Name: Amy
Age: 21
From: Leeds now Oxford based
Talent: Conceptual Artist

Amy is currently studying a BA in Fine Art at Ruskin College, Oxford University where she won the Geoffrey Rhodes Prize for the highest first year exam results and is a multi award winning conceptual artist working with photography and installations – Amy doesn’t paint as she finds it ‘too messy’. Amy wants to use her experience in the Big Brother house as a Turner Prize entry. Art is not Amy’s only talent she is also an accomplished musician who plays the saxophone, piano, clarinet and trombone.

Name: Anthony
Age: 19
From: Suffolk
Talent: Boxer

Name: Emilia (sister of Victor)
Age: 18
From: Birmingham
Talent: Circus Performer

A roller skating contortionist, Emilia performs as a double act with her brother Victor, at circus around Europe and for January in the Big Brother House. As renowned performers Emilia and her brother spend half the year in Germany and travelling Europe with their shows and have performed for Princess Anne and Prince Charles. Emilia comes from seven generations of circus performers and has been in training since she was four years old, performing professionally for the first time when she was six. Emilia has a list of work related injuries that include broken knee, shoulder, wrist, fingers and several ribs.

Name: Jay
Age: 19
From: London
Talent: Fashion Designer

Jay has previously won the Tyler Media award for young designers and has showcased his collections at both New York and Caribbean Fashion Weeks. He is stocked in some of the hottest design stores in Manhattan and Jay describes his range as chic, classic and simplistic. He is constantly sketching ideas and thoughts and has never been longer than two days without a notebook. Jay is on the look out for a muse and hopes the house might be the place to find one. Ideally he’d like to be working for Michael Kors or Marc Jacobs within the next five years.

Name: Jeremy
Age: 19
From: Hampshire
Talent: Racing Driver

The first time Jeremy got behind the wheel of a go-kart, at the tender age of eight, he broke the track record on his first lap and since then his life has revolved around karting and latterly racing driving. In 2006 Jeremy was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year and in 2007 he was named as the British Racing Drivers Club Rising Star classing him in the top six or so best young drivers in the UK. Following in Lewis Hamilton’s footsteps, Jeremy won the British Cadet Kart Championship in 2000 and has won several Formula Renault UK races.

Name: Nathan
Age: 21
From: London
Talent: Singer/Songwriter

Nathan was nominated alongside Amy Winehouse, Ne-Yo, Lemar and Akon for Best RnB act at the 2007 Mobo Awards. Having achieved a top 40 hit, Nathan already has a critically acclaimed album under his belt, entitled ‘Masterpiece’. Recently back from performing in Japan, Nathan pens his own music and also counts rapping and music producing amongst his talents. Nathan has sung with Alicia Keyes when as a 15 year-old he was selected from his school to interview her. Not content with just chatting to her he asked if he could sing to her and she joined in.

Name: Victor (brother of Emilia)
Age:19
From: Birmingham
Talent: Circus Performer

The other half of the circus act, Victor, is Emilia’s older brother and together they are the star attraction at The Palazzo Variety Show in Berlin where they perform a dangerous acrobatic roller-skating act on a high platform. Having won numerous competitions, prizes and trophies in circus events throughout Europe, Victor’s practicing involves up to eight hours a day. The contortionist acts he performs with his sister are extreme and carry a high risk – Victor has broken an elbow (which now contains a metal screw), his knee and his fingers!