Big Brother (UK series 14) | |
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Series fourteen logo | |
Presented by | Emma Willis |
No. of days | 68 |
No. of housemates | 14 |
Winner | Sam Evans |
Runner-up | Dexter Koh |
Companion show | Big Brother's Bit On The Side |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 69 |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 5 |
Original release | 13 June – 19 August 2013 |
Series chronology |
Big Brother 2013, also known as Big Brother 14 and Big Brother: Secrets and Lies, was the fourteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother . It launched on 13 June 2013 on Channel 5 and 5*, and lasted for 68 days, ending on 19 August 2013. [1] It was part of a new two-year contract with Endemol, which secured the show until 2014. [2] It was the third regular series to air on Channel 5 and the seventh series of Big Brother to air on the channel since they acquired the show. The series was won by 23-year-old Sam Evans from South Wales. He won the £100,000 prize fund, meaning that he is the first winner since 2010 to win the full prize fund. [3]
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Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring otherwise unknown individuals rather than professional actors. Reality television came to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the global successes of the series Survivor, Idols, and Big Brother, all of which became global franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges or by the viewership of the show.
Big Brother is the British version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol in 1997. Originally broadcast between 2000 and 2018, the show followed a number of contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built house. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate remaining winning a cash prize. The series takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The series premiered on 18 July 2000 on Channel 4, and immediately became a ratings hit. The series also featured a 24-hour live feed, in which fans could view inside the house at any time. Big Brother aired for eleven series on Channel 4, followed by one final special edition, Ultimate Big Brother, which ended on 10 September 2010. Following this, Channel 5 acquired the rights to the series, and it was officially relaunched on 18 August 2011. In 2014, Emma Willis announced that the show would be back for a sixteenth series in 2015. It was announced on 19 March 2015 that the show would remain on air until at least 2018.
Eight housemates entered on launch night, including a set of twins becoming one housemate; with another six, including a mother and daughter, entering the house the following night. [4] Unbeknownst to the housemates, an actor controlled by the viewers, Michael Dylan - otherwise known as "The People's Puppet" - entered the house on launch night, and this was revealed to them upon his departure on Day 9. [5] On Day 33, after a confrontation between housemates Daley Ojuederie and Hazel O'Sullivan, Daley became the first housemate to be ejected from the Big Brother House since Big Brother moved to Channel 5. [6] For the first time in regular Big Brother history, no new housemates entered the house following the two launch nights.
The fourteenth series saw the return of viewers voting to evict, rather than voting to save alike the two previous series. This way of voting had not been used since Ultimate Big Brother . [7]
Ultimate Big Brother was the final series of the UK reality television programme Big Brother to air on Channel 4. The series was produced by Remarkable Pictures, a division of Endemol. It featured memorable housemates from previous series of Big Brother, and a smaller section of housemates from Celebrity Big Brother. A 24-hour live streaming service was also available via the Big Brother website as a fee-based service. The series ended with Brian Dowling winning the title of the "Ultimate Housemate" and the words "Big Brother will get back to you".
This was the first series of Big Brother to be presented by Big Brother's Bit on the Side co-host Emma Willis and the first presenter change since Brian Dowling took over from Davina McCall in 2011. [8] Willis continued to host Bit on the Side along with Rylan Clark and AJ Odudu, who replaced Jamie East and Alice Levine.
Emma Louise Willis is an English television presenter and former model, best known for her television and radio work with Channel 5, BBC, ITV and Heart FM.
Brian Patrick Robert Dowling is an Irish television presenter and former reality television contestant who rose to fame after being crowned the winner of the second series of UK reality show Big Brother in 2001. He also won Ultimate Big Brother in 2010. In 2007, he came third in Hell's Kitchen and in 2008 he was runner-up in the Irish reality television series Fáilte Towers. Dowling guest-presented Live from Studio Five alongside Kate Walsh from 2010 until its cancellation in February 2011.
