Big Brother 14'th Season

The 14'th season of the American reality TV series produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment premiered on July 12, 2012. Casting for this season's Big Brother begun during the finale of Big Brother 13 and this is the first season to use an online application process. The producers visited New Orleans, Los Angeles, New York City, Charleston, Odessa, Dallas, Miami, Cincinnati, Boise, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Louisville, Boston, Champaign and Phoenix for an open casting calls.

This season is being slated to promote a "super sized" season, indicating the most HouseGuests entering to date and four huge surprises to be revealed on the premiere, being the four ex-HouseGuests competing as mentors. The season's main House theme is the 80's and "Tokyo Pop". The overall layout of the house remained the same as to recent previous seasons, in addition to various refurbishments to the appliances and a new paint job in the backyard. Pandora's Box this season was replaced with a dual-HoH bedroom that is shared with the winning HoH's coach. The HouseGuests moved into the House on July 7, 2012.

HouseGuests

A total of 16 HouseGuests will compete for this season. 12 new casts and 4 former HouseGuests from the previous season to coach the new HouseGuests.

Far Left: Wil, Ashley, Joe, Janelle (on the chair)

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Middle Left: Danielle, Jodi, Kara, Dan (on the chair)

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Middle Right: Shane, JoJo, Willie, Britney (on the chair)

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Far Right: Jenn, Ian, Frank, Mike (on the chair)

Name	Age on entry	Occupation	Hometown	Coach
Ashley Iocco	26	Entrepreneur	West Hollywood, California	Janelle Pierzina
Danielle Murphree	23	Nurse	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Dan Gheesling
Frank Eudy	28	Unemployed	Naples, Florida	Mike Malin
Ian Terry	21	Engineering Student	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Mike Malin
Jenn Arroyo	37	Musician	Brooklyn, New York	Mike Malin
Jodi Rollins	42	Restaurant Server	Calipatria, California	Dan Gheesling
Joe Arvin	41	Chef	Schererville, Indiana	Janelle Pierzina
JoJo Spatafora	26	Bartender	Staten Island, New York	Britney Haynes
Kara Monaco	30	Model	Los Angeles, California	Dan Gheesling
Shane Meaney	26	House Flipper	Bennington, Vermont	Britney Haynes
Wil Heuser	24	Marketing Consultant	Louisville, Kentucky	Janelle Pierzina
Willie Hantz	34	Tankerman	Dayton, Texas	Britney Haynes

Coaches

Name	Age on entry	Occupation	Hometown	Big Brother History
				Season(s)	Status
Britney Haynes	24	Pharmaceutical Sales Rep	Huntington, Arkansas	Big Brother 12	Evicted - 4th Place
Dan Gheesling	28	Catholic High School Teacher	Dearborn, Michigan	Big Brother 10	Winner - 1st Place
Janelle Pierzina	32	VIP Cocktail Waitress	Miami Beach, Florida	Big Brother 6	Evicted - 3rd Place
				Big Brother: All Stars	Evicted - 3rd Place
Mike "Boogie" Malin	41	Bar Owner	Los Angeles, California	Big Brother 2	Evicted - 8th Place
				Big Brother: All Stars	Winner - 1st Place

*source: wikipedia