Big Brother 9

Big Brother 9
Series Information
Presenter:	Davina McCall
Broadcaster:	Channel 4
Series Run:	5 June, 2008 – 5 September, 2008
No. of Days:	93
No. of Housemates:	21
Winner:	Rachel Rice
Series Chronology
Previous:	Big Brother 8
Next:	Big Brother 10

Big Brother 9 was the ninth series of Big Brother which aired on Channel 4 and E4. The series was launched on 5 June 2008, and ran for 13 weeks until 5 September 2008.

The winner of the series was Rachel Rice, who beat bookies' favourite Michael Hughes in the final vote with 51.3%. At the time of the series, Big Brother 9 was the least watched summer series in Big Brother's history, until the following series, with an average of only 3.6 million.

No housemates in this series were represented in Ultimate Big Brother, a mini-series to mark the end of Big Brother on Channel 4. However Rex Newmark, Kathreya Kasisopa and Stuart Pilkington entered to take part in tasks.

Production

The series was launched on 5 June 2008, and ran for 13 weeks until 5 September 2008. This series started later than normal. It was rumoured that this was so that it did not clash with Britain's Got Talent, which was being aired on ITV during May. Auditions were held from 21 November 2007 to 25 January 2008. The main show for the program was a highlights show, shown at 10pm on Monday to Wednesday, then at 9pm on Thursday to Sunday, with each program lasting an hour. Each Friday a housemate was evicted, the announcement of the loser of the public vote was announced live by Davina McCall at the end of the first of two programs shown on the Friday. There was then a second program at 10.30pm when McCall interviews the evictee, this second program usually lasted until 11.00pm, unless there was a change in plans (such as new housemates going in or a double eviction) then the program was longer. For the first time since Big Brother 4, all of McCall's interactions with the House (except for the final night) took place in a studio to stop the crowd chants from influencing the housemates and to enforce the fundamental rule of "no contact with the outside world." This new medium of communicating with the House would continue into the next celebrity and civilian series. In the final week the Monday program was moved to 9pm, there were two programs broadcast on the Tuesday, both hosted by McCall, the first at 8pm and the second at 10pm, when two housemates were evicted. On Wednesday and Thursday the highlights show was shown at 9pm. Then for the finale there were two programs starting at 8pm and 10.30pm with an hour and half hour break in between. Live streaming on E4 of events in the House, known as Big Brother: Live, was reduced because of the decision to keep E4 Music during the series' run rather than taking a break until the series is over. For the first time in the show's history, there was no live web stream. The series was accompanied with the shows Big Brother's Big Mouth, Big Brother's Little Brother and Diary Room Uncut. Zezi Ifore and George Lamb replaced Dermot O'Leary as the hosts of Big Brother's Little Brother whilst Big Brother's Big Mouth was hosted by a different guest host each week, beginning with Jack Whitehall. Chris Moyles took over for the first full week inside the Big Brother House. The weekly podcast made by the housemates in Big Brother 8 was axed for Big Brother 9, with a 60 minute radio show Big Brother's Big Ears as its replacement. Like the podcast, it was available for download on the Channel 4 website and was hosted by Iain Lee and Gemma Cairney. It aired twice a week on a Tuesday and Friday (after the Live Eviction) at 11.30pm.

Logo

The official eye motif was revealed on 12 May 2008, on the official Big Brother website. This year's eye had a shattered effect, leading to some speculation that Big Brother was going to be evil. It was later announced that this year's theme was to be 'zero tolerance', which confirmed speculation of a somewhat harsher Big Brother. In 2011, it was ranked the public's favourite Big Brother eye ever. Each Big Brother show shared the same logo but with a different coloured shard to reflect the show; Big Brother's Big Mouth was green, Big Brother Live and Diary Room Uncut were red, Big Brother's Little Brother was orange and Big Brother's Big Ears was purple.

House

As with all Big Brother series since Big Brother 3, the House was located in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, just north of London, and was completely rebuilt with a new look for the 2008 series.

Stairs

Diary Room

Living area

Kitchen

Bathroom

Main bedroom

Garden

Jail

Luxury bedroom

House split

On Day 37, after Mario Marconi's eviction, McCall announced that over the weekend housemates will elect a Head of House, who would be in control of the whole House. It was also revealed that the House would be split in two, with one side being 'heaven' and the other 'hell'. Heaven had all the best seats, the entire swimming pool, sole access to the luxury bedroom and bathroom. Heavenly housemates had the right to smoke wherever they wish, as long as hey remained in the garden, as well as sole right to the prison. Hell, on the other hand, had few seats, no swimming pool, sole access to the kitchen, meaning they had to cook for the "Heavenly" housemates as well, "B-Block" (the basic bedroom) and outdoor cold showers. Hellish housemates must also earn their right to nominate. On Day 65, after Dale Howard's eviction, McCall announced that the divide between Heaven and Hell would be removed. Despite this, a new Head of House was appointed the next day and the housemates re-allocated between Heaven and Hell. The next day, the fence came down.

