Big Brother 2001 (UK)

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Big Brother (UK)

Second series (2001)

Housemates
Name	Exited	Entered
Brian Dowling	Day 64	Day 1
Helen Adams	Day 64	Day 1
Dean O'Loughlin	Day 64	Day 1
Elizabeth Woodcock	Day 63	Day 1
Paul Clarke	Day 57	Day 1
Josh Rafter	Day 50	Day 16
Amma Antwi	Day 43	Day 1
Paul "Bubble" Ferguson	Day 36	Day 1
Narinder Kaur	Day 29	Day 1
Stuart Hosking	Day 22	Day 1
Penny Ellis	Day 15	Day 1
Winner
Runner up
Evicted

Josh's plea video asking for the public to vote him into the house.

Big Brother 2 was broadcast in 2001 in the United Kingdom as part of the Big Brother reality television series. It aired on Channel 4, from 25 May 2001 to 27 July 2001, lasting 64 days. The second series of the show 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. With a much larger budget for the second series, after the huge success of the first, the house in Bow, East London was renovated and in May 2001, the new batch of housemates moved in.

In a twist to the show, an 11th housemate entered the house two weeks later (Day 16) - as the result of a public vote, in which Josh Rafter was chosen out of 3 wildcard housemates as the 11th contestant. During the first week, at the end of each episode, clips were shown of all three possible housemates:

Josh, who claimed "to have made a million and then lost it";
Anne, an older woman who promised sense and maturity in the house, and a "late night talker";
Natasha, a fiery young girl who promised "naughtiness" and other late-night antics

The trio were not allowed to watch the show or find out what was happening in the house until the winner of the vote entered so they were taken to Portugal up to that point.

The series saw lovebirds Paul Clarke and Helen Adams grow close over the time they spent in the house. Their relationship helped bring in ratings, as tabloids speculated on the possibility of their indulging in sexual shenanigans in a manner similar to that seen in the show's continental equivalent.

Paul and Helen's romance wasn't the only ratings winner, the quick wit of Irish housemate Brian Dowling became an instant hit with viewers. Brian went on to win the series, and launch a successful television career. The public's continued affection for him was illustrated by his being voted the most popular Big Brother housemate from Series 1 to 5 in 2005. In a 2006 update to this poll he had, however, fallen to fourth.

Helen finished second in the show, her popularity was predominantly due to her dumb blonde persona. Famous quotes from Helen, known as 'Helenisms', have included "Is there Chicken in Chick Peas?" and "I like blinking, I do." Helen and Paul, after 5 years together, have since separated, citing a lack of time apart as the reason for the breakup.[1] Brian went on to become the first openly gay man to present a children's television show in the UK when he joined SMTV Live.

Series two tasks included:

Manning, fuelling, and keeping alight a fire
Learning first-aid techniques
Training a dog to do tricks
Dancing - it consisted of music being played, and housemates having a set amount of time to rush to a specially-constructed podium in the garden and dance with music. This was seen as popular and appropriate, and many tasks in future series have involved timed klaxons to perform certain rituals. A famous moment that inadvertently resulted from this time pressure occurred as Bubble raced to the podium, only to smash his knee into a chair as he did so.

Series two was also the first series to involve an interactive service, showing two live feeds, and two more with respective one and four hour time delays. This was not a 24-hour service, and the feed was stopped for a two-hour period every night, during which the show and another three programs aired. Endemol were also criticised for cutting the live feed when two intruders broke into the house on Day 39, and subsequently promised to tighten security.

Brian's winning margin was the highest ever garnered by a U.K winning contestant.

Total number of votes in the final week: 7.3 million

[edit] Nominations, evictions and percentages

The following is a table of nominations for Big Brother 2001.

	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Final Week 9
Brian	Helen, Elizabeth	Stuart, Helen	Paul, Amma	Paul, Amma	Paul, Amma	Paul, Josh	Paul, Helen	Winner
Helen	Bubble, Narinder	Narinder, Bubble	Brian, Narinder	Bubble, Brian	Josh, Dean	Dean, Josh	Dean, Elizabeth	2nd place
Dean	Narinder, Penny	Narinder, Paul	Paul, Narinder	Paul, Helen	Paul, Amma	Helen, Josh	Paul, Helen	3rd place
Elizabeth	Penny, Helen	Paul, Stuart	Narinder, Paul	Paul, Brian	Paul, Helen	Paul, Helen	Paul, Helen	4th place
Paul	Amma, Helen	Amma, Bubble	Brian, Bubble	Amma, Bubble	Amma, Elizabeth	Brian, Josh	Brian, Elizabeth	Evicted (Day 57)
Josh	Not in house	Exempt	Narinder, Bubble	Paul, Bubble	Amma, Brian	Brian, Helen	Evicted (Day 50)
Amma	Paul, Penny	Paul, Stuart	Narinder, Paul	Paul, Dean	Paul, Josh	Evicted (Day 43)
Bubble	Paul, Penny	Paul, Helen	Narinder, Josh	Paul, Josh	Evicted (Day 36)
Narinder	Helen, Bubble	Stuart, Helen	Amma, Bubble	Evicted (Day 29)
Stuart	Penny, Narinder	Amma, Narinder	Evicted (Day 22)
Penny	Helen, Amma	Evicted (Day 15)
Against public vote	Helen, Penny	Paul, Stuart	Narinder, Paul	Bubble, Paul	Amma, Paul	Helen, Josh	Helen, Paul	Brian, Dean, Elizabeth, Helen
Evicted	Penny 58%	Stuart 86%	Narinder 62%	Bubble 53%	Amma 64%	Josh 84%	Paul 84%	Elizabeth 2%, Dean 5%, Helen 39%