Big Brother 2011 (UK)
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Big Brother 2011 was the twelfth series of the British reality television
series of Big Brother
. It was broadcast on Channel 5 for the first time since the show's transfer from Channel 4
. It launched on the night of Friday 9 September 2011 with an hour and a half long special launch show, the day after the final of Celebrity Big Brother 2011
. The series ran for 64 days, ending on 11 November 2011 when the winner, Aaron Allard-Morgan won half of the £100,000 prize fund with the remainder split between the five finalists. The series differed from the Channel 4 version in having the celebrity edition before the main series, with the latter running in the autumn rather than the traditional summer-long run. The series will revert to its traditional pattern in 2012 when it returns with new set of housemates.
There were 14 original housemates, all 18-30, 7 men and 7 women. Viewers saw housemates auditioning to enter the house during trailers on Celebrity Big Brother 2011 and Big Brother's Bit on the Side on 5*. On 8 September, the evening before launch night, presenter Brian Dowling
confirmed a "surprise guest" twist involving Canadian-born model and Baywatch
star Pamela Anderson
who would enter the house on launch night to host a party and set a number of tasks during a four day stay. Following Mark Henderson's decision to walk out on Day 27, a new housemate Jem, the sister of Faye, entered the house to replace him. However, she also decided to leave the house on Day 48.
The series was sponsored by skincare brand Freederm and was the first to use online voting via Facebook
credits. After the relative success of the celebrity version, the main show struggled in the ratings for the majority of its run and on 21 September attracted a record low of just 900,000 viewers for the Saturday night highlights show. The live final on 11 November closed the series with an all-time low of 2.1 million, around half the final viewing figures of Big Brother 11
. The series has featured a high content of bedtime romances and included much male nudity during pranks and shower scenes during its nine weeks on air. Instances of lewd talk, intimate body shaving, and other salacious behaviour have also featured in the post-watershed evening highlights programmes. Much of the series concentrated on the romantic relationships that developed between the housemates during their time in the house.
bought Channel 5, he said he was keen to acquire Big Brother
. Meanwhile, Endemol
had been granted permission to keep the Big Brother house at the Elstree Studios
, Hertfordshire
, where it currently is until 30 September 2013. On 2 April 2011, the Daily Star, a newspaper owned by Desmond, reported that Big Brother was returning on Channel 5 in August 2011 with a Celebrity edition. On 6 April 2011, Channel 5 formally confirmed it had signed a £200 million 2-year contract with Endemol to screen Big Brother UK from 18 August 2011. The skincare brand Freederm is sponsoring the series for a second year.
in Greater Manchester on 10 and 11 June 2011. Auditions were also held in London on 18 and 19 June 2011 at the Emirates Stadium
. All applicants had to attend the open auditions with identification to be considered for the series and had to be a legal resident of the UK or Ireland
aged 18 or over by 31 July 2011 to audition for the show. Big Brother 2010
winner Josie Gibson
took part in filming at the London auditions meeting potential housemates.
's voice. Former housemates that featured in one of the trailers included Josie Gibson, Brian Dowling and Alex Reid. This coincided with the launch of the new eye logo for 2011. In the run-up to Celebrity Big Brother, the channel featured a promotional campaign under the slogan "When Bruv takes over" based on the David Guetta
and Kelly Rowland
song "When Love Takes Over
". It featured a large cast of past housemates dancing and miming in the streets, finally meeting up in a park with CGI effects adding a fly-past with coloured smoke overhead. Break bumpers
announcing the series were broadcast in the week running up to the launch along with a countdown to the launch day voiced by Bentley. Channel 5 also took out commercials on other channels, including ITV1
promoting the launch of the new series. The launch was also trailed heavily in the printed media, including an advertising blitz in the Desmond-owned newspapers and magazines and posters in town centres. In the second week of the celebrity version, trailers heralded the return of the main series on 9 September 2011.
alongside phone voting. A new feature involves showing a pre-record farewell message to the house from the evicted housemate shortly after their eviction. This feature was first seen when Pamela Anderson left the house after her stay as a houseguest. "Twists" are introduced to vary the routine, including visits by outsiders during tasks, messages from housemates' friends & relatives and variations to the nomination process, including relaxing the strict rule on not discussing nominations. In the 2011 series a film premiere was held in the house and a live edition of Big Brother's Bit on the Side was hosted from the garden with contact between the presenters and the housemates.
. Viewers first previewed the new Big Brother house during Celebrity Big Brother 2011 in preparation for the intake of regular housemates on the night of 9 September 2011. Differences include the walls being changed from a fish theme to a forest theme, the bedroom being made over with fresh textiles and gold mirrored furniture for the regular housemates. In the bathroom, the installation of transparent double shower cabinet with a frosted central band offers minimal privacy. There is a clear view of the shower's unclothed occupant from the house and garden but the frosting obscures the user's private parts from a clear view. There is a large central free-standing oval bath and with small pink and blue hand towels provided. The bathroom is mainly blue and pink with a sofa and clear view of the goings on from the living room and garden. Some of the house space was converted to create a luxury apartment for houseguest Pamela Anderson during her stay in the house. The luxury bedroom has since been used for a variety of tasks. The wall of faces in the living room was also changed on Day 3 with the new housemates' faces added. These turn blue to indicate the nominated housemates and red to indicate an evicted housemate or to mark that a housemate has walked, as happened with Mark. There are a number of spare spaces on the montage and on Day 29, one of these was filled by new housemate Jem's portrait.
