After all the racism controversy surrounding Big Brother 15, the prevailing assumption by fans has been that season 16 will entirely comprised of returning players.

Big Brother 15 proved to be relatively disastrous with many of the houseguests making derogatory comments and jokes towards each other. This resulted in numerous houseguests being fired from their jobs and CBS putting a disclaimer before each aired episode.

All 16 houseguests this summer were new players to the show, who may not have been aware of the consequences of their statements. As a result, there have been rumors on Twitter that next summer's edition of the reality show would feature all returning players, with producers only bringing back people they know won't make offensive comments.

Big Brother 4 winner Jun Song fueled the rumors on Twitter recently, tweeting, What in the hell is going on? BB alum are campaigning to be cast for '‪#BB16 All-Stars'?!"

One factor that might prevent Big Brother 16 from being "All Stars" is the fact that producers have brought back many players for Big Brother 13 and 14. Season 13 saw the return of season 12's Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas, season 11's Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd and season 8's Dick and Danielle Donato to compete with newbies.

Season 14 brought back favorites Britney Haynes, Dan Gheesling, Janelle Pierzina and Mike "Boogie" Malin to help "coach" new players. Unless some of these popular players return for a third or fourth time, producers will have to look for relatively less popular houseguests to return.

Assuming Big Brother 16 is All Stars, it will be the second to exclusively feature returning players after season 7.

Big Brother 16 will premiere in Summer 2014 on CBS.

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Big Brother 15, Big Brother 16, Big Brother