Big Brother Second Life

Big Brother Second Life (BBSL) was a virtual version of Big Brother, produced by Endemol in the virtual world of Second Life.[1]

Fifteen Second Life contestants from three time zones were chosen to participate. The contest to become a contestant began on December 1, 2006. Contestants have to spend at least 8 hours a day in the transparent virtual Big Brother house for a total of one month,[2] and completed various tasks such as building replicas of famous buildings. Their fate was decided by other Second Life residents, who voted on which contestants would be allowed to stay.

The Big Brother island, where residents applied to become contestants, contained five transparent residential units, and a Big Brother nightclub.[2] During the course of the competition, several BB competitors kept online diaries of their participation. [3]

The contest ended on January 4, 2007, with the winner receiving their own virtual island.[1] The winner was Madlen Flint.

Housemates

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The Fifteen Virtual Big Brother Participants were:

Name Country Gender Status
Phaylen Fairchild United States Female 8th Evicted
Lillani Lowell Canada Female Runner-up
Golda Stein United States Female 3rd Place
Gideon Television Canada Male 1st Evicted
Kit Maitland United States Female 5th Evicted
Allatu Augustus United States Female 4th Place
Madlen Flint Hungary Female Winner
Simon Walsh United Kingdom Male 7th Evicted
TheDiva Rockin United States Female 6th Evicted
Warda Kawabata Japan Female 3rd Evicted
Lorita Laguna Spain Female 4th Evicted
PrincessNina Prefect Mexico Female 9th Evicted
Rencius Herber Germany Male 11th Evicted
Pannie Paperdoll United States Female 10th Evicted
Simone Spicer Brazil Female 2nd Evicted

References

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  1. ^ a b "Big Brother enters virtual world". BBC. 2006-11-06. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  2. ^ a b Adam Reuters (2006-11-06). "Virtual reality TV: Big Brother to launch in SL". Reuters. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-15. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Gideon Television (2006-12-01). "Big Brother Second Life Diary".
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