The garden retains the oblong pool with wave facility used for Celebrity Big Brother with a bridge going across it. In Week 1, an artificial beach area was installed ready for the arrival of Pamela Anderson. This has featured in several outdoor tasks. There are areas of astroturf
and decking, palm trees and an outdoor shower. Three leather sofas stand in an outdoor lounge area next to the "beach". This area which was first used to host Pamela Anderson's VIP party on launch night. There are doors leading to the sauna
cabin, toilet and main house. There is also an area of rattan seating with cushions, throws and garden lanterns. This area has an artificial fire hearth which light up at night, decorated with logs and flames. The exterior walls and the interior of the house are decorated with simulated stonework.
site with other clips on Facebook
. Some highlights clips were posted on the official YouTube
page. A diary of daily events in the house was also being posted on the Channel 5 website.
which was to take place in the house later that week. Jay and Anton were nominated in the normal way but when the result of nominations was announced to the housemates they were told that they would be leaving the house immediately. However, they entered a secret area called the Crypt where they were told they were to be 'dead' to the other housemates. On the lightbox, their faces changed to red to indicate their 'exit'. From the Crypt, Jay and Anton, dressed a ghouls, were able to watch the remaining housemates and performed a series of pranks on them. They returned to the main house 3 days later following a seance in the crypt involving the other housemates. After revealing themselves in scary fashion, Anton and Jay had to nominate two other housemates for eviction, choosing Jem and Harry respectively to face the public vote. On Day 46, in a further nominations twist, the housemates' friends and family openly made the weekly eviction nominations. On Day 52 Nominations took place on Sunday dressed up in Halloween
costumes and they sat in electric chairs in the garden. The housemates had to nominate face-to-face. Each nominated housemate received an electric shock delivered by Big Brother's assistant Igor. On Day 57, it was revealed that one housemate would be evicted on the Thursday night prior to the Final, the victim being Tom.
joined the housemates as a guest on launch night, as confirmed on the final night of Celebrity Big Brother 2011 claiming that she would "leave a skidmark on every housemate". This promise, however, proved to be false as Pamela was polite and conducted herself with decorum throughout her stay. She remained in the house for the duration of the first weekend setting three tasks. On Day 1, she hosted a VIP party for five hand-selected housemates. In this task, one housemate had the most impress Pamela to win a "Golden Swimsuit" secretly granting them immunity from eviction. On Day 2, she announced that she would be interviewing housemates during a speed dating
task in the sauna in which the most impressive date would earn a golden swimsuit. Aden won this task. On Day 3, Pamela set the house a Slow Motion lifeguard task which was won by Maisy. On Day 4, Aden lost his golden status to Rebeckah after Pamela chose her as winner of a task. Pamela left the house on Day 4 and the golden housemates were given access to her luxury bedroom.
at a special red carpet premiere showing of the film. They joined current housemates Aaron, Jem, Louise and Tom who had won places at the event during an earlier task. Guests attending the event included Celebrity Big Brother 2011 winner Paddy Doherty
and fellow housemates Bobby Sabel and Lucien Laviscount
. Also attending were former Big Brother UK housemates Nikki Grahame
and Imogen Thomas
, Hollyoaks
actors Kieron Richardson
and Bronagh Waugh
, singer Michelle Heaton
and reality show star and author Katie Price.
presenter Kim Woodburn
entered the house to inspect the state of domestic hygiene and to set a shopping task called It'll be all white to keep a pre-rewarded luxury budget of £300. She berated the housemates for their messy ways and ordered them to clean up the house. She also set them a shopping task to wear white outfits and keep them clean during a series of hazardous mini-tasks. She promised to return at the end of the day to judge their efforts with the cleaning and the shopping tasks, with money deducted for soiling the outfits. Having awarded a reduced shopping budget of £150, Woodburn awarded a bonus of £50 for the housemates' cleaning efforts.
with Alice Levine
presenting at weekends. It mixes the styles of the previous spin-offs Little Brother and Big Mouth. Each edition includes a live audience discussion on events in the house with a guest panel and a variety of tongue-in-cheek features based on the main show. Regular contributors have included Jamie East and a number of celebrity and civilian ex-housemates including Vanessa Feltz
, Pete Burns
, Lauren Harries
and Nikki Graham along with some evictees from series 12. The show features clips of the previous day's action plus previews of the current day's events in the house. Breaking the traditional no outside contact rule, the show has featured the housemates answering viewer's questions. On Sundays, the show featured a quiz on the week's events in the house. The show's mascot is a canine 'security guard' who suffers from incontinence. The edition of 9 November was presented live from the garden in the Big Brother house with Willis and a number of outsiders addressing the final five housemates who also saw themselves appear in highlights from the previous weeks filming. This flouted the traditional house rule of complete isolation of the contestants from the world outside the Big Brother compound. However, the finalists were isolated from physical contact with the presenters as they were shut indoors behind glass for the duration of the show. The show has been scheduled to return with the launch of Celebrity Big Brother 2012 next January.
magazine show, initially promoted as OK! TV When Bruv Takes Over, broadcast from a studio based at Elstree Studios. The hosts were Jeff Brazier
and Jenny Frost
. The first Big Brother-themed edition aired on Wednesday 17 August where viewers were given a preview of the new Big Brother house on the eve of the launch of Celebrity Big Brother 2011. It mixed celebrity and showbiz news and interviews with news and events from the Big Brother house and interviews with ex-housemates. In November 2011, the format was been axed following the cancellation of OK! TV due to ITN taking over Sky News' contract to supply Channel 5 with news programmes from early 2012.
. Figures exclude 5* Channel. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB
.
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! style="width:8%" |
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! style="width:8%" |Week 2
! style="width:8%" |Week 3
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! style="width:8%" |Week 5
! style="width:8%" |Week 6
! style="width:8%" |Week 7
! style="width:8%" |Week 8
! style="width:8%" |Week 9
|-
! Sat
| - ||1.7m||1.1m||1.4m||1.3m||1.2m||1.1m||1.1m||1.0m||1.2m
|-
! Sun
| - ||1.7m||1.4m||1.6m||1.5m||1.4m||1.4m||1.4m||1.4m||1.4m
|-
! Mon
| - ||1.7m||1.6m||1.7m||1.6m||1.6m||1.5m||1.6m||1.5m||1.6m
|-
! Tue
| - ||1.6m||1.7m||1.6m||1.6m||1.5m||1.5m||1.8m||1.5m||1.7m
|-
! Wed
| - ||1.7m||1.6m||1.6m||1.6m||1.6m||1.6m||1.7m||1.5m||1.4m
|-
! Thu
| - ||1.4m||1.6m||1.6m||1.7m||1.6m||1.6m||1.7m||1.5m||1.9m
|-
! rowspan="2" | Fri
| rowspan="2"|2.8m||1.9m||1.6m||1.4m||1.7m||1.7m||1.7m||1.7m||rowspan="2"|1.7m||rowspan="2"|2.2m
|-
||1.4m||1.3m||1.2m||1.5m||1.5m||1.4m||1.6m
|-
! Weekly
average
| colspan=2 style="background:#FADADD;" |1.8m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.5m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.5m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.6m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.5m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.5m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.6m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.4m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.6m
|-
! Running
average
| colspan=2 style="background:#EEDC82;" |1.8m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.7m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
|-
! Series
average
| colspan="10" style="background:#ADDFAD;" |1.6m
has a small column on the events in the house.
