Series 2 Plot
Big Brother 2001, also known as Big Brother 2, was the second series of the British reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The series premiered on Channel 4 on 25 May 2001 and lasted nine weeks until the live finale on 27 July 2001. The second series continued the success of the original, being a ratings success for the company. There was a total of 7.3 million votes in the final week. In of ratings, it matched the success of the first with a series average of 4.6 million viewers. The premise of the series remained largely unchanged from the previous installment in the series. The series revolves around ten strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world. They are filmed constantly during their time in the house, and can have no communication with those filming them. Each week, each contestant, referred to as "housemates", choose two people to be up for nomination. The two or more people with the most votes will be nominated to leave the house. The viewers then decide which of the nominees should leave, with the selected person leaving during a live show. This process continued until only three housemates remained, in which the viewers would decide which of the housemates would win the £70,000 grand prize. A housemate can be ejected from the show for breaking rules, such as discussing nominations when not permitted. Later in the season, an intruder entered the game, the first in Big Brother history, bringing the total number of housemates to 11. The series ended after 64 days, in which housemate Brian Dowling was crowned the Winner, and Helen Adams the Runner-Up.
Big Brother Series 2 aired on May 26th, 2001.
Series 2 Episodes
1. Launch Show & Day 1 Highlights
10 new houseguests move in to the Big Brother house. We are introduced to Amma, Brian, Bubble, Paul, Helen, Narinder, Dean, Elisabeth, Penny and Stuart through a series of biography clips and we then see them enter the house, in small groups. During their first day together, Penny and Elisabeth compete for the mom role, Brian its that he is gay and the houseguests get a surprise when they find a den in the backyard. ~A National Obsession Begins!~ Big Brother 2 launched a first for Big Brother UK history, Live Streaming! Although it had been launched for Big Brother 2000 via the Internet, Live Streaming was to prove a real hit when it began on the Channel 4 digital station E4. Viewers could even have an Interactive service which would enable them to read news from the house, select a choice of 2 different live feeds and highlights and also to vote to evict a housemate.
2. Day 3 Highlights
3. Day 4 Highlights
4. Day 5 Highlights
5. Day 6 Highlights
6. Day 7 Highlights
In a special 1-hour episode, the houseguests nominate for the first time - live. Davina McCall speaks to friends and family of the houseguests and shows some clips from the last day in the house. The nominations are as follows: Amma - Paul and Penny Brian - Helen and Elisabeth Bubble - Paul and Penny Dean - Narinder and Penny Elisabeth - Penny and Helen Helen - Bubble and Narrinder Narinder - Helen and Bubble Paul - Amma and Helen Penny - Helen and Amma Stuart - Penny and Narrinder This means that Penny and Helen are the first two nominees for eviction, and now the public must vote. Meanwhile, Davina McCall reveals that the person to replace the first evictee will be...Josh.
7. Nominations
8. Big Brother Reveals More
9. Day 9 Highlights
10. Day 10 Highlights
11. Day 11 Highlights
12. Day 12 Highlights
13. Day 13 Highlights
14. LIVE Show: Day 14 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
The house is rocked when new arrival Josh enters the house, and Big Brother lets them in on a secret hot tub in the backyard. Meanwhile, Josh's announcement that he is gay changes Brian's attitude, Narrinder and Helen get in to a heated argument, the group is set a new weekly task: to memorise 15 facts about each other, Bubble opts for a bald head and Brian changes bedrooms and moves in with the girls,
15. LIVE Show: Eviction
16. Big Brother Reveals More
17. Day 16/17 Highlights
18. Day 18 Highlights
19. Day 19 Highlights
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