Head of House

The Head of House is responsible for doing the shopping list and deciding who does what in the shopping task. The Head of House is immune from being nominated for the week they hold the title, but they can still nominate others. The Head of House does not participate in any of the weekly shopping tasks, but supervises instead. Once a housemate has been Head of House they could not stand a second time, but could compete to stay in Heaven. After the divide was removed, only eligible housemates competed to become Head of House, except for Week 12 when all housemates were eligible. On Day 88 all previous Heads of House joined Mohamed Mohamed in becoming Head of House for one day, putting an end to the role of Head of House.

• In Week 6, on Day 38, housemates elected their Head of House. Dale Howard, Luke Marsden and Darnell Swallow stood for election. Darnell won and was crowned first Head of House.
• In Week 7, on Day 45, three housemates were chosen to compete for Head of House in a competition; these three housemates were Dale Howard, Maysoon Shaladi and Rebecca Shiner. They had to hang from a tyre for as long as possible, with the one staying for the longest time winning the title. Dale won and was crowned second Head of House.
• In Week 8, on Day 52, Big Brother called all housemates individually to the Diary Room, and gave each eight chili peppers to eat. Each chili pepper was assigned a certain number of points. The housemate that scored the most points by eating the peppers would win the title of Head of House. Stuart Pilkington won and was crowned the third Head of House.
• In Week 9, on Day 59, Big Brother called all housemates individually to the Diary Room, to take part in the challenge of saying the alphabet backwards. The eligible housemate that did it in the fastest time would become Head of House, Rachel Rice was second fastest after Darnell and became the fourth Head of House.
• In Week 10, on Day 66, housemates from Hell and housemates from Heaven had to make cakes resembling famous London landmarks, with Hell recreating the Millennium dome and Heaven recreating Saint Paul's Cathedral. Head of House Rachel had to choose which cake was best and picked Hell's. As a result housemates from Hell had to decide which one of them would become the next Head of House, they chose Michael Hughes to become the fifth Head of House.
• In Week 11, on Day 73, housemates eligible to become Head of House (Kathreya Kasisopa, Lisa Appleton, Mohamed Mohamed, Nicole Cammack, Rex Newmark and Sara Folino) had to paint themselves with the paint and sponges provided to look like statues. They had to stay still as a statue until one of them was left and they would become the new Head of House. Rex won and became the sixth Head of House.
• In Week 12, on Day 82, housemates voted for who they wanted to be the next Head of House, instead of nominating for eviction. Mohamed received 4 votes and as Head of House was immune from eviction that week. Unlike previous weeks, all housemates were eligible to become Head of House.
• On Day 88, the role of Head of House finished.

Colour key

     Won the title of Head of House

     Eligible to become Head of House

     Not in the House at the time

     Was not eligible to become Head of House, having previously been Head of House

Housemate		Week 6				Week 7		Week 8			Week 9			Week 10		Week 11		Week 12
		Voted for	Votes	Side		Side		Points	Side		Time	Side		Side		Place		Voted for	Votes
Rachel		Darnell	–	Heaven		Hell		0	Hell		1:05	Heaven		Hell		–		Kathreya, Mohamed	2
Michael		Darnell	–	Hell		Hell		30	Heaven		15:23	Hell		Heaven		–		Lisa, Rachel	1
Sara		Darnell	–	Hell		Hell		24	Hell		4:43	Heaven		Hell		6th		Lisa, Mohamed	1
Rex		Darnell	–	Heaven		Heaven		26	Heaven		2:24	Heaven		Hell		1st		Darnell, Kathreya	1
Darnell		Dale	9	Heaven		Hell*		10	Hell		0:51	Heaven		Hell		–		Mohamed, Kathreya	2
Kathreya		Darnell	–	Heaven		Hell*		20	Hell		8:05	Hell		Heaven		5th		Rachel, Mohamed	3
Mohamed		Darnell	–	Heaven		Hell*		28	Heaven		?	Heaven		Hell		2nd		Darnell, Rex	4
Lisa		Darnell	–	Hell		Hell		9	Hell		?	Heaven		Hell		4th		Sara, Michael	2
Nicole											10:13	Hell		Heaven		3rd
Stuart		Dale	–	Hell		Heaven		34	Heaven**		4:52	Heaven		Hell
Dale		Dale	3	Heaven		Heaven		5	Hell		?	Heaven
Luke		Darnell	2	Hell		Heaven		0	Hell
Maysoon		Darnell	–	Heaven		Heaven		9	Hell
Rebecca		Luke	–	Hell		Heaven
Belinda		Luke	–	Hell