The press was initially slow to pick up on events in the house after heavy coverage of the previous Celebrity series, despite the launch night twist of inviting Pamela Anderson
as weekend houseguest. The 18-30 profile of the housemates and high levels of male nudity seen in the launch week highlights shows attracted the tabloid headlines. The Sun reported on the struggling ratings in its edition of 22 September 2011. As the show entered its fourth week on air, the press reported on the low ratings for the Friday night eviction night shows. The premature exit of housemate Mark Henderson on Day 27 made the newspaper headlines on the Daily Mail website.
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
series of Big Brother
Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...
. It was broadcast on Channel 5 for the first time since the show's transfer from Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
. It launched on the night of Friday 9 September 2011 with an hour and a half long special launch show, the day after the final of Celebrity Big Brother 2011
Celebrity Big Brother 2011 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2011 was the eighth series of Celebrity Big Brother and the first series of Big Brother UK to air on Channel 5. It launched on 18 August 2011 at 9 pm on Channel 5. It ran for 22 days concluding on 8 September 2011 and was followed by the twelfth regular series of Big Brother...
. The series ran for 64 days, ending on 11 November 2011 when the winner, Aaron Allard-Morgan won half of the £100,000 prize fund with the remainder split between the five finalists. The series differed from the Channel 4 version in having the celebrity edition before the main series, with the latter running in the autumn rather than the traditional summer-long run. The series will revert to its traditional pattern in 2012 when it returns with new set of housemates.
There were 14 original housemates, all 18-30, 7 men and 7 women. Viewers saw housemates auditioning to enter the house during trailers on Celebrity Big Brother 2011 and Big Brother's Bit on the Side on 5*. On 8 September, the evening before launch night, presenter Brian Dowling
Brian Dowling
Brian Patrick Robert Dowling is an Irish television presenter who rose to fame after being crowned the winner of the second series of UK reality television show Big Brother in 2001. He also won Ultimate Big Brother in 2010, making him the ultimate Big Brother housemate...
confirmed a "surprise guest" twist involving Canadian-born model and Baywatch
Baywatch
Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...
star Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...
who would enter the house on launch night to host a party and set a number of tasks during a four day stay. Following Mark Henderson's decision to walk out on Day 27, a new housemate Jem, the sister of Faye, entered the house to replace him. However, she also decided to leave the house on Day 48.
The series was sponsored by skincare brand Freederm and was the first to use online voting via Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
credits. After the relative success of the celebrity version, the main show struggled in the ratings for the majority of its run and on 21 September attracted a record low of just 900,000 viewers for the Saturday night highlights show. The live final on 11 November closed the series with an all-time low of 2.1 million, around half the final viewing figures of Big Brother 11
Big Brother 2010 (UK)
Big Brother 2010 was the eleventh regular series of the British reality television series, Big Brother and the final series to be broadcast on Channel 4. The series was launched on Wednesday 9 June 2010, and was aired on Channel 4 and E4 for 77 days with the finale on 24 August 2010, where Josie...
. The series has featured a high content of bedtime romances and included much male nudity during pranks and shower scenes during its nine weeks on air. Instances of lewd talk, intimate body shaving, and other salacious behaviour have also featured in the post-watershed evening highlights programmes. Much of the series concentrated on the romantic relationships that developed between the housemates during their time in the house.
History and build-up
After Richard DesmondRichard Desmond
Richard Clive Desmond is an English publisher and businessman. He is the owner of Express Newspapers and founder in 1974 of Northern & Shell, which publishes various celebrity magazines, such as OK! and New!, and British national newspapers Daily Star and Daily Express...
bought Channel 5, he said he was keen to acquire Big Brother
Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
. Meanwhile, Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
had been granted permission to keep the Big Brother house at the Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios
"Elstree Studios" refers to any of several film studios that were based in the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire, England, since film production begun in 1927.-Name:...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, where it currently is until 30 September 2013. On 2 April 2011, the Daily Star, a newspaper owned by Desmond, reported that Big Brother was returning on Channel 5 in August 2011 with a Celebrity edition. On 6 April 2011, Channel 5 formally confirmed it had signed a £200 million 2-year contract with Endemol to screen Big Brother UK from 18 August 2011. The skincare brand Freederm is sponsoring the series for a second year.
Auditions
On 3 May 2011, Endemol and Channel 5 officially opened the process for people to apply to be on the show. Open auditions for the Channel 5 series were held at Old TraffordOld Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
in Greater Manchester on 10 and 11 June 2011. Auditions were also held in London on 18 and 19 June 2011 at the Emirates Stadium
Emirates Stadium
Ashburton Grove, currently known as the Emirates Stadium, is a UEFA elite football stadium which is home to Arsenal FC, where they moved from Highbury in 2006. It has an current capacity of 60,361, and there have been rumours of an expansion...
. All applicants had to attend the open auditions with identification to be considered for the series and had to be a legal resident of the UK or Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
aged 18 or over by 31 July 2011 to audition for the show. Big Brother 2010
Big Brother 2010 (UK)
Big Brother 2010 was the eleventh regular series of the British reality television series, Big Brother and the final series to be broadcast on Channel 4. The series was launched on Wednesday 9 June 2010, and was aired on Channel 4 and E4 for 77 days with the finale on 24 August 2010, where Josie...
winner Josie Gibson
Josie Gibson
Josie Diane Shirley Gibson is a British media personality, and former financial sales rep from Bristol. She rose to prominence after winning Big Brother 2010, and entered Ultimate Big Brother...
took part in filming at the London auditions meeting potential housemates.
Trailers
From 23 July 2011, trailers announcing the imminent return of the celebrity version of the series were aired using Marcus BentleyMarcus Bentley
Marcus Bentley is a British actor, broadcaster and voice-over artist. Born in Gateshead, he was brought up in Stockton on Tees and attended East 15 Acting School in Essex....
