Big Brother (British TV series) series 22

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Big Brother
Series 22
Big Brother 22 UK logo.png
Series twenty-two eye
Hosted by
No. of days48
No. of housemates17
Companion show Big Brother: Late & Live
No. of episodes18
Release
Original network ITV2
Original release28 September 2025 (2025-09-28) 
present
Series chronology
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Series 21

Big Brother 2025, also known as Big Brother 22, is the twenty-second series of Big Brother . It is the third civilian series of Big Brother to air on ITV2 after ITV plc gained the rights to the format, and the fifth series to air on the network overall. The series began on 28 September 2025 and was again co-presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best, who also returned to host the companion show, Big Brother: Late & Live , whilst Marcus Bentley returned to narrate the show, having done so since its inception in 2000. The series was extended by a week, with a run of 48 days, making it the longest series to air on ITV to date. Due to financial issues, Virgin Media Television in Ireland did not broadcast this series, as it had done since the sixteenth series in 2015.

Production

In November 2024, prior to the final of the previous series, it was announced that Big Brother would return on ITV in 2025, as well as a twenty-fourth celebrity series, which aired throughout April 2025, in celebration of Big Brother's 25th anniversary, with Odudu and Best returning as presenters. [1] [2] Speaking on the recommissioning of the programme, Paul Mortimer, Director of Reality Commissioning and Acquisitions said: Big Brother programming has firmly established itself across ITV's platforms and become a favourite with our viewers. Together, Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother have grown audiences on ITV1 and ITV2 and amassed almost 100 million streams on ITVX. We're therefore very excited to be able to throw open the house doors once again for another series of both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother in 2025 which are sure to promise more unmissable entertaining and captivating moments.", whilst Katy Manley, Managing Director of Initial, added: "We are so excited to be coming back with more Celebrity Big Brother and Big Brother. Both series have really resonated with audiences, and we can't wait to make more. As always, viewers can look forward to Big Brother keeping housemates – celebrities and civilians alike – on their toes. [3] [1] Applications for the series opened on 14 November 2024, a day prior to the final of the previous series, and remained open until 8 August 2025. [4] [5]

Format

The series retained a similar format to the previous two civilian series on ITV, however was confirmed to run for a week longer in celebration of the show's 25th anniversary, instead running for 42 episodes, airing six nights a week from Sunday to Friday, with a 90-minute launch show and finale episode. [6] The series is set to run for 48 days and began on 28 September 2025. [7] ITV announced that the series would again feature a new cast of carefully selected housemates, from all walks of life with "cameras capturing [the housemates'] every move, and the nation following every twist and turn." Shopping tasks, nominations and live evictions will return, with the public once again voting throughout the series and ultimately determining the winner, who will walk away with a cash prize. Following the first eviction, it was announced that for the first time since the thirteenth series, the public would be voting to save rather than voting to evict. [8] [1] Big Brother: Late & Live follows afterwards on ITV2, airing from 10pm until 11pm from Sunday to Friday. The "house guest" panelists for this series consisted of Danny Beard, David Potts, Angellica Bell, Harriet Rose, Chloe Burrows, Oti Mabuse and JoJo Siwa respectively, who each appear in a week's worth of episodes. Following this, the Big Brother: Live Stream will cover live feed from the house on ITVX, which will air seven nights a week from 11pm until 2am from Sunday to Friday, and from 9pm until 2am on Saturdays. As in the twenty-fourth celebrity series, the Live Stream will also air simultaneously on YouTube. [9] Due to the effects of Storm Amy, the first live eviction episode of the series was held from the Big Brother: Late & Live studio, with the evicted housemate being met by host Will Best at the entrance corridor, before leaving via the back door. [10]

The official eye logo for the series was revealed during the initial trailer that aired on 4 August 2025. It depicts a purple background with various different coloured mazes, amongst them is 25 eyeballs, as a nod to the 25th anniversary of the show. Also featured are two sets of stairs and several doors. The purple, orange and white eyeball in the centre is surrounded by an orange and green spiral pattern similar to that used for the third series of Big Brother. [11]

