Big Brother 1 (2000)![]() The first season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, aired in the summer of 2000, with seventy episodes from July 5 to September 29 and followed the same format as the international version, in that the viewing public voted by 900 number for which contestant to be evicted from the house after each contestant put two people up. The top two vote getters, including anyone tied for second, were "marked for banishment." Unlike later seasons the show aired six times a week; a one hour live studio show, four half-hour daily recap episodes, and a one hour weekly recap episode. The first season of Big Brother was considered a disappointment in terms of ratings. Despite being heavily promoted, it failed to match the viewership of the international versions. It also failed to reach the level of wild popularity that Survivor: Borneo enjoyed the same summer. The home-viewer voting technique resulted in the most controversial contestants being evicted early in the game, leaving the least troublesome contestants in the house.
The Winner:Eddie McGee was the winner of the first American season of the Big Brother reality television series. He was awarded $500,000 for being the last remaining houseguest, defeating Josh Souza and Curtis Kin, the last two remaining contestants. Eddie is known as being the only contestant to have a strategy to win, as opposed to just trying to get along with the other houseguests. Nevertheless, his win can be mostly attributed to his popularity with the voting public. Eddie McGee has only one leg due to childhood illness.![]()
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