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Melanie Hill was a housemate in Big Brother 1 (UK) and Big Brother Panto.

Biography[]

Melanie was a 26-year-old from North London. She is very close to and lives with mother in North London. Her father left when she was young. She achieved further education and gained a Psychology and cognitive science degree from Sussex University.

Mel likes her mother's home made lentil, plantain and sweet potato soup and relishes her grandmother's rice and peas but highly dislikes a variety of things including people who stand on the wrong side of the escalator, black bogies from London filth, American tourists in London and Colchester, newsprint on her fingers, bad mobile phone reception, Thatcherites, being compared to Mel B, hairy backs and hairy pubes, Jim Davidson, Dale Winton, meat, English tomatoes, repetitive questions,

She has her ears, tongue, and clitoral hood pierced, as well as tattoos on her navel and stomach. She says, "Rules, both social and otherwise, are there to be questioned.

Melanie auditioned for Big Brother for the money, fame, self discovery and experiment

Mel's family describe her as practical, assertive, logical, selfish and is considerate to others. Her friends describe her as opinionated, dependable, a bad time keeper, polite, stylish, courteous, tactless, kind, easy going, flexible, adaptable, has a lust for life and for learning and is tactile and electric.

She finds incompetence, inconsistency, vagueness annoying in others and others find her restless, fidgety and a pain without her hair conditioner.

She once travelling alone for 1 year around South East Asia and Australia and her last holiday was to southern Spain with her best friend. She dreams of backpacking around the world with an open ticket

She loves 70's Soul, Funk, P-Funk, Q-Funk, Disco and Garage but hates Country and Western, Euro Techno and Russian Techno. She is obsessed with shoes, Elvis Presley, her hair, computers, numbers and presumably because of it's size rather than it's contents, her bottom.

Player's History - Big Brother 1 (UK)[]

Task History[]

Week 1 Weekly Task Loss
Week 2 Weekly Task Win
Week 3 Weekly Task Win
Luxury Win
Week 4 Weekly Task Loss
Daily Task Win
Week 5 Weekly Task Win
Week 6 Weekly Task Win
Week 7 Weekly Task Loss
Luxury Win
Week 8 Weekly Task Loss
Luxury Win

Nominations History[]

Week Nominated Nominated By Final Position
2 Sada Walkington
Craig Phillips
3 Craig Phillips
Caroline O'Shea
Darren Ramsay
4 Caroline O'Shea
Nichola Holt
Caroline O'Shea
Nichola Holt
5 Nichola Holt
Darren Ramsay
6 Craig Phillips
Darren Ramsay
Darren Ramsay
7 Claire Strutton
Craig Phillips
Claire Strutton
Darren Ramsay
Nominated
Claire Strutton
Craig Phillips
Claire Strutton
8 Craig Phillips
Darren Ramsay
Craig Phillips
Darren Ramsay
Nominated

Player's History - Big Brother Panto[]

Audition History[]

Auditioned For Part Received
Dandini Prince Charming

Post Big Brother[]

  • Melanie presented two series of E4 show 'Chained' and wrote various journalism articles mainly on Big Brother writing for the Guardian.
  • In 2002, Melanie wrote an open letter in the Evening Standard entitled "How Big Brother Destroyed My Life", which discussed the harassment she and her family faced from the public and the press after she left the house. She also urged people, particularly women, to not audition for the show.[1]
  • She previously dated Alex Sibley from Big Brother 3 for 3 years. After splitting they went to court over their pet dog and joint custody was agreed.
  • In 2005, the British public voted for their favorite housemate of all-time for their special Big Brother: Top 20 Housemates. It was revealed on the show that Melanie came in dead last in the poll, making her the least popular housemate at the time.

Trivia[]

  • She went longest on Big Brother 1 (UK) without being nominated, managing to last until Week 8. Despite this, she was evicted during her first time being nominated.
    • Had the first round of nominations during Week 7 not been cancelled, she and Claire Strutton would have both been nominated for their first time that week.
  • Melanie is the first housemate to be evicted right before the finale.

References[]

Big Brother 1 (UK) Housemates
Craig 2000 Small
Anna 2000 Small
Darren 2000 Small
Melanie 2000 Small
Melanie
Claire 2000 Small
Tom 2000 Small
Nichola 2000 Small
Nick 2000 Small
Caroline 2000 Small
Andrew 2000 Small
Sada 2000 Small
Winner
Runner-Up
Finalist
Evicted
Ejected
Big Brother Panto Housemates
Anouska 2003
Jade 2002
Kitten 2004
Marco 2004
Melanie 2000
Melanie
Narinder 2001
Nick 2000
Spencer 2002
Tim 2002
Victor 2004
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