Kandi Burruss Officially Joining The Second Season Of Celebrity Big Brother!

CBS has officially revealed the cast of the second season of Celebrity Big Brother. The cast was revealed on Sunday, January 13, among the new housemates to include Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss.

Other housemates include Tamar Braxton (Singer/Star of Braxton Family Values), Jonathan Bennett (actor/host), Tom Green (comedian), Joey Lawrence (actor/producer), Dina Lohan (momager/Linday Lohan's mom), Ryan Lochte (12-time Olympic medalist in swimming), Anthony Scaramucci (former White House Director of Communications/financier), Kato Kaelin (actor/host), Natalie Eva Marie (former WWE wrestler/actress) , Lolo Jones (Olympic track and bobsled star) and Ricky Williams (former NFL superstar).



Kandi is not the first Real Housewives star to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Brandi Glanville joined the first season last year. Glanville also competed in the UK edition of the popular hit reality series.

The following information is courtesy via CBS Press Release

These 12 Celebrity Houseguests will live together in the iconic Big Brother house, which is outfitted with 80 HD cameras and over 100 microphones capturing their every move, 24 hours a day, with zero contact to the world beyond its walls.

Each week, one or more Celebrity Houseguests will be evicted from the house, and the last one remaining will take home the grand prize of $250,000!

This season's cast includes Olympians, a former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL running back, a headline-making political strategist, a former teen heartthrob, a GRAMMY-nominated musician, a former WWE wrestler and an infamous houseguest, among others.

Celebrity Big Brother Season 2 will kick off with the two-night premiere event on Monday, January 21 and Tuesday, January 22 at 8pm/7c on CBS and CBS All Access.

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