Big Brother 2007 (UK)
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Big Brother 2007 was the eighth series of the United Kingdom reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 programme Big Brother
Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...

, airing on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

, with a number of closely associated programmes also airing on E4
E4 (TV)
E4 is a channel on British digital television, launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. The "E" stands for entertainment, and the channel is mainly aimed at the lucrative 15–35 age group...

.
The series began on 30 May 2007 when eleven female contestants entered the house and ended 94 days later on 31 August 2007. A male housemate joined two days later, with a further two male contestants being added a week after that. Another four men joined on 15 June. Five new housemates then entered the house on Day 59: three females, and two males. They went to a new house next door called "The Halfway House" and stayed in the Halfway House until Day 62.

This was the first Big Brother series to air in the UK since the controversial
Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy
The Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy was a series of events related to incidents of perceived racist behaviour by contestants on the television series Celebrity Big Brother 2007 shown on British television station Channel 4...

 2007 Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 was the highly controversial fifth series of the United Kingdom reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off of Big Brother. The series was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK , and involved a number of celebrities referred to as 'housemates', who live in the...

, a number of strict rules were applied to avoid a further controversy, Emily Parr was removed from the house on Day 8 in the early hours of the morning after calling Charley Uchea a nigger
Nigger
Nigger is a noun in the English language, most notable for its usage in a pejorative context to refer to black people , and also as an informal slang term, among other contexts. It is a common ethnic slur...

, although she did not use it in an argument and the two appeared to be friends, a decision was made to remove her immediately.

A number of changes had been made to the show, including the omission of text message
Text messaging
Text messaging, or texting, refers to the exchange of brief written text messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network...

 voting, and a reduction in the cost of calls to vote for evictions from 50p to 25p. At least 10p from each vote was going to charity. This was the only non celebrity series to include housemates over the age of 50 and featured two of the oldest housemates to be included in the non-celebrity version of Big Brother. The series averaged 3.9 million viewers, making it the least watched series of Big Brother
Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...

 at the time.
Brian Belo won the series, beating bookies' favourite Amanda and Sam in the final vote.

None of the housemates this series were selected to take part in Ultimate Big Brother, however, Amanda and Sam returned to the house to partake in a shopping task.

Auditions

The first round of auditions started on 6 January 2007 at the SECC
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , located on the north bank of the River Clyde, in Glasgow, is Scotland's largest exhibition centre....

 in Glasgow, where there was a queue of three hundred people. Auditions were also held in Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, London, Manchester, and Newcastle.

Sponsorship

On 8 March 2007, it was announced that The Carphone Warehouse
The Carphone Warehouse
Carphone Warehouse Group PLC , known as The Carphone Warehouse, is Europe's largest independent mobile phone retailer, with over 1,700 stores across Europe. It is based in the United Kingdom and is a 50% subsidiary of Best Buy...

 would not return to sponsor Big Brother 2007 after cancelling its sponsorship of Celebrity Big Brother 2007
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 was the highly controversial fifth series of the United Kingdom reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off of Big Brother. The series was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK , and involved a number of celebrities referred to as 'housemates', who live in the...

, and on 21 March, that Virgin Media
Virgin Media
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 would sponsor the show, for a reported £3 million. Virgin Media's idents for the show use footage from Big Brother programmes from all around the world, including Germany, Brazil, Philippines and the Netherlands.

Logo

The iconic Big Brother eye has been redesigned to what has been described as a "centrifugal inter-locking RGB rainbow test card
Test card
A test card, also known as a test pattern in North America and Australia, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast...

" by its designer Daniel Eatock. The eye went for a rainbow look and the main colours were multi-coloured.

Broadcasts

On 4 April 2007, it was announced that Russell Brand
Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian, actor, columnist, singer, author and radio/television presenter.Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK in 2004 for his role as host of Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth. His first major film role was in the 2007 film St Trinians...

 had quit the spin off show Big Brother's Big Mouth. As a replacement there was to be a guest host each week on Big Brother's Big Mouth, starting with Chris Moyles
Chris Moyles
Christopher David Moyles is an English radio and television presenter and author, who currently presents The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on Channel 4....

 who presented the first three editions from launch night.
Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary is an English television and radio presenter. He established himself as a presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4 before moving on to The X Factor on ITV. O'Leary has also presented on the BBC and has his own radio show on BBC Radio 2...

 returned again to present Big Brother's Little Brother and Davina McCall
Davina McCall
Davina McCall is an English television presenter and actress, most notable as the presenter of the UK version of Big Brother up until its move to Channel 5.- Early life :...

 has also returned to present the live eviction shows as well as a spin-off show; Big Brother On The Couch which airs as an hour long show each Sunday and replaced Big Brother's Big Brain, which was axed.
Before the launch programme, Channel 4 presented a statement from Ofcom
Ofcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...

 explaining the racism incidents from Celebrity Big Brother earlier in the year. The statement said:

This was followed immediately by a Channel 4 ident, and then the Big Brother titles. Channel 4 also broadcast the Ofcom statement on the morning of 31 May 2007 before the early morning repeat, and again immediately before the first eviction on Friday 15 June.

