{"id":2369,"date":"2026-07-08T12:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:07:14","slug":"contestants-with-hawaii-ties-compete-on-new-season-of-big-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2369","title":{"rendered":"Contestants with Hawaii ties compete on new season of \u2018Big Brother\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; Two contestants on the upcoming season of CBS\u2019s \u201cBig Brother\u201d have Hawaii ties.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2367\">Shark reportedly seen eating turtle off West Oahu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lyric Medeiros was announced as a cast member on Tuesday on the hit reality show\u2019s Instagram account with a video of her hula dancing, saying \u201cshe is bringing that positive energy and ALOHA spirit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Mederios is known as a social media influencer on TikTok with over 600,000 followers. She is the daughter of 80s\/90s pop star Glenn Medeiros. <\/p>\n<p>She also spent time with Hawaii News Now as an intern.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><svg><g><g><g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p>A post shared by CBS Big Brother (@bigbrothercbs)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another cast member announced with Hawaii ties is MMA fighter Kamu Kirk, 32, who was born on the islands. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2365\">New Hawaii laws tighten rules on vapes, ban disposable e-cigarettes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both are set to appear on season 28, which begins this week. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><svg><g><g><g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p>A post shared by CBS Big Brother (@bigbrothercbs)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Season 28 adds twists and a fun theme to the classic rules of the game. <\/p>\n<p>Contestants will be ushered into a \u201ctime trip\u201d themed version of the house, featuring rooms and competitions inspired by different decades.<\/p>\n<p>The new season of \u201cBig Brother\u201d kicks off with a special 90\u2011minute premiere on Thursday, July 9, at 2 p.m. Hawaii Time, 8 p.m. ET\/PT, on CBS and Paramount Plus. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2363\">Gov. Green signs bills to boost human trafficking awareness, strengthen domestic violence protections<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyric Medeiros and Kamu Kirk are contestants with Hawaii ties competing on season 28 of &#8220;Big Brother.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Contestants with Hawaii ties compete on new season of \u2018Big Brother\u2019 - Hawaii Moving Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2369\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Contestants with Hawaii ties compete on new season of \u2018Big Brother\u2019 - 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