(*) Darnell, Kathreya and Mohamed all ate a banana from the gorilla task, therefore their punishment was living in Hell the upcoming week.
(**) Stuart was stripped of his Head of House title after discussing nominations. He was not replaced as Head until Rachel took over.

Housemates

A total of 21 housemates entered the Big Brother House in this series. On Day 1, the original sixteen housemates entered the Big Brother House. Alexandra De-Gale was ejected on Day 14. Stuart Pilkington, entered the House on Day 16 as a replacement for Alexandra. For the first time since Big Brother 5, a second housemate, Dennis McHugh, was ejected on Day 23. Sara Folino, Maysoon Shaladi and Belinda Harris-Reid entered the House on Day 30, to replace Dennis. Maysoon walked on Day 56 and was replaced two days later by Nicole Cammack, Rex Newmark's girlfriend, who entered on Day 58.

Housemate		Entered House/Left House
	Stephanie McMichael Student 19, Calderstones, Liverpool	Day 1	1st Person Evicted Day 9
	Alexandra De-Gale Accounts Clerk 23, Croydon, Surrey	Day 1	Ejected Day 14
	Dennis McHugh Dance Teacher 23, Edinburgh	Day 1	Ejected Day 23
	Sylvia Barrie Student 21, Norwood, London	Day 1	2nd Person Evicted Day 23
	Jennifer Clark Model 22, Chester-le-Street, County Durham	Day 1	3rd Person Evicted Day 30
	Mario Marconi Civil Servant 43, Warrington, Cheshire	Day 1	4th Person Evicted Day 37
	Belinda Harris-Reid Theatre Director 44, Exeter, Devon	Day 30	5th Person Evicted Day 44
	Rebecca Shiner Nursery Nurse 21, Coventry, West Midlands	Day 1	6th Person Evicted Day 51
	Maysoon Shaladi Model 28, Hertfordshire	Day 30	Walked Day 56
	Luke Marsden Student 20, Bolton, Greater Manchester	Day 1	7th Person Evicted Day 58
	Dale Howard Student 21, Liverpool	Day 1	8th Person Evicted Day 65
	Stuart Pilkington Personal Trainer/Property Developer 25, Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester	Day 16	9th Person Evicted Day 72
	Nicole Cammack Student 19, Surrey	Day 58	10th Person Evicted Day 79
	Lisa Appleton Sales Rep. 40, Warrington, Cheshire	Day 1	11th Person Evicted Day 86
	Mohamed Mohamed Toy Demonstrator 23, London	Day 1	12th Person Evicted Day 90
	Kathreya Kasisopa Massage Therapist 30, Welling, Kent	Day 1	13th Person Evicted Day 90
	Darnell Swallow Songwriter 26, London	Day 1	Fifth Place Day 93
	Rex Newmark Chef 24, Hampstead, London	Day 1	Fourth Place Day 93
	Sara Folino Personal Assistant 27, London	Day 30	Third Place Day 93
	Michael Hughes Radio Producer 33, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire	Day 1	Runner-Up Day 93
	Rachel Rice Trainee Teacher 24, Torfaen, Monmouthshire	Day 1	Winner Day 93

