Big Brother 2 cast – where are they now?

It was 2001 and the series when things started to get GOOOOOOD

brian dowling, bubble and helen adams

by Emily Whitman |
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We're still devastated that Big Brother closed its doors for the last time in 2018, so we thought it's time to look back at 18 years of the original and very best reality TV show (sorry if that makes anyone feel REALLY old).

We're going to throw it back all the way to 2001, the year of Big Brother 2.

Brian Dowling, Helen Adams, Paul Clark, Bubble and the rest - who we REALLY had to research to remember TBH - entered the house after the quiet success of the first series, not fully aware of how just how BIG the show was about to become.

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The Big Brother 2 stars in 2001 ©Getty Images

The second series had more fights, outrageous moments, romances (Paul and Helen - the original 'showmance' couple) than the first, while also retaining a certain 'early days' innocence.

Brian, of course, went on to win the show, but quite a few of the contestants went on to become super successful business people. Even Penny Ellis - who 'dropped' her towel on live TV - managed to get back into teaching.

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Big Brother series two - where are they now

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Brian Dowling

Former flight attendant, Brian won the hearts of the nation and was crowned the series two winner.

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Brian Dowling

Brian rose to fame after his win, earning him a host of presenting jobs. He now has the perhaps unenviable job of hosting the Real Housewives of Cheshire's end of season fight / finale.

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Helen Adams

Helen Adams was most known for her saying, "I love blinking, I do." She gave us a juicy on-screen romance with Paul Clarke despite having a boyfriend on the outside.

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Helen Adams

Much to the BB fans delight, the pair later got together but split five years later. Helen now works as a hairdresser in Bristol.

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Paul Clark

Paul Clarke originally locked lips with Penny Ellis. But after she was evicted it didn't take long for his eyes to wander to Helen.

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Paul Clark

After his split with Helen in 2006, Paul returned to the career he had before the show and is now a car designer.

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Penny Ellis

Bumbling Penny Ellis was known for being the English teacher who went wild and stripped off.

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Penny Ellis

After she bared all, the school decided to let Penny go. After making it into panto in Porthcawl, she went back to teaching.

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Amma Antwi-Agyei

Coming in seventh place was Amma Antwi-Agyei, she took Big Brother as an opportunity to reveal to her deeply-religious mother that she was a £1,000 a night bisexual lap dancer.

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Amma Antwi-Agyei

Amma went on play Yasmin Shawcross on one series of Sky One's Dream Team. Now, she's rumoured to have returned to her stripping work.

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Dean O’Laughlin

Dear old Dean finished in third place and walked away with a broken record for building the highest sugar cube tower.

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Dean O’Laughlin

After the show, the Brummie music enthusiast teamed up with fellow housemate, Stuart to sell tea-bag bins.

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Elizabeth Woodcock

Elizabeth Woodcock entered the house as a website designer from Cumbria. She was a quiet soul who made it to fourth place.

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Elizabeth Woodcock

She left the house to discover that naked pictures of herself had been sold by her boyfriend to the Daily Star. She later split from him and made a documentary on motorbiking.

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Josh Rafter

Josh was the first ever BB contestant to be voted into the house through the Diary Room door after the series had already started. The fitness fanatic like to show off his buff bod, but it wasn't enough to keep him in the house as he came in sixth place in week eight.

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Josh Rafter

Josh is now a property developer who bought the company he worked for.

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Narinder Kauer

Narinder was best buds with Brian but she did NOT get on well with Helen. Narinder missed her wedding anniversary in the house but she was evicted on day 29.

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Narinder Kaur

Since leaving the house, Narinder has written a book about her time in the house and had two children with her husband. She still pops up on the telly.

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Paul 'Bubble' Ferguson

Bubble is perhaps best remembered for his collection of hats, which Brian once stole before starting a ridiculous argument (they loved a play fight). Bubble was the only person in the house who didn't drink, so we're not sure how he managed to survive when everyone else was sloshed.

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Paul 'Bubble' Ferguson

Bubble and Dean released the song Standing Tall which charted at 99 in the UK charts. He's also starred in pantomimes, an episode of The Office and in Dead Set.

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Stuart Hosking

Stuart Hosking was the oldest contestant in the house. He got a reputation for being a bit sly, and became known for winking when he was being dishonest. He was the second housemate to be evicted.

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Stuart Hosking

Firstly: Stuart is RIPPED. Now that's out of the way, we can also tell you that he runs a bin bag business with fellow housemate Dean and has had four children. He also put on a Big Brother pantomime.

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Brian Dowling took home £70,000 after winning the show. Which, in today's money, seems like a lot but also not very much. More than Love Island though.

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