Big Brother (UK series 4)
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Big Brother 4 in 2003 was the fourth series of Big Brother
in the UK
, a reality show
shown on Channel 4
in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. The series ran from Friday 23 May to Friday 25 July 2003.
The fourth series saw several surprises. Four housemates were nominated on the opening night after the housemates were told to make instant nominations based on first impressions, with every housemate receiving even one nomination facing the public vote; of the four, Anouska was evicted one week later. One housemate, Cameron Stout, accepted a challenge from Big Brother and discovered it meant spending a week in the Big Brother Africa house (one of the African housemates, Gaetano, spent some time in the UK house in return). There was a surprise double eviction, new housemate, and return by evicted housemate Jon Tickle for the last two weeks (he was not eligible to win, though he opted not to tell his housemates this).
The £70,000 prize was eventually won by Cameron
. Several housemates later had presenting or acting jobs.
After Big Brother, Cameron Stout, Jon Tickle and Ray Shah went on to have successful careers in the media industry. Cameron Stout
is an occasional columnist with The Sunday Post
newspaper and has appeared in panto in Aberdeen
. Jon Tickle
co-presented Brainiac: Science Abuse
on UK television's Sky One
. Ray Shah now works in the radio, television and entertainment industry in Ireland. He presents radio shows on Dublin's Q102
and TV shows on City Channel
. Ray also works as a club DJ playing at venues around Ireland.
The reaction to this series was poor, the press and viewers finding the housemates boring. Despite this, the series did hold strong viewing figures, averaging 4.6 million viewers. None of the housemates in this series participated as a housemate in Ultimate Big Brother, however, Lisa Jeynes and Jon Tickle returned to the Big Brother House briefly in Ultimate Big Brother to take part in a shopping task. The series was not exactly remember in a good light during the Big Brother franchises' final series in 2010, on the penultimate day of Ultimate Big Brother, the shows' narrator Marcus Bentley
entered the house to host a funeral service for the end of Big Brother and after talking about Big Brother over the years said "...but it was never boring... well, except for Big Brother 4".
assistant from Greater Manchester
. She became the victim of the shock nominations on Day 1, being nominated by 6 housemates. This resulted in her becoming the first evictee of the series on Day 8. She then went on appear in the Big Brother house in Australia
which she stayed for 10 days. In December 2004, she was one of the ex-housemates who appeared on Big Brother Panto
. She later returned to University where she studied Psychology
. She now works as a counsellor.
(born 8 March 1971 in Stromness
, Orkney) was the winner of Big Brother 2003.
Before the contest, Stout had worked as a fish trader for an American
company in Orkney in Scotland
. Stout was known for his strong fundamentalist evangelical Christian
beliefs and was proud in admitting his virginity
. For this, and his belief that sex should only take place within marriage
, he was mocked by the British tabloid press as a 'bible basher
'. Whilst sewing a shamrock
— a symbol of Ireland
— Stout was heard whistling The Sash
.
During the series he accepted a challenge from Big Brother and discovered it meant spending a week in the Big Brother Africa
house (One of the African housemates, Gaetano, spent some time in the UK house in return). Cameron now works for the National Trust.
from Glasgow
, best known for causing a stir when he described Newcastle
women as slag
s. Before auditioning for Big Brother Martone went to Bannerman High School in Glasgow. In week four Martone was nominated for eviction along with Cameron and Jon. He was evicted on Day 29 receiving the most votes to be evicted from the public, because it was a double eviction Jon was also evicted that night.
Martone has made many television appearances since leaving the house, including appearing in a cameo on Bo Selecta.
On 14 July 2009 Martone made a brief return to the house during the tenth series
as part of Big Brother's anniversary celebrations, where a housemate from each series would come back and take part in a task from their series with a housemate from the current series, he recreated the gymkhana
task with Noirin Kelly. He generated minor controversy when he informed her of the death of Michael Jackson
, as it is forbidden to provide houseguests with information on the outside world. This did not affect the task result, however.
