Huge Brother 25 premiered final evening (August 2) with 16 model new houseguests and a shock seventeenth addition within the type of Survivor legend Cirie Fields.

Cirie, a four-time Survivor veteran, was formally added to the forged on the finish of the season premiere, which aired reside on CBS. She joined her son, Jared Fields, who was beforehand introduced as one of many Huge Brother 25 forged members. It’s unclear proper now whether or not Jared knew his mom can be a part of the forged or not.

The Survivor connections don’t finish there, as one other forged member is Cory Wurtenberger, the brother of Survivor 42 castaway Zach Wurtenberger, who was voted out first on his season. It wasn’t an excellent begin for the Survivor kin, although, as each Jared and Corey ended up on the block alongside Kirsten and Felicia.

Cirie was unleashed on the home as a part of this season’s twist, which entails the “Huge Brother Multiverse.” The episode opened with former houseguests Danielle Reyes, Britney Haynes, and Frankie Grande breaking in and setting off a “Time Laser,” which cut up the home into 4 sections, the BB Comicsverse, the Humiliverse, the Scaryverse, and the Scrambleverse.

Shock… The #BB25 Multiverse releases one other twist…

A seventeenth houseguest… #BBCirie from @survivorcbs! pic.twitter.com/OUT25QwCxw

— Huge Brother (@CBSBigBrother) August 3, 2023

No stranger to reality-tv, Cirie beforehand competed on 4 seasons of Survivor, an episode of the USA Community actuality recreation present Snake within the Grass, and the primary season of the Peacock actuality collection Traitors, which she gained.

On Survivor, Cirie first appeared on Survivor: Panama again in 2006, the place she completed in fourth place. She returned in 2008 for the Followers vs. Favorites season Survivor: Micronesia, the place she positioned in third. Her third look got here in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains in 2010, ending in seventeenth place, and her closing look got here in Survivor: Sport Changers, the place she was eradicated in sixth place with out receiving a vote.

Cirie additionally turns into the primary Survivor participant to go on to play Huge Brother, after former houseguests Hayden Moss and Caleb Reynolds went the opposite means from Huge Brother to Survivor.