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an English television presenter and model. She was the presenter of Big Brother during its run on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. She has also hosted Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop, Five Minutes to a Fortune and The Jump as well as ITV's Long Lost Family and This Time Next Year.
This is the most watched Channel 5 series of Big Brother UK averaging 1.9 million.
On 11 December 2012, it was revealed that Big Brother producers had axed all open auditions for Big Brother 14, [9] making this the first series since Big Brother 5 in 2004 to see housemates chosen only from online applications. In order to become a housemate, potential housemates had to record a 90-second video and fill out an online application form.
If bosses liked what they saw, the chosen few would be invited to 'callbacks', which took place in January and February 2013 in London and Manchester. [10] A source said, "With only a few minutes to impress producers, only the best will get into the show this year. There won't be any second chances or opportunities to try again at another open audition. They have just one shot." [11] However, from 13–15 December, "Talent Spotters" from Big Brother visited bars in Blackpool to find new housemates; they also visited Huddersfield on 14 December 2012. [12]
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by the Romans. The City of London, London's ancient core − an area of just 1.12 square miles (2.9 km2) and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that follow closely its medieval limits. The City of Westminster is also an Inner London borough holding city status. Greater London is governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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On 13 March 2013, it was reported that Brian Dowling had been removed from presenting Big Brother and that Emma Willis would be taking over. [13] These rumours were confirmed on 2 April. [8] It was also speculated that Rylan Clark would be taking over the role of hosting Big Brother's Bit on the Side after previously winning Celebrity Big Brother 11 in January 2013. [14]
On 17 April, Alice Levine and Jamie East both announced via Twitter that they had left spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side after six series. [15] [16] On 25 April, The Sun reported that Clark would be taking over as the new host of Big Brother's Bit on the Side. [17] Clark initially denied this, [18] but Channel 5 officially confirmed on 14 May that Clark and AJ Odudu would join Willis as presenters of Big Brother's Bit on the Side; and that Willis would continue her Bit on the Side role in addition to taking over as host of the main show. [19] Plus, Big Brother's Bit on the Psych aired on Saturday nights, with Odudu as the sole presenter, and included guests and psychologists examining housemates' behaviour during the week. [19] Clark also hosted a Sunday lunchtime edition of Bit on the Side, called Rylan's Supersized Celebrity Sunday. [19]
The fourteenth series of Big Brother introduced several changes to the format. One of the changes implemented in the fourteenth series was the return of "Vote to Evict". This way of voting had not been used since Ultimate Big Brother . [7] Another change was Big Brother sometimes revealing the number of nominations each nominee received to the housemates, and it also saw the three or more housemates with the most nominations facing the public vote each week, with the nominated housemate who had the fewest votes to evict after lines had been frozen usually being saved during a live segment in the Wednesday highlights show. Voting lines then reopened. During the live eviction show, for the first time, nominated housemates were given thirty seconds to broadcast a 'plea' explaining why they think they should stay in the house.
