List of Big Brother 1 (UK) Housemates

In total, eleven housemates competed for the grand prize in the first EDition of the UK series Big Brother. The original ten housemates entered the house early on Day 1. Starting with the second week, one housemate was evicted each week until only three remained on the final night in the house. Housemate Claire entered the house on Day 37 as a replacement for ejected housemate Nick. The series lasted for a total of 64 days.

Andrew

Andrew "Andy" Davidson (born 23 July 1976) was a 23 year old marketing product manager from Hemel Hempstead. He had a university education and gained a BA Degree in English and Media Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the brother of Formula One racing driver and BBC Radio 5 commentator Anthony Davidson. He was sometimes referred to as "Randy Andy" while in the house. During his appearance on Big Brother, Andrew had a close friendship with housemate Nick, and had a romantic relationship with housemate Melanie. The Two initially had a more flirtatious relationship, but later became serious AbOUT one another. The couple shared their first kiss on Day 21 in the house. He often talked about women and cars in the house, and bragged on numerous occasions about how he slept with both a woman and her husband on his 21st birthday. Housemates Nichola and Caroline referred to him as "competitive" during his stay in the house. During the first nominations, Andrew received the third most nominations from his fellow housemates, and was later threatened with nominations when nominee Sada debated walking from the show. Sada chose not to walk, and Andrew was not nominated that week. He was nominated for eviction on Day 18, receiving four total nomination votes. He took part in the play that the housemates acted out in the third week, and was one of the two murderers in the storyline, along with Caroline. Andrew was ultimately evicted on Day 22, receiving 68% of the public vote against Caroline. He came in 9th place.

Anna

Anna Nolan (born 16 October 1970) was an office manager from Dublin who came from a large family of five sisters and one brother. Before entering Big Brother, Anna worked as an office manager for a skateboarding company, but she has also worked as a banker, basketball coach, novice nun, domestic in a maternity hospital and a helper in a female prison. She was the first openly gay housemate in Big Brother history, and the only gay housemate in Big Brother 1. While in the house, she had close relationships with the majority of the housemates, as she managed to avoid conflict throughout the course of the show. She had close friendships mostly with the women in the early weeks, mainly Sada and Caroline. Following their evictions, Anna and Nichola became good friends. Anna was also friendly with Melanie, who the majority of the females disliked. Anna managed to not receive any nomination votes during the first three nominations, and only received one vote during the fourth. She was nominated in the sixth week along with Craig, Darren, and Thomas, with the latter being evicted. This was Anna's only time being nominated for eviction, and she made it to the Final Two after surviving that vote. On Day 64, she was crowned the Runner-Up of the season, receiving 49% of the final vote against Craig, who received 51%. She later returned to the series for Ultimate Big Brother, participating in the "Who Is She?" task on Day 2.

Caroline

Caroline O'Shea (born 1 April 1963) was from Birmingham. At 37 years old, she was the oldest housemate in Big Brother 1 by five years. She was unemployed at the time of the series, but had previously worked as a mortgage consultant, telephonist, special constable for West Midlands Police, vocalist in a rave organization, cleaner in a gay bar, done makeovers, and sold [...] toys. While in the house, she was often referred to as "Caggy" by her fellow housemates and the viewers. She became known for her loud, obnoxious laugh which annoyed numerous housemates. She had close friendships with Sada and Nichola, as well as Anna and Darren. She didn't get along with Melanie, who she felt had betrayed her during the first week. Despite these feelings, Caroline often acted as though she like Melanie. Caroline also engaged in numerous arguments with housemate Craig, but the two later revealed a liking for one another when he comforted her while she was upset. Caroline was nominated on Day 11, alongside her good friend Sada. Caroline had received five nomination votes that week, all of which came from the men in the house. She later survived the eviction, receiving 45% of the public vote to evict. On Day 18, Caroline was nominated for a second consecutive time, this time against Andrew. She received five nomination votes that week as well. On Day 22, it was announced she had survived this eviction as well, and had only received 32% of the public vote to evict. Despite feeling as though she would be safe, she was nominated for a third consecutive time on Day 25, this time receiving four nomination votes. She was nominated against Thomas that week. On Day 29, it was revealed that Caroline had been evicted, receiving 62% of the public vote. She came in 8th place.

