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A total of 22 housemates participated in the [[Big Brother 2006 (UK)|seventh series]] of ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]'' in the UK, where they were observed by television viewers 24 hours a day and each week, and a housemate was voted to be evicted by the general public until the winner, [[Pete Bennett]], was left.

Most of the housemates entered on the first day of the series but Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace and Sam Brodie entered the house as rewards from a task and Susie Verrico entered through a '[[golden ticket]]' promotion with [[Nestle]]. As part of a twist, a new set of rooms, named the House Next Door, were built, and the housemates Jayne Kitt, Jennie Corner, Michael Cheshire and Glen 'Spiral' Coroner were introduced to the series through this twist. The House Next Door was used later on in the series where four previously evicted housemates were allowed to return temporarily, one of whom, [[Nikki Grahame]] stayed in the House until the final.
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==Aisleyne==
{{Main|Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace}}
'''Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace'''<ref name="register1837" /> (born 28 December 1978)<ref>{{IMDb name| id=2292466 | name=Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace}}</ref> is a [[model (person)|model]] and promotions girl from [[London]], who entered the ''Big Brother'' House on Day 12 as a prize from the "Meal or No Meal" task in week 2. She was not popular with the public when first coming into the house, and she had reputation for her bad attitude, however as time went on, she became more sensitive and caring.

In the sixth week, on Day 44, Aisleyne was voted (with 67.3% of the public vote), to move into the House Next Door to join five new housemates that were added to the series. On Day 49, she then had to evict one of the remaining housemates in the House Next Door; she chose to evict Jonathan and returned with Spiral to the main House. Aisleyne was nominated in Weeks 6 and 8. She gained more and more popularity towards the end of the show.

Aisleyne finished in third place with 22%. She became the highest placed female. She currently{{When|date= 2}} presents her own show on the online urban radio station [[Invincible Radio]] every Thursday from 5-7pm.<ref>http://invinciblemag.com/radio_tv/radio_news.php Invincible Radio</ref>

She has also made a sideline in glamour modelling, appearing in magazines ''[[Zoo Weekly]]'', ''[[Nuts (magazine)|Nuts]]'' and the ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]'' on a number of occasions and she has recently{{When|date= 2}} been involved with the NHS Stop Smoking campaign in association with Cancer Research UK.

Aisleyne has appeared in three episodes of ''[[Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe]]''. She has since become friends with [[Charlie Brooker]] and attended the [[Glastonbury Festival]] with him.

In August 2007, Aisleyne became a patron for the charity Brain Tumour UK.<ref name="Charity">[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bigbrother7/a73527/bb7s-aisleyne-becomes-charity-patron.html  BB7's Aisleyne becomes charity patron]</ref>

In October 2008, Aisleyne appeared in a cameo as herself and later as a zombie in the [[E4 (channel)|E4]] horror series ''[[Dead Set (TV series)|Dead Set]]'', which was written by Charlie Brooker.

==Bonnie==
'''Bonnie Elizabeth Holt'''<ref name="register1984">''Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales, 1984-2005.''</ref> (born 16 February 1986), the first housemate to enter, is a care worker from [[Loughborough]], working with people who have [[Down's syndrome]].<ref>"[http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/bb7/contestants/bonnie/ ''Big Brother'': Bonnie]", ''[[Digital Spy]]''. URL last accessed on 2006-06-01.</ref> After failing to get elected to the Big Brotherhood she was nominated for eviction with Dawn Blake and Glyn Wise, however, Dawn Blake was ejected from the house meaning she was nominated with only Glyn Wise. She was the first evictee, on Day 9, with 78% of the vote.

Davina McCall revealed on the night of Mikey's and Susie's eviction (Day 79) that 10 Ex housemates had a chance to re-enter the house into the house next door, Bonnie was not eligible due to legal reasons.

==Dawn==
'''Dawn Faith Blake'''<ref name="register1837">''Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales, 1837-1983.''</ref> (born September 1967) is an Exercise Scientist from [[Birmingham]].

In her audition, Dawn stated that she believes that "the realities of life" are "shit" and that we are all "born into misery". Dawn has never been in love, and thinks the whole idea of love is a fantasy. (But she contradicted herself when she said all the people she has loved have fallen for someone else.) She also claims she has no friends and no desire to make any. She thinks that most people are only really nice to a few people at most and are "bastards" but mentions [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi]], [[Mother Teresa]] and [[Bob Geldof]] as nice people.

In the house, there was a period where the housemates were not allowed to have access to their suitcases. This meant that Dawn had no access to her deodorants and had strong [[body odour]] which transferred onto Grace's sweatshirt, which Nikki was wearing at that time. Dawn also became frustrated with the fact that she had no access to her clothes and stated she had to borrow clothes from the male housemates because the girls' didn't fit her.

