List of Big Brother 2010 housemates (UK)

The following is a list of housemates in the [[Big Brother 2010 (UK)|2010 series of Big Brother].

Andrew

Andrew Martin Edmonds (born 1990)^[1] is 20, from Wimborne Minster, Dorset and is a mathematics student at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. He passed his A-level maths exam when he was 13.

He entered the house along with Keeley and Rachel in a spaceship on Day 31. He was also the victim of two secret tasks set by the Tree of Temptation, one where he was to act like Jack Bauer from 24 for 24 minutes, and another where he was forced to answer affirmatively to any question a housemate asked him.

Andrew left the house on Day 77 in 5th place, with 3.9% of the five-way vote to win.^[2]

Ben

Benjamin Duncan attended St Andrews University and is a 30-year-old writer and broadcaster from London. He is well educated and supports the Conservative Party. He previously appeared in TV reality shows such as Ladette to Lady and similar American shows The Girls of Hedsor Hall and American Princess,^[3] usually as an eligible bachelor for the female contestants.^[4] Other TV appearances include being a juror in Sex In Court and assisting friend Raef Bjayou in Celebrity Come Dine With Me.^[5] He was evicted on Day 52, with 52% of the vote. He re-entered the house on week 10 as part of Bob Righter's prediction task for one hour.

Following the show, Ben took part in filming for TV series Celebrity Coach Trip, again with Bjayou.^[6]

He was also interviewed during the broadcast of The Royal Wedding of 2011, giving his opinions on the event.

Caoimhe

Caoimhe Guilfoyle (pronounced /ˈkiːvə/ or /keɪˈoʊmi ˈɡwɪlfɔɪl/: kee-və or kay-oh-mee gwil-foil)^{[citation needed]} is a 23-year-old mature student from Dublin, Ireland who works part time as a DJ and lives with her parents.^[7] During her time in the Big Brother house, she spent most of her time with housemate Shabby. Shabby told Caoimhe that she fancied her; Caoimhe revealed in the Diary Room that she does not fancy Shabby and is in love with her boyfriend. Towards the time of Shabby's exit, Caoimhe told fellow housemates that she felt she had been a "lesbian sidekick" most of her time. Caoimhe walked out of the House on Day 42.

Corin

Corin Edith Forshaw^[1] is a 29-year-old retail worker from Stockport who claims to be often mistaken for glamour model Jordan due to her 30G bust.^[8] She was widowed when her husband of four months, Alex Hayden, was killed in a building site vehicle accident in September 2005.^[9] She is bisexual, and has been with her girlfriend for over two years.^[8] She was evicted on Day 73 with 20.6% of the public vote.

Dave

Dave Vaughan is a 39-year-old Christian minister from Pontypool who lives with his wife of eighteen years and four children; Natasha, Joshua, Jesse and Isaac.^[10] He is an avid Cardiff City FC supporter and is an ambassador for the club. Whilst in the house he was seen ending tasks with the famous Ayatollah celebration dance that is normally performed by the City football fans. He entered the house on Day 1, and finished as runner up to the title.

Govan

Govan Artis Zachary Hind Legs^[1] (pronounced /ˈdʒoʊvæn/) (born 1989)^[1] is a 21-year-old man who is unemployed, single and from Leicester.^[11] Prior to entering the house, Govan told the Big Brother producers that he is bisexual, however he later revealed this to be a lie to get on the show.^[12][13] On Day 17, he became the second housemate to be evicted from the house with 72% of the public vote.

Ife

Ifeoluwa "Ife" Kukon (pronounced /ˈiːfeɪ/, born 1984, Lambeth, London)^[1] is a 25-year-old professional dancer from Milton Keynes who once worked as a back-up dancer for Cheryl Cole and also as a backing vocalist on singing contest The X Factor. She is engaged to her boyfriend of six years and lives with both him and her adoptive parents. Ife is expecting her first child!.^[14] Ife was evicted on Day 38 with 56.5% of the public vote.

JJ

Joe-John Daniel "JJ" Bird^[1] (born 9 September 1986)^[15] is a 23-year-old professional boxer and barman, originally from Peterborough now living in London. His parents are publicans and he is best friends with Aston Merrygold from JLS.^[16] He is a relative of gunman Derrick Bird. He entered the House on Day 45.^[17] and was evicted on Day 77, finishing in 4th place.

Jo

Jo Butler (born 1969) is a 41-year-old make-up artist from Luton. She is training to be a club DJ using the moniker "DJ Naked" and refers to herself as a would-be "cougar". She entered the House on Day 45.^[18] She was evicted on Day 66 with 39.4% of the public vote.

