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

Nobbi

Nobuyuki Tanaka, nicknamed "Nobbi" is a 21-year-old commerce student from Victoria of Japanese heritage. He thinks of himself as insane and an attention seeker. He is a high achiever in sports and music. He is also a keen poker player. He also had a cameo in the Australian movie, 'You and Your Stupid Mate'. On Day 1, Terri banished Nobbi from the main House after her eviction, forcing him to stay in the backyard and in the kombi van in the garden until further notice by Big Brother. He subsequently stayed in the kombi and in the backyard through the entirety of his time in the House, despite his numerous requests for the "banishment" to end.

Throughout the series, Nobbi frequently pushed the boundaries of 'acceptable' conduct on a family TV show, and was the first contestant on Big Brother Australia to strip off his swimshorts in the outdoors public shower to wash totally naked in front of other contestants on several occasions. When the much older contestant Terri objected to his behaviour, he protested that she was prejudiced against seeing an Asian guy's penis. He was the first winner of Friday Night Live and won A$20,000, but because he broke the rules by entering the house, Big Brother punished him by giving him Z$20,000 instead, which is equivalent to A$1. Nobbi went on to win two more FNLs in weeks 7 and 8 and became the Head of Household in the same weeks.

Nobbi was the subject of three notable events prior to his eviction. On Day 35, a drunk Nobbi claimed that fellow Housemate Terri "rubs herself in the toilet," implying that she likes to masturbate. Terri found his comment offensive, which led to the two to having a disagreement about how offensive it is to make jokes concerning masturbating. On Day 39, the Housemates played a usual game of Truth or Dare? in the spa. During this time, Nobbi asked Travis which Housemate he considered his least favourite. Travis chose Alice as his least favourite. After this incident, Alice and Travis were soon crying, and many viewers saw Nobbi as a manipulator. This event led to the audience booing Nobbi after he won Friday Night Live in week 7. Nobbi was evicted from the House on Day 56 with 59.1% of the votes.