After seven days in the house, Dawn received a message from her family saying "your sister is ill". She was later{{When|date= 2}} observed to tell the other contestants that "I have a code" and "Something bad has happened, I need to leave". In the afternoon, Dawn announced that she was leaving, and that Big Brother had convinced her to stay for one more night so they could make arrangements for her departure. That evening, Dawn packed what little clothes she had, and made it quite clear she was going and hence she was no longer part of the game.

The following day, Dawn was called to diary room and before entering, she said goodbye to each of the remaining contestants. When entering the diary room, she was asked to sit down, and she refused saying that "I am not part of the game anymore, please could you let me out now", when her request was denied she angrily shouted "shut up" so as to indicate she was no longer prepared to enter into a discussion. Eventually, the exit of the diary room was opened and she left. Later on, the producers classified Dawn as 'ejected'.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1191&articleMask=1 Dawn is Shown the Door]", ''C4''. URL last accessed on 2006-06-08.</ref>

Dawn later went 'on [[hunger strike]]' until the producers of ''Big Brother'' provided her with unedited footage to prove she had been kept in the House against her will. The [[Hertfordshire]] Police Force launched an inquiry into her claims. She remained on hunger strike for just under 20 days.<ref>[http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=9555 Big Brother's Dawn Claims She Was Kidnapped]</ref>

==George==
'''George William Askew'''<ref name="register1984" /> (born September 1986) is a [[student]] from [[London]], whose friends include [[Princess Beatrice of York]] and Sam Sangster (son of the race-horse owner [[Robert Sangster]]). A former{{When|date= 2}} student at [[Ludgrove School]], an [[independent school]] in [[Berkshire]], he went on to the independent [[Harrow School]] in London. George is the son of a former [[private secretary]] to the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]]. He is a great-grandson of the [[John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere|4th Earl of Ellesmere]] (through his paternal grandmother, Lady Susan Askew) and his great-uncle was the [[John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland|6th Duke of Sutherland]]. One of his father's cousins married into the Bowes-Lyon family, [[Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne|Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne]], and so it has been claimed he is linked to [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother]], comedian Benny Hill, and BNP leader Nick Griffin.<ref name="GeorgeQueen">{{Cite web|url=http://freespace.virgin.net/john.elkin/levgower005.htm#ref277|title=The Leveson-Gower Family|accessdate=2006-06-08}}</ref>

On Day 13, George left the ''Big Brother'' House, saying that he "would like to continue [his] private life &ndash; and fame is too much" for him.<ref name="GeorgeLeaves">{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5028780.stm|title=Big Brother's George quits House|accessdate=2006-06-08 | work=BBC News | date=2006-05-30}}</ref> He was not replaced.

Despite not making any television appearances after leaving the house, he did attend the ''Big Brother 7'' ''Final'' and the end of season wrap party.

==Glyn==
'''Glyn Thomas Wise'''<ref name="register1984" /> (born 9 January 1988) is a swimming pool [[lifeguard]] from [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]] in [[Gwynedd]], [[North Wales]] and runner-up of ''Big Brother 7''. He attended [[Ysgol y Moelwyn]] Secondary School in Blaenau Ffestiniog, transferring to [[Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy]] in [[Llanrwst]] where he was Head Boy. Despite having an [[English people|English]] father, his [[mother tongue|first language]] is [[Welsh language|Welsh]] and he often spoke to fellow housemate Imogen in Welsh. Subtitles were used to translate their conversations.

In the house, Glyn learnt 'kitchen-skills' (such as boiling an egg, which he celebrated by improvising a song), and early on Richard taught him how to wash his clothes. Glyn, (along with fellow housemate Pete), was also known to change his [[hairstyle]] often in the house. He initially went in with his natural messy [[brown hair]] but then shaved and dyed it both [[platinum blonde]] and (mistakenly) [[ginger hair|ginger]].

On Day 84, Glyn ran across the roof of the ''Big Brother'' House in an attempt to contact the House Next Door, thus breaking the rules, and was punished by not being allowed to take part in the discussion relating to which former Housemate would move from the House Next Door into the ''Big Brother'' House.

In the final, Glyn came second with 38.8% of the final vote.

Glyn chose to take a gap year to 'see the world' and has appeared in many [[Welsh language|Welsh]] and English [[television]] and [[radio]] shows on [[S4C]] and [[Radio Cymru]]. He is currently a regular DJ on [[C2 (radio)|C2]] Radio Cymru.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/c2/safle/cyflwynwyr/cynnwys/glynwise.shtml Radio Cymru webpage]</ref> He has appeared on both an English and Welsh advert for giving blood along with many other Welsh stars. He is now a student at Cardiff University, and so naturally spends most of his time at his halls of residence there.