Martone continues to work in the restaurant Qua, which is owned by his father.
was the housemate from the Big Brother
house in Africa which he swapped place with Cameron for four days. As a guest on UK version of the show, Gaetano not eligible to win, although he later finished fifth in the African version. During his time in the house, he famously described Tania as pig
gy due to her constant eating habits.
Gaetano now presents the tavel programme Studio 53 on MNet
.
In a poll aired on E4 on 13 May 2006, Gos was voted the least popular housemate of all time.
In 2008, Gos left his job as a chef in an attempt to break into broadcasting.
(born 8 May 1974, in Staines
) previously appeared as a contestant on the game show Blockbusters in 1991. He was evicted along with Federico on Day 29 but returned to the house on Day 50 when viewers voted him back into the house where he stayed until the full 64 days.
Voted 13th most popular housemate of all time, Tickle has more fan websites than any other housemate. He is also, famously, the object of devotion of the Brethren of the Church of Jon - a still thriving organisation set up in his honour on the Channel 4 Big Brother forums during Big Brother 4. He was also a contestant on a celebrity edition of Distraction winning roughly £3,200 for cancer research.
Tickle, a physics graduate of the University of Leicester
, has gone on to co-present Brainiac: Science Abuse
, a series of science-based shows on the UK television station Sky One
, in which he is the 'sciencey one'
and the most daring of all Brainiacs, in contrast to Richard Hammond
who was a more entertainment focused presenter.
, and the first ever Jewish housemate. She is self confessed as not being able to cook. She got evicted on Day 15. She later dated Series 1 contestant Nick Bateman
and used to sell chain mail to the fetish industry. She is now married and working as an IT consultant.
, who had recently completed an Open University
degree in Social Sciences
. She arrived on Day 37 and was evicted on Day 50. Lisa did however attempt to re-apply to enter the following year's show, from which she was automatically turned away.
Her stay in the house became a national talking point, as some of the housemates believed she had once been a man. She said she can "kill someone with (her) two fingers", she was isolated by her housemates, particularly Cameron and Steph.
Lisa, who was once voted the 46th most beautiful woman in Wales, has twice tried and failed to claim damages for the media treatment she faced during her time on the show. She has appeared on a number of television shows including Trisha Goddard
following her struggles with her media treatment and 'obsession' with plastic surgery. She was also romantically involed with James Hewitt
.
She briefly returned to the house in 2010 for the overall final series Ultimate Big Brother, in a task called 'Who Is She?' she stood in a line up with four other women, all of which said 'I'm Lisa Jeynes from Big Brother 4 and I could kill you with these two finger', Nikki Grahame
had to identify the real Lisa and guessed correctly.
Systems Administrator for Shazam (service)
and was the runner-up of the series. He lives in Dublin. He now works in the radio, television and entertainment industry in Ireland
. He presents radio shows on Dublin's Q102
and TV shows on City Channel
. Ray also works as a club DJ playing at venues around Ireland.
) finished third place in the series,.. He now works as a manager at the Everyman and Playhouse theatre
in Liverpool.
, Liverpool. It is possible that she is nicknamed 'Sissy' due to her resemblance to the actress Sissy Spacek
. She was evicted on Day 22. A cousin of Wayne Rooney
, Sissy lives in Manchester and has since established Style Surgery, an organisation which uses fashion to help individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
and was married to former Grimsby Town
and West Bromwich Albion
footballer Stacy Coldicott
. She finished 4th place in the series. She now works as a discipline and learning officer in a school.
, best known for her excessive application of blusher
during her tenure in the house, and her row with exchange housemate Gaetano.
The Sunday Mirror
later confirmed during her time in the house that she once had a relationship with singer Peter Andre
, and was dating footballer Youssef Sofiane
during her Big Brother stint. She had also been involved with Dane Bowers
. She was evicted on Day 36.
Tania has since had a baby.
Channel 4 official site voting history
At 8:43, Police advised the house be evacuated. But since the Gallery is unmanned, Big Brother had no method of communicating with the house, so they had to enter the house.
