The 'Survivor' and 'Big Brother' alums that are expected to join 'Big Brother' 28 cast!

 The next season of “Big Brother” is right around the corner, and there are unnamed reality stars that are expected to join the cast!

LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 7: Julie Chen Moonves of the CBS series Big Brother, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Matthew Taplinger/CBS via Getty Images)

On Tuesday, the 16 houseguests who make up “Big Brother” season 28 were revealed, with a couple of familiar faces and some names still to be announced.

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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Salina EsTitties will appear on the CBS reality show under their offstage name Jason De Puy. Also competing is “American Idol” season 21’s Lyric Medeiros, but according to Entertainment Weekly, some of the most popular “Big Brother” and “Survivor” players of recent years will also be joining.“Survivor 50” fan favorite and professional coin flipper, Rick Devens is expected to join the “Big Brother” house, along with season 45 winner Dee Valladares. By the sound of it, it also looks like controversial “Big Brother” alum Angela Murray will be back to cause a ruckus in the house this summer too.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 24: Rick Devens attends the Survivor 50 Premiere Screening at Hall Des Lumieres on February 24, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for CBS Broadcasting Inc.)

This marks the second and third “Survivor” player to play “Big Brother,” following Cirie Fields, who appeared on “BB25."

LOS ANGELES - MAY 20: Dee Valladares attends the Survivor 50 Live Finale at the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles, California on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Robert Voets/CBS via Getty Images)

Both Devens and Dee were part of the iconic “Survivor 50” cast, while Angela first came across our screens on “Big Brother” season 26, then on “Amazing Race: European Adventure” with her daughter Lexi.

LOS ANGELES - JULY 15: Angela Murray from CBS-BIG BROTHER, Season 26, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images)

The word on the street is that Dee, Devens, and Angela will all be announced as houseguests on the first episode of “Big Brother: Unlocked,” which is hosted by “Big Brother” winners Derrick Levasseur and Taylor Hale, along with BB superfan Jerry O’Connell.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 14: Cirie Fields of "The Traitors" attends the TV Academy's Inaugural Televerse Festival at JW Marriott LA Live on August 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

PauseRewind’s Kevin Zelman chatted all things “Big Brother” with Jerry, who also revealed his dream houseguest that he wants to see return.

"Big Brother" season 28 kicks off with a 90-minute premiere on Thursday, July 9 at 8 pm ET/PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.