List of Big Brother 2004 housemates (UK)

There were 13 housemates in total in the fifth series of Big Brother in the UK where they were observed by television viewers 24 hours a day and each week, one or more housemates were voted to be evicted by the general public until the winner, Nadia Almada, was left.

Housemates

Ahmed

Ahmed Aghil is a property developer and advocate and has graduated with a law degree from the North London University. In September 2010, Ahmed re-entered the house for Ultimate Big Brother as part of a random event as he walked through the garden smashing plates. Ahmed continues to work as a property developer.

Becki

Becki Seddiki (born 24 July 1970) is a singer-songwriter from London, with Italian and Moroccan blood. Since Big Brother, Becki has landed a twice weekly radio DJing slot on a radio station in London (from 2006 onwards) and is still recording her music and performing at several gigs all over the UK as BB Seddiki.^[1]

Becki was not involved in Fight Night as she was not in the house at that time. She arrived on Day 31, as a replacement ^[2] for Emma who was ejected from the house due to her disputes with Victor. Becki's time in the house is probably best remembered for the 'Judas kiss' task, in which she was told she had to kiss one housemate on both cheeks, who would then automatically be up for eviction that week. Becki was very upset by this task and unhappily deliberated before eventually choosing Michelle, as she felt she'd be the most likely to survive the eviction. Moreover, Michelle was probably the easiest target to go up to and kiss. However, this was not considered a wise decision, due to her popularity at the time. Becki was evicted from the Big Brother house in Week 6, whilst up for the public vote against Ahmed, less than two weeks after she entered the house.

Since leaving Big Brother, she has been disowned by her strict Muslim family for her raunchy antics in the house, and attempted a pop career.^[3]

Daniel

Daniel Charles Stuart Bryan (born 3 January 1974) is a hairdresser and DJ from Hull. Daniel announced on the show that he was gay. Dan was a participant in the events of Fight Night; he tried to calm Emma and Nadia down, a role which he regularly took when disputes broke out in the house^{[citation needed]}. Dan was generally a popular housemate throughout the shows run with his acerbic wit and memorable one-liners^{[citation needed]} and was evicted on the final night, finishing third to Jason and Nadia.

Never wanting a television career^{[citation needed]} he got straight to work with his band iceHouse Project after contributing to various television shows post Big Brother, he realised that he was actually better as a hairdresser^{[citation needed]}. A 28 date DJ tour in late 2004^{[citation needed]} and Radio road show gigs for the band in 2005^{[citation needed]} meant some exposure, playing to crowds of 50,000 people. Dan is still a stylist at Hull's The Fringe Hairdressing salon^{[citation needed][citation needed]} According to Dan, he now likes to combine all talents both for music and fashion because he can't live without either^{[citation needed]}.

2011 has seen the release of two iceHouse Project singles 'Under The Sun' and 'Teach me And I'll Learn' along with their first live show in over 4 years at Hull's Fruit. Head Kandi and Fierce Angel Dj Mark Doyle and Manifesto producer and Ministry of Sound Dj Paul Dakeyne also headlined the event.

Emma

Emma Louise Greenwood (born 12 October 1983) was formerly an administrative assistant from Oldham, Greater Manchester and had a minor singing career before and after her time in the house. Emma has also been a member of the British Army.

Emma moved into a flat in London with fellow housemate Marco for several months^{[citation needed]}.

In 2006 Emma was voted the fifth most popular housemate of all time losing to BB2 winner Brian Dowling who finished 4th and Fellow Housemates Michelle Bass (who finished 2nd) and Stuart Wilson (who was 3rd) and Nadia who won^{[citation needed]}. She was removed from the house on Day 22 following fight night.

Emma now runs a property website.

Jason

Jason Cowan (Born 1 November 1973) in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. Along with Victor Ebuwa he was credited by television critic Ally Ross as the saviour of the Big Brother franchise for his creation of the 'Jungle cats'. Musclebound Jason was also the recipient of Mr Lanarkshire best buttocks award prior to entering the house and frequently displayed his firm bum in a variety of thongs and tight jeans, gay housemate Dan who had a crush on Jason also made a plaster cast model of his award winning bum during a house challenge.He was also remembered for clashing with Marco.Jason also had a fling with Vanessa whilst in the house. Jason faced eviction for the first time in week 8 and was the hot favourite to be evicted before Victor had his argument with Shell during the wedding task. Jason managed to come second to Nadia in the final that year. Jason now works as a personal trainer and competitive body-builder.

