Big Brother Australia 2001

Big Brother endgame
seriesname = Big Brother Australia

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imagebg = #FFF
series = Season 1 (2001)
next = Big Brother Australia 2002
hm1 = Ben Williams
hm1-enter = Day 1
hm1-exit = Day 85
hm1-stat = winner
hm2 = Blair McDonough
hm2-enter = Day 1
hm2-exit = Day 85
hm2-stat = runner
hm3 = Sara-Marie Fedele
hm3-enter = Day 1
hm3-exit = Day 84
hm3-stat = evic
hm4 = Christina Davis
hm4-enter = Day 1
hm4-exit = Day 77
hm4-stat = evic
hm5 = Jemma Gawned
hm5-enter = Day 1
hm5-exit = Day 70
hm5-stat = evic
hm6 = Johnnie Cass
hm6-enter = Day 1
hm6-exit = Day 63
hm6-stat = evic
hm7 = Anita Bloomfield
hm7-enter = Day 36
hm7-exit = Day 56
hm7-stat = evic
hm8 = Peter Timbs
hm8-enter = Day 1
hm8-exit = Day 49
hm8-stat = evic
hm9 = Lisa Standing
hm9-enter = Day 1
hm9-exit = Day 42
hm9-stat = evic
hm10 = Rachel Corbett
hm10-enter = Day 36
hm10-exit = Day 40
hm10-stat = five
hm11 = Gordon Sloan
hm11-enter = Day 1
hm11-exit = Day 35
hm11-stat = evic
hm12 = Todd James
hm12-enter = Day 1
hm12-exit = Day 28
hm12-stat = evic
hm13 = Sharna West
hm13-enter = Day 1
hm13-exit = Day 21
hm13-stat = evic
hm14 = Andy Silva
hm14-enter =Day 1
hm14-exit = Day 14
hm14-stat = evic


legendwinner = Winner
legendrunner = Runner-up
legend5 = Evicted after secret housemate vote

"Big Brother Australia 2001" was the first series of "Big Brother Australia". The season ran from April 23, 2001 until July 16, 2001, a duration of 86 days. The series was hosted by Gretel Killeen, who remained as the host until 2008, not returning for the eighth season. Potential contestants in the show were required to send video applications to the show's producers, in which they sold themselves as entertaining housemates. When compared to the more complex arrangements and many twists that emerged in later series, this season presented a rather basic set-up and formula which stuck closely to the traditional "Big Brother" concept. The main twist was the entrance of two Intruders about half-way through the series.

The winner of the series was Ben Williams, and the runner-up was Blair McDonough, who later got a role in Network Ten's daily soap opera, "Neighbours". It was the only series where housemates were allowed to nominate fellow housemates without a reason (something that is enforced strongly in later seasons). "Big Brother 2001" was the subject of a book by University of Queensland academic Dr. Toni Johnson-woods entitled "Big Bother: Why Did That Reality TV Show Become Such a Phenomenon?". While specifically focusing on "Big Brother 2001", it was the first book to examine "Big Brother" as a world wide pop culture phenomenon.

Highlights

* Christina and Peter, who formed a relationship early in the series, and their implied sexual behaviour (or "dancing doona" as it was dubbed).
* Housemate Andy Silva, who regularly showered outside in the backyard, and her tales of her various sexual encounters. Her goal of sleeping with at least seven other housemates (male or female) was never fulfilled as she was the first to be evicted.
* Popular housemates Jemma and Johnnie were discovered by Christina discussing nominations (and their agreed opinion that Christina would be nominated that week). Their conversation was deemed to be collusion - something that is against the rules of the series - and Jemma and Johnnie were subsequently reprimanded by Big Brother, with Jemma punished by not being allowed to nominate that week. In the next two evictions, Johnnie and then Jemma were evicted.

Housemates

Ben

Ben Williams, from Epping, Victoria, who went to Oakhill College, North West Sydney, New South Wales, entered the House on Day 1 and was the winner.

Blair

Blair McDonough, from Melbourne, Victoria. The runner-up of "Big Brother 2001", he became a regular cast member of "Neighbours" from 2001 to 2006 and nowwhen lives in the United Kingdom.

