‘Big Brother’ Announces Season 24 Cast; Viewers To Impact Game On Premiere Night

Lynette Rice
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UPDATED, 7:19 P.M. Casting change was announced on Twitter. Marvin Achi, the 28-year-old chemical processing engineer from Houston, has been replaced by Joseph Abdin, a 24-year-old lawyer from Lake Worth, Fl. 

PREVIOUS: Big Brother today announced 16 new Houseguests for the 24th season of the CBS series, including an attorney, a Vegas performer, a hypnotherapist, a private chef, a chemical processing engineer, an interior designer and a personal stylist.

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The players are:

  • Alyssa Snider, 24, Sarasota, Fla. Marketing rep 

  • Ameerah Jones, 31, Westminster, Md. Content designer 

  • Brittany Hoopes, 32, Austin, Texas. Hypnotherapist 

  • Daniel Durston, 35, Las Vegas; Vegas performer 

  • Indy Santos, 31, Los Angeles; corporate flight attendant 

  • Jasmine Davis, 29, Atlanta; entrepreneur 

  • Joe “Pooch” Pucciarelli, 24, Boca Raton, FL; assistant football coach 

  • Kyle Capener, 29, Bountiful, Utah; unemployed 

  • Marvin Achi, 28, Houston; chemical processing engineer 

  • Matt “Turner” Turner, 23, New Bedford, MA; thrift store owner 

  • Michael Bruner, 28, Rochester, MN; attorney 

  • Monte Taylor, 27, Bear, DL; personal trainer 

  • Nicole Layog, 41, Fort Lauderdale, FL; private chef 

  •  Paloma Aguilar, 22, San Marcos, CA; interior designer 

  • Taylor Hale, 27, West Bloomfield, MI; personal stylist 

  • Terrance Higgins, 47, Chicago; bus operator  

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