{"id":38283,"date":"2023-10-19T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1903995"},"modified":"2023-10-19T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:45:30","slug":"meet-zak-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-model","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/meet-zak-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Zak, Big Brother 2023 housemate and model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Zak is facing the public vote on Friday night, after receiving the most nominations from his fellow housemates. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 19 October 2023 at 09:53 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>Big Brother has spoken: The latest nominees to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-eviction-nominations-revealed\/\">eviction<\/a> will be Zak and Henry, as they go head to head and face the public vote on Friday night (20th October).<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed on Wednesday\u2019s episode (18th October) that Zak had received the most nominations from his fellow housemates, which was a total of five from Hallie, Kerry, Chanelle, Jenkin and Henry.<\/p>\n<p>Henry was next with four nominations, which came from Dylan, Olivia, Noky and Jenkin.<\/p>\n<p>Votes are officially open now to the public to make their decision, with viewers asked to choose who they want to evict, rather than save.<\/p>\n<p>Although Zak and Henry appeared to take their nominations well, Henry later admitted in the Diary Room that he was upset at the situation, but didn\u2019t want to cause a scene.<\/p>\n<p>He then became emotional and started to cry, as he disclosed that he would be devastated to leave the house on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Farida became the first housemate to be evicted from 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> last Friday (13th October) after she lost out to Kerry in the public vote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-release-date\/\">Big Brother<\/a> returned to our TV screens on ITV2 on Sunday 8th October, and featured <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> all living in the house with the hopes of winning a whopping \u00a3100,000 cash prize.<\/p>\n<p>The housemates have been taking part in clever tasks and nail-biting nominations as they cross their fingers each night hoping they don\u2019t face eviction.<\/p>\n<p>The public are playing a crucial role, voting throughout the series and ultimately deciding the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Zak will be hoping to remain in the house as he goes up against Henry this week, after bursting into the Big Brother house with a \u201cpersonality the world needs to see\u201d. Read on for everything you need to know about Big Brother 2023 housemate Zak.<\/p> <h2><strong>Who is Zak?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zak speaks at a million miles an hour&#8230; Can the Housemates keep up? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XzybsthFTn\">pic.twitter.com\/XzybsthFTn<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Big Brother UK (@bbuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbuk\/status\/1711125742157701547?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:\u00a0<\/strong>28<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job:\u00a0<\/strong>Model<\/p>\n<p>Zak moved to Manchester from Thailand when he was around nine or 10 years old and often surprises people when he tells them his life story.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old is looking forward to \u201chaving fun and getting to know loads of strangers\u201d while in the Big Brother house.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his appearance on the show, he told ITV: \u201cI\u2019m excited to meet everyone and see what everyone\u2019s about. I don\u2019t really know what to expect so I\u2019m just excited to find out what\u2019s going to happen.\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-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother goes back to basics: but can it capture its heyday?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>B<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-cast-line-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ig Brother 2023 cast: confirmed line-up<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zak\u2019s friends and family have \u201calways\u201d told him he should go on TV, but Zak wasn\u2019t too taken with the idea of going on a dating show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to do a show where I could just be myself and get my personality out there and have a laugh with people,\u201d he explained.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6338850120112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Big Brother continues weeknights at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX, excluding Saturdays.<\/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><b>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\"><b>subscribe now<\/b><\/a><b> and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who with a special issue of Radio Times. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\"><b>The Radio Times Podcast<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Zak is facing the public vote on Friday night, after receiving the most nominations from his fellow housemates. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38284,"template":"","categories":[6,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-zak-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-model-scaled.jpg",2560,1706,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-zak-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-model-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-zak-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-model-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-zak-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-model-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-zak-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-model-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-zak-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-model-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-zak-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-model-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":"Zak is facing the public vote on Friday night, after receiving the most nominations from his fellow housemates.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/38283"}],"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\/38284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}