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Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)
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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 (also on S4C
in Wales
), and involved a number of celebrities
referred to as 'housemates', who live in the Big Brother House with no contact with the outside world. In recent series, the show's producers have offered celebrities money to appear on Celebrity Big Brother.
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 started on 3 January 2007, and ran for 26 days. The launch show peaked at 8.2 million viewers, making it the second most-watched launch in Big Brother history. It was the first Celebrity Big Brother series to be shown in the 16:9 widescreen format.
On 16 January 2007 this series had attracted the largest ever number of public complaints to the UK broadcasting watchdog Ofcom
about a Big Brother series. The complaints received detailed concerns that housemate Shilpa Shetty
had been subjected to bullying, allegedly with undertones of racism. As an example, Danielle Lloyd called Shilpa "a dog" and that she should "fuck off home". This sparked widespread anger and demonstrations in India, where the alleged racism was reported on the news, and led Big Brother's main sponsor Carphone Warehouse
to suspend its sponsorship of the show. As of 19 January 2007, a Channel 4 spokesman agreed that participants should be made aware of the controversy, probably explaining the recent explanations and apologies tendered by the housemates and their complete lack of surprise after learning about the latest eviction. A wired event in this series was a technical fault effected voting lines in the eviction between Dirk Benedict
, Jo O'Meara
, Ian Watkins
, Cleo Rocos
and Shilpa Shetty
all the people who voted were offered a refund any unclaimed money would be donated to charity like a normal Big Brother eviction.
As in earlier series, Davina McCall
presented the main Channel 4 show. Dermot O'Leary
presented Celebrity Big Brother's Little Brother and Celebrity Big Brother's Big Brain. Russell Brand
presented Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth. Celebrity Big Brother Diary Room Uncut, and live streaming also returned on the Official Channel 4 website and also on E4
at selected times.
On 28 January 2007, Shetty was voted the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2007 with 63% of the final vote.
This was the fifth series of the reality show (in the celebrity format), and after a brief pause in 2008 for Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
(available on E4 only) which wasn't as big a success as Channel 4
bosses had hoped for, the sixth series was shown in January 2009. Contestants were chosen during the period when the ninth series of the ordinary show was airing in 2008. Jade Goody
died in her sleep on 22 March 2009 aged 27, and Ken Russell
died on 27 November 2011 at the age of 84.
The general layout of the House was largely untouched from the previous non-celebrity series. The living room and bedroom had no noticeable changes. There were several single beds in the same room, with one double bed, meaning that two housemates (Leo & Donny) had to share. The bathroom is much smaller than previous versions and the toilet and shower were no longer fitted with cameras. The dining room table was moved inside, and the kitchen fully equipped with modern conveniences. Outside the garden was a three-jet hot tub with a farmyard seating area. The bridge to Nowhere was still present, leading to a sitting area with heated seats and the topiary
man. A workout area was situated just off the kitchen area. Inside the House there was also a fax machine built into the wall. On day 24 this was used to post viewers' questions to the housemates. Meanwhile, the Diary Room was identical to the previous summer's Big Brother, with an oversized gold chair and padded walls, the only change being the addition of yellow lights facing the walls. The House Next Door was used again, and its interior was re-designed to resemble a Victorian
style kitchen, with uncomfortable beds in the bedroom, for use in the master-and-servant task.
(born 14 October 1947) is a columnist for the Sunday Mirror
. She starred in the 2006 series of Celebrity Fit Club where she was captain of the winning team as well as losing 3 stone on ITV
. On Day 2 Carole broke Big Brother rules by discussing nominations with Shilpa and Cleo. Carole was a servant during the Master and Servant task. Carole was put up for eviction after being unanimously chosen between her and Cleo by her fellow housemates to face the public vote as punishment for discussing nominations. Carole was evicted on Day 10. Carole has revealed that she was born in 1947 and not 1954, as previously believed.
(born 24 July 1962 in Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil
) is a comic actress who appeared on The Kenny Everett
Television Show. Cleo has developed a maternal role in the house and tends to look after the younger housemates and do such things as cook and clean for them, which was first pointed out by Ian and Jo on Day 2. On Day 2, Cleo broke Big Brother rules by discussing nominations with Shilpa and Carole. As punishment, the rest of the housemates (except Carole but including Shilpa) were made to vote unanimously on who should face the public vote. Cleo was not chosen. Cleo was a servant during the Master and Servant task. In battle of the tribute bands she was in Jermaine's group as a member of the Jackson 5, the group won. She was evicted on Day 24, along with Jo.
(born Liverpool
, 16 December 1983) is an English model
and former Miss Great Britain
(2006), stripped of her title for dating a panel judge, footballer
Teddy Sheringham
, and posing for Playboy
. Danielle was a servant during the Master and Servant task. She was accused of racist bullying of her fellow house mate Shilpa Shetty
, along with Jade Goody
and Jo O'Meara
. On one occasion Lloyd said that Shetty should "fuck off home", something that Big Brother questioned her about at a later date. Danielle eventually finished 5th on final night. Upon leaving the show, it generally seems that the public have been more forgiving of Lloyd than Goody or O'Meara, and she still regularly gets modelling work.
(born 1 March 1945) is an American
actor best known for playing Face in The A-Team
and Starbuck
in the original Battlestar Galactica
. Dirk made a unique entrance to the house by arriving via (a replica of) The A-Team van, smoking a cigar and with the theme tune playing in the background. A memorable moment occurred a few minutes after he arrived in the house, when a drunk Donny said "It's Dirk fucking Benedict", to which Dirk responded "I seldom use my middle name." Dirk made no secret of his attraction to Shilpa, even saying that he would marry her in a moment, although his attention and flirting with her was light hearted and not excessive. On Day 2 a comic feel surrounded Dirk as Shilpa learned to pronounce his name. Dirk finished third.
