Julie Chen Moonves Reveals Dark Horse America's Favorite Houseguest Candidate for Big Brother 26

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00:00You are an honoree tonight. We love watching you on TV. How does that feel though?

00:04I'm humbled because I've been doing this a long time. I came from morning television news

00:11to daytime talk, but always Big Brother as a constant for 25 years. And I'm like, but I'm

00:17not a reality star. I'm the person who works to put on reality stars. So I'm just honored.

00:24You know, the Big Brother season finale is just days away. We are all anticipating it.

00:30What can we expect? A lot of fans think Chelsea has the win lockdown. What do you think about

00:35that? You know, what I have learned is doing this for 26 seasons now is you never know when someone

00:42is going to vote emotionally on the jury. And then you're like, whoa, how did that person win?

00:48Yes. Chelsea does seem like the mastermind, but did she make anyone angry? So I think it's either

00:55hers to win it or McKenzie. McKenzie won nine competitions, nine. I love the fan base of this

01:02show too. People go crazy for that show. It's the best. Who do you think is going to be America's

01:08favorite pick this year? That's a tough one. If Tucker had lasted at least into the jury,

01:14he'd be fresh in people's minds. If they voted the week that he got evicted, I think it would

01:20be a landslide Tucker. But then Leah was coming on strong. America was falling in love with her.

01:29America was falling in love with Leah. I think it's either Leah, Tucker, but then I don't know

01:33if the moms show up for Angela. She could win. She swung things around. I like this prediction.

01:40Okay. Any update that you can give us on Celebrity Big Brother? We are all on

01:45pins and needles for that. Well, I would say this. If you look at the history of the first

01:50three seasons of Big Brother, it was always cast around January. It was always on the air,

01:56January, February, opposite the winter Olympics. So my uneducated slash educated sometimes guess

02:03is maybe next winter Olympics. So what is that? 2026, right? Okay. Yeah. We might be about,

02:12I don't know, a year plus. I think it is. Who would be a dream celebrity contestant?

02:19Oh my gosh. Snoop Dogg. Really? Why? Because who doesn't love Snoop? Right. You know,

02:26he's always so chill. Is he going to chill it to the end to the final two? Or are we going to see,

02:32you know what? Snoop Dogg is a comp beast. My pick is Snoop Dogg. But you know, he would have

02:36to come with Martha. They're a pair now. Well, yeah. I mean, that's going to be the showmans

02:41of the century.