Chad Hurst ‘won Big Brother by a LANDSLIDE vote’ – as runner-up Daniel Gorringe gets into a social media spat with Mat Garrick over the figures
Chad Hurst was crowned the winner of Big Brother during Wednesday night’s live finale, beating rivals Daniel Gorringe and Sophie Budack.
And while the actual voting figures remain a closely guarded industry secret, reliable sources indicate that the male model won by a significant margin.
Daily Mail Australia also understands that Chad’s landslide victory has caused some tension among the cast.
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No wonder he’s smiling! Chad Hurst (pictured) reportedly won Big Brother by a landslide vote
A producer on The Kyle and Jackie O Show mentioned on Thursday that a Channel Seven publicist had confirmed the result to her off the record.
Chad was apparently leagues ahead of the second-place contestant, they said.
Earlier in the broadcast, Chad had claimed he didn’t know the specifics of the voting tally, but was interested to find out the percentage breakdown.
Crushing loss? While the actual voting figures remain a closely guarded secret, reliable sources indicate that Chat beat runner-up Daniel Gorringe (pictured) by a significant margin
‘I saw the vote count this morning. Not pretty’: Mat Garrick and Daniel Gorringe appeared to confirm that Chad had secured an overwhelming majority of the votes from the public
A comment exchange on runner-up Daniel’s Instagram page also suggests that Chad had secured an overwhelming majority of the votes.
The former AFL player shared a post congratulating fellow finalists Chad and Sophie, saying they ‘both should be super proud’.
Former contestant Mat Garrick, who was eliminated in fourth place, then replied that he had seen the vote count and it ‘wasn’t pretty’.
He added: ‘You should be so proud of yourself big man and give yourself some bloody credit every once in a while.’
Matt and Daniel were close in the house – they were nicknamed ‘the alphas’ – and have both complained that they were edited unfairly by producers.
The suggestion that the votes ‘weren’t pretty’ appears to suggest that Chad won by a landslide because he’d received a more favourable edit than Daniel.
Hmm! When asked what he was going to spend the prize money on, Chad revealed he would go on a boys’ trip and pay off his mother’s bills – but he didn’t reference Sophie Budack
After being declared the winner, Chad told host Sonia Kruger that he intended to use the prize to fund a boys’ trip and pay off his mother’s outstanding bills.
Despite not winning the $230,000, Daniel still has plenty to smile about.
After leaving the house, he reunited with his on-off girlfriend, Ana Cannon, and said on Thursday that their relationship was ”worth more than any money’.
‘Worth more than any money’: Daniel (left) shared a loved-up photo with girlfriend Ana Cannon (right) after his crushing defeat by Chad