Big Brother (British series 18)


Big Brother 2017, also known as Big Brother 18 and The United Kingdom of Big Brother, was the eighteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 5 June 2017 on Channel 5, and ended after 54 days on 28 July 2017. Rylan Clark-Neal continues to present the spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side. The series, along with its spin-off, continues to air on 3e in Ireland, as part of a three-year deal between the Irish broadcaster and Endemol Shine Group. It is the seventh regular series and the nineteenth series of Big Brother in total to air on Channel 5 to date. The series received a 1.24 million average.
On Day 7, Arthur Fulford left the house for unexplained reasons. Sukhvinder Javeed also became the first housemate to voluntarily walk from the house through the front door during her husband Imran's eviction on Day 12. Kayleigh Morris and Lotan Carter were also removed from the house on Day 13 and Day 21 respectively for aggressive behaviour.
On 28 July 2017, Isabelle Warburton was announced as the winner of the series, having received 52.71% of the final vote, with Raph Korine as the runner-up after receiving 22.02%.

Production

Eye logo

The eye was released on 11 May 2017 and is formed with a multi-coloured Union Jack flag and features a patchwork of eclectic images representing modern Britain.

Teasers

On 12 May 2017, a short 5-second teaser trailer was released on Channel 5. On 20 May 2017 the first full trailer for the series was released. The trailer depicts various locations around Britain and is narrated by several different voices, as well as featuring distorted Union Jack-style graphics first used in the earlier 5-second teaser. It also includes clues on the identity of the housemates. On 27 May 2017, a third trailer was released, this time with blurred snippets of possible housemates, and teasing that this year Big Brother will be getting "extremely revealing." On 2 June, Channel 5 released images of 6 of the new housemates via Instagram and Snapchat.

House

House pictures were released on 31 May 2017; the House followed the theme of a "Big Brother Village". For the first time since Big Brother 11, the living room and the kitchen-dining room were separate. The kitchen was modelled after a bakery accompanied by four dining tables, each with four chairs. For part of the season, the chair at the centre of the Kenny/Shiells altercation was used as the diary room chair. Also, for the first time since Celebrity Big Brother 6, there were two bedrooms. The first bedroom, known as Rose Cottage, was luxurious while the second bedroom, referred to as Thorn Cottage, was grotty and rundown in comparison. The bathroom was mostly pink and featured the decor of a salon, with windows looking out towards the garden.

Housemates

On 2 June 2017, Channel 5 released the identities of the first six housemates. The remaining 10 housemates were confirmed as they entered the house on 5 June 2017. Some housemates has pre-existing relationships, but their relationship had no impact on the format of the game and those with such relationships were still individual housemates - the pre-existing relationship include sisters Deborah and Hannah, husband and wife Imran and Sukhvinder, mother and daughter Mandy and Charlotte, and colleagues Kieran and Rebecca.
On 19 June 2017, it was confirmed that three potentially new housemates will enter for a task, and that the housemates would get to choose two of them to become official housemates. The three hopefuls were Isabelle Warburton, Sam Chaloner and Savannah O'Reilly. Isabelle and Savannah were ultimately chosen by Chanelle, Kieran and Lotan to join the housemates.
On 28 June 2017, it was announced that four new housemates would be entering the Big Brother house. These included the three hopefuls Andrew, Simone and Sue from the "People's Housemate" twist from launch night, as well as Sam, who entered during a dating task on Day 16. These four entered the house on Day 25 as "Second Chance" housemates, but were not eligible to win. Instead they stole £15,000 from the prize fund, which will only be given to the "Second Chance" housemate who goes the furthest in the series.
With 22 housemates in total, this series had the largest number of housemates since the show's move to Channel 5.
NameAge on entryHometownDay enteredDay exitedResult
Isabelle Warburton21Warrington1654
Raph Korine22Exeter154
Deborah Agboola25London154
Tom Barber21Swansea154
Andrew Cruickshanks25Glasgow2554
Kieran Lee25Lancashire152
Hannah Agboola23London152
Charlotte Keys24Doncaster150
Ellie Young23Castleford147
Chanelle McCleary24Manchester147
Sam Chaloner24Derbyshire2547
Sue Evans48Bedfordshire2540
Simone Reed28Teesside2540
Joe Quaranta56London133
Savannah O'Reilly26The Liberties1625
Lotan Carter28Essex121
Rebecca Jane32Clitheroe118
Kayleigh Morris28Port Talbot113
Sukhvinder Javeed38Leeds112
Imran Javeed39Leeds112
Arthur Fulford24Exeter17
Mandy Longworth51Doncaster15

The People's Housemate

As part of the launch night twist, the viewers were able to vote a final housemate into the house. This housemate would become the People's Housemate and would have great power over the house, including regular contact with the outside world. Tom was chosen over Andrew, Sue and Simone to become the People's Housemate.
On 12 June 2017, it was confirmed that celebrities would be entering the house for the next shopping task. It was revealed that these would be VIP guests, and in order for the housemates to win a luxury shopping budget they would have to cater to the VIP's every needs.

