

The teams will last for the first four weeks of the game. Every week, whoever wins HOH will also earn safety for their entire team. The winners of each group will become Team Captains and will be shown a 90-second intro package of the remaining houseguests and choose their three teammates, creating four teams of four, each with two men and two women. Teams: During the live move-in, houseguests will enter in groups of four and compete for power.One week later, on February 1, 2021, it was announced that Jesse Tannenbaum, former Big Brother casting producer and casting director for Big Brother: Over The Top and Survivor, would be in charge of the casting efforts for Big Brother 23, alongside many returning casting producers who formerly worked under Kassting, Inc.

On January 22, 2021, Robyn Kass, head casting director for every main American and Canadian season since Big Brother 2 (US), announced that she would be stepping down and taking a leave in casting for Big Brother 23 to focus on other opportunities, including finalizing the cast of Big Brother Canada 9, which had just reached the semifinal stage of casting just weeks before. She also revealed that the theme for the season would be "BB Beach House", stating that the future houseguests "deserve a vacation", and that the season would once again feature 16 houseguests.įollowing in the footsteps of Big Brother Canada 9, CBS announced a new diversity pledge on November 9, 2020, which would require that Big Brother and the rest of their reality programming to have at least 50% of its cast be black, indigenous or people of color, starting with Big Brother 23. ĭuring a Clubhouse event with Love Island host Arielle Vandenberg, and narrator Matthew Hoffman, Julie revealed that the season would have a live premiere and move-in just like Big Brother 22, and it would take place on July 7, 2021, with the season three premiere of Love Island airing right after. Although the CBS casting page immediately stated that it was accepting applications for season 23, an official renewal announcement from CBS wasn't made until October 28, 2020, the day of season 22's finale, confirming that season 23 was due to air in the summer of 2021. During the Final Five eviction episode of Big Brother 22 (US), an advertisement for casting new players for the next season was aired, leading many to assume Big Brother was getting a 23rd season.