Sara-Marie

Sara-Marie Fedele, a strip-club manager from Western Australia, entered the House on Day 1. Since the show ended, she has appeared in "Celebrity Big Brother Australia", a few episodes of the afternoon children's program "Totally Wild" on Network Ten and participated in "Dancing with the Stars", series two in 2005.

Christina

Christina Davis, a former ballerina from Sydney, New South Wales, entered the House on Day 1. She was evicted on Day 77. She is now a stand-up comedian and appeared in FHM's Search for Australia's Funniest Man (or Woman). She is married to Triple M "The Cage (radio show)" breakfast host, Mike Fitzpatrick.

Jemma

Jemma Gawned, from Melbourne, Victoria, entered the House on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 70. She has her own line of make-up products and appeared on the now defunct "Good Morning Australia" on Network Ten.

Johnnie

John Cass, known in the House as Johnnie, is from Sydney, New South Wales. He entered the House on Day 1, and was evicted on Day 63. He was labelled "Johnny Rotten" in the media for giving consoling hugs to housemates upset that they had been nominated for eviction, where he had himself nominated them.

Anita

Anita Bloomfield, from Sydney, New South Wales, entered the House as an Intruder on Day 36, and was subsequently evicted two weeks later on Day 56.

Peter

Peter Timbs, from Sydney, New South Wales, entered the House on Day 1. He was evicted on Day 49, and now works for "TV Week" magazine and is a reviewer on the Foxtel TV program, "The Know".

Lisa

Lisa Standing entered the House on Day 1, and was evicted on Day 42. She was often referred to as the "fence sitter" as she never got involved in conflict or sided with anyone.

Rachel

Rachel Corbett entered the House as an Intruder on Day 36. She was evicted 4 days later.

Gordon

Gordon Sloan, an architect, entered the House on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 35.

He later became a "human shield" in the Iraq War, with his exploits featured on Nine Network's "A Current Affair". He also dated "Neighbours" actress and Rogue Traders vocallist Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

On September 1, 2007, Sloan mysteriously collapsed in Beijing. He was found to have collapsed in the corner of a nightclub, and when found, his lips had turned blue.cite web
url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=296043
title = Sloan 'would not have taken heroin'
accessdate = 2007-09-22
author = Emma Chamberlain
date = September 14, 2007
publisher = ninemsn] He died on September 13 without waking from his coma. His family opted to not speak directly to the press.cite web
url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=295788
title = Mystery surrounds Big Brother star Gordon's death
accessdate = 2007-09-21
author = Emma Chamberlain
date = September 13, 2007
publisher = ninemsn] Media reported that Sloan's death came after his parents, who had travelled from their native New Zealand to China after Sloan's collapse, opted to turn off the life support machine that had been keeping him alive. The same report speculated his initial collapse was due to a heroin overdose.cite web
url = http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22415081-662,00.html
title = Big Brother's Gordon Sloan dies in China
accessdate = 2007-09-21
author = Luke Dennehy and Megan Miller
date = September 14, 2007
publisher = The Herald Sun] Former fellow "Big Brother" housemate Todd James said that Sloan would never have willingly taken heroin.cite web
url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=296043
title = Sloan 'would not have taken heroin'
accessdate = 2007-09-22
author = Emma Chamberlain
date = September 14, 2007
publisher = ninemsn]

Todd

Todd James entered the House on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 28. He went in with dreadlocks and came out with a shaved head. He returned as a roving reporter on "Big Brother Australia 2002". Since then, he was host of the breakfast show on PBS 106.7FM radio Melbourne.

Sharna

Sharna West, a flight attendant for Ansett Airlines, entered the House on Day 1 and was evicted from the house on Day 21.

Andy

Andy Silva was a dominatrix from Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales. She was the very first Australian contestant to be evicted from the Big Brother house.

Nominations table

The first housemate in each box was nominated for two points, and the second housemate was nominated for one point.

Notes

fnb|1 Anita and Rachel entered the House as Intruders, and the housemates had to vote for which of the two Intruders they wanted to evict.

Bibliography

* cite book
last = Johnson-woods
first = Toni
authorlink = Toni Johnson-woods
year = 2002
title = Big Bother: Why Did That Reality TV Show Become Such a Phenomenon?
publisher = University of Queensland Press
location= Australia
pages = 256
language=English
id = ISBN 0-7022-3315-3

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