

Big Brother 26 is the twenty-sixth season of the American reality television program Big Brother. The program is an adaptation of the franchise created in 1999 by John de Mol. The season features an artificial intelligence theme. It premiered on CBS on July 17, 2024, with filming beginning a day prior and running for 90 days, concluding on October 13.

Format

Further information: Big Brother (American TV series) § Format

Big Brother follows a group of contestants, known as HouseGuests, who live inside a custom-built house outfitted with cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day. The HouseGuests are sequestered with no contact with the outside world. During their stay, the HouseGuests share their thoughts on their day-to-day lives inside the house in a private room known as the Diary Room. Each week, the HouseGuests compete in competitions in order to win power and safety inside the house. At the start of each week, the HouseGuests compete in a Head of Household (abbreviated as "HOH") competition. The winner of the HoH competition is immune from eviction and selects two HouseGuests to be nominated for eviction. Six HouseGuests are then selected to compete in the Power of Veto (abbreviated as "PoV") competition: the reigning HoH, the nominees, and three other HouseGuests chosen by random draw. The winner of the PoV competition has the right to either revoke the nomination of one of the nominated HouseGuests or leave them as is. If the veto winner uses this power, the HoH must immediately nominate another HouseGuest for eviction. The PoV winner is also immune from being named as the replacement nominee. On eviction night, all HouseGuests vote to evict one of the nominees, though the Head of Household and the nominees are not allowed to vote. This vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room. In the event of a tie, the Head of Household casts the tie-breaking vote. The nominee with the most votes is evicted from the house. The last seven evicted HouseGuests comprise the Jury and are sequestered in a separate location following their eviction and ultimately decide the winner of the season. The Jury is only allowed to see the competitions and ceremonies that include all of the remaining HouseGuests; they are not shown any interviews or other footage that might include strategy or details regarding nominations. The viewing public is able to award an additional prize by choosing "America's Favorite HouseGuest." All evicted HouseGuests are eligible to win this award except for those who either voluntarily leave or are forcibly removed for rule violations.

HouseGuests

Main article: List of Big Brother (American TV series) houseguests

Online applications for the season were underway by January 2024 while in-person casting sessions occurred in March. The cast was revealed on July 15, 2024. At this time it was also revealed that the houseguests would have the power to vote in a seventeenth houseguest by a majority vote. This was later revealed to be a ruse that introduced the season's primary theme. Several HouseGuests had made previous appearances on reality television: Angela Murray previously appeared on Dr. Phil's House Calls in 2021, The Price Is Right in 2019, and Let's Make a Deal. In 2019, Brooklyn Rivera appeared on Dr. Phil's titular talk show.

Name	Age	Occupation	Residence	Result
Angela Murray	50	Real estate agent	Syracuse, Utah
Cam Sullivan-Brown	25	Physical therapist	Bowie, Maryland
Chelsie Baham	27	Nonprofit director	Rancho Cucamonga, California
Kimo Apaka	35	Mattress sales rep.	Hilo, Hawaii
Leah Peters	26	VIP cocktail server	Miami, Florida
Makensy Manbeck	22	Construction project manager	Houston, Texas
Quinn Martin	25	Nurse recruiter	Omaha, Nebraska
Rubina Bernabe	35	Event bartender	Los Angeles, California
T'kor Clottey	23	Crochet business owner	Atlanta, Georgia
Joseph Rodriguez	30	Video store clerk	Tampa, Florida	Evicted Day 52
Tucker Des Lauriers	30	Marketing/sales executive	Brooklyn, New York	Evicted Day 45
Brooklyn Rivera	34	Business administrator	Dallas, Texas	Evicted Day 38
Cedric Hodges	21	Former marine	Boise, Idaho	Evicted Day 31
Kenney Kelley	52	Former undercover cop	Boston, Massachusetts	Evicted Day 24
Lisa Weintraub	33	Celebrity chef	Los Angeles, California	Evicted Day 17
Matt Hardeman	25	Tech sales rep	Roswell, Georgia	Evicted Day 10

