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A new teaser has been released to excite fans for the start of Celebrity Big Brother in January, and it highlights some of the most memorable moments and houseguests from last season.
The second U.S. edition of the show will premiere on January 21 on CBS in an accelerated run. There will be only three weeks for the celebrities to backdoor, veto and brawl, but the compact show may be just what the series needs for an extra punch of drama.
The teaser premiered during the series finale of Survivor on Wednesday night, and showcased houseguests like TV personality Ross Mathews and Omarosa. In it, past fights were remembered, as were lines from diary room sessions promising drama and crazy twists.
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Though no famous houseguests have been announced as of yet, host Julie Chen had some ideas of who she'd like to see on the show. She named Tommy Lee, Tonya Harding and Sharon Osbourne as people she'd love to see enter the house during a conversation for The Talk with Mark McGrath, who appeared on the series last January.
McGrath also commented on a handful of celebrities he thought would make great houseguests. He mentioned Gary Busey, Michelle Kwan, Flavor Flav and "a bunch of musicians."
The first installation of Celebrity Big Brother premiered in January 2018, when Marissa Jaret Winokur took the grand prize. A regular season of Big Brother followed in Summer 2018, which was met with loads of backlash over racist comments and sexual harassment.
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Most controversial in the season was houseguest J.C. Mounduix. The houseguest was reprimanded by other houseguests for saying the N-word, as well as accused by viewers for groping his fellow houseguests with an ice cream scooper. Viewers demanded CBS remove Mounduix from the show, but they refused to evict him from the house.
The show's executive producers released a statement on September 1 about their decision to let him stay. "The expression of viewer concerns regarding JC Mounduix's behavior was reviewed immediately," the statement read.
"All video was examined in its entirety. We spoke with all three of the houseguests separately in detail about the incidents. Tyler [Crispen] and Haleigh [Broucher] explained to producers that they in no way felt threatened, unsafe or sexually harassed," the statement continued. "If there was any indication from our Houseguests of sexual misconduct, we and CBS would have taken immediate action. The safety and security of our houseguests is and will continue to be our top priority."
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