Big Brother 3 | |
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Series Information | |
Presenter: | Davina McCall |
Broadcaster: | Channel 4 |
Series Run: | 24 May, 2002 – 26 July, 2002 |
No. of Days: | 64 |
No. of Housemates: | 14 |
Winner: | Kate Lawler |
Series Chronology | |
Previous: | Big Brother 2 |
Next: | Big Brother 4 |
Big Brother 3 was the third series of Big Brother UK. The series started on 24 May 2002, and ended on 26 July 2002. The final of this series drew 10.0 million viewers. Votes in the final week totalled 8.6 million.
Production
Broadcasts
The series premiered on 24 May 2001, on Channel 4. The contestants were recorded 24 hours a day with cameras fixed around the House, and had to wear portable microphones. Big Brother 3 was the first of the main series to feature a live launch. Previously, Celebrity Big Brother 1 had featured a live launch. The launch night saw Davina McCall give a house tour, as well as discuss rumours that had been going on about the series. She then introduced the new housemates, and they entered the house live. Channel 4 broadcasted a daily highlights show, and from the first week there was a live eviction show hosted by Davina McCall, where the evicted housemate was interviewed. In the nightly highlight episodes, viewers are shown various highlights of a specific day in the house. Big Brother 3 saw the return of the psychiatrists providing commentary on events in the game, with the episodes featuring them being the highlights show after the most recent eviction. The live eviction episode was held on Friday, with a pre-eviction episode and an official eviction episode being held with a 60 minute gap between them. The season ended on July 26, 2001, lasting for a total of 64 days. Big Brother 3 saw numerous spin-off series' occur while it was on air. The Saturday Night Live spin-off began this series, and saw housemates competing in live tasks. It would last until midway through Big Brother 5, when it was axed due to poor ratings. Though not introduced this series, the Big Brother's Little Brother spin-off continued throughout this series, giving the show it's second series. Following this series, the special What the Housemates Did Next aired, and would later air after every season until Big Brother 9.
Prizes
The fourteen housemates in the game are competing for the grand prize of £70,000. Each week, the housemates attempted to complete various tasks assigned by Big Brother in exchange for a weekly budget, which they used to buy food and luxuries; this included buying things such as alcohol and cigarettes. Big Brother 3, much like the previous series, did not feature luxury competitions or prizes throughout the series. Big Brother 3 did offer prizes to the housemates such as phone calls and video messages from home.
House
Big Brother 3 saw the series move to a different location, as Newham London Borough Council ordered the complex to be returned to a natural habitat after planning permissions expired in 2002 for the former House. The Big Brother House has been located at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire since Big Brother 3 onward. The house this season featured a completely different layout and look when compared to the two previous seasons. The house featured vibrant colours such as reds and oranges for both the walls and the furniture. This house was the first to feature stairs going from the front door to the house. On the launch night, host Davina McCall stated that there were numerous arguments over the sofa in the House, and that the one selected was the third to be placed in the House. The kitchen remained simple, with only necessities such as an oven, fridge, and sink. In the "Diary Room", in which housemates may speak privately and reveal their true feelings to the public, there is a more interesting look to it. The background of the room has the features the Big Brother logo of an eye in the background, with the chair this season big a bright red. Like the previous editions, there are two bedrooms this season, with Davina referring to one of them as the "uncomfortable bedroom." Like the last series, the men and women chose to sleep in separate bedrooms, though this was not required by the rules. Big Brother 3 saw the return of chickens in the backyard, which was also a feature used in the first two seasons. The chickens are used as a source to get eggs, thus housemates are not required to buy eggs as part of their shopping list. The house also features a garden, which the housemates use to grow plants and vegetables to eat. This season had a pool in the backyard, making it the first season in which one was provided. Before the season began, there were rumors that a twist this season would see two houses being former, however, Endemol confirmed that this was just a rumour. During the third to sixth week in the House, there was a large plastic gate separating the Poor and Rich sides of the House.
Housemates
12 housemates entered the House on Day 1, more than in previous series. On Day 7, Sunita walked. She was later replaced with Sophie on Day 10. On Day 20, Sandy escaped by climbing over the roof. Tim replaced him on Day 24.
