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Could Big Brother be gearing up for another All-Star season? Fans seem to think so. Ever since the Season 28 premiere date was announced, many fans have spotted clues that the houseguests this season might not be new faces.

Season 28 of Big Brother will premiere on Thursday, July 9, and has been teased as the “biggest season yet.” Now, that could just be due to some of the episodes being 90 minutes instead of 60 minutes, while throwing in the 1,000th episode celebration, but fans are looking past that.

Typically, the cast isn’t announced until a week or even days before the premiere. But, fans pointed out some clues that lead them to believe Season 28 will have returning houseguests.

Just last season, Season 13 winner and Season 12 houseguest Rachel Reilly was the only veteran player in a mix of newbies. Season 22 was the second full All-Star season after Season 7, but in between that, Big Brother has thrown in either one of a handful of old players on numerous seasons. Sometimes, it is all new houseguests, but that wasn’t teased this season.

One fan, @1998BBFan, on X shared the press releases from Seasons 22 to 28. “BB28 is the first season since BB22 to not state ‘all-new’ houseguests in its press release #BB28,” they wrote.

The Season 28 release just says, “This season ushers in a landmark summer as Houseguests enter the iconic Big Brother house, with unexpected moments, and a season packed with twists and turns.” Whereas, Season 22 specifically said “All-Star” and the others said “all-new group.”

The teaser trailer for the new season also featured Houseguests from the past few seasons, when it typically just shows the previous season’s Houseguests, leading fans to believe that the returning Houseguests will be from Seasons 23 to 27. The trailer also did not mention an “all-new group of Houseguests,” like it has in the past.

The third and final clue so far is host Julie Chen Moonves‘ latest Instagram post. “Who’s ready? MARK YOUR CALENDARS !! What are your favorite things from past seasons that you’d love to see in #BB28,” she wrote.

“My big concern with returning players is always pre-game alliances. Even more so if there are vets who will benefit over new players,” a Reddit user said.

“I want a half returnee half newbie season like BBCAN5,” another wrote.

“I’d prefer an all newbie season because it’s more fun, more unpredictable, more chaotic because no one knows what they’re doing. Returning players have built in alliances, higher chances of pre-gaming, less likely to turn on each other, less fun to watch. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one that doesn’t want another All-Stars,” another said.

“No. I want all newbies as well. Every time we get mixed casts with vets, the vets have a lot of safeguards such as teams, weeks of safety, producers Box, repeated challenges, friendship bracelets, etc. Yes, even Rachel last year enjoyed safeguards despite the white locust. And this is one of the reasons newcomers are so afraid to go after the vets,” a fourth added.

Would you want another All-Star season, part returning, part new, or all new? Let us know in the comments.