(born 4 March 1981) is the lead singer of Towers of London
, a punk rock band from London. He staggered into the house in a drunken state and instantly breached Big Brother rules when his stash of alcohol was removed from his suitcase. Donny escaped from the Big Brother House on 5 January 2007 by climbing over the garden wall in the House Next Door with the help of 'H' from Steps, saying "I'm not fucking waiting hand on foot on some fucking moron and her family", referring to Jade Goody, as he climbed over. His clothes and belongings were left in the diary room by a fellow contestant.
actor and was previously a member of the pop group Steps. He came out
as gay
to The Sun
on the same day as he entered the house.
, (born 9 June 1987 in Waltham Forest, London
) is Jade Goody's widower. He entered the House on 5 January 2007 as a member of Jade's family. He was a master during the Master and Servant task. Jack left school at the age of 16. He has courted controversy over his comment (which was bleeped) and suggested that Shilpa
remove objects from the toilet with her teeth. When Jade apologised to Shilpa (on day 16), Jack confessed that he was very disappointed with Jade for apologising to her and used an abusive term relating to Shilpa. Following Jade's eviction, he spent more time with former Miss Great Britain
Danielle Lloyd
, who was said to be flirting with Jack and told him "I love you" when she was drunk. In May 2007, Endemol released previously withheld material in which O'Meara, Tweed and Goody constructed a limerick which Endemol claimed was based around, although it did not directly use, the word "paki".
(5 June 1981 – 22 March 2009) entered the house on Friday 5 January. Jade first rose to fame when she appeared in the third UK series of Big Brother
and since then went on to have a career in the media industry. Goody was at the centre of racist bullying allegations against fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty.
The Act Against Bullying charity branded her behaviour as "unforgivable". Among Jade's comments were: "Shilpa Walla", as well as suggesting Shetty "makes [her] skin crawl". She also referred to Shetty as 'Shilpa Poppadom
'.
She was evicted on Day 17, Big Brother producers and Endemol had decided not to have a live crowd present nor the usual press conference to enable them to brief Jade Goody on the recent racism allegations. In August 2008, she became a contestant in the second series of the Indian version of Big Brother (called Bigg Boss); however, she was forced to leave on day 2 after being told she had cancer. She died in her sleep after battling cancer on 22 March 2009.
(born 11 December 1954, also known as Muhammed Abdul Aziz) is an American R&B
singer, former member of The Jackson 5
and brother of pop
stars Michael Jackson
and Janet Jackson
. On the launch show, Davina revealed that Jermaine's favourite tube
line was the Central Line
. In the house several of the housemates have commented that Jermaine was very shy
and they therefore found it difficult to converse with him and get to know who he was.
(born 29 April 1979 and better known as Jo O'Meara) was previously a member of the pop group S Club 7 and a former contestant on Just the Two of Us. She also had a brief solo career before pursuing a career in dog breeding
. She came in for criticism for ganging up, with Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd, on fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty, along with allegations of racist bullying in the house. Jo had stated that she believed that Shilpa was a "mole," planted in the house to upset the game. She was evicted on Day 24 (with only 48% of the vote), along with Cleo Rocos.
Since leaving the house Jo had apparently slipped into deep depression and even thought about suicide.
(3 July 1927 - 27 November 2011) was an English director of such films as The Music Lovers
, The Devils
, The Boy Friend
, Lisztomania, and Tommy
, and at age 79 was the oldest male contestant in the programme's history. Since entering the house Ken prevented many of the other housemates from sleeping due to his excessive snoring
. Danielle informed Ken of his snoring on Day 3 which led to many of the housemates pondering over a solution. On Day 5 at 14:55, he voluntarily left the house after arguing with new housemate Jade Goody and her family. He died on 27 November 2011 at the age of 84, making him the second housemate of the series to die, after Jade Goody.
(born 21 May 1948) is a singer who had success in the 1970s with hits such as "When I Need You
", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "Moonlighting
" and "Thunder In My Heart
". Leo found it difficult to sleep on his first night in the house as he was forced to share a bed with Donny who was naked, a prospect that Leo found uncomfortable. Leo was a servant during the Master and Servant task. He reverted to mime communication and decided to take a vow of silence, much to the confusion and annoyance of the other housemates. Leo escaped from the house by breaking open a fire door with a broom after hitting a two-way mirror on Day 10 when Big Brother refused to provide him with clean underwear. It was revealed later that he had overlooked clean underwear in his suitcase. He was up for eviction at the time and, though he did not know it, leading the poll.
(born 8 June 1975) is an award winning India
n actress and an active AIDS
and PETA
campaigner. Though her native language is Tulu
, she is a fluent English speaker.
by contestants Jade Goody
, Jo O'Meara
and Danielle Lloyd
.
UK media regulator Ofcom
received more than 44,500 complaints - a record number for a British television programme after transmission. Channel 4
received an additional 3,000 complaints, about racism
and bullying by housemates against Shetty. The Eastern Eye
newspaper launched an online petition that registered over 30,000 signatures. Channel 4, who had initially described the situation as "girly rivalry", later admitted there had "undoubtedly been a cultural clash between her and three of the British females in the house".
finale, which landed a record 10 million viewers. The Big Brother 3 final night was the same night that Jade left the house for the first time back in 2002.
On 17 February 2007, Shilpa said that she wanted to forgive Jo O'Meara, but she and other Celebrity Big Brother contestants had difficulty contacting her.