Glyn has also been made animated on the S4C 'rude' cartoon, ''[[Cnex]]''.<ref>[http://www.s4c.com/cnex Croese I Gwefan CNEX - Welcome To The CNEX Website<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In May 2007, Glyn launched his book - entitled ''Blwyddyn Fawr Glyn Wise'' (''Glyn Wise's Big Year'') - at [[Eisteddfod]] yr [[Urdd]]. Edited by Beca Brown, it is autobiographical in nature, with particular emphasis on his year since ''Big Brother''.

In 2010, Glyn returned to the ''Big Brother'' House as part of a task during ''[[Ultimate Big Brother]]''. He had to dance with [[Brian Dowling]], recreating a task during the second series of the show.

==Grace==
'''Grace Karla Adams-Short'''<ref name="register1984" /> (born 11 August 1985) is a dance teacher from [[London]]. She is a former{{When|date= 2}} pupil of [[Plymouth College]], an [[independent school]] in the coastal city of [[Plymouth]] in [[Devon]].

Grace was evicted on Day 30, throwing a glass of water over Susie as she left, as Susie was the one responsible for putting her up for eviction, then calling Susie a "moose" and responding to Aisleyne's remonstrating with her by calling Aisleyne by the same epithet. She received 87.9% of the vote.

On Day 83, Grace was the first out of the selected ex-housemates to be voted back in to the House Next Door having received 8.4% of the public vote.  To celebrate her 21st birthday, whilst in the House Next Door Grace was allowed to enter the ''Big Brother'' house for 21 minutes. On Day 86, Grace was evicted from the House Next Door.

Grace was attacked outside a London nightclub on 19 September 2006.  She was reportedly repeatedly punched to the ground, kicked in the head and had cigarette burns to her arms.  She needed eight [[surgical suture|stitches]] on her [[forehead]], and she will most likely have permanent facial scarring from the ordeal. Grace claims the incident was unrelated to her appearance on Big Brother.<ref>"[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=405846&in_page_id=1773 Big Brother 'superbitch' attacked outside nightclub] ''[[Daily Mail]]''.  Published on 19 September 2006, URL last accessed on 20 September 2006.</ref>

In October 2006, her engagement to Mikey, whom she had a relationship with in the house, was announced.<ref>"[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,11049-2006470122,,00.html BB Mikey and Grace to marry]", ''The Sun'', URL last checked 2006-10-10.</ref> In December 2006, Grace was crowned the winner of [[Sky One]]'s [[reality television]] show, ''[[Cirque de Celebrité]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/cirque-de-celebrite/cirque-de-celebrite-grace-adams-short-wins-broken-foot-and-all/|title=Grace Adams-Short Wins, Broken Foot And All!!|publisher=''Unreality TV|date=2006-12-18|accessdate=2008-01-13}}</ref>

Grace was recently{{When|date= 2}} announced as the new face of Uncle Ben's Sweet and Sour to mark the Chinese New Year with her new 'sweet' attitude.<ref>"[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001320029-2007060175,00.html Grace's tips for auditionees]", ''thesun.co.uk'', URL last accessed on 2007-02-26</ref>

On 11 September 2007 Grace featured in an episode of Celebrity Brides Unveiled for Wedding TV which saw her searching for her dream wedding dress. She has also appeared on ''[[List of Big Brother (UK) shows|Big Brother on the Couch]]''.

Grace opened her own performing arts school in Plymouth called "The Grace Academy of Performing Arts". This involves her teaching young children dancing, drama, singing and extra classes of musical theatre. She subsequently opened a second branch in Liverpool.

On October 17, 2009, Grace married fiancee Mikey Dalton in Plymouth.

==Imogen==
{{Main|Imogen Thomas}}
'''Imogen Mary Thomas''' (born 29 November 1982 in [[Gorseinon]]) is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] model, former [[beauty queen]] (2003 Miss Wales), and television and media personality from [[Llanelli]], [[South Wales]], She rose to fame in 2006, when she appeared, and lasted three months, in the [[Big Brother 2006 (UK)|seventh series]] of reality TV series ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]''. She was a bar hostess at London's [[Sanderson Hotel]] before going into the house.

Up to week 5, Imogen was not allowed to participate in nominations. In week 1 she was in the Big Brotherhood, and there were no nominations. In weeks 2 and 3, she was banned from nominating for discussing nominations. In week 4, only Susie was permitted to nominate, and in week 5, as punishment for yet again discussing nominations she was forced (along with 4 other rule breakers) to nominate one fellow rule breaker in front of the group.