House

It was initially believed that this would be the last series to be aired from the house in Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios
"Elstree Studios" refers to any of several film studios that were based in the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire, England, since film production begun in 1927.-Name:...

, with a new house set to be built in Hammersmith for 2008, although, Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...

 decided to renew the lease at its current location for another two years.
The layout of the house remained much the same as the previous series, although the kitchen moved to the other side of the main living area. One big theme in the house was annoyance; the kitchen appliances were scattered around the house, with the oven and heat proof surface in the bedroom and the fridge in the garden. As further annoyance, the bathtub was placed in an open space right next to the main living room. Where the oven was in the bedroom was approximately where the kitchen area was located in Big Brother 7
Big Brother 7
Big Brother 2007 may refer to:*Big Brother 2007 *Big Brother 8 *Big Brother Australia 2007*Big Brother 2007 *Big Brother * Celebrity Big Brother 2007...

.
The bedroom contained a single, double and triple bed as well as two four-person beds. Outside the bedroom window, in the main living area, is a lip shaped sofa that the presenters of the show refer to as "the lips". The house also contains a salon/bathroom, which houses two large hair dryers and two steam suits.

Garden

As well as the kitchen fridge, the garden contained a swimming pool, a seating area and, due to the smoking ban
Smoking ban
Smoking bans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, which prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces and/or other public spaces...

 that came into effect in all public places during the series, a smoking area which housemates had to use from Day 1, even though the smoking ban didn't come into play until 1 July. This was checked by health officials, and deemed acceptable. The grass from the previous series has been replaced with AstroTurf
AstroTurf
AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf. Although the term is a registered trademark, it is sometimes used as a generic description of any kind of artificial turf. The original AstroTurf product was a short pile synthetic turf while the current products incorporate modern features such as...

. The garden was one of the smallest this year, in comparison to the garden in Big Brother 7
Big Brother 7
Big Brother 2007 may refer to:*Big Brother 2007 *Big Brother 8 *Big Brother Australia 2007*Big Brother 2007 *Big Brother * Celebrity Big Brother 2007...

.
On Day 25 it was revealed that a caravan was hidden behind a garden wall. The caravan came with two single beds and sleeping bags. Brian and Charley went "on holiday" to the caravan for one night. The caravan was again accessible from day 36, this time any of the housemates were allowed to use the room.
An extension to the pool was revealed on Day 67, along with a bar area. The area was hidden behind the "wet" sign in the garden.
"The Insider" on BBLB revealed that there was a fully functioning washing machine hidden in the garden, throughout the show. Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary is an English television and radio presenter. He established himself as a presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4 before moving on to The X Factor on ITV. O'Leary has also presented on the BBC and has his own radio show on BBC Radio 2...

 revealed this to the housemates during the BBLB reunion show.
Because of the Big Brother 7 water shortage, the garden included a water tower, which at the beginning of the series was full. The water tower was located next to the fridge and the mangle.

Vestibule

Between the entrance/exit stairs and the main house was a vestibule area. This was used for several tasks, rewards and punishments, such as Ziggy's dating task, Amanda and Sam's birthday party, the punishments on Day 43, and the "Sin Bin" which is the room Charley was made to stay in while the rest of the housemates had their sin party.

Diary Room

A corridor was added between the Diary Room door and the main house which changes colour from red to blue to green when the "eye" button to open the door is pressed. The diary room chair has been changed to a much larger see-through chair which contains white neon lights. For Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack was an E4 temporary replacement to Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off series of the British reality television programme Big Brother, airing on E4, with a number of closely associated programmes also airing on the same channel...

, the lights inside the chair were coloured purple, to keep up with E4's theme. The diary room resides in almost the same place as last year, but set back a bit, making the living area larger.
As in recent years, the diary room was used for several tasks. The Time Machine from Big Brother's time machine task was in the diary room. It was also used for the Seven Deadly Sins
Seven deadly sins
The 7 Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices that have been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct followers concerning fallen humanity's tendency to sin...

 task.

Hidden rooms

The House contained a number of hidden rooms that were accessed either through the diary room or through a store room off the living area. At various points in the show, all or part of these rooms were opened up for various tasks and twists.
  • One of these rooms was slept in by Thaila Zucchi
    Thaila Zucchi
    Thaila Lucia Zucchi is a British singer and actress, trained at The Arts Educational School, London. She began her career as a member of the British band allSTARS* before transitioning into acting, appearing in Big Brother 8 in the UK, where she played the part of fake Australian housemate...

