Big Brother 13

Big Brother 13
Series Information
Presenter:	Brian Dowling
Broadcaster:	Channel 5
No. of Days:	70
No. of Housemates:	17
Winner:	Luke Anderson
Series Chronology
Previous:	Big Brother 12
Next:	Big Brother 14

Big Brother 13 was the thirteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, and the second series to broadcast on Channel 5. The series premiered with a live launch on 5 June 2012 and ran for 70 days, concluding on 13 August 2012. The series was originally planned to run for thirteen weeks, but was cut back to ten weeks in order to accommodate Celebrity Big Brother 10. The series was won by Luke Anderson, who won half of the £100,000 prize fund, with the remainder taken by Conor McIntyre as part of the White Room twist. Anderson is the second transsexual contestant to win the show, the first being Nadia Almada who won the show back in 2004. The runner-up was Adam Kelly. The series was announced in April 2011 when Channel 5 signed a two-year contract to air the show. With Big Brother 12 having been broadcast in Autumn 2011, this is the first series to air in the show's regular summer period on Channel 5 since it acquired the show from Channel 4 in 2011.

Production

Auditions

Auditions for the series took place in London and Manchester, as well as Glasgow and Cardiff for the first time since the show's move to Channel 5, in February 2012.

Pre-series

On 10 May, pictures were released of potential housemates being moved into a café in London, whilst having blankets over their heads and bodies to hide their identity.

Trailers

On 15 May, Channel 5 aired a 60-second advert for the series. It features an Olympic-style theme promoting the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with famous Big Brother tasks being included and Dowling, East, Emma Willis and Alice Levine overlooking a Big Brother stadium before Dowling calls "Let the fun and games begin!".

On 1 June, during an interview on Loose Women, Dowling and Willis announced that 16 housemates would enter on launch night. A further housemate will be chosen by public vote from a choice of three "wildcards" selected by East and will enter the house during a live show on Day 4. The three potential contestants – Becky, Bhavesh and Anthony – were announced and confirmed during the Big Brother: The Auditions broadcast.

Sponsorship

The series sponsor was hair product brand Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL. The deal was reportedly worth £2 million.

During the opening titles, a product placement logo is visible in the upper-right hand corner, and at the end of the closing credits, it is seen that not only is the hair product brand Schwarzkopf used as product placement, but also the supermarket Morrisons, which is where the housemates receive their weekly shopping from.

House

The House followed a completely different theme from its previous celebrity series, following a glitzy Las Vegas theme, and was announced to be the largest Big Brother House ever.

Stairs

Living area

Kitchen

Garden

Bathroom

Bedroom

Housemates

On Day 1, sixteen housemates entered the House on launch night. The first housemate to enter was Deana Uppal who was chosen by random draw. She earned immunity from eviction in Week 1. On Day 4, Becky Hannon, one of three potential "wildcard" housemates, was chosen by the public to enter the House after the first evictee.

Housemate		Entered House/Left House
	Victoria Eisermann Animal Rights Campaigner 41, Reading, Berkshire	Day 1	1st Person Evicted Day 4
	Chris James Doorman 21, Luton, Bedfordshire	Day 1	2nd Person Evicted Day 11
	Benedict Garrett Stripper/Porn Star 32, Manchester, Greater Manchester	Day 1	3rd Person Evicted Day 18
	Lydia Louisa Dancer 25, Cheshire	Day 1	4th Person Evicted Day 25
	Arron Lowe Model 23, Manchester, Greater Manchester	Day 1	5th Person Evicted Day 32
	Shievonne Robinson Shop Assistant Manager 28, Lewisham, South London	Day 1	6th Person Evicted Day 39
	Lauren Carre Student 20, Jersey	Day 1	7th Person Evicted Day 46
	Caroline Wharram Unemployed 20, Kingston upon Thames, London	Day 1	8th Person Evicted Day 53
	Becky Hannon Student 19, Blackburn, Lancashire	Day 4	9th Person Evicted Day 60
	Conor McIntyre Personal Trainer 24, Derry, Northern Ireland	Day 1	Walked (with £50,000) Day 60
	Scott Mason Student 21, Maccelsfield, Cheshire	Day 1	10th Person Evicted Day 67
	Ashleigh Hughes Retail Sales Supervisor 20, Romford, Essex	Day 1	11th Person Evicted Day 67
	Luke Scrase Nightclub Promoter 24, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire	Day 1	Fifth Place Day 70
	Sara McLean Student/Model 22, Edinburgh, Scotland	Day 1	Fourth Place Day 70
	Deana Uppal Model 23, Wednesbury, West Midlands	Day 1	Third Place Day 70
	Adam Kelly Unemployed 27, Los Angeles, California	Day 1	Runner-Up Day 70
	Luke Anderson Development Chef 31, Flintshire, North Wales	Day 1	Winner Day 70

