Big Brother | |
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Series 22 | |
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Hosted by | |
No. of days | 48 |
No. of housemates | 17 |
Companion show | Big Brother: Late & Live |
No. of episodes | 18 |
Release | |
Original network | ITV2 |
Original release | 28 September 2025 – present |
Series chronology |
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Name | Age on entry | Hometown | Day entered | Day exited | Result | Ref. |
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Cameron Kinch | 22 | Taunton | 1 | [29] | ||
Caroline Monk | 56 | Canvey Island | 1 | [30] | ||
Elsa Rae | 21 | Essex | 1 | [31] | ||
Emily Hewertson | 25 | Northampton | 1 | 1 | Evicted [a] | [32] |
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Farida Khalifa | 52 | Wolverhampton | 20 | [28] | ||
Feyisola Akintoye | 33 | Croydon | 2 | [33] | ||
Jenny Baird | 20 | Derry | 1 | [34] | ||
Marcus John | 22 | Manchester | 1 | [35] | ||
Nancy Nocerino | 22 | Glasgow (originally from Naples) | 1 | [36] | ||
Richard Storry | 60 | South London | 2 | [37] | ||
Sam Ashby | 27 | Skipton | 1 | [38] | ||
Tate Reynolds | 27 | Falkirk | 1 | [39] | ||
Teja Dalphy | 18 | Bristol | 1 | [40] | ||
Zelah Glasson | 25 | South London | 1 | [41] | ||
Cameron Barnes | 25 | Bolton | 2 | 13 | Evicted | [42] |
George Gilbert | 23 | Finchingfield | 2 | 11 | Ejected | [43] |
Gani Khan | 39 | Bromley (originally from Chennai) | 1 | 6 | Evicted | [44] |
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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.
Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
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Cameron K | 36 | 31 | 17 | |||||
Caroline | 4 | 28 | 0 | |||||
Elsa | 20 | 12 | 0 | |||||
Emily | ||||||||
Farida | ||||||||
Feyisola | 30 | 19 | 3 | |||||
Jenny | 20 | 11 | 17 | |||||
Marcus | 25 | 12 | 0 | |||||
Nancy | 7 | 30 | 0 | |||||
Richard | 50 | 31 | 0 | |||||
Sam | 13 | 9 | 0 | |||||
Tate | 25 | 24 | 9 | |||||
Teja | 50 | 20 | 10 | |||||
Zelah | 20 | 25 | 10 | |||||
Cameron B | 15 | 0 | 14 | |||||
George | 16 | 0 | 14 | |||||
Gani | 17 | 0 |
The main events in the Big Brother 22 house are summarised in the table below.
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 Final | Nominations received | ||
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Cameron K | Not eligible | Not eligible | Cameron B, Nancy | Nancy, Sam | 4 | ||||
Caroline | Emily | Not eligible | Elsa, Nancy | Richard, Feyisola | 0 | ||||
Elsa | Not eligible | Not eligible | Cameron B, Jenny | Sam, Zelah | 6 | ||||
Emily | Caroline | Evicted (Day 1) | |||||||
Farida | Not in House | Teja, Elsa | |||||||
Feyisola | Not in House | Zelah, Gani | George, Tate | Tate, Nancy | 1 | ||||
Jenny | Not eligible | Not eligible | George, Elsa | Sam, Nancy | 3 | ||||
Marcus | Not eligible | Not eligible | Sam, Zelah | Nancy, Sam | 2 | ||||
Nancy | Not eligible | Not eligible | George, Cameron K | Jenny, Cameron K | 9 | ||||
Richard | Not in House | Zelah, Gani | Cameron B, Elsa | Nancy, Elsa | 1 | ||||
Sam | Emily | Not eligible | George, Marcus | Tate, Teja | 7 | ||||
Tate | Not eligible | Not eligible | Cameron K, Jenny | Sam, Teja | 6 | ||||
Teja | Not eligible | Not eligible | George, Tate | Tate, Nancy | 3 | ||||
Zelah | Not eligible | Not eligible | Cameron B, Marcus | Nancy, Tate | 3 | ||||
Cameron B | Not in House | Zelah, Gani | George, Cameron K | Evicted (Day 13) | 4 | ||||
George | Not in House | Zelah, Gani | Elsa, Sam | Ejected (Day 11) | 6 | ||||
Gani | Not eligible | Not eligible | Evicted (Day 6) | 1 | |||||
Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 , 4 | 5 , 6 , 7 | 6 | ||||
Against public vote | none | Gani, Zelah | Cameron B, Elsa, Richard | Nancy, Sam | |||||
Ejected | none | George | none | ||||||
Evicted | Emily 2 of 3 votes to evict | Gani Fewest votes to save | Cameron B Fewest votes to save | Sam Most votes to move |
Official 7-day consolidated ratings in the table below are taken from Thinkbox and include +1, but exclude viewership on devices.
Viewers (millions) [70] | |||||||
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | |
Sunday | 0.90 | 1.00 | |||||
Monday | 1.07 | ||||||
Tuesday | 1.02 | ||||||
Wednesday | 1.07 | ||||||
Thursday | 1.00 | ||||||
Friday | 1.03 | ||||||
Weekly average | 1.02 | ||||||
Running average | 1.02 | ||||||
Series average | |||||||
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows. |
Viewers (millions) [70] | |||||||
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | |
Sunday | 0.29 | 0.22 | |||||
Monday | 0.30 | ||||||
Tuesday | 0.20 | ||||||
Wednesday | 0.23 | ||||||
Thursday | 0.22 | ||||||
Friday | 0.31 |