Gary Levy is the runner up on Big Brother Canada 1. He later appeared on Big Brother Canada 5.
Throughout Big Brother Canada 1 Gary formed many close friendships with many of the female houseguests including, Danielle, Suzette, and Topaz. The latter of which became his closest ally, forming The Secret Wedding. Also throughout the game, Gary claimed to fight for the little people, and always attempted to make big moves against other power players such as, Tom and Liza. He later returned after his early jury eviction to make it to the final 2, after making another big move of evicting Emmett. He came in second to Jillian, after Topaz infamously voted incorrectly.
Gary later returned in Big Brother Canada 5 as the only representation from his season. Despite his efforts to play a low-tier social game, and an "anyone but me" mentality, he found himself to be a target after trying to save Cassandra Shahinfar from eviction. With the announcement of Backwards Week in play for week 4, Gary found himself to be nominated by most of the house, specifically the Core Six alliance. While his ally Demetres promised to save Gary if ever Demetres won the HOH, which he eventually did, Gary's poor social positioning in the house and the other nominee Dre Gwenaelle's stronger social connections led Demetres to use his sole vote to evict Gary out instead. He placed 13th overall.
Biography[]
Big Brother Canada 1[]
Gary (b. May 23, 1991) is a 21 year old Canadian, from Toronto, Ontario. He is a fashion assistant.[16] He describes himself as being funky, outgoing, and fabulous. He states that he intends to be a social player in the game as a way to obtain information from his fellow HouseGuests.
Big Brother Canada 5[]
Gary Levy Biography |
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Retrieved from Global Describe yourself in three words: What have you been up to since being on your season of Big Brother Canada? Is your strategy to win Big Brother Canada different going in for a second time? If you could call one former houseguest from your season for advice, who would it be and why? What element of Big Brother Canada did you not have a chance to try before, that you’d like to experience this time around? What perk within the game means the most to you: a letter from home, a luxury party, a season’s slop pass, or a vote from Canada? Which Big Brother Canada past competitor would you like to channel this season and why? If you could travel into the future or the past which would you choose and why? What do people from Toronto have that gives them an edge to win Big Brother Canada? |
Player History - Big Brother Canada 1[]
Competition History[]
Week 1 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 2 | HOH | Loss |
Have/Have-Not | Have | |
POV | Win | |
Week 3 | HOH | Loss |
Have/Have-Not | Have | |
POV | Loss | |
Week 4 | HOH | Loss |
HOH | Win | |
POV | Loss | |
HOH | Previous HOH | |
POV | Not Picked | |
Week 5 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
Week 6 | HOH | Loss |
HOH | Loss | |
POV | Loss | |
Week 7 | Evicted | |
Week 8 | ||
Week 9 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Win | |
Week 10 | HOH | Loss |
POV | Loss | |
HOH Part 1 | Loss | |
HOH Part 2 | Win | |
HOH Part 3 | Win |
Have/Have-Not History[]
Week 1 | Have |
Week 2 | Have |
Week 3 | Have |
Week 4 | Have |
Week 5 | Have |
Week 6 | Have-Not |
Week 7 | Evicted' |
Week 8 | |
Week 9 | Have/Have-Not Phase Over |
Week 10 |
Nominations/Voting History[]
Week | Position | Voted for | With Majority? |
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1 | – | Kat Yee | Yes |
2 | Used POV on Self | Aneal Ramkissoon | No |
3 | Vetoed | Nominations Void | |
Immune | Aneal Ramkissoon | Yes | |
4 | HOH | - | – |
– | Liza Stinton | Yes | |
5 | – | AJ Burman | No |
6 | – | Andrew Monaghan | No |
Nominated | – | – | |
7 | Evicted | ||
8 | |||
9 | Used POV on Self | Andrew Monaghan | Yes |
10 | Nominated | – | – |
HOH | Emmett Blois | Sole Vote | |
Finale | Runner-Up | – | – |
HOH History[]
Original Nominees | Post-Veto Nominees | Intended Target | |||||
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Week 4 | THEN | ||||||
Week 10 | N/A |
Player History - Big Brother Canada 5[]
Competition History[]
Week 1 | HOH/Immunity | Loss |
POV | Not Picked | |
Week 2 | HOH | Loss |
Have/Have-Not | Sat Out As Have | |
POV Advantage | Ineligible | |
POV | Not Picked | |
Luxury | Loss | |
Week 3 | HOH | Loss |
Have/Have-Not | Sat Out As Have | |
POV | Not Picked | |
Week 4 | POV | Loss |
Have/Have-Not | Have | |
HOH | Ineligible |
Have/Have-Not History[]
Week 1 | Have |
Week 2 | Have |
Week 3 | Have |
Week 4 | Have |
Voting History[]
Week | Position | Voted for | With Majority? |
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1 | – | Mark Chrysler | Yes |
2 | – | Dallas Cormier | Yes |
3 | – | Cassandra Shahinfar | Yes |
Week | Nominated | Nominated By | Final Position |
4 | Dillon Carman Emily Hawkin |
Bruno Ielo Dillon Carman Emily Hawkin Jackie McCurach Kevin Martin Neda Kalantar |
Nominated |
Position | Voted for | With Majority? | |
Nominated | – | – |
Post Big Brother[]
- Gary was a host on the Big Brother Canada Sideshow for two seasons along with fellow season 1 houseguest Peter Brown and host Arisa Cox. He did not return for season 4, and was replaced by Sarah Hanlon.
- In 2021, Gary returned to the University of Guelph-Humber and completed his Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media Studies with a Diploma in Media Communications. [1]
Trivia[]
- Gary is the first houseguest to be evicted, return, and make the final two.
- He would have won if Topaz had voted for the right person.
- He would later be followed by Kelsey Faith.
- Gary was also known by the nickname, Gary Glitter. This came from his habit of putting glitter on everything and everyone, to the point where in Week 2, many houseguests considered nominating him just out of annoyance that there was too much glitter.
- Throughout the season, Gary often took on a few alter-egos including: Gerard, Zoe, and Zoeth.
- Gary's Big Brother Canada 1 loss was a topic of major controversy due to the fact that his friend and close ally, Topaz, misunderstood the voting and accidentally voted for Jillian. Coincidentally, Topaz's vote was the deciding factor, in a close 4-3 vote.
- Gary is the first Canadian houseguest to win the final HOH and not win the game. He would be followed by Godfrey Mangwiza, Kelsey Faith, Josh Nash, and Claudia Campbell.
- Including Big Brother (US) and Celebrity Big Brother (US), he is one of 13 final HOHs who didn't end up winning the game. Others include Nicole Nilson Schaffrich, Alison Irwin, Ivette Corredero, Ryan Quicksall, Cody Calafiore in BB16, Paul Abrahamian in BB18, Monte Taylor, and Ricky Williams.
- Every time Gary was HOH, a showmance was nominated.
- Additionally, the men were the ones evicted.
- Gary, along with Tychon Carter-Newman, hold the record for the most competition wins among African-Canadians in Big Brother Canada history, with four wins each.
- Gary has won two HoH's and two PoV's in Big Brother Canada 1.
- In Big Brother Canada 5, Gary was the last veteran to be evicted pre-jury.
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