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Teen Big Brother was a UK spin off of the popular television programme Big Brother in which teenagers inhabited the house. The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary.
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Featuring eight 18-year-olds, it was broadcast in October 2003 on Channel 4 and E4. Trailed as 'The Experiment', Teen Big Brother was originally shot in advance over the course of ten days during July and August 2003, to air in 2003 as an educational item, screened as part of Channel 4's 4Learning programming. The tasks were created so as to promote such values as cooperation and team spirit, and topics like politics and religion were discussed. After editing, however, the footage was felt to be compelling enough for a more mass-market time slot, so the show was moved ahead to October 2003 and formatted to be shown over one week (five episodes).
Teen Big Brother was different from the original Big Brother UK series in a number of ways. Since it was pre-recorded, the contestants themselves and not the audience decided which housemates were to be voted out. At the end, the eventual winner of a grand prize was decided by group decision (a cash prize was replaced by a round-the-world trip). No alcohol or cigarettes were allowed. The basic premise of the show, however, remained the same, and no special treatment was made for the housemates.
On Day Six/Seven, Jade Dyer and Tommy Wright became the first Big Brother UK contestants to have sex on the show in its history. According to The Independent, this was the first real-life sexual act shown on British television (although nothing explicit was seen; the two were under bedcovers). This sparked controversy in the British media and comment on teenage safe sex education.
Paul Brennan was voted the winner, and selected Caroline Cloke to accompany him in sharing the prize of a fully paid three-month round-the-world tour. A programme about the tour was mentioned on the final episode, and was to be broadcast on E4 a few months later, but never was due to lack of interest. In addition he won a period of work experience selected for his interests, with a New York fashion designer.
An edited version of Teen Big Brother – The Experiment was eventually broadcast in January 2004 as part of 4Learning's morning schedule and was designed with formal curriculum teaching in mind. The incident featuring Jade and Tommy did not appear in this edit.
Paul Brennan was voted as the winner of Teen Big Brother on day 10, meaning he won a trip around the world.
Caroline, Tracey and Jade voted for him to win Teen Big Brother. He loved the trip and the time in TBB and wished that he could do it again
Caroline Cloke came second. Paul chose her to go on the trip with him.
Tracey Fowler came third, she received one vote from Tommy.
Tommy Wright came joint fourth with Jade, receiving no votes to win.
Jade Dyer came joint fourth with Tommy, receiving no votes to win.
James Kelly was disqualified from the competition, meaning that he could not win Teen Big Brother. He did, however stay until the final day and despite being unable to win himself, he was able to vote for another person to win.
Shaneen Dawkins was the second housemate to be evicted on day 8, she was nominated against everybody except for Caroline. The housemates had to nominate one housemate they wanted to save, she received no votes and left the house.
Hasan Shah was the first housemate to be evicted on day 5, being nominated against Shaneen. He has since gone on to do various acting work, notably being the face (and voice) of Chilli Talk calling cards.[1] along with other film and TV work.
| Day 1 | Entrances | Caroline, Hasan, Jade, James, Paul, Shaneen, Tommy, and Tracey entered the House. |
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| Tasks | As a test for the housemates, Big Brother blocked the toilet and the housemates had to unblock it themselves. | |
| Day 2 | Tasks | Big Brother set the teenagers their shopping task, that would determine their budget for the next 8 days. Housemates had to fully crew a simulated flight from London to Birmingham without crashing. Housemates gambled 75% of their shopping budget on the task. They failed the task as they crashed on landing. |
| Day 4 | Tasks | Today, all housemates were split into pairs and each person had to teach something personal to them to their partner in 5 hours. At the end of the 5 hours, Big Brother tested them on their new skills. The pairs were Shaneen/Caroline, Tommy/Hasan, Tracey/James and Paul/Jade. Everyone passed the task and they won two food hampers. |
| Day 5 | Exits | By a vote of 4 to 2, Hasan was the first housemate to be evicted from the Teen Big Brother House. |
| Day 6 | Tasks |
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| Day 8 | Tasks | Today, housemates had to paint a group portrait to test their interpretation skills. |
| Exits | Shaneen was evicted on Day 8, receiving no votes to save in the nominations. | |
| Day 9 | Tasks |
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| Day 10 | Punishments | James was disqualified because he had received 3 official warnings from Big Brother. Big Brother allowed him to stay until the end, since it was the last day. |
| Exits | The final 6 exited the House with Paul as the winner and Caroline as the runner-up. |
| Day 3 | Day 5 Eviction vote |
Day 7 Save vote |
Final Day 10 |
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| Paul | Tracey, Hasan |
Hasan | Jade | Caroline | Winner (Day 10) |
| Caroline | Paul, Jade |
Hasan | Exempt | Paul | Runner-up (Day 10) |
| Tracey | Paul, Shaneen |
Shaneen | Tommy | Paul | Third place (Day 10) |
| Jade | Hasan, Tommy |
Hasan | Paul | Paul | Fourth place (Day 10) |
| Tommy | Jade, Shaneen |
Shaneen | Tracey | Tracey | Fourth place (Day 10) |
| James | Hasan, Shaneen |
Hasan | Tommy | Caroline | Disqualified (Day 10) |
| Shaneen | Hasan, Tracey |
Nominated | James | Evicted (Day 8) |
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| Hasan | Shaneen, Paul |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 5) |
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| Nomination note |
See note 1 |
See note 2 |
See note 3 |
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| Up for eviction |
Hasan, Shaneen |
Jade, James, Paul, Shaneen, Tommy, Tracey |
Caroline, Jade, Paul, Tommy, Tracey |
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| Disqualified | none | James | |||
| Evicted | Hasan 4 of 6 votes to evict |
Shaneen 0 of 6 votes to save |
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| Jade 0 votes to win |
Tommy 0 votes to win |
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| Tracey 1 vote to win |
Caroline 2 votes to win |
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| Paul 3 votes to win |
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^Note 1 : Housemates nominated two housemates for eviction. Hasan and Shaneen were the two housemates receiving the most nominations. The other six housemates were asked to discuss amongst themselves who should be evicted, and they chose Hasan.
^Note 2 : Housemates nominated one housemate to save from eviction. Caroline was exempt, because she had won a task. Shaneen received no votes, therefore she was evicted.
^Note 3 : Housemates nominated a fellow housemate to win. James was disqualified from winning, although he was allowed to vote. Paul received the most votes, therefore he won. Big Brother asked Paul to choose another housemate to share the prize. Paul chose Caroline.
| Preceded by None |
Big Brother UK Special Edition Winner Series 1 (2003) |
Succeeded by Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack |