<Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Runner - up </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Evicted </Td> </Tr> <P> Big Brother 2001, also known as Big Brother 2, was the second series of the British reality television series Big Brother . The show followed eleven contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built House . Each week, one or more of the housemates were evicted by a public vote . The last remaining housemate, Brian Dowling, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £ 70,000 . </P> <P> As with the previous series, Big Brother 2 lasted 64 days . It launched on Channel 4 on 25 May 2001 and ended on 27 July 2001 . Davina McCall returned as presenter for her second consecutive year . Ten housemates entered on launch night, with one additional housemate being introduced in the third week . The series was watched by an average of 4.5 million viewers, matching the average viewership of the first series . It also spawned Big Brother's first ancillary show entitled Big Brother's Little Brother, presented by Dermot O'Leary . </P>

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