    , in her role as "Pauline", and it was Australia-themed and contained a kangaroo statue, a surfboard, plants and beanbags. The bedroom also contained the dossier from which "Pauline" could find out things about her housemates. Only "Pauline" was allowed in the room at that time.
  • The rooms were later on used to house five 'halfway housemates' as part of a twist. It included a dormitory, common room, wash room and kitchenette
    Kitchenette
    A kitchenette is a small cooking area.In motel and hotel rooms, small apartments, college dormitories, or office buildings a kitchenette usually consists of a small refrigerator, a microwave oven or hotplate, and, less frequently, a sink...

     as well as a small garden.

Periodically throughout the series, housemates conducted various tasks in some of these rooms.
  • For the BBTV task, a newsroom was built, where two housemates transmitted news to the rest of the house, such as messages from home. The rooms were also used as a studio for a gameshow and later a talent show.
  • It was used as a "The Happy Room" to cheer up Charley and Billi, who were instructed to wear "happy" t-shirts and baseball caps for the duration of their stay. The room was full of red beanbags, and featured cheery slogans on the walls. While in the room, Big Brother played the tune, If You're Happy and You Know It
    If You're Happy and You Know It
    "If You're Happy and You Know It" is a popular repetitive children's song, stemming from an old Latvian folk song. The song is supposed to belong to the public domain, although many of the different versions of the song are still protected by copyright law...

    .
  • During the seven deadly sins task, it was turned into "The Room of Nicky" and contained pictures, books and footage of Nicky and also a sofa with cushions spelling N-I-C-K-Y. Nicky was instructed to stay in the room and learn to appreciate herself until Big Brother allowed her to leave.
  • For Big Brother's birthday task, a Practice Room was built, where the entertainers had to practice. A party room was then provided with a ball pool, small stage, and an area for food. Amanda and Sam, Gerry, Nicky, and Ziggy were chosen as the party guests. Carole's job was the face painter. Chanelle and Liam performed magic. Charley and Tracey were clowns. Brian was the final musical performer.

Halfway House

On Day 59, five new housemates Amy, Jonty, Shanessa, David and Kara-Louise entered the house and were told they would live in the Halfway House which was reached by going through the store room or through the diary room and down a coridoor. The Halfway Housemates and ordinary house mates were swapped around for different reasons.
Day 59
Amy, David, Jonty, Kara-Louise and Shanessa enter the Halfway House. David visits the main house.
Day 60
In the morning Amy visits the main house, followed by Jonty in the afternoon.
Day 61
In the morning Shanessa visits the main house, followed by Kara-Louise in the afternoon.
Day 62
Housemates in the main house choose David and Kara-Louise to enter the house swapped with Ziggy.
Day 63
The Halfway Housemates have a task called Jack in a box to win a place in the main house. Shanessa won and was swapped with Liam who Shanessa chose.
Day 64
The four Halfway housemates had to choose to swap with four housemates in the main house they chose David, Kara-Louise, Shanessa and Tracey who moved in halfway house and were automatically faced eviction.
Day 65
The halfway housemates are given a last night to go into the main house for a few hours.
Day 66
The first halfway housemate to be evicted is Shanessa, the second is David. Then Kara-Louise and Tracey re-enter the main house for good.

Housemates

There were twenty-four housemates in total in this series of Big Brother in the UK
Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...

, more than ever before. Each week, two or more housemates were nominated to be evicted by the general public until the winner was left. All of the housemates that entered on the first day were female, then on the third day; a male housemate - Ziggy - entered the house. On 7 June 2007 it was announced on Big Brother's Big Mouth that Day 10 would see the addition of two male housemates, in replacement of the cancelled eviction. These two housemates were Gerry and Seány. On 15 June, four new male housemates entered the house. They were Billi, Jonathan, Liam, and Brian. Jonathan left on Day 35 due to a family death from day 34 that he wanted to attend to A new housemate called "Pauline" entered the house on 8 July, supposedly from Big Brother Australia, however, her true identity was actress Thaila Zucchi
Thaila Zucchi
Thaila Lucia Zucchi is a British singer and actress, trained at The Arts Educational School, London. She began her career as a member of the British band allSTARS* before transitioning into acting, appearing in Big Brother 8 in the UK, where she played the part of fake Australian housemate...

, and worked as a mole for Big Brother, before being removed on Day 42. Five new housemates, Amy, Jonty, Shanessa, David & Kara-Louise entered the house in a separate room called Halfway House on Day 59.