On 11 May 2007 Shilpa Shetty released her new Bollywood film, Life in a...Metro. The film had a Leicester Square
premiere (the first for a Bollywood film). In the UK, Shilpa continues to work on projects, including a West End
musical and perfume.
) to charity, stating that her intention in taking part in the show was to pay off her mortgage debt.
O'Meara has also stated that she never bullied Shilpa Shetty, and that the program showed her as a much different person than in reality and that the producers of the program exploited her. She has claimed that the media frenzy surrounding the racist depiction of the S Club 7 star has left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She is in an unstable mental state, and has even considered physically harming herself.
In an interview with Sky News
, Jo explained that she has been left feeling paranoid and that she has been prescribed drugs to return her to 'normal'. In an interview with UK breakfast television show GMTV
, O'Meara stated she needed to be in a safe house
as she has received death threats. In the interview, she stated how she received very little in the way of support from Big Brother.
Unlike Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd, following the controversy Jo dropped out of the limelight completely, and worked in rehabilitating rescue animals, particularly horses. Her life has finally turned around and is back on track. Six months after leaving Celebrity Big Brother, Jo became pregnant by her long-term boyfriend, Derrick Bird, and gave birth to her first child, son Lenny, on 12 May 2008. He weighed 7 lbs 15oz.
had adjudicated on the race row during the Celebrity Big Brother series following the record number of complaints. Channel 4 was found to have breached the Ofcom code of conduct. Statutory sanctions were imposed on Channel 4, obliging them to broadcast statements of Ofcom's findings on three separate occasions at the start of the new series of Big Brother in May. It was also reported that footage of an alleged racist limerick about Shilpa, devised by her antagonisers, did exist, despite previous denials by Endemol. However, the report made clear that the phrase "fucking paki" was not used by Jack Tweed as previously believed. A transcript of untransmitted footage was also released where Big Brother clearly warns some housemates that what they were saying could be regarded as racially offensive.
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...
of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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...
series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off 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...
. The series was broadcast 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...
in the UK (also on S4C
S4C
S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
), and involved a number of celebrities
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
referred to as 'housemates', who live in the Big Brother House with no contact with the outside world. In recent series, the show's producers have offered celebrities money to appear on Celebrity Big Brother.
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 started on 3 January 2007, and ran for 26 days. The launch show peaked at 8.2 million viewers, making it the second most-watched launch in Big Brother history. It was the first Celebrity Big Brother series to be shown in the 16:9 widescreen format.
On 16 January 2007 this series had attracted the largest ever number of public complaints to the UK broadcasting watchdog 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...
about a Big Brother series. The complaints received detailed concerns that housemate Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...
had been subjected to bullying, allegedly with undertones of racism. As an example, Danielle Lloyd called Shilpa "a dog" and that she should "fuck off home". This sparked widespread anger and demonstrations in India, where the alleged racism was reported on the news, and led Big Brother's main sponsor 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...
to suspend its sponsorship of the show. As of 19 January 2007, a Channel 4 spokesman agreed that participants should be made aware of the controversy, probably explaining the recent explanations and apologies tendered by the housemates and their complete lack of surprise after learning about the latest eviction. A wired event in this series was a technical fault effected voting lines in the eviction between Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict is an American movie, television and stage actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series.-Early life:Benedict was born...
, Jo O'Meara
Jo O'Meara
Joanne Valda O'Meara is an English singer-songwriter, television personality and actress. Formerly one of the lead singers of pop group S Club, she launched a solo single after the group's split in 2003, which cut short the production of a proposed album following an appearance on Celebrity Big...
, Ian Watkins
Ian Watkins
Ian Watkins may refer to:* Ian "H" Watkins , member of Steps* Ian Watkins , lead singer of Lostprophets* Ian Watkins , English radio presenter...
, Cleo Rocos
Cleo Rocos
Cleo Rocos is a UK-based comedy actress and television/theatre producer and presenter, best known for appearing on The Kenny Everett Television Show. She is of Greek and English descent...
and Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...
all the people who voted were offered a refund any unclaimed money would be donated to charity like a normal Big Brother eviction.
As in earlier series, 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 :...
presented the main Channel 4 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...
presented Celebrity Big Brother's Little Brother and Celebrity Big Brother's Big Brain. 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...
presented Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth. Celebrity Big Brother Diary Room Uncut, and live streaming also returned on the Official Channel 4 website and also 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...
at selected times.
On 28 January 2007, Shetty was voted the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2007 with 63% of the final vote.
This was the fifth series of the reality show (in the celebrity format), and after a brief pause in 2008 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...
(available on E4 only) which wasn't as big a success as 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...
bosses had hoped for, the sixth series was shown in January 2009. Contestants were chosen during the period when the ninth series of the ordinary show was airing in 2008. Jade Goody
Jade Goody
Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction from...
died in her sleep on 22 March 2009 aged 27, and Ken Russell
Ken Russell
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. He attracted criticism as being obsessed with sexuality and the church...
died on 27 November 2011 at the age of 84.
The House
Topiary
Topiary is the horticultural practice of training live perennial plants, by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, perhaps geometric or fanciful; and the term also refers to plants which have been shaped in this way. It can be...
man. A workout area was situated just off the kitchen area. Inside the House there was also a fax machine built into the wall. On day 24 this was used to post viewers' questions to the housemates. Meanwhile, the Diary Room was identical to the previous summer's Big Brother, with an oversized gold chair and padded walls, the only change being the addition of yellow lights facing the walls. The House Next Door was used again, and its interior was re-designed to resemble a Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
style kitchen, with uncomfortable beds in the bedroom, for use in the master-and-servant task.