Senior members of the production team lead the house mates out via the camera runs, and taken to a secure area on the perimeter of the studio complex, with 2 chaperons and 4 security guards.
At 9:35pm, Marcus Bentley told the viewing audience that Big Brother had been continuously recording for 1009 hours and 15 minutes. Each set of tapes have a maximum recording time of just over 3 hours. The tapes were put in at 6:30pm. Moments later, the cameras went off.
At 12:49am, the Housemates were allowed to go back into the house after the police gave the all clear. The eviction took place the following day.
Also it has been confirmed in the 2008 UK series, Big Brother 9
that in the early hours of Day 32 the house was once again evacuated because of the second bomb scare.
of the eye logo was painted ontop of White Horse Hill, Oxfordshire
, right above the famous Uffington White Horse
, believed to be around 3,000 years old. Although permission for the figures' construction was agreed to by The National Trust, the figure angered local residents.. It was washed off only a few days after completion.
Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...
in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, a reality show
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
shown on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. The series ran from Friday 23 May to Friday 25 July 2003.
The fourth series saw several surprises. Four housemates were nominated on the opening night after the housemates were told to make instant nominations based on first impressions, with every housemate receiving even one nomination facing the public vote; of the four, Anouska was evicted one week later. One housemate, Cameron Stout, accepted a challenge from Big Brother and discovered it meant spending a week in the Big Brother Africa house (one of the African housemates, Gaetano, spent some time in the UK house in return). There was a surprise double eviction, new housemate, and return by evicted housemate Jon Tickle for the last two weeks (he was not eligible to win, though he opted not to tell his housemates this).
The £70,000 prize was eventually won by Cameron
Cameron Stout
Cameron Stout was the winner of Big Brother 4 UK in 2003. He received 1.9 million votes, 500,000 more than runner-up Ray Shah. Cameron is the elder brother of television and radio presenter Julyan Sinclair....
. Several housemates later had presenting or acting jobs.
After Big Brother, Cameron Stout, Jon Tickle and Ray Shah went on to have successful careers in the media industry. Cameron Stout
Cameron Stout
Cameron Stout was the winner of Big Brother 4 UK in 2003. He received 1.9 million votes, 500,000 more than runner-up Ray Shah. Cameron is the elder brother of television and radio presenter Julyan Sinclair....
is an occasional columnist with The Sunday Post
The Sunday Post
The Sunday Post is a weekly newspaper published in Dundee, Scotland by DC Thomson, and characterised by a 'folksy' mix of news, sentimental stories and short features...
newspaper and has appeared in panto in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
. Jon Tickle
Jon Tickle
Jonathan "Jon" Tickle is a television presenter in the UK, who initially rose to fame as a contestant on the fourth series of the British Big Brother. He appeared before this, however, as a contestant on the gameshow Blockbusters in 1991. He is also a co-presenter on the Sky Digital television...
co-presented Brainiac: Science Abuse
Brainiac: Science Abuse
Brainiac: Science Abuse is a British entertainment TV show with a science motif. Numerous experiments are carried out in each show, often to verify whether common conceptions are true or simply to create impressive explosions...
on UK television's Sky One
Sky One
Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
. Ray Shah now works in the radio, television and entertainment industry in Ireland. He presents radio shows on Dublin's Q102
Q102
Q102 is a commercial radio station in Dublin, owned by UTV Radio. It broadcasts on 102.2 MHz FM. The station is licensed to target the 35+ age group, and must provide hourly news, as well as current events programming....
and TV shows on City Channel
City Channel
City Channel was an Irish television network that began broadcasting in October 2005, which focused primarily on local and regional television. It operated three stations: City Channel Dublin, City Channel Galway, and Channel South.-Launch:...
. Ray also works as a club DJ playing at venues around Ireland.
