Big Brother viewers took to social media on Friday evening to reveal their thoughts after Friday night’s episode.
Fans of the show took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to speculate ITV producers are heavily influencing the new contestants to give ‘sob stories’ in the Diary Room after spotting a bizarre pattern between the contestants.
During the show contestants Hallie, Dylan, and Trish took to the Diary Room to speak about themselves and fans noticed a pattern between them as they claimed all three gave ‘X Factor level sob stories’.
During Friday night’s episode Trish took to The Diary Room to talk about her past, while Hallie discussed being transgender and Dylan spoke about the horror accident that saw him lose his leg after a motorbike accident in Tenerife.
Trish touched up on how her family escaped dictatorship in Congo and spoke on the reality of being an immigrant or a refugee in the UK.
Unimpressed: Big Brother viewers took to social media on Friday evening to reveal their thoughts after Friday night’s episode
Speculation: Fans of the show took to X (formerly known as Twitter ) to speculate ITV producers are heavily influencing the new contestants to give ‘sob stories’
She said: ‘Ideally as a child thinking you’re coming to a safer space seemed like a heavenly idea. However, the reality in the UK as an immigrant or a refugee has been humbling to say the least.
‘As you run from home in hopes to create another home, and actually, you end up not just losing a home but you lose a sense of your identity’.
After the episode aired, viewers questioned why there were so many heartfelt stories on Friday’s show.
One viewer tweeted: ‘Not the Big Brother producers making Hallie, Dylan and Trish give X factor level sob stories tonight.’
Another viewer also asked whether the producers asked the contestants deeply personal questions to get them to reveal more of their personal life on the show.
They added: ‘It’s so obvious big brother ask them questions in the diary room they hide. The old big brother used to show what they asked. Those sob stories didn’t just come out of thin air.’
While another viewer quipped ‘Has Big Brother told them to come and tell a sob story? Hallie will be in the diary room after the next break’.
Big Brother’s Hallie was the third person to be evicted from the house on Friday night.
Speculation: Fans of the show took to X (formerly known as Twitter ) to speculate that ITV producers are heavily influencing the new contestants to give ‘sob stories’ in the Diary Room
The youth worker, 18, was up for the public vote against DJ Dylan, 39, and stay-at-home mother Trish, 33, with the eviction result leaving some show fans in shock.
Hallie blew kisses ahead of her first interview on spin-off show Big Brother: Late & Live as she was greeted as she left the house by show hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best.
Chants of ‘get Kerry out’ were again heard from the crowd following them making similar calls last week.
Hallie told AJ and Will after her eviction: ‘I loved it! Honestly that was amazing, my mum is the one person I wanted to see first…but the feeling that I got from the crowd, I loved it. Thank you so much. My mouth is dry. I honestly have no idea [why I’m out], everything happens for a reason. ‘
In the build-up to her exit, Hallie had been nominated by Jordan, Matty, Chanelle, and Jenkin for eviction and faced a public vote along with Trish and Dylan.
Hallie admitted she was ‘surprised’ by some of those who nominated her but insisted that that there was ‘no bad blood’ between herself and her former housemates.
She said: ‘Chanelle surprised me, but I understand where they’re coming from. At the end of the day, it’s a game and what’s got to be done has got to be done so I hold no bad blood and I love them all.’
Early on in the series, Hallie revealed to her co-stars that she is a transgender woman and was on the verge of tears as she recalled how everyone had accepted her.
She said: ‘Honestly, it was the first night, I wanted to see how the housemates were and going to sleep on the first night I felt as if they would respect me.
‘I woke up the next morning I was s****** myself, but once I’d said I was a trans woman, it was like a weight lifted off my chest.
‘I appreciate everyone in that house. The love I felt from all of them, I really appreciated it. It was important to me to be loud and proud and show trans visibility.’
Farewell: It comes after Big Brother’s Hallie was the third person to be evicted from the house during Friday night’s live show
Just before the end of the interview, Hallie revealed that she would like customer support worker Yinrun, 25, to walk away with the £100,000 prize so she can return to her native China.
She said: ‘The goal is to fly Yinrun back to China to see her parents, so I want Yinrun to win.’
Show fans took to social media to express their shock at Hallie’s departure, with many insisting Dylan should have been the one to go.
One person wrote on Twitter: ‘The third person being evicted is Hallie WTF I’m shocked I was sure it would be Dylan.’
While someone else wrote: ‘I’m buzzing Trish has been saved, but can’t believe we’re losing Hallie. I’m gutted.’
End of the road: The youth worker, 18, was up for the public vote against DJ Dylan, 39, and stay-at-home mother Trish, 33, with the eviction result leaving some show fans in shock
Delighted: Hallie said after her eviction: ‘I loved it! Honestly that was amazing, my mum is the one person I wanted to see first…but the feeling that I got from the crowd, I loved it’
And someone else shared: ‘Hallie was annoying at times but I’d rather her in there over Dylan any day.’
‘What hallie? NOOOOO IT HAD TO BE DYLAN,’ posted another person.
Someone else wrote: ‘Hallie? Are you kidding? Probably the one chance everyone had to get rid of Dylan and you blew it. Actually disgusted with that result.’