Episodes

See also: List of Big Brother (American TV series) episodes (2020–present)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Day(s)	Timeslot (ET)	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating (18–49)
Week 1
898	1	"Episode 1"	Day 1	Wednesday 9:00 p.m.	July 17, 2024 (2024-07-17)	2.75	0.6
On Day 1, the first eight HouseGuests—Angela, Cam, Chelsie, Joseph, Kimo, Makensy, Rubina, and Tucker—entered the newly designed Big Brother house. Julie informed them that they would be tasked with voting to decide whether a 17th HouseGuest, Ainsley, would be allowed to enter the competition. Ainsley would need at least five of eight votes to compete. Angela, Joseph, Rubina, and Makensy voted to allow entry while Chelsie, Cam, Kimo, and Tucker voted no. Ainsley then revealed herself to be an A.I. creation, her name a backronym for Artificial Intelligence Network Self Learning Entity, who would affect the game. The HouseGuests then competed individually in timed memory competitions. The four that voted yes, participated for a secret power referred to as an "upgrade" to the game. The other four that voted no played a separate completion in which the loser would receive a "downgrade" that would harm their game. Makensy won her competition and received the upgrade and Chelsie lost the other competition, receiving a downgrade.
899	2	"Episode 2"	Day 1	Thursday 9:00 p.m.	July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)	2.36	0.5
The next eight HouseGuests—Brooklyn, Cedric, Kenney, Leah, Lisa, Matt, Quinn, and T'kor—also moved in on Day 1. They then participated in the same vote to admit Ainsley to the game, still unbeknownst to them that she is an A.I. entity. During this time, the first group of eight HouseGuests were isolated individually. Leah and Quinn voted to allow entry to Ainsley and the other six voted no. All eight also competed in individual upgrade and downgrade competitions that were modified from those the first eight played in. Quinn obtained an upgrade to his game and Cedric acquired the downgrade. Following the second set of the competitions, all sixteen HouseGuests were allowed to meet. Cedric and Chelsie were informed that their games were being downgraded to "mascots" for the week, not permitting them to participate in the first Head of Household or Power of Veto competitions as well as the vote to evict. Among Makensy and Quinn, one of them will receive a "Deep Fake HoH" while the other will get "America's Veto".
900	3	"Episode 3"	Days 1–4	Sunday 9:00 p.m.	July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21)	2.39	0.5
The HouseGuests formally introduce themselves to each other. Cam, Kimo, Tucker, and Quinn volunteered to be have-nots for the week. The contestants begin to form early alliances. Makensy received the America's Veto which allows her to anonymously remove any nominee from the block and offers viewers the chance to name the replacement nominee. Quinn acquired the Deep Fake HoH, allowing him to secretly be Head of Household for the week. Quinn will also communicate through a virtualized of the current HoH. If unused, both advantages expire after four weeks. Prior to participating in the Head of Household competition, Ainsley informs the HouseGuests that there will be three nominees each week. Ahead of the eviction, the three will battle in Ainsley's A.I. Arena competition where the winner will be saved from eviction. Ainsley hosted the "New Rule" HoH competition in which there were new rules each round. Angela beat Kenney and Leah in the final round to become the first Head of Household. Quinn confides in Angela about winning the Deep Fake HoH comp an the two form a final two alliance. Angela then contemplates who she should nominate. On Day 4, Angela nominated Kenney, Kimo, and Lisa for eviction.
901	4	"Episode 4"	Days 4–7	Wednesday 9:00 p.m.	July 24, 2024 (2024-07-24)	2.51	0.5
Following nominations, Angela ultimately sets her sights on Kenney. She also begins feeling animosity towards Matt. Matt and Makensy are in the early stages of a possible showmance and form a three-person alliance with Leah. Makensy reveals winning America's Veto to Matt and Leah. Cam, Cedric, Chelsie, Joseph, Kimo, T'kor, and Quinn also form an alliance called "The Collective". Angela later begins suspecting other possible alliances in the house. Joseph and Quinn pitch the Collective to Angela, but she believes they are secretly coming for her. Feeling increasingly uneasy overnight and into the next day, Angela publicly confronts Matt over breakfast. Following this, opinions of Angela quickly turn negative. Joseph and Brooklyn are chosen to compete in the Power of Veto competition along with the three nominees. Angela ultimately hopes to backdoor Matt. In the "Spelling Bee" competition, competitors searched for letters to spell the longest word possible. There were also "delete" tiles hidden, which allow letters to be "deleted" from the competition. Lisa spelled the longest word in the shortest amount of time, winning the Power of Veto. On Day 7, Lisa used the veto on herself and Angela named Matt as the replacement nominee.