's voice. Former housemates that featured in one of the trailers included Josie Gibson, Brian Dowling and Alex Reid. This coincided with the launch of the new eye logo for 2011. In the run-up to Celebrity Big Brother, the channel featured a promotional campaign under the slogan "When Bruv takes over" based on the David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...
and Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child...
song "When Love Takes Over
When Love Takes Over
"When Love Takes Over" is a song by French disc jockey -music producer David Guetta from his fourth studio album, One Love. It was released as the lead single from the album on 21 April 2009 by Virgin Records...
". It featured a large cast of past housemates dancing and miming in the streets, finally meeting up in a park with CGI effects adding a fly-past with coloured smoke overhead. Break bumpers
Commercial bumper
In broadcasting, a commercial bumper, ident bumper or break-bumper is a brief announcement, usually two to 15 seconds that can contain a voice over, placed between a pause in the program and its commercial break, and vice versa...
announcing the series were broadcast in the week running up to the launch along with a countdown to the launch day voiced by Bentley. Channel 5 also took out commercials on other channels, including ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
promoting the launch of the new series. The launch was also trailed heavily in the printed media, including an advertising blitz in the Desmond-owned newspapers and magazines and posters in town centres. In the second week of the celebrity version, trailers heralded the return of the main series on 9 September 2011.
Format
The format remains largely unchanged from previous seasons. The housemates are incarcerated in the Big Brother House with a strict rule of no contact with the outside world. Each week, the housemates take part in a major task that determine the size of the shopping budget, win luxuries and in some tasks, immunity from that week's eviction or power in the House. Nominations are normally carried out in the privacy of the diary room and are compulsory. Each housemate must nominate usually 2 of their fellow housemates to face the public vote and provide Big Brother with a reason for the nomination. "Voting to save" has been used for the public vote as opposed to the "vote to evict" method generally used in previous series. For the first time in the UK series, the show is accepting online voting for the public votes via Facebook CreditsFacebook Credits
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alongside phone voting. A new feature involves showing a pre-record farewell message to the house from the evicted housemate shortly after their eviction. This feature was first seen when Pamela Anderson left the house after her stay as a houseguest. "Twists" are introduced to vary the routine, including visits by outsiders during tasks, messages from housemates' friends & relatives and variations to the nomination process, including relaxing the strict rule on not discussing nominations. In the 2011 series a film premiere was held in the house and a live edition of Big Brother's Bit on the Side was hosted from the garden with contact between the presenters and the housemates.
The House
The main elements of the house design were inherited from that used for the previous celebrity seriesCelebrity Big Brother 2011 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2011 was the eighth series of Celebrity Big Brother and the first series of Big Brother UK to air on Channel 5. It launched on 18 August 2011 at 9 pm on Channel 5. It ran for 22 days concluding on 8 September 2011 and was followed by the twelfth regular series of Big Brother...
. Viewers first previewed the new Big Brother house during Celebrity Big Brother 2011 in preparation for the intake of regular housemates on the night of 9 September 2011. Differences include the walls being changed from a fish theme to a forest theme, the bedroom being made over with fresh textiles and gold mirrored furniture for the regular housemates. In the bathroom, the installation of transparent double shower cabinet with a frosted central band offers minimal privacy. There is a clear view of the shower's unclothed occupant from the house and garden but the frosting obscures the user's private parts from a clear view. There is a large central free-standing oval bath and with small pink and blue hand towels provided. The bathroom is mainly blue and pink with a sofa and clear view of the goings on from the living room and garden. Some of the house space was converted to create a luxury apartment for houseguest Pamela Anderson during her stay in the house. The luxury bedroom has since been used for a variety of tasks. The wall of faces in the living room was also changed on Day 3 with the new housemates' faces added. These turn blue to indicate the nominated housemates and red to indicate an evicted housemate or to mark that a housemate has walked, as happened with Mark. There are a number of spare spaces on the montage and on Day 29, one of these was filled by new housemate Jem's portrait.
The garden retains the oblong pool with wave facility used for Celebrity Big Brother with a bridge going across it. In Week 1, an artificial beach area was installed ready for the arrival of Pamela Anderson. This has featured in several outdoor tasks. There are areas of astroturf
AstroTurf
AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf. Although the term is a registered trademark, it is sometimes used as a generic description of any kind of artificial turf. The original AstroTurf product was a short pile synthetic turf while the current products incorporate modern features such as...
and decking, palm trees and an outdoor shower. Three leather sofas stand in an outdoor lounge area next to the "beach". This area which was first used to host Pamela Anderson's VIP party on launch night. There are doors leading to the sauna
Sauna
A sauna is a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities....
cabin, toilet and main house. There is also an area of rattan seating with cushions, throws and garden lanterns. This area has an artificial fire hearth which light up at night, decorated with logs and flames. The exterior walls and the interior of the house are decorated with simulated stonework.
The Crypt
On Day 39, Big Brother revealed the presence of the Crypt, a secret burial place for nominated housemates Jay and Anton who became 'ghosts' dead to the other housemates as part of the week 6 shopping budget task. It was located near the main house adjacent to the garden and was decorated with Gothic effect mouldings, gravestones, cobwebs, church candles and skeletons. The room contained two tomb-styled beds. From here, Jay and Anton could view and listen to their former housemates, eavsdropping on their conversations. However, they had to remain silent during their stay to avoid detection by their fellow housemates.Cameras and surveillance system
The housemates are watched continuously by a network 47 cameras, the largest number of cameras to date. The show is being broadcast in high-definition for the first time in its history.The Diary Room
The Big Brother 2011 diary room chair is in the style of a luxury club chair in deep red with gold trim. The new Diary room has already featured in Celebrity Big Brother 2011 with a small task room adjacent.Web presence and social media
Unlike most previous Channel 4 series, there was no 24 hour live free-to-air feed from the house. The producers instead concentrated on the daily highlights shows, the spin-off and eviction shows. They also placed daily preview clips from action in the house on the dedicated website and updates on social media. Regular tweets on current events in the house were placed on the official TwitterTwitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
site with other clips on Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
. Some highlights clips were posted on the official YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
page. A diary of daily events in the house was also being posted on the Channel 5 website.
