Big Brother has returned to British television following a five-year hiatus.
Before entering the house on Sunday night, Jenkin, 25, promised to ‘bring the drama’, admitting that he’s most likely to get nominated because he ‘can’t keep secrets’.
However during the launch show, the Welshman revealed another annoying habit that he possesses, which could ruffle a few feathers.
Opening up to make-up artist Farida, 50, he admitted: ‘I snore, sleepwalk and sleep talk.
‘I was like, I really don’t want to be sharing a bed with someone cos if I start talking to someone they’re gonna get freaked out.’
Honest: Before entering the Big Brother house on Sunday night, Jenkin, 25, promised to ‘bring the drama’, admitting that he’s most likely to get nominated because he ‘can’t keep secrets’
Caught out: Jenkin was the subject to alot of the forfeits during Big Brother’s housewarming party games on Sunday night
To welcome the 16 contestants who entered the house, Big Brother put on some games, which all carried forfeits.
During a rendition of musical statues, Yinrun, a customer support agent from China, won the game, with a prize of breakfast in bed, and she chose Jenkin to cook and deliver it to her.
The second game saw Jenkin lose a game of hide and seek and was told that he would ‘not receive hot water for the next 24 hours’.
After Big Brother announced: ‘Jenkin it’s cold showers for you’, the bartender said: ‘That’s sly as f***.’
Later on in the night 40-year-old NHS manager Kerry, from Essex, chose Jenkin as the housemate with ‘the most questionable dress sense’, which meant he would not receive his suitcase – before a video was shown of his suitcase being blown up.
He was later given a tub of ‘essential’ clothes in the diary room, and said he felt ‘guilty about the Olivia thing’, calling himself ‘public enemy number one’.
The third game of the ‘housewarming party’, Olivia, a dancer from Glasgow, was chosen by Jenkin, as the contestant he thought would be hardest to live with, telling her: ‘I don’t think we’ve gelled.’
As her punishment, Big Brother announced that Olivia, 23, would be facing the first public eviction on Friday.
Oh dear: During pass the parcel, Jenkin chose Olivia as the hardest to live with and as her punishment, Big Brother announced she would face the first public eviction which caused her to get upset
Sad: After the game ended, Olivia started crying in the garden to make-up artist Farida, 50, saying she felt ‘it was a bit unfair’ that she had been picked
Sorry: Jenkin tried to apologise to Olivia but she went to the diary room and told Big Brother that the was ‘obviously intimidated’ by her
Frustrating: During the launch show, the Welshman revealed another annoying habit that he possesses – snoring, sleepwalking and sleep talking
After the game of pass the parcel had ended, Olivia started crying in the garden to make-up artist Farida, 50, saying: ‘I was second last in and I felt like it was a bit unfair.’
Later in the diary room, Big Brother told Olivia that she can ‘change her fate and win immunity’ during a game that the housemates will play in 24 hours where they rank themselves from most to least entertaining.
Talking about the game, she said Jenkin is ‘obviously intimidated by me’, but ‘at least I don’t have the worst dress sense so whatever’.
Viewers seem to be divided by Jenkin and his strong personality, but some viewers took to X – formally known as Twitter – to sympathise with the bingo caller, taking his side over Olivia’s.
Support: Fans flocked to X – formally known as Twitter – to vent their frustrations on Olivia crying over a game when Jenkin had been the subject of all the forfeits
One user wrote: ‘Why is Olivia mad?! They blew up Jenkins suitcase!! He’s the real loser imagine if he packed all his best clothes! Everything went up in flames! I’d be fuming!’
A second penned: ‘Has to make breakfast, no hot water, suitcase blown u p, and enemies made. Jenkins has been through the wringer and he;s only been in the house like an hour.’
A third said: ‘Olivia is acting like a right spoilt brat, Jenkins has no hot water, no suitcase and she’s moaning about being up for the public vote, jog on love’.
The launch episode saw a new cast of ‘carefully selected housemates from all walks of life’ arrive at the brand-new house in front of a studio audience.
A total of 30,000 people applied to take part in the show and just 16 were selected to enter the house.
The winner will scoop a whopping £100,000 when the series reaches its end.
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: 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.’
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.’
FARIDA
AGE: 50
PROFESSION: Make-up artist
FROM: Wolverhampton
TELL US AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOURSELF: ‘People are always surprised when I say I got married at 43. Or also that I’m an ex-holiday rep in Gran Canaria and Menorca.’
HAILLE
AGE: 18
PROFESSION: Youth Worker
FROM: London
WHAT ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO GET NOMINATED FOR? ‘Being lazy and having an opinion. I’m quite opinionated, I like speaking my mind and not many people like that. I’m quite real.’
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.’
ZAK
AGE: 28
PROFESSION: Model
FROM: Manchester
WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THE PRIZE MONEY IF YOU WON? ‘Pay off my debts and help my family out. I’ve also been saving up to build a park in my village back at home in Thailand because where I grew up, there’s no parks or playgrounds.’
MATTY
AGE: 25
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.’