902	5	"Episode 5"	Days 7–10	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	July 25, 2024 (2024-07-25)	2.87	0.6
Matt and Kimo begin to campaign significantly in an effort to save themselves from eviction. Tensions between Angela and others rise again when Kenney says he would be willing to purposefully lose the A.I. Arena Competition to Matt. In the A.I. Arena, Kenney, Kimo, and Matt played "Glitch in the System". The three of them viewed 16 "glitching" videos of their fellow HouseGuests that were playing simultaneously and attempt to find the HouseGuest who appeared the most. Kimo answered correctly in the shortest amount of time, saving himself from the block. Kenney and Matt are each given a few minutes to sway any last-minute votes in their favor. On Day 10, by a vote of 8–3, with Leah, Lisa, and Makensy voting to evict Kenney, Matt was evicted from the Big Brother house.
Week 2
903	6	"Episode 6"	Days 7, 10–11	Sunday 8:58 p.m.	July 28, 2024 (2024-07-28)	2.40	0.5
Following Matt's eviction, multiple HouseGuests begin planning their next steps. Leah, Lisa, and Makensy are upset that the remainder of their alliance did not vote to evict Kenney instead. In the "Animal Obsession" Head of Household competition, HouseGuests viewed a series of videos containing animals. They were then asked true or false questions relating to those videos. Those who answered correctly progressed to the next question, while those who answered incorrectly were eliminated. After everyone else was eliminated, Chelsie won the competition in the final round against Leah and T'Kor. Chelsie planned on nominating Angela for her confrontation with Matt, and Kenney for his relationship with Matt, but take suggestions on who the third nominee should be. Tucker proposes she nominate Lisa. Cam, Cedric, and Chelsie begin forming an alliance and ask Brooklyn and Quinn to join them. Angela offers to be a pawn for Chelsie and in exchange for safety, Makensey reveals her advantage to Chelsie. On Day 11, Chelsie nominated Angela, Kenney, and Lisa for eviction.
904	7	"Episode 7"	Days 11–14	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	July 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)	2.72	0.5
905	8	"Episode 8"	Days 14–17	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	August 1, 2024 (2024-08-01)	2.76	0.5
Week 3
906	9	"Episode 9"	Days 11, 15, 17–18	Sunday 8:58 p.m.	August 4, 2024 (2024-08-04)	2.33	0.5
Following Lisa's eviction, the HouseGuests played in "Ainsley Land", a life-size board game competition, in an attempt to be the next Head of Household. Competitors had 45-seconds to walk across a track of balance beams, and hit buttons to collect points along the way. Cedric collected the most amount of points in the shortest amount of time, winning the competition. In an effort to keep himself from being nominated, Kenney revealed to Cedric his true occupation. Cedric plans on nominating Makensy until she tells him about her upgrade power. She recommends he nominate on Cedric instead. Chelsie also pitches Cedric a few potential nominees before he briefly considers nominating Joseph as a pawn. Chelsie gives a rundown of the season's failed potential showmances. Kenney believes that a number of the female contestants are working together and Tucker again volunteered to be a pawn. On Day 18, Cedric nominated Angela, Kenney, and Tucker for eviction.
907	10	"Episode 10"	Days 12, 18–21	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	August 7, 2024 (2024-08-07)	2.97	0.6
News makes its way around the house that Quinn holds the other upgrade power. Tucker insists on flushing out an upgrade power by week's end. Kenney contemplates if staying in the game is worth missing his family. Makensy and Leah are chosen to participate in the Power of Veto competition alongside the others. Kenney decides that if he wins the veto, he would use it on Angela to ensure his own eviction. In the "Recharge My Core" competition, participants brought a "power core" through a "jungle" maze to recharge Ainsley. Every time they hit a vine with the power core, it lost 5% of its charge. Tucker won the Power of Veto with 85% of power, followed by Kenney in second place and Makensy in third. Cedric thinks of potential replacement nominees and asks Makensy to be a pawn. She tells him that if nominated, she will use America's Veto. Tucker informs Cedric he will use his veto on Angela, and pitches Quinn as a replacement. On Day 21, Tucker removed Angela from the block, leaving many HouseGuests in shock. Cedric then named Makensy as a replacement nominee. Makensy evoked her veto, leaving the next replacement up to viewers.