House

In December 2024, it was reported that ITV would move from the house located at Garden Studios to a new location in London ahead of the twenty-fourth celebrity series. [12] The following month, it was announced that the house would be built at Titan Studios, rendering it the fourth house to be used for the series since the show's inception. The spin-off show Big Brother: Late & Live will be filmed in the neighbouring Versa Studios, who also acquired Titan Studios as a part of their expansion prior to the launch. [13] [14] Speaking on the new location, Jody Collins, director of Initial, the production company behind the show, said "The most iconic house on television has found a new home, and we couldn't be more delighted. The needs of the production are substantial and Versa [Studios] is uniquely equipped to meet these demands. Expect a season filled with exceptional and unforgettable reality moments—we cannot wait!". Meanwhile, Charlie Ingall, the executive director of the studios said: "Versa's expansion in London has been part of our ambitious growth strategy, and it further elevates our business as a first choice for large scale, high profile productions such as Big Brother. [15] The significant investment we have made in this expansion gives us the ability to create long term homes for our clients, and in turn support the television and film community." [16]

On 26 September 2025, two days before the show's launch, Richard Arnold conducted a tour of the kitchen and living area on Good Morning Britain whilst interviewing winner of the previous series Ali Bromley, with host Will Best subsequently conducting a further tour of the house on This Morning , before ITV revealed photos of the house on social media later that day. [17] The corridor leading into the house featured hand ornaments coming from the wall holding light up eyeballs. The house maintained a similar structure to the twenty-fourth celebrity series, but with updated colour schemes. The living area and kitchen consisted of predominantly orange, turquoise, dark pink and purple furniture, with a new sofa design for the first time since the ITV revival, which was made of up separate blue and dark pink seating joined together as one. The dining table formed the shape of the series eye logo which was printed on top of it. The bedroom used a similar colour palette, with the room primarily consisting of blue and dark pink decor. The vanity station featured stool seating, one of which was shaped like a pair of hands, and mirrors with the eyeball from the centre of the eye logo printed on the back. The bathroom was mainly yellow and orange, with added blue and green decor, as well as stripy seats and a cushioned seating area near the bath. It has two toilets and two showers, as well as three sinks. The garden features artificial grass and has a cushioned seating area which primarily follows a blue and yellow theme, as well as a hot tub. The walls were made up of a variety of colours, and featured both a wooden effect with a cloud filled sky above, as well as an artificial plant wall. The eye at the bottom of the garden was turquoise with an orange border, and had a green and orange centre surrounding the two-way mirror, with sun loungers in front of it. The snug from the twenty-fourth celebrity series returned, which had an artificial plant wall on the outside, with wooden walls and two turquoise armchairs inside. The series theme was maintained throughout the house, with various ornaments and lights taking the shape of eyeballs and hands similar to those used in the trailer, as well as runs along the wall with eyeballs inside them, as in that of the eye logo. Several artificial plants are also featured in the house and in the garden. The corridor leading to the diary room was orange and green, with spherical white lights inside the walls. [18] [19] The diary room chair was revealed the following day, and was a circular chair that took the shape of the centre of the eye logo, featuring the same orange and green spiral pattern, with the purple, orange and white eyeball in the centre. The cushioning and the frame of the chair was pink, and was surrounded by a yellow outer frame that takes the shape of a run, with several eyeballs inside it. [20]

Promotion

On 4 August 2025, the first 20-second teaser trailer aired during the ad-break of the final of the twelfth series of Love Island . The trailer features a yellow hand emerging from a pool of eyeballs, which subsequently picks up one of the eyeballs and throws it across the screen. A moving CCTV camera is then shown, depicting an eyeball as the lens. The eyeball is then released and bounces onto the ground, whilst another eyeball falls into its place. Further eyeballs are released from a chute within the wall, some of which bounce into a teacup with a picture of an eyeball in. Several of the eyeballs are then seen travelling along a metal ramp, before the eye in itself is revealed. A further trailer began airing on 9 September 2025, which featured shots of various locations and buildings in Britain, including the Tyne Bridge, The Shard and The O2 Arena, some of which had the eye logo projected onto them. Pedestrians were also seen walking along and members of the public watching clips from the previous series on mobile phones was accompanied by the voice of Big Brother who teased "more shocks, more strategy and more drama", which was followed up by a person with their feet up at home watching a clip of Big Brother featuring Odudu and Best, the latter of whom says "that's right" in agreement. A blueprint of the floor plan of the Big Brother house is depicted with the voice adding "The house is ready, the nation is ready, the question is; are you ready?". Odudu and Best respond with "ready, Big Brother" and "excited" respectively, before the voice concludes by stating the tagline "the game is changing" and that "Big Brother is here to play". Throughout the trailer, the eye logo is seen in motion, with the eye in the centre narrowing it's eyelids and blinking, whilst the eyeballs roll around the maze of the eye. [21] [22]

