Julie Chen Moonves addresses her long-term future as 'Big Brother' host and says she is playing a game of chicken with Jeff Probst and Phil Keoghan.

A model and gamer from Los Angeles, one of the 16 contestants on this season of Big Brother, Morgan Pope, described herself as “bubbly” and funny in a video package shared with NJ.com. Pope is a former division one track athlete and plans on hiding her gamer side from fellow houseguests by presenting herself solely as a model.

Big Brother viewers up North in Canada can watch Big Brother Season 27 simultaneous with their US cousins on Thursday, July 10 at 8pm ET/PT via the Global TV channel. Episodes will air weekly every Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

Contestants include an aura painter, a dungeon master and a professional bull rider — plus a mystery player whose identity has not yet been revealed

ALSO READ| An aura painter and art instructor from New York City, Ava Pearl believes she’ll be able to judge her competition quickly given the fact that she has made a career out of reading people. She described herself as “an emotional artist” raised by “strong Long Island Italians” who won’t “take any crap” from her Big Brother houseguests in the video package shared with NJ.

CBS’s Big Brother returns with a new season packed with twists. Among the contestants: Amy Bingham, an insurance agent from Stockton. Here's how she plans to win.