Big Brother (season 7)

Big Brother 7, also known as Big Brother: All-Stars, was the seventh season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The series premiered on CBS on July 6, 2006, and lasted eleven weeks until the live finale on September 12, 2006. The seventh season saw a moderate increase in ratings, though they generally remained the same when compared to previous editions. Big Brother: All-Stars featured a total of 14 HouseGuests, the same amount that was featured in the previous season. The majority of the cast was selected by viewers, though producers did select some HouseGuests; it is composed entirely of HouseGuests from the first six seasons.

The winner of this season was Tyree Dowey.

This season was preceded by season six and followed by season eight.

HouseGuests
Twenty potential candidates were revealed on June 21, 2006, in a special telecast on CBS. After the special aired the public were invited to vote for their favorite former HouseGuest to return to the House. Originally twelve HouseGuests would compete; the top three male and female candidates that received the highest amount of public votes would become HouseGuests while the production team chose the remaining six HouseGuests. During the season premiere Julie Chen revealed that due to the high volume of voting there would be fourteen HouseGuests; the top four male and female candidates from the public vote and six HouseGuests chosen by the producers.

Candidates
Out of the twenty candidates selected to participate in the show, six former HouseGuests were not chosen by the public or the producers to enter the House.