Nominations table

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
										Day 63	Final
Luke A	Not eligible	Sara, Luke S	Luke S, Caroline	Luke S, Caroline	Luke S, Conor	Not eligible	Caroline, Becky	Caroline, Conor	Becky, Ashleigh	Ashleigh, Scott	Winner (Day 70)
Adam	Not eligible	Arron, Ashleigh	Becky, Ashleigh	Caroline, Shievonne	Caroline, Arron	Caroline, Shievonne	Caroline, Ashleigh	Caroline, Sara	Ashleigh, Becky	Ashleigh, Scott	Runner-Up (Day 70)
Deana	Conor, Victoria, Lydia	Arron, Luke S	Arron, Lauren	Conor, Luke S	Arron, Becky	Conor, Shievonne	Conor, Ashleigh	Conor, Caroline	Conor, Ashleigh	Ashleigh, Scott	Third Place (Day 70)
Sara	Not eligible	Lydia, Benedict	Lauren, Benedict	Luke A, Luke S	Conor, Arron	Not eligible	Luke A, Lauren	Luke S, Ashleigh	Becky, Scott	Scott, Adam	Fourth Place (Day 70)
Luke S	Not eligible	Chris, Deana	Luke A, Deana	Lydia, Deana	Deana, Lauren	Adam, Deana	Lauren, Luke A	Adam, Deana	Luke A, Adam	Deana, Luke A	Fifth Place (Day 70)
Ashleigh	Not eligible	Chris, Lauren	Benedict, Lauren	Lydia, Lauren	Lauren, Deana	Not eligible	Lauren, Deana	Luke A, Deana	Adam, Luke A	Deana, Adam	Evicted (Day 67)
Scott	Not eligible	Chris, Benedict	Benedict, Lauren	Lydia, Adam	Conor, Luke S	Conor, Luke S	Lauren, Deana	Luke S, Deana	Luke A, Deana	Adam, Deana	Evicted (Day 67)
Conor	Not eligible	Deana, Lydia	Deana, Lydia	Deana, Lydia	Deana, Becky	Not eligible	Deana, Lauren	Deana, Sara	Deana, Luke A	Walked (Day 60)
Becky	Not in house	Chris, Lydia	Benedict, Lauren	Lydia, Deana	Arron, Conor	Conor, Shievonne	Luke A, Lauren	Luke A, Deana	Luke A, Deana	Evicted (Day 60)
Caroline	Not eligible	Chris, Lauren	Benedict, Lauren	Adam, Luke A	Lauren, Adam	Not eligible	Luke A, Lauren	Adam, Luke A	Evicted (Day 53)
Lauren	Not eligible	Arron, Luke S	Sara, Caroline	Luke S, Deana	Arron, Scott	Not eligible	Caroline, Becky	Evicted (Day 46)
Shievonne	Not eligible	Caroline, Arron	Benedict, Luke A	Scott, Adam	Becky, Luke A	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 39)
Arron	Not eligible	Sara, Luke A	Lydia, Deana	Lydia, Deana	Becky, Deana	Evicted (Day 32)
Lydia	Not eligible	Arron, Deana	Arron, Deana	Conor, Shievonne	Evicted (Day 25)
Benedict	Not eligible	Scott, Sara	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 18)
Chris	Not eligible	Arron, Caroline	Evicted (Day 11)
Victoria	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 4)
Nomination note	See note 1	See note 2	See note 3	none			See note 4	See note 5	See note 6	See note 7	See note 8	See note 9
Against public vote	Conor, Lydia, Victoria	Arron, Chris	Benedict, Lauren	Deana, Lydia	Arron, Becky, Conor, Deana	Conor, Shievonne	Lauren, Luke A	Adam, Ashleigh, Caroline, Conor, Deana, Luke A, Luke S, Sara	Ashleigh, Becky, Deana, Luke A	Adam, Ashleigh, Deana, Scott	Adam, Deana, Luke A, Luke S, Sara
Walked	none								Conor	none
Evicted	Victoria 17.01% to save	Chris 38.37% to save	Benedict 37.64% to save	Lydia 34.39% to save	Arron 12.80% to save	Shievonne 19.67% to save	Lauren 46.20% to save	Caroline 6.65% (out of 2) to save	Becky 5.31% to save	Scott 12.30% to save	Luke S 6.07% (out of 5) to win	Sara 16.62% (out of 4) to win
										Ashleigh 12.46% to save	Deana 21.47% (out of 3) to win	Adam 30.89% (out of 2) to win
Survived	Lydia 17.95%	Arron 61.63%	Lauren 62.36%	Deana 65.61%	Conor 20.44%	Conor 80.33%	Luke A 53.80%	Luke S 7.85%	Ashleigh 6.41%	Adam 35.41%	Luke A 35.27% (out of 2)
					Becky 21.30%			Ashleigh 6.07%	Deana 33.72%
								Conor 14.05%
	Conor 65.04%							Sara 14.87%		Deana 40.11%
					Deana 45.46%			Adam 16.66%	Luke A 54.56%
								Deana 19.69%
								Luke A 23.23%