Following her appearance on Big Brother 1, Caroline made an appearance during Ultimate Big Brother on Day 2, when she participated in the "Who Is She?" task.

Claire

Claire Strutton (born 14 February 1975) was a florist from Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Claire was a replacement housemate for Nick, who was ejected on Day 35 for cheating by attempting to influence the nomination ceremony. Claire entered the house on Day 37, bringing the total number of housemates up to six. She quickly had a close friendship and flirtatious relationship with housemate Craig, and had a somewhat friendly relationship with the others in the house. She was almost immediately at odds with Melanie as Claire often flirted with the men in the house. It was noted by the psychiatrist who narrate part of the series that Melanie felt threatened by Claire's presence, and was even more threatened as Claire blatantly flirted with Thomas in the house. She admitted on her second night in the house that she had underwent a breast augmentation prior to entering the game. Claire was nominated on Day 46 in the house, the first week she was eligible to be nominated. Though she was initially nominated in a four way tie, a change in voting later led to her being nominated only against good friend Craig. Claire was evicted on Day 50, receiving 79% of the public vote. This is the highest percentage for any eviction this season. Following her appearance on the series, she had a romantic relationship with housemate Thomas. The two went on to have one child together, but did not get married. They eventually split up. She came in 5th place.

Craig

Craig Phillips (born 16 October 1971) is a former building company owner from Liverpool. The younger of 2 children, his family moved to Shropshire in the late 1980s. He lost his father at the age of thirteen to a car accident caused by a drunk driver. He has three dogs; two boxers and one bull bastiff. After leaving school at 15, he went to work in a butcher's shop and at 18. Craig later set up his own building company, and also hires out marquees for functions and special events. Previously he has worked his way up to managerial level in a butcher's shop in Liverpool. Craig had a close friendship with most of the men in the house, as well as replacement housemate Claire. Unlike most of the men in the house, he appeared to not enjoy Melanie's flirtatious advances, but did have a flirtatious relationship with Claire. He had a mixed relationship with housemate Caroline. While at one point, the two nearly came to blows in an argument over Craig's apparent lack of work around the house, he later comforted her in a moment of sadness. He received the most nomination votes this season, with 20 nominations cast against him total. He was nominated four consecutive times, the record for this season. He survived each of the evictions, securing him a spot in the Final Three. He was crowned the Winner on Day 64, with 51% of the public vote against Anna.

After winning Big Brother, he donated the £70,000 prize to his friend Joanne Harris, who suffered from Down's Syndrome. The money was used to help pay for her heart and lung transplant. Joanne later died in April, 2008 after contracting an infection in hospital. Craig returned to the Big Brother House in 2009, as part of Big Brother 10. He took part in a task celebrating ten years of Big Brother, in which he challenged housemate "Halfwit" to an obstacle course challenge. He later made an appearance in Ultimate Big Brother, where he briefly convinced the others that he would be entering the house as an official housemate; this was not true.

Darren

Darren Ramsay (born 7 July 1977) lived in Catford, London. Darren has three brothers and one sister. He also has three children of his own by ex-girlfriend Tammy. His two daughters and one son are Shanice 5, Nuviea 4, and Zahnae who celebrated her birthday while he was in the house. Darren had close friendships with the majority of the housemates. In the later weeks, Darren upset numerous housemates when he decided to change his nominations when the other housemates overheard him. Eventual Winner Craig referred to him as "selfish", while Runner-Up Anna referred to him as a "coward". He was nominated for eviction twice, but survived both evictions. He narrowly escaped eviction against Thomas, Anna and Craig receiving 29% of the public vote against Thomas' 30%. On Day 64, it was announced Darren had been evicted on the final day, only receiving 13% of the public vote to win against Anna and Craig. He came in 3rd place.

Following his appearance in Big Brother 1, Darren briefly appeared in Ultimate Big Brother to participate in a task.