Shorter versions of the trailer aired co-currently, one of which featured the voice asking Odudu and Best to "come to the Big Brother house", with the former telling Big Brother they have missed him, whilst the latter asks Big Brother if he has missed them, the eye then narrows with Odudu adding "I'll take that as a no". [23] Another featured the voice asking Odudu and Best to "pick a number between 1 and 30" with Best picking 21 and Odudu choosing 15, before the voice responds "Incorrect. 28.", subsequently revealing that the series would begin on 28 September 2025. A further trailer featured the voice saying "The new housemates are about to arrive; they don't know what awaits them. Big Brother does." Best interjects by saying "And so do we", with the voice responding "No you don't" before Odudu questions "We don't?". The voice answers "no". Another version of the trailer featured the voice teasing "The house is ready; 52 microphones, 93 cameras, 1 Diary Room and more eyeballs than ever before." Odudu then says "You what. What does that mean Big Brother?". The voice addresses Odudu and Best and replies "You'll find out at the same time as everyone else.", before Best responds "I thought we were special." Another version featured the voice addressing the viewer saying "If you; yes you, are sitting on the left hand side of the sofa, you have been evicted. You must leave the room immediately". A final version of the trailer featured the voice saying "You are about to go head to head in a staring competition" with the eye logo narrowing it's eyelid before blinking. After which the voice says "Congratulations, you have beaten Big Brother". Each of the trailers concluded with the tagline. A social media teaser depicted a 3D version of the eye and the words "Big Brother Returns. 28th September. 9pm", whilst an eyeball rolls along metal ramps before dropping off and hitting coloured xylophone keys on the way down, which in turn light up and play the Big Brother theme tune. [24] ITV also posted a promotional teaser on social media featuring Alan Carr in which Odudu's voice is heard saying "Big Brother dares you to do an 80's inspired dance", which Carr subsequently completed. Several teaser videos of Odudu and Best lip syncing to viral quotes were also posted in the lead up to the series. [25]

Housemates

Twelve housemates entered the house on Day 1, during the live launch. A further four entered the house on Day 2, which were revealed on Big Brother: Late & Live that evening. [26] [27] Emily Hewertson, who was evicted from the house on the first day following a twist, re-entered the house on Day 20, alongside Farida Khalifa, who was the first evictee of the twentieth series. They resided alongside the fake evictee in the secret room prior to returning to the house. [28]

NameAge on entryHometownDay enteredDay exitedResultRef.
Cameron Kinch22 Taunton 1 [29]
Caroline Monk56 Canvey Island 1 [30]
Elsa Rae21 Essex 1 [31]
Emily Hewertson25 Northampton 11Evicted [a] [32]
20
Farida Khalifa 52 Wolverhampton 20 [28]
Feyisola Akintoye33 Croydon 2 [33]
Jenny Baird20 Derry 1 [34]
Marcus John22 Manchester 1 [35]
Nancy Nocerino22 Glasgow (originally from Naples)1 [36]
Richard Storry60 South London 2 [37]
Sam Ashby27 Skipton 1 [38]
Tate Reynolds27 Falkirk 1 [39]
Teja Dalphy18 Bristol 1 [40]
Zelah Glasson25 South London 1 [41]
Cameron Barnes25 Bolton 213Evicted [42]
George Gilbert23 Finchingfield 211Ejected [43]
Gani Khan39 Bromley (originally from Chennai)16Evicted [44]

Eyes

For this series, Eyes were introduced to the housemates as house currency. Throughout the series, housemates were able to earn, steal and collect Eyes in a number of tasks, which would ultimately give them power and the right to buy privileges.

Place1234567
Cameron K363117
Caroline4280
Elsa20120
Emily
Farida
Feyisola30193
Jenny201117
Marcus25120
Nancy7300
Richard50310
Sam1390
Tate25249
Teja502010
Zelah202510
Cameron B15014
George16014
Gani170

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Weekly summary

The main events in the Big Brother 22 house are summarised in the table below.

