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Anthony triumphs in Big Brother

Anthony Hutton has triumphed as the winner of the Big Brother, taking home a prize of £50,000.
The 23-year-old from County Durham beat Eugene Sully in what was one of the closest fought votes in the programme's six series.

Anthony, a 1970s dancer, cheered and shouted as the result was declared.

Eugene, a former BBC engineer from Crawley, also claimed £50,000, after Big Brother offered half the £100,000 prize fund to him on Wednesday.

Derision

Kinga Karolczak and Makosi Musambasi were earlier evicted from the Big Brother house as the series reached its climax, with Kinga in fourth place and Makosi in third.

Bookmakers Ladbrokes earlier said that the final result "could swing either way" and millions of pounds were riding on the outcome.

It added they had taken more than £1m worth of bets on the result of the Channel 4 reality show - almost double the previous record turnover.

'Characters'

It was thought that Makosi's chances of winning were reduced after allegations were made in a newspaper that she was an actress hired through a talent agency.

Big Brother host Davina McCall refuted the claims on the programme.

Makosi, 24, originally from Zimbabwe, was met with a chorus of boos as she left the Big Brother compound.

She also faced shouts of derision from the audience as she gave her eviction interview.

Kinga, a 20-year-old market researcher from London, said she was not upset not to have won after becoming the first finalist to be evicted.

"There's so many amazing people in there and so many characters," she said.

Kinga only became a housemate two weeks ago after Orlaith McAllister decided to quit the house.

Source: The BBC