Teen Big Brother

Teen Big Brother
Series Information
Presenter:	Dermot O'Leary
Broadcaster:	Channel 4
Series Run:	13 October, 2003 – 18 October, 2003
No. of Days:	10
No. of Housemates:	8
Winner:	Paul Brennan
Runner Up:	Caroline Cloke
Next:	Big Brother Panto

Teen Big Brother, also known as Teen Big Brother: The Experiment, was a spin-off of Big Brother UK in which teenagers inhabited the House. The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary.

Overview

Featuring eight 18-year-olds, it was broadcast in October 2003 on Channel 4 and E4. Trailed as 'The Experiment', Teen Big Brother was originally shot in advance over the course of ten days during July and August 2003, to air in 2003 as an educational item, screened as part of Channel 4's 4Learning programming. The tasks were created so as to promote such values as cooperation and team spirit, and topics like politics and religion were discussed. After editing, however, the footage was felt to be compelling enough for a more mass-market time slot, so the show was moved ahead to October 2003 and formatted to be shown over one week (five episodes).

Teen Big Brother was different from the original Big Brother UK series in a number of ways. Since it was pre-recorded, the contestants themselves and not the audience decided which housemates were to be voted out. At the end, the eventual winner of a grand prize was decided by group decision (a cash prize was replaced by a round-the-world trip). No alcohol or cigarettes were allowed. The basic premise of the show, however, remained the same, and no special treatment was made for the housemates.

On Day Six/Seven, Jade Dyer and Tommy Wright became the first Big Brother UK contestants to have sex on the show in its history. According to The Independent, this was the first real-life sexual act shown on British television (although nothing explicit was seen; the two were under bedcovers). This sparked controversy in the British media and comment on teenage safe sex education.

Paul Brennan was voted the winner, and selected Caroline Cloke to accompany him in sharing the prize of a fully paid three-month round-the-world tour. A programme about the tour was mentioned on the final episode and was to be broadcast on E4 a few months later, but never was due to lack of interest. In addition, he won a period of work experience selected for his interests, with a New York fashion designer.

An edited version of Teen Big Brother – The Experiment was eventually broadcast in January 2004 as part of 4Learning's morning schedule and was designed with formal curriculum teaching in mind. The incident featuring Jade and Tommy did not appear in this edit.

Housemates

Teen Big Brother featured a total of eight 18-year-old housemates. The original eight housemates entered the House on Day 1.

Housemate		Entered House/Left House
	Hasan Shah Media and English A-Level Student 18, London	Day 1	1st Person Evicted Day 5
	Shaneen Dawkins Performing Arts B-Tech Student 18, Leeds	Day 1	2nd Person Evicted Day 8
	James Kelly Media Communication HNC Student 18, Paisley, Glasgow	Day 1	Disqualified Day 10
	Tommy Wright Unemployed 18, Weymouth, Dorset	Day 1	Fourth Place Day 10
	Jade Dyer Barmaid 18, Lowestoft, Suffolk	Day 1
	Tracey Fowler Sales Assistant 18, Cheshire	Day 1	Third Place Day 10
	Caroline Cloke Government and Politics A-Level Student 18, Ashford, Kent	Day 1	Runner-Up Day 10
	Paul Brennan Hairdresser 18, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Day 1	Winner Day 10

Tasks

Days Lasted	Task	Reward	Result
Day 1	As a test for the housemates, Big Brother blocked the toilet and the housemates had to unblock it themselves.	Toilet	Passed
Day 2	Big Brother set the teenagers their shopping task, that would determine their budget for the next 8 days. Housemates had to fully crew a simulated flight from London to Birmingham without crashing.	75% Extra Shopping Budget	Failed
Day 4	Today, all housemates were split into pairs and each person had to teach something personal to them to their partner in 5 hours. At the end of the 5 hours, Big Brother tested them on their new skills. The pairs were Shaneen/Caroline, Tommy/Hasan, Tracey/James and Paul/Jade.	2 Food Hampers	Passed
Day 6	At 18, the housemates's personalities are defined by what they wear. Big Brother provided every housemate with a boiler suit and they were only allowed to wear this suit and underwear. Housemates were also only allowed a toothbrush, one toothpaste and a bottle of shower gel each until further notice.
	During the day, Big Brother set housemates a series of mini-tasks to challenge gender stereotypes. Housemates would be eliminated if they lost their match and in the end there would be one winner of the task.	Pampering, Immunity	Caroline
Day 8	Today, housemates had to paint a group portrait to test their interpretation skills.
Day 9	On the morning of Day 9, Big Brother ordered the housemates to clean the House thoroughly.
	In the afternoon, housemates were required to form a pop group and write and perform a song in Spanish.	Party	Passed

Nominations table

	Day 3	Day 5	Day 7	Day 10
				Vote	Final
Paul	Tracey, Hasan	Hasan	Jade	Caroline	Winner (Day 10)
Caroline	Paul, Jade	Hasan	Exempt	Paul	Runner-Up (Day 10)
Tracey	Paul, Shaneen	Shaneen	Tommy	Paul	Third Place (Day 10)
Jade	Hasan, Tommy	Hasan	Paul	Paul	Fourth Place (Day 10)
Tommy	Jade, Shaneen	Shaneen	Tracey	Tracey
James	Hasan, Shaneen	Hasan	Tommy	Caroline	Disqualified (Day 10)
Shaneen	Hasan, Tracey	Nominated	James	Evicted (Day 8)
Hasan	Shaneen, Paul	Nominated	Evicted (Day 5)
Nomination note	See note 1		See note 2	See note 3
Up for eviction	none	Hasan, Shaneen	Jade, James, Paul, Shaneen, Tommy, Tracey	Caroline, Jade, Paul, Tommy, Tracey
Disqualified	none			James
Evicted	none	Hasan 4 of 6 votes to evict	Shaneen 0 of 6 votes to save	Jade 0 of 6 votes to win	Tommy 0 of 6 votes to win
				Tracey 1 of 6 votes to win	Caroline 2 of 6 votes to win
				Paul 3 of 6 votes to win

Notes

Note 1: Housemates nominated two other housemates for eviction. Hasan and Shaneen were the two housemates receiving the most nominations. The other six housemates were asked to discuss amongst themselves who should be evicted, and they chose Hasan.

Note 2: Housemates nominated one housemate to save from eviction. Caroline was exempt, because she had won a task. Shaneen received no nominations, therefore she was evicted.

Note 3: Housemates nominated a fellow housemate to win. James was unable to win the prize although he was allowed to vote. Paul received the most nominations; therefore he won. He was asked to choose a fellow housemate to share the prize with, and chose Caroline.

Nominations totals

	Day 3 (to nominate)	Day 5 (to evict)	Day 7 (to save)	Day 10 (to win)	Total
Paul	3		1	3	7
Caroline	0			2	2
Tracey	2		1	1	4
Jade	2		1	0	3
Tommy	1		2	0	3
James	0		1		7
Shaneen	4	2	0		6
Hasan	4	4			8