Despite being the best looking girl in Big Brother 6, Sam Heuston was voted out third, lasting a total of 22 days.

CBS has released this summers version of Big Brother... The all-stars series! What does the big brother house look like? What are the main themes? How does this Big Brother Relate to George Orwells ideas of "Big Brother" surveillence?

Traveling can be a humbling experience, particularly when you travel to a foreign country. Such experiences, of course, give rise to travel jokes.

The seventh series of reality TV show Big Brother opened to a record television audience of 8.1 million on 18 May and placed 14 contestants in the goldfish bowl environment for 13 weeks, the longest stint ever.

Sezer Yurtseven was the second housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house and won two dubious honours in the process.

Bonnie Holt became the first housemate to leave the Big Brother house by public vote at a best price of 1/33 on eviction day.

Grace Adams-Short became the fourth housemate evicted from Big Brother 7 in yet another no-shock result on Friday night.

Julie Chen appeared on David Letterman last night, and despite the high hopes of fans for some hints about who exactly would appear on the show, Julie Chen revealed very little. After admitting to watching the Letterman Show every night, She discussed changes with CBS, her own love life, and described the concept of Big Brother to David Letterman. Her descriptions of the show made it sound morbidly evil- "we lock complete strangers away from society with no TV, radio, or internet, no phone- they can't talk to their loved ones. And one person each week gets voted out of the house, and the public gets to see Everything they do in this house." It sounds as though the houseguests are treated as a grade 7 science project. Julie Chen goes on to discuss the dynamics of this show, hints on the theme, and discusses "love" in the US Big Brother house

The Big Brother house is always unpredictable during its lengthy run and the most dangerous thing punters can do is try and pre-empt who will be up for eviction before the nominations are announced and then bet accordingly.

Big Brother is entering the half-way stage so here is a short round-up of four of the nine established characters and how they fair in the betting market.