Twists
During Week 6, on Day 39, a major nominations twist was introduced in the run-up to the film premiere of Paranormal Activity 3Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 3 is a 2011 American supernatural horror film. It is the third film of the Paranormal Activity series and serves as a prequel, set 18 years prior to the events of the first two films...
which was to take place in the house later that week. Jay and Anton were nominated in the normal way but when the result of nominations was announced to the housemates they were told that they would be leaving the house immediately. However, they entered a secret area called the Crypt where they were told they were to be 'dead' to the other housemates. On the lightbox, their faces changed to red to indicate their 'exit'. From the Crypt, Jay and Anton, dressed a ghouls, were able to watch the remaining housemates and performed a series of pranks on them. They returned to the main house 3 days later following a seance in the crypt involving the other housemates. After revealing themselves in scary fashion, Anton and Jay had to nominate two other housemates for eviction, choosing Jem and Harry respectively to face the public vote. On Day 46, in a further nominations twist, the housemates' friends and family openly made the weekly eviction nominations. On Day 52 Nominations took place on Sunday dressed up in Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
costumes and they sat in electric chairs in the garden. The housemates had to nominate face-to-face. Each nominated housemate received an electric shock delivered by Big Brother's assistant Igor. On Day 57, it was revealed that one housemate would be evicted on the Thursday night prior to the Final, the victim being Tom.
Prize fund twist
On the eviction night of Day 57, Big Brother announced that the prize fund of £100,000 would be split as follows. The money was divided into two halves, with the overall winner receiving £50,000. The other £50,000 will be split unevenly between the five finalists at the end of the series in the following amounts: £30,000, £15,000, £4,000, £990 and £10 with the winner receiving £50,000 plus the bonus. However, Big Brother told the housemates they must decide how to divide up the £50,000 themselves or lose it; however, viewers were told that this will not actually be the case. On Day 58, the housemates drew lots to divide the money as follows: Alex, £30,000, Jay, £15,000, Louise, £4,000, Aaron, £990, Tom, £10. As series winner, Aaron scooped a total prize of £50,990. The five recipients agreed to split the prize fund between each other equally once they leave the house.Housemates
There were 14 original housemates, all 18-30 years of age with an even split between males and females. Viewers were given a teaser of their profiles on Big Brother's Bit on the Side on 7 September. Following Mark Henderson's exit, a 15th contestant entered.| Name | Age on entry | Hometown |
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| Aaron Allard-Morgan | 30 | Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which is within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury... , Somerset Somerset The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the... |
| Aden Theobald | 19 | Enfield London Borough of Enfield The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
| Alex Lee | 18 | South Shields South Shields South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne... , Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972... |
| Anton Murphy | 23 | London |
| Faye Palmer | 19 | Tamworth Tamworth Tamworth is a town and local government district in Staffordshire, England, located north-east of Birmingham city centre and north-west of London. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through the town, as does the River Anker... , Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders... |
| Harry Blake | 23 | Cheshire Cheshire Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow... |
| Heaven Afrika | 30 | London |
| Jay McKray | 27 | Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne... |
| Jem Palmer | 28 | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| Louise Cliffe | 25 | Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
| Maisy James | 19 | Kent Kent Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... |
| Mark Henderson | 28 | Berkshire Berkshire Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and... |
| Rebeckah Vaughan | 28 | Wirral Wirral Wirral may refer to:* Wirral Peninsula, a peninsula in the northwest of England, between the rivers Dee and Mersey* Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, occupying the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula... |
| Tashie Jackson | 21 | Oxford Oxford The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through... |
| Tom O'Connell | 20 | Solihull Solihull Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre... , West Midlands West Midlands (county) The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The... |
Pamela Anderson
Pamela AndersonPamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...
joined the housemates as a guest on launch night, as confirmed on the final night of Celebrity Big Brother 2011 claiming that she would "leave a skidmark on every housemate". This promise, however, proved to be false as Pamela was polite and conducted herself with decorum throughout her stay. She remained in the house for the duration of the first weekend setting three tasks. On Day 1, she hosted a VIP party for five hand-selected housemates. In this task, one housemate had the most impress Pamela to win a "Golden Swimsuit" secretly granting them immunity from eviction. On Day 2, she announced that she would be interviewing housemates during a speed dating
Speed dating
Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking process or dating system whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. Its origins are credited to Rabbi Yaacov Deyo of Aish HaTorah, originally as a way to help Jewish singles meet and marry. "SpeedDating", as a single word, is...
task in the sauna in which the most impressive date would earn a golden swimsuit. Aden won this task. On Day 3, Pamela set the house a Slow Motion lifeguard task which was won by Maisy. On Day 4, Aden lost his golden status to Rebeckah after Pamela chose her as winner of a task. Pamela left the house on Day 4 and the golden housemates were given access to her luxury bedroom.
Ex-housemates
On Day 31, ex-housemate Rebeckah re-entered the house to host a date with Tom who won the rendezvous with her as part of the day's 'Let's get smashed' task. She attempted to communicate with her former house 'boyfriend' Aden who was listening outside the door with Anton. However, this was against the task rules and she was admonished by Big Brother. On Day 40, Tashie Jackson returned to the house to participate in the Scream shopping task, having previously returned covertly to do a bungee jump in Week 2.Paranormal Activity 3 Premiere night
On the night of Day 41, a number of ex-celebrity and main series housemates and other VIP guests re-entered the Big Brother house to preview the horror movie Paranormal Activity 3Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 3 is a 2011 American supernatural horror film. It is the third film of the Paranormal Activity series and serves as a prequel, set 18 years prior to the events of the first two films...
at a special red carpet premiere showing of the film. They joined current housemates Aaron, Jem, Louise and Tom who had won places at the event during an earlier task. Guests attending the event included Celebrity Big Brother 2011 winner Paddy Doherty
Paddy Doherty (television personality)
Patrick "Paddy" Doherty is an Irish Traveller and a former bare-knuckle boxer. He is best known as one of the interviewed 'gypsies' in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and as one of Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men...
and fellow housemates Bobby Sabel and Lucien Laviscount
Lucien Laviscount
Lucien Leon Laviscount is a British actor and socialite and perhaps best known for his portrayal of Jonah Kirby on popular BBC One drama Waterloo Road. He is also widely known for appearing on Celebrity Big Brother 2011,...
. Also attending were former Big Brother UK housemates Nikki Grahame
Nikki Grahame
Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame is an English model, columnist and television personality, who rose to fame in the UK when she was chosen to be a housemate on Big Brother 7 in 2006...
and Imogen Thomas
Imogen Thomas
Imogen Mary Thomas is a Welsh glamour model, beauty queen and television personality. She rose to fame in 2003, after winning Miss Wales, and achieved further note in 2006, when she lasted three months on the seventh series of reality TV series Big Brother.-Early life:Imogen was born to Charles...
, Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
actors Kieron Richardson
Kieron Richardson
Kieron Mark Richardson is an English actor best known for playing the role of Ste Hay in Hollyoaks.-Career:...
and Bronagh Waugh
Bronagh Waugh
Bronagh Waugh is a Northern Irish actress currently playing the character of Cheryl Brady in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as well as appearing on T4 On The Beach as herself....
, singer Michelle Heaton
Michelle Heaton
Michelle Christine Heaton is a British pop singer, television personality, and recently a glamour model as well. She was married to former boyband member Andy Scott-Lee.-Career:...
and reality show star and author Katie Price.
Kim Woodburn
In the penultimate week of the series, on Day 55, celebrity cleaning expert and former How Clean is Your House?How Clean is Your House?
How Clean Is Your House? was a British entertainment/lifestyle television programme in which expert cleaners Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie visited extremely filthy homes and then cleaned them to perfection...
presenter Kim Woodburn
Kim Woodburn
Kim Woodburn is an English television presenter and expert cleaner who is best known for co-presenting the British television programme How Clean Is Your House? and in 2007, starred in the Canadian series Kim's Rude Awakenings.-Early career:Woodburn undertook many jobs in her adult life...
entered the house to inspect the state of domestic hygiene and to set a shopping task called It'll be all white to keep a pre-rewarded luxury budget of £300. She berated the housemates for their messy ways and ordered them to clean up the house. She also set them a shopping task to wear white outfits and keep them clean during a series of hazardous mini-tasks. She promised to return at the end of the day to judge their efforts with the cleaning and the shopping tasks, with money deducted for soiling the outfits. Having awarded a reduced shopping budget of £150, Woodburn awarded a bonus of £50 for the housemates' cleaning efforts.
Big Brother's Bit on the Side
This is the nightly spin-off show for Big Brother UK which made its debut during Celebrity Big Brother 2011 and continued throughout the run of Big Brother 2011. It alternated channels between Channel 5 and 5*, usually starting at 11pm and lasting an hour. The main host is Emma WillisEmma Willis
Emma Willis is a British television presenter of such shows as Big Brother's Little Brother for its final series in 2010 and co-presenter of the now defunct Live From Studio Five the same year....
with Alice Levine
Alice Levine
Alice Levine is an English television presenter from Nottingham. She currently works for MTV and co-hosts Big Brother's Bit on the Side with Jamie East on Saturday and Sunday; and has worked on Pop Up Pop Quiz and Celebrity Bites. Levine was voted "Best On-Screen Female" at the National Student...
presenting at weekends. It mixes the styles of the previous spin-offs Little Brother and Big Mouth. Each edition includes a live audience discussion on events in the house with a guest panel and a variety of tongue-in-cheek features based on the main show. Regular contributors have included Jamie East and a number of celebrity and civilian ex-housemates including Vanessa Feltz
Vanessa Feltz
Vanessa Jane Feltz is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2, a mid morning phone-in show on BBC London 94.9. In 2011, she started hosting The Vanessa Show on Channel 5. The first series ended on June 24th...
, Pete Burns
Pete Burns
Pete Burns is an English singer-songwriter, author and television personality who founded the band Dead or Alive in 1980, for which he acted as the vocalist and songwriter, and which rose to mainstream success with their 1985 single "You Spin Me Round "...
, Lauren Harries
Lauren Harries
Lauren Charlotte Harries , is a British media personality. In childhood Harries was known as James, a purported "child prodigy" in the field of antiques, appearing on numerous television shows including Wogan...
and Nikki Graham along with some evictees from series 12. The show features clips of the previous day's action plus previews of the current day's events in the house. Breaking the traditional no outside contact rule, the show has featured the housemates answering viewer's questions. On Sundays, the show featured a quiz on the week's events in the house. The show's mascot is a canine 'security guard' who suffers from incontinence. The edition of 9 November was presented live from the garden in the Big Brother house with Willis and a number of outsiders addressing the final five housemates who also saw themselves appear in highlights from the previous weeks filming. This flouted the traditional house rule of complete isolation of the contestants from the world outside the Big Brother compound. However, the finalists were isolated from physical contact with the presenters as they were shut indoors behind glass for the duration of the show. The show has been scheduled to return with the launch of Celebrity Big Brother 2012 next January.
OK! TV
This was a special edition of the main OK! TVOK! TV
OK! TV is an early evening magazine programme, broadcast on Channel 5 as a brand extension of celebrity title OK! Magazine. It replaced Live from Studio Five on 14 February 2011, and was presented by Kate Walsh and Matt Johnson, both of which have since left the programme. Jeff Brazier and Jenny...
magazine show, initially promoted as OK! TV When Bruv Takes Over, broadcast from a studio based at Elstree Studios. The hosts were Jeff Brazier
Jeff Brazier
Jeffrey Carl Brazier is a British television presenter and reality TV star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a footballer on the books of Leyton Orient for three years, although he never played for the first team and quit the game due to injury.-Career:In 2001, Brazier took part in...
and Jenny Frost
Jenny Frost
Jennifer "Jenny" Frost is an English singer, dancer, television presenter and model. She was a member of girl group Precious before replacing Kerry Katona in chart topping band Atomic Kitten from 2001 until they split in 2008. Frost presented makeunder show Snog Marry Avoid? from 2008 to 2011...
. The first Big Brother-themed edition aired on Wednesday 17 August where viewers were given a preview of the new Big Brother house on the eve of the launch of Celebrity Big Brother 2011. It mixed celebrity and showbiz news and interviews with news and events from the Big Brother house and interviews with ex-housemates. In November 2011, the format was been axed following the cancellation of OK! TV due to ITN taking over Sky News' contract to supply Channel 5 with news programmes from early 2012.