The reaction to this series was poor, the press and viewers finding the housemates boring. Despite this, the series did hold strong viewing figures, averaging 4.6 million viewers. None of the housemates in this series participated as a housemate in Ultimate Big Brother, however, Lisa Jeynes and Jon Tickle returned to the Big Brother House briefly in Ultimate Big Brother to take part in a shopping task. The series was not exactly remember in a good light during the Big Brother franchises' final series in 2010, on the penultimate day of Ultimate Big Brother, the shows' narrator Marcus Bentley
Marcus Bentley
Marcus Bentley is a British actor, broadcaster and voice-over artist. Born in Gateshead, he was brought up in Stockton on Tees and attended East 15 Acting School in Essex....
entered the house to host a funeral service for the end of Big Brother and after talking about Big Brother over the years said "...but it was never boring... well, except for Big Brother 4".
Anouska
Anouska Golebiewski (born 8 November 1982) was a nurseryNursery school
A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of one and five years, staffed by suitably qualified and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare...
assistant from Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
. She became the victim of the shock nominations on Day 1, being nominated by 6 housemates. This resulted in her becoming the first evictee of the series on Day 8. She then went on appear in the Big Brother house in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
which she stayed for 10 days. In December 2004, she was one of the ex-housemates who appeared on Big Brother Panto
Big Brother Panto
Big Brother Panto is a special series of Big Brother that brought together ten housemates from previous Big Brothers to produce the pantomime Cinderella. It aired from 20 December 2004 to 5 January 2005 on the Channel 4 network....
. She later returned to University where she studied Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
. She now works as a counsellor.
Cameron
Cameron StoutCameron Stout
Cameron Stout was the winner of Big Brother 4 UK in 2003. He received 1.9 million votes, 500,000 more than runner-up Ray Shah. Cameron is the elder brother of television and radio presenter Julyan Sinclair....
(born 8 March 1971 in Stromness
Stromness
Stromness is the second-biggest town in Orkney, Scotland. It is in the south-west of Mainland Orkney. It is also a parish, with the town of Stromness as its capital.-Etymology:...
, Orkney) was the winner of Big Brother 2003.
Before the contest, Stout had worked as a fish trader for an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
company in Orkney in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Stout was known for his strong fundamentalist evangelical Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
beliefs and was proud in admitting his virginity
Virginity
Virginity refers to the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. There are cultural and religious traditions which place special value and significance on this state, especially in the case of unmarried females, associated with notions of personal purity, honor and worth...
. For this, and his belief that sex should only take place within marriage
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
, he was mocked by the British tabloid press as a 'bible basher
Bible thumper
Bible thumper is a pejorative term used to describe someone perceived as aggressively pushing their Christian beliefs upon those who do not share them. Its target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone engaged in a public show of religion, fundamentalist or not...
'. Whilst sewing a shamrock
Shamrock
The shamrock is a three-leafed old white clover. It is known as a symbol of Ireland. The name shamrock is derived from Irish , which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover ....
— a symbol of Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
— Stout was heard whistling The Sash
The Sash
The Sash is a ballad from Ireland commemorating the victory of King William III in the Williamite war in Ireland in 1690–1691....
.
During the series he accepted a challenge from Big Brother and discovered it meant spending a week in the Big Brother Africa
Big Brother Africa
Big Brother Africa is a television program produced by Endemol. The show initially involved 12 countries within Africa with two countries being added in season 4...
house (One of the African housemates, Gaetano, spent some time in the UK house in return). Cameron now works for the National Trust.
Federico
Federico Martone (born 2 April 1980) was an Italian/Scottish waiterWaiter
Waiting staff, wait staff, or waitstaff are those who work at a restaurant or a bar attending customers — supplying them with food and drink as requested. Traditionally, a male waiting tables is called a "waiter" and a female a "waitress" with the gender-neutral version being a "server"...
from Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, best known for causing a stir when he described Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
women as slag
Slag
Slag is a partially vitreous by-product of smelting ore to separate the metal fraction from the unwanted fraction. It can usually be considered to be a mixture of metal oxides and silicon dioxide. However, slags can contain metal sulfides and metal atoms in the elemental form...
s. Before auditioning for Big Brother Martone went to Bannerman High School in Glasgow. In week four Martone was nominated for eviction along with Cameron and Jon. He was evicted on Day 29 receiving the most votes to be evicted from the public, because it was a double eviction Jon was also evicted that night.
