Kyneton local Louis Phillips made it down to the final three contestants on the latest series of Big Brother Australia.
The 25-year-old spent 28 days inside the house and described the experience as “certainly interesting!”
“Not much can prepare you for it,” he told the Express.
“The best thing that prepared me for it was share house living.”
Louis said the housemates were constantly hungry and tired.
“So you throw that into a house and you’ve got a good cocktail for reality TV!” he said.
“It started off as one big happy family and then reality struck when the first eviction came up, and from there everyone realised it became a game of alliances.
“I was known as the strategic one. I figured the more people I had on my side, the better it would be when it came to voting.”
Louis said there were plenty of big characters in the house too.
“Dion was very loud – loud mouthed – and I took one look at him early on and thought either he had to get out or I had to get out, but we ended up enjoying each other’s company and he was a nice guy to talk to one on one.”
The series was filmed in Sydney Olympic Park and has just finished screening on Seven Network.
Louis now works in social media and is building a fitness app called INTVL.
“It’s a running coach for your pocket and it will be released early next year,” he said.
“I’m super into getting people into fitness and my main motivation was to get my mum into running.
“With the cost of living increasing, often the first things to be made redundant are personal trainers and gym memberships.
“But this gives you those for the price of a coffee a week!”
