{"id":37700,"date":"2023-10-09T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1903904"},"modified":"2023-10-09T12:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:06:09","slug":"meet-tom-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-butcher","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/meet-tom-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-butcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Tom, Big Brother 2023 housemate and butcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The 21-year-old is looking forward to chatting to people all day in the Big Brother house. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 09 October 2023 at 09:56 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>A fresh new group of contestants entered 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 will all be competing for the huge cash prize of \u00a3100,000, ideally if they\u2019re not evicted first.<\/p>\n<p>As all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-cast-line-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16 housemates<\/a> entered the new house, they began to be watched by the eye of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother<\/a>, ensuring they don\u2019t step out of line and follow all the rules asked of them.<\/p>\n<p>The first episode premiered with a splash: there were tears, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/olivia-big-brother-2023-eviction-twist-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twists<\/a> and moments that\u2019ll go down in history as the show made its return after five years off air.<\/p>\n<p>As the drama heightens in the Big Brother house, Tom is going for a more chilled vibe, and the 21-year-old is just looking forward to chatting to people all day. Seems simple enough.<\/p> <p>Read on for everything you need to know about Big Brother 2023 housemate Tom.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Tom?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cheeky chappy Tom is next to enter the House <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/93R69pgGcn\">pic.twitter.com\/93R69pgGcn<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Big Brother UK (@bbuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbuk\/status\/1711112224259908050?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> 21<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Somerset<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job:<\/strong> Butcher<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 35\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Tom decided to apply for Big Brother because he was looking to do something \u201ca bit different from day to day life\u201d. The butcher is planning to just sit and chat with people all day whilst on the show and it seems he is fitting in well.<\/p>\n<p>One moment from his first night in the Big Brother house left viewers in laughter as he began comparing mullets with another housemate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/hallie-big-brother-2023-housemate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meet Hallie, Big Brother 2023 housemate and youth worker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-house-filming-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where is the Big Brother house? Location for 2023 reboot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tom would like to think he is \u201cquite funny\u201d, but admitted his friends and family may not agree. He told ITV ahead of his show debut that his family would describe him as \u201cquite loud and chatty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Will Tom\u2019s chatty and laidback attitude get him far in the ultimate social experiment, only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Big Brother continues on Monday 9th October at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\"><strong>Entertainment<\/strong><\/a><strong> coverage or visit our <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\"><strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\"><strong>Streaming Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/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>. 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