Another viewer commented: ‘I’m not even a big fan of her, but can’t believe hallie is out before DYLAN WTF???’
Hallie’s exit comes after model Zak, 28, who was eliminated in week two of the series, and make-up artist Farida, 50, who was the first of the 16 housemates to face eviction.
Fame game: Hallie blew kisses ahead of her first interview on spin-off show Big Brother: Late & Live as she was greeted as she left the house by show hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best
Shock: Big Brother’s Dylan, Hallie (pictured) and Trish faced the public vote ahead of the third live eviction of the series
Big Brother continues on ITV2 and ITVX on Sunday at 9pm.
Nominated: The housemates learned that the trio received the most nominations from their fellow housemates this week (Dylan pictured)
Could have been evicted: Trish (pictured) received five nominations from Dylan, Jenkin, Kerry, Paul and Tom
BIG BROTHER 2023: MEET THE CONTESTANTS!
JENKIN
AGE: 25
PROFESSION: Barman
FROM: Bridgend
HOW WOULD YOUR FRIENDS DESCRIBE YOU? ‘Loud and messy, and irritating probably.’
TOM
AGE: 21
PROFESSION: Butcher
FROM: Somerset
WHAT ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO GET NOMINATED FOR? ‘I think I might potentially offend some people. My mouth moves faster than my brain.’
TRISH
AGE: 33
PROFESSION: Stay-at-home mum
FROM: Luton
WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THE PRIZE MONEY IF YOU WON? ‘I think my first priority is to sort out my housing situation. The housing crisis is just ridiculous and my housing situation has been unstable. It brings me a lot of mum guilt because I’ve got a young child. It’s my biggest incentive and motivation to win.’
JORDAN
AGE: 25
PROFESSION: Lawyer
FROM: Scunthorpe
WHAT ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO GET NOMINATED FOR? ‘Being cantankerous and acting as if I don’t want to be there even if I do in my heart. They might nominate me for being disengaged perhaps or not paying everyone an equal amount of attention. They may feel left out but I can’t help that.’
DYLAN
AGE: 39
PROFESSION: DJ
FROM: Coventry
TELL US AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOURSELF: ‘I appeared on a TV show called The Last Leg about amputees – two years before I lost my leg!’
NOKY
AGE: 26
PROFESSION: Banker
FROM: Derby
WHAT MADE YOU APPLY TO BECOME A BIG BROTHER HOUSEMATE? ‘I love challenges. I’ve had so many amazing times in my life, like going to Miss Universe as Miss Great Britain. I like to do something different and I think this is the next challenge I want to conquer. I want to show people what pageant girls are really like and disprove a lot of stereotypes around them. I also show what it’s like being a woman who’s worked in male- dominated fields. I want to show that women are capable of doing anything they want.’
PAUL
AGE: 23
PROFESSION: Security officer
FROM: Liverpool
WHAT ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO GET NOMINATED FOR? ‘Being the biggest wind up, eating all the food and being the loudest housemate.’
YINRUN
AGE: 25
PROFESSION: Customer support agent
FROM: Harrogate
WHAT PART OF THE EXPERIENCE ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO? ‘I’m most excited about being surrounded by so many people from different walks of life. I don’t think I will ever live in a house again with so many different kinds of people. I’m from China and I think it will help me be more immersed in British culture.’
CHANELLE
AGE: 29
PROFESSION: Dental therapist
FROM: Llanelli
WHAT ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO BE NOMINATED FOR? ‘Probably just for being annoying. In Wales, we have this saying, “I’ll do it now in a minute.” So like, if I went to make food and I left a dish on the side, I have all good intentions of washing it but I’d be like, “I’ll do it now in a minute,” and it might be three hours later before I do it. So probably for silly stuff like that.’
MATTY
AGE: 24
PROFESSION: Doctor
FROM: Isle Of Man
HOW WOULD YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY DESCRIBE YOU? ‘They would say I’m quite like a lucky person or someone who really wants to experience life to its fullest and do everything that it has to offer. Someone who is kind and fun and doesn’t take life too seriously.’
HENRY
AGE: 25
PROFESSION: Food writer
FROM: Cotswolds
HOW WOULD YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY DESCRIBE YOU? ‘I think they would say I’m particularly sociable and very chatty. I mean, I’ll be honest, my parents would definitely say I’m a bit of a snob but I take it as a compliment. I think it means you’ve got high standards and good taste. They’d say I was quite a peculiar child.’
KERRY
AGE: 40
PROFESSION: NHS manager
FROM: Essex
WHAT MADE YOU APPLY TO BE A BIG BROTHER HOUSEMATE? ‘I love the programme. It is, for me, the ultimate reality TV show ever. I’ve got multiple sclerosis and so the reason why I never applied before is because I always saw those whacking great big stairs to get into the house. It just felt a little bit unachievable because for the first three years of my illness I was in a wheelchair. When I saw it was coming back and searching for real people from all walks of life, I thought, this is my year.’
OLIVIA
AGE: 23
PROFESSION: Dancer
FROM: Glasgow
WHAT ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO GET NOMINATED FOR? ‘I think when people are in that hangry state, that’s when I’ll wind people up and grind their gears. I think they’ll nominate me for being full on, and for my brutal honesty and oversharing of opinions.’