Weekly summary

The main events in the Big Brother 18 house are summarised in the table below. A typical week begins with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and then the eviction of a Housemate during the live Friday or Thursday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence.
Week 1Entrances
  • On Day 1, Arthur, Ellie, Lotan, Imran, Sukhvinder, Charlotte, Mandy, Deborah, Hannah, Joe, Kieran, Rebecca, Kayleigh, Raph, Chanelle and Tom entered the house.
Week 1Twists
  • On Day 1, the public voted for their "People's Housemate" out of Andrew, Simone, Sue and Tom. They chose Tom, who entered the house as the final housemate. As the People's Housemate, the viewers are able to control Tom's decisions in the house. Tom's first mission was to exile some of his housemates. To help him make this decision, he took part in a live Facebook web chat with the public. He then chose to exile Arthur, Chanelle, Charlotte, Hannah, Lotan, Raph, Rebecca and Sukhvinder., and therefore granted the remaining housemates with citizenship.
  • On Day 3, Tom was given the opportunity to swap some citizen housemates with exile housemates. He swapped Charlotte with Mandy, and Hannah with Imran. At the end of this, all exile housemates faced the first eviction.
  • On Day 5, after it was revealed that Imran and Mandy received the fewest votes during the eviction, Tom was forced to choose one of them to evict. He chose Mandy.
    • Week 1Tasks
  • On Day 2, Tom was given a choice of rules suggested by the public to set the exiled housemates. He had to pick three of these rules for them to follow.
  • On Day 2, housemates guessed which headlines about each other were real and which were fake news.
  • On Day 3, Tom put the exile housemates on the spot with a personality trait and asked them to prove themselves.
  • On Day 4, housemates participated in a number of debates, with the Exiles and Citizens going head-to-head. Housemates then participated in a mock version of the simultaneous general election.
    • Week 1Exits
  • On Day 5, Mandy became the first housemate to be evicted after being evicted by Tom.
    • Week 2Tasks
  • On Day 6, Tom entered the "Intelligence Centre" for the final time believing he was still the "People's Housemate" and that he was interacting with the public and answering their questions. In fact he was answering questions set by his fellow housemates who were watching from the main house.
  • On Day 7, the housemates took part in a quiz with a twist. They each selected a gift at random without knowing that the gift actually contained a punishment. If they answered their question correctly they would get to choose a housemate to give the punishment to, however if they answered incorrectly they would receive the punishment themselves.
  • On Day 9, the housemates took part in their first shopping task where Sukhvinder became mayor of the village with Kayleigh as deputy. They then assigned job roles to the other housemates, but left some unemployed. Gemma Collins, Marnie Simpson and Nicola McLean entered as guests in the village, and the employed housemates had to cater to their every needs. Sukhvinder was able to fire or replace any employees who she didn't feel was up to the job. Any housemate left unemployed at the end of the task would miss out on the luxury shopping budget.
  • On Day 12, the VIP guests each led a team of housemates in a series of summer party games
    • Week 2Nominations
  • On Day 7, during a task, Joe was given the punishment of giving a killer nomination. He chose Raph, therefore automatically putting him up for eviction.
  • On Day 8, housemates nominated for the first time. Charlotte, Imran, Kayleigh, Rebecca and Sukhvinder received the most nominations, and therefore joined Raph in facing eviction.
    • Week 2Exits
  • On Day 7, Arthur left the house for unexplained reasons.
  • On Day 12, Imran became the second housemate to be evicted.
  • On Day 12, Sukhvinder walked from the house during her husband Imran's eviction.
    • Week 2Punishments
  • On Day 8, Chanelle received a formal warning for her provocative behaviour towards Kieran.
    • Week 3Exits
  • On Day 13, Kayleigh was removed from the house due to multiple threats of violence and threatening behaviour.
  • On Day 18, Rebecca became the third housemate to be evicted.
    • Week 3Punishments
  • On Day 13, Chanelle received a formal and final warning for her aggressive behaviour towards Kayleigh.
  • On Day 13, as punishment for discussing nominations, Ellie and Tom were sent to jail.
    • Week 3Tasks
  • On Day 13, Raph took part in a number of challenges in order to win himself a birthday party.
  • On Day 14, Chanelle and Kieran were given a secret task to hide several gnomes around the house, that one by one increased in size over the duration of the task. Unbeknownst to them, the other housemates, led by Rebecca, had a secret task to return the gnomes to the Diary Room.
  • On Day 16, Chanelle, Lotan and Kieran took part in a Blind Date themed task where they asked questions to anonymous potential housemates Isabelle, Sam and Savannah. At the end of the task they chose Isabelle and Savannah to become housemates.
  • On Day 17, housemates began their second shopping task, where they each had to enter the "Den of Dilemma" where they were given a difficult choice which could have affected themselves or the other housemates.
    • Week 3Nominations
  • On Day 15, housemates nominated for the second time. As Kieran, Lotan and Raph had been granted immunity by the VIP guests, they could not be nominated. Chanelle, Hannah, Joe and Rebecca received the most nominations and therefore face the third eviction.
    • Week 3Entrances
  • On Day 16, Isabelle and Savannah entered the house.
    • Week 4Tasks
  • On Day 19, housemates went head-to-head in a task to prove who was the best at a particular skill.
  • On Day 21, the housemates began their next shopping task in which all housemates had to act like hippies and promote peace and love in the house. They had to ensure that they chanted when the gong sounded and at least two housemates needed to touch the "Tree of Love" at all times. The task continued on Day 22 and 23. However, due to some housemates failing to stick to the rules of the task, they failed.
    • Week 4Nominations
  • On Day 20, housemates nominated for the third time. Hannah, Isabelle, Lotan and Tom received the most nominations and therefore face eviction this week. However these were then void on Day 21.
    • Week 4Punishments
  • On Day 20, Tom was given a formal and final warning for his behaviour.