Housemates
Eleven housemates entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on Day 1 followed by three more housemates on Day 3. This was more than any other celebrity series to date (the regular series in 2006 has had fourteen housemates enter on Day 1). The housemates in Celebrity Big Brother 2007 were (in alphabetical order by first name):Carole Malone
Carole MaloneCarole Malone
Carole Anne Malone is a right-wing English journalist, commentator on Current affairs and occasional broadcaster.-Early life:...
(born 14 October 1947) is a columnist for the Sunday Mirror
Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. Trinity Mirror also owns The People...
. She starred in the 2006 series of Celebrity Fit Club where she was captain of the winning team as well as losing 3 stone on ITV
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...
. On Day 2 Carole broke Big Brother rules by discussing nominations with Shilpa and Cleo. Carole was a servant during the Master and Servant task. Carole was put up for eviction after being unanimously chosen between her and Cleo by her fellow housemates to face the public vote as punishment for discussing nominations. Carole was evicted on Day 10. Carole has revealed that she was born in 1947 and not 1954, as previously believed.
Cleo Rocos
Cleo RocosCleo Rocos
Cleo Rocos is a UK-based comedy actress and television/theatre producer and presenter, best known for appearing on The Kenny Everett Television Show. She is of Greek and English descent...
(born 24 July 1962 in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
) is a comic actress who appeared on The Kenny Everett
Kenny Everett
Kenny Everett was an English comedian, radio DJ and television entertainer. Born Maurice James Christopher Cole, Everett is best known for his career as a radio DJ and for the Kenny Everett television shows.-Early life:...
Television Show. Cleo has developed a maternal role in the house and tends to look after the younger housemates and do such things as cook and clean for them, which was first pointed out by Ian and Jo on Day 2. On Day 2, Cleo broke Big Brother rules by discussing nominations with Shilpa and Carole. As punishment, the rest of the housemates (except Carole but including Shilpa) were made to vote unanimously on who should face the public vote. Cleo was not chosen. Cleo was a servant during the Master and Servant task. In battle of the tribute bands she was in Jermaine's group as a member of the Jackson 5, the group won. She was evicted on Day 24, along with Jo.
Danielle Lloyd
Danielle LloydDanielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd is an English glamour model. The former Miss England 2004 and Miss Great Britain 2006, she first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain 2006 title after posing for nude pictures featured in the December 2006 edition of Playboy magazine and her alleged...
(born Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, 16 December 1983) is an English model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and former Miss Great Britain
Miss Great Britain
Miss Great Britain is a female beauty contest currently held in London. Between 1956 and 1989, it was held in the seaside resort of Morecambe. It is one of the oldest of its kind in the country, with the first edition held in 1945...
(2006), stripped of her title for dating a panel judge, footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
, and posing for Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
. Danielle was a servant during the Master and Servant task. She was accused of racist bullying of her fellow house mate Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...
, along with Jade Goody
Jade Goody
Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction from...
and Jo O'Meara
Jo O'Meara
Joanne Valda O'Meara is an English singer-songwriter, television personality and actress. Formerly one of the lead singers of pop group S Club, she launched a solo single after the group's split in 2003, which cut short the production of a proposed album following an appearance on Celebrity Big...
. On one occasion Lloyd said that Shetty should "fuck off home", something that Big Brother questioned her about at a later date. Danielle eventually finished 5th on final night. Upon leaving the show, it generally seems that the public have been more forgiving of Lloyd than Goody or O'Meara, and she still regularly gets modelling work.
Dirk Benedict
Dirk BenedictDirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict is an American movie, television and stage actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series.-Early life:Benedict was born...
(born 1 March 1945) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor best known for playing Face in The A-Team
The A-Team
The A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". The A-Team was created by...
and Starbuck
Lieutenant Starbuck
Lieutenant Starbuck of the Colonial Service, played by Dirk Benedict, is a fictional character in the 1978 science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica. Starbuck is a Viper starfighter pilot, gambler, womanizer and smoker of "fumerellos," or cigars. He is involved with Lieutenant Athena...
in the original Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica TV series in 1978, and was followed by a brief sequel TV series in 1980, a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games...
. Dirk made a unique entrance to the house by arriving via (a replica of) The A-Team van, smoking a cigar and with the theme tune playing in the background. A memorable moment occurred a few minutes after he arrived in the house, when a drunk Donny said "It's Dirk fucking Benedict", to which Dirk responded "I seldom use my middle name." Dirk made no secret of his attraction to Shilpa, even saying that he would marry her in a moment, although his attention and flirting with her was light hearted and not excessive. On Day 2 a comic feel surrounded Dirk as Shilpa learned to pronounce his name. Dirk finished third.
Donny Tourette
Donny TouretteDonny Tourette
Donny Tourette is an English singer-songwriter best known for his work with the pop rock band Towers of London...
(born 4 March 1981) is the lead singer of Towers of London
Towers of London
Towers of London are a Punk Rock n Roll band, fromLondon, England, who formed in 2004. Their music mixes elements of rock and heavy metal music with 1977 style British punk...
, a punk rock band from London. He staggered into the house in a drunken state and instantly breached Big Brother rules when his stash of alcohol was removed from his suitcase. Donny escaped from the Big Brother House on 5 January 2007 by climbing over the garden wall in the House Next Door with the help of 'H' from Steps, saying "I'm not fucking waiting hand on foot on some fucking moron and her family", referring to Jade Goody, as he climbed over. His clothes and belongings were left in the diary room by a fellow contestant.
Ian "H" Watkins
Ian "H" Watkins (born 8 May 1976) is a WelshWelsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
actor and was previously a member of the pop group Steps. He came out
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
as gay
Homosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
to The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
on the same day as he entered the house.
Jack Tweed
Jack Andrew TweedJack Tweed
Jack Andrew Tweed is Jade Goody's widower and was a contestant in the 2007 series of Celebrity Big Brother.- Big Brother :...
, (born 9 June 1987 in Waltham Forest, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
) is Jade Goody's widower. He entered the House on 5 January 2007 as a member of Jade's family. He was a master during the Master and Servant task. Jack left school at the age of 16. He has courted controversy over his comment (which was bleeped) and suggested that Shilpa
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...
remove objects from the toilet with her teeth. When Jade apologised to Shilpa (on day 16), Jack confessed that he was very disappointed with Jade for apologising to her and used an abusive term relating to Shilpa. Following Jade's eviction, he spent more time with former Miss Great Britain
Miss Great Britain
Miss Great Britain is a female beauty contest currently held in London. Between 1956 and 1989, it was held in the seaside resort of Morecambe. It is one of the oldest of its kind in the country, with the first edition held in 1945...
Danielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd is an English glamour model. The former Miss England 2004 and Miss Great Britain 2006, she first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain 2006 title after posing for nude pictures featured in the December 2006 edition of Playboy magazine and her alleged...
, who was said to be flirting with Jack and told him "I love you" when she was drunk. In May 2007, Endemol released previously withheld material in which O'Meara, Tweed and Goody constructed a limerick which Endemol claimed was based around, although it did not directly use, the word "paki".
Jackiey Budden
Jacqueline "Jackiey" Budden, (born January 1958) was the mother of the late Jade Goody and entered the house on Friday 5 January as part of Jade's family. Jackiey was a master during the Master and Servant task. Jackiey caused a slight stir in the house, and upset both her daughter Jade and fellow house mates Shilpa and Ken with her demanding attitude and garrulous personality. She was unable to correctly pronounce Shilpa's name, so instead referred to her as "Princess" and "The Indian". On Day 8, Jackiey became the first house mate to be evicted from the Big Brother house in a surprise eviction; Jackiey left the house via the diary room and was unable to say goodbye to her fellow house mates. There was no crowd present at Jackiey's eviction and she left the house without any shoes. Her arm is paralyzed from a motorcycle accident.Jade Goody
Jade GoodyJade Goody
Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction from...
(5 June 1981 – 22 March 2009) entered the house on Friday 5 January. Jade first rose to fame when she appeared in the third UK series of Big Brother
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...
and since then went on to have a career in the media industry. Goody was at the centre of racist bullying allegations against fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty.
The Act Against Bullying charity branded her behaviour as "unforgivable". Among Jade's comments were: "Shilpa Walla", as well as suggesting Shetty "makes [her] skin crawl". She also referred to Shetty as 'Shilpa Poppadom
Papadum
Papadum, also known as papad in Northern India, , pappadam in Malayalam, happala in Kannada, appalam in Tamil, appadum in Telugu, pappadum or poppadom in the UK, is a thin, crisp Indian preparation sometimes described as a cracker. It is typically served as an accompaniment to a meal in India...
'.
She was evicted on Day 17, Big Brother producers and Endemol had decided not to have a live crowd present nor the usual press conference to enable them to brief Jade Goody on the recent racism allegations. In August 2008, she became a contestant in the second series of the Indian version of Big Brother (called Bigg Boss); however, she was forced to leave on day 2 after being told she had cancer. She died in her sleep after battling cancer on 22 March 2009.
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine JacksonJermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
(born 11 December 1954, also known as Muhammed Abdul Aziz) is an American R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
singer, former member of The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...
and brother of pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
stars Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
and Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
. On the launch show, Davina revealed that Jermaine's favourite tube
London Underground
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
line was the Central Line
Central Line
The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and, at , has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...
. In the house several of the housemates have commented that Jermaine was very shy
Shyness
In humans, shyness is a social psychology term used to describe the feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or awkwardness experienced when a person is in proximity to, approaching, or being approached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar people...
and they therefore found it difficult to converse with him and get to know who he was.
Jo O'Meara
Joanne O'MearaJo O'Meara
Joanne Valda O'Meara is an English singer-songwriter, television personality and actress. Formerly one of the lead singers of pop group S Club, she launched a solo single after the group's split in 2003, which cut short the production of a proposed album following an appearance on Celebrity Big...
(born 29 April 1979 and better known as Jo O'Meara) was previously a member of the pop group S Club 7 and a former contestant on Just the Two of Us. She also had a brief solo career before pursuing a career in dog breeding
Dog breeding
Dog breeding is the practice of mating selected specimens with the intent to maintain or produce specific qualities and characteristics.Dogs reproduce without human interference, so their offsprings' characteristics are determined by natural selection. Domestic dogs may be intentionally bred by...
. She came in for criticism for ganging up, with Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd, on fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty, along with allegations of racist bullying in the house. Jo had stated that she believed that Shilpa was a "mole," planted in the house to upset the game. She was evicted on Day 24 (with only 48% of the vote), along with Cleo Rocos.
Since leaving the house Jo had apparently slipped into deep depression and even thought about suicide.
Ken Russell
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" RussellKen Russell
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. He attracted criticism as being obsessed with sexuality and the church...
(3 July 1927 - 27 November 2011) was an English director of such films as The Music Lovers
The Music Lovers
The Music Lovers is a 1970 British biographical film directed by Ken Russell. The screenplay by Melvyn Bragg, based on Beloved Friend, a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck, focuses on the life and career of 19th century Russian composer...
, The Devils
The Devils (film)
The Devils is a 1971 British historical drama directed by Ken Russell and starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave. It is based partially on the 1952 book The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley, and partially on the 1960 play The Devils by John Whiting, also based on Huxley's book...
, The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend is a musical by Sandy Wilson. The musical's original 1954 London production ran for 2,078 performances, making it briefly the third-longest running musical in West End or Broadway history until it was surpassed by Salad Days...
, Lisztomania, and Tommy
Tommy (film)
Tommy is a 1975 British musical film based upon The Who's 1969 rock opera album musical Tommy. It was directed by Ken Russell and featured a star-studded cast, including the band members themselves...
, and at age 79 was the oldest male contestant in the programme's history. Since entering the house Ken prevented many of the other housemates from sleeping due to his excessive snoring
Snoring
Snoring is the vibration of respiratory structures and the resulting sound, due to obstructed air movement during breathing while sleeping. In some cases the sound may be soft, but in other cases, it can be loud and unpleasant...
. Danielle informed Ken of his snoring on Day 3 which led to many of the housemates pondering over a solution. On Day 5 at 14:55, he voluntarily left the house after arguing with new housemate Jade Goody and her family. He died on 27 November 2011 at the age of 84, making him the second housemate of the series to die, after Jade Goody.
Leo Sayer
Leo SayerLeo Sayer
Leo Sayer is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. Sayer became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2009. Sayer was a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s...
(born 21 May 1948) is a singer who had success in the 1970s with hits such as "When I Need You
When I Need You
"When I Need You" is a popular song written by Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager. It was first recorded by Hammond on his 1976 album When I Need You. Produced by Richard Perry, Leo Sayer's version made number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in February 1977 after three of his earlier...
", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "Moonlighting
Moonlighting (song)
Moonlighting is a popular single about a young couple eloping to be married at Gretna Green, recorded by Leo Sayer.Written by Sayer and Frank Farrell and co-produced by Adam Faith, "Moonlighting" made Number 2 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1975....
" and "Thunder In My Heart
Thunder in My Heart (song)
"Thunder in My Heart" is a song recorded by Leo Sayer for the album Thunder in My Heart . It became a number one hit single in the UK when a remix by Meck was released as a single in 2006 . "Thunder in My Heart Again" stayed at number one for two weeks...
". Leo found it difficult to sleep on his first night in the house as he was forced to share a bed with Donny who was naked, a prospect that Leo found uncomfortable. Leo was a servant during the Master and Servant task. He reverted to mime communication and decided to take a vow of silence, much to the confusion and annoyance of the other housemates. Leo escaped from the house by breaking open a fire door with a broom after hitting a two-way mirror on Day 10 when Big Brother refused to provide him with clean underwear. It was revealed later that he had overlooked clean underwear in his suitcase. He was up for eviction at the time and, though he did not know it, leading the poll.
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa ShettyShilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...
(born 8 June 1975) is an award winning India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n actress and an active AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
and PETA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A non-profit corporation with 300 employees and two million members and supporters, it claims to be the largest animal rights...
campaigner. Though her native language is Tulu
Tulu language
The Tulu language |?]]]) is a Dravidian language spoken by 1.95 million native speakers mainly in the southwest part of Indian state Karnataka known as Tulu Nadu. In India, 1.72 million people speak it as their mother tongue , increased by 10 percent over the 1991 census...
, she is a fluent English speaker.
Daily summary and highlights
| Day 1 | Entries | Carole, Cleo, Danielle, Dirk, Donny, Ian, Jermaine, Jo, Ken, Leo, and Shilpa entered the House. |
|---|---|---|
| General | Upon entering the House the housemates began to converse and socialise with one another while Donny, who may have been drunk Drunkenness Alcohol intoxication is a physiological state that occurs when a person has a high level of ethanol in his or her blood.... , jumped into the House Jacuzzi Jacuzzi Jacuzzi is a company that produces whirlpool bathtubs and spas. Its first product was a bath with massaging jets. The term "jacuzzi" is now often used generically to refer to any bathtub with massaging jets.-History:... fully clothed. |
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| Day 3 | Entries/Twists | Jack, Jackiey, and Jade entered the house. |
| Tasks | The housemates were told to pack a small suitcase each that must last them three days and three nights. Big Brother announced that eight of the current housemates were to move to the House Next Door while the remaining three housemates were to stay in the main house. Danielle, Jo, Leo, Carole, Donny, Ian, Cleo and Dirk moved into the house next door and will become servants to the masters in the main house: Jermaine, Shilpa and Ken who were joined by Jade, her boyfriend Jack and her mother Jackiey. | |
| Exits | Donny left the house voluntarily by climbing over the garden wall in the House Next Door after learning he would be a servant to Jade and her new extended family in the main House. | |
| Day 5 | Exits | Ken Russell voluntarily left the House after arguing with Jade Goody and her family. |
| General | Jade's grandparent Grandparent Grandparents are the parents of a person's own parent, whether that be a father or a mother. Every sexually-reproducing creature who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents, etc... s entered the House as guests for dinner. They left after the meal. |
|
| Day 6 | Tasks | The housemates were informed that they had passed the Masters and Servants task. Jo failed because she allowed Ken to make his own food at one point and Leo failed because he fell asleep during his shift. |
| Day 8 | Exits | Jackiey was evicted from the Big Brother House. Jackiey was called to the Diary Room and informed she would leave the House via the Diary Room and would not say goodbye to her fellow housemates; the housemates observed Jackiey's eviction on the plasma screen in the kitchen. |
