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Big Brother
Big Brother 2000, also known as Big Brother 1, was the first series of the British reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The series debuted on Channel 4 on 18 July 2000, running for nine weeks until 15 September 2000. Early in its run, the series was met with controversy for numerous reasons, including its use of professional psychiatrists who analyzed the personalities and actions of the contestants. Despite the large amount of controversy, the series was a major success. Forty thousand people applied to participate in the first series. The first week of the series had over 400,000 voters call in to choose to evict someone, while the final week had 7.8 million voters. The series averaged 4.5 million viewers, with a series high of 10 million viewers on the final night. This series featured a total of eleven housemates competing to win the grand prize. The show lasted for a total of 64 days, culminating in housemate Craig Phillips winning the grand prize, and Anna Nolan coming in second place. The series revolves around ten strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world. They are filmed constantly during their time in the House, and can have no communication with those filming them. Each week, each contestant, referred to as "housemates", chooses two people to be up for eviction. The two or more people with the most votes will be nominated to leave the House. The viewers then decide which of the nominees should leave, with the selected person leaving during a live show. This process continued until only three housemates remained, in which the viewers would decide which of the housemates would win the £70,000 grand prize. A housemate can be ejected from the show for breaking rules, such as discussing nominations when not permitted. If a housemate were to be ejected from the game - as in the fifth week - then a replacement housemate would enter the House in a matter of days.
10 average people - Andrew, Anna, Caroline, Craig, Darren, Melanie, Nichola, Nicholas, Sada and Thomas - enter the Big Brother house, a space-aged bungalow filled with cameras and microphones to record their every move and sound. During their first few days in the house, the new housemates get to know each other, Anna reveals she is a lesbain, Mel and Andy get cosy, the group are set their first food challenge - a pottery contest - and Nichola uses the clay to decorate the house walls with images of her naked body. Before long, many others join in, too.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. The housemates give Clay Painting a go to break the ice.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother are getting along. The boys are getting tired of Sada....
Its the first round of Nominations in the house and after only two weeks, its clear that some habits of the others are causing annoyance and ultimatley - Nominations. In this first week of Nominations, Sada & Caroline have the most votes and are up for eviction.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The results of the first nominations are revealed to the housemates....
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. Sada and Caroline are getting nervous about the pending Eviction vote.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. Craig & Caroline are starting to annoy each other, how long will the peace hold out?
Live on Channel 4, Sada Walkington was evicted from the Big Brother house. After saying goodbye to the others and walking through the crowd of cheering fans, she joined Davina McCall in the studio for a frank interview where she revealed what it was like to be in the Big Brother house, and who she wants to win... and wants out next.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The BB Physcologists take a detailed look at the contestants behaviour
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The BB Psychologists take a detailed look at the contestants behaviour
It's the start of Week 3 and the second round of Nominations. The antics of 'Nasty Nick' are making him very unpopular with the viewing public, but his housemates don't seem to have spotted it and he still receives no nominations. But, yet again, Caroline is upsetting people left right and centre and faces eviction for a second time. Andy is surprised to learn he is also on this weeks hit-list.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates continue with the Week 3 task.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates have a house meeting and some pet hates are revealed.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. Andrew & Caroline get ready for the pending Eviction Vote Results. Anna is upset by the prospect of losing Caroline.
Caroline continued her popularity run with the public when she survived eviction in Week 3. Her popularity came at a cost for fellow nominee Andrew. His Big Brother experience was over after 3 weeks. His loutish and laddish behaviour had proved a turn-off for the viewing public and he was voted out with a 68% share of the 1.2 million votes counted that week. At first he walked out calm and collectedly but his walk soon turned into a run when he saw his friends and family on the horizon. He was greeted by a slightly moody crowed, but recieved more and more cheers as he approahced the studio. His chat with Davina gtave him a shock - the double dealings of his beft friend in the house - Nicholas.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The BB physcologists analyise the contestants behaviour.
It's the third round of Nominations and its clear that things are starting to get personal. Yet again, Caroline is up for eviction. Thomas has been getting close to eviction the past two weeks and now he finally notches up enough votes to go head-to-head with dab-hand Caggy. Nichola and Craig are gettign ever closer to enough Nominations to mean possible eviction. Darren seems to have gathered less votes that usual this week.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates continue with the ""Semaphore Signalling"" weekly task.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. The housemates learn who is up for evicti0on on Friday.
Another daily update on how the contestants of Big Brother care getting along. Caroline & Thomas get ready for the Eviction result on Friday. Nichola has an argument with Darren.
