Aussie Big Bro contest unaware of father's death

A contestant on the Australian TV version of Big Brother is blissfully unaware that her father has died and was buried this week, the producer said today.

Personal trainer Emma Cornell, aged 24, is competing in the fly on-the-wall reality TV programme that began a month ago in which contestants are kept isolated from events happening outside a purpose-built house on the Gold Coast, in Queensland state.