List of Celebrity Big Brother 2 (U.S. season) houseguests

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The twelve HouseGuests for the second season of the United States reality television series Celebrity Big Brother were announced on January 13, 2019 during a commercial break of CBS' NFL football coverage. [1] [2]

<i>Celebrity Big Brother 2</i> (U.S. season)

Celebrity Big Brother 2 is the second spin-off season of the American version of the Dutch reality television franchise Big Brother. This season aired during the winter of the 2018–19 network television season on CBS and was the third U.S. Big Brother season to air outside the usual summer television season. The season premiered on January 21, 2019.

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Anthony

Anthony Scaramucci (born January 6, 1964), 55, is a financier and former White House Communications Director. [3] He currently holds the record for shortest time as Communications Director officially holding the office for only six days. [4] Scaramucci was the first to leave the game after he was revealed to be a fake HouseGuest six days in. [5] [6]

White House Communications Director senior staff of the President of the United States in charge of leading the White Houses media campaign

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Dina

Dina Lohan (born September 15, 1962), 56, is a Momager and television personality. [7] Lohan is well known for being the mother of Lindsay Lohan. [8] [9] She has starred in a number of reality television shows including Living Lohan and Lindsay . [10]

Lindsay Lohan American actress and pop singer

Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress, businesswoman, fashion designer, and singer. Born and raised in New York, Lohan was signed to Ford Models as a child. Having appeared as a regular on the television soap opera Another World at age 10, her breakthrough came in the Walt Disney Pictures film The Parent Trap (1998). The film's success led to appearances in a string of televised films for Disney Channel and the movie Freaky Friday (2003).

Reality television genre of television programming that documents unscripted situations and actual occurrences

Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors. Reality television exploded as a phenomenon in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the global success of the series Survivor, Idols, and Big Brother. These shows and a number of others became global franchises, spawning local versions in dozens of countries. The genre has various standard tropes, including "confessionals", or interview segments, used by cast members to express their thoughts, which often double as the shows' narration. In competition-based reality shows, there are other common elements, such as one participant being eliminated per episode, a panel of judges, and the concept of immunity from elimination.

<i>Living Lohan</i> television series

Living Lohan is an American reality television series that debuted on E! on May 26, 2008. The series aired for a total of nine episodes, ending its run on July 27, 2008.

Joey

Joey Lawrence (born April 20, 1976), 42, is an actor, producer, musician, and game show host. [11] Lawrence appeared in the third season of Dancing with the Stars , and was a finalist. He has been the star of a number of television sitcoms including Brotherly Love , Run of the House , and most recently Melissa & Joey . [12] [13] [14]

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<i>Dancing with the Stars</i> (U.S. TV series) U.S. TV show

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Jonathan

Jonathan Bennett (born June 10, 1981), 37, is an actor, host, and model. [15] Bennett appeared in the nineteenth season of Dancing with the Stars [16] He also starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in the motion picture Mean Girls . [17]

<i>Dancing with the Stars</i> (U.S. season 19) season of television series

Season nineteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 15, 2014.

<i>Mean Girls</i> American teen comedy film

Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey. The film is partially based on Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 non-fiction self-help book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, which describes female high school social cliques and the damaging effects they can have on girls. Tina Fey also drew from her own experience at Upper Darby High School as an inspiration for some of the concepts in the film.

Kandi

Kandi Burruss (born May 17, 1976), 42, is a singer, television personality, actress, singer, and songwriter. [18] Burruss has starred in The Real Housewives of Atlanta since 2009 [19] which has led to a number of spin-offs being created around her including The Kandi Factory in 2013, Kandi's Wedding in 2014, and Kandi's Ski Trip in 2015. [20] [21] [22] [23]

<i>The Real Housewives of Atlanta</i> Georgia-based reality television series in the United States

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In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, film, or any narrative work, derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work.

<i>The Kandi Factory</i> television series

The Kandi Factory is an American reality competition series on Bravo that debuted April 9, 2013. It chronicles Kandi Burruss and her team at the Kandi Factory as she assists 16 aspiring artists trying to jumpstart their dreams of success in the music industry. The series is the second spin-off of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, following Don't Be Tardy. On August 30, 2013, Burruss confirmed that the series would not be returning for another season.

Kato

Kato Kaelin (born March 9, 1959), 59, is an actor, host, radio and television personality. [24] Kaelin gained notoriety as a witness in the 1995 O. J. Simpson murder case. [25]

Lolo

Lolo Jones (born August 5, 1982), 36, is an Olympic track and bobsled athlete. [26] She competed in the 2012 summer and 2014 winter Olympics [27] Jones also competed in the nineteenth season of Dancing with the Stars. [28]

Natalie Eva Marie

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Ricky

Ricky Williams (born May 21, 1977), 41, is a former American football running back playing twelve seasons with the NFL and an additional one season with the CFL. [31] During his time playing football he was a nominee for the 63rd Heisman Trophy in 1997 and won the 64th in 1998. [32] Prior to his football career Williams played in Minor League Baseball after being dropped in the eighth round drafts of Major League Baseball in 1995. [33]

Ryan

Ryan Lochte (born August 3, 1984), 34, is an actor, television personality, and 12-time Olympic medalist in swimming competing in four consecutive Summer Olympics. [34] He is the 2nd-most decorated swimmer in Olympic history, behind only Michael Phelps. [35] He is the former host of his own talk show entitled What Would Ryan Lochte Do? which aired on E! and was cancelled after only one season, five weeks later. [36] [37] Lochte appeared in the twenty-third season of Dancing with the Stars .

Tamar

Tamar Braxton (born March 17, 1977), 41, is a singer and television personality. [38] Braxton competed as one of the celebrities on the twenty-first season of Dancing with the Stars , she was paired with reigning champion, Valentin Chmerkovskiy. [39] She was also the star of reality television series Braxton Family Values and later spin-off, Tamar & Vince . [40] She is famous from her hits "Hot Sugar", "If I Don't Have You" and "My Man". [41] [42] [43] [44]

Braxton has won four awards from 15 nominations, including one BET Award and three Soul Train Music Awards. [45] [46] [47] [48] She has received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for her work as a co-host on the daytime television talk show The Real. [49] [50]

Tom

Tom Green (born July 30, 1971), 47, is a comedian, actor, filmmaker, and talk show host. [51] Green appeared in the second season of The Celebrity Apprentice

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