Survivor on Big Brother 28: Rick & Dee Tracker

Two Survivor 50 players walked straight into the summer's other great social game. Here is the broadcast-confirmed status, the record Dee just set, and every US Survivor–Big Brother crossover.

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The short answer

Rick Devens and Dee Valladares are confirmed full houseguests on Big Brother 28, which premiered July 9, 2026; CBS's July 12 broadcast showed Dee winning the season's first Head of Household, but neither player has a final placement. Dee became the third Survivor-first player to enter the US Big Brother house after Cirie Fields and Rick, and reporting identifies her as the first person to compete on Survivor, Big Brother and The Challenge. Counting both directions, five people have played both US franchises: Cirie, Rick, Dee, Hayden Moss and Caleb Reynolds.

Rick and Dee's confirmed status right now

Big Brother 28 began on CBS on July 9, and Rick Devens entered as a full player, not as a competition host or a one-night cameo. Dee Valladares followed as the seventeenth houseguest, revealed on the July 10 edition of Big Brother: Unlocked. The July 12 CBS episode then showed Dee winning the first Head of Household competition. That is the durable status as of this page's July 14 review: both are cast members on an ongoing season, Dee has one broadcast-confirmed power result, and neither has a final placement. The page intentionally avoids turning later feeds, rumors or unaired competition chatter into permanent biographical history.

Their timing makes the crossover unusually direct. Both had just appeared on Survivor 50, where Rick finished seventh and Dee became the first juror in fourteenth place. Big Brother then placed them inside a longer, indoor social game with continuous surveillance and a different power structure. The relevant question is not whether one set of skills automatically transfers. It is how two people with public Survivor reputations adapt when fellow houseguests can discuss those reputations for weeks, nominations create visible responsibility and information cannot be hidden in separate beach conversations.

Why Dee's entrance changes the crossover record

Dee is the third person to play Survivor before entering US Big Brother, following Cirie Fields on Big Brother 25 and Rick one day earlier in the Season 28 reveal sequence. She also arrives with a Survivor win: the Survivor 45 jury awarded her the title before she returned for Season 50. More broadly, Parade and Entertainment Weekly identify her as the first contestant to compete across Survivor, Big Brother and The Challenge. That distinction is about appearing as a contestant on all three franchises, not winning all three and not merely being part of the same network ecosystem.

Big Brother 28 also creates a first inside the house: two established Survivor alumni are playing the same US Big Brother season. Cirie was the only actual Survivor veteran on Big Brother 25 even though she competed with her son Jared. Rick and Dee bring shared Season 50 history, including Rick's vote against Dee at the Tribal Council that eliminated her. That history is context, not proof of an alliance or feud in the new game. Any claim about how they use it belongs in the tracker only after the broadcast or CBS material makes the relationship visible.

The complete five-person US crossover history

The first direction ran from Big Brother to Survivor. Hayden Moss won Big Brother 12 in a 4–3 jury vote in 2010, then played Survivor: Blood vs. Water as Kat Edorsson's loved one and finished sixth. Caleb Reynolds placed fourth on Big Brother 16 before CBS cast him on Survivor: Kaôh Rōng, where severe heat led to his medical evacuation; he returned on Survivor: Game Changers. Their histories matter because a list limited to Survivor players who later entered Big Brother would incorrectly erase two of the five people who genuinely played both US formats.

The reverse direction began with Cirie Fields in 2023. After four US Survivor seasons at that point, she entered Big Brother 25 alongside Jared Fields and finished fifth; she later returned for Survivor 50. Rick Devens then carried his Edge of Extinction and Survivor 50 history into Big Brother 28, followed by Survivor 45 winner Dee Valladares. The scope is deliberately narrow: contestants must have played the US editions of both shows. Jared is not a Survivor contestant, international Survivor appearances do not create an additional US crossover, and guest-host or challenge cameos would not qualify as playing.

How this live tracker stays useful without becoming a spoiler dump

Big Brother produces several layers of truth at different speeds: episodes, an official companion show, CBS clips, live feeds, press interviews and enormous volumes of fan commentary. This record anchors identity, entrance and final outcomes to CBS broadcasts or strong published reporting. It can add a broadcast-confirmed Head of Household, nomination, veto, eviction, jury placement or finale result with a date. It will not rewrite a player card every time a feed conversation changes, and it will clearly label feed-only information if a future editorial page chooses to cover it at all.

That standard protects both accuracy and readers who search for a simple answer. At present the simple answer is that Rick and Dee are competing and the result is unresolved. Once either player's game ends, the page should record the aired date, mechanism and official placement, then update the five-person historical comparison without deleting the earlier timeline. Keeping the dated trail preserves what was known when, prevents premature obituary-style copy for an active game and gives search visitors a trustworthy alternative to snippets built from unsourced social posts.

Questions readers ask next

Are Rick Devens and Dee Valladares really on Big Brother 28?

Yes. Both are full houseguests, not guest hosts. Rick entered during the premiere cycle and Dee was revealed as the seventeenth player on Big Brother: Unlocked on July 10.

Are Rick or Dee still in the game?

Big Brother 28 is ongoing as of this July 14 review, and neither player has a final placement. Dee's first Head of Household win aired on July 12; this page does not import later unaired live-feed spoilers.

How many Survivor players have also played US Big Brother?

Five people have competed on both US shows: Cirie Fields, Rick Devens, Dee Valladares, Hayden Moss and Caleb Reynolds. The first three went from Survivor to Big Brother; Hayden and Caleb went the other way.

Who was the first Survivor player on Big Brother?

Cirie Fields was the first established US Survivor contestant to enter the US Big Brother house, on Big Brother 25 in 2023. Hayden and Caleb had crossed over earlier in the opposite direction.

What record did Dee Valladares set?

Published coverage identifies Dee as the first person to compete on Survivor, Big Brother and The Challenge. It is a three-franchise participation record, not a claim that she won all three.

Sources

Every source used in this guide, with its publisher and publication date.

  1. Hayden wins Big Brother 12 by a 4–3 vote CBS News Los Angeles 2010-09-15
  2. Survivor: Blood vs. Water cast announcement CBS News 2013-08-21
  3. CBS announces the Survivor: Kaôh Rōng cast Paramount Press Express 2016-01-20
  4. Big Brother Season 25 episode guide CBS 2023-08-02
  5. Rick Devens to compete on Big Brother 28 Entertainment Weekly 2026-07-07
  6. CBS confirms Rick Devens enters Big Brother 28 Parade 2026-07-09
  7. Big Brother 28 premiere CBS 2026-07-09
  8. Dee Valladares revealed as final Big Brother 28 player Entertainment Weekly 2026-07-10
  9. Dee Valladares enters Big Brother 28 and makes crossover history Parade 2026-07-10
  10. Big Brother: Unlocked, July 10, 2026 CBS 2026-07-10
  11. Big Brother 28 episode guide CBS 2026-07-12

Published July 14, 2026 Last reviewed July 14, 2026