Mike Malin
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Michael Robert Malin (born July 16, 1970), birth name Michael Robert Carri, is best known for winning Big Brother: All-Stars in 2006. He also competed in Big Brother 2 in 2001. He is commonly known by friends and fans as Boogie. Outside the Big Brother House Mike co-owns the Dolce group which maintains many restaurants in the Los Angeles area, and is opening new locations in Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Dallas in 2007. [1]
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[edit] Background
Malin was born and raised in Concord, New Hampshire, and often wears t-shirts and hats with the state's area code, 603, printed on them. His mother became pregnant with him when she was in her teens, and he was raised without a father.
[edit] Big Brother 2
In season two Mike finished 8th out of 12, and was part of the infamous Chilltown alliance with Will Kirby, and Shannon Dragoo. Mike was the Head of Household, HOH, in week 1, and nominated Nicole Nilson Schaffrich and Sheryl Braxton for eviction with the hopes to rid the house of Nicole. His plan backfired however and he, Shannon, and Will were left alone. Mike was evicted in week 4 in a vote of 4-1 with only Will voting to keep him over Mike's in-house girlfriend Krista. Mike returned to vote for the winner in the season finale. Mike voted for his friend, and Chilltown ally Will over Nicole, with Will winning the final vote 5-2 overall. [2]
[edit] Big Brother 7: All-Stars
Mike was chosen to participate in Big Brother 7 by the producers after failing to be voted back into the house in the public vote. Will and Mike quickly reformed Chilltown as they remain close friends and business partners, outside the house. In week 4 Head of Household Janelle Pierzina nominated Mike and Erika Landin for eviction, but Mike won the power of veto and saved himself. In week 6 Mike won the new Coup d'Etat power that allowed him to overthrow the HOH and change the nominees at an eviction ceremony for the next three evictions. In week 7, just one week later, in the second HOH competition Mike won his first HOH of the season, and nominated James and Janelle. Chilltown's plan was to vote out the nominee who didn't win veto. Janelle won the veto and took herself off, and Mike nominated George with the intention of James being voted out which did happen. During the double eviction night of week 8 Mike was nominated by Head of Household Janelle after initial nominee Erika saved herself with the veto; George, the other nominee, was voted out 2-0 and Mike stayed in the house. In week 9 Mike won his second HOH competition guaranteeing him a place in the final three. Mike nominated Erika and Janelle for eviction, however, when Janelle won PoV, he was forced to nominate Chilltown member Will Kirby, who was then evicted in a single vote by Janelle. Shocked by this, Mike then went on to win the pivotal final HoH, winning in Rounds Two and Three after throwing the initial round. He used this to evict Janelle, claiming strategic reasons and that she had too many friends in the Jury House (this is widely believed as a geniune reason, and that the eviction was not an act of revenge). He stood in the Final Two against Erika Landin and then won the game by a 6-1 vote. [[3]]. [4]
[edit] Controversy
Prior to entering the house, Will argued with producers that he would not be a houseguest unless his partner in season 2, Mike, could go with him. This was viewed on Live Feed while Will was talking to Howie and Kaysar. The live feed was soon cut and replaced by the "BB flames." Also Will admitted in an interview that another of his conditions for entering the Big Brother house was that he and Mike be given an interview with the casting director of The Amazing Race.
According to the website The Smoking Gun, Malin, then known by his given name, was arrested for trespassing (and other misdemeanors) by going on the Warner Bros. lot during the filming of Batman and Robin. Malin pleaded no contest and was given probation after a day in jail and some community service time. [5]
[edit] Advertising
Mike was well known on the show as Will's partner in crime. Mike is a partner in The Dolce Group, which owns a club and very popular restaurants which count Ashton Kutcher and Wilmer Valderrama among the investors. Mike and Will both often wore custom made shirts featuring some of the company's establishments, including "Dolce", "Geisha House" and "Les Deux". They used the opportunity afforded them to get much free publicity for the company's various ventures, including multiple mentions of the upcoming expansion of three of their restaurants in Atlanta.
[edit] Appearance on The View
The day after Mike was revealed as the winner of Big Brother All-Stars, he, Janelle, and Erika appeared on The View. While being interviewed by Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O'Donnell, Mike was ridiculed by O'Donnell for calling Erika a ho' in the diary room while having an intimate relationship with her in the house. Rosie continued by saying that Mike's mother must be ashamed of him. [6] On the Big Brother talk show, House Calls, Mike brushed aside Rosie's criticism by saying that Barbera Walters, "a real journalist," complimented him for things he did in the house, and said that Rosie was just "an angry lesbian."
[edit] Firsts
- Mike was the first person to ever win the Head of Household
- Mike was the first person to propose at a Reality show finale.
- Mike was the first and only person to ever win the Coup d'Etat (he didn't use it.)
- Mike was a contestant on the first episode of Street Smarts and the show's first winner.
- Mike was the first male to ever be "evicted" from the Big Brother house; all the people in season 1 were "banished" and in Big Brother 2 Justin was ejected.
- 1 of the 2 people to ever win back to back Head of Households (Drew Daniel)
[edit] External links
- Mike's Profile on Big Brother 2
- Mike's Profile on Big Brother 7
- Dolce Group's Official Website
- Mike's page on IMDB
| Preceded by: Maggie Ausburn |
Big Brother (USA) winner Season 7 (2006) |
Succeeded by: To Be Determined |
