Celebrity Big Brother 1

Celebrity Big Brother 1
Series Information
Presenter:	Davina McCall
Broadcaster:	Channel 4
Series Run:	9 March, 2001 – 16 March, 2001
No. of Days:	8
No. of Housemates:	6
Winner:	Jack Dee
Runner Up:	Claire Sweeney
Next:	Celebrity Big Brother 2

Celebrity Big Brother 1 was the first series of Celebrity Big Brother UK. The series was produced in aid of Comic Relief. As Comic Relief is shown by the BBC, this was a rare joint project between rival television networks. The daily highlights shows were aired on Channel 4, while BBC aired short updates and the Final.

Six celebrities lived in the Big Brother 1 House for eight days.

Production

House

The House for the series remained largely unchanged from the previous series, Big Brother 1. However, the walls of the House were repainted and two beds were removed from each bedroom to accommodate for the fewer number of housemates. The paintings made during Anna's party and an old task in the original first series was also removed.

Logo

The logo for Celebrity Big Brother 1 is entirely different from any other Big Brother series; it is the the first series not to feature a variation of an eye for its logo. The logo, instead, represented the fact that the series was in aid of Comic Relief as the letter "o" in the word Brother was a "red-nose" on the logo.

Housemates

Housemate		Entered House/Left House
	Chris Eubank Retired professional boxer 35, Dulwich, London	Day 1	1st Person Evicted Day 2
	Vanessa Feltz Television & radio broadcaster 39, Islington, London	Day 1	2nd Person Evicted Day 4
	Anthea Turner Television & radio broadcaster 40, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire	Day 1	3rd Person Evicted Day 6
	Keith Duffy Boyzone singer 26, Dublin, Ireland	Day 1	Third Place Day 8
	Claire Sweeney "Brookside" actress 28, Walton, Liverpool	Day 1	Runner-Up Day 8
	Jack Dee Stand-up comedian 38, Bromley, Kent	Day 1	Winner Day 8

Summary

On Day 1, the housemates entered, and in a special twist made their nominations live on launch night. After the nominations, Anthea and Chris went up to the public vote. On Day 2, the housemates were set a task to design pants for another housemate. Like in Big Brother 1, the housemates performed a fashion show with their pants. It was decided that they passed the task and as a reward, Westlife's Comic Relief song was played into the house. Vanessa and Chris had a major argument about parenting. This made Vanessa have a fit at Chris about his actions towards her. That night, Chris was evicted from the house, after receiving 66% of the vote. Chris' eviction wasn't as showy as those in Big Brother 1. On Day 3, the housemates had to remember ten facts about each other. They passed the task and got a Luxury Shopping Budget. The second round of nominations took place, in which Jack and Vanessa were nominated. That night, the five of them consumed around 7 litres of alcohol. On Day 4, the housemates had to make topiary models. They passed the task and won a film of their choice. Then, Vanessa became the second evictee. On the same night, the housemates nominated again. Jack, Anthea and Keith were nominated for eviction. On Day 5, the housemates found out who was nominated. On Day 5, the daily task was to write a song about their time in the house, and then to perform that song. At around midday a newspaper dropped leaflets into the house. The housemates had to go into the girls bedroom while they were removed. They passed the task and won a takeaway dinner. On Day 6, the housemates returned to the bedroom, while the task was set up. The task was to complete an assault course in under 7 minutes. They completed the task. Anthea was the third person to be evicted from the Big Brother House. That night, Jack had a five-word conservation with his wife. On Day 7, Jack was cautioned by Big Brother for looking behind a roof panel. The task for that day was to care for a baby simulator called Juanita. The housemates passed and won a Wild West themed party. On Day 8, they had to paint their favourite view of the House. These were presented later in the day. Jack was revealed to be the winner, with Claire second and Keith third.

Tasks

Days Lasted	Task	Reward	Result
Day 2	The first task was for the housemates to customize a pair of pants for one of their fellow housemates. Later, the housemates performed a fashion show with their creations.	Westlife's Comic Relief Song	Passed
Day 3	The task on Day 3 had housemates memorize 10 facts about each other. Housemates were each asked 3 questions at random later in the day.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
Day 4	The task was for the celebrity housemates to make a topiary model.	Film	Passed
Day 5	The housemates had to write and perform an original song about their time in the House.	Takeaway Dinner	Passed
Day 6	This task involved housemates taking part in an assault course.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
Day 7	The housemates' task was for each of them to take care of baby simulators called "Juanita" to test their parenting skills.	Wild-West Party	Passed
Day 8	The final task was for housemates to paint their favourite view of the House. Housemates presented these later in the day.

Nominations table

	Day 1	Day 2	Day 4	Final Day 8
Jack	Anthea, Chris	Vanessa, Anthea	Anthea, Keith	Winner (Day 8)
Claire	Anthea, Chris	Vanessa, Jack	Jack, Keith	Runner-Up (Day 8)
Keith	Chris, Jack	Jack, Vanessa	Anthea, Claire	Third Place (Day 8)
Anthea	Chris, Keith	Keith, Jack	Jack, Keith	Evicted (Day 6)
Vanessa	Chris, Jack	Keith, Jack	Evicted (Day 4)
Chris	Claire, Anthea	Evicted (Day 2)
Against public vote	Anthea, Chris	Jack, Vanessa	Anthea, Jack, Keith	Claire, Jack, Keith
Evicted	Chris 66% to evict	Vanessa 71% to evict	Anthea 52% to evict	Keith 16% (out of 3) to win	Claire 41% (out of 2) to win
				Jack 59% (out of 2) to win

Nominations totals

	Day 1	Day 2	Day 4	Total
Jack	2	4	2	8
Claire	1	0	1	2
Keith	1	2	3	6
Anthea	3	1	2	6
Vanessa	0	3		3
Chris	5			5