{"id":37662,"date":"2023-10-09T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1903836"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:41:08","slug":"meet-olivia-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-dancer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/meet-olivia-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-dancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Olivia, Big Brother 2023 housemate and dancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Olivia is the first housemate who will face the public vote, unless she can gain immunity&#8230; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 09 October 2023 at 09:01 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The ultimate social experiment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother<\/a>, made a splash when it returned to screens after a five year hiatus, with viewering witnessing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-cast-line-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16 new contestants<\/a> enter the iconic house.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia was the 15th contestant to enter the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-house-filming-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother house<\/a> and unfortunately is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/olivia-big-brother-2023-eviction-twist-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first housemate who will face the public vote<\/a>, which means she could very well be on her way home unless she manages to gain immunity.<\/p>\n<p>During her first night in the Big Brother house, it was revealed Olivia would be the first housemate to face eviction after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/jenkin-big-brother-2023-housemate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jenkin<\/a> named her as the housemate who he thought he\u2019d find the hardest to live with.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the next week, Olivia must prove to her housemates she is the most entertaining in order to gain immunity from the looming evictions.<\/p> <p>As Olivia gets ready to pull out all the stops to extend her stay in the Big Brother house, read on for everything you need to know about the Glaswegian dancer.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Olivia?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This patriotic Scot is not to be messed with! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ASZZLtjhZE\">pic.twitter.com\/ASZZLtjhZE<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Big Brother UK (@bbuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbuk\/status\/1711135236447228084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 23<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown:\u00a0<\/strong>Glasgow<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job:\u00a0<\/strong>Dancer<\/p>\n<p>Olivia grew up watching Big Brother and has always said if the show ever returned, she\u2019d want to do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think I fit the brief because I\u2019ve got personality to sell and this is the best place for it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The dancer described herself as a \u201csocial being\u201d and is excited to take part in a \u201ctotally surreal experience\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother 2023: Release date, host and news for ITV2 reboot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-uk-live-stream-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to watch the Big Brother UK live stream<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 29\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 29\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The 23-year-old described herself as \u201cthe type of person who is up for anything\u201d and \u201cthe life and soul of the party\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to ITV ahead of entering the house, she said: \u201cI\u2019m that friend who people invite to things because at least I\u2019ll be fun. They know that they\u2019re guaranteed a good night if I\u2019m there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Big Brother continues Monday 9th October at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310, PLUS a \u00a310 John Lewis and Partners voucher delivered to your home \u2013 <a id=\"LPNoLPOWALinkPreview\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" data-loopstyle=\"linkonly\">subscribe now<\/a>. <\/strong><strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Olivia is the first housemate who will face the public vote, unless she can gain immunity&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":37663,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-olivia-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-dancer-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-olivia-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-dancer-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-olivia-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-dancer-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-olivia-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-dancer-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-olivia-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-dancer-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-olivia-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-dancer-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-olivia-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-dancer-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Olivia is the first housemate who will face the public vote, unless she can gain immunity...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/37662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}