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It\u2019s been 23 years since Anna Nolan became the first runner-up on Big Brother, losing out to Craig Phillips.<\/p>\n
At the time, the 29-year-old former nun was working as office manager when she entered the Big Brother house \u2013 completely unaware that the Channel 4 reality TV series was about to become one of the most captivating and monumental moments in television ever.<\/p>\n
Anna was cooped up in what was then a tiny compound compared to later incarnations of the Big Brother house, with the likes of Craig, Darren Ramsay, Melanie Hill, some chickens and of course, \u2018Nasty\u2019 Nick Bateman.<\/p>\n
23 years after being catapulted to intense stardom overnight, Anna, 51, is now head of development at one of Ireland\u2019s leading TV production companies, chair of the National LGBT federation and boasts over 10,000 followers on Twitter.<\/p>\n
She also presented several TV shows including BBC\u2019s Anna in Wonderland, Closure and Inside Out.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend she shared some selfies while soaking up the Edinburgh Fringe festival, looking absolutely incredible with a fab silver quiff.<\/p>\n
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Taking a front seat at the Edinburgh TV Festival for a panel discussing the upcoming Big Brother revival on ITV2, she joked: \u2018Oh god. It\u2019s back.\u2019<\/p>\n
Long after the first series of Big Brother, host Davina McCall later admitted that Anna was the only housemate who actually became a genuine friend and picked her as her number one contestant ever.<\/p>\n
\u2018I liked Anna right from the start, because she was just the sort of person I knew I\u2019d want as a friend \u2013 a really solid person.<\/p>\n
\u2018I had a lot of admiration for her, which grew throughout the show,\u2019 Davina told the\u00a0News Of The World.<\/p>\n
After five years off screen, Big Brother will be returning with AJ Odudu and Will Best as hosts on ITV2 and Marcus Bentley back as narrator.<\/p>\n
ITV2 has already committed to two series of the trail-blazing reality show and hinted Celebrity Big Brother will be returning too.<\/p>\n