Tasks

Week	Days Lasted	Task	Reward	Result
Week 1	Day 1 – Day 4	The first four housemates to enter the House, Mario, Lisa, Luke and Stephanie, were given a secret mission by Big Brother before any other housemates entered. The group had to keep secret the fact that Lisa and Mario are a real couple, and instead convince the other housemates that Mario was in a relationship with Stephanie.	Immunity	Failed
	Day 6	The housemates had to complete a task of endurance where they had to hold a panel above their heads.	Picnic	Dennis, Rachel
	Day 7	As the winners of the previous day's task, Dennis and Rachel must guide a wand around a wire sneaking throughout the house that shocks the other housemates whenever the wand hits the wire.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
Week 2	Day 10	Big Brother asked the most musical housemate to come to the Diary Room in order to receive the next task. The housemates were each given an instrument on which to learn a tune ("When the Saints Go Marching In"). As the most musical housemate, Darnell was assigned the role of conductor. The housemates will periodically play the instruments as an ensemble throughout their time in the house. The task will last the duration of the housemates' time in the Big Brother House.		Failed
	Day 11	The housemates were asked to sort 6.25 kg of crisps by flavour merely by licking them. If the housemates came within a five percentage point margin of error for each flavour, they would win the reward.	1 Token	Failed
	Day 13 – Day 14	The housemates were assigned their second shopping task, Japanorama. As part of the task, they were required to learn Japanese, proper chopstick etiquette, karate, and perform karaoke.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 3	Day 18	Big Brother conducted "Big Brother's Life Class", wherein housemates had to either paint or sculpt new housemate Stuart nude.	1 Token	Passed
	Day 20 – Day 21	Big Brother assigned housemates with their shopping task, in which the housemates had to recreate the video of "Here It Goes Again" by OK Go, by hopping around the treadmills in unison. Housemates were allowed a maximum of three mistakes.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 4	Day 24	The housemates had to trim topiaries into various randomly selected shapes. If the housemates were able to trim their plants to the required standard, they would receive a reward,	1 Token	Failed
	Day 25	The housemates were paired together by Michael, and one housemate in each pair would be blindfolded for three hours, while their partner leads them around. After three hours, the other housemate in the pair would be blindfolded for three hours. Michael would assist and advise the group in this task. Housemates would fail it the blindfolded partner took off their blindfold, unless instructed to by Big Brother.	1 Token	Passed
	Day 27 – Day 28	All housemates had to dress up as animals and take part in separate tasks without incurring more than two fails. Lisa and Stuart were flamingos and had to stand on one leg for twenty minutes. Jennifer and Rebecca were seals who had fishy water thrown on them by zookeeper Mario every time Big Brother played a snippet from the song "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal. Elephants Luke and Michael had to memorize an excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's "The Elephant's Child". Darnell and Mohamed were rabbits and had to eat one carrot every fifteen minutes. Dale and Rex were kangaroos and had to take part in a boxing demonstration. Kathreya and Rachel were a two-headed llama and had to stay inside their costume together for the duration of the task.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 5	Day 31	The housemates took part in a task that required them to depict new housemates Belinda, Maysoon and Sara nude, in the medium of graffiti art. Housemates were paired up for this task. After the drawings were completed, the pairs presented their work, and Belinda, Maysoon and Sara had to decide whose "street art" was the best.		Michael, Rachel
	Day 32	The housemates were divided into teams of five by captains Belinda, Maysoon and Sara and instructed to fight their way out of large paper bags. If all housemates fought their way out of all paper bags within twenty minutes, the House would be rewarded. The team to complete the task whilst following all rules would also receive a special reward.	1 Token	Failed
			Party	Dale, Luke, Mario, Maysoon, Mohamed
	Day 34 – Day 35	Big Brother announced that for this week's shopping task, housemates must learn a traditional Irish dance as a group. Dale was chosen as choreographer, Belinda, Luke, Mario and Michael were drummers, and the rest of the housemates danced.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
	Day 36	The housemates had to express themselves entirely in song for one hour.	Alcohol and Lemonade	Passed
Week 6	Day 40	The "housemates from Hell" were forced to peel potatoes in order to be able to nominate for the week. If the housemates from Hell passed the task, Big Brother would also reward the "Heavenly housemates".	Right to Nominate for Hell, Fish and Chips for Heaven	Passed
	Day 41 – Day 42	The housemates had to participate in a French-themed shopping task for which Darnell assigned roles. Kathreya and Rex participated in a French food challenge by attempting to eat a five-foot-long baguette, Dale and Mohamed had to identify wine by taste and bouquet, and Maysoon and Rachel had to master the craft of mime. The "housemates from Hell" had to pedal a total of 1040 km on two stationary bikes (later reduced to 520 km due to one of the bikes not working).	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
	Day 43	The "housemates from Hell" had to transport a large manure across the yard using trowels and a wheelbarrow.	2 Hours of Hot Water for Hell, 1 Special Prize, Barbecue and Water Pistols for Heaven	Passed
Week 7	Day 45	The housemates had to choose three of their number to compete in a task to replace outgoing Head of House Darnell. The selected housemates would have to hang on a tire swing dressed as gorillas, with nothing to eat but bananas. Whomever could hang on the longest would win. The housemates chosen to compete were Dale, Maysoon and Rebecca.	Head of House	Dale
	Day 47	The housemates from Hell were forced to peel and chop onions in order to earn the right to nominate.	Right to Nominate for Hell	Passed
