Big Brother 2011: Thomas O’Connell (Profile)

Big Brother is a game show in which a group of contestants, called housemates, live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built “house”, which includes everyday facilities such as a fully-equipped kitchen, garden, bedroom, bathroom and,  a task room.

The house is also a television studio with cameras and microphones in most of the rooms to record the activities of the housemates. The only place where housemates can escape the company of the other contestants is the Diary Room, where they are encouraged to voice their true feelings. Not all Diary Room footage is broadcast due to the privacy of the contestants.

Each week all housemates nominate two of their fellow contestants for potential eviction. Failure to do so may result in a punishment, such as a reduction in the prize fund. The two, or more, housemates with the highest number of nominations face a public vote conducted by phone, with the contestant receiving the most votes being evicted from the house. Occasionally more than one housemate may be evicted in a week. The last contestant remaining in the house is declared the winner and is awarded a cash prize.  Since 2004, the prize fund has remained at £100,000!

Thomas O’Connell (Photo: Ohmygossip.com/ Helena-Reet Ennet)

Thomas O’Connell (Photo: Ohmygossip.com/ Helena-Reet Ennet)

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Mika lookalike Thomas O’Connell describes himself as funny, talkative and infectiously energetic. He studied Psychology before dropping out of university after finding it dull and went on to become a retail sales assistant.

The bisexual 20-year-old admits to being a party animal and loves dancing and being the centre of attention. He also likes to take his pants off when there is a camera around.

Self-confident, he says he once challenged Ms Dynamite to a dance-off but she declined because “clearly she knew she’d lose”. He admits he sometimes mimes along to sad songs in the mirror and is so good he can move himself to tears.

Thomas hasn’t been in love before and one of the things he dislikes in life is not having a relationship.  Thomas isn’t looking for love but if it happened, he would pursue it. Thomas’ luxury items are hairspray and wax but he says he won’t be preening himself especially for the cameras – he wants to treat the house as his home and says he won’t feel the need to dress up while he is in there.

Thomas won’t like people who sleep the day away and he can be quite nosy, asking too many questions. He thinks this may put off his fellow housemates.
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