Who is Evie, Big Brother’s first intruder of 2026?
A 29-year-old model from Coffs Harbour who lives between Los Angeles and the Gold Coast, and one the internet had worked out before she walked in.
Big Brother has its first intruder of 2026: Evie, a 29-year-old model who walked into the Queensland house on Wednesday night, 11 November. TV Tonight reports she is the first new housemate 10 has sent in this season, and the show's own YouTube channel flagged her arrival that afternoon with a sneak peek titled "Intruder Alert!".
Why it matters to you: she lands in week three, with the alliances already drawn and a romance on the boil, so every housemate now has to work out where she fits. If you missed the build-up, we covered the intruder tease earlier this week.
So who is she?
The bio 10 supplied, published by TV Tonight, calls her "a former Coffs Harbour country girl, now living in Los Angeles as an internationally recognised model". Whenever she is back in Australia, it says, she "calls Gold Coast home". The Daily Telegraph gives her full name as Evie McClelland.
| The basics | |
| Age | 29 |
| Grew up | Coffs Harbour, NSW |
| Lives | Los Angeles and the Gold Coast |
| Job | Model |
Why do fans already know her face?
Because the internet got there first. Chattr reports viewers picked her out of 10's teaser within hours, before she had set foot inside. The outlet says she has more than 2.1 million TikTok followers and 131,000 on Instagram, has worked with brands including Fashion Nova, and went viral a few years ago for videos of her turning up at friends' houses with a boombox.
That following has split the fandom. Chattr says some viewers are asking whether a well-known influencer walks in with an unfair advantage, while others can't wait to see her shake the place up.
What's her game plan?
On paper, a clean one: the bio says she "claims she will play the game without throwing anyone under the bus".
Not everyone is sold on the casting. TV Tonight's David Knox wrote that her arrival "feels like a ploy to create a triangle around the blossoming Austin / Ebony pairing", and questioned whether an international model fits a season sold on relatable people. Chattr says fans are predicting much the same: tension with Ebony.
Can she win it?
She is in the running like everyone else. Evie is now one of the names you can back on Litty's winner call.
Make this callOpen in the Litty app10's bio signs off with the question the next few weeks will answer: "She knows how to work a camera, but can she work the housemates?"
Picture: TV Tonight
By Litty Newsroom