	Day 48 – Day 49	The housemates engaged in a shopping task based around the theme of "time". Housemates from Hell had to, at regular intervals, find the ringing alarm clock in the Task Room, which had been filled with clocks, and turn it off. Housemates from Hell also had to continually refill a large egg timer with sand to ensure it never ran out. Luke, Rebecca and Rex had to unearth various objects in an archaeological dig and determine when they were created. Maysoon and Stuart had to construct a large pocket watch using components provided by Big Brother. In addition, all housemates except Dale had to form a "human clock" in the garden, with each housemate assigned a number on a large clock face and estimating in turn when five minutes had passed. As Head of House, Dale had to oversee the tasks but was not allowed to participate in any of them.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 8	Day 52	The housemates were called to the Diary Room in alphabetical order to participate in the next Head of House competition. Housemates had five minutes to eat a variety of chili peppers worth one to eight points, with eight points being the hottest and one point being the mildest. Whichever housemate finished with the most points would be the new Head of House. The housemates that finished first, second, third and fourth in the challenge would all live in Heaven.	Head of House	Stuart
			Living in Heaven	Stuart, Michael, Mohamed, Rex
	Day 54	The housemates from Hell were informed that in order to nominate, they would have to separate approximately fourteen thousand hundreds-and-thousands into six different colours.	Right to Nominate for Hell	Passed
	Day 55 – Day 56	The housemates undertook a "cops and robbers" themed challenge, with Heavenly housemates as cops and housemates from Hell as robbers. Heavenly housemates had to participate in a "stakeout", ensuring that two cops were in the police car set up in the garden at all times, and that all food and drink brought into the car was consumed. Lisa and Luke had to identify Mohamed's brother and Rex's girlfriend from a police line-up of seven people. Kathreya, Rachel and Sara were required to print $100,000 worth of counterfeit money. Dale, Darnell and Maysoon had to work out arithmetic equations in order to crack a safe. In a second, secret task, Dale and Maysoon also had to cross the fence into Heaven, steal a token, and hide it in Hell. It was revealed that this secret task alone would actually determine the shopping budget.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
Week 9	Day 59	The housemates were called to the Diary Room and asked to recite the alphabet backwards. The housemate who completed this task in the shortest amount of time would be the new Head of House, and the three housemates who took the longest would spend the week in Hell.	Head of House	Rachel
			Living in Heaven	Darnell, Rachel, Rex, Sara, Stuart, Dale, Lisa, Mohamed
	Day 60	Kathreya led the housemates in an exercise class at the behest of Big Brother.
		The housemates from Hell had to sort 1,007 letters into piles marked "Heaven" and "Hell". Among these letters were letters for each of the Heavenly housemates.	Letters from Home for Heaven
	Day 61	The housemates from Hell had to consume three hundred Brussels sprouts collectively in order to earn the right to nominate.	Right to Nominate for Hell	Failed
	Day 62 – Day 63	The housemates started a puppetry-themed shopping task. While Heavenly housemates had to complete a table tennis-themed performance in the style of Bunraku, housemates from Hell had to perform multiple puppet shows using hand puppets of the various housemates illustrating their experiences in the Big Brother House.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
	Day 65	To celebrate the luckiest day on the Chinese calender, Big Brother pitted nominees Dale and Stuart against each other in a "bad luck" obstacle course that included opening umbrellas indoors, walking under ladders, spilling salt and cracking mirrors.	Party	Passed
Week 10	Day 66	The housemates were instructed to bake cakes in the image of famous London landmarks, with Heavenly housemates creating a cake version of St Paul's Cathedral and housemates from Hell creating the Millennium Dome. Outgoing Head of House Rachel judged the winner based on taste and visual similarity to the actual landmark.	Living in Heaven	Kathreya, Nicole, Michael
	Day 67	The housemates had to fill a jar with hair in order to win a special prize. Michael chose Lisa as the house hairdresser, which meant only she was allowed to cut the hair off the other housemates.	Wigs and Alcohol	Passed
	Day 69 – Day 70	The Weekly Shopping Task was the "Big Brother Games", in theme of the Olympics. All housemates, except Head of House Michael, took part in events including the feather-throwing event. The real task was that Michael had to guess at least 3 of 5 winners of the events correctly as he sat in the Diary Room for the housemates to win a luxury shopping budget.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 11	Day 73	The housemates had to paint themselves and pose as statues the housemate that lasted the longest without moving was declared "Head Of House".	Head of House	Rex
	Day 74	To celebrate the appointment of Rex as Head of House, the rest of the housemates had to create mosaics of him using bubblegum. Rex had to split the housemates into teams of two. He chose Lisa and Michael, Kathreya and Rachel, Darnell and Mohamed, and Nicole and Sara. Rex would choose the winner of the task.	Party	Nicole, Sara
	Day 76 – Day 77	The housemates had to perform a dance to "Thriller" by Michael Jackson for the shopping task. The Head of House, Rex would choreograph the routine.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 12	Day 83 – Day 84	Big Brother told housemates that this week's task was "Viva Las Vegas", in which housemates take part in Las Vegas themed tasks to win a luxury budget. Big Brother told them that they had passed but didn't tell them that the next day they would have to gamble their winnings on slot machines in ten-pence-pieces.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
	Day 86	The housemates had to choreagraph cheerleader routines in teams in honour of nominated housemates Lisa and Sara. Lisa and Sara were responsible for choosing the two teams; Lisa chose Kathreya, Mikey and Rachel respectively and Sara chose Darnell, Rex and Mohamed respectively.
Week 13	Day 87	The housemates were required to described each others' distinctive personalities. The housemates were required to fill in three words about each housematate; one word must reflect a positive trait, another word must reflect a negative trait and the final word can reflect either a positive or negative trait. Housemates were then called into the Diary Room to guess each other's traits.		Failed
	Day 88	Kathreya and Sara, the only two remaining housemates not to have been Head of House, were required to wait on all the current housemates that had previously been Head of House.
	Day 90	The housemates took part in a "cookery master-class" in pairs. As head-chef, Rex was required to teach the housemates how to make Steak Béarnaise and blueberry soufflé. Once the housemates had finished preparing the dishes, Rex was required to choose a pair that perfomred best in the task to win a special prize.	"Big Brother 9 Executive Chef of the Year" Trophies	Mohamed, Sara
	Day 90	The hosuemates were required to impersonate each other throughout the day.	Luxury Reward Hamper	Passed
	Day 91	The housemates were asked to each perform a rap about their time in the House. Their raps had to include their best and worst moment, their favourite and least favourite housemate, and a summary of their time in the Big Brother House.	1 Full Episode of Big Brother 9	Passed

