- Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand (born June 4, 1975 in Grays, Essex, England) is an English radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist. Brand dresses in a flamboyant bohemian fashion describing himself as looking like an "S&M Willy Wonka". Brand's current style consists of black eyeliner, drainpipe jeans, Beatle boots, and long, shaggy, backcombed hair.
- Danielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd (born 16 December 1983, Liverpool) is an English lingerie and glamour model, and former Miss England (2004). She was stripped of her title of Miss Great Britain 2006 after posing for nude pictures featured in the December 2006 of "Playboy" magazine, and her tabloid alleged affair with one of the judges, her footballer boyfriend at that time Teddy Sheringham. As a participant in the 2007 series of "Celebrity Big Brother" Lloyd, …
- Jade Goody
Jade Goody (born 5 June 1981) is a British reality television celebrity who gained notoriety after appearing on "Big Brother" in 2002. As a participant in the 2007 series of "Celebrity Big Brother" she was at the centre of an international furore arising from bullying and racism directed towards one of her fellow housemates, the Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.
- Julie Chen
Julie Suzanne Chen (born January 6, 1970) is an American television personality, news anchor, journalist, and producer who has 12 years of newscasting experience. She is best known for co-anchoring CBS's "The Early Show", alongside Harry Smith and Hannah Storm and for hosting the U.S. version of "Big Brother", the fourth-most successful reality show ever (behind "American Idol", …
- Davina McCall
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter and actress who works on British television. She is best known for presenting the UK edition of "Big Brother" and working as a presenter on MTV early in her career.
- Brian Dowling
Brian Dowling (born 13 June 1978) was the winner of the second series of the British reality TV show "Big Brother" in 2001 and has since gone on to become a television presenter.
- Peter Tatchell
Peter Gary Tatchell (born 25 January 1952) is an Australian-British human rights activist, who is best known internationally for his attempts to perform a citizen's arrest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1999 and 2001, on charges of torture and other human rights abuses. Tatchell was selected as Labour Party Parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey in 1981, …
- David Graham
David Graham is a British character actor and voice artist, whose work may be more familiar than his name. He trained as an actor in New York but has worked mainly on British television series. Graham played several characters on "Doctor Who", most notably the Daleks in the 1960s stories "The Chase" (where he also provided Mechanoid voices) and "The Dalek Invasion of Earth". He also played the barman Charlie in "The Gunfighters", …
- Nikki Grahame
Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame (born April 28 1982) from Watford, Hertfordshire rose to fame in the UK when she was chosen to be a housemate on Big Brother 7 in 2006. A former model and promotions girl, Grahame has become renowned for throwing temper tantrums — behaviour that divided viewer opinion during her time on "Big Brother" and subsequently led to her being given her own reality television show entitled "Princess Nikki".
- Kate Lawler
Kate Louise Lawler (born 7 May, 1980 in Beckenham, London) was the first female winner of "Big Brother UK", winning the 2002 third British season of "Big Brother". Since leaving Big Brother, she has worked as a television presenter part time glamour model and disc jockey.
- John de Mol
Johannes "John" Hendrikus Hubert de Mol (born 24 April, 1955 in Hilversum) is a Dutch media tycoon and billionaire. In 2005, Forbes magazine named him as one of the 500 richest people in the world. De Mol is one of the men behind production companies Endemol and Talpa.
- Michelle Bass
Michelle Bass (born February 2, 1981 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) is a British Glamour model and Television personality turned Singer and Columnist. She first came to fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the UK reality television show "Big Brother". Previously, Bass had worked as a mortgage adviser. She was formerly a pupil at Gosforth High School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Jo Joyner
Jo Joyner (born 23 February 1978) is an English actress who is currently best known for her role as Tanya Branning in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", in which she has appeared since June 2006. She also played Beth in the nursing drama "No Angels" (Channel 4, 2004-06) and Lynda Moss, a contestant in a futuristic "Big Brother" contest, in two episodes of "Doctor Who" ("Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways", BBC One, June 2005).
- Ruud de Wild
Rudolf Alexander (Ruud) de Wild (born April 24, 1969) is a Dutch radio host and one of the faces of the television network Talpa. He is also a former DJ and VJ. On May 6, 2002, he interviewed Pim Fortuyn. After the interview De Wild and Fortuyn stepped outside where De Wild witnessed the assassination of Fortuyn. De Wild now works for Radio 538 and the television channel Talpa of John de Mol. He presented Big Brother 5 together with Bridget Maasland.
