Big Brother 2

Big Brother 2
Series Information
Presenter:	Davina McCall
Broadcaster:	Channel 4
Series Run:	25 May, 2001 – 27 July, 2001
No. of Days:	64
No. of Housemates:	11
Winner:	Brian Dowling
Series Chronology
Previous:	Big Brother 1
Next:	Big Brother 3

Big Brother 2 was the second series of Big Brother UK; it aired in the summer of 2001. The series had a much larger budget than the first; the House in Bow, London was renovated following the first series. Ten housemates entered the House on Day 1, and an eleventh housemate, Josh Rafter, entered on Day 16. The series was won on 27 July, 2001, by Brian Dowling.

Production

Broadcasts

The series premiered on 25 May 2001, on Channel 4. The contestants were recorded 24 hours a day with cameras fixed around the house, and had to wear portable microphones. Channel 4 broadcasted a daily highlights show, and from the second week there was a live eviction show hosted by Davina McCall, where the evicted housemate was interviewed. In the nightly highlight episodes, viewers are shown various highlights of a specific day in the house. The second series did feature the return of the psychiatric evaluations during a highlight episode, despite controversy surrounding their appearance during the premiere season. The live eviction episode was held on Friday, with a pre-eviction episode and an official eviction episode being held with a 90 minute gap between them. The season ended on July 27, 2001, lasting for a total of 64 days. Big Brother 2 was 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. This series spawned two spin-off series, Big Brother's Little Brother and Big Brother Reveals More. The former of the two shares the title of a segment from the first season, though there are no similarities. It was presented by Dermot O'Leary during Big Brother 2. The program showed viewers some of the comments being made by those outside of the game, and often had interviews with evicted housemates, as well as friends and family of those still in the house. Big Brother Reveals More was a recap of the previous week, which summed up the major points of the previous week. It only aired during this series, and was not featured in any subsequent series.

Prizes

The ten housemates in the game are competing for the grand prize of £70,000. Each week, the housemates attempted to complete various tasks assigned by Big Brother in exchange for a weekly budget, which they used to buy food and luxuries; this included buying things such as alcohol and cigarettes. Big Brother 2, much like the premiere season, did not feature luxury competitions or prizes throughout the season.

House

Living area of the Big Brother 2 House

For the first two series, the House was located in Bow, London near to the 3 Mills Studios. The second series had a bigger budget, and the House used was renovated for a new look. Despite a similar layout to the original House, the decorations and furniture were completely different. The new House had a "Cabin fever" theme, as the format of the show was similar to the feeling of having cabin fever. With this theme, there were wooden walls throughout the majority of the House. There was a living room, where important news such as nominations were revealed to the housemates. The kitchen remained simple, with only necessities such as an oven, fridge, and sink. In the "Diary Room", in which housemates may speak privately and reveal their true feelings to the public, there is a more interesting look to it. The background of the room has the appearance of a garage door, with the Big Brother eye logo imprinted on it. Like the previous season, there is a men's and women's bedroom, each with five beds in them. One of the five in each room is larger than all of the others. Unlike the previous series, however, the men and women were allowed to choose which bedroom belonged to which gender. The outside of the house features a chicken coop, with seven hens and one rooster. The housemates must care for the chickens during their stay in the House, and must also use the eggs from the chickens to eat, otherwise they must use some of their budget to buy eggs. The House also features a garden, which the housemates use to grow plants and vegetables to eat. The housemates were later given a hot tub to use in the backyard, placed close to the garden. A new feature this year was the addition of the den outside, a small area in the backyard in which housemates could enter to lounge and speak to one another. There were no couches or seats, but there were various pillows scattered around.

Housemates

The second edition of Big Brother featured 11 housemates competing for the grand prize. Ten housemates entered on Day 1, while an additional housemate was voted in by the public on Day 16.

Housemate		Entered House/Left House
	Penny Ellis Teacher 33, London	Day 1	1st Person Evicted Day 15
	Stuart Hosking Communications Company Director 36, Oxfordshire	Day 1	2nd Person Evicted Day 22
	Narinder Kaur Medical Rep 28, Leicester	Day 1	3rd Person Evicted Day 29
	Bubble Ferguson Warehouse Operative 24, Surrey	Day 1	4th Person Evicted Day 36
	Amma Antwi-Agyei Table Dancer 23, London	Day 1	5th Person Evicted Day 43
	Josh Rafter Property Manager 32, London	Day 16	6th Person Evicted Day 50
	Paul Clarke CAD Designer 25, Reading	Day 1	7th Person Evicted Day 57
	Elizabeth Woodcock Website Designer 26, Cumbria	Day 1	8th Person Evicted Day 63
	Dean O'Loughlin Internet Entrepreneur 37, Birmingham	Day 1	Third Place Day 64
	Helen Adams Hairdresser 22, Cwmbran, South Wales	Day 1	Runner-Up Day 64
	Brian Dowling Air Steward 22, Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland	Day 1	Winner Day 64

