THE ‘ULTIMATE BIG BROTHER’ mini-series began last night and has thrown up some interesting housemates – including Ordinary Boys singer Sam Preston and his ex-wife Chantelle Houghton, who met on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006. We didn’t notice, though. Yawn.
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# big-brother - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Kelsey Grammar and 6 other celebrity walk-offs
The former Frasier star took exception to Piers Morgan on his TV show… and he’s not the first to flounce off a telly set.
Video: What futuristic films promised would happen by now
Computer tablets, Big Brother and exploding supernovas – some of these have come true…
# big-brother - Thursday 30 August, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
AXA pilots ‘big brother’-style car scheme
People who take part in the Drivesave scheme, which monitors their driving behaviour, can save up to 30 per cent off their insurance.
# big-brother - Thursday 26 July, 2012
VIDEO: ‘Hello housemates. This is your Irish rock star fan, Bono’
He appeared on Big Brother South Africa. Watch the whole episode here.
# big-brother - Thursday 26 January, 2012
# big-brother - Thursday 19 January, 2012
‘Stressed’ Salpa gets Big Brother boot
The Irish model was voted off the British TV programme last night.
# big-brother - Wednesday 18 January, 2012
Police investigate allegations of sexual assault on Big Brother Brazil
A contestant on Brazilian Big Brother is being questioned by police after concerns were raised that he raped a fellow contestant as she slept.
# big-brother - Saturday 14 January, 2012
IKEA has built an apartment in the middle of a Paris Metro station
Oh, and five people are LIVING in it.
# big-brother - Thursday 21 April, 2011
Member of US Congress calls on Steve Jobs to explain Apple tracker
IPhones and 3G iPads have been secretly tracking and recording a user’s movements, storing all of the information on a file within the units.
Poll: iPhone surveillance. Do you care?
Reports today reveal that a secret chip hidden inside Apple’s iPhone is tracking and recording the movements of owners. But would it stop you using an iPhone?
Smile! Your iPhone’s watching you…
Two data scientists have uncovered a secret tracking application hidden inside your iPhone.
# big-brother - Wednesday 13 April, 2011
Blogger who posted Belfast cancer details previously broke into Big Brother house
Urban explorer ‘Rookinella’ – who post photographs of records abandoned at the Belvoir Park hospital online – has a history.
# big-brother - Tuesday 5 April, 2011
Channel 5 “confirms Big Brother to return”
Formal announcement expected to come in next day or two – with suggestions that Charlie Sheen might be approached for celebrity version in August.
# big-brother - Friday 18 February, 2011
Brazilian bishops bash ‘abusive and immoral’ reality television
Millions of Brazilians tune into reality shows like Big Brother but the Catholic bishops do not approve.
# big-brother - Tuesday 11 January, 2011
Kenneth Tong claims Twitter ‘size zero’ hoax
Former Big Brother contestant drew ire for promoting ‘managed anorexia’ – now he says he was merely proving a point to a friend about the power of the internet.
# big-brother - Saturday 11 September, 2010
Dowling is named Ultimate Big Brother housemate
The Irishman wins the ‘best of’ series as the lights go out on the Big Brother house for good after eleven summers.
# big-brother - Wednesday 25 August, 2010
# big-brother - Tuesday 24 August, 2010
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NOTICED – in fact, we’ll admit that we didn’t either – but the final series of Big Brother UK comes to an end tonight, with five housemates fighting it out for a £100,000 (€122,000) prize.
It’s been, all things considered, a pretty tame season with the show finishing its run on Channel 4 – an image not at all helped by the decision to hold the show’s finale on a Tuesday night instead of its usual flagship Friday slot.
So, to keep you up to speed if you fancy tuning in at 8pm to watch the whole thing finish*, here’s a brief synopsis of what’s gone on.
There’s five housemates left – Andrew, Dave, JJ, Josie and Mario. Andrew and JJ are late additions to the house, with JJ arriving on Day 44 while Andrew came on Day 31. The other three have all been there since the start, so today is Day 77 for them.
Last week there was a flood in the house after the roof caved in from heavy rains. The housemates were only able to access a small part of the house for about a day.
Josie fancied John James, who was evicted last week.
That’s pretty much it. There hasn’t been much scandal going on. Oh, for the days of Nasty Nick.
* It’s not the end though, there’s an Ultimate Big Brother show starting tonight which will feature some of the show’s former regular and celebrity housemates, who will participate in a two-week mini-series.
Though Channel 4 has not opted to renew the show, Channel Five is understood to be interested in taking over the Big Brother franchise for future series.
# big-brother - Tuesday 20 July, 2010
IRISH STUDENT CAOIMHE Guilfoyle has become the latest housemate to quit the final series of Big Brother. Guilfoyle (22)’s exit comes two weeks after her closest friend Shabby walked from the house, after which she proposed to her boyfriend through the BB diary room.




