Controversy

• Within the first week of the series, media watchdog Ofcom and Channel 4 had collectively received over 433 complaints about alleged bullying from housemate Alexandra De-Gale, after an argument broke out between her and the other housemates regarding oven chips. Channel 4 defended its housemate selection, claiming that the production team were closely watching the housemates as they normally do to ensure the safety of the housemates. The broadcaster also noted that Alexandra had been warned that her behaviour could be deemed threatening. On Day 14 she was ejected from the House after apparently threatening to have housemates who nominated her for eviction dealt with by her "gangster friends".
• Early in the morning on Day 23, (around 1/2 o'clock) a major argument began when Rex Newmark smudged a piece of pizza on Jennifer Clark's winning drawing of Stuart Pilkington from the life drawing task earlier in the week. Although she accepted Rex's apology Jennifer became increasingly agitated and upset, attracting a number of housemates to the luxury bedroom. Upon hearing about the incident, fellow housemates Dale Howard and Stuart were visibly enraged and demanded Rex apologise, which he had already done. Shortly after apologising again, Stuart's opinion that it was done out of "spite" led to Mohamed Mohamed's comment of "it's just a painting". This caused Rebecca Shiner to confront Mohamed about his involvement in the argument, and eventually Dennis McHugh to say "f*** off" several times before appearing to spit in his face. Dennis claimed however that no spit had actually left his mouth and hit Mohamed. The live feed of the House was then cut at this point, but most of the argument, its build-up and repercussions were included in the highlights the following night. On Day 23, Dennis was ejected from the house due to his actions, which were deemed as unacceptable behaviour by Big Brother.
• During Week 12, Darnell Swallow and Rex both received warnings of unacceptable behaviour from Big Brother after they appeared to be bullying Sara Folino. This was after more than 1500 people complained to Ofcom about their alleged sexist behaviour.