Martone has made many television appearances since leaving the house, including appearing in a cameo on Bo Selecta.
On 14 July 2009 Martone made a brief return to the house during the tenth series
Big Brother 2009 (UK)
Big Brother 2009, occasionally referred to as Big Brother 10, was the tenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother. It began on 4 June 2009 and was aired on Channel 4 and E4 for 93 days, concluding on 4 September when Sophie "Dogface" Reade was crowned the winner with 74.4% of...
as part of Big Brother's anniversary celebrations, where a housemate from each series would come back and take part in a task from their series with a housemate from the current series, he recreated the gymkhana
Gymkhana
Gymkhana is a typical Anglo-Indian expression, which is derived from the Hindi-Urdu word for "racket court," is an Indian term which originally referred to a place where sporting events take place. The meaning then altered to denote a place where skill-based contests were held...
task with Noirin Kelly. He generated minor controversy when he informed her of the death of Michael Jackson
Death of Michael Jackson
On June 25, 2009, American singer Michael Jackson died of acute propofol intoxication after he suffered a respiratory arrest at his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, said he found Jackson in his room, not breathing, but with a faint pulse,...
, as it is forbidden to provide houseguests with information on the outside world. This did not affect the task result, however.
Martone continues to work in the restaurant Qua, which is owned by his father.
Gaetano
Gaetano Kagwa (born 1971) from UgandaUganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
was the housemate from the Big Brother
Big Brother Africa
Big Brother Africa is a television program produced by Endemol. The show initially involved 12 countries within Africa with two countries being added in season 4...
house in Africa which he swapped place with Cameron for four days. As a guest on UK version of the show, Gaetano not eligible to win, although he later finished fifth in the African version. During his time in the house, he famously described Tania as pig
Pig
A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...
gy due to her constant eating habits.
Gaetano now presents the tavel programme Studio 53 on MNet
Mnet
-Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow:Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow was a startup company founded by Jim McCoy et al. to create MojoNation. After several years, the company ran out of money and laid off most of its employees; Bram Cohen went on to create BitTorrent and Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn...
.
Gos
Herjender "Gos" Gosal (born 28 July 1971) is a chef from London. He got evicted on Day 44 beaten by Ray and Nush, the day after the bomb scare in front of no crowd. At the final, Davina asked the crowd to compensate this by giving him an extra loud cheer, which they did.In a poll aired on E4 on 13 May 2006, Gos was voted the least popular housemate of all time.
In 2008, Gos left his job as a chef in an attempt to break into broadcasting.
Jon
Jonathan "Jon" TickleJon Tickle
Jonathan "Jon" Tickle is a television presenter in the UK, who initially rose to fame as a contestant on the fourth series of the British Big Brother. He appeared before this, however, as a contestant on the gameshow Blockbusters in 1991. He is also a co-presenter on the Sky Digital television...
(born 8 May 1974, in Staines
Staines
Staines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and Greater London Urban Area, as well as the London Commuter Belt of South East England. It is a suburban development within the western bounds of the M25 motorway and located 17 miles west south-west of Charing Cross in...
) previously appeared as a contestant on the game show Blockbusters in 1991. He was evicted along with Federico on Day 29 but returned to the house on Day 50 when viewers voted him back into the house where he stayed until the full 64 days.
Voted 13th most popular housemate of all time, Tickle has more fan websites than any other housemate. He is also, famously, the object of devotion of the Brethren of the Church of Jon - a still thriving organisation set up in his honour on the Channel 4 Big Brother forums during Big Brother 4. He was also a contestant on a celebrity edition of Distraction winning roughly £3,200 for cancer research.
Tickle, a physics graduate of the University of Leicester
University of Leicester
The University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....