- Charlie Brooker
Charlton Brooker, commonly known as Charlie Brooker, (born 3 March 1971) is a British comedy writer, cartoonist, journalist and television presenter. His style of humour is savage and profane, with surreal elements and a consistent satirical pessimism. He is particularly known for his highly acclaimed TV review columns for "The Guardian" newspaper and is one of four creative directors of comedy production company Zeppotron.
- Dermot O'Leary
Sean Dermot Fintan O'Leary, Jr. (born 24 May, 1973 in Colchester, England), better known as Dermot O'Leary, is a British television and radio presenter. He was born to Irish Catholic immigrants, he was an altar boy and attended Catholic schools.
- Carolina Gynning
Carolina Gynning is a Swedish model and television personality. She became famous in Sweden in 2004 when she won the television game show "Big Brother". She has written a book called "Ego girl", in which she described how she became a model at 17 and got lost into a world of drugs and sex before straightening out her life. Gynning is now a host for tv4 show "Förkväll".
- Bridget Maasland
Bridget Maasland (Den Haag, 9 November 1974) is a Dutch VJ and television presenter and producer. At a young age, Maasland already lived a glamorous life. She worked as a model and appeared on the catwalk in fashionshows for children. Her debut on television was a commercial for fruit as a healthy alternative to candy. Later, Maasland became a professional model, working in Barcelona.
- Bree Amer
Bree Amer (born 1983) was a contestant on "Big Brother Australia 2004" from the Gold Coast, in Queensland. Amer was the first housemate of "Big Brother Australia" to re-enter the house when, hours after her eviction, it was discovered the votes were miscalculated. She was returned to the house the night after, and a few days after that in a special eviction show the actual person to have received the most votes, Wesley Dening, was evicted.
- Allison Grodner
Allison Grodner is an award-winning director, producer and writer, who has worked in documentary and reality-based programming for the past fifteen years. She is best known for her work on the reality TV show "Big Brother (US TV series)". She is an executive producer of "Big Brother" and "Big Brother: After Dark". Groder has won two Emmy awards in 1999 and 2001 for Outstanding Children's Program "The Teen Files", shared with Arnold Shapiro.
- Tim Brunero
Tim Brunero is an Australian journalist best known as a contestant and the runner-up of "Big Brother Australia 2005". He was widely tipped as a potential winner in the early days of the competition, however he missed out to Greg Mathew. Brunero's pre-Big Brother journalism career was mainly with the left-wing online publication "Workers Online". He worked briefly in the newsrooms of both "The Australian" and "The Daily Telegraph".
- Mariel Rodriguez
Mariel Rodriguez (born Maria Erlinda Termulo) is a Filipino model and TV host. She used to be a host in "Extra Challenge", a show in GMA-7 before eventually transferring to rival station ABS-CBN, where she was one of three hosts of the Philippine franchise of reality show "Big Brother", "Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1" along with Toni Gonzaga and Bianca Gonzales. Mariel made her big break on the MTV Asia show "Rouge".
- Michelle Vieth
Michelle Vieth Paetau is an American-born Mexican actress of telenovelas. She was married to actor Héctor Soberón from 2002 to 2003. Her family moved to Acapulco when she was three, and at the age of 15 she was invited to be an extra in the telenovela "Acapulco, cuerpo y alma". Chilean producer Valentín Pimstein invited her to a casting for Televisa, …
- Mike Goldman
Mike Goldman, born November 7 1972 in Queensland, Australia, is an Australian entertainer. Mike is known for his recent work on "Big Brother Australia", where he narrates the "Daily Show", and hosts "UpLate" and "Friday Night Live". Mike's talent is also visible on Australian televisions and radios working for companies Amart All Sports and Motorama, amongst others.
- Gretel Killeen
Gretel Killeen (born 3 February 1963), is an Australian journalist, newspaper columnist, author and TV personality, who hosts the Australian version of "Big Brother", since 2001. In between "Big Brother" commitments, Killeen works as a freelance writer and author, and can also be heard on Sydney and Melbourne radio stations. She is also a national ambassador for UNICEF in Australia, receiving her appointment as such in 2001.