Kitten

Kathryn "Kitten" Pinder (born 13 October 1979) is a lesbian self-proclaimed anarchist, human and animal rights activist. She entered the house on 28 May 2004 and was ejected one week later on 4 June. Pinder occasionally appeared on the parallel show Big Brother's Little Brother, also on Channel 4.

Kitten moved to Australia with her partner in 2005.

Marco

Marco Jaye Sabba (born 20 April 1983) was a law student from Kingston University in south west London. Marco has appeared in a West End stage show and, along with fellow housemate Emma, provided a commentary of Celebrity Big Brother UK on Richard & Judy. Marco was involved in Fight Night and was highly provocative to Jason, inciting a menacing stand-off in return.He was issued with a formal warning for his conduct. Marco re-entered the house for Ultimate Big Brother as part of a retrospective task in which he had to dance with Ultimate Housemate Brian Dowling.

Michelle

See also: Michelle Bass

Michelle Bass (born 2 February 1981 in Newcastle upon Tyne) was formerly a mortgage advisor. In 2006 Michelle was voted the second most popular housemate of all time losing only to fellow housemate Nadia Almada who was first.

Nadia

See also: Nadia Almada

Nadia Almada (born 28 January 1977) was born a male on the Portuguese Island of Madeira, under the name of Jorge, but was known as Carlos. Nadia moved to England in 1996 and worked in a department store in Woking, where she lives. She has also managed a children's book store. Before entering the Big Brother house, Nadia worked as a bank cashier. Nadia was given a formal warning after Fight Night.

Nadia's main weakness was for cigarettes, more so than the average smoker. If deprived of them for a day or so, she would frequently collapse into shrieking tempers and wailing irritation, to the chagrine of the other housemates.

The Sun dubbed Nadia the Portugeezer, the "Portuguese Man O' War" and NADS, NADS being a slang term for gonads (testicles).^[4]

After 71 days in the house she emerged as the winner, securing 74% of the overall vote and winning £63,500.

Nadia re-entered the house as a housemate for Ultimate Big Brother and became the third housemate to be evicted on Day 11 with 33.2% of the public vote to a booing crowd. Nadia has since claimed that Channel 4 edited the show unfairly and made her out to be a bully, saying that she felt betrayed by the Channel. She stated that she would be contacting her lawyers and Ofcom. She also stated that Ultimate Big Brother had ruined her life.

Shell

Michelle "Shell" Jubin (born 8 March 1982) was an Art student who received her final examination results during her tenure, best remembered for streaking in the garden while mowing the lawn and her vulnerable nature.^[5] Following her eviction which saw her placed fourth in the series, Shell briefly worked as a glamour model, posing with Jordan in 2004, and used her earnings to fund a work placement at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Stuart

Stuart Wilson (born 28 April 1984) is a student from Macclesfield, who received the fewest votes to win and – in a twist – was called to the diary room two days before the final and was evicted. The crowd outside had to remain quiet so the housemates would be unaware that an eviction was taking place.

Vanessa

Vanessa Nimmo (born 12 August 1977) is a former double South African archery champion. She was born in Cape Town but moved to Leeds in 1994 to study a BA in Business. After being on Big Brother, she dated Ben Fogle for 6 months.^[6] Vanessa now works as a PA and part time model. She is now a mother of one child.

Victor

Victor Afanefuma Ebuwa (born 17 January 1981), from London.

On day 56 he was evicted following an argument with fellow housemate Shell Jubin, after which a fan of Victor's sent death threats to Shell's parents' house. Victor was involved in fight night and was given a formal warning.

TV critics, notably Ally Ross (The Sun TV Critic), have credited Victor for saving the Big Brother UK franchise, by stirring controversy and his 'straight talking' attitude towards housemates. The previous year's show had been criticised for being dull, leading to record low viewing figures and a subsequent drop in eviction votes. Viewing figures increased this year to an average of 7 million every night.^{[citation needed]}

Since leaving the house, Victor has appeared on Flipside TV, Celebrity Poker Club as well as various other Channel 4 shows.

In 2010 Victor appeared as a contestant in Ultimate Big Brother, finishing fourth. Victor had spent a total of 71 days in the Big Brother house during his two stays; 57 days during Big Brother 5 and 14 days during Ultimate Big Brother.

Notes

1. ^ SoundClick Artist webpage for BB Seddiki
2. ^ Channel4.com BB5 Housemates
3. ^ Family rejected me but I'll win them over
4. ^ Transsexual people and the press - collected opinions from transsexual people themselves (PDF) (see section B.5.j)
5. ^ What's the big bother?
6. ^ Sky Showbiz - Fogle Takes Fancy To Atlantic