Weekly summary

Each week in the Big Brother House is summarized in the table on the main page. A typical week begins with the nominations, shopping task, and ends with the eviction of a Housemate during the following Friday's episode. Evictions, tasks, and other noteworthy events for a particular week are noted. Some of the events listed may not be in order of sequence.
Week 1
Tasks On Day 2 the housemates were given a breakdancing task, they were split into two crews and competed against each other. On Day 3 Shabnam and Carole conducted a podcast by order of Big Brother. The podcast is a weekly task taking place on Fridays and is available for download on the Channel 4 website. On Day 10 Carole hosted the weekly podcast.
Punishments On Day 6, Shabnam was punished for discussing nominations, and Big Brother made the bathroom off-limits to all housemates. On Day 8, Ziggy and Emily were punished by being forced to pick another housemate to be punished on their behalf. They chose Shabnam. As a result, Shabnam's clothes, make-up, and belongings were confiscated by Big Brother. Emily was asked to leave after using a racially offensive word.
Entrances Sam, Amanda, Lesley, Charley, Tracey, Chanelle, Shabnam, Emily, Laura, Nicky and Carole entered on Day 1, Ziggy entered on Day 3, Gerry and Seány entered on Day 10.
Exits Emily was ejected on Day 9.
Week 2
Tasks Big Brother gave the housemates a charades task with a twist of having to play it under water. As a prize for completing the task successfully, housemates were rewarded with a chinese take away meal. On Day 12 Gerry and Seány were instructed by Big Brother to interview each of their fellow housemates in the "Big Brother Board Room" (the vestibule before the front door of the House) to decide which two housemates would be nominating along side them. On day 14 the housemates were given a shopping task which instructed them to remain lying down (but moving), dressed in sardine suits in a sardine tin filled with brine and fish guts. The housemates failed the task after only remaining in the tin for one hour and 26 minutes. Hidden in a small sardine tin in the garden was the magic number, four hours and 20 minutes, this was the time limited Big Brother had set for the housemates to remain in the tin in order to win the task. On Day 15, the house were given a pile of pork pies and tankards of beer, and a dart board. On the bottom of each pie, there was a conversation topic, and all housemates had to contribute to the discussions. Afterwards, all housemates had to nominate one person to put up a set of shelves in the Diary Room without instructions. The housemates chose Carole, who failed the task Seány and Gerry conducted the weekly podcast.
Punishments On Day 14, due to Gerry and other housemates discussing nominations, Big Brother took away the house's bathroom privileges. On day 15 Seány pushed a pork pie into the diary room camera, and as punishment Nicky had to clean the windows for two hours.
Entrances Billi, Jonathan, Liam, and Brian entered on Day 17
Exits Lesley left voluntarily on Day 11. Shabnam was evicted on Day 17.
Week 3
Tasks On Day 18, Billi, Jonathan, Liam and Brian succesfully performed "YMCA
YMCA (song)
"Y.M.C.A." is a song recorded by American disco group Village People. It was released in 1978 as the only single from the album Cruisin. The song reached No. 2 on the U.S. charts in early 1979 and reached No.1 in the UK around the same time, becoming the group's biggest hit...

" as 'The Big Brother Village People' and won a luxury shopping budget. Housemates also had to swim the equivalent distance to the width of the English Channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...

 in the swimming pool for this week's shopping task, which they successfully completed. Amanda, for completing the most lengths, was given the task of completing the shopping list for this week, alone. On Day 22, Seány, Carole and Jonathan had to choose a housemate to receive what the housemates believe is the £100,000 prize fund. They chose Liam. Billi, Brian, Jonathan and Liam conducted the weekly podcast.
Punishments After using written communication, Ziggy and Carole were given chalk and school ties, and were made to write "I must not participate in written communication within the Big Brother house. This is a fundamental breach of the Big Brother Rules, for which I apologise." and "I must not take writing materials lent to me in good faith by Big Brother and then use this writing material to communicate secret messages. Both acts are a fundamental breach of the Big Brother Rules, for which I apologise." 100 times.
Exits Seány was evicted on Day 24.
Week 4
Tasks On Day 25, the housemates had a Knobbly Knees Contest, in which Brian and Charley won. Their prize was a holiday in the Big Brother caravan. On Day 26, they were told that for this week's task, the housemates must stay awake for 60 hours, and were only allowed 3 hours of sleep between them, and if someone closed their eyes for more than a minute, a clock on the wall would begin counting down. For a mini task on Day 27, Liam and Laura were dressed up as Little Bo Peep, and had to correctly count how many times the other housemates - who were dressed as sheep - jumped over fences placed in the garden. They completed this task successfully, and earned an extra hour on the sleep clock. However, the housemates voted and decided to quit the task, and subsequently failed the task. Amanda, Brian, Laura and Ziggy conducted the weekly podcast.
Punishments For discussing nominations with other housemates, both Billi and Charley's nominations were cancelled. For failing their sleep task, housemates were forced to live on a diet of 3 portions of slop a day. After Billi and Charley continuously argued, they were sent to the happy room to cheer up.
Exits Billi was evicted on Day 31.
Week 5
Tasks Carole had to match the seven deadly sins to housemates. She picked Laura as sloth, Tracey as greed, Ziggy as gluttony, Liam as lust, Amanda as pride, Nicky as envy, and Charley as wrath. Each housemate was given their own task. Four or more housemates must pass this task to receive a luxury shopping budget. All but Charley passed. As a reward, The contestants were given a party with a chocolate fountain, alcohol and "Seven Sin costumes" while Charley sat in the Sin Bin watching them and missing the party. Gerry, Brian, Chanelle, Carole and Sam conducted the weekly podcast.
Exits Jonathan left voluntarily on Day 35. Laura was evicted on Day 38
Week 6
(Fake Week)
Tasks Unbeknownst to the housemates, their task this week was to discover that their new housemate Pauline was really British actress Thaila Zucchi. They were successful, and received a luxury shopping budget. They also were given characters and a storyline, and had to perform their own soap opera, Housemates. They also had to perform Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Can't Get You out of My Head
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, which was released from her eighth studio album Fever . The song was released worldwide as the lead single from the album, which was released on 8 September, 2001. The song was written and produced...