Nominations table

	Week												Finale
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Rachel	Passed Task	Alexandra, Sylvia	Sylvia, Luke	Jennifer, Rebecca	Luke, Rebecca	Lisa, Luke	Luke, Rebecca	Luke, Lisa	Lisa, Stuart	Lisa, Nicole	Lisa, Nicole	Lisa, Rex	Winner (Day 93)
Michael	Passed Task	Alexandra, Dennis	Sylvia, Rex	Darnell, Rex	Rebecca, Rex	Belinda, Rex	Darnell, Kathreya	Dale, Rex	Not eligible	Rex, Nicole	Nicole, Sara	Rex, Sara	Runner-Up (Day 93)
Sara	Not in house				Exempt	Mohamed, Rachel	Mohamed, Rachel	Mohamed, Rachel	Mohamed, Dale	Mohamed, Rachel	Mohamed, Rachel	Rachel, Darnell	Third Place (Day 93)
Rex	Passed Task	Alexandra, Mario	Mario, Sylvia	Rebecca, Jennifer	Mario, Lisa	Lisa, Belinda	Lisa, Michael	Dale, Luke	Dale, Stuart	Stuart, Rachel	Lisa, Sara	Sara, Lisa	Fourth Place (Day 93)
Darnell	Passed Task	Mario, Lisa	Sylvia, Jennifer	Mario, Jennifer	Mario, Rebecca	Rex, Rebecca	Rebecca, Luke	Dale, Luke	Banned	Stuart, Nicole	Nicole, Sara	Sara, Lisa	Fifth Place (Day 93)
Kathreya	Passed Task	Alexandra, Sylvia	Sylvia, Jennifer	Jennifer, Rebecca	Mario, Luke	Lisa, Rebecca	Luke, Rebecca	Luke, Lisa	Not eligible	Lisa, Stuart	Sara, Lisa	Lisa, Sara	Evicted (Day 90)
Mohamed	Passed Task	Alexandra, Dennis	Sylvia, Dennis	Rebecca, Jennifer	Rebecca, Mario	Rebecca, Stuart	Rebecca, Stuart	Dale, Luke	Stuart, Dale	Stuart, Rachel	Sara, Lisa	Sara, Michael	Evicted (Day 90)
Lisa	Failed Task	Jennifer, Sylvia	Rebecca, Sylvia	Rebecca, Jennifer	Darnell, Stuart	Rachel, Rex	Rex, Darnell	Rex, Dale	Rex, Stuart	Rachel, Rex	Rachel, Nicole	Rex, Rachel	Evicted (Day 86)
Nicole	Not in house								Exempt	Stuart, Rachel	Rachel, Mohamed	Evicted (Day 79)
Stuart	Not in house		Exempt	Rex, Rachel	Rachel, Mario	Belinda, Mohamed	Mohamed, Darnell	Darnell, Maysoon	Michael, Sara	Rachel, Kathreya	Evicted (Day 72)
Dale	Passed Task	Mario, Alexandra	Rex, Mohamed	Rex, Mohamed	Rex, Mohamed	Belinda, Lisa	Mohamed, Darnell	Mohamed, Darnell	Mohamed, Darnell	Evicted (Day 65)
Luke	Failed Task	Mohamed, Mario	Mohamed, Sylvia	Darnell, Rex	Kathreya, Darnell	Mohamed, Rex	Darnell, Mohamed	Kathreya, Rachel	Evicted (Day 58)
Maysoon	Not in house				Exempt	Belinda, Rebecca	Rebecca, Stuart	Dale, Luke	Walked (Day 56)
Rebecca	Passed Task	Alexandra, Darnell	Mohamed, Michael	Rex, Rachel	Mohamed, Rachel	Mohamed, Rex	Mohamed, Darnell	Evicted (Day 51)
Belinda	Not in house				Exempt	Rex, Rachel	Evicted (Day 44)
Mario	Failed Task	Sylvia, Dennis	Sylvia, Rebecca	Rex, Mohamed	Rex, Darnell	Evicted (Day 37)
Jennifer	Passed Task	Mario, Lisa	Michael, Mohamed	Rachel, Kathreya	Evicted (Day 30)
Sylvia	Passed Task	Alexandra, Mario	Rex, Michael	Evicted (Day 23)
Dennis	Passed Task	Mario, Alexandra	Rex, Mohamed	Ejected (Day 23)
Alexandra	Passed Task	Rex, Dennis	Ejected (Day 14)
Stephanie	Failed Task	Evicted (Day 9)
Nomination note	See note 1	See note 2	See note 3	See note 4	See note 5	See note 6	See note 7	See note 8	See note 9	See note 10	See note 11	See note 12	See note 13
Against public vote	Lisa, Luke, Mario, Stephanie	Alexandra, Mario	Mohamed, Sylvia	Jennifer, Rex	Mario, Rebecca	Belinda, Rex	Darnell, Mohamed, Rebecca	Dale, Darnell, Kathreya, Luke, Maysoon, Mohamed, Rachel, Rex, Stuart	Dale, Stuart	Rachel, Stuart	Lisa, Nicole, Sara	Lisa, Sara	Darnell, Kathreya, Michael, Mohamed, Rachel, Rex, Sara
Walked	none							Maysoon	none
Ejected	none	Alexandra	Dennis	none
Evicted (% of public vote)	Stephanie 48% to evict	eviction cancelled	Sylvia 90.2% to evict	Jennifer 89.7% to evict	Mario 77% to evict	Belinda 65% to evict	Rebecca 65.4% to evict	Luke 37% to evict	Dale 63% to evict	Stuart 59% to evict	Nicole 94.04% to evict	Lisa 52.6% to evict	Mohamed 1.8% (Out of 7)	Kathreya 4.9% (Out of 7)
													Darnell 14.9% (Out of 5)	Rex 22.5% (Out of 4)
													Sara 30.1% (Out of 3)	Michael 48.7% (Out of 2)
													Rachel 51.3% to win

