Austin resident Barrett Pfeiffer, a Jumbotron engineer, and Dallas native Chuk Anyanwu, a supply chain management analyst, are among the list of 16 contestants.
Pfeiffer described himself as “giggly, charming, spicy” and said he is 6-foot-6. The 27-year-old said he thought the game would be a “breeze for him” because people may underestimate him.
“I’m not actually a caterpillar, I am a snake,” Pfeiffer said on his Instagram.
Anyanwu, also 27, is a first-generation immigrant who said he has an “insane social game,” adding that he could “truly talk to anyone.”
“Being on Big Brother feels insane right now, because one, it does not feel real,” Anyanwu said on social media. “There’s one end, where there’s so much money I can win, and there’s a whole other end where I am about to be in a house with insane people.”
CBS confirmed the cast list for the 28th season, which will premiere on Thursday, July 9, with a 90-minute installment beginning at 7 p.m. CT.
This summer, the show will become the first primetime series to reach 1,000 original episodes, according to CBS. The network also teased that the season willfeature the “most programming hours ever.”
The show will be accompanied by its Friday-night companion series, “Big Brother: Unlocked,” a talk show featuring interviews, special guests and exclusive footage from inside the house, which will premiere on Friday, July 10.