". Other tasks including making quilt patches, banners and songs, and reading incorrect messages in different languages for a fake global initiative called Warmth Not Waste, made up by Big Brother. The weekly podcast was conducted by Charley and Nicky.
Punishments As part of fake week, the housemates were punished for crimes they did not commit. Carole, Brian and Amanda had to glue sweetcorn back onto corn on the cob, Chanelle, Charley and Gerry had to measure 3 balls of string with a 3 cm ruler, Liam, Nicky and Sam had to paint a wall and watch it dry, and Ziggy, Tracey and Amanda had to cut grass with nail scissors. For talking about nominations, Charley and Nicky's suitcases, and all their clothes and makeup, were confiscated.
Entrances 'Pauline' entered on Day 40.
Exits 'Pauline' left the House on Day 42 once she had finished her task. Charley was evicted from the House on Day 45. However, the eviction was actually fake (as a climax to "fake week") and Charley was interviewed and then put back into the House.

Week 7
Tasks Housemates had to have a party for Big Brothers birthday, where five housemates partied, and the remaining six provided the entertainment. They had to party until Big Brother told them to stop. Housemates passed this task. Liam and Sam conducted the weekly podcast interviewing housemates for "Big Brother's Birthday". Nicky had a personal task to perform a stand-up routine to win the housemates a takeaway and Gerry had to answer questions to win alcohol to go with the takeaway.
Punishments For discussing nominations, Chanelle and Ziggy were restricted to only one nomination each.
Exits Nicky was evicted on Day 52.
Week 8
Tasks On Day 53, the housemates were given the task of answering philosophical questions. For their weekly task, housemates have to run a TV Channel, BBTV. After completing various TV shows (which included an X-Factor style talent show) and news bulletins (which featured messages from their families) the housemates passed the task. On Day 58, the housemates were asked to match sounds they heard to different housemates. They passed the task, and were given toilet paper with their faces on as a prize. The housemates also got a chance to speak to the Australian Big Brother House. All housemates conducted the weekly podcast, each performing a 2-minute radio show.
Entrances Amy, Jonty, Shanessa, David and Kara-Louise entered the "Halfway House" on Day 59.
Exits Charley was evicted on Day 59.
Week 9
Tasks On Day 63, the halfway housemates had to sit in boxes and jump out at 8:10. The housemate who jumped the nearest to the time would be moved to the main house, and would need to pick a housemate to move to the halfway house. Shanessa won. The weekly Podcast was hosted by the Halfway Housemates.
Transfers Kara-Louise and David moved into the main house on Day 62, after they were chosen by the current Housemates. The Housemates then had to choose one of themselves to move to the Halfway House, to which Ziggy said he wanted to go. Shanessa entered the main house on Day 63, after winning the Jack-in-a-Box task, and had to choose a current Housemate to replace her. She chose Liam. Amy, Jonty, Liam and Ziggy moved back into the house on Day 64, in exchange for David, Kara-Louise, Shanessa and Tracey.
Exits Chanelle left voluntarily on Day 62. Shanessa and David were evicted on Day 66
Week 10
Tasks For this weeks task, housemates have to 'travel through time' and each complete mini-tasks. On Day 68, Sam and Amanda had to decide whether they would become one housemate. As a result, they were automatically put up for eviction this week. Kara-Louise and Brian had to battle against Big Brother 3's
Big Brother 2002 (UK)
Big Brother 3 was the third series of Big Brother UK. The series started on 24 May 2002, ending on 26 July 2002 and the final of this series drew 10.0 million viewers. Votes in the final week totalled 8.6 million...

