* Since Big Brother 2, the UK series always opens with a twist which have included the public being able to choose the final housemate out of three possibilities ( Big Brother 2 ), the public voting for a housemate to leave during the first week and then the housemates choosing between the two housemates with the least number of votes ( Big Brother 3 ), First Night Nominations ( Big Brother 4 ), Suitcase Nominations ( Big Brother 5 ), Unlucky Housemate 13 ( Big Brother 6 ), Big Brother Hood ( Big Brother 7 ), an all-female House and the first inclusion of twins as contestants ( Big Brother 8 ), the first couple to enter as housemates and set a secret task to hide their real relationship ( Big Brother 9 ), all " housemates " really being " non-housemates " who had to earn their housemate status ( Big Brother 10 ), a mole entering the House with an " Impossible Task " ( Big Brother 11 ), Jackie Stallone entering a house containing her son's ex-wife ( Celebrity Big Brother 3 ), the entrance of a non-celebrity in a celebrity edition ( Celebrity Big Brother 4 ) and Jade Goody's family announced to be visiting.

Events included the threatened walk-out of the contestants after Nick Bateman was referred to as " Nasty Nick ", the planned addition of Jade Goody's then boyfriend Jeff Brazier ( from the reality TV show Shipwrecked ) as a thirteenth contestant, Uri Geller walking out, the suspicion of Josie D ' Arby being a mole ( and the subsequent arguments and divides ), the love interest between James Hewitt and Sarah Kozer, the rushing of Jade Goody to hospital and the " Ricardo Incident " when the flamboyant cross-dresser Rocardo Ribero argued with other housemates and then proceeded to destroy the kitchen.

During college his housemates included the poet Gary Snyder, who shared Berry's interest in Eastern metaphysics.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates.

Beginning with the show's fifth season, almost every season of The Real World has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season.

Most seasons of The Real World, beginning with the fifth, have included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season.

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.

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.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season.

Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season.

Besides living together under continuous observation, which is the major attraction of the contest, the program relies on four basic props: The stripped-bare, back-to-basics environment in which they live, the evictions, the weekly tasks and competitions set by Big Brother and the " Diary / Confession Room ", in which the housemates individually convey their thoughts, feelings, and frustrations and reveal their nominees for eviction.

At regular intervals, the housemates each privately nominate a number of fellow housemates that they wish to see evicted from the house.

The housemates with the most nominations are then announced and viewers are given the opportunity to vote via telephone for whom they wish to see evicted.

The only known exception to this process is the American version, in which the housemates themselves vote to evict each other.

In some cases, two housemates may be evicted simultaneously ( a " double eviction "), or rarely, no housemates will be removed for that week.

In the first season of most series of Big Brother, the house that the housemates had to live in was very basic.

The tasks are designed to test their teamwork abilities and community spirit, and in some countries the housemates ' shopping budget or weekly allowance often depends on the outcome of any given tasks.

The housemates have a weekly allowance with which they can buy food and other essentials.

In 2011, the UK version controversially adapted the discussion of nominations, before changing this rule back following a poll by Big Brother broadcaster Channel 5, which revealed that 90 % of voters believed that housemates should not discuss nominations.

Despite the fact that the housemates are generally isolated, on some occasions some contestants are allowed to exit the house as part of tasks.

* In the third UK series, " Big Brother " set live tasks for the housemates on a Saturday night in order to win treats ; this was used until Series 5 of the program.

All of the housemates — some immediately, some after thought — decide to move to the Valley.

She was a talking animal with a Cockney accent, and sort of a second big brother, that also manipulated and gave tasks to the housemates.

The nickname may have been a combined reference to the Swiss politician Besançon Hugues ( died 1532 ) and the religiously conflicted nature of Swiss republicanism in his time, using a clever derogatory pun on the name Hugues by way of the Flemish word Huisgenoten ( literally housemates ), referring to the connotations of a somewhat related word in German Eidgenosse ( Confederates: i. e. A Citizen of Switzerland ) Geneva was John Calvin's adopted home and the center of the Calvinist movement.

In the Flemish corner of France, Bible students who gathered in each other's houses to study secretly were called Huis Genooten (' housemates ') while on the Swiss and German borders they were termed Eid Genossen, or ' oath fellows ,' that is, persons bound to each other by an oath.

He steered clear of the controversy caused by the series, avoiding confrontation and offering moral support to fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty against alleged bullying from fellow housemates Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd, and Jo O ' Meara.

Chapter one: Sir Ambrose Abercrombie visits housemates Dennis Barlow and Sir Francis Hinsley to express his concern about Barlow's new job and how it reflects on the British enclave in Hollywood, which is also taken as an announcement of Barlow's impending exclusion from British society.

The show is based on a group of strangers, known as housemates, living together twenty-four hours a day in the " Big Brother " house, isolated from the outside world ( primarily from mass media, such as newspapers, telephones, television and the internet ) while having all their steps followed by cameras around-the-clock, with no privacy for three months.

On Sundays, a competition allow the housemates to win food ( until Season 4 ) or estalecas ( from Season 5 ownwards ) for the week.

Running from June 1995 until July 1997, the show regularly attracted 150, 000 people per day to the site to follow the antics of Jeff, played by Tim, his housemates and the dog, Spotnik.

Big Brother is a game show in which a group of contestants, called housemates ( in Big Brother 10, contestants had to earn their housemate status ), live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built " house ", which includes everyday facilities such as a fully equipped kitchen, garden, bedroom, bathroom and, from 2005, a task room.

The two, or more, housemates with the highest number of nominations face a public vote conducted by phone, with the contestant receiving the most votes being evicted from the house.

( nominated housemates ' names ), the lines are closed ; the votes have been counted and verified, and I can now reveal that the n < sup > th </ sup > person to be evicted from the Big Brother House is ...( evicted housemate's name ).

At the beginning of the Live Final, a small number of housemates remained in the house ( anywhere from 3 to 7 ) after surviving numerous evictions.

On the launch night, anywhere from upwards of 10 housemates enter the Big Brother house.

The two became housemates, and moved from Los Angeles to San Antonio, Texas, in 1957.

It is often suggested that Tom has no friends whatsoever ( apart from Linda and his housemates ) but unlike Linda he usually tries to pretend he is popular.

Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate aired on 13 August 2006, and featured nine housemates from Big Brother 2006.

During their time at the Cottages, the characters travel to Norfolk, where two of their housemates tell them of a rumor that Hailsham students might be allowed to " defer " from being donors for three years if they have truly fallen in love.

Several housemates from Big Brother 1 returned to later seasons of the series.

The outside of the house featured a chicken coop with various chickens inside, from which the housemates collect eggs.

Big Brother is a game show in which a group of contestants, called housemates, live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built " house ", which includes everyday facilities such as a fully equipped kitchen, garden, two bedrooms, and a bathroom.