Tasks

Week	Days Lasted	Task	Gambled	Reward	Result
Week 1	Day 2 – Day 7	All housemates were required to build a fire in the backyard by noon, and had to keep it lit for a consecutive 120 hours - five days. The fire had to be watched by two or more housemates at all times.	30.0%	£49.00 Shopping Budget	Failed
Week 2	Day 9 – Day 13	The task for this week, for all housemates, was to learn first-aid. The housemates had to treat injured “people” on the assessment day.	60.0%	£112.00 Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 3	Day 17 – Day 20	All the housemates were given their new task which required them to learn ten facts about their fellow housemates.	40.0%	£98.00 Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 4	Day 23 – Day 27	All housemates had to adopt an individual dance and perform it on request from Big Brother at any time between 8am and 2am for 5 days. Each housemate would grab a partner when instructed, and would have 20 minutes to make it to the stage. Each housemate would pick a genre, and had to be outside for that genre. Each genre of music also had a specific dance move that the participants had to perform at least three times during the dance.	10.0%	£56.70 Shopping Budget	Failed
	Day 27	All the housemates performed a task in which they had to design hats for one another.		Food and drinks	Passed
Week 5	Day 30 – Day 34	All housemates had to attempt to set a new Guinness World Record by the end of the week. There were four records total that they could break, and they would perform one task each day in an attempt to break the record. They would only pass the task if they broke one or more of the records.	10.0%	£61.60 Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 6	Day 37 – Day 41	For this weeks task, a dog, a white poodle named Paddy, would be released into the House for four hours every day. While Paddy was in the House, they were required to teach him tricks. They randomly selected eight tricks, which were the tricks they had to teach him. They were provided with a clicker and pieces of chicken to help train Paddy.	50.0%	£24.50 Shopping Budget	Failed
	Day 38 – Day 40	All housemates were given the task of making a soap opera based on their time in the House.			Passed
Week 7	Day 44 – Day 48	All housemates were given the task to dismantle a drum kit, move it over an obstacle course, and then reassemble it. They were required to complete this task in eight minutes and fifteen seconds, otherwise they would fail the task.	36.4%	£57.21 Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 8	Day 51 – Day 55	All housemates were given the task of playing playground games. This included games such as skipping, riding a pogo stick, using a hula-hoop, and using a space hopper. The housemates had six minutes to complete the task this week.	40.0%	£21.00 Shopping Budget	Failed

Nominations table

	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 (Day 64)
Helen	Bubble, Narinder	Narinder, Bubble	Brian, Narinder	Bubble, Brian	Josh, Dean	Dean, Josh	Dean, Elizabeth	Runner-Up (Day 64)
Dean	Narinder, Penny	Narinder, Paul	Paul, Narinder	Paul, Helen	Paul, Amma	Helen, Josh	Paul, Helen	Third place (Day 64)
Elizabeth	Penny, Helen	Paul, Stuart	Narinder, Paul	Paul, Brian	Paul, Helen	Paul, Helen	Paul, Helen	Evicted (Day 63)
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)
Notes	See note 1	none						See note 2
Against public vote	Helen, Penny	Paul, Stuart	Narinder, Paul	Bubble, Paul	Amma, Paul	Helen, Josh	Helen, Paul	Brian Dean Elizabeth Helen
Evicted	Penny 58.28% to evict	Stuart 86.27% to evict	Narinder 62.00% to evict	Bubble 53.21% to evict	Amma 64.18% to evict	Josh 84.39% to evict	Paul 83.51% to evict	Elizabeth 2% (out of 4) to win	Dean 5% (out of 3) to win
								Helen 39% (out of 2) to win
Survived	Helen 41.72%	Paul 13.72%	Paul 38.00%	Paul 46.79%	Paul 35.82%	Helen 16.61%	Helen 16.47%	Brian 61% (out of 2)

Notes

Note 1: There were no nominations until Week 2.

Note 2: Nominations do not take place in the final week, instead the public votes for which of the remaining housemates they want to win.

Nomination totals

	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Total
Brian	0	0	2	2	1	2	1	9
Helen	5	3	0	1	1	3	3	16
Dean	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4
Elizabeth	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4
Paul	2	4	4	6	4	2	3	20
Josh			1	1	2	4		8
Amma	2	2	2	2	4			12
Bubble	2	2	3	3				10
Narinder	3	3	6					12
Stuart	0	4						4
Penny	5							5