Elias James Lincoln, but you can call me ‘Eli’ or ‘EJ’.

I'm 27.

I'm a bisexual male, and I could be in the market for a fun showmance, but I'm a little burned on the idea of love right now.

I’m from around Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. My family owns and operates a dairy farm just outside the city.

I work in IT at the PepsiCo plant in Beaver Dam.

I had a comfortable upbringing, and my moms and pops are still together and happily in love. I have two younger siblings, a brother and a sister. We all grew up learning how to work hard on the farm — a dairy farm, with both cows and goats, Wisconsin’s all about our cheese, ya know? Anyway, there were lots of early mornings, sweaty days, and late nights growing up on a farm, but it learned us good. Although I’m the oldest, I had no intention of taking over the family business. I always loved computers and excelled at all things involving technology, so I went off to get a four year IT degree at University of Wisconsin-Madison, followed by a masters there. After that, I worked retail for a bit, which is where I developed the incredible fashion sense you see here today, and then I landed my current gig with Pepsi a few years back. I was living with my high school sweetheart then, Georgia, and after a years of saving up for the perfect, unspeakably expensive ring… I proposed to her. That was last year, and I thought I’d won the lottery when she said yes, but… turns out her heart wasn’t as sweet as I thought. A few months ago, I came home from work a bit early and I caught her with some dude buried about eight inches deep in — well, you know how it goes. So now I’m single for the first time since my sophomore year of highschool, and I’m stuck back living with my parents, and I’ve really never felt more like a pathetic teenager in my whole life. I need to move out. Again...

Uhm, I ran track all through high school and college, so I should be pretty agile when it comes to physical challenges. On top of athletics, I was also a mathlete. Yup, it’s about as awkward as it sounds. And… weird facts? Well… I was born without wisdom teeth, so that’s pretty weird, evolution in action and whatnot.

Life’s shit on me so far — oops, can I say that on here? Anyway, I got a bad hand at first, but I'm willing to stay for another round. I wasted years of time and money on a girl that didn’t appreciate me, so it’s time I start living for myself and reclaim the good ol' years that I lost, ya dig?

First, I’m paying off all of my school loans, and my car loan, and then I’m going to buy my own place. Anything left over is going straight into my savings, for that fresh start I was just talking about.

I am Adelinde Luella Dey but most people call me Ade.

I am 27 years old.

Well, I am a female looking for a good guy. But as this is Big Brother I probably won't meet one here.

I sort of move around a lot. Living in a Caravan makes that easy. I mostly stick around the Carolinas though.

I am a writer for a website. But I will take on whatever side job I can.

It's been decent enough. Not gonna lie. I grew up in a situation where we weren't always sure if we'd get three meals a day. Dad worked at the local mill for 17 years until it closed down and then he just kept picking up and losing jobs. Mom died giving birth to me. Dad remarried cause he thought I needed a motherly figure despite my sister, Eliza, doing so just fine. The woman never worked and basically leeched off my dad. One good thing came outta her and that was my little sister, Elysia. I've had friends. Mostly guys. If I had a nickel for how many times I've heard, 'You're just one of the guys.' No relationships. As soon as I graduated from high school I went on the road. Dad was pissed since I sorta didn't tell him my plan. It was only for a year and I was with others. Wrote about the whole thing and when my sisters read it they convinced me to try to be an author. No bites on a book yet but I write on a website about things I like. So, it's cool.

Well, first off I'm gonna say I know basically nothing about Big Brother other than there are a lot of lies. Elysia loves the show and she dared both Eliza and me to try and get in the show. She gave me the whole run down though. There's your weird fact.

A quirk I have is that a can't throw anything away. My family refuses to step into my Caravan because of all my stuff. They call it junk but it's all useful. Eventually. Now for talents, I am pretty athletic. Didn't play sports for my school but always joined in on a pickup game of football or basketball. I love skateboarding and I have to say I am an excellent shot. With a paintball gun. My step-mom is scared I'll go after her if I had a real gun. I think I scared her when I read a murder mystery book and then proceeded to make it seem as if I was planning to hurt her. Yeah, sometimes I go too far with pranks.

Not really sure. I guess cause out of everyone I know, currently, I refuse to give up. Someone dares me to do 50 push-ups I'll aim for 100. I always try to go a step further so that I can be prepared for whatever is next. Really though, I don't think anyone deserves to win just yet. It's all about who fights the hardest for it. Either way, I plan on getting the win. I won't try to break anyone but I will do whatever I can to win.

First I would throw a party with my friends and family. Then I'd help out my dad. After everything he's done for me, he deserves it. Other than that? Who knows. Maybe I'll make a trip to Vegas.