  • On Day 21, due to Lotan's removal from the house and the housemates unacceptable behaviour, nominations were void and all housemates face eviction this week.
  • On Day 21, Deborah was given a formal warning for her aggressive behaviour the night before.
    • Week 4Exits
  • On Day 21, Lotan was removed from the house for aggressive behaviour.
  • On Day 25, Savannah became the fourth housemate to be evicted.
    • Week 4Entrances
  • On Day 25, Andrew, Sam, Simone and Sue entered the house as "Second Chance Housemates". This meant that they were not eligible to win, however the one out of these four who goes the furthest in the series will take £15,000 from the prize fund.
    • Week 5--
    Week 5Nominations
  • On Day 25, as new housemates, Andrew, Sam, Simone and Sue were told they were immune from nominations, but would still be nominating. The other housemates were told they would have to earn their right to nominate. Over Day 26 and Day 27, Hannah, Deborah, Raph and Ellie earned this right and time in "The Void" where they could discuss nominations.
  • On Day 28, the housemates that were eligible to, nominated. Later that day, the nominations were broadcast to the house. Charlotte, Joe and Tom received the most nominations and therefore face the fifth eviction.
    • Week 5Punishments
  • On Day 29, as punishment for Ellie discussing nominations and Tom refusing to listen to Big Brother's instructions, electrical appliances and hot water were turned off, and the fake tan was taken away.
  • On Day 32, Tom was sent to jail for drunkenly kicking in a door the previous night.
    • Week 5Tasks
  • On Day 29, the housemates began their next shopping task. They each had to enter the "Survival Room" and endure a challenge. In order to pass, they just had to remain in the room during each challenge. They passed the task on Day 31.
    • Week 5Exits
  • On Day 33, Joe became the fifth housemate to be evicted.
    • Week 6--
    Week 6Tasks
  • On Day 34, Chanelle, Deborah and Ellie competed in a beauty pageant. Deborah won the "BBUK Queen" title.
  • On Day 35, the housemates began their next shopping task. Each housemates had to enter "The Light", where they were given the choice of remaining loyal to their housemates in an attempt to pass the task, or to occur a fail by having contact with a loved one. To pass, they had to keep the lightbulb lit. It lost power as long as housemates had contact with loved ones, but gained power when housemates danced on the dance floor. As all of the power drained, the housemates failed the task.
  • On Day 37, housemates began "The Hunt".
  • On Day 40, housemates made "How to..." videos based on the character trait that was voted as most suitable to them.
    • Week 6Nominations
  • On Day 37, the housemates began "The Hunt" - a series of games instead of nominations where the losers faced the next eviction. That day, Chanelle became the first victim, and Simone became the second. This continued on Day 38, where Isabelle and Sue became the third and fourth victims respectively.
    • Week 6Twist
  • On Day 40, in the early hours, the nominated housemates entered the woods for the next part of "The Hunt". Here it was revealed that Simone had received the most votes to evict and was evicted via the backdoor.
  • On Day 40, it was announced that Sue and Chanelle had received the second and third highest votes in the eviction, but it was down to the remaining housemates to decide which of them should be saved, and therefore which should be evicted. With the fewest votes to save, Sue was evicted.
    • Week 6Exits
  • On Day 40, in the early hours, Simone became the sixth housemate to be evicted via the backdoor.
  • On Day 40, Sue became the seventh housemate to be evicted.
    • Week 7--
    Week 7Tasks
  • On Day 42, housemates began "The Steal", where they competed in two teams to steal £20,000 from the winner's prize fund. The teams competed in challenges for money towards their team's jackpot. This continued into Day 43, where both Raph and Kieran were banned from competing by the opposing team. The Gold team eventually won on Day 44 and were given an opportunity to steal the £18,900 accumulated. Andrew pressed his buzzer first and won the money as well as evicting Sam.
  • On Day 46, in order to get a surprise birthday party for Chanelle, all housemates had to ignore that it was her birthday during the day. They passed this task.
    • Week 7Exits
  • On Day 44, Sam became the eighth housemate to be evicted but remained in the house and participated in tasks and nominations until Day 47.
  • On Day 47, Chanelle and Ellie became the ninth housemate and tenth housemates to be evicted.
    • Week 7Nominations
  • On Day 45, housemates nominated for the final time. Chanelle, Ellie, Hannah, Kieran and Tom received the most nominations and face this week's double eviction. After nominations, they were forced to wear a T-shirt with the reasons for the other housemates nominating them written on them.
    • Week 7Twists
  • On Day 47, Hannah and Tom were evicted by their fellow housemates. However unbeknownst to them, this eviction was fake and they were actually sent to The Attic where they were able to spy on their fellow housemates.
    • Week 8--
    Week 8Tasks
  • On Day 48, from The Attic, Hannah and Tom had to choose who they believed to be the four most boring housemates to star in a talent show. They chose Charlotte, Isabelle, Kieran and Raph, who then had to do a performance.
  • On Day 50, the housemates took part in a number of tasks surrounding the stages of life. The task continued into Day 51, where Chanelle, Imran, Rebecca, Sue and Sukhvinder all made brief returns to the house for Deborah and Kieran's fake wedding and eventual divorce.
  • On Day 52, for the final part of the stages of life task, housemates faced their destiny; Heaven or Hell. As Hannah and Kieran received the fewest votes to win, they were sent to hell and were therefore evicted through the backdoor. All the remaining housemates were sent to heaven and earned a place in the final.
    • Week 8Nominations
  • On Day 48, from inside The Attic, Hannah and Tom chose Charlotte and Isabelle to face the final eviction.
    • Week 8Exits
  • On Day 50, Charlotte became the eleventh housemate to be evicted, leaving through the backdoor.
  • On Day 52, Hannah and Kieran became the twelfth and thirteenth housemates to be evicted, leaving through the backdoor.
  • On Day 54, Andrew left the house with £33,900 as the winning second chance housemate. Tom left in fourth place whilst Deborah finished in third. Isabelle was then announced as the winner, leaving Raph in second place.

