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Amanda Louise Marchant and Samantha Joanne Marchant (born 26 June 1988), better known as Samanda are a female duo, consisting of identical twin sisters who first came to fame on ''Big Brother'' in 2007, in which they jointly achieved second place. They released their cover of Aqua's hit song, "Barbie Girl"〔(Samanda twins set to release "Barbie Girl" after Big Brother + video - Band Weblogs - The Music Blog )〕 on 8 October 2007 and it entered the UK Singles Chart at number 26. Their second single titled "Honey Love" entered the chart on 22 August 2008 at number 125. ==Big Brother== Amanda and Sam finished runners up in the eighth series of ''Big Brother'' in the UK despite being bookmakers favourite to win the show in the run up to the final. During their time on the show they received the nickname "Samanda" by the press. Before their fame they were social-care students at Manchester Metropolitan University.〔(Big Brother 8: Sam and Amanda | Why Did I Go Wrong ... ? )〕 While they were still students at university, the girls took part in an advertising campaign for a new travelcard that offered half-price travel to students. To help publicise the cards, the girls took part in a photoshoot at Manchester Piccadilly railway station with a local magician who performed a double version of Sawing a woman in half, in which he sawed both girls in half and apparently switched their lower halves before reassembling them. Samanda currently hold the longest duration as housemates spent in the house in Big Brother UK history after being in the house for a total of 94 days, also they are the only housemates ever to reach the final of the series without receiving a nomination. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samanda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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