, has gone on to co-present Brainiac: Science Abuse
Brainiac: Science Abuse
Brainiac: Science Abuse is a British entertainment TV show with a science motif. Numerous experiments are carried out in each show, often to verify whether common conceptions are true or simply to create impressive explosions...
, a series of science-based shows on the UK television station Sky One
Sky One
Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
, in which he is the 'sciencey one'
Geek
The word geek is a slang term, with different meanings ranging from "a computer expert or enthusiast" to "a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts", with a general pejorative meaning of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp[ecially] one who is perceived to...
and the most daring of all Brainiacs, in contrast to Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond
Richard Mark Hammond is an English broadcaster, writer, and journalist most noted for co-hosting car programme Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1.-Early life:...
who was a more entertainment focused presenter.
Justine
Justine Sellman (born 17 November 1975) was a sales assistant from LeedsLeeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, and the first ever Jewish housemate. She is self confessed as not being able to cook. She got evicted on Day 15. She later dated Series 1 contestant Nick Bateman
Nick Bateman
Nicholas "Nasty Nick" Bateman is a British media personality and a former contestant on the first series of the British version of Big Brother.-Big Brother:...
and used to sell chain mail to the fetish industry. She is now married and working as an IT consultant.
Lisa
Lisa Jeynes (born 15 March 1968) was a shop manager from South WalesSouth Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...
, who had recently completed an Open University
Open University
The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
degree in Social Sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
. She arrived on Day 37 and was evicted on Day 50. Lisa did however attempt to re-apply to enter the following year's show, from which she was automatically turned away.
Her stay in the house became a national talking point, as some of the housemates believed she had once been a man. She said she can "kill someone with (her) two fingers", she was isolated by her housemates, particularly Cameron and Steph.
Lisa, who was once voted the 46th most beautiful woman in Wales, has twice tried and failed to claim damages for the media treatment she faced during her time on the show. She has appeared on a number of television shows including Trisha Goddard
Trisha Goddard
Patricia "Trisha" Goddard is a British television presenter and actress best known for her morning talk show, Trisha Goddard, which is broadcast on a mid morning slot on Channel 5 in the UK. In Australia she is known as a long time presenter of Play School.-Background:Goddard was born in London,...
following her struggles with her media treatment and 'obsession' with plastic surgery. She was also romantically involed with James Hewitt
James Hewitt
James Hewitt is a former British household cavalry officer in the British Army. He had an affair with Diana, Princess of Wales for five years, receiving extensive media coverage after revealing details of the affair.-Early life:...
.
She briefly returned to the house in 2010 for the overall final series Ultimate Big Brother, in a task called 'Who Is She?' she stood in a line up with four other women, all of which said 'I'm Lisa Jeynes from Big Brother 4 and I could kill you with these two finger', Nikki Grahame
Nikki Grahame
Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame is an English model, columnist and television personality, who rose to fame in the UK when she was chosen to be a housemate on Big Brother 7 in 2006...
had to identify the real Lisa and guessed correctly.
Nush
Annuszka "Nush" Nowak (born September 1979) was a fine art student from Malvern, Worcestershire. She was evicted on Day 57. After attending a Big Brother reunion party she was seriously mugged, resulting in a fractured femur and shattered patella.Ray
Ray Shah (born 27 January 1978 in Essex England) was an ITInformation technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
Systems Administrator for Shazam (service)
Shazam (service)
Shazam is a commercial mobile phone based music identification service, with its headquarters in London, England. The company was founded in 1999 by Chris Barton , Philip Inghelbrecht, Dhiraj Mukherjee and Avery Wang ....
and was the runner-up of the series. He lives in Dublin. He now works in the radio, television and entertainment industry in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. He presents radio shows on Dublin's Q102
Q102
Q102 is a commercial radio station in Dublin, owned by UTV Radio. It broadcasts on 102.2 MHz FM. The station is licensed to target the 35+ age group, and must provide hourly news, as well as current events programming....
and TV shows on City Channel
City Channel
City Channel was an Irish television network that began broadcasting in October 2005, which focused primarily on local and regional television. It operated three stations: City Channel Dublin, City Channel Galway, and Channel South.-Launch:...