Melanie

Melanie Hill (born 18 January 1974) was from North London. She was very close to her mother, who she lived with, though her father left when she was young. She achieved further education and gained a Psychology and cognitive science degree from Sussex University. Before entering the Big Brother house Melanie worked as a salesperson in the Computer industry. Previously Melanie has worked in the civil service and also as a buyer for a jewellery firm. While in the house, Melanie was seen as flirtatious. During the first week, when the gender division in the house was strong, Melanie bonded better with the men, and chose to nominate a woman for eviction. This led to Sada and Caroline's nominations that week, with Sada ultimately being evicted. This led to Melanie's former friend Caroline to become upset with her, with Caroline stating she felt Melanie had turned on her. Melanie had flirtatious relationships with all of the men in the house. She had a more serious relationship with Andrew, with the two sharing their first kiss in the house on Day 21. Following Andrew's eviction, Melanie formed a closer bond with Thomas, and he often gave her sensual massages. The two shared their first kiss on Day 43, after it was announced Thomas had been evicted from the house. She had a close friendship with Nick in the house, but later turned on him when it was exposed that he had been cheating by attempting to influence the nominations. Melanie failed to have good relationships with the other women in the house, but did have a somewhat decent relationship with openly gay housemate Anna. Melanie managed to escape being nominated during the first five nomination processes. On Day 46, Melanie was slated to be nominated for eviction alongside Claire, Craig and Darren. A problem with the voting, however, led to each housemate being allowed to redo their nominations. When Darren changed his nominations, only Claire and Craig were nominated that week, meaning Melanie was safe from eviction. The following week, however, Melanie was nominated for eviction against Craig. She was ultimately evicted on Day 57, receiving 69% of the public vote. She came in 4th place.

Nick

Nicholas "Nick" Bateman (born 5 November 1967 in London, England) grew up in Kent with his four sisters. He was educated at a boarding school in Kent for five years and then at the private Gordonstoun School near Elgin in Scotland at the same time as the Earl of Wessex. Bateman worked in the City of London for nine years as a broker for the Willis Group from 1991. Nick proved to be quite popular in the house, with none of his fellow housemates giving him a nomination vote during his time in the house. He had close friendships with Tom and Melanie, but tried to be friendly with everyone to avoid nominations. Each week, he claimed he had visions in his dreams about who would be leaving the game, and successfully predicted the outcome of the first four evictions. During his stay, Nick hid his cigarettes from his fellow housemates, who had run out by the third week in the house. Melanie, however, found out that he was hiding them, but she did not reveal this to the others. He frequently lied in the house, and as seen in the first week, delivered similar statements to the majority of the housemates. During the first week, he lied about his "secret wife" dying in a car accident, though he later revealed to Tom and Melanie that the story was fake. His lies and gameplay made him the least popular housemate outside of the house. At one point, various leaflets were dropped over the house asking the housemates to nominate Nick for eviction, though production got rid of them before they were spotted. He was the center of much controversy in the house. It was speculated that he had smuggled in a cell phone, and various newspapers began reporting the rumor as fact. This prompted security to search his belongings, during which they found no phone. On Day 35, Nick was ejected from the house after it was revealed that he had been influencing other housemates nominations by writing names on a sheet of paper. Housemates Craig and Thomas revealed that Nick had attempted to influence their vote, and Big Brother had scolded him numerous times on the subject of talking about nominations. He was removed from the game after Craig and Darren discovered the paper in his belongings and called him out.

After being kicked out of the house Nick signed an exclusive deal with The Sun to tell his story and donated a portion of the fee to charity. The Sun began serialising his story on the Monday after his eviction. For a time after his departure from the show, Nick enjoyed considerable media exposure and attended many show-business parties and premieres. He went on to present the short-lived television show Trust Me, wrote a book entitled Nasty Nick: How to be a Right [...], and appeared on the reality television series Back to Reality and in the Big Brother pantomime. He also featured as the narrator in a stage production of The Rocky Horror Show and has appeared in panto. He briefly dated Big Brother 4 housemate Justine Sellman in 2003, and was mentioned at the finale of the fourth series. Nick later did a directing course at the BBC and is keen to make wildlife films. Nick is now the Editor At Large for The Good Holiday magazine, travel writer for the Reading Post, manages his extensive property portfolio and is married to magazine editor and fashion stylist Lynnette Peck He also has a successful newspaper online blog and on the 24th August 2010, he re-entered the house to take part in Ultimate Big Brother, in which he finished in fifth place.