 Alex and Adele for their task. They failed this task. They also had to put on a fashion show to win alcohol and music. The weekly podcast was conducted by Liam and Ziggy.
Exits Amy was evicted on Day 73
Week 11
Tasks On Day 74, housemates were each given a word and had to think of as many synonyms for that word as possible. They passed the task. The weekly task involved the housemates performing various tasks, with those who improve the most during the task being granted 'guru' status, whilst the others will all face eviction. On Day 79, Big Brother took Gerry and Jonty's toy monkeys, Freddie (Gerry's) and Munkitty Tunkitty (Jonty's), on an around the world journey, during which they "wrote" postcards from around the world. The housemates had to guess where the monkeys had been. If they correctly guess, they win a speciality dish from that country or place.
Punishments For drawing symbols using eyeliner, Amanda, Sam, Gerry, Jonty and Kara-Louise had to do all the cooking and cleaning for the house. Because Carole hid some biscuits in her drawer and the housemates ate them, knowing they were confiscated, as well as Carole whisking eggs, despite the new rule saying that the above housemates were the only ones who could do this, the luxury shopping budget was reduced to a basic budget.
Exits Gerry was evicted on Day 80 after the gurus; Amanda and Sam, Tracey and Ziggy voted to evict him over Carole.

Week 12
Tasks For this week's shopping task, housemates had to attend Big Brother's Finishing Academy where they were taught how to speak and act properly.
Punishments Amanda, who had broken her twelfth microphone, had to talk through a loud hailer.
Exits Tracey and Kara-Louise were evicted on Day 87.

Week 13
Tasks On Day 88, the six remaining housemates performed duets. Carole and Jonty performed Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 and Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

's "Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream
"Islands in the Stream" is the title of a song written by the Bee Gees and sung by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers' album Eyes That See in the Dark and the second pop number-one for both Rogers and Parton...

", Liam and Ziggy performed Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

 and Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...

's "Especially For You
Especially for You
"Especially for You" was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue in time for the Christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan. It did not appear on her debut album but was included on Jason Donovan's 1989 debut album Ten Good Reasons. The track did appear on the...

" and Amanda, Sam and Brian performed Katie Price and Peter Andre
Peter André
Peter James Andrea , better known by the stage name as Peter Andre, is an English-born Australian musician, singer-songwriter, television personality and businessman. As a recording artist, he has achieving four top 10 UK albums and ten top 10 singles.-Early life:Andre was born at Northwick Park...

's "A Whole New World
A Whole New World
"A Whole New World" is the Oscar winning featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney film Aladdin. It was composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they are going to discover together....

". On Day 89, The housemates took part in the Big Big Brother Quiz, which was based on events that had happened during the series. During this task, ex-housemate Chanelle returned as a mystery guest, who Carole and Ziggy had to identify through touch alone. On Day 90, The housemates had to design a task in pairs, the best of which would be carried out later in the day. Liam and Brian won this task. On Day 91, the housemates had to create 'Big Brother: The Movie', and were given costumes, props and a video camera in order to recreate their time in the house. On Day 92, Big Brother took the day off, and left the house in charge of one housemate. The housemate chosen to become Big Brother for the day was Jonty.
Punishments Carole, Liam, and Ziggy were punished for discussion nominations. Their punishment came on Day 90 when Big Brother called, Jonty, Brian and The Twins to the diary room to nominate two of the three of the housemates. They nominated Ziggy and Carole but Big Brother later revealed they were playing a joke on them.
Exits Jonty (6th Place), Carole (5th Place), Ziggy (4th Place), Liam (3rd Place) Amanda & Sam (2nd Place) Brian (1st) (Winner)

Ratings and Popularity of the series

Channel 4 announced on 24 August that they were cancelling the next series of Celebrity Big Brother
Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...

. The decision came after the race row that engulfed the fifth celebrity series, and after the eighth non-celebrity series failed to "make as big of a splash as usual", although it still held healthy viewing figures.
Channel 4's Julian Bellamy said he wanted to create "more anticipation" for the ninth series of Big Brother in 2008. Big Brother UK has been signed until Big Brother 11 (2010).
The series average ended up around 3.9 million with a 18% share in officials. When ITV's
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...

 concluded, Big Brother returned to viewing figures of around 4 million per night.
The launch show was the fourth most watched launch show in Big Brother UK
Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...

 history by attracting an average of 6.2 million viewers. The number of viewers rose to 8 million after The British Soap Awards on ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...

 and The Apprentice
The Apprentice (UK)
The Apprentice is a British reality television series in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a £100,000-a-year job as an apprentice to the British business magnate Lord Sugar in series one to six...