. Ray also works as a club DJ playing at venues around Ireland.
Scott
Scott Turner (born 23 September 1975, LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
) finished third place in the series,.. He now works as a manager at the Everyman and Playhouse theatre
Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre
The Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre is a Liverpool-based stage and drama company for young people in Merseyside.-Outline:Located at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, the Youth Theatre is open to teenagers from all over Merseyside. It provides weekly sessions in a wide variety of skills, covering...
in Liverpool.
Sissy
Joanne "Sissy" Rooney (born 17 October 1976) is a fashion designer from ToxtethToxteth
Toxteth is an inner city area of Liverpool, England. Located to the south of the city, Toxteth is bordered by Liverpool City Centre, Dingle, Edge Hill, Wavertree and Aigburth.-Description:...
, Liverpool. It is possible that she is nicknamed 'Sissy' due to her resemblance to the actress Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek is an American actress and singer. She came to international prominence for her for role as Carrie White in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination...
. She was evicted on Day 22. A cousin of Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...
, Sissy lives in Manchester and has since established Style Surgery, an organisation which uses fashion to help individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Steph
Stephanie Coldicott (born 28 May 1975) was a visual merchandiser from RedditchRedditch
Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005. In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry...
and was married to former Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...
and West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
footballer Stacy Coldicott
Stacy Coldicott
Stacy Coldicott is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was an active professional between 1992 and 2006, but played for a further year in the Non League game...
. She finished 4th place in the series. She now works as a discipline and learning officer in a school.
Tânia
Tânia do Nascimento (born July 1980), was a model from LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, best known for her excessive application of blusher
Rouge (cosmetics)
Rouge , also called blush or blusher , is a cosmetic typically used by women to redden the cheeks so as to provide a more youthful appearance, and to emphasize the cheekbones....
during her tenure in the house, and her row with exchange housemate Gaetano.
The Sunday Mirror
Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. Trinity Mirror also owns The People...
later confirmed during her time in the house that she once had a relationship with singer Peter Andre
Peter André
Peter James Andrea , better known by the stage name as Peter Andre, is an English-born Australian musician, singer-songwriter, television personality and businessman. As a recording artist, he has achieving four top 10 UK albums and ten top 10 singles.-Early life:Andre was born at Northwick Park...
, and was dating footballer Youssef Sofiane
Youssef Sofiane
Youssef Sofiane is a French-Algerian football player who is currently without a club.He has played in England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Germany.-Club career:...
during her Big Brother stint. She had also been involved with Dane Bowers
Dane Bowers
Dane Bowers is an English R&B singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. He was a part of R&B boyband Another Level between 1997 and 2000 when he performed on seven Top 10 singles...
. She was evicted on Day 36.
Tania has since had a baby.
