Big Brother 2000 (UK)

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Big Brother was the first season 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 first series was an unexpected summer hit in 2000. The first series started on July 14, 2000, and ended on September 15, 2000. What many fans of the series say is the most memorable moment occurred when attempts to influence voting by Nick Bateman (whom the tabloids nicknamed Nasty Nick) were uncovered by other housemates, who confronted him in a house meeting. He denied the allegations until the evidence was presented to him — housemate names, secretly written on scraps of paper hidden in his suitcase. Nick was removed from the house later that day by the show's producers for rule-breaking. A tabloid newspaper attempted to inform the housemates that Nick had been cheating by flying a remote controlled model helicopter into the house garden but the housemates were ordered to stay indoors. Bateman had also told fellow housemates that his wife had died in a car crash despite the fact that he had never been married.

Melanie Hill was seen to cultivate relationships with two different contestants. Hill avoided nomination until week 8 when all the remaining contestants except Anna were put up for eviction and she was voted out by a large margin.

The first series was mainly viewed by the daily highlights programme. The only un-edited footage available was a largely inaccessible, poor quality (compared with later series) streaming internet video. As a consequence many of the contestants complained afterwards that the series producers had 'created' characters for them through editing that did not correspond with their true personalities.

The housemate who led the 'outing' of Nick, Craig Phillips, went on to win the £70,000 prize as last remaining housemate. He donated the money to Joanne Harris, a close personal friend who needed a heart and lung transplant, due to having Down's Syndrome. As the British medical system refuses to provide heart/lung transplants to people with this condition (despite the fact that heart disease is an inherent part of Down's Syndrome), the only way for her to get the operation done was to pay for it privately abroad, which had been a financial impossibility before Craig won the show.

Unlike later series, all contestant briefly held a showbiz career, appearing on TV shows and magazine shoots before disappearing back to reality. Since then, Craig has appeared on the UKTV Style makeover show Our House and the BBC One daytime show Big Strong Boys as a resident handyman. He has also made many cameo appearances in the Channel 4 sketch show, Bo' Selecta and released a Christmas Single (At This Time of Year) that reached number 14 in the UK charts. Nichola Holt also released a single after leaving the house, a dance track which flopped in the charts, She also filmed a number of adult films. Runner-up Anna Nolan has presented several television shows in the UK and in her native Ireland, she has recently decided not to renew her RTE contract to present her afternoon talkshow saying she wishes to pursue other things. Two other housemates, Claire Strutton (who replaced Nick) and Tom McDermott, later had a child together and married but the relationship ended.

Nick Bateman and Craig Philips both appeared in the meta-reality TV show Back To Reality.

[edit] Nominations, evictions and percentages

The following is a table of nominations for Big Brother 2000 (UK)|Big Brother 2000.

	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7 Round 1	Week 7 Round 2	Week 8	Final Week 9
Craig	Sada, Caroline	Caroline, Nichola	Caroline, Nichola	Darren, Nichola	Darren, Anna	Darren, Anna	Darren, Anna	Darren, Melanie	Winner 51%
Anna	Andrew, Darren	Andrew, Tom	Tom, Craig	Tom, Craig	Craig, Tom	Craig, Claire	Craig, Claire	Craig, Darren	2nd place 49%
Darren	Sada, Caroline	Andrew, Melanie	Tom, Craig	Craig, Tom	Tom, Melanie	Melanie, Craig	Craig, Claire	Anna, Melanie	3rd Place 13%
Melanie	Sada, Craig	Caroline, Craig	Caroline, Nichola	Darren, Nichola	Craig, Darren	Craig, Claire	Craig, Claire	Craig, Darren	Evicted (Day 57)
Claire	Not in house				Exempt	Melanie, Darren	Melanie, Darren	Evicted (Day 50)
Tom	Caroline, Sada	Caroline, Darren	Caroline, Darren	Nichola, Anna	Darren, Anna	Evicted (Day 43)
Nichola	Andrew, Tom	Andrew, Craig	Tom, Melanie	Craig, Tom	Evicted (Day 36)
Nick	Sada, Caroline	Caroline, Craig	Caroline, Nichola	Craig, Nichola	Ejected (Day 35)
Caroline	Andrew, Darren	Andrew, Tom	Tom, Melanie	Evicted (Day 29)
Andrew	Sada, Caroline	Caroline, Nichola	Evicted (Day 22)
Sada	Andrew, Darren	Evicted (Day 15)
Nomination twist	None	None	None	None	See note 1	See note 2	None	None	See note 3
Against Public Vote	Caroline, Sada	Andrew, Caroline	Caroline, Tom	Craig, Nichola	Anna, Craig, Darren, Tom	None	Claire, Craig	Craig, Darren, Melanie	Anna, Craig, Darren
Ejected	None	None	None	Nick	None	None	None	None	None
Evicted	Sada 55%	Andrew 68%	Caroline 62%	Nichola 72%	Tom 30%	None	Claire 79%	Melanie 69%	Darren 13%, Anna 49%

[edit] Notes

Note 1: As a new housemate, Claire was unable to nominate or be nominated.

Note 2: In week 7, Darren's nomination for Melanie and Craig was overheard by the rest of the house. Big Brother decided to cancel all the nominations and the housemates had to nominate for a second time in which Darren changed his nominations. Had this not happened, Claire, Craig, Darren and Melanie would have faced the public vote.

Note 3: There were no nominations in the final week. The public voted for who they wanted to win.

[edit] External links

• Big Brother - Series 1 at channel4.com

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