An alternate eye logo was officially unveiled on 24 May 2013. The dark eye sported a pupil built entirely of television screens, whilst the rest of the eye consisted of life-sized recycled doors, furniture and white fluorescent lights to coincide with the theme of the series, a stark contrast from the bright colours of the Big Brother 13 eye. The "official" eye logo, which features it on a white background with colour, was revealed on 4 June. Channel 5 admitted that they deliberately "fooled" fans by concealing the eye as a tie-in to the 'Secrets and Lies' theme of the series. [20]
On 5 May 2013, it was reported that the House had been "completely redesigned". [21] On 23 May 2013, it was confirmed that the house would be 'Eco' in design. The series was expected to show the objective of self-sufficiency and recycling throughout and this was represented throughout the house. [22] Inside the house, as housemates entered, they were greeted by a huge wall containing recycled life-sized doors. Behind one of the doors was the Diary Room; a housemate could call to talk to Big Brother in this room from the bottom of the stairs. Inside the Diary Room was a metallic based chair, layered in slim red padding. Outside of the Diary Room, there was a sweeping staircase leading down to an eco-living room with producers desperate to make the housemates experience 'hell in a hell house'. The living room contained different coloured sofas and chairs and a plasma television. Beside the living room, there was a circular style kitchen for housemates to use. The housemates could store their food items and utensils obtained from the adjacent store room in a purpose-built cow. There was a round table for housemates to sit at and eat together at. Beside the living room, there was a small toilet, and the bedroom. The bedroom was colourful in design this year, and introduced a bike which powered the hair dryers and hair straighteners when active. Both the bedroom and the living area led out into the garden. This series, the garden had a barred prison for any housemates that misbehaved, as well as a treehouse for housemates to get cosy in and it included the returning vegetable patch which was last seen in Big Brother 4 . Housemates had to shower outside; with one housemate having to spin a wheel that powered the only shower. The traditional mangle also made its return to the house. [23] House pictures were officially unveiled in the Daily Star on 10 June 2013. [24]
On 19 June 2013 episode of Big Brother's Bit on the Side, rumours arose of a secret bedroom visible in this year's house plan. It had an en suite with baths, a shower and a toilet. [25] On 3 July 2013, it was confirmed that a duo of fake evicted housemates would re-enter a Big Brother House next door called the Safe House. These housemates lived under a lap of luxury and gained immunity from nominations for a whole week. They were allowed to spy on the other housemates with a television and headphones. This is similar to Big Brother 5 and Ultimate Big Brother 's bedsit, Big Brother 12 's crypt and Celebrity Big Brother 11 's luxury basement.
Channel 5 announced on 14 May 2013 that the live feed would be partly reinstated, for two hours per day. Big Brother: Live from the House aired each night from 7–9pm on 5* (except Sundays where only one hour was broadcast from 8–9pm). [19] Live feed was also broadcast on Channel 5 after every live eviction show for 30 minutes, after Big Brother's Bit on the Side, to show how the housemates coped with the results of the weekly eviction. On 26 June 2013, Channel 5 announced that it would axe the nightly live feed on 5*, however, in affect after 30 June. [26] The live feed later made a return online via channel5.com between midnight (11:30pm on Sundays) and 2am daily from 12 July 2013. [27]
On 17 May 2013, a six-second teaser aired on Channel 5 ahead of the new series asking viewers to guess "#whatsthesecret". [28] On 19 May, a second teaser aired which featured two doors that were pink and blue, as well as asking viewers to guess "#whatsthesecret". [29] These teasers led to speculation that the new series could be based on a similar premise to Secret Story , a format that has been successful worldwide. On 13 June 2013, prior to the launch, Channel 5 published 15 housemate teasers. This led to rumours that there would be sixteen housemates, as one teaser mentioned twin housemates. [30] It was even rumored that a "viewers' puppet" controlled by viewers votes would enter the house. [31]
The series sponsor was casino website and TV programme (that airs nightly on Channel 5) SuperCasino. [32] The series also featured Product Placement from Very.co.uk who supplied products for the house, along with Aquafresh, Weetabix, L'Oréal, Zeo and Levi Roots (on Day 59). Housemates ordered their shopping from online grocery business Ocado, using an iPad, as part of another product placement agreement. [33]
On Day 1, eight housemates entered the house. The first two housemates, Jack and Joe, entered as one housemate. A further six housemates entered on Day 2, including a mother and daughter duo competing as two individual housemates. [4]
Name | Age on entry | Hometown | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
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Sam Evans | 23 | Llanelli | 1 | 68 | Winner |
Dexter Koh | 28 | London | 1 | 68 | Runner-up |
Gina Rio | 24 | London | 2 | 68 | 3rd Place |
Jack and Joe Glenny | 18 | Cheshunt | 1 | 68 | 4th Place |
Charlie Travers | 26 | Berkhamsted | 2 | 68 | 5th Place |
Sophie Lawrence | 20 | London | 1 | 65 | Evicted |
Hazel O'Sullivan | 24 | Dublin | 2 | 58 | Evicted |
Callum Knell | 28 | Maidstone | 1 | 51 | Evicted |
Dan Neal | 33 | London | 2 | 44 | Evicted |
Jackie Travers | 59 | Berkhamsted | 2 | 37 | Evicted |
Daley Ojuederie | 28 | London | 2 | 33 | Ejected |
Wolfy Millington | 20 | Bolton | 1 | 30 | Evicted |
Jemima Slade | 41 | London | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
Sallie Axl | 26 | Wirral | 1 | 9 | Evicted |
29-year-old Michael Dylan from Cork entered the house as "The People's Puppet" on Day 1, and was hired by Big Brother as a housemate that was controlled by the viewers. [34] Unlike every other housemate, Michael did not have genuine housemate status and is referred to as a non-housemate or a houseguest - but this was unknown to the housemates. Michael's true identity as "The People's Puppet" was revealed on Day 9, and he then left the house. [35]
The main events in the Big Brother 14 House are summarised in the table below. A typical week began with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and then the eviction of a housemate during the live Friday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence.