"The name is Conor Benjamin Swift. Just call me Conor, though. I don't want nothing more or nothing less."

"I'm 31."

"I'm a straight man - but I doubt I'd find someone worthwhile here. Doesn't mean I can't have some fun, though. In fact I'm looking to have a lot of fun..."

"I'm from Queens, baby. Born and raised."

"After the football thing didn't work out (don't get me wrong, I had an actual career I just got hurt a lot), I decided to go into fitness and right now I own and manage a crossfit gym."

"So like I said before, I was raised in Queens, New York. I have one sister, Camile, and one brother, Jackson. We grew up fucking around in the neighborhoods so me and Jackson got real good at playing some sports. Jackson decided he wanted to go into baseball, and I wanted to go into football. Football was my life growing up, man. I couldn't get enough of it. I'd be the first man at practice, and the last one out from the very first day of Pop Warner to the very last day of my NFL career. I did okay in high school, I had a few Cs, a few Bs, and miraculously a couple of As every now and then. Everyone and their mother was surprised when I earned that A in things besides gym class. Anyway, coming out of high school I got offered a full-ride scholarship to the University of Notre Dame to play football for them. So that, I did. I played all four years there as a tight end, and I think I still hold a whole bunch of records there.

After I finished my last year at Notre Dame, I graduated with a degree in Communications and I was drafted right out of the gate by the Cincinnati Bengals. I caught balls from Ryan Fitzpatrick, Carson Palmer, Andy Dalton... all of those people. I was in the endzone a lot, but I also got hurt. They hit different in the NFL... and I felt that every time. I eventually retired in 2016 after I suffered one last injury. It was just too much on my body. I can only take hits from people like Kam Chancellor or Troy Polumalu for so long. Anyway once I retired, I settled down in Los Angeles and I opened a crossfit gym which is actually doing quite well for itself. But now, here I am, ready to do something other than own a gym."

"I can catch damn well anything - I'm still good at the football thing just don't expect me to be happy when you try to hit me hard. I can also lift really big things. I'm also 6'7, so I can also reach pretty much anything."

"I just like winning, alright?"

"If I win the million dollars, I'd think I'd put some of it into injury research and the rest into my gym. Yeah, that sounds about right."

Keani De la Cruz

23-years-old

Female, Bisexual ; Whatever happens happens, ya know what I mean?

Los Angeles, California

Tattoo Artist ; Bartender

"Well, I mean.. hasn't exactly been pretty, I can tell you that much. My dad abused my entire family. Us kids knew what a lashing was by the ripe age of two, and knew it well on up into adulthood. He never struck us in places that were easy to show. Our mother, however, was amazing. Although she never did have the courage to stand up to our father, she was in her own way a very kind, loving soul. She never let us go to bed hungry or with tears in our eyes. She was always there. I grew up with my abusive father, along with three brothers. Life was quite a hell for me, growing up. I left home at the age of 16. Got thrown out by my father, and was forced to live on the streets for some time before I went to live with a close friend of mine in high school. The years went by and I didn't so much as speak to anyone in my family except secret letters I exchanged with my mother. The friend of mine who I stayed with, his mother would give her the letters from me and my mom would send them out to me in the mail. A couple of years had passed, I was in my senior year of high school when I found out my father had passed. Alcohol poisoning. Didn't have much sympathy or a shred of guilt in the world that he'd not seen me before his passing. Good riddance. I've been living back at home with my mom, since. Taking care of her. My brothers dispersed, and are off trying to live their own lives. We barely make it by with what I make. My mother doesn't work. She stays home and keeps the house clean, as she always did all the years we were growing up in that house. I hope to get out of that damned house and move into something smaller, and more 'home-y'.. maybe get a dog, and buy my mom that restaurant she always wanted to open up. Who knows. I just know I saw the ad for this and thought, 'Well, why not?' So mom's living with my eldest brother until I return. Hopefully with that mill in my pocket."

"Cheerful. Selfish. Bold. I can touch my tongue to my nose. Uhh, very street smart and know how to fight, and fight well, at that. Especially if I have a knife. Guns aren't really my thing, but I can use one if it came down to it, I guess."

"Not that I necessarily deserve to win it, I just feel it's time for the people who don't have the type of luck to win to finally get something nice in life, for once."3

"Do we even really get the full mill? Pretty sure there's gonna be some type of tax cut on it. Honestly, I just wanna save a good half of it, and use the other half to invest in a business. My mom always wanted to open up a bakery, and I'd like to make that happen for her. If it wasn't for her, I'd probably just get myself a nice 1969 Chevy Camaro SS and call it a day. Do whatever with the rest, ha. But I owe that woman a lot more than my life."