Weekly summary
The main events from Week 1 to Week 9 in the Big Brother 2011 House are summarized in the table below. A typical Week began with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and ended with the eviction of a Housemate during the Friday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted. The diary of happenings in the house are listed in order of sequence.| Weekly summary | ||
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Gay Times Gay Times is one of the United Kingdom's leading gay magazine for gay and bisexual men.-Publication and content:... photoshoot and failed. Rebeckah agreed to making Mark lose all his house possessions, leaving him with just his underpants. Aaron and Louise completed a 'one night stand' task involving them standing back-to-back in the garden at night until Big Brother said to stop. Bungee jumping Bungee jumping is an activity that involves jumping from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord. The tall structure is usually a fixed object, such as a building, bridge or crane; but it is also possible to jump from a movable object, such as a hot-air-balloon or helicopter, that... above the garden. Aaron and Louise said "Yes" to the offer of a "one night stand" involving them standing back-to-back in the garden for a predetermined amount of time. At the end of the group task, they were given a code to the safe which revealed that the maximum number of fails allowed was five. They said "No" twice to an offer to watch the nominations but as the housemates said “Yes” to at least 8 of the 13 tasks, they received a luxury shopping budget as their reward. |
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Fast food Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a... based task called 'Speed and stamina' involving them wearing fat suits, wigs and make-up to look like portly truck drivers. As there was an odd number of housemates, Aden did not compete and served the burgers from a fast food hut. They had to pair up and eat as many mini-burgers in three minutes as they could while racing round a track in the garden. The winners were Anton and Jay who ate 12 burgers. Anton dressed as a cheeseburger and Jay as a hotdog as winners of the task. They had to keep the outfits on in order to win some cans of beer as their reward.
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Yeti The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology... (a man in a costume) to free Aden from the 'Stranded World'. He won, so rescuing Aden. Anton had to climb 1344 metres on a step machine disguised as 'Mount BB'. He completed task and Faye was free to leave the 'Stranded World' room. A total of 3 housemates had to be rescued to pass the shopping task. The remaining three housemates were to have remained trapped in the large task room overnight and were given a survival kit of basic rations including sugar cubes, instant noodles and apples. In order to access these emergency supplies, Faye, Aaron, Jem and Harry had to work out the combination to a lock based on the clue given by Big Brother in a silver envelope found inside a hatch. Big Brother's clue to the correct combination was "Jem's age (28) / the number of people whom Aaron had snogged", viz. (Tom+Faye+Maisy = 3) giving the number 2803 which opened the lock and allowed them to get the rations. The remaining three 'stranded' housemates walked from the task room, failing the task. Macarena -Places:* Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza de la Macarena , a church in Macarena, Seville* Macarena, Seville, a neighborhood in Seville, Spain, where "La Macarena" is located* Serranía de la Macarena, a range of mountains in Colombia... song; they were left to dance to the same tune played continuously for 2 hours. |
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Werewolf A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse... 's hand but he did not scream. Faye was not phased by the ghost of a little girl in the diary room passage and she did not scream. Aaron screamed at the sight of a zombie springing to life as he left the diary room. Alex entered the diary room after an attack on nerves and screamed at the sight of ex-housemate Tashie's head on a caged dog. Therefore, Louise, Alex, Tom and Aaron all screamed, exceeding three screams. They therefore passed the 'Don't Scream' task and won a luxury food budget for the week. Paranormal Activity 3 Paranormal Activity 3 is a 2011 American supernatural horror film. It is the third film of the Paranormal Activity series and serves as a prequel, set 18 years prior to the events of the first two films... taking place in the Big Brother house on the night of Day 41. In fact, Jay and Anton had to judge the four lucky housemates to win seats at the movie preview, viewing them from their crypt. Housemates failing to entertain Jay and Anton were Alex, Harry and Faye. The winners of the seats were Aaron, Louise, Jem and Tom. They joined a number of ex-Big Brother housemates and stars at the red carpet preview night. |
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Kim Woodburn Kim Woodburn is an English television presenter and expert cleaner who is best known for co-presenting the British television programme How Clean Is Your House? and in 2007, starred in the Canadian series Kim's Rude Awakenings.-Early career:Woodburn undertook many jobs in her adult life... who visited them as a houseguest. The housemates were award a luxury shopping budget of £300 and given pristine white outifts for the day to celebrate. However, they were instructed to keep the outfits as clean as possible and faced a reduced shopping budget as a forfeit to staining the outfits. During the day, they faced a series of booby-trapped challenges designed to deliberately stain their white outfits. E.g. Alex had to carry a tray of alcohol-free "Virgin Mary" cocktails in tall glasses while negotiating a series of hurdles covered in wet paint. Kim also inspected the house and demanded the housemates clean up the house thoroughly before her return. At the conclusion of the task, Woodburn returned to the house and inspected the housemates' efforts and scrutinised their clothing for stains. Tom, Jay and Aaron passed; Alex, Louise and Faye failed. Big Brother deducted £50 per fail, reducing the shopping budge to £150. However, Kim used her discretion to award them a bonus of £50 for their cleaning efforts around the house, leaving the housemates with a total of £200 for the week's shopping budget. |
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Halloween Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day... outfits and the housemates sat in electric chairs in the garden. They had to nominate face-to-face and the nominees received an electric shock. |