Nichola

Nichola Dawn Holt (born 12 August 1971) was an art teacher from Bolton, Lancashire who lived with her parents. She has one sister. Holt left home at the age of 17 and is into both Buddhism and Spiritualism. At the time of the show, she worked as self-employed textile artist and art teacher, but has previously worked as a tax officer, a life model, bar waitress, care worker, 3-D artist and a costume designer. Nichola revealed that she was bi-[...], one of two women to admit being attracted to other women. While in the house, she was seen as artistic, making numerous changes to the house. In the first week, she rubbed clay on her body and made body art on he living room walls, later convincing the others to join her. She also used magazines to make artwork on the walls, making a musical note in her bedroom and a hand by the door to the Diary Room. Before her eviction, Nichola also made dress by hand to wear in the case that she were to be sent home before the finale. She had close friendships with Sada and Caroline while in the house, though the friendship was short lived as Sada was evicted first and Caroline was evicted third. She didn't like Melanie, and had a major argument with Darren in the fourth week. Despite this, they later made up. Following Caroline's eviction, Nichola debated walking from the series, but was convinced to stay in the game. She became closer with Anna after Caroline's eviction, who was a lesbian. Nichola was nominated in the fifth week for eviction, receiving four nomination votes. She was nominated against eventual winner Craig. On Day 36, Nichola was evicted with 72% of the public vote. Despite the high percentage vote, the crowd reception to her was generally favorable. She came in 7th place.

Sada

Alyson Sada Walkington (born 10 May 1972) was from Edinburgh and Wakefield. Sada has previously worked as a waitress, apprentice gardener, an actress, model and art researcher. She was writing a book called Babe's Bible before appearing on the show, though it was never released. She has stated that her dream job would be becoming a yoga instructor. While in the house, Sada often spoke of being positive and optimistic. She meditated frequently in the house, and at one point even stated she doesn't even kill mosquitoes, but rather requests that they leave her alone. On the first night, she stated that she didn't eat any meat other than fish, and later upset numerous housemates when she insisted that tofu be included on the shopping list. She also told the other women in the house that she was "bi-curious", due to her artistic personality. Sada had close bonds with most of the other females in the game. She was seen by viewers and her fellow housemates as the cause of the gender division early on in the game, something which caused the men and Melanie to resent her. Her closest relationships in the house were with Caroline and Nichola. She was nominated on Day 11 in the house, receiving six total nominations for the week. Following her nomination, she debated walking from the game, but was later talked into staying. Despite staying in the game, Sada stated numerous times that she wanted to be evicted from the show. On Day 15, it was announced Sada was the first person evicted from the house with 55% of the public vote against Caroline. She came in 10th place.

Tom

Thomas 'Tom' McDermott (born 29 May 1969) was a farmer and computer engineer from Omagh, County Tyrone with his parents on their farm. He was educated at a religious school, St Patrick's secondary, and Omagh College of Further Education where he gained a qualification in brick laying and joinery. While in the house, Tom had close friendships with Nick and Melanie, the latter of which he had a flirtatious relationship with. Despite his friendship with Nick, Tom was later one of the housemates who revealed that Nick had cheated in the game in terms of nominations, leading to Nick's ejection from the game. Tom was nominated against Caroline on Day 25 in the house, receiving four nomination votes from his fellow housemates. He survived the eviction, however, only receiving 38% of the public vote to evict. He was nominated again on Day 39 against Anna, Craig and Darren, receiving three votes that week. He was ultimately evicted on Day 43, receiving 30% of the public vote to evict. Following the series, he had a relationship with fellow housemate Claire, and the two later had a child together. Tom and Claire have since split up. He came in 6th place.