Cameron Stout
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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
.
company in Orkney in Scotland
. Stout was known for his strong 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 his time in the Big Brother house Cameron was involved in a swap with the Big Brother Africa
house. He swapped places with Big Brother Africa housemate Gaetano Kagwa. Cameron gained immunity
from eviction for a period of two weeks.
in the BBC
television series Restoration, and has also co-presented the BBC Scotland
series Teen Commandments in 2004 with Edith Bowman
. He has also stood in for Robbie Shepherd
on BBC Radio Scotland
.
Stout writes regular columns for The Sunday Post
and the Aberdeen Evening Express
, plus a guest column for The Sunday Post, when Big Brother is on air in the UK. He has appeared in pantomime
in Aberdeen and Glasgow and is involved with various charitable events.
In January 2008 Stout was preparing for an overland trip to China, called Paisley - Peking, with Alex Richards. They aimed to use the trip as a fund-raiser for the Glasgow based charity, Sanctuary in the City.
Big Brother (UK series 4)
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...
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
Julyan Sinclair
Julyan Sinclair is an Orcadian television and radio presenter. He won a BAFTA in 2002 for "Best New Television Presenter" for his work on various Scottish Television arts and entertainment programmes.-Television career:...
.
Big Brother
Before the contest, Stout had worked as a fish trader for an AmericanUnited 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 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 his time in the Big Brother house Cameron was involved in a swap with 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. He swapped places with Big Brother Africa housemate Gaetano Kagwa. Cameron gained immunity
Immunity (reality television)
Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...
from eviction for a period of two weeks.
Subsequent media work
Stout later became a spokesman for the Hall of ClestrainHall of Clestrain
The Hall of Clestrain in the parish of Orphir, Orkney, Scotland, was built in 1769 for Patrick Honyman. It featured in the second series of the BBC TV series Restoration...
in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television series Restoration, and has also co-presented the BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
series Teen Commandments in 2004 with Edith Bowman
Edith Bowman
Edith Eleanor Bowman is a Scottish music critic, radio DJ and television presenter. She is mostly known for hosting the weekday afternoon show and from September 2009 weekend morning on BBC Radio 1 and for presenting a variety of music related television shows and music...
. He has also stood in for Robbie Shepherd
Robbie Shepherd
Robbie Shepherd MBE is a presenter on BBC Radio Scotland, hosting the shows Take the Floor and The Reel Blend.He was born in Dunecht, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and is a fluent Doric speaker, having contributed Doric Columns to the Aberdeen Press and Journal .He has, for many years, been a...
on BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle...
.
Stout writes regular columns for 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...
and the Aberdeen Evening Express
Evening Express (Scotland)
The Evening Express is a daily local newspaper serving the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. It was first published in November 1879.It was a tabloid during the 1930s to the 1950s until it resumed a broadsheet in November 1958, six days a week. By September 1989, The Saturday edition returned to a...
, plus a guest column for The Sunday Post, when Big Brother is on air in the UK. He has appeared in pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
in Aberdeen and Glasgow and is involved with various charitable events.
Trivia
In 2004, Stromness Museum opened an exhibition about Stout's times in the Big Brother house. Objects included in the display include his letter of acceptance and his suitcase.In January 2008 Stout was preparing for an overland trip to China, called Paisley - Peking, with Alex Richards. They aimed to use the trip as a fund-raiser for the Glasgow based charity, Sanctuary in the City.