Rob Cesternino (born October 20, 1978) is best known for his appearances in both Survivor: The Amazon in 2003 and Survivor: All Stars. Originally from Wantagh, New York, Cesternino worked as a computer projects coordinator for an insurance general agency before Survivor. He had been previously employed as a store clerk, a waiter and a bartender. After receiving 1420 on his SAT, he eventually went on to graduate from the honors program at the State University of New York at Oswego with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcasting in 2001. Cesternino wrote his college senior thesis on "The Impact of Reality Television" and received an A. While in college, he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Cesternino first achieved fame when he appeared in Survivor: The Amazon, in 2003. Originally a member of the all-male Tambaqui tribe, Rob quickly implemented an aggressive and innovative style of strategic gameplay. Often seen as the pioneer of the alliance-switch, Cesternino cut a number of deals throughout the game, which often ended with him double-crossing his allies. His web of lies and unique sense of humour quickly made him one of the most polarizing castaways in Survivor history, and Cesternino eventually made it to the final three where he was then voted out. At the live reunion show, he was declared by Jeff Probst to be "the smartest player to have never won Survivor".

The third season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, aired 32 episodes during the summer of 2002, from July 10 to September 25.

In this season, a new twist was added to the game, in that the HouseGuests could compete for a Power of Veto. At a weekly meeting, the winner could decide to veto a HouseGuest that the Head of Household had placed on the nomination block. In this season, it was not possible for a nominee to use the veto on themselves until the "Golden Power of Veto" was introduced.

This was the first and only season to have every evicted HouseGuest vote for a winner. In Season 2, Justin was not allowed to do so, due to his expulsion from the game.

Along with Big Brother 4, it has been released on DVD. However, Big Brother 3 is the only one to be released as a complete season set.

Runner-Up, Danielle Reyes and fellow Houseguest, Marcellas Reynolds returned to compete in Big Brother 7: All-Stars.

Amy Crews Ouellette is a 23-year-old real estate appraiser from Memphis, Tennessee. She was originally evicted from the house on day 27 in a 7-0 vote. However, Amy returned to the house on day 41 when a special twist had the current contestants voting an evicted HouseGuest back into the game. On day 76, Amy was evicted from the house a second time in a 1-0 vote. Her best friend in the house was Marcellas. She didn't like Chiara and often referred to her as Chi-whore-a, though they appeared to have settled their differences by the final night. Amy appeared in a special eviction night segment in Big Brother All-Stars where she discussed former houseguest Marcellas, and revealed that their once close friendship no longer existed. She also returned to the house in Big Brother 10 where she competed in a food competition. Amy got married and is now Amy Crews Ouellette

Robert "Boston Rob" Carlo Mariano (born December 25, 1975) is an American television personality, widely known for appearing in several reality shows, including Survivor, and The Amazing Race with his wife, Amber Brkich Mariano. Mariano won Survivor: Redemption Island and the $1,000,000 prize after competing on the show four times. Mariano also holds the Survivor record of being the only player to compete 4 times and not be a member of the jury, as well as for spending the most days playing the game at 117 days.

Born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, and raised in Canton, Massachusetts, Rob Mariano attended Xaverian Brothers High School, where he played golf and tennis. In 1999, Bob Mariano graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Boston University and was also the Boston University coach of their Hockey rollerblade Team. At the time he first entered Survivor, he was a 25 year old construction worker.

In 2005, Mariano and Amber Brkich, his Survivor sweetheart, were married in a private ceremony at Atlantis Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. CBS aired a 2 hour special about the wedding on May 24, 2005. After their marriage, the couple moved to Pensacola, Florida. On July 4, 2009, the couple welcomed their first child; a daughter named Lucia Rose. Their second child, Carina Rose, was born December 10, 2010.

Richard Hatch (born May 21, 1945, in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica television series, and also as Tom Zarek in the remake of Battlestar Galactica.

Hatch began his theatrical career with the Los Angeles Repertory Theater. In the late 1960s, he starred Off Broadway in several plays and musicals and won the Obie Award for his work in PS Your Cat is Dead in Chicago.

Hatch began working in television in 1970 when he starred as Philip Brent in the daytime soap opera All My Children, a role he played for two years.

For some years, he then made guest appearances in primetime series such as Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Hawaii Five-O, and The Waltons, as well as appearing in several made-for-TV movies such as The Hatfields and The McCoys with Jack Palance, Addie and the Kings of Hearts with Jason Robards, Last of the Belles with Susan Sarandon, and Deadman's Curve in which he portrayed Jan Berry of the musical group Jan and Dean.

Shelly Moore (born September 18, 1978) is a beauty queen from Knoxville, Tennessee who won the Miss Teen USA 1997 title.

In 1996, Moore won the Miss Northern Tennessee local title before competing for and winning the Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1997 contest. She went on to represent Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA contest held at South Padre Island, Texas on 20 August 1997. Moore's roommate during the pageant was top six finalist Amanda Penix, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA and she was later a bridesmaid at Penix's wedding. During the final competition Moore won all three areas of competition: evening gown, swimsuit and interview. At the conclusion of the final rounds of competition, Moore was crowned Miss Teen USA 1997. She was the first delegate from Tennessee to win the Miss Teen USA or Miss USA titles. Her prize package included more than $150,000 of cash and prizes.

Moore was born and grew up in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Knoxville to live with her mother and stepfather when she was fourteen. She graduated from South-Doyle High School in Knoxville in 1997 and studied education at the University of Tennessee, having postponed her freshman year because of her duties as Miss Teen USA.