14 Facts About Regina Sorensen

Regina Jennifer Sorensen is an Australian television personality best known for being a contestant on and winning the third and fourteenth seasons of Big Brother Australia in 2003 and 2022 respectively, and is the only contestant to win twice.

Regina Sorensen was the first Big Brother contestant to win twice.

In late 2003, Sorensen signed up with manager Harry M Miller and filmed a pilot for a TV show which never made it to air.

In 2025, Regina Sorensen appeared as a contestant on the eleventh season of I'm a Celebrity.

Regina Sorensen was involved in the week 12 task on season 9 of Big Brother 9 in 2012, the show's comeback season on the Nine Network.

Regina Sorensen was one of several former housemates that entered the house to try to get the current housemates to fail their weekly task, which was to ignore everyone who entered the house that was not a housemate.

In 2022, Regina Sorensen starred in a third network, the Seven Network's, iteration of Big Brother, Big Brother 14, as one of eight past housemates, in the mix with newly cast stars.

Regina Sorensen was one of three former winners to enter the house, alongside Big Brother 4 winner Trevor Butler and Big Brother 10 winner Tim Dormer.

Regina Sorensen was ultimately crowned the winner of Big Brother for a second time, where she spent a total of 148 days in the house.

Regina Sorensen became the fifth contestant in the world to win the show twice and the first person to do so in Big Brother Australia, she was the first female winner of Big Brother since Terri Munro won the eighth and final season on Network Ten in 2008.

Regina Sorensen spent some time residing in Sydney and later Melbourne.

In 2017, Regina Sorensen suffered from a stroke caused by a heart condition.

Regina Sorensen was interviewed by 60 Minutes in July 2009, during which she discussed her ongoing degenerative eye condition and her second child due in August 2009.

Regina Sorensen has appeared on The Daily Edition in 2016 to discuss her illness.