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 Final | Nominations received | ||
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Sam | Not eligible | Dexter, Gina | Dexter, Sophie | Wolfy, Sophie | Dexter, Gina | In Safe House | Sophie, Dexter | Dexter, Sophie | Dexter, Sophie | Winner (Day 68) | 5 | |
Dexter | Nominated | Dan, Jack & Joe | Banned | In Safe House | Callum, Gina | No nominations | Callum, Jack & Joe | Jack & Joe, Hazel | Jack & Joe, Sam | Runner-up (Day 68) | 34 | |
Gina | Nominated | Jemima, Dexter | Hazel, Jackie | In Safe House | Jackie, Jack & Joe | No nominations | Hazel, Jack & Joe | Hazel, Charlie | Jack & Joe, Charlie | Third place (Day 68) | 19 | |
Jack & Joe | Not eligible | Dexter, Gina | Dexter, Gina | Charlie, Wolfy | Dexter, Callum | No nominations | Dexter, Callum | Dexter, Charlie | Charlie, Dexter | Fourth place (Day 68) | 12 | |
Charlie | Not eligible | Jemima, Dexter | Dexter, Wolfy | Wolfy, Callum | Callum, Jack & Joe | No nominations | Callum, Jack & Joe | Hazel, Jack & Joe | Jack & Joe, Gina | Fifth place (Day 68) | 6 | |
Sophie | Not eligible | Dexter, Gina | Dexter, Sam | Sam, Hazel | Callum, Dexter | In Safe House | Callum, Hazel | Hazel, Sam | Sam, Dexter | Evicted (Day 65) | 6 | |
Hazel | Not eligible | Gina, Dexter | Gina, Dexter | Callum, Wolfy | Gina, Callum | No nominations | Callum, Dexter | Gina, Sophie | Evicted (Day 58) | 10 | ||
Callum | Not eligible | Jemima, Gina | Dexter, Dan | Wolfy, Hazel | Dexter, Jackie | No nominations | Dexter, Hazel | Evicted (Day 51) | 17 | |||
Dan | Not eligible | Dexter, Wolfy | Wolfy, Dexter | Wolfy, Callum | Callum, Jack & Joe | In Safe House | Evicted (Day 44) | 4 | ||||
Jackie | Not eligible | Gina, Dexter | Dexter, Gina | Wolfy, Callum | Gina, Callum | Evicted (Day 37) | 3 | |||||
Daley | Not eligible | Gina, Jemima | Gina, Dexter | Callum, Wolfy | Ejected (Day 33) | 0 | ||||||
Wolfy | Not eligible | Dexter, Jemima | Dexter, Dan | Charlie, Dan | Evicted (Day 30) | 11 | ||||||
Jemima | Not eligible | Dexter, Gina | Evicted (Day 16) | 5 | ||||||||
Sallie | Nominated | Evicted (Day 9) | 1 | |||||||||
Notes | [lower-alpha 1] | [lower-alpha 2] | [lower-alpha 3] | [lower-alpha 4] | [lower-alpha 5] | [lower-alpha 6] | [lower-alpha 7] | [lower-alpha 8] | [lower-alpha 9] | [lower-alpha 10] | ||
Against public vote | Dexter, Gina, Sallie | Dexter, Gina, Jemima | Dan & Wolfy, Dexter & Gina | Callum, Hazel, Jackie, Wolfy | Callum, Dexter, Gina, Jack & Joe, Jackie | Dan, Sam, Sophie | Callum, Dexter, Hazel, Jack & Joe | Charlie, Dexter, Hazel, Jack & Joe, Sophie | Charlie, Jack & Joe, Sam, Sophie | Charlie, Dexter, Gina, Jack & Joe, Sam | ||
Ejected | none | Daley | none | |||||||||
