List of Big Brother Australia Housemates (2008 Series) - Brigitte

Brigitte

Brigitte Stavaruk (born 31 March 1989) is a 19-year-old waitress from Canberra. Her interests include photography, shopping, dressing up and having fun. She claims to be unable to sleep without her stuffed dog, Princess Sparkles. Bridgette won her first Friday Night Live in week 8. After Saxon's eviction, he was able to throw the second Hand Grenade (the first being Terri's Hand Grenade) to the Housemate of his choice. With this Hand Grenade, the person of his choice would have all of their possessions be taken away.

Saxon chose Brigitte to receive it. Similarly, Renee was able to throw a Hand Grenade of her own after she was evicted in week 6. Brigitte started crying and had somewhat of a meltdown when she received the news that all her possessions would be taken away. With her Hand Grenade, Renee chose one person to not receive a message from home while the rest of the Housemates would. She chose Brigitte. However, during her 21st birthday party, Brigitte was able to watch a video message from home on a big screen TV and got Princess Sparkles back as a birthday present from Big Brother. Towards the end of the series, Brigitte became involved with housemate Cherry. This caused a minor controversy as Brigitte had previously made several references to having a boyfriend Eric Tatarelli, during the show. Eric, however, told the Daily Telegraph that it was a "casual relationship".

In week 9, Brigitte was able to reverse the Hand Grenade Saxon gave to her as one of the prizes in the vending machine. Brigitte was evicted in a mid-week snap eviction on Day 73, with 29.7% of the public evict votes. Her consistent popularity on the official site's weekly poll made her eviction the most surprising of the series. Currently, Brigitte is in the process of filming her own reality show called The Harbor to air sometime in 2009. The show will follow Brigitte as she goes along her daily life, after Big Brother, modeling for Zoo magazine, looking for a job and living the party lifestyle. Brigitte's show has been picked up by channel 10, and was set to premiere in 2009.