BIG Brother is backmost for 2024, meaning a full big of caller housemates volition beryllium taking connected the situation of beingness successful beforehand of the cameras.
Picked retired from tens of thousands of applicants, amputee footballer Thomas Atkinson is 1 of the caller batch entering the iconic compound.
Who is Thomas Atkinson?
Thomas Atkinson, from Carlisle successful Cumbria, is an amputee footballer.
He was calved without a near hand, and was told helium would ne'er locomotion aft having his near limb amputated erstwhile helium was conscionable two.
Despite this prognosis, truthful acold the goalkeeper has earned a full of 26 caps with the England Amputee nationalist team.
The 20-year-old opened up astir 1 of his favored hates earlier entering the Big Brother house, saying: "I picture myself arsenic a precise energetic, ever lively idiosyncratic — I hatred silence!
He added: "People are going to spot maine arsenic that giddy young person."
Talks without thinking
And helium believes that his talkative quality could pb to his downfall connected the show.
When asked what helium was astir apt to beryllium nominated for eviction for, Thomas said: "One of my atrocious traits is that I talk a lot. I bash a batch of talking without thinking.
"In myself I ne'er get offended, you tin accidental thing astir maine — I’ve already heard it before.
"Obviously I look a batch antithetic to everyone other and that’s alright with me.
"If they accidental thing astir maine past I tin accidental thing astir them whereas I don’t deliberation everyone is comfy with that!"
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Applying for Big Brother
Asked astir his reasons for swapping mundane beingness for 1 of aggravated scrutiny successful the Big Brother house, helium said: "I similar trying everything successful the world. I consciousness similar I privation to springiness everything a go.
"This was different accidental wherever I thought ‘you lone unrecorded once’ and I tin beryllium 1 of the fewer radical who’ve said that I’ve done Big Brother.
"I’m lone young and it’s 1 of those experiences I tin look backmost connected and archer my kids, my grandkids what I’ve done.
"If I don’t marque it to the extremity past that’s alright with me."
People are going to spot maine arsenic that giddy young person
Thomas Atkinson
Surprisingly smart
When asked what astir him mightiness astonishment his chap housemates, Thomas alternatively modestly highlighted his intellect.
He explained: "I deliberation I’m rather a astute feller. I cognize a batch of things astir antithetic and weird subjects.
"I’m a truly bully communicator successful that I deliberation I tin marque radical consciousness a definite way, not manipulate them but to get what I privation retired of the conversation."
How to ticker Thomas connected Big Brother
You tin drawback Thomas enjoying beingness successful the Big Brother house every nighttime of the week astatine 9pm on ITV2.
Viewers tin besides tune successful to BB spin-off amusement Late & Live aft each occurrence has been broadcast.
And if that's not capable for you, episodes of play 21 of the archetypal world amusement are disposable on ITVX.
Big Brother 2024 cast
A marque caller batch of Big Brother housemates are surviving it up successful the celebrated compound.
Meet the cast of the 2024 series:
- Rosie, 29, dental adjunct from Cornwall.
- Emma, 53, aesthetics concern proprietor from Altrincham.
- Segun, 25, foundation videographer from Watford.
- Nathan, 24, pork salesman from Dumfries.
- Daze, 24, clime activistic from London.
- Khaled, 23, income manager from Manchester.
- Martha, 26, NHS head from Scarborough.
- Lily, 20, Chinese takeaway server from Warrington.
- Ali, 30, Forensic scientist from London.
- Thomas, 20 amputee footballer from Carlisle.
- Ryan, 28, selling and events from Stockport.
- Hannah, 24, HR advisor from West London.
- Izaaz, 29, income advisor from London.
- Sarah, 27, spa relationship manager from Shrewsbury.
- Marcello, 34, younker mentor from East London.
- Dean, 35, barber from East London