Nominations table
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Final Week 9 |
Nominations received | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron | Anouska | Jon, Tania |
Jon, Federico |
Jon, Federico |
Tania, Nush |
Nush, Ray |
Not eligible |
Nush, Ray |
Winner (Day 64) |
11 | |
| Ray | Jon | Jon, Justine |
Jon, Cameron |
Jon, Cameron |
Tania, Steph |
Nush, Gos |
Cameron, Lisa, Steph |
Nush, Cameron |
Runner-Up (Day 64) |
11 | |
| Scott | Anouska | Steph, Jon |
Steph, Jon |
Jon, Cameron |
Steph, Tania |
Gos, Steph |
Not eligible |
Steph, Cameron |
Third Place (Day 64) |
6 | |
| Steph | Federico | Scott, Federico |
Jon, Sissy |
Federico, Ray |
Ray, Nush |
Ray, Nush |
Not eligible |
Scott, Nush |
Fourth Place (Day 64) |
10 | |
| Nush | Scott | Ray, Jon |
Jon, Federico |
Federico, Jon |
Gos, Steph |
Steph, Gos |
Not eligible |
Steph, Cameron |
Evicted (Day 57) |
10 | |
| Lisa | Not in house |
Exempt | Not eligible |
Evicted (Day 50) |
1 | ||||||
| Gos | Anouska | Justine, Jon |
Federico, Sissy |
Federico, Scott |
Ray, Nush |
Ray, Nush |
Evicted (Day 44) |
5 | |||
| Tania | Jon | Cameron, Sissy |
Jon, Sissy |
Cameron, Jon |
Gos, Scott |
Evicted (Day 36) |
6 | ||||
| Jon | Anouska | Justine, Federico |
Sissy, Nush |
Federico, Ray |
Evicted (Day 29) |
Guest (Day 50-64) |
21 | ||||
| Federico | Jon | Justine, Tania |
Cameron, Steph |
Tania, Cameron |
Evicted (Day 29) |
12 | |||||
| Sissy | Anouska | Ray, Scott |
Scott, Federico |
Evicted (Day 22) |
5 | ||||||
| Justine | Anouska | Jon, Ray |
Evicted (Day 15) |
4 | |||||||
| Anouska | Jon | Evicted (Day 8) |
6 | ||||||||
| Nomination note |
none | ||||||||||
| Against public vote |
Anouska, Federico, Jon, Scott |
Jon, Justine |
Federico, Jon, Sissy |
Cameron, Federico, Jon |
Nush, Steph, Tania |
Gos, Nush, Ray |
Cameron, Lisa, Steph |
Cameron, Nush |
Cameron, Ray, Scott, Steph |
||
| Evicted | Anouska 45.9% to evict |
Justine 57% to evict |
Sissy 45% to evict |
Federico 40.1% to evict |
Tania 72.02% to evict |
Gos 46.3% to evict |
Lisa 82.25% to evict |
Nush 66.87% to evict |
Steph 7% |
Scott 26.7% |
|
| Jon 37% to evict |
Jon 62% to return |
Ray 42.5% (out of 2) |
Cameron 57.5% to win |
||||||||
Channel 4 official site voting history
Bomb scare
At 7:58 on Day 43, Big Brother had asked all housemates to go to the boys' bedroom until further notice because of a security alert inside the studios and staff left 20 minutes earlier, except for senior members of the production team who watched the house mates behind the mirrors, as the Big Brother gallery is unmanned after police advised to leave the house.At 8:43, Police advised the house be evacuated. But since the Gallery is unmanned, Big Brother had no method of communicating with the house, so they had to enter the house.
Senior members of the production team lead the house mates out via the camera runs, and taken to a secure area on the perimeter of the studio complex, with 2 chaperons and 4 security guards.
At 9:35pm, Marcus Bentley told the viewing audience that Big Brother had been continuously recording for 1009 hours and 15 minutes. Each set of tapes have a maximum recording time of just over 3 hours. The tapes were put in at 6:30pm. Moments later, the cameras went off.
At 12:49am, the Housemates were allowed to go back into the house after the police gave the all clear. The eviction took place the following day.
Also it has been confirmed in the 2008 UK series, Big Brother 9
Big Brother 2008 (UK)
Big Brother 2008 was the ninth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, that aired on Channel 4 and E4. The series was launched on 5 June 2008, and ran for 13 weeks until 5 September 2008. The winner of Big Brother 2008 was Rachel Rice who beat bookies' favourite Michael Hughes...
that in the early hours of Day 32 the house was once again evacuated because of the second bomb scare.
Promotion controversy
To promote the series, a large 300ft hill figureHill figure
A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology. It is a type of geoglyph usually designed to be seen from afar rather than above. In some cases trenches are dug and rubble made from material brighter than the natural...
of the eye logo was painted ontop of White Horse Hill, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, right above the famous Uffington White Horse
Uffington White Horse
The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylised prehistoric hill figure, 110 m long , formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk...
, believed to be around 3,000 years old. Although permission for the figures' construction was agreed to by The National Trust, the figure angered local residents.. It was washed off only a few days after completion.
External links
- Big Brother - Series 4 at Channel4.com