‘Big Brother 12′ houseguests include deputy sheriff, Orthodox Jew, oil rig salesman

Meet the ‘Big Brother 12′ houseguests

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Who is the “Big Brother” saboteur?

That’s the question that contestants will no doubt be consumed with on the 12th edition of CBS’ voyeuristic reality TV series, which confines a group of strangers — or houseguests, as they’re known on the show — inside a makeshift two-story domicile for the summer, all while being constantly monitored by over 50 video cameras and 95 microphones.

This season, a mole has been planted among the houseguests to do the viewers’ bidding and disrupt the players’ lives during “Big Brother 12,” which premeires July 8 at 8 p.m. EDT. This summer’s contestants include an Orthodox Jewish podiatrist, a deputy sheriff who survived ovarian cancer, an oil rig salesman from Texas and a tattooed Mensa member.