The scoop on ‘Big Brother 8′

CBS announced today the fourteen houseguests who’ll be competing this summer on Big Brother 8. This year’s new “expect the unexpected” twist is that the houseguests will spend the summer “with an enemy, a rival or someone with whom they have unfinished business — in short, someone from their past who they had hoped never to see again or someone with whom there is an extreme amount of tension.” Another twist gives home viewers some control over one contestant in the house, who’s dubbed America’s player. Viewers will vote online about tasks the player must complete.

Big Brother 8 premieres July 5 on CBS. UPDATE: Variety has contestant photos.

In quasi-related reality news, TV Guide Network will be rerunning the first four seasons of The Surreal Life this summer, weeknights at 10 p.m./EDT beginning July 2.