Week 1Entrances
  • On Day 1, Gani, Cameron K, Nancy, Caroline, Zelah, Teja, Emily, Marcus, Tate, Elsa, Sam and Jenny entered the house. [48]
  • On Day 2, Cameron B, Feyisola, George and Richard entered the house. [49]
Twists
  • On Day 1, prior to entering the house, each housemate was given an eye to take in with them. It was subsequently revealed that one housemate would be evicted on that evening. After all housemates entered, voting was opened for the public to choose the housemate they wanted to grant an "Evil Eye" to, putting them at risk for eviction. Cameron K, Caroline, Emily, Nancy and Sam were named as candidates for eviction, and were asked by Big Brother to stand behind a podium and place their eye on top. If their eye turned green, that housemate would be spared from eviction; however if their eye turned red, they would be cursed with an "Evil Eye" and therefore nominated for eviction. Cameron K and Nancy were saved, leaving Caroline, Emily and Sam at risk of being evicted. They subsequently entered the "Exit Room" where they had to decide which one of them would be evicted. Each of them had to plead their case on why they should remain in the house, before two eyeballs containing the name of their fellow housemates was placed in front of them, and they had to select the eyeball of the housemate they wanted to evict. Emily chose to evict Caroline, whilst Caroline and Sam both chose Emily, who was ultimately evicted. [50]
  • On Day 2, after entering the house, the new housemates Cameron B, Feyisola, George and Richard were told by Big Brother that over the next two days, they would have to choose two housemates to grant an "Evil Eye" to, ultimately nominating them for eviction. They opted to give them to Zelah and Gani respectively, who therefore faced the public vote. [51]
Tasks
  • On Day 4, housemates took part in their first shopping task in which the house was transformed in to "Eye-Con Industries" with them taking on the role of factory workers. Big Brother became the "Big Boss" and in order to pass the task, housemates had to manufacture enough eyeballs to meet Big Boss' production target with each of them taking on different roles within the factory. Big Brother also announced that housemates would also be earning wages, paid out in eyes that could be used to buy treats, privileges and advantages within the game. Teja was responsible for transporting the eyes between the departments in a delivery vehicle, whilst George and Richard were in charge of quality control, ensuring that the eyeballs were up to standard. For the first part of the task Cameron K, Jenny, Marcus and Sam had to pump to dispense the liquid formula before transporting it along the line, with the final housemate pouring it into the eyeball mould trays. For the next part of the task, Cameron B, Caroline, Tate and Zelah were on the assembly line and were responsible for glue dispensing, glue distributing, assembling and product sorting using the eyeball clutcher respectively, with the conveyor belt gaining speed throughout and housemates having to avoid using the "pink eyes" that would travel along amongst the regular eyeball halves. Elsa, Feyisola, Gani and Nancy worked on the detailing department for the next part of the task, where they had to carefully paint the eyeballs to match the design documents. Big Brother then called for one housemate to come to the office; Zelah did so and was told that Big Brother would pay out a total of 300 eyes, with each housemate having to take the amount they thought they deserved, before choosing the next housemate to enter and so on. Zelah took 20, and chose Feyisola who took 30. She chose Teja who took 50, then Elsa who took 20, followed by Marcus and Tate who took 25 each. Richard followed and took 50, Cameron K took 36 and Jenny took 20, followed by Caroline who took 4. Nancy took 7, before Sam took the remaining 13, leaving Cameron B, Gani and George without any eyes. At the conclusion of the task, Big Brother revealed the production target was 50 eyeballs, however as the housemates only successfully produced 7, they failed the shopping task and therefore received an economy shopping budget for the week. [52]
Exits
  • On Day 1, Emily became the first housemate to be evicted, via the back door, following a majority decision from her fellow housemates in the "Exit Room". [53]
  • On Day 6, Gani became the second housemate to be evicted, after receiving the fewest votes to save. Due to the effects of Storm Amy, he was evicted via the back door with host Will Best meeting him from the entrance corridor. [54]
Week 2Nominations
  • On Day 9, housemates nominated for the first time. As a result of receiving the "cursed eye", Richard was required to nominate face-to-face and automatically faced eviction. Cameron B, Elsa and George received the most nominations, and therefore joined him in facing the public vote. [55]
Punishments
  • On Day 8, as punishment for discussing nominations, Jenny was sent to jail in the garden. [56]