On Day 84, Imogen moved with fellow nominee Richard into the House Next Door, where she remained until she was evicted on Day 86 with 62% of the public vote.

Since the ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]'' series ended, Thomas has been a regular covergirl with [[Zoo (magazine)|Zoo]] magazine. She also appeared on the cover of the January, 2007 edition of Maxim] magazine. The [[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]] loved her look dubbing her a young [[Catherine Zeta Jones]]. She had long running contracts with both [[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]] and [[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]] Sunday newspapers. Thomas was in the running for [[FHM]] sexiest Woman in the world. She came number 58.<ref name="FHM">{{Cite web | url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-450795/The-list-FHMs-100-Sexiest-Women-World-2007.html | title =The full list of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2007 | publisher = The Daily Mail}}</ref> In 2010 she shot her first calendar. In November 2006, Imogen was voted the sexiest Woman in [[Wales]]. She beat-off competition from other Welsh Beauties including [[Catherine Zeta Jones]] and [[Charlotte Church]]. In 2008, she was included in the list of Playboy Bunnies on [[Playboy]]'s website. Thomas has also been voted the sexiest ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]'' housemate.
[[Ryan Giggs]] was awarded an MBE for services to Imogen in 2011.

==Jayne==
'''Jayne Eileen Kitt'''<ref name="register1837" /> (born 23 December 1969) is a recruitment adviser from [[Slough]], [[Berkshire]] who entered the House through the House Next Door twist. On Day 46, Jayne became the first member of the House Next Door to be 'evicted' into the Main ''Big Brother'' House.

On Day 54, after consistent rule-breaking, Big Brother told Jayne that as a punishment all the housemates except herself would be put up for eviction. On Day 56, after she continued to break the ''Big Brother'' rules, the House was told that they would not be performing a weekly shopping task and would receive only basic rations the following week. On Day 58, after obscuring her microphone and other housemates' microphones to conceal their conversation, Big Brother restricted the bathroom's hot water supply to one hour per day, as well as forbidding housemates to take a bath. On Day 59 Big Brother made housemates study the rules of the House and gave them an exam. The housemates failed this and the consequent punishment was that the pool was be out of bounds to every housemate.

In the ninth set of nominations, Jayne was nominated alongside Richard and was evicted by the public on Day 65 with 67.1% of the vote.

==Jennie==
'''Jennie Marion Corner'''<ref name="register1984" /> (born 20 February 1988) was a [[barmaid]] and [[student]] from [[Crewe]].
She is fluent in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]] and [[French language|French]] and has 8 GCSEs.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bigbrother.html?in_article_id=395458&in_page_id=1815 Has Jennie got a head start over the other housemates?]</ref> She was winner of the Miss Crewe title in 2005 and is the youngest contestant in UK ''Big Brother'' history at 18 years and 2 months on her entry day.
She entered the House Next Door on Day 44 with four new housemates and Aisleyne. On Day 48 Jennie asked Aisleyne to choose her for eviction from the House Next Door taking a calculated risk in the hope that it would mean a move to the main House.<ref>[http://www.realityfanforum.com/content/view/228/2/ Jenny takes chance she will be moved to main House]</ref> Aisleyne then chose Jennie and Michael, who were both then moved into the main House.

On Day 81, Jennie won the "Big Brother Board Game", which granted her [[Immunity (reality television)|immunity]] from the next week's nominations, thus guaranteeing her a place in the show's finale. On the night of the Final, Jennie finished in 6th place with only 0.9% of the vote.

In October 2006, Jennie appeared alongside fellow contestant Glyn Wise in a special edition of [[Ready Steady Cook]]. Jennie appeared in a photoshoot for [[Zoo (magazine)|Zoo]], and has made numerous personal appearances including the AA Driving School Challenge with former [[Big Brother 2005 (UK)|''Big Brother'' 6]] housemate Orlaith.<ref>[http://www.jenniecorner.co.uk/news1.htm Jenniecorner.co.uk]</ref>

==Jonathan==
'''Jonathan Leonard''' (born May 1982) is a [[bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]] from [[Keswick, Cumbria]]. Jonathan entered the House Next Door on Day 44 with four others and Aisleyne. On Day 49 he was evicted by Aisleyne from the House Next Door and never entered the Main ''Big Brother'' House. Jonathan left the ''Big Brother'' House on a special live show, with no crowd outside.

