And each week, someone gets evicted.
That’s right, we’re talking “Big Brother.”
TheJulie Chen Moonves-hosted reality series was a hit from the start.
Oh, the houseguests.
McGee, a twentysomething disabled man with one leg, won Season 1.
However, he toldEntertainment Weeklymore than two decades later that he never even watched himself on TV.
“My show was like watching f***ing paint drying, man,” he said.
“My show was boring.
It was f***ing terrible, from what I heard.
I don’t know.
I never watched it.”
McGee wasn’t the only one who was disinterested in “Big Brother” Season 1.
CBS exec Les Moonves said the same thing in 2001, asTV Guidereported.
He told EW that he’s grateful to “Big Brother” for giving him his start.
“I have the acting career I have now because of it,” he said.
“I will never deny where I’m from, and I know I come from reality TV.”
Dr. Will Kirby took full advantage of the new format, gleefully leaning into a villainous, scheming persona.
Kirby is still a dermatologist.
The man who calls himself “the Alpha and Omega of ‘Big Brother’” also dabbles in acting.
It dampened her own excitement, too.
“The fact they barely clapped and didn’t look me in the eye a lot of times.”
“She came to win at any cost and ruthlessness like that is what makes BB so entertaining.”
Since Song won the game, she’s had numerous careers.
She toldEntertainment Weeklythat she’s now primarily a single mother and a content marketer.
“I work with tech companies of all sizes to get their content marketing strategies in place.
This time, Malin came out on top, claiming the show’s first-place prize.
He didn’t come out of the season looking great, having backstabbed his way to the end.
“That show doesn’t work well when people sit around and are nice.”
The “All Stars” winner has had a lot of legal trouble since the show.
He was arrested for a DUI in 2020, to which he pled guilty.
He was found guilty the following year and sentenced to two years of probation.
These days, Malin can be booked onCameo.
“Evel” Dick Donato played alongside his daughter Danielle, and they tore through the competition.
Ultimately, father beat daughter, and Dick walked away with the top prize.
“I thought once I left the house people would drive by and give me the middle finger.
I could not believe the way people received me after what I did on the show.”
He told People (viaHuffPost), “Look, I get that I’m a reality-show villain.
But for better or for worse, I have a platform.
And I decided that it was time to just publicly say what I’m dealing with.”
For a while, he hosted a Big Brother recap show called “Dick @ Nite”.
He still follows the show on hisTwitteraccount, regularly his thoughts about the houseguests.
Speaking withEntertainment Weeklyyears after his last appearance on the show, Gheesling seemed content to rest on his laurels.
He also makes a living as a Twitch streamer, playing video games and chatting several times a week.
“I don’t have that drive to play the game.
I just don’t.”
I pulled it out and then I won.
Lloyd returned for “Big Brother 13,” but she didn’t win again.
“Then you see people writing, ‘Oh your voice is so annoying.
You’re ugly.'”
These days, Lloyd is focused on raising a family with Schroeder.
They also have a podcast together called “Togetherness.”
They post their episodes to YouTube.
She still makes a living on television.
“In real life, he’s just a guy that you want to be friends with.
In the beginning of the show, he was so excited I was there,” she toldUs Weekly.
“And then after traitors stuff happened, he started acting so differently.”
Sure enough, the strategic player was considered a threat, and he only made it to the jury.
Since that second go-around, Terry has moved on from the show.
“I’m not a fan of modern ‘Big Brother,'” he said.
Terry’s still working as a consultant, he told the outlet.
“[S]ame partner, same city [Houston], same backgammon hobby.”
These days, Levasseur now runs a private investigation firm.
Speaking withEntertainment Weekly, he revealed that he’s also working on a line of coffee.
What that means, exactly, is unclear.
Both agreed that they’d only do a shorter season of All Winners.
“30 days, 45 max,” Levasseur said.
“I think it would work for most of us.”
However, he came to view that as a blessing rather than a curse.
As a result, Moses hasn’t followed the typical post-“BB” path.
Instead, after finishing college, Moses used his winnings to start a franchise of senior care consultants.
“This day could not have been more perfect.
They have a son together, who they’ve nicknamed Arrow.
As a result, Calafiore came in second.
This time, he won.
He also competed on “The Traitors” with fellow “BB” winner Rachel Reilly.
He admitted toUs Weeklyithat t was a tough experience.
“There’s stuff that I really can’t mention, but I was struggling,” he said.
As a result, it felt like the whole internet celebrated when she won the season.
She made history, becoming the first Black woman to take the top prize in the competition.
“It was so much bigger than just trying to make a name for myself.
After her win, Hale focused on capitalizing on all the positive attention.
“It felt very good.”
