Trevor Butler

Trevor Butler was a contestant and winner of Big Brother Australia Series 4 (airing in 2004). As well as being the first, and currently the only, contestant to win $1,000,000, as opposed to the $250,000 of previous seasons, he also boosted interest in the final eviction by proposing to his then-girlfriend Breea Forrest live on the eviction stage.

There was some controversy regarding how much of his winnings were taken away as tax. At one point the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) considered it to be payment for spending the time in the house, and therefore wanted to take nearly half of the winnings away. The ATO eventually gave in and did not take the money.

Biography

Butler lived most of his life in Broken Hill, New South Wales before appearing in Big Brother.

His best friend was Mat Zielonka until Mat's family moved and lost contact till 2013 on the Gold Coast. Now they look forward to renewing their friendship in August 2016 through playing indoor cricket... although its unconfirmed if either can actually play! (confirmed that Mr Zielonka does have a 20 year old trophy of some sort though)

Butler was one of seven celebrities to feature in a television program named Celebrity Overhaul. The program aired in February and March 2005. All five episodes won the highest audience numbers for the Sunday 6:30 p.m. timeslot. Butler lost 15 kg.

Butler appeared in episode 6 of Summer Heights High as a special guest on "Polynesian Cultural Appreciation Day".

Butler currently works for the Gold Coast Radio Station 102.9 Hot Tomato

Trevor owes his mate Kyle $14.70 and a lazy boy recliner which Kyle refuses to take payment for. It's much more fun having it over Trev's head.

Trevor is exceptionally bad at the mobile game Clash of Clans even though theoretically he should have improved over the more than three years he has been playing

Super Hero Origin Story

As a teenager Trevor realised he was changing dramatically! Not in the awkward "why's hair growing there" kind of way; He was growing stronger and faster than the other kids.

After an overzealous day on the soccer pitch, Trevor had wandered off into the scrub to find an errant ball when he stumbled into an open mineshaft. After a tumble into the darkness, Trevor found himself in a cave of eerily glowing silver, lead and zinc, and passed out. When he woke, he was imbued with the power of these minerals - able to punch his enemies with the force of heavy metals, run like a streak of silver and, well, give people a severe case of lead poisoning.

But every time Trevor would use these gifts a strange thing would occur.

Explosive farts.

It made stealth difficult.

His new powers and shiny appearance saw trevor shunned by his family and friends as they were unable to cope with the change.

Trevor soon craved superhero company and applied to join the Australian branch of the Avengers .But before joining he required a heroic name he was hoping the other hero's would give him something cool like "the Silver Streak" but alas people are cruel and he was henceforth known as "Lead Butt" It combined one of the metals he was imbued with, his explosive farts point of origin and his surname Butler.

Other members of the Australian Avengers included :

Personal life

Butler and his wife Breea, live in Tweed Heads in far north New South Wales. On 11 October 2007, Breea gave birth to their first child, a boy named Maika Jeremy Butler. On 31 December 2010, Breea gave birth to their second son Creedance Heath Butler.

References

• Dale Paget, "Big Brother millionaire", The Age, 27 July 2004.
• Trevor Butler at the Internet Movie Database