Notes

Note 1: On launch night, Deana was randomly selected to become the first housemate to enter the house, and to become immune from that week's eviction. However as part of a twist, she had to nominate three people for eviction immediately after everyone entered the house. The three housemates chosen (Conor, Lydia and Victoria) were up for the public vote for an eviction on Day 4. The same day right after the eviction, a wildcard housemate was chosen by the public to enter the house as the seventeenth official housemate.

Note 2: When Becky entered the Big Brother house after Victoria's eviction, she was set a secret mission. When the housemates stated who their favourite housemate was, Becky had to receive at least one vote otherwise she would face the public vote for eviction. As she succeeded in receiving one vote, she won immunity from the next public vote, but still had to nominate.

Note 3: Benedict lost his right to nominate as a forfeit in the Timebomb task on Day 13.

Note 4: For the majority of Week 5 and Week 6, the house was split into two teams, Blue and Green, for a Turf Wars task. On nominations day, the team who won the diary room were the only ones permitted to nominate in Week 6. As punishment for Conor, Caroline and Ashleigh discussing nominations, Big Brother voided the Blue team's claim of the Diary Room and gave it to the Green team. Therefore, only the Green team (Adam, Becky, Deana, Luke S and Scott) were eligible to nominate this week. Arron was also a member of the Green team, however he was evicted before this round of nominations took place.

Note 5: Luke S, Sara and Scott won immunity during the Gold Rush shopping task and could nominate but could not be nominated. Housemates nominated face to face this week round the campfire in the garden using a deck of cards to choose their desired nominated housemates. They had to provide full and frank reasons as usual.

Note 6: In a nomination twist, as punishment for continuous rule-breaking, every housemate that received at least one nomination was automatically put up for eviction. This resulted in everyone except Becky and Scott facing eviction. Had the twist not happened then Caroline, Deana and Luke A would have faced eviction. The voting percentages do not add to 100% because of vote freezing during the live eviction show.

Note 7: Rather than the housemates nominating this week, friends and family nominated on behalf of the housemates. On Day 57, the White Room was introduced in which Sara, Luke S and Conor competed for a pass to the final. On Day 58, Sara exited the White Room. Shortly after Becky's eviction on Day 60, the remaining White Room residents, Conor and Luke S, were offered up to half of the £100,000 prize fund. However, whoever accepted the offer would have to leave the house immediately, while the other person won immunity from the next eviction and a free pass to the final. Conor chose to take the £50,000 and left the house, while Luke S was guaranteed a place in the live final.

Note 8: Luke S, holder of a free pass to the final, could nominate but could not be nominated in the final round of nominations on Day 63. On Day 67 there was a double eviction, which resulted in Scott and Ashleigh being evicted just three days before the live final.

Note 9: From Day 67 onwards, the public voted for the housemate they wanted to win, rather than save. Because of voting freezes, the percentages do not add up to 100%.

Nomination totals

	Week										Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Luke A	0	1	2	2	1	0	4	3	5	1	19
Adam	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	2	2	3	12
Deana		3	4	5	4	1	3	5	3	3	31
Sara	0	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	6
Luke S	0	3	1	4	2	1		2	0		13
Ashleigh	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	11
Scott	0	1	0	1	1	0		0	1	4	8
Conor	1	0	0	2	4	3	1	2	1		15
Becky			1	0	4	0	2	0	3		10
Caroline	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	3			14
Lauren	0	2	6	1	3	0	7				19
Shievonne	0	0	0	2	0	3					5
Arron	0	6	2	0	5						13
Lydia	1	2	2	6							12
Benedict	0	2	6								8
Chris	0	5									5
Victoria	1										1