  • On Day 8, George was given a formal warning for using unacceptable language and gestures towards Sam. [57]
  • On Day 10, Caroline was given a formal warning for using unacceptable language towards Zelah and Nancy. [58]
Twists
  • On Day 8, "Big Brother's Mystery Box" was placed in the living area and one housemate was invited to open it. Caroline did so and was ultimately given the "cursed eye", which meant she would have to give her nominations face-to-face and automatically faced the public vote. However, she had the option to pass on the "cursed eye" to another housemate for the cost of one eye. She chose to pass it on to Richard, who was then given the option to pass it on again for the cost of two eyes. He refused and therefore accepted the "cursed eye" and its consequences. [56]
Tasks
  • On Day 7, for the task, housemates had to follow a set of rules given by Big Brother which included having to remain within marked lanes when travelling around the house, spinning around 10 times when passing a roundabout, a housemate having to remain on the "stand here" spot in the garden at all times, protective wear being worn whilst eating, no ball games being allowed in the house, no swearing, no lying down in the bedroom, walking backwards in corridors, no sitting down for more than 10 minutes, having to wear seatbelts whilst sitting on the sofas, as well as not back chatting the wardens. Failure to follow the rules would result in housemates being fined one eye from their accumulated totals for each rule break. Cameron B and George, as the housemates with the fewest eyes, were appointed wardens and had to hand out the fines to housemates, and would earn commission from each fine, with the eyes being placed into a penalty pot. Meanwhile, housemates could earn eyes for themselves by reporting the rule breaks to wardens. At the end of the task, the wardens handed out a total of 28 fines, therefore accumulating 28 eyeballs which they opted to split between themselves. [59]
  • On Day 10, as part of the repercussions of receiving the "cursed eye", Richard had to eat a "cursed lunch" consisting of a spicy curry and rice. [60]
  • On Day 11, housemates began their next shopping task, in which the house was transformed into a gaming room to play Big Brother's new console, the "Eye Game 3000". They were split into pairs with one housemate becoming the gamer and the other being the avatar. Cameron K, Cameron B, Jenny, Teja, Marcus and Nancy were selected as the gamers, with their respective avatars being Tate, Zelah, Feyisola, Elsa, Caroline and Sam. As the recipient of the "cursed eye", Richard was appointed an "NPC" and therefore spent the day in the "Game Over Zone" in the garden. In their pairs, housemates went head-to-head in a series of multi-player games, with the highest scoring pair in each game earning five eyes each for their accumulated eye totals, whilst the losing pair were sent to the "Game Over Zone". For the first game "Eye-Mazing", the avatar was blindfolded and had to navigate a maze and be given direction by their gamer whilst collecting neon blocks worth 100 points each, all whilst avoiding the "eye-lien". Sam took part first and was guided by Nancy. He managed to collect four blocks totalling 400 points points before being caught by the "eye-lien". Caroline played next being controlled by Marcus and collected five blocks, ultimately winning and scoring 500 points that was added to the total. For the next game "Eye Drops", Feyisola and Tate were controlled by Jenny and Cameron K, who had to answer multiple choice questions about their fellow housemates. They had to direct their avatar to their chosen answer square and if correct, four shaped blocks would fall each worth 50 points each. At the end of the game, Feyisola and Jenny scored 550 points, whilst Tate and Cameron K scored 600, which was ultimately added to the total. For the final game "Eye Kart", Cameron B and Teja had to navigate Zelah and Elsa respectively, who had to ride go-karts blindfolded whilst having to try and raise their teams flag. Each raised flag was worth 150 points each. Teja and Elsa raised one flag totalling 150 points, whilst Cameron B and Zelah raised five flags totalling 750 points, which was added to the total. After the completion of each game, the winning pairs' totals were combined and to pass the task they needed to reach a total score of 2000 points or higher to secure a luxury shopping budget. A score of at least 1500 would result in an economy budget, whilst a score lower than 1000 would result in a basic budget. The housemates scored a total of 1850 points, resulting in them receiving an economy shopping budget for the week. [61]
  • On Day 12, Nancy was called to the diary room and was set a secret mission in which she, along with Caroline, as the two housemates' with the lowest eye totals, were tasked with stealing a list of belongings, each from a different housemate, as requested by Big Brother in exchange for eyes. They were successful and each earned 23 eyes for their total. The housemates' stolen items were then placed in "Big Brother's Pawn Shop", and they were given the option of buying them back for a certain number of eyes as disclosed by Big Brother. As Nancy and Caroline stole a different item of Jenny's to what Big Brother requested, she received it back automatically. [62]