908	11	"Episode 11"	Days 21–24	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	August 8, 2024 (2024-08-08)	3.15	0.7
Following the veto meeting, multiple disagreements and arguments arise between the HouseGuests, most notably between Cedric and Tucker. Quinn, Kimo, and others are caught in the crossfire of these. The HouseGuests begin wondering who viewers will vote as the replacement nominee. Julie then revealed that Quinn would be the third nominee. In the "Data Dump" A.I. Arena competition, Kenney, Tucker, and Quinn had to catch balls that were being blown around in an air machine and collect them into a tube. Tucker acquired the most balls in the shortest amount of time, winning safety during the eviction. On Day 21, by a vote of 10–1, with Tucker voting to evict Quinn, Kenney was evicted from the Big Brother house.
Week 4
909	12	"Episode 12"	Days 24–25	Sunday 10:32 p.m.	August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)	2.20	0.3
Following Kenney's eviction, Tucker is determined to take another shot at Quinn. In the "BAD AI" Head of Household competition, HouseGuests faced head-to-head two at a time and viewed three A.I. images of past HouseGuests created by Ainsley. One of the three images had a hidden error. The first one to successfully identify the image with the error, moved on to the next round and chose the next two to compete while the loser was eliminated. Angela beat Cam in the final round to win the competition. Angela wonders if Quinn will activate his upgrade power and Brooklyn worries that Angela is targeting her after Angela picked her multiple times in the competition. Quinn contemplates taking over the Head of Household, fearing that Angela will nominate himself or someone else in his "Pentagon" alliance (also consisting of Brooklyn, Cam, Cedric, and Chelsie). Angela and Tucker agree to team up to evict Quinn. Rubina and Tucker begin flirting. Quinn also teams up with Kimo and T'kor, and the three name themselves "The Visionaries". On Day 25, Quinn activated the Deepfake Head of Household power, allowing him to assume the associated duties. Quinn nominated Cedric, Makensy, and Tucker for eviction.
910	13	"Episode 13"	TBA	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	August 13, 2024 (2024-08-13)	2.28	0.3
911	14	"Episode 14"	Days 4–5, 25–28	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	August 14, 2024 (2024-08-14)	3.25	0.6
Cedric, Makensy, and Tucker stress the importance of winning the Power of Veto for themselves. The Collective re-forms their alliance, without Angela, which had previously fallen apart after Angela exposed it. Quinn plans on putting Rubina up as a potential replacement nominee, hoping that Tucker would let her win the A.I. Arena. Joseph and Tucker form a final two alliance. Brooklyn and Joseph, HouseGuest choices of Cedric and Tucker, are chosen to compete in the veto competition, alongside the others. In the "Binary Bridge" Power of Veto competition, participants had to cross a bridge by stepping on one of two tiles that would highlight red or green. When stepping on a green tile, they could proceed to one of the next two tiles, but if they stepped on a red tile they had to restart from the beginning. In the final round, Tucker crossed in the fastest amount of time to defeat Cedric and win the Power of Veto. Tucker considered not using the veto on himself again, but Angela advises against it. On Day 28, Tucker used the veto on himself, and through the A.I. Angela, Quinn named Rubina as his replacement.
912	15	"Episode 15"	Days 13, 24, 28–31	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	August 15, 2024 (2024-08-15)	3.49	0.6
Cedric, Makensy, Rubina begin canvassing for votes to survive the next eviction. Quinn admits to The Visionaries that he is in another alliance called the Pentagon. Two new alliances form, The Five Points — including Brooklyn, Kimo, Rubina, T'kor, and Tucker — and a similar unnamed one that includes Angela. Other HouseGuests begin planning on who would be the best for their game to evict. In the A.I. Arena, the nominees played "Upload, Download" and had fix Ainsley's upload and download speeds by rolling five balls halfway down a ramp to a sticky area. Once done, they had to roll an additional five balls across the entire ramp, with the goal of knocking the original five the remainder of the way down in the process. Makensy was the first to successfully have all ten balls on the opposite side of her ramp and was removed from the block. On Day 31, by a vote of 6–3, with Brooklyn, Cam, and Chelsie voting to evict Rubina, Cedric was evicted from the Big Brother house.
