Alison Hammond
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Alison Hammond (born 5 February 1975) is a British TV personality. She first became famous after appearing on the third series of Big Brother in 2002. She was the second to be evicted when she left on day 15. Probably the most memorable moment for many people of Alison in the house was jumping on a picnic table and breaking it, then going to the diary room to tell Big Brother what she'd done. In 2005, she was voted as the 20th most popular British Big Brother housemate.
Since leaving the house, Alison has appeared on many television programmes. These include being a reporter for the daytime programme This Morning, losing the most amount of weight on Celebrity Fit Club and losing a challenge on Celebrities Under Pressure. She has also appeared on Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes, performing as Nina Simone.
Alison was born and raised in Birmingham. She worked as an entertainer & as a holiday rep for holiday company Airtours in Tunisia, mostly, but also in other resorts before her TV debut. She now commutes to London for her television assignments.
On 5 February 2005, Alison gave birth to her first child, a boy called Aiden. Prior to this, she had a scan live on television, where it was revealed that the baby was a boy.
Since the launch of ITV Play (the new "participation TV" channel from ITV) in April, 2006, Alison has been a main presenter on one of the main shows - This Morning: Puzzle Book.