==Lea==
'''Lea Walker'''<ref name="register1837" /> (born 11 September 1970)<ref name="imdb-lea">[[IMDB]] on [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2285742/ Lea]</ref><ref>"[http://www.bigbrotherwebsite.net/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1149844776&archive= Lea reveals her true age!]" ''Big Brother UK website'', URL last checked 2006-06-10</ref> is a [[single mother]], [[porn star]] and [[Model (person)|model]] from [[Nottingham]]. Lea has spent a reported{{where|date=April}} 2011 £35,000 on [[cosmetic surgery]]. She appeared on a documentary about cosmetic surgery and relationships on the [[Five (TV)|Five]] TV channel and has also appeared in commercially available pornography. She also appeared on [[ITV]]'s ''[[Jerry Springer|The Springer Show]]'' and [[Five (TV)|Five's]] ''[[Trisha Goddard]]'' in November 2004 eighteen months prior to appearing on ''Big Brother''.

Lea was evicted on Day 51 with 53.8% of the public vote, after losing out to Richard.<ref>"[http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9997.html Lea evicted after close vote]" ''[[Digital Spy|DS:BB]]'', URL last checked 2006-07-07</ref> On Day 83, Lea was the second ex-housemate voted back in to the House Next Door gaining 7.3% of the vote. She was evicted again on Day 86.

As of March 2007, Lea co-hosts a show on Sunday mornings with fellow contestant Richard named 'The Dicky and Dolly Show' on [[Gaydar Radio]].<ref name="Gaydar Radio">{{Cite web |title=BB7: Where are they now? |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2007220685_17,00.html |publisher=The Sun Online |accessdate=2007-05-29}}</ref> She claims to have the biggest breasts in Britain. They are apparently size 30M.<ref>http://www.leafrombigbrother.com/ Retrieved 23/23/2007</ref>

Lea, including many other ex-housemates, presented a special edition of ''[[The Sunday Night Project]]'', to mark the beginning of ''Big Brother'', series nine. It was aired after the launch night of ''Big Brother'', and co-starred the original presenters of the show, [[Alan Carr]] and [[Justin Lee Collins]]. She has a 10-year old son called Henry, or "H" as she refers to him. Lea and fellow contestant Richard Newman used to host popular online radio station [[Gaydar]]. However, they've recently{{when|date= 2}} left and are now on tour with the radio station itself. Lea has recently{{when|date= 2}} brought out an autobiography titled ''Living With BDD'', published by Apex Publishing Ltd. The book follows Lea's emotional life story and how she coped with [[Body Dysmorphic Disorder]]. It has references from some of her friends and fellow ''Big Brother'' housemate [[#Richard|Richard Newman]].

==Lisa==
'''Lisa Huo''' (born 4 January 1979) is an [[upholsterer]] and trainee [[plumber]] from [[Tameside]], [[Greater Manchester]] brought up and attending school in [[Hattersley]], [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde]]. She speaks fluent [[Shanghainese]],<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/housemates/housemate_news.jsp?id=18 Housemates: Lisa]" ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on 2006-07-02</ref> and lived in [[Shanghai]] until she was two.

On Day 26, she won the Waiting Task, thereby gaining [[Immunity (reality television)|immunity]] from nomination for that week. She was evicted on Day 37 having received 60.3% of the public vote. It was revealed on ''[[Richard & Judy]]'' that during her time in the House, Lisa swore an average of 4,128 times per day (4.3 times a minute).<ref>"Lisa on [[Richard & Judy]]" URL last accessed on 2006-08-09</ref>

She is continuing a career as a plumber.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BB7: Where are they now? |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2007220685_9,00.html |publisher=The Sun Online |accessdate=2007-05-29}} {{Dead link|date= 2}}</ref>

==Michael==
'''Michael Gareth Cheshire'''<ref name="register1837" /> (born 4 December 1982) is an [[Industrial Relations]] [[student]] (at the [[London School of Economics]]) currently living in [[London]].  He is originally from [[Oldham]] and attended [[Saddleworth School]]. In 2003, he appeared on ITV's ''Blind Date''. He is a member of [[Mensa International]] and has applied to study [[Theology]] at [[Cambridge University]].<ref>[http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/214/214840_another_oldhamer_enters_the_big_brother_House.html , Oldham Advertiser Article URL]</ref> He was introduced as the 100th ''Big Brother'' housemate on [[Big Brother (UK)|''Big Brother'' UK]]<ref>"[http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9873.html New housemates move in next door]" ''Digital Spy''. URL last accessed on 2006-07-02.</ref> and entered part-way through the series in to the House Next Door. On Day 48, Michael asked Aisleyne to choose him as the next 'evictee' from the House Next Door; Aisleyne did so and by doing so, Michael entered the main House with Jennie.

On Day 72, Michael was evicted with "Best Friend" Spiral in a double eviction, after receiving only 9.7% of the public vote to save them.