Exits
  • On Day 11, George was removed from the house following further use of unacceptable language and behaviour. [63]
  • On Day 13, Cameron B became the third housemate to be evicted, after receiving the fewest votes to save. [64]
Week 3Entrances
  • On Day 20, Emily and Farida entered the secret room.
Nominations
  • On Day 16, housemates nominated for the second time. Following the visit to the "Eyedeal Mini Mart", Tate had to nominate face-to-face after being given the "Face-to-Face nominations" card by Marcus, whilst Caroline was immune following her winning bid for the "Buy One Get One Free" immunity pass. Nancy and Sam received the most nominations and therefore faced the public vote. Unbeknownst to the housemates, this week was a fake eviction. [65]
Punishments
  • On Day 14, as punishment for communicating in code, Nancy and Sam's eye totals were reduced to 0. [66]
Twists
  • On Day 13, it was announced that this week's eviction would be fake, and that the evicted housemate would move into a secret room next door, alongside the two new housemates. Sam was fake evicted on Day 20, and moved into the secret room alongside Emily, who returned after being evicted on the first day and Farida, who was the first evictee of the twentieth series.
Tasks
  • On Day 14, the housemates entered the "Twist of Fate" room one-by-one, where they were faced with twelve cards each holding different powers, which included "Swap", giving the housemate an opportunity to swap their eyes with another player. "Take", meaning they could take 10 eyes from one housemate and add them to their total, "Move", meaning they could take 10 eyes and give them to another housemate, "Lose" meaning a housemate would lose 10 eyes, "Bankrupt" meaning the housemate would lose all their eyes, or "Stick" meaning they would keep their current total. They selected a card before choosing the next housemate to enter. As the richest housemate, Nancy entered first and chose to "Stick", Sam was next and chose to "Swap" his total with Cameron K, Jenny entered next and chose to "Swap" with Richard. Cameron K entered next and chose to "Swap" back with Sam. Richard then entered and chose to "Take" from Nancy, before Tate decided to "Stick". Marcus decided to "Move" from Jenny and give to Sam, whilst Elsa decided to "Move" from Cameron K and give to Marcus. Teja then decided to "Take" from Cameron K, before Caroline decided to "Bankrupt" Richard. Feyisola and Zelah were left with the "Lose" cards and chose Teja and Nancy respectively. [67]
  • On Day 17, housemates played a game in which they would take turns to choose a question from the box, and would have to answer it honestly before taking a shot of tequila. [68]
  • On Day 18, housemates began their next shopping task "BB General Hospital" in which the house was transformed into a hospital ward. Caroline, Jenny and Marcus were appointed doctors, Cameron K and Feysiola became nurses, whilst Richard became the ward matron. Elsa, Nancy, Sam, Tate, Teja and Zelah assumed the role of patients. To pass the task, housemates had to earn enough rating points to ensure the hospital achieved an exceptional standard of care. The doctors had to diagnose the patients with different illnesses before administering a various treatments. Patients could upgrade to "luxury private healthcare" for 5 eyes, which Tate, Teja and Zelah opted to do so. Elsa was diagnosed with "Lazy Bones syndrome" and when an alarm sounded, had 60 seconds to gather all the falling pills in the garden and place them in boxes before the timer ran out, Teja was given "Whing-itis" and had to be administered a disgusting medicine. Tate was said to require a "Personality Transplant", for which part of the task, the doctors were tasked with moving different personality traits along a buzz wire, which if touched would give Tate an electric shock. They earned 30 rating points. Sam was diagnosed with "Chronic Spineless Disorder" and was probed with questions from the doctors about his fellow housemates which he had to answer honestly, in order for the bar to move up the spine on the X-ray, he was successful and earned 30 rating points. Meanwhile Nancy and Zelah were both diagnosed with a "Broken Funny Bone" and were forced to dress up as clowns. The medical staff received a total of 5 out of 20 rating points on offer for maintaining their duties to Big Brother's standard, losing points for several cases of unprofessional behaviour. The other patients received 20 rating points for completing their various treatments. Housemates accumulated a total of 85 rating points, the exact pass mark needed to secure a luxury shopping budget, which they therefore received. [69]
Exits
  • On Day 20, Sam was fake evicted from the house, after receiving the most votes to move into the secret room.