Week 5
913	16	"Episode 16"	Days 31–32	Sunday 8:58 p.m.	August 18, 2024 (2024-08-18)	2.72	0.6
Quinn and Brooklyn begin processing the blindside of Cedric's eviction and the effect it could cause on their personal gameplay. Brooklyn feels betrayed by Kimo and T'kor for not being informed of the flipped vote. In the "Firewall" Head of Household competition, players had to assist Ainsley in cooling down her "firewall" by holding onto a large wall while being tilted forward and blasted with water, and various attacks that took the format of liquid slime. Angela, Kimo, and Joseph were the first three to fall off the wall and were named have-nots for the week. Tucker and Quinn were the final two HouseGuests on the wall and Tucker offered Quinn a deal for safety if he purposefully falls. A Quinn rejected the offer but falls shortly thereafter, making Tucker the next Head of Household. Angela, Joseph, Kimo, Rubina, T'kor, Tucker form a new alliance called "Sixth Avenue". Tucker tells Quinn he will be nominated as a pawn, but that he has his sights set on a different target. He then meets individually with Brooklyn, Cam, and Chelsie. On Day 32, Tucker nominated Brooklyn, Cam, and Quinn for eviction.
914	17	"Episode 17"	Days 31–35	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	August 21, 2024 (2024-08-21)	3.02	0.6
Following the nomination ceremony, Tucker decides that he wants Brooklyn to be evicted. Tucker promises to use the veto on Quinn as long as he doesn't tell others about his plan. Joseph tells Tucker about the Pentagon, furthering Tucker's goal to send her home. Brooklyn and Quinn discuss who they believe the real target for the week is and they tell each other that they both believe the other to be the target. Joseph, Tucker's choice, and Makensy are randomly picked to participate in the Power of Veto compeitition, along with the others. When Brooklyn approaches Tucker about her conversation with Quinn, Tucker considers his next move. In the "Hide-N-Go Veto" competition, the competitors had to hide their "memory card" by placing it in a hidden spot within the house. Once all of the cards were hidden, they then took turns attempting to find someone else's card. Tucker was the only person who's memory card wasn't found, winning competition. Quinn apologized to Tucker for telling Brooklyn that she was the target. On Day 35, Tucker used the Power of Veto on Quinn and named Chelsie as the replacement nominee. In the process, Tucker causes chaos by exposing multiple alliances.
915	18	"Episode 18"	TBA	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	August 22, 2024 (2024-08-22)	2.96	0.6
Week 6
916	19	"Episode 19"	TBA	Sunday 9:33 p.m.	August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25)	2.76	0.5
917	20	"Episode 20"	TBA	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28)	2.93	0.5
918	21	"Episode 21"	TBA	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	August 29, 2024 (2024-08-29)	3.18	0.6
Week 7
919	22	"Episode 22"	TBA	Sunday 8:58 p.m.	September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01)	2.41	0.4
920	23	"Episode 23"	TBA	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	September 4, 2024 (2024-09-04)	3.19	0.6
921	24	"Episode 24"	TBA	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	September 5, 2024 (2024-09-05)	3.09	0.6
Week 8
922	25	"Episode 25"	TBA	Sunday 8:58 p.m.	September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)	2.96	0.6
923	26	"Episode 26"	TBA	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	September 11, 2024 (2024-09-11)	3.20	0.6
924	27	"Episode 27"	TBA	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	September 12, 2024 (2024-09-12)	N/A	TBA
Week 9
925	28	"Episode 28"	TBA	Sunday 9:30 p.m.	September 15, 2024 (2024-09-15)	N/A	TBA
926	29	"Episode 29"	TBA	Wednesday 10:00 p.m.	September 18, 2024 (2024-09-18)	N/A	TBA
927	30	"Episode 30"	TBA	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	September 19, 2024 (2024-09-19)	N/A	TBA
Week 10
928	31	"Episode 31"	TBA	Sunday 9:00 p.m.	September 22, 2024 (2024-09-22)	N/A	TBA
929	32	"Episode 32"	TBA	Wednesday 9:29 p.m.	September 25, 2024 (2024-09-25)	N/A	TBA
930	33	"Episode 33"	TBA	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	September 26, 2024 (2024-09-26)	N/A	TBA