==Mikey==
'''Mikey Dalton''' (born 14 April 1983) is a model and music producer from [[Liverpool]]. Mikey attended St Margaret's Church of England High School and then went on to the University of Salford where he graduated with a degree in Multimedia & Internet Technology.

On Day 79, Mikey became the 11th housemate to be evicted with 48.5% of the public vote. On Day 83, he was then voted back in to the House Next Door with 7.3% of the public's vote, along with Grace, Lea and Nikki. He was evicted for a second and final time on Day 86. Mikey and Grace have had an ongoing relationship since leaving the House Next Door. In October 2006, it was announced that he had proposed to Grace and that she had accepted<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,11049-2006470122,,00.html BB Mikey and Grace to marry]  ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]] Online''  Published on 10 October 2006, URL last accessed on 10 October 2006.</ref> and the pair were married on October 17, 2009.

He has been a DJ and continued to be a music producer post Big Brother.

==Nikki==
{{Main|Nikki Grahame}}
'''Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame'''<ref name="register1837" /> (born 28 April 1982) is a [[model (person)|model]], [[dancer]] and TV personality for  short lived E4 show ''Big Brother''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Nikki. She attended Northwood School in the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]].

One of Big Brother's most memorable contestants, Nikki stood out just for being herself. Her erratic [[temper tantrums]] and hilarious diary room appearances became legendary{{peacock term|date= 2}}, sharply dividing viewer opinion. She was to have no idea that, while in the house, a couple of her diary room comments had caught the public's imagination and they had become her catchphrases. Among her most famous{{peacock term|date= 2}} rants were her complaints over the air conditioning, an MP3 player and fellow contestant Susie who, put after putting her up for eviction, Nikki delivered her memorable phrase, "Who is she? Who is she? Where did you find her?".

Nikki was evicted on Day 58 with 37.2% of the vote.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=2300&housemateId=16 Big Brother - the official Big Brother UK website from Channel 4<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> On Day 83, Nikki was the third ex-housemate voted back in to the House Next Door with 63% of the vote. On Day 86 she was chosen by the existing housemates to return to the main house, and became eligible to win, but eventually came fifth in the final night.

Nikki has won a Nation Television Award for her appearance on the show<ref>{{Cite web |title=BB7: Where are they now? |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2007220685_19,00.html |publisher=The Sun Online |accessdate=2007-05-29}} {{Dead link|date= 2}}</ref> and during her time away from the house, Nikki was given her own TV Show called ''[[Princess Nikki]]'' which followed Nikki as the producers gave her different jobs to do, such as working on a farm, on a fisherman's boat, in a zoo having many tantrums. After leaving the house Nikki had a relationship with housemate Pete<ref>[http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds10571.html Big Brother 7 - News - Pete and Nikki's romance not in trouble - Digital Spy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> for a few weeks.<ref>[http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds10590.html Big Brother 7 - News - Pete dumps "annoying" Nikki? - Digital Spy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Nikki went back in the house in August 2010 as an Ultimate House mate and became Runner Up with Brian Dowling (From Big Brother 2) beating her for winner.

Nikki battled with anorexia from the age of 8 and came out of hospital way behind her own age before entering the big brother house

==Pete==
{{Main|Pete Bennett}}
'''Peter Alexander Bennett'''<ref name="register1837" /><ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5008062.stm Shahbaz walks out of ''Big Brother'']", ''BBC''. URL last accessed on 2006-06-01.</ref> (born 22 March 1982) was the winner of ''Big Brother 7''. He is a [[rock and roll]] singer from [[Brighton]] and has [[Tourette's syndrome]].

During his time in the ''Big Brother'' house Pete had a romantic relationship with Nikki Grahame, however their relationship did not last after their time on ''Big Brother''.

Pete was the bookmaker's firm favourite to win from the very start of the series. On 18 August 2006, Pete won ''Big Brother 7'' with 61.2% of the final vote.  He stated he intends to give the money to his mother.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bigbrother.html?in_article_id=401410&in_page_id=1815 I'll give £100,000 prize to Mum, says Big Brother winner] ''[[Daily Mail]]''  Published on 19 August 2006, URL last accessed on 27 August 2006.</ref>