Housemate | Entered House/Left House | ||
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Trainee Barrister 25, London |
Day 1 |
Walked Day 7 | |
Art Student 36, Aberdeen |
Day 1 |
1st Person Evicted Day 8 | |
Cinema Team Leader 27, Birmingham |
Day 1 |
2nd Person Evicted Day 15 | |
Personal Shopper 43, Fife |
Day 1 |
Walked Day 20 | |
Fitness Instructor 21, Leicester |
Day 1 |
3rd Person Evicted Day 22 | |
Ski Shop Assistant 22, Cambridge |
Day 1 |
4th Person Evicted Day 29 | |
Recruitment Consultant 24, Marlow |
Day 10 |
5th Person Evicted Day 36 | |
DJ 23, Southport |
Day 1 |
6th Person Evicted Day 43 | |
Student 22, Birmingham |
Day 1 |
7th Person Evicted Day 50 | |
Tennis Coach 23, Worcester |
Day 24 |
8th Person Evicted Day 57 | |
Dental Nurse 20, Bermondsey |
Day 1 |
Fourth Place Day 64 | |
Model 23, Essex |
Day 1 |
Third Place Day 64 | |
Firefighter 29, Trimdon |
Day 1 |
Runner-Up Day 64 | |
IT Desk Administrator 22, Beckenham |
Day 1 |
Winner Day 64 |
Tasks
Week | Days Lasted | Task | Reward | Result |
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Week 1 | Day 5 | The housemates were told to each paint one of the dining room chairs however they wanted. | Passed | |
Week 2 | Day 9 | The housemates had to take a general knowledge quiz to win their shopping budget for the week. To succeed, they were required to answer seven out of ten questions correctly. | Shopping Budget | Passed |
Week 3 | Day 16 | The housemates had to take turns in trying to shoot a basketball through a hoop. The first five housemates to score would live on the rich side. | Living on the Rich Side | Jonny, Kate, Lee, Sophie, Sandy |
Week 4 | Day 23 | The housemates had to take turns throwing darts at a dartboard. The housemate with the best score at the end of the task would choose three housemates to join them on the Rich side of the House. | Alex, Adele, Jade, Sophie | |
Week 5 | Day 30 | The housemates played a game of musical chairs in the Rich bedroom, with one housemate being eliminated each round. The last housemate remaining would select three housemates to join them on the Rich side of the house. | Alex, Adele, Jade, PJ | |
Day 32 – Day 33 | The housemates were given a new task in which they must learn two dances by the following night. | Garden Party | Passed | |
Week 6 | Day 37 | The housemates were given a "Memory Quiz" where they were each asked questions about the House in the Diary Room. They were told that if they all got their questions right, the divide would be taken down. | Living on the Rich Side | Tim |
Taking the Divide Down | Failed | |||
Kate entered the Diary Room and was told that if she could name all of the housemates in alphabetical order then the divide would be taken down; failure would result in Kate being moved to the Poor side as well. | Failed | |||
Day 39 | The housemates were given a task of making sock puppets to represent the fourteen housemates that have appeared on Big Brother 3. | Passed | ||
Week 7 | Day 47 – Day 48 | The housemates were given a new task, known was "Master and Slave," in which one housemate would be the master and the other would be the slave; the following day, the roles were reversed. Masters could demand slaves to do anything for them, with the slaves having to comply. Following this task, the housemates had to select the one housemate who they felt best played the role of the slave. | 30 Minutes of Music | Kate |
Week 8 | Day 51 | The housemates were given a quiz about one another as part of their weekly task. Each housemate was separately called to the Diary Room to answer three questions about their fellow housemates. All of the questions were based on answers given in their application form. For each correct answer, the housemates earned £25 for their shopping budget and five seconds added on to a phone call with a loved one, which one housemate would receive. | Shopping Budget | £200 |
Day 53 | The housemates took part in a task in which had a roller disco theme. The second bedroom had been converted into a roller disco, and housemates had three minutes to put on their roller blades and pads and get on the floor each time a buzzer sounded. If a housemate failed to achieve this, it would count as a "no-show," and three strikes would mean that the housemates had failed the task. | 70's Themed Party | Passed | |
Week 9 | Day 57 | The first part of the task was an obstacle course which they had to complete blindfolded. For the second part of the task, the housemates had to bet a proportion of the their money, on an egg and spoon race, and would bid on one of their former fellow housemates to win the race. They were shown a video of Spencer, PJ, Lee and Sophie racing, and had to bet on which of these housemates they felt would win; they chose to bet on Sophie. | Shopping Budget | Passed |