John James

John James Parton (born 28 August 1985)^{[citation needed]} is a 25-year-old ex-vehicle body builder from Melbourne, Australia. He was single on entering the house and lives with his mother. He once had his name changed to Achilles, but later had it changed back.^[19] His father, also called John, died in a work accident when a steel frame in the factory he was working on collapsed in high winds in April 2008.^[20] John James became close to fellow housemate Josie Gibson and since leaving the house they confirmed their boyfriend/girlfriend status and lived together in London. He was evicted on Day 73 with 34.2% of the public vote.^[21]

On 28 March 2011 it was announced in OK! Magazine that John James and Josie's relationship wasn't working and the pair were taking a break from their relationship. John James had already returned home to his native Australia when the Magazine was published. On 4 April 2011 Josie confirmed on Twitter that "JJJ" (as the pair were branded by fans) were "no more". She stated: "Its done guys. No more jjj. Sorry. Looks like OK were right. X"

Josie

Main article: Josie Gibson

Josie Diane Shirley Gibson^[1][22] is a 26-year-old financial sales rep from Bristol. At the age of 14 she left home to live on her Aunt Kay's farm. Josie has recently released a perfume called 'Josie'.

She was the first contestant to be selected by Big Brother to be a housemate on day 1. Throughout her stay she received only five nominations for eviction and never once faced the public vote. She entered into a romantic relationship with fellow housemate John James Parton and upon leaving Big Brother the pair confirmed their boyfriend/girlfriend status.

On Day 66, she was voted by her fellow housemates to win a ticket to the final of BB 2010. On Day 77, she won Big Brother 2010 and the £100,000 prize, with 77.5% of the five-way vote. She then re-entered the Big Brother house to compete in Ultimate Big Brother. On day 3 of that series she walked out.^[23]

Since leaving Big Brother she has appeared on Big Brother's Little Brother and Big Brother's Big Mouth. She featured in a one-off reality TV programme which was broadcast on 11 October 2010.^[24] A further three-part series will be broadcast in May 2011.

Josie has raised funds to support children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent. She donated £20,000 of her winnings to the charity when she left Big Brother.^[25]

From 14 February Gibson can be seen reporting Twitter news OK! TV every Wednesday.

On 28 March 2011 it was announced in OK! Magazine that Josie and John James's relationship wasn't working and the pair were taking a break from their relationship. John James had already returned home to his native Australia when the Magazine was published. On 4 April 2011 Josie confirmed on Twitter that "JJJ" (as the pair were branded by fans) were "no more".

Keeley

Keeley Joyce Johnson^[1] (born 1 August 1979)^[26] is from Manchester. Before entering the house, she was the manager of a travel agency in Oldham,^[27] having worked in the industry since joining a Youth Training Scheme in 1995.^[28] On Day 42 Keeley left the House to receive treatment in hospital for her injured ankle, an injury which she sustained during Week Six's 'Save and Replace' task.^[29] On Day 45, Big Brother announced to the House that because she wished to recuperate at home following her injury, Keeley did not return back inside the Big Brother House.^[30]

Laura

'Laura McAdam (born 17 October 1989) is a 20-year-old sales assistant from Stratford-upon-Avon. She entered the House on Day 45 and voluntarily left the house on day 50. Her time in the Big Brother house was one of the shortest ever at just under 105 hours, second only to Isaac Stout of Big Brother 2009. She left the house through the fire exit.

Mario

Mario Mugan is a 28-year-old, single and unemployed, openly gay Moleman Who Appeared in a Friday Night project Big brother sketch in 2007 Mario wants another gay housemate</ref> man who was born near Venice, was brought up in America by his mother, but now lives in Essex.^[31] He has never met his father. Mario is half-Italian/half-British and believes in the paranormal. Mario is a massive Big Brother fan and owns the Diary Room chair from Big Brother 2006.^[31]

Unlike the other contestants, Mario was chosen to be a housemate by a random draw rather than by being hand picked by the Big Brother producers. Because he was chosen randomly, Big Brother made Mario the house "mole" in what the show described as an "impossible" task to avoid eviction. Mario was provided with a mole costume and sign to wear around his neck stating that he is a mole which he was instructed to wear twenty-four hours a day. As part of his task Mario was required to undertake several tasks, including ruining his housemates' food and cigarettes.^[32] In a vote, set up by Big Brother, the majority of the housemates incorrectly guessed that Sunshine was the house mole and as a result Mario was permitted to remain in the house. He was evicted on Day 77, finishing in third place.

Nathan

Nathan Dunn is 25 years old, comes from Bingley, West Yorkshire. He is currently learning to become a joiner and lives with his grandparents. He once attended a private school until the age of eleven when he decided to fail his exams so he could join a friend at a local comprehensive school.^[33] On Day 31, Nathan was evicted with 89% of the vote. Nathan is now in a relationship with Rachael White from the same series.

