Well hello there folks. I bet you thought we wouldn’t be back, but we’re back. And we are lukewarm excited for Season 26! Join us as we check out the new contestants, make what are almost certainly terrible predictions about who will win and who will be annoying, and compliment Julie Chen-Moonves.

We’ll be back tomorrow with the second part of this two part premiere which Julie promised will be “the most surprising premiere in the history of this game!” (Ok Julie girl), but as of right now our top picks are Leah and Kimo (Erik) and Cam and Joseph (Maya).

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Maya and Erik have a special guest on the show, Kris, who is a PROFESSIONAL GAME DESIGNER and has some words about the Big Brother mechanics. Cerie continues to run the house. Some showmances bloom. Matt puts his hair in a pony. Someone wins a special power and you will never believe what happens – expect the unexpected, are we right??? Maya finally learns how to use autotune. Erik seems to no longer be "all in". HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOKE!!!

Erik calls in from an undisclosed location. We realize that Blue and Red are both colors associated with America (suspicious). Hisam learns his lesson (or does he???) and a long awaited HoH comp makes its triumphant return.