Rich or Poor
Housemates | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 |
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Kate | Rich | Poor | Poor | Poor |
Jonny | Rich | Poor | Poor | Poor |
Alex | Poor | Rich | Rich | Poor |
Jade | Poor | Rich | Rich | Poor |
Tim | Rich | Poor | Rich | |
PJ | Poor | Poor | Rich | Poor |
Adele | Poor | Rich | Rich | Poor |
Sophie | Rich | Rich | Poor | |
Spencer | Poor | Poor | ||
Lee | Rich | |||
Sandy | Rich |
Nominations table
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Final Week 9 | |||
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Kate | Lynne | Alex, Sandy |
Alex, Sandy |
Alex, Jade |
Alex, Jade |
Jade, Alex |
No nominations |
Tim, Alex |
Winner (Day 64) | ||
Jonny | Lynne | Sandy, Alex |
Sandy, Alex |
Alex, Spencer |
Alex, Tim |
Adele, Jade |
No nominations |
Tim, Alex |
Runner-Up (Day 64) | ||
Alex | Lynne | Jonny, Alison |
Jonny, Lee |
Spencer, PJ |
Jonny, Kate |
Jade, Jonny |
No nominations |
Jade, Jonny |
Third place (Day 64) | ||
Jade | Nominated | Jonny, Alex |
Lee, Sophie |
Banned | Sophie, Jonny |
Kate, Tim |
No nominations |
Tim, Alex |
Fourth place (Day 64) | ||
Tim | Not in house |
Exempt | Sophie, Jonny |
Jade, Kate |
No nominations |
Jade, Jonny |
Evicted (Day 57) | ||||
PJ | Lynne | Alex, Sandy |
Lee, Sophie |
Alex, Sophie |
Sophie, Adele |
Adele, Jade |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 50) | |||
Adele | Lynne | Alison, Kate |
Jonny, Lee |
PJ, Spencer |
Jonny, PJ |
Jade, Jonny |
Evicted (Day 43) | ||||
Sophie | Not in house |
Exempt | Alex, Sandy |
Spencer, Jade |
Jade, Tim |
Evicted (Day 36) | |||||
Spencer | Lynne | Alex, Alison |
Jonny, Lee |
Sophie, Alex |
Evicted (Day 29) | ||||||
Lee | Lynne | Jade, Kate |
Jade, Jonny |
Evicted (Day 22) | |||||||
Sandy | Lynne | Jonny, Alison |
Jonny, Kate |
Walked (Day 20) | |||||||
Alison | Lynne | Alex, Sandy |
Evicted (Day 15) | ||||||||
Lynne | Nominated | Evicted (Day 8) | |||||||||
Sunita | Walked (Day 7) | ||||||||||
Nomination note | See Note 1 | No notes | No notes | See Note 2 | No notes | No notes | See Note 3 | No notes | See Note 4 | ||
Against public vote |
Adele, Alex, Alison, Jade, Jonny, Kate, Lee, Lynne, PJ, Sandy, Spencer, |
Alex, Alison, Sandy |
Jonny, Lee |
Alex, Spencer |
Jonny, Sophie |
Adele, Jade, Jonny, Kate |
Kate, PJ |
Alex, Tim |
Alex, Jade, Jonny, Kate | ||
Walked | Sunita | none | Sandy | none | none | none | none | none | none | ||
Evicted | Lynne 9 of 9 votes to evict |
Alison 38.52% to evict |
Lee 84.00% to evict |
Spencer 55.0% to evict |
Sophie 84.7% to evict |
Adele 62.08% to evict |
PJ 80.70% to evict |
Tim 81.48% to evict |
Jade 20% (out of 4) to win |
Alex 27% (out of 3) to win | |
Jonny 42% (out of 2) to win | |||||||||||
Survived | Jade 0 of 9 votes |
Alex 38.44% |
Johnny 16.00% |
Alex 44.92% |
Jonny 15% |
Jade 36% |
Kate 19.30% |
Alex 18.52% |
Kate 58% (out of 2) | ||
Sandy 23.04% |
Jonny 1% | ||||||||||
Kate 1% |
Notes
Note 1: All the housemates faced the public vote this week. Jade and Lynne received the most votes. The remaining housemates then voted to evict one of the two, and they unanimously voted to evict Lynne.
Note 2: In week 4, Jade was banned from nominating, after discussing nominations.
Note 3: There were no nominations in Week 7. Kate and PJ were selected for eviction by drawing lots during the live Saturday task.
Note 4: Nominations do not take place in the final week, instead the public votes for which of the remaining housemates they want to win.
Nomination totals
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Total | |
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Kate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jonny | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||
Alex | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | ||
Jade | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
Tim | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||
PJ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Adele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Sophie | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||||
Spencer | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Lee | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Sandy | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
Alison | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Lynne | 9 | 9 | |||||||
Sunita | N/A |
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