    • Nominations table

    Ratings

    Official ratings are taken from BARB.

    Controversy

    On Day 12, during a hostile discussion between Chanelle and Kayleigh, Chanelle knocked Kayleigh’s drink off the table in her direction, which enraged Kayleigh to the point where she made threats of physical violence, which continued after being called to the Diary Room to calm down. The following day she was removed from the house because of her threatening behaviour. Chanelle was also given a formal warning for her behaviour.
    On Day 20, housemates were given a task in which they had to put different labels with personality traits on the housemate which they thought suited them best. During the task, Lotan started to bullying Isabelle and she said that he was a bad role model to his son, in a response to Lotan's insults towards her. This caused Lotan to get angry and throw his drink across the room, covering a few housemates which enraged Chanelle and Hannah. He then walked upstairs to the Diary Room with Tom to calm down, with many arguments were taking place in the house. Lotan then broke out of the Diary Room and returned to the house and was called back in several times, but refused. When returning to the Diary Room, Hannah and Deborah attempted to confront Lotan, as Ellie and Charlotte tried to intervene, which at this point security were sent into the house to defuse the situation. Deborah proceeded to run up the stairs in an aggressive manner to confront Ellie, after Ellie provoked her by telling Deborah to 'hit me', although she claimed that she was trying to exit. Deborah then threatened to leave, but after a discussion with her sister Hannah, decided to stay. The next day it was revealed that Lotan had been removed from the house due to his threatening behaviour and comments made about housemate Isabelle.