List of Big Brother 2009 housemates (UK)
The following is a list of participants from the 2009 series of Big Brother UK, all of whom entered the programme during the live launch broadcast. The contestants were not accorded the status of housemate until satisfactorily completing a set task, or following a public vote on Day 4. Ten of the contestants were successful in gaining housemate status through a number of tasks, leaving the other six facing a public vote to decide which five of them would also become housemates. Beinazir received the fewest votes and was evicted.
Angel
Angel McKenzie (born 10 June 1973) is a professional boxer from Russia. A music performer in her homeland, she left 12 years ago and now lives in South London where she runs a keep-fit class. Angel has also worked as a carpenter. She was made a housemate as the result of a public vote on Day 4.
Beinazir
Beinazir Lasharie (born January 1981) is a Pakistan-born Study Support Assistant from South London. Her family, after receiving death threats due to their support of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto were given asylum in the United Kingdom when she was a one year old. On Day 4, Beinazir did not gain full housemate status by public vote and became the first evictee. There was no crowd present as she left the House and she was escorted from the premises in a red Routemaster Bus.
Cairon
Cairon Reon Austin-Hill (born July 1990) is a student and the youngest contestant in this year's Big Brother. He was born in South London, but brought up by his mother in Florida, United States. He moved back to live with his father, after his mother was involved in a car accident. He became a housemate after winning the biscuit dunking task on Day 3. On Day 12 Cairon was nominated for eviction by his fellow housemates. He became the third evictee on Day 16.
Charlie
Charles Andrew "Charlie" Drummond (born 1987) is a 22-year-old Jobcentre Customer Service Advisor from Newcastle. He was Mr Gay Newcastle 2007 and was a runner up for Mr Gay UK. He became a housemate for successfully walking barefoot on broken sugar glass, believing it to be real glass.
Dogface
Sophie Victoria Reade (legally named "Dogface"), born in 1988, is a 20 year-old glamour model from Cheshire. Her bra-size is 30GG and she has posed [...] for Playboy UK. She changed her name to Dogface in order to become a full housemate.
Halfwit
Frederick "Freddie" George Fisher (legally named "Halfwit"), born June 1985, is an Oxford graduate and entrepreneur from Market Drayton, who lives with his parents in their stately home. He is also bisexual. He changed his name by deed poll to Halfwit in order to gain housemate status. On Day 6 Halfwit was nominated for eviction by his fellow housemates and on Day 9 he survived the public vote after receiving 8.8% of the vote. On Day 12, he was nominated for eviction for the second time in a row after receiving nine nominations.
Karly
Karly Ashworth (born 14 April 1988) is a part-time glamour model, currently unemployed, from FIFE. She was polled as one of FHM's Top High Street Honeys. She became the seventh housemate after being tricked into believing that she had a motorbike ridden over her stomach.
Kris
Kris Donnelly is a 24-year-old visual merchandiser from Shrewsbury. He became the fourth person to be confirmed as a housemate when he was selected by Lisa, who had earned the privilege to choose by answering a ringing phone.
Lisa
Lisa Wallace is the oldest contestant at 41 years old. She is an unemployed lesbian from Birmingham with a distinctive pink mohican haircut. She became the third person to be rewarded with housemate status when she answered a ringing phone.
Marcus
Marcus Akin is a 35-year-old window fitter from Brentford, West London. He was made a housemate as the result of a public vote on Day 4. Marcus has publicly stated on the show that he models his appearance and life-ethos on the action hero Wolverine from the comic book series X-Men.
Noirin
Noirin Kelly is a 25-year-old retail manager from Dublin, Ireland. A practising Catholic, she is a former All Ireland athletics champion. She also appeared on The Real World: Sydney in 2007 as the girlfriend of Isaac Stout. She was granted housemate status when she allowed Rodrigo to shave her eyebrows and draw a moustache and glasses with permanent marker on her face. She has to do this every day until further notice. On Day 10, Noirin asked Big Brother's permission to wash the ink from her face. When told she would be punished if she removed the moustache and glasses she proposed to protest with a hunger strike, sparking a heated argument between Marcus and Lisa.
Rodrigo
Rodrigo Lopes is a bisexual Brazilian student living in Manchester. He became one of the first two housemates after convincing Noirin to let him remove her eyebrows and draw a moustache and glasses on her face.
Saffia
Saffia May Corden is a 27-year-old beauty consultant from Nottingham and single mother of two children. She became a housemate for successfully walking barefoot on broken sugar glass, believing it to be real glass. She walked from the House on Day 8, because of arguments with Sophia and because she missed her children.
Siavash
Siavash Sabbaghpour, is a 23-year-old event organiser who left his homeland Iran at an early age. He was made a housemate as the result of a public vote on Day 4.
Sophia
Sophia Davinia Brown is a 4'11" 26-year-old lupus sufferer from London who works as a private banking assistant. She was made a housemate as the result of a public vote on Day 4. On Day 6 Sophia was nominated for eviction by her fellow housemates. On Day 8 she had a major argument with Saffia and was called to the Diary Room to calm down. On Day 9 she became the second evictee with 91.2% of the public vote.
Sree
Sree Dasari is a 25-year-old Hindu from India. A Student Union President, he is in England studying for a Masters Degree in International Business. He was made a housemate as the result of a public vote on Day 4.