 on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

 ended.
The next night saw a traditional drop in ratings with the show shedding more than 2 million viewers while 4 million people watched the first highlights show of the series, which was 22% of the television audience between 10:00 and 11:05.
Despite the promising launch show ratings, the first Friday show did not fare well in the ratings with the first part attracting 3.3 million people (15%), although this show was up against Match of the Day Live which aired England's first match at the new Wembley stadium. However, at 10:30, the second part, which showed the entrance of the first male contestant, was watched by 4.3 million viewers (24.6%).
4.6 million viewers watched the highlights show on 7 June which contained Emily's ejection from the Big Brother House due to using a racial slur. This was the second-highest viewed show of the series after the live launch at the time.
The show's second full week was rated as one of the lowest watched weeks in Big Brother history with the week averaging 2.83m (12.7%). The ratings were reduced to 2.11m on Wednesday night and the Friday night eviction shows rated as the lowest eviction shows in Big Brother history, with 3.1m (13.7%) watching at 8:30, and 3.0m (13.3%) at 10:00. However, this has since been beaten by the eviction of Belinda in Big Brother 9.
When the Friday 6 July twist was revealed, ratings were picking up yet again - returning Big Brother to its usual high rated status. Charley's interview during her fake eviction was watched by 5.4m viewers, the highest since the launch. Her real eviction was seen by an average of 5.0 million viewers, the second highest since the launch.

Week Averages

The following is a summary of weekly ratings points:
0. (Launch Week Wed-Fri) 4.4m (25%)
1. 4.0m (22%)
2. 2.8m (13%)
3. 3.5m (17%)
4. 3.6m (19%)
5. 3.6m (18%)
6. 4.1m (19%)
7. 3.7m (17.5%)
8. 3.7m (18.3%)
9. 3.7m (18%)
10. 3.4m (17.3%)
11. 3.5m (16.7%)
12. 3.4m (16.1%)
13. 3.2m (14%)

Average Ratings- 3.09m
Note: On week 12, Channel 4+1 was launched, and thus the reading for weeks 12 and 13 includes the viewings from both Channel 4 and Channel 4+1.

Criticism and Controversy

Nine days into the series, Channel 4 was criticised for deciding to air the word "nigger
Nigger
Nigger is a noun in the English language, most notable for its usage in a pejorative context to refer to black people , and also as an informal slang term, among other contexts. It is a common ethnic slur...

" on their daily highlights show. After the criticism they received for not handling the Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 was the highly controversial fifth series of the United Kingdom reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off of Big Brother. The series was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK , and involved a number of celebrities referred to as 'housemates', who live in the...

 racism allegations properly back in January, they were quick to intervene after Emily used the word in conversation with Charley. On the other hand, Charley and Nicky subsequently used the same contentious word several times, in reference to Emily's use. No action was seen to be taken against them. After Emily's disqualification from the competition was announced, 922 viewers complained to Ofcom
Ofcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...

, the British television regulator, believing that it was unfair. Another 270 people expressed dissatisfaction with Channel 4's decision to air the word "nigger" uncensored. Parr was invited on BBLB, which also caused disturbances, but postponed her appearance. The press and Dermot
Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary is an English television and radio presenter. He established himself as a presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4 before moving on to The X Factor on ITV. O'Leary has also presented on the BBC and has his own radio show on BBC Radio 2...

 presumed she postponed due to the controversy, but as she revealed in her BBLB interview, it was not.
Furthermore, on Day 40, Channel 4 confirmed that Charley had been called to the Diary Room and reprimanded after using the word "nigger" twice on one night. This was not broadcast on the nightly highlights programme or the live feed, further inflaming rumours about favouritism towards Charley. A Big Brother spokesperson claimed "Charley used the N-word as a black woman to refer to another black person. We judged her use of the term different from Emily's. But Big Brother called her to the Diary Room to remind her that this word could cause offence."
Charley was given a third and final warning by Big Brother on Day 55 when she implied that housemate Gerry was a paedophile. Over 300 people complained to Ofcom when Charley said that Gerry liked to "sleep with 15-year-olds".