| Day 9 | Nomination | The first round of nominations took place with Dirk and Leo up for eviction, they were joined by Carole as punishment for discussing nominations. |
| Punishments | Carole faced the vote automatically after it was revealed that Cleo and she had discussed nominations, the housemates were instructed to choose one of the pair to face the public vote. | |
| Day 10 | Exits | Leo Sayer voluntarily left the House. He left the House by smashing the glass tube on the garden fire door Fire door A fire door is a door with a fire-resistance rating used as part of a passive fire protection system to reduce the spread of fire or smoke between compartments and to enable safe egress from a building or structure or ship... barging through the camera run and through another door. He proceeded to argue with security officers and programme producers before finally being granted his wish not to return. Carole was evicted with 77.4% of the vote |
| Day 13 | Tasks | Housemates were required to complete an assault course Assault course An assault course is a special sort of trail that combines running and exercising. It was more popular in the 1970s than it is now. It is heavily used in military training... in under nine minutes. The housemates failed this task and received a basic shopping budget. |
| Day 14 | General | Shilpa and Jade were involved in an argument with each other which began with a disagreement over an Oxo Oxo (food) Oxo is a range of food products, consisting of stock cubes, herbs and spices, dried gravy, and yeast extract. In the United Kingdom, Oxo products are manufactured by Premier Foods... cube. The argument increased the growing controversy surrounding the racist bullying of Shilpa. |
| Day 15 | Tasks | Housemates were set a task to divide into groups and create abstract art Abstract art Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an... to express their emotions. They passed the task and received champagne as a reward. |
| Nominations | The second round of nominations took place. Shilpa and Jade received the most nomination points and were up for eviction. | |
| Day 17 | Tasks | Housemates were instructed to use their voices to perform William Tell Overture William Tell Overture The William Tell Overture is the instrumental introduction to the opera Guillaume Tell by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini's 39 operas, after which he went into semi-retirement, although he continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal... , which they passed. |
| Exits | Jade became the third person to be evicted from the house with 82% of the votes. Due to the controversy at the time, her eviction was not attended by a live audience. | |
| Day 19 | Tasks | Housemates were given a task where they were required to make Big Brother laugh Laughter Laughing is a reaction to certain stimuli, fundamentally stress, which serves as an emotional balancing mechanism. Traditionally, it is considered a visual expression of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy. It may ensue from hearing a joke, being tickled, or other stimuli... . They passed the task and received party food as a reward. |
| Day 20 | Tasks | The task was to perform a showgirl Showgirl A showgirl is a dancer or performer in a stage entertainment show. Showgirl is also often used as a term for a promotional model in trade fairs and car shows, etc... dance routine. Housemates passed the task and received a luxury shopping budget. |
| Day 21 | Tasks | The housemates had to choose something they wanted under £10. They had to answer questions about their fellow housemates. Each housemate had to choose another housemate and answer questions about the housemate. If a housemate got 3 out of 5 questions right, the housemate that the other housemate chose would have won their prize they selected before the task. |
| Nominations | The third and final round of nominations took place with Cleo, Dirk, Ian, Jo and Shilpa being nominated for the public vote. | |
| Day 24 | Exits | Jo and Cleo were evicted together in a double eviction. |
| Day 25 | General | The housemates were asked questions submitted by the public.. |
| Tasks | The housemates were instructed to devise four performances each based around a different genre: romantic comedy, film noir, action blockbuster and Bollywood musical. All past and present housemates must be portrayed by the final six housemates. The housemates passed the task and therefore earned a three course sit down meal. | |
| Day 26 | Exits | Jack and Danielle left the house first on the final night together finishing in 6th and 5th place. Ian finished in 4th place and was followed later by Dirk who finished in 3rd place. Jermaine finished as runner-up with Shilpa leaving the house last as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2007. |
Nominations table
| Day 3 | Day 9 | Day 15 | Day 21 | Final Day 26 |
Nominations received | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shilpa | Master in Task |
Jack, Leo |
Jade, Jack |
Dirk, Jack |
Winner (Day 26) |
9 | |
| Jermaine | Master in Task |
Jo, Danielle |
Jade, Jo |
Danielle, Jo |
Runner-up (Day 26) |
2 | |
| Dirk | Servant in Task |
Ian, Jermaine |
Jade, Jermaine |
Cleo, Jo |
Third place (Day 26) |
13 | |
| Ian | Servant in Task |
Leo, Dirk |
Danielle, Jade |
Cleo, Jo |
Fourth place (Day 26) |
3 | |
| Danielle | Servant in Task |
Leo, Dirk |
Shilpa, Dirk |
Dirk, Ian |
Fifth place (Day 26) |
3 | |
| Jack | Master in Task |
Shilpa, Dirk |
Shilpa, Dirk |
Dirk, Shilpa |
Sixth place (Day 26) |
5 | |
| Cleo | Servant in Task |
Banned | Shilpa, Jade |
Ian, Dirk |
Evicted (Day 24) |
2 | |
| Jo | Servant in Task |
Leo, Jack |
Shilpa, Dirk |
Dirk, Shilpa |
Evicted (Day 24) |
6 | |
| Jade | Master in Task |
Shilpa, Dirk |
Shilpa, Dirk |
Evicted (Day 17) |
5 | ||
| Carole | Servant in Task |
Banned | Evicted (Day 10) |
0 | |||
| Leo | Servant in Task |
Jack, Jo |
Walked (Day 10) |
4 | |||
| Jackiey | Master in Task |
Evicted (Day 8) |
N/A | ||||
| Ken | Master in Task |
Walked (Day 5) |
N/A | ||||
| Donny | Servant in Task |
Walked (Day 3) |
N/A | ||||
| Nomination note |
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| Against public vote |
Jack, Jackiey, Jade, Jermaine, Shilpa |
Carole, Dirk, |
Jade, Shilpa |
Cleo, Dirk, Ian, Jo, Shilpa |
Danielle, Dirk, Ian, Jack, Jermaine, Shilpa |
||
| Walked | Donny, Ken |
Leo | none | ||||
| Evicted | Jackiey 4.6% to save |
Carole 77.4% to evict |
Jade 82.0% to evict |
Jo 48.4% to evict |
Jack 3.15% (out of 6) |
Dirk 16% (out of 3) |
|
| Danielle 3.30% (out of 6) |
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| Jermaine 37% (out of 2) |
|||||||
| Cleo 27.9% to evict |
Ian 5.3% (out of 4) |
||||||
| Shilpa 63% to win |
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Racism and bullying
Celebrity Big Brother criticism focused around the treatment of housemate Shilpa ShettyShilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...