Notes

Note 1: There were no nominations in the first week. Instead, the result of the secret mission given to Mario, Lisa, Stephanie and Luke determined whether they or the remaining 12 housemates would face the public vote. As they failed the task, they all faced eviction.

Note 2: Because of the ejection of Alexandra, the second eviction was cancelled, and instead new housemate, Stuart, entered. During the time the lines were available to vote, Alexandra had received 87% of the public vote.

Note 3: Stuart was exempt from the nomination process in Week 3 as he was a new housemate meaning he couldn't nominate or be nominated by fellow housemates.

Note 4: On Day 25, Luke discussed nominations. Therefore, the next day, Big Brother punished him by sending him to jail, meaning he could not nominate. However, Rebecca used a "Get Out of Jail Free" card - one of Big Brother's Ever Changing Special Prizes bought in the weekly shopping Budget, to get out of jail. He was then allowed to nominate.

Note 5: Belinda, Maysoon and Sara were exempt from the nomination process in Week 5. As new housemates they could not nominate or be nominated.

Note 6: As Darnell was Head of House he was immune from nomination/eviction for Week 6. Hell Housemates had to peel potatoes in order to nominate.

Note 7: As Dale was Head of House he could nominate but could not be nominated. Hell Housemates had to chop onions in order to nominate.

Note 8: Dale and Luke were voted for eviction by their fellow housemates. However, seven other housemates discussed nominations in secret code, so as a punishment they faced the public vote also. They were Darnell, Kathreya, Maysoon, Mohamed, Rachel, Rex and Stuart. At the time of nominations Stuart was Head of House and exempt from being nominated. After the phone lines were opened Maysoon decided to walk from the House, her line was then closed.

Note 9: As a new housemate, Nicole was exempt from the nomination process and could not nominate or be nominated by fellow housemates. As Head of House, Rachel could nominate but could not be nominated. Housemates from Hell Kathreya and Michael failed to eat a container of Brussels Sprouts and were unable to nominate. Lastly, Darnell was banned from nominating for crossing the divide to hell.

Note 10: As Head of House, Michael could nominate but not be nominated.

Note 11: As Head of House, Rex could nominate, but not be nominated.

Note 12: There were no nominations on Monday in Week 12, instead, housemates nominated who they want to become new Head of House. Mohamed was voted as new Head of House and guaranteed a place in the final week. Housemates nominated who they wanted to be up for eviction, in front of all the other housemates using whiteboards and pens.

Note 13: Nominations do not take place in the final week, instead the public votes for which of the remaining housemates they want to win. Mohammed and Kathreya were evicted 4 days before the final after receiving the lowest number of votes. The public then voted for the final five.

Nomination totals

	Week													Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Rachel		0	0	3	2	3	1	2		6	3	2		22
Michael		0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1		6
Sara						0	0	0	1	0	5	5		11
Rex		1	4	6	3	6	1	3	1	2		3		30
Darnell		1	0	1	3		5	2	1	0	0	1		16
Kathreya		0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		5
Mohamed		1	5	2	2	4	5	2	2	1	2			26
Lisa		1	0	0	1	4	1	2	1	2	4	4		7
Nicole										3	4			7
Stuart				0	1	1	1		4	5				13
Dale		0	0	0	0	0		6	3					9
Luke		0	1	0	2	1	3	5						12
Maysoon						0	0	1						1
Rebecca		0	2	5	4	4	5							20
Belinda						5								5
Mario		7	1	1	5									14
Jennifer		1	2	6										9
Sylvia		4	9											13
Dennis		4	1											5
Alexandra		9												9
Stephanie														N/A