- Alessia Marcuzzi
Alessia Marcuzzi (born November 11, 1972) is an Italian actress and showgirl. She was born in Rome. She is mostly known as the host of the Italian version of "Caiga Quien Caiga" ("Le Iene"). She played in Leonardo Pieraccioni's feature film "Il mio West" in 1998, as well as in TV series "Tequila and Bonetti" (2000) and "Carabinieri". Marcuzzi posed nude for calendars in 1998 (for the magazines "Max" and "Panorama", …
- Pete Bennett
Peter Alexander Bennett (born March 22, 1982 in Camberwell, London to Mark Bennett and Anne Stephenson), better known as Pete, was the winner of "Big Brother 7". He is a rock n roll singer, formerly with Daddy Fantastic. He lives in Brighton and has Tourette syndrome. His characteristic phonic tic is a loud shout of "wankers", and he is also renowned for his catchphrase of "Eezamana!" Pete was bullied at school from an early age, …
- Janelle Pierzina
Janelle Marie Pierzina (born January 10, 1980) was a contestant on the sixth and All-Star seasons of the American version of the CBS reality show "Big Brother". Pierzina resides in Miami Beach, Florida. She was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
- Howie Gordon
Howie Gordon (also known as Big Boy, born January 7, 1971), was a contestant on the sixth and All-Star seasons of the American version of the CBS reality show "Big Brother". His best friend on the hit reality show was Janelle Pierzina. They are dating currently.
- Jon Tickle
Jonathan Tickle (born 8 May 1974 in Staines) is a television presenter in the UK, who initially rose to fame as a contestant on the fourth series of the British "Big Brother". He appeared before this, however, as a contestant on the gameshow Blockbusters in 1991. A clip of his appearance was featured on ITV's Gameshow Marathon.
- Makosi Musambasi
Makosi Musambasi (born 24 September 1980) is a registered cardiac nurse who shot to fame after she appeared as a contestant during the sixth series of the reality television series Big Brother. Originally from Zimbabwe, she later moved to High Wycombe. Musambasi was popular with the public and housemates alike during the first few weeks of her stay in the house but this popularity with the public was short lived.
- Les Dennis
Les Dennis (born Leslie Dennis Heseltine on October 12, 1954 in Liverpool, Lancashire) is an English television presenter and actor. Dennis married actress Amanda Holden in 1995, but the pair have since divorced (November 18, 2003).
- Arnold Shapiro
Arnold Shapiro is an Academy Award and 16-time Emmy Award-winning television producer and writer. His best known work is the 1978 Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary, "Scared Straight!" His other productions include the CBS reality series, "Rescue 911", hosted by William Shatner (1989-1996) and the CBS reality series, "Big Brother" (2001-2006); the ABC documentary series, "Brat Camp" (2005); the documentary, …
- Aylar Lie
Aylar Dianati Lie (born February 12, 1984 as Sharareh in Tehran, Iran) has gained celebrity in Norway as a model. She has also made appearances in adult films, but retired after several performances.
- Anthony Hutton
Anthony Hutton is a 70s dancer and former hairdresser from Consett, in County Durham. Anthony first appeared in the public eye when he appeared as a contestant on the sixth series of the reality TV show Big Brother. Anthony triumphed as winner of the series, just narrowly beating fellow contestant Eugene Sully to the £50,000 prize. Since leaving the house Anthony experienced a taste of fame, but this was short-lived and, …
- Toby Anstis
Toby Anstis (born October 31, 1971) is a radio presenter at London's Heart 106.2. He presents his morning show weekdays from 9am-1pm, starting off with the Time Tunnel, following Jamie Theakston's and Harriet Scott's breakfast show, which, when Theakston is away, he joins Harriet on. Originally Toby made his name as a presenter of The Broom Cupboard to front Children's BBC each weekday afternoon from 1993.
- Daphne Deckers
Daphne Muriël Deckers is a writer from the Netherlands. Deckers began her career as a model. Later, she also did a few acting jobs, perhaps most notably in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. In 1999 she co-presented the first series of Big Brother. Currently, she writes children's books and books about family life and related subjects. Deckers married former tennis player Richard Krajicek on July 7, 1999. They have two children: daughter Emma (born March 26, …
- John Kaminski
John Kaminski is a writer who lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida. His essays have been banned from hundreds of websites around the world due to what many webmasters and readers see as their frequently racist and neo-nazi content. They have been collected into three anthologies. Kaminski often writes about the corporate criminal gangs that in his view orchestrate world events to the benefit of a jewish oligarchy.
- James Rhine
James Rhine (born on December 6, 1975, in Miami, Florida) is a model and bartender in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known as the "Veto King" from the American Big Brother reality television series...season 6 and season 7 (All Stars)
- Ellen Rocche
Ellen Rocche is a Brazilian model of Italian descent from São Paulo. She became famous performing songs in a tv show called "Qual é a música" (which can be translated as "Which song is it?"), broadcast nationwide by SBT. Appreciated mainly for her physical attributes, she would make headlines again when placed on the cover of the Brazilian November 2001 issue of Playboy magazine.