big brother facts

im bored so i thought id post what i found.

Big Brother Facts

• The show was invented by John de Mol of the Netherlands and developed by his production company, Endemol.

• It has been a prime-time hit in 19 different countries, earning Endemol large sums.

• The show's name comes from George Orwell's famous 1949 novel 1984, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.

• The original house took 75 workmen 131 days to build using 20km of cable, 57 mirrors, 33 cameras and 50 microphones.

• The housemates are given a lawnmower to keep the grass tidy. Only Shell Jubin has used it naked.

• There are seven different breeds of chicken in the Big Brother house, each was chosen for suitable looks and compatibility.

• The temperature in the BB pool is kept at a constant 28 degrees celcius.

• <LI class=heading>Big Brother has so far been shown in 49 different countries around the world.
  
  <LI class=heading>The German fifth series holds the record for the longest uninterrupted TV feature in history, running for 8,763 continuous hours.
  
• The only two housemates in the history of UK Big Brother to be thrown out for rule-breaking are Kitten Pinder in Series 5, and Nick Bateman in series 1.

• Only two contestants have had the same Christian name: Craig Phillips (BB1) and Craig Coates (BB6).

Some Big Brother Firsts

• 1st Gay Big Brother Winner - Brian Dowling, UK, 2001

• 1st Couple To Have Sex - Bart Spring And Sabine Wendell, Netherlands, 1999

• 1st Celebrity Big Brother - Netherlands, 2000

• 1st Female Big Brother Winner - Diana Kanton, Switzerland, 2000

• 1st Ever Big Brother Winner - Bart Spring, Netherlands, 1999

• Oldest Big Brother Housemate - Mihalis Apostolides, 63 years old, Greece, 2003

• 1st Black Big Brother Winner - Cherise Makubale, Africa, 2003

• 1st Transsexual Big Brother Winner - Nadia Almada, UK, 2004

• Most Big Brother Contestants - 59 in BB5 Germany, 2005

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That's old - series 5+
I have a list of facts somewhere that I could dig out.

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Originally Posted by Kardan

That's old - series 5+
I have a list of facts somewhere that I could dig out.

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yh i noticed it wasnt too recent. could you post the recent ones so i could read em :)

cool :D

What I've got so far.

The housemate to recieve the most nominations EVER is Richard of BB7 with 26.
The housemate to survive the most evictions EVER is Richard of BB7 with 8 evictions (including the two of the final night)
The housemate to appear in the most series of Big Brother is Jade Goody with 3: BB3, BBP and CBB5 - she spent a total of 89 days in the house.
However, Pete Bennett spent the most days in any house with 93.
The youngest housemate ever was Jennie of BB7, she was even younger than the housemates in Teen Big Brother.
The oldest housemate ever was Jackie of CCB3, she was 81 years old when she entered the house.
The most amount of housemates facing eviction at one time was 12 in BB6 when Vanessa broke the rules in week 2.
The UK has had the most series of Big Brother, 8 normal, 5 celebrity, one teen, one panto.
Only one housemate has been kicked out for breaking physical rules - Kitten in BB5 - Nick in BB1 and Dawn in BB7 were cheating.
BB7 had the most contenstants with 22, but Germany's BB5 had 61 contestants.
The highest eviction percentage was Sezer from BB7 with 91.6&#37; against two housemates
The lowest winning eprcentage was that of Jennie from BB6 with 0.9% of the votes to win.
The closest eviction percentage, was the second eviction of BB3: Alison got 38.52% of the votes to be evicted, Alex got 38.44% and Sandy got 23.04%, only 1,024 votes were inbetween Alison and Alex.
The highest winning eprcentage was the 77% of Mark Owen in CBB2, but in the normal Big Brother it was 71% for Nadia in BB5.
Only 9 housemate swaps have been made between other houses within all Big Brothers across the globe.