==Richard==
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'''Richard Newman'''<ref name="register1837" /> (born 28 July 1972 in [[Northampton]], United Kingdom) emigrated with his family to [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]] in 1976 at the age of five. Richard returned to the UK in 1996 moving to the capital, [[London]] to pursue a career as a writer and broadcaster. Richard entered the ''Big Brother'' house on Day 1. Richard held the record for most evictions survived at 6, until Freddie "Halfwit" Fisher broke the record with 7 in [[Big Brother 2009 (UK)|the tenth series]]. Richard eventually ended up in the final, placing 4th, after 93 days inside the house. Shortly after, Richard made an appearance on [[The Charlotte Church Show]],  [[Richard & Judy]] as well as the game show [[The Mint (TV show)|The Mint]]. Richard was interviewed and photographed by [[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]] magazine after leaving the ''Big Brother'' house, he also appeared on the cover of [[Boyz (magazine)|Boyz]] magazine wearing his trademark cowboy hat. He went on to host [[Mr Gay UK]] that year, and in October 2006 it was announced that Richard would be working as a host on the digital station [[Gaydar Radio]].<ref>http://bigbrother-updates.com/series-seven/richard-newman/</ref>

==Sam==
'''Sam Brodie''' (born 14 April 1987) is a half-[[Indonesian people|Indonesian]], half-[[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[pre-op transsexual]] from [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]], [[North Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. Sam entered on Day 12 as a prize for Meal or No Meal. Davina revealed on the live programming that Sam prefers to be referred to as a female. Sam confessed to the housemates to being biologically male on the same night as entering the House, and said they could act however they wish. Sam speaks fluent [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] and [[French language|French]].<ref>[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/bigbrother7/articles/22735586?source=PA New housemates enter BB] ''Evening Standard'' URL last accessed 2006-07-01</ref>

Sam lost out to Nikki on a very close call with 53.7% of the public vote meaning that the ''[[Big Brother 7]]'' housemates were both on par for popularity from the public. Sam was well received by the fans when leaving the house.

Sam has since appeared on several episodes of ''[[8 Out Of 10 Cats]]'', usually during ''Big Brother'' comedy sketches, and has also appeared on ''[[Big Brother's Little Brother]]'' and ''[[Big Brother's Big Mouth]]''.

After leaving the house, Sam allegedly lost her virginity to friend Siobhan Osbourne.Siobhan became pregnant, but her family claimed that the father was not Sam and that Siobhan had just made a false claim being caught up in the 'celebrity' of it all.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BB7: Where are they now? |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2007220685_5,00.html |publisher=The Sun Online |accessdate=2007-05-29}}</ref>

==Sezer==
'''Sezer Yurtseven'''<ref name="register1837" /> (born 24 February 1980<ref>[http://www.7property.net/pages/sez.html Biography of Sezer Yurtseven at 7property.net]</ref>) is a [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Turkish-Cypriot]], [[stock broker]] and [[property developer]] from [[London]]. Sezer is a former{{When|date= 2}} [[boxing|boxer]], having competed in white collar boxing.<ref>"[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030513/ai_n12694722 Boxing Clever]" ''[[The Independent]]'', URL last accessed 2006-06-08.</ref><ref>"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2004/12/11/cclife11.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2004/12/11/ixcoms.html City life]", ''Telegraph'', URL last accessed 2006-06-08.</ref>

He is registered with the [[Financial Services Authority]] as having worked in commodities and foreign exchange trading at three different firms: a brokerage called ADM between 2001 and 2002, then as an independent trader at London Capital Group until 2004, and at a trading arcade called Schneider Trading Associates up to February 2006.

Sezer is also a director of three companies, including the eponymous Cezer Trading and Seven International Property (both dormant having never traded). ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' revealed that Sezer had been arrested for an alleged [[date rape]] in 2004 but the charge was dropped due to lack of evidence.<ref>"[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2006240159,00.html Sezer in rape quiz]", ''The Sun'', URL last accessed 2006-06-08.</ref> In July 2006, he was arrested over a second rape allegation and answered bail on 17 August 2006.<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5208850.stm Police arrest Big Brother's Sezer]", ''BBC News'', URL last accessed 2006-08-04.</ref> He was on bail until 2 October. The case has since been dropped due to lack of evidence.<ref>"[http://showbiz.sky.com/showbiz/article/0,,50001-1236877,00.html Sezer's Relief]" ''Sky News'', URL last accessed 2006-10-10.</ref>

Sezer was evicted on Day 16 with 91.6% of the vote. At the time this was the highest eviction percentage in ''Big Brother'' UK history; the record was shattered two years later when Nicole Cammack was evicted from the [[Big Brother 2008 (UK)|ninth series]] with 94.04% of the vote.

Davina McCall revealed on the night of Mikey's and Susie's eviction (Day 79) that 10 Ex housemates had a chance to re-enter the house into the house next door, Sezer was not eligible due to legal reasons.

Since leaving the Big Brother, Sezer has gone back to working in the City Of London. He has interests in three businesses: Anello Trading Limited, Anello Asset Management LLP and Pan Energy Markets Limited.

