NewIdea
  • Royals
  • Celebrity
  • News
  • Beauty & Style
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Food
  • Win
  • Recipes
  • Video
NewIdea
  • Royals
  • Celebrity
  • News
  • Beauty & Style
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Food
  • Win
  • Recipes
  • Video
Subscribe
  1. Home
  2. Celebrity

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother’s Kieran reveals producer's secret intervention

For concerning reason! - by New Idea Team
  • 15 Jul 2020

Housemate Kieran Davidson was affectionately dubbed “the cockroach” by his Big Brother co-stars, thanks to his ability to survive nomination after nomination.

Even when the housemates thought he’d been finally eliminated (or should we say, exterminated) he was scurried away into the white room and given a second chance.

WATCH: Sophie and Kieran are sent to Big Brother's 'white room'. 

Trapped in the all-white room, a testing form of torture, Kieran, 21, appeared to handle it well.

But it turns out that wasn’t the case at all.

In fact, the YouTube star reached a point of delusion so severe, he says producers were forced to intervene on multiple occasions.

“I thought this is going to be like a reward room, this is great,” Kieran tells New Idea.

“By the time I wake up the next morning I realise this is not a reward, this is a prison, this is going to be hell.”

Kieran

Kieran was banished to the white room post-eviction.

Channel Seven

To pass the time, Kieran explains he began doing exercises taught to him by early evictee SooBong, in an attempt to continue his weight loss. That is when delusion set in.

“It's a forward step routine that you do on your own and I was doing that in the white room when a producer came in and asked: ‘Are you alright?’

"I said ‘Yeah I’m just exercising, I’ve only been doing it for about 20 minutes’ and she said ‘No, no, you’ve been walking on the spot for two and a half hours’.”

Kieran

Kieran went mad while trapped in the room.

Channel Seven

Kieran’s obsessive exercising started causing concern amongst producers behind the scenes, who intervened again when he’d been doing star jumps “for a full hour”.

“The producers and wellness woman who looked after us were getting really worried. They kept coming to me or Big Brother saying ‘I haven’t seen you exercise this much, are you okay?’”

Kieran

Kieran made it further in the game than anyone expected.

Channel Seven

The impact of the white room on both Kieran and Sophie was only briefly touched on during the episode that went to air.

But Kieran revealed to New Idea that both he and Sophie began hallucinating towards the end.

“We got given new white clothes to change into and I see these brown pants, so I said to Big Brother ‘What’s going on here, this is the white room and these are brown pants, where’s the continuity?’

"Sophie and I began laughing, she told me she could see brown pants.

"Then of course I take the money and run and the next morning I thought ‘Hang on, what are these white pants?’

"I was going so mad, the pants had looked like a dark maroon colour to me.”

  • Celebrity
  • News
  • TV
  • Reality TV

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Subscribe to New Idea today

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea & save!

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Subscribe to New Idea today

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea & save!

Recommended to you

Home and Away opening title
Watch 1:09

Home and Away opening title

{headline}

{headline}

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother evictee Kieran’s final SCATHING blow to housemates

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother evictee Kieran’s final SCATHING blow to housemates

Big Brother's biggest stars! Where are they now?

Big Brother's biggest stars! Where are they now?

MAFS' Jessika Power is rumoured to be Big Brother VIP's first star

MAFS' Jessika Power is rumoured to be Big Brother VIP's first star

MAFS stars reunite with a surprise Big Brother & Love Island appearance

MAFS stars reunite with a surprise Big Brother & Love Island appearance

{headline}

{headline}

Big Brother's Tilly hits back at "disgusting" fan comments

Big Brother's Tilly hits back at "disgusting" fan comments

Intruder Alert! Meet the new additions to the Big Brother house

Intruder Alert! Meet the new additions to the Big Brother house

Big Brother ALL STARS: Your favourites reunited

Big Brother ALL STARS: Your favourites reunited

{headline}

{headline}

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother winner Chad's big post-show plans with Sophie

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother winner Chad's big post-show plans with Sophie

Congratulations! Chad Hurst wins Big Brother 2020

Congratulations! Chad Hurst wins Big Brother 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother’s Daniel teases a finale proposal!

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother’s Daniel teases a finale proposal!

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother’s Sarah spills on THAT unaired Dan and Marissa fight

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother’s Sarah spills on THAT unaired Dan and Marissa fight

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother’s Sarah reveals the unaired moment that had EVERY housemate in tears

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother’s Sarah reveals the unaired moment that had EVERY housemate in tears

Big Brother's Chad reveals dramatic makeover before & after

Big Brother's Chad reveals dramatic makeover before & after

EXCLUSIVE Big Brother's Mat: 'The house is full of snakes!'

EXCLUSIVE Big Brother's Mat: 'The house is full of snakes!'

NewIdea
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Competitions
NewIdea Magazine Subscribe
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Competitions

Brands

  • Girlfriend
  • New Idea food
  • Practical Parenting
  • That’s Life
  • Who

Our Network

  • Better Homes and Gardens
  • BHG Shop
  • marie claire
  • Beauty Crew
  • Women's Weekly Food
  • Bounty Parents
  • Home Beautiful
  • All Recipes
  • Perth Now
  • The West Australian
  • 7Plus
  • 7mate
  • 7NEWS
  • 7Sport
  • Sunrise
  • Starts at 60
  • Hard to Find
© 2022 Are Media PTY LTD
All products are independently selected, tested or recommended by our team of experts.If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Get more from New Idea

Magazine Subscription Offer

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Shop This Offer
Subscribe to New Idea & save!