Nominations table

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7
Final
Nominations
received
Day 1Days 2–3
Cameron KNot
eligible
Not
eligible
Cameron B,
Nancy
Nancy,
Sam
4
CarolineEmilyNot
eligible
Elsa,
Nancy
Richard,
Feyisola
0
ElsaNot
eligible
Not
eligible
Cameron B,
Jenny
Sam,
Zelah
6
EmilyCarolineEvicted
(Day 1)
FaridaNot in
House
Teja,
Elsa
FeyisolaNot in
House
Zelah,
Gani
George,
Tate
Tate,
Nancy
1
JennyNot
eligible
Not
eligible
George,
Elsa
Sam,
Nancy
3
MarcusNot
eligible
Not
eligible
Sam,
Zelah
Nancy,
Sam
2
NancyNot
eligible
Not
eligible
George,
Cameron K
Jenny,
Cameron K
9
RichardNot in
House
Zelah,
Gani
Cameron B,
Elsa
Nancy,
Elsa
1
SamEmilyNot
eligible
George,
Marcus
Tate,
Teja
7
TateNot
eligible
Not
eligible
Cameron K,
Jenny
Sam,
Teja
6
TejaNot
eligible
Not
eligible
George,
Tate
Tate,
Nancy
3
ZelahNot
eligible
Not
eligible
Cameron B,
Marcus
Nancy,
Tate
3
Cameron BNot in
House
Zelah,
Gani
George,
Cameron K
Evicted
(Day 13)
4
GeorgeNot in
House
Zelah,
Gani
Elsa,
Sam
Ejected
(Day 11)
6
GaniNot
eligible
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 6)
1
Notes 1 2 3 , 4 5 , 6 , 7 6
Against
public vote
noneGani,
Zelah
Cameron B,
Elsa,
George,
Richard
Nancy,
Sam
EjectednoneGeorgenone
EvictedEmily
2 of 3 votes
to evict
Gani
Fewest votes
to save
Cameron B
Fewest votes
to save
Sam
Most votes
to move

Notes

  • ^Note 1  :   On Day 1, upon entering the house, each housemate was given an eyeball to carry in with them. After all housemates had entered, a vote opened for the public to decide which housemate they wanted to grant an "Evil Eye" to, ultimately putting them at risk of eviction. Caroline, Emily and Sam received the most votes, and therefore entered the "Exit Room" where they each had to vote for the housemate they wanted to evict.
  • ^Note 2  :   On Day 2, after entering the house, the new housemates Cameron B, Feyisola, George and Richard were told that over the next two days, they would have to choose two housemates to grant an "Evil Eye" to, ultimately nominating them for eviction. They granted them to Zelah and Gani respectively, who therefore faced the public vote.
  • ^Note 3  :   On Day 8, after becoming the recipient of the "cursed eye", Richard automatically faced the public the vote and was required to nominate face-to-face this week.
  • ^Note 4  : On Day 11, following George's ejection from the house, the vote was cancelled and was re-opened the next day between the remaining nominees Cameron B, Elsa and Richard, whilst previous votes cast did not count.
  • ^Note 5  : On Day 13, it was announced that this week's eviction would be fake, and that the fake evicted housemate would enter a secret house next door alongside the two new housemates. Sam was fake evicted on Day 20, and entered the secret room alongside returning housemate Emily, and new housemate Farida.
  • ^Note 6  :   On Day 15, after bidding the highest amount of eyes in the "Eyedeal Mini Mart", Caroline bought herself immunity for the next two weeks.
  • ^Note 7  : On Day 16, Tate was required to nominate face-to-face this week after Marcus purchased the face-to-face nomination card in the "Eyedeal Mini Mart" and opted to give it to him.

Ratings

Official 7-day consolidated ratings in the table below are taken from Thinkbox and include +1, but exclude viewership on devices.

Viewers (millions) [70]
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7
Sunday0.901.00
Monday1.07
Tuesday1.02
Wednesday1.07
Thursday1.00
Friday1.03
Weekly average1.02
Running average1.02
Series average
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows.

Late & Live

Viewers (millions) [70]
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7
Sunday0.290.22
Monday0.30
Tuesday0.20
Wednesday0.23
Thursday0.22
Friday0.31

Notes

  1. Emily was selected by the public as one of three housemates to be given a "cursed eye", and ultimately became the first housemate to be evicted following a majority decision between them on Day 1. Emily later re-entered the house, via the secret room on Day 20.

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