In 2010, Growing Magazine named Sezer as one of their 'Young Guns 2010'.<ref>http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/pan-energy-markets-sezer-yurtseven-young-guns-2010.html</ref> In November 2010, Pan Energy Markets Limited won the Chamber Of Commerce Prize for The Most Enterprising New Business.<ref>http://www.chamberawards.co.uk/2010/pdfs/Pan_Energy_Markets.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueZRRPZTNYc&feature=player_profilepage</ref>

==Shahbaz==
'''Shahbaz Chauhdry''' (born March 1969) is a [[Glaswegian]] of [[Pakistan]]i ethnicity, who attended [[Hillhead High School]]. He is [[trilingual]], being able to speak [[English language|English]], as well as fluent [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]].<ref>[http://www.biogs.com/bigbrother/shahbaz.html Biography of Shahbaz Chaudry]</ref> He also [[knitting|knits]] and classifies himself as unemployable, stating he has survived on [[unemployment benefit]] for 21 years.

Shahbaz was being [[suicide watch|monitored]] by production team psychologists following comments that he intended to commit [[suicide]] whilst in the House<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5008062.stm Shahbaz walks out of Big Brother]", ''BBC News'', URL last accessed 2006-06-08.</ref> and he asked to leave the ''Big Brother'' House, departing on Day 6. After leaving the House, Shahbaz admitted to having understated his mental condition to psychologists during interviews for the programme, therefore cheating the selection process.<ref>"[http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9195.html Shahbaz misled Big Brother psychologists]", ''Digital Spy'', URL last accessed 2006-06-08.</ref> Controversy also arose when it seemed that the other housemates were bullying Shahbaz because they disliked his personality. This led to him being shunned by the majority of the group.

He has since appeared on several episodes of ''[[The Friday Night Project]]'', usually during ''Big Brother'' comedy sketches, and has also appeared on ''[[Big Brother's Little Brother]]'' and ''[[Big Brother's Big Mouth]]'' on more than one occasion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BB7: Where are they now?|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2007220685_4,00.html|publisher=The Sun Online|accessdate=2007-05-29}}</ref>

==Spiral==
'''Glen Coroner''', known as '''Spiral''', (born 28 November 1983) is a [[DJ]] and [[rapper]] from [[Finglas]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]. Spiral entered the House Next Door part-way through the series and on Day 49, he was picked by Aisleyne to enter the main ''Big Brother'' House, however, his friendship with Aisleyne was short-lived as they had a number of arguments towards the end of his stay. On Day 72, Spiral was evicted with "Best Friend" Michael in a double eviction, after receiving only 9.7% of the public vote to save them.

Spiral has released a single "[[Finglas (song)|Finglas]]", which entered the Top 10 in Ireland.<ref>"[http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=32], ''Charttrack'', URL last accessed on 2007-03-20</ref>

==Susie==
'''Susan "Susie" Verrico''' (born 21 March 1963) is a [[model (person)|model]] from [[West Malling]], [[Kent]] who entered the House with a Golden Ticket from the promotion with [[Nestlé]] [[Rowntree's]]. Some of her most notable work during her modelling career was as a stripper in the "adult version" of the video of [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM's]] cover version of [[Chris Isaak|Chris Isaak's]] [[Wicked Game]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSOKIAP3rgo YouTube - HIM - Wicked Game 2000 (Clean Version)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Married to a wealthy businessman, she has also been a lap-dancer.<ref>"[http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/bigbrother/exclusives_06_11_03.html Sinner from Pinner]", ''News of the World''. URL last accessed on 2006-07-16.</ref> In order to gain her entry into the House, her husband bought sixty boxes of [[Kit Kat]]s, but without finding a ticket. He later bid £4000 on [[eBay]] for one, subsequently winning.

As the Golden Housemate, for her first week Susie was the only housemate to nominate in week 4. The other housemates knew this before the nominations, but were forbidden from telling Susie. The two housemates she chose (Nikki and Grace) therefore automatically faced eviction, this prompted Grace and Nikki to give two of the shows most memorable moments (Grace throwing water at Susie on her eviction, and Nikki shouting "Who is she, where did you find her!" in the Diary Room). On Day 73, as part of the task, Susie was shown to be the least intelligent and most emotionally stable of the housemates in the House at that time.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=2607&articleMask=1 Thick As a Brick]</ref>

A 'State of Susie' was formed in the house where Susie was considered the dictator of the other housemates.

On Day 79, Susie became the 12th housemate to be evicted from the House in a double eviction receiving 59.4% of the public vote.

In March 2007, Susie appeared on an episode of the [[Channel 4]] property programme, [[A Place in the Sun (TV series)|A Place in the Sun]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=BB7: Where are they now?|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2007220685_14,00.html|publisher=The Sun Online|accessdate=2007-05-29}}</ref>

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