Rachael

Rachael White is 23 years old and comes from Derby. She works as a hair stylist and as a Beyoncé Knowles look-a-like.^[34] On Day 10, she became the first housemate to be evicted from the house with 37.5% of the public vote. Rachael is now in a relationship with Nathan Dunn from the same series.^[35]

Rachel

Rachel Louise Ifon (born 1981)^[1] is 29. She is originally from Birkenhead, now living in Tel Aviv, Israel and works as a flight attendant for El Al. Previously she was a bingo caller and became a contestant in Pop Idol in 2003, reaching the top 50 but failing to win a place in the final.^[36] She claims to have been written about in the autobiography of Simon Cowell.^[37] She was evicted on Day 59 with 58.5% of the public vote.

Sam

Samuel Nicholas Pepper (born 26 March 1989)^[1] is a graffiti artist from Folkestone, Kent.^[38][39] He was educated at Pent Valley Technology College. He once worked in a morgue and was an entertainer at a hotel in Malaysia. He is a vegetarian.^[40] He entered the house on Day 52 as Laura's replacement as part of the "ignore the obvious" task, where housemates are not permitted to react to out-of-the-ordinary things that are put into the house. He was chosen in particular due to his antagonistic nature whilst in the auditions, which was mentioned by several housemates before his entrance. He was evicted on Day 73 with 14.6% of the public vote.

Sam released a single, "Ask Tom Cruise" on 20 October 2010 and claimed that if it reaches the top of the singles chart, he will have an image of Simon Cowell's face tattooed on his left buttock.^[41] He then released another single called "Salt n pepper" featuring Snakeyman.^{[citation needed]} He also holds a weekly show called on YouTube The Debassion Show.^{[citation needed]}

Shabby

Shabby Eliot-Katchadourian (born Keeley Jade Flanders in 1986),^[1][42] is a 24-year-old actress, singer and filmmaker who appeared in Black Beauty as a child (credited as "Keeley Flanders")^[43][44] and was on a shortlist for the lead role in The Parent Trap. She has also appeared in 1998 film Hilary and Jackie, portraying the character of "Young Hilary". She also appeared as "Fanny" in 1999 miniseries Wives and Daughters as well as featuring in emergency medical drama television series Casualty, as the character of "Kitty", in 2009. She is also the lead singer of band 'Voodoo Hussy' who released their debut single 'Say You Love Me' on 29 November 2010.^[45] She is originally from Milton Keynes,^[1] Buckinghamshire,^[42] and moved to London when she was 17. She is a lesbian and used to squat in a Victorian house in south London. Shabby voluntarily left the house on Day 27. She currently appears as one of the leads in the Channel Five series Candy Bar Girls which launched in July 2011.^[46] In 1998, while credited as Keeley Flanders, she appeared in an episode of the medical documentary series "Body Story" playing a girl named Lisa Mason. The episode showed what happened to her body in response to a broken arm bone.

Steve

Steven Gill (born 27 June 1969)^{[citation needed]} is a father of eight children. He lives in Leicester and has been married to his second wife for 14 years. He is a former British Army soldier who lost both legs, both lungs and an eye in a bomb blast in Belfast whilst serving in Northern Ireland. Despite his disabilities, he competed in the Royal Ocean Yacht Race, and is a transatlantic yacht racer.^[47] He was evicted on Day 73 with 9.8% of the public vote.

Sunshine

Yvette Sarah "Sunshine" Martyn^[1] (born 25 August 1985) entered the house as a 24-year-old medical student originally from Peterborough but living in Leicester. She announced on April 1, 2011 that she had graduated as a doctor from the University of Leicester,^[48] she also has a First class honours degree in Medical Journalism from the University of Westminster. She currently works as a doctor in Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. ^[49]. During her time in the house her colleagues stated that she was known as Dr Sparkle in the hospital and had gained the nickname Sunshine due to her positive attitude and continuously happy nature.

She claims to have had three near-death experiences on her travels around the world: being mugged at knifepoint in Turkey,^[50] accidentally overdosing in India on anti-malarial medication and being bitten by a poisonous spider in Australia. She is single and lives with her pet Chihuahua.^[51] She entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 24 with Davina announcing it was a closely fought race with Caiomhe. Despite leaving on Day 24 Sunshine was voted the 30th best Big Brother housemate of all time, beating almost all of the Big Brother 2010 housemates including: Josie, Mario, John James and Dave.^[52] At the Big Brother final Sunshine revealed that she had returned to her medical degree.

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