by contestants Jade Goody
Jade Goody
Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction from...
, Jo O'Meara
Jo O'Meara
Joanne Valda O'Meara is an English singer-songwriter, television personality and actress. Formerly one of the lead singers of pop group S Club, she launched a solo single after the group's split in 2003, which cut short the production of a proposed album following an appearance on Celebrity Big...
and Danielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd is an English glamour model. The former Miss England 2004 and Miss Great Britain 2006, she first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain 2006 title after posing for nude pictures featured in the December 2006 edition of Playboy magazine and her alleged...
.
UK media regulator 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...
received more than 44,500 complaints - a record number for a British television programme after transmission. 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...
received an additional 3,000 complaints, about racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
and bullying by housemates against Shetty. The Eastern Eye
Eastern Eye (newspaper)
Eastern Eye is a British weekly newspaper. It was created in 1989 and was first published by The Guardian, before becoming a standalone newspaper.The company behind Eastern Eye changed several times since its foundation by Sarwar Ahmed...
newspaper launched an online petition that registered over 30,000 signatures. Channel 4, who had initially described the situation as "girly rivalry", later admitted there had "undoubtedly been a cultural clash between her and three of the British females in the house".
Viewership
Celebrity Big Brothers launch show (aired on 3 January 2007) averaged 7.1 million viewers, and ratings fell to 3.9 million by 7 January. Ratings quickly rose as media coverage reported alleged racism towards Shilpa Shetty from fellow female contestants; the episode that aired on 16 January saw a ratings boost with the show sharing 18% of the available audience and ratings of 4.5 million viewers, as the episode aired on 17 January was predicted to be Celebrity Big Brother's top ratings grabber. The episode the following night also rose in ratings, as 5.2 million people viewed the episode. The ratings once again rose on Jade's eviction night to an average of 7.8 million viewers and a peak of 8.8 million viewers, which were the highest viewing figures in Celebrity Big Brother's history and second for any Big Brother show after the Big Brother 3Big 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...
finale, which landed a record 10 million viewers. The Big Brother 3 final night was the same night that Jade left the house for the first time back in 2002.
Shilpa Shetty
On 14 February 2007 Shilpa Shetty said "Jade did apologise. And I've forgiven her. Anyone, who knows me, knows I forgive and forget easily."On 17 February 2007, Shilpa said that she wanted to forgive Jo O'Meara, but she and other Celebrity Big Brother contestants had difficulty contacting her.
On 11 May 2007 Shilpa Shetty released her new Bollywood film, Life in a...Metro. The film had a Leicester Square
Leicester Square
Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west...
premiere (the first for a Bollywood film). In the UK, Shilpa continues to work on projects, including a West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
musical and perfume.
Jo O'Meara
Unlike fellow housemate Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara did not donate her fees for appearing on the show (and for an interview with the Sunday MirrorSunday Mirror
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) to charity, stating that her intention in taking part in the show was to pay off her mortgage debt.
O'Meara has also stated that she never bullied Shilpa Shetty, and that the program showed her as a much different person than in reality and that the producers of the program exploited her. She has claimed that the media frenzy surrounding the racist depiction of the S Club 7 star has left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She is in an unstable mental state, and has even considered physically harming herself.
In an interview with Sky News
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, Jo explained that she has been left feeling paranoid and that she has been prescribed drugs to return her to 'normal'. In an interview with UK breakfast television show GMTV
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, O'Meara stated she needed to be in a safe house
Safe house
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as she has received death threats. In the interview, she stated how she received very little in the way of support from Big Brother.
Unlike Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd, following the controversy Jo dropped out of the limelight completely, and worked in rehabilitating rescue animals, particularly horses. Her life has finally turned around and is back on track. Six months after leaving Celebrity Big Brother, Jo became pregnant by her long-term boyfriend, Derrick Bird, and gave birth to her first child, son Lenny, on 12 May 2008. He weighed 7 lbs 15oz.
Ofcom Report
On 24 May 2007, it was reported that TV watchdog OfcomOfcom
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had adjudicated on the race row during the Celebrity Big Brother series following the record number of complaints. Channel 4 was found to have breached the Ofcom code of conduct. Statutory sanctions were imposed on Channel 4, obliging them to broadcast statements of Ofcom's findings on three separate occasions at the start of the new series of Big Brother in May. It was also reported that footage of an alleged racist limerick about Shilpa, devised by her antagonisers, did exist, despite previous denials by Endemol. However, the report made clear that the phrase "fucking paki" was not used by Jack Tweed as previously believed. A transcript of untransmitted footage was also released where Big Brother clearly warns some housemates that what they were saying could be regarded as racially offensive.
External links
- Celebrity Big Brother at Channel4.com