Nominations table

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Final
Week 13
Nominations received
Brian Not in
house
Seány,
Carole
Billi,
Gerry
Gerry,
Carole
Tracey,
Carole
Gerry,
Tracey
Gerry,
Charley
No
nominations
Jonty,
Kara-Louise
No
nominations
Jonty,
Kara-Louise
Winner
(Day 94)
3
Amanda Not
eligible
Carole,
Nicky
Carole,
Tracey
Tracey,
Charley
Carole,
Tracey
Carole,
Nicky
Carole,
Tracey
Carole,
Tracey
No
nominations
Jonty,
Kara-Louise
Gerry Jonty,
Kara-Louise
Runners-Up
(Day 94)
0
Sam Not
eligible
Shabnam,
Carole
Carole,
Liam
Billi,
Carole
Carole,
Tracey
Carole,
Charley
Carole,
Tracey
Carole,
Tracey
No
nominations
0
Liam Not in
house
Jonathan,
Charley
Tracey,
Billi
Tracey,
Charley
Nicky,
Charley
Charley,
Nicky
Charley,
Tracey
No
nominations
,
Jonty
No
nominations
,
Jonty
Third Place
(Day 94)
4
Ziggy Shabnam,
Emily
Not
eligible
Charley,
Nicky
Billi,
Charley
Laura,
Charley
Nicky,
Charley
Nicky Tracey,
Charley
No
nominations
Amy,
Gerry
Gerry Kara-Louise,
Tracey
Fourth Place
(Day 94)
12
Carole Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Laura,
Nicky
Laura,
Nicky
Laura,
Chanelle
Nicky,
Tracey
Nicky,
Chanelle
Charley,
Ziggy
No
nominations
Amy,
Kara-Louise
No
nominations
Tracey,
Ziggy
Fifth Place
(Day 94)
20
Jonty Not in
house
No
nominations
Gerry,
Kara-Louise
No
nominations
Brian,
Liam
Sixth Place
(Day 94)
9
Not in
house
Halfway Housemate Jonty,
Amy
No
nominations
Tracey,
Liam
Evicted
(Day 87)
12
Tracey Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Seány,
Jonathan
Carole,
Billi
Ziggy,
Chanelle
Ziggy,
Gerry
Gerry,
Ziggy
Gerry,
Ziggy
Halfway Housemate Amy,
Gerry
Gerry Kara-Louise,
Jonty
Evicted
(Day 87)
25
Gerry Not in
house
Shabnam,
Tracey
Charley,
Liam
Nicky,
Tracey
Laura,
Nicky
Charley,
Nicky
Nicky,
Charley
Charley,
Tracey
No
nominations
Amy,
Jonty
No
nominations
Evicted
(Day 80)
17
Amy Not in
house
No
nominations
Kara-Louise,
Gerry
Evicted
(Day 73)
5
David Not in
house
Halfway Housemate Evicted
(Day 66)
0
Shanessa Not in
house
Halfway Housemate Evicted
(Day 66)
0
Chanelle Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Charley,
Seány
Charley,
Billi
Charley,
Laura
Charley,
Nicky
Charley Charley,
Tracey
Walked
(Day 62)
8
Charley Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Nicky,
Seány
Billi,
Chanelle
Chanelle,
Brian
Chanelle,
Gerry
Gerry,
Ziggy
Chanelle,
Gerry
Evicted
(Day 59)
23
Nicky Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Jonathan,
Seány
Billi,
Carole
Gerry,
Ziggy
Gerry,
Ziggy
Ziggy,
Gerry
Evicted
(Day 52)
16
Laura Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Carole,
Jonathan
Carole,
Ziggy
Ziggy,
Chanelle
Evicted
(Day 38)
7
Jonathan Not in
house
Nicky,
Tracey
Tracey,
Nicky
Laura,
Chanelle
Walked
(Day 35)
5
Billi Not in
house
Carole,
Jonathan
Nicky,
Charley
Evicted
(Day 31)
8
Seány Not in
house
Tracey,
Shabnam
Brian,
Tracey
Evicted
(Day 24)
5
Shabnam Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 17)
4
Lesley Not
eligible
Walked
(Day 11)
0
Emily Not
eligible
Ejected
(Day 9)
1
Nomination
note
None 3 None None 10
Against
public vote
Emily,
Shabnam
Carole,
Shabnam,
Tracey
Carole,
Jonathan,
Seány
Billi,
Carole,
Tracey
Chanelle,
Laura
Charley,
Nicky
Gerry,
Nicky
Charley,
Tracey
David,
Kara-Louise,
Shanessa,
Tracey
,
Amy,
Jonty,
Kara-Louise
Brian,
Carole,
Gerry,
Jonty,
Kara-Louise,
Liam
Jonty,
Kara-Louise,
Tracey
Amanda & Sam,
Brian,
Carole,
Jonty,
Liam,
Ziggy
Walked none Lesley none Jonathan none Chanelle none
Ejected Emily none
Evicted
(% of public votes)
Eviction cancelled Shabnam
81.4%
to evict
Seány
44.5%
to evict
Billi
55.1%
to evict
Laura
68.1%
to evict
Charley
75.8%
to fake evict
Nicky
76%
to evict
Charley
85.6%
to evict
Shanessa
38%
to evict
Amy
58%
to evict
Gerry
24%
3 of 3 votes
to evict
Tracey
38.4%
to evict
Jonty
3.0%
(out of 6)
Liam
19.1%
(out of 3)
Carole
4.9%
(out of 6)
Amanda & Sam
39.7%
(out of 2)
David

37%
to evict

30.8%
to evict
Ziggy
15.3%
(out of 4)
Brian
60.3%
to win

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