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Macarena -Places:* Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza de la Macarena , a church in Macarena, Seville* Macarena, Seville, a neighborhood in Seville, Spain, where "La Macarena" is located* Serranía de la Macarena, a range of mountains in Colombia... marathon on a small stage in the garden. They had to get on stage and dance within 30 seconds of being called by Big Brother. They next had to eat all the ingredients involved in making a birthday cake including flour, eggs and candles. Finally, they had to be wrapped in gift wrapping paper as a parcel while the housemates prepared for their surprise party. This was revealed to Alex and Tom once they were unwrapped. |
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Nominations table
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Final Week 9 |
Nominations received |
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| Aaron | Tashie, Anton |
Heaven, Rebeckah |
Anton, Aden |
Jay, Anton |
Anton, Jay |
Anton, Jay |
Jem, Jay |
Louise, Tom |
Winner (Day 64) |
25 | ||
| Jay | Harry, Aaron |
Rebeckah, Heaven |
Maisy, Heaven |
Faye, Mark |
Aaron, Harry |
Jem, Tom |
Aaron, Faye |
Faye, Aaron |
Runner up (Day 64) |
14 | ||
| Alex | Anton, Tashie |
Heaven, Maisy |
Anton, Aden |
Maisy, Faye |
Aden, Anton |
Anton, Aaron |
Faye, Jem |
Jay, Faye |
Third Place (Day 64) |
6 | ||
| Louise | Tom, Alex |
Maisy, Rebeckah |
Maisy, Aaron |
Maisy, Faye |
Faye, Aden |
Harry, Faye |
Aaron, Harry |
Faye, Aaron |
Fourth Place (Day 64) |
5 | ||
| Tom | Louise, Harry |
Rebeckah, Maisy |
Aden, Aaron |
Aden, Maisy |
Anton, Aden |
Anton, Louise |
Aaron, Jem |
Louise, Jay |
Evicted (Day 63) |
6 | ||
| Faye | Harry, Aaron |
Heaven, Rebeckah |
Aaron, Heaven |
Anton, Aaron |
Anton, Jay |
Anton, Jay |
Harry, Aaron |
Alex, Louise |
Evicted (Day 57) |
16 | ||
| Harry | Aden, Tashie |
Rebeckah, Aden |
Heaven, Tom |
Faye, Maisy |
Jay, Anton |
Anton, Jay |
Jay, Jem |
Evicted (Day 50) |
11 | |||
| Jem | Not in House |
Exempt | Anton, Jay |
Aaron, Harry |
Walked (Day 48) |
6 | ||||||
| Anton | Mark, Aaron |
Heaven, Rebeckah |
Aaron, Heaven |
Faye, Maisy |
Aaron, Faye |
Alex, Jem |
Evicted (Day 43) |
18 | ||||
| Aden | Alex, Tom |
Heaven, Tom |
Heaven, Aaron |
Aaron, Faye |
Aaron, Faye |
Evicted (Day 36) |
12 | |||||
| Maisy | Alex, Mark |
Alex, Mark |
Mark, Aden |
Aaron, Mark |
Evicted (Day 29) |
14 | ||||||
| Mark | Anton, Tashie |
Rebeckah, Maisy |
Maisy, Aden |
Aden, Maisy |
Walked (Day 27) |
6 | ||||||
| Heaven | Harry, Tashie |
Faye, Jay |
Aaron, Maisy |
Evicted (Day 22) |
12 | |||||||
| Rebeckah | Harry, Aaron |
Jay, Heaven |
Evicted (Day 15) |
Guest |
Evicted (Day 15) |
8 | ||||||
| Tashie | Harry, Aaron |
Evicted (Day 8) |
Guest |
Evicted (Day 8) |
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| Against public vote |
Aaron, Harry, Tashie |
Heaven, Rebeckah |
Aaron, Aden, Heaven |
Faye, Maisy |
Aaron, Aden, Anton, Faye, Jay |
Anton, Harry, Jay, Jem |
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Aaron, Faye, Harry, Jay |
Faye, Louise |
Aaron, Alex, Jay, Louise, Tom |
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| Walked | none | Mark | none | Jem | none | |||||||
| Evicted | Tashie Fewest votes to save |
Rebeckah Fewest votes to save |
Heaven Fewest votes to save |
Maisy Fewest votes to save |
Aden Fewest votes to save |
Anton Fewest votes to save |
Harry Fewest votes to save |
Faye Fewest votes to save |
Tom Fewest votes (out of 5) |
Louise Fewest votes (out of 4) |
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| Alex Fewest votes (out of 3) |
Jay Fewest votes (out of 2) |
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| Aaron Most votes to win |
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Ratings
Weekly ratings for each show on Channel 5Channel 5
-In the Americas:*Channel 5 – Rosario, Argentine television station, founded in 1964, which broadcasts from the city of Rosario*Great Belize Television, Belize television station, known as "Channel 5", founded in 1991 and broadcasting from Belize City...
. Figures exclude 5* Channel. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB
Barb
Barb may refer to:* A backward-facing point on a fish hook or similar implement, rendering extraction from the victim's flesh more difficult* Wind barbs for each station on a map of reported weather conditions...
.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:130px;"| Share (%)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width: 96%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"
! style="width:8%" |
! style="width:8%" colspan=2 |Week 1
! style="width:8%" |Week 2
! style="width:8%" |Week 3
! style="width:8%" |Week 4
! style="width:8%" |Week 5
! style="width:8%" |Week 6
! style="width:8%" |Week 7
! style="width:8%" |Week 8
! style="width:8%" |Week 9
|-
! Sat
| - ||1.7m||1.1m||1.4m||1.3m||1.2m||1.1m||1.1m||1.0m||1.2m
|-
! Sun
| - ||1.7m||1.4m||1.6m||1.5m||1.4m||1.4m||1.4m||1.4m||1.4m
|-
! Mon
| - ||1.7m||1.6m||1.7m||1.6m||1.6m||1.5m||1.6m||1.5m||1.6m
|-
! Tue
| - ||1.6m||1.7m||1.6m||1.6m||1.5m||1.5m||1.8m||1.5m||1.7m
|-
! Wed
| - ||1.7m||1.6m||1.6m||1.6m||1.6m||1.6m||1.7m||1.5m||1.4m
|-
! Thu
| - ||1.4m||1.6m||1.6m||1.7m||1.6m||1.6m||1.7m||1.5m||1.9m
|-
! rowspan="2" | Fri
| rowspan="2"|2.8m||1.9m||1.6m||1.4m||1.7m||1.7m||1.7m||1.7m||rowspan="2"|1.7m||rowspan="2"|2.2m
|-
||1.4m||1.3m||1.2m||1.5m||1.5m||1.4m||1.6m
|-
! Weekly
average
| colspan=2 style="background:#FADADD;" |1.8m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.5m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.5m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.6m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.5m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.5m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.6m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.4m
| style="background:#FADADD;" |1.6m
|-
! Running
average
| colspan=2 style="background:#EEDC82;" |1.8m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.7m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 1.6m
|-
! Series
average
| colspan="10" style="background:#ADDFAD;" |1.6m
Press reaction
The Daily Star includes a page on Big Brother every day and The Daily ExpressDaily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
has a small column on the events in the house.
The press was initially slow to pick up on events in the house after heavy coverage of the previous Celebrity series, despite the launch night twist of inviting Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...
as weekend houseguest. The 18-30 profile of the housemates and high levels of male nudity seen in the launch week highlights shows attracted the tabloid headlines. The Sun reported on the struggling ratings in its edition of 22 September 2011. As the show entered its fourth week on air, the press reported on the low ratings for the Friday night eviction night shows. The premature exit of housemate Mark Henderson on Day 27 made the newspaper headlines on the Daily Mail website.