Voting history

Color key:

  Winner

  Runner-up

  Head of Household

  Nominated for eviction

  Immune from eviction

  Not eligible to vote

  Won immunity via competition

  Evicted

Big Brother 26 voting history

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3		Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13
			Day 18	Day 21										Day 90	Finale
Head of Household	Angela	Chelsie	Cedric		Angela Quinn	Tucker	T'kor	Quinn	Chelsie						(None)
Nominations (pre-veto)	Kenney Kimo Lisa	Angela Kenney Lisa	Angela Kenney Tucker	Kenney Makensy Tucker	Cedric Makensy Tucker	Brooklyn Cam Quinn	Cam Makensy Tucker	Angela Kimo Rubina	Angela Kimo
Veto winner	Lisa	Kenney	Tucker	Makensy	Tucker	Tucker	Cam	Leah	Makensy					(None)
Nominations (post-veto)	Kenney Kimo Matt	Angela Lisa Tucker	Kenney Makensy Tucker	Kenney Quinn Tucker	Cedric Makensy Rubina	Brooklyn Cam Chelsie	Angela Makensy Tucker	Joseph Kimo Rubina	Kimo Quinn
Angela	Head of Household	Nominated	No vote	Kenney	Head of Household	Brooklyn	Nominated	Kimo	Kimo
Cam	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Rubina	Nominated	Tucker	Kimo	Quinn
Chelsie	Not eligible	Head of Household	No vote	Kenney	Rubina	Cam	Tucker	Joseph	Head of Household
Kimo	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn	Angela	Nominated	Nominated
Leah	Kenney	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn	Tucker	Kimo	Kimo
Makensy	Kenney	Lisa	Nominated	Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn	Tucker	Joseph	Quinn
Rubina	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Nominated	Brooklyn	Angela	Joseph	Quinn
T'kor	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn	Head of Household	Joseph	Quinn
Quinn	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Nominated	Deepfake HoH	Brooklyn	Tucker	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 59)
Joseph	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Cedric	Brooklyn	Angela	Nominated	Evicted (Day 52)
Tucker	Matt	Lisa	Nominated	Quinn	Cedric	Head of Household	Nominated	Evicted (Day 45)
Brooklyn	Matt	Lisa	No vote	Kenney	Rubina	Nominated	Evicted (Day 38)
Cedric	Not eligible	Lisa	Head of Household		Nominated	Evicted (Day 31)
Kenney	Nominated	Angela	Nominated		Evicted (Day 24)
Lisa	Kenney	Nominated	Evicted (Day 17)
Matt	Nominated	Evicted (Day 10)
Evicted	Matt 8 of 11 votes to evict	Lisa 11 of 12 votes to evict	(None)	Kenney 10 of 11 votes to evict	Cedric 6 of 9 votes to evict	Brooklyn 8 of 9 votes to evict	Tucker 5 of 8 votes to evict	Joseph 4 of 7 votes to evict

Notes

Production

Development

Big Brother 26 was officially confirmed by CBS on May 7, 2024. The primary theme for Big Brother 26 is based around artificial intelligence (AI) and is dubbed "BBAI". Julie Chen Moonves returned as host. Chen Moonves contracted COVID-19 in September 2024 and was absent from episode 27, it is the first time in the program's history that she missed an eviction episode. Jerry O'Connell hosted in Chen Moonves' place.

Filming

Filming began on July 16, 2024, and is expected to run for 90 days.

Production design

Similar to the season's overall theme, the Big Brother house was designed with an artificial intelligence theme. Bedrooms in the house were designed using AI prompts. The have-not room is described as "only a wireframe skeleton bedroom" because the AI crashed after given the prompt.

Release

Broadcast

The season premiered on CBS over two nights on July 17 and 18, 2024. New episodes will then air on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. eastern time (ET). It is set to conclude with a live finale on October 13, 2024. Beginning July 25, Wednesday and Thursday episodes moved to 8:00 p.m. ET.

Streaming

Following its broadcast, new episodes will stream on Paramount+ and CBS On Demand. As with previous seasons, Paramount+ is also providing access to 24/7 live feeds. The live feeds also stream on Pluto TV in a free advertisement-supported format. In a change from previous seasons, those watching the live feeds will no longer be able to pause or rewind the video.