Anthony Hutton
Anthony Hutton is a 23-year-old 70s dancer and former hairdresser from Consett in County Durham. Anthony first appeared in the public eye when he appeared as a contestant on the sixth series of the reality TV show Big Brother. Anthony triumphed as winner of the series, just narrowly beating fellow contestant Eugene Sully to the £50,000 prize. Since leaving the house Anthony experienced a taste of fame, but this was short-lived and, despite the occassional television or public appearance, Anthony has now returned to his home town of Consett in County Durham and returned to normal life.
Anthony in Big Brother
Anthony became famous in the house for his vareity of catchphrases, including "Alreet!" (Alright in his Geordie accent and shouting out "Taxi".
Upon his entrance to the Big Brother house Anthony had the unusual honour of being the first Big Brother UK winner to be booed, due to his insistence on posing and performing his trademark dance moves for the crowd (once in the house he told his fellow housemates that the security guards who told him to move along were the ones who were being booed).
In Week 6, it was rumoured that Anthony had had sexual intercourse with Makosi in the pool. Makosi denied this at first, but later claimed she was "95% certain" that she was pregnant with his baby. During their final interviews on leaving the house, Kemal Shahin, Craig (who was in the pool at the time) and Anthony all denied the couple had had sex. However, Makosi's side of the story has been backed up in print by Orlaith McAllister. Fellow housemate Maxwell believes they had sexual intercourse too, and Craig also thought this at the time (it is not known when Craig changed his opinion on the matter). Makosi sold her story to the News of the World and claimed she did have sex with Anthony. The same day the story went on sale, both contestants appeared on the BBLB Reunion show. During his interview, Anthony shouted over to Makosi 'You're a liar!' and had to be told to calm down by the show's presenter, Dermot O'Leary.
During Anthony's stay in the house he became close with a gay hairdreser named Craig Coates; it was widely spread amongst the fellow contestants and the media that Craig was obbsessing over Anthony and this caused him to be branded with the "bunny boiler" image on the outside. Upon his eviction from the house Craig was shocked that he had been branded a "bunny boiler" and refused to endorse it. Since leaving Big Brother, Anthony refuses to criticise Craig, perhaps recognising how much Craig helped him to win. Craig has said in a radio interview that he's not friends with Anthony any more
After Big Brother
Upon leaving the house Anthony, like the vast majority of the other ex-housemates, received a large ammount of attention from the press and the public; this generated Anthony into a well known celebrity for a short period of time, with Anthony making various public and television appearances. Anthony also did various photo shoots for magazines and Tabloid newspapers.
Anthony also recently appeared on the Sky One reality television series, The Match and has also appeared on BBLB and Big Brother's Big Mouth numerous times.Anthony also released a work-out video which revolved around his 70's disco dance movements; despite recently winning Big Brother, Anthony's work-out DVD failed to deliver and did not do well in sales
Despite occassional television and public appearances Anthony has now returned to normal life in his home town of Consett in County Durham, mainly due to the fact that he is know longer in the public eye mainly due to the fact that BB7 has now begun and that therefore means that Anthony's title of Big Brother winner is soon to be claimed.