House (series 1)

House (series 1) was the first series of House  in Ireland, a reality show shown on IrishTV in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by votes from the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. The series started on 1st May 2000 and ran for eight weeks until 25th June 2000. The contestants, known as 'Housemates', were removed from the house once a week until three remained for the final week; the housemate with the most votes would win $100,000. Two thousand people applied from all parts of Ireland to participate in the first series. Josie Dunne went on to winning the series with Conor Murphy finishing in second place. The series averaged 5.6 million viewers.