Evicted | Sallie Most votes (out of 2) to evict | Jemima Most votes (out of 2) to evict | Dexter & Gina Most votes to move | Wolfy Most votes (out of 3) to evict | Jackie Most votes (out of 2) to evict | Dan Most votes to evict | Callum Most votes (out of 3) to evict | Hazel Most votes (out of 2) to evict | Sophie Most votes (out of 3) to evict | Charlie Fewest votes (out of 5) | Jack & Joe Fewest votes (out of 4) | |
Gina Fewest votes (out of 3) | Dexter Fewest votes (out of 2) | |||||||||||
Sam Most votes to win |
Official ratings were taken from BARB and include Channel 5 +1. [134]
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | |||||
Saturday | 1.68 | 1.51 | 1.39 | 1.66 | 1.421 | 1.381 | 1.401 | 1.381 | 1.361 | 1.371 | |||
Sunday | 1.90 | 1.97 | 1.78 | 1.73 | 1.83 | 2.08 | 1.88 | 1.79 | 1.74 | 1.80 | |||
Monday | 1.831 | 1.611 | 1.79 | 1.85 | 2.10 | 1.91 | 2.05 | 1.791 | 1.77 | 2.201 | |||
1.961 | |||||||||||||
Tuesday | 1.81 | 1.72 | 1.801 | 1.77 | 2.11 | 1.651 | 2.01 | 1.98 | 1.571 | ||||
Wednesday | 1.551 | 1.65 | 1.641 | 1.78 | 1.941 | 1.97 | 1.92 | 1.76 | 1.65 | ||||
Thursday | 2.35 | 1.571 | 1.631 | 1.771 | 1.751 | 1.89 | 1.99 | 1.791 | 1.921 | 1.871 | |||
Friday | 2.40 | 2.101 | 1.721 | 1.611 | 1.731 | 1.821 | 2.06 | 1.951 | 2.03 | 1.851 | |||
Weekly average | 1.91 | 1.69 | 1.68 | 1.75 | 1.87 | 1.86 | 1.86 | 1.81 | 1.82 | ||||
Running average | 1.91 | 1.80 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.78 | 1.79 | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.81 | ||||
Series average | 1.9 1 |
1 Ratings for these episodes do not include Channel 5 +1.
More than 150 people complained to television watchdog Ofcom after Big Brother issued Jemima Slade a formal warning on Day 4 over her apparent offensive comments towards Gina Rio. Gina took offence to Jemima's comments about her disliking of dating black men and she deemed her to be racist. [135]
On Day 33, Daley became the first housemate to be ejected from the Big Brother House since the show moved to Channel 5. [6] The ejection was due to Daley's threatening behaviour towards Hazel. Channel 5 later chose to broadcast the footage that caused the ejection which showed Daley slap Hazel's behind, clasp her by her throat and pin her down against her bed. This resulted in Ofcom receiving a total of 60 complaints and it was later confirmed that they had launched an investigation. [136] Daley was later banned from appearing on the show's final. [137]
Over 200 complaints were received by Ofcom later on in the series pertaining to an argument which Gina had with Hazel. During the heated argument, Gina described Hazel as a 'skank' and a 'whore', continuously referring back to Hazel's relationship with Daley. Some viewers deemed Gina's actions as a form of bullying. [138]
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