Big Brother (UK series 15) | |
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Series fifteen logo | |
Presented by | Emma Willis |
No. of days | 72 |
No. of housemates | 19 |
Winner | Helen Wood |
Runner-up | Ashleigh Coyle |
Companion show | Big Brother's Bit On The Side |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 72 |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 5 |
Original release | 5 June – 15 August 2014 |
Series chronology |
Big Brother 2014, also known as Big Brother 15 and Big Brother: Power Trip, was the fifteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother , hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. It began on 5 June 2014 [1] on Channel 5 and lasted for 72 days ending on 15 August 2014, making it the longest series to air on Channel 5. It was the fourth regular series and the tenth series of Big Brother overall to air on the channel. The series was officially confirmed on 3 April 2012 when Channel 5 renewed the show until 2014. [2] It was therefore the final regular series to be included under the then contract.
The series was controversially won by Helen Wood who won the £100,000 prize fund beating bookies' favourite Ashleigh Coyle by a margin of 4,631 votes. [3] [4] Wood became the first woman to win the competition since the show's inception on Channel 5. It was then revealed that just 1.2% of the vote, separated Helen and Ashleigh, making it one of the closest results in Big Brother history. [5] This was the first, and currently only, series of Big Brother UK where both the runner-up and the winner were women.
Wood would later return the following year in Big Brother 16 as part of a secret twist that saw her and two other "legendary" former Housemates, Brian Belo and Nikki Grahame, re-enter the House as part of "Time Warp" week. In addition, Mark Byron and Matthew Davies also made an appearance in a shopping task.
Auditions for the series opened on 19 August 2013, the same day as the final of Big Brother 14 . [6] Like the previous series, there were no open auditions. Housemates were chosen from online applications. In order to become a housemate, applicants were required to record a 90-second video and complete an online application form.
Emma Willis returned as the main presenter of the show. She also continued to present Big Brother's Bit on the Side , along with Celebrity Big Brother 11 winner Rylan Clark and Iain Lee. Celebrity Big Brother 13 housemate Luisa Zissman acted as a regular panellist on the show. [7] Matt Johnson guest hosted an episode of Bit on the Psych in July.
The fifteenth series of the show introduced several changes to the format, with the theme of the series being "Power Trip". This gives housemates who hold power influence over events in the house. An insider said, "This year Big Brother is offering housemates the ultimate prize... Power! Whoever has the power will be able to influence, twist and control events in the house like never before in Big Brother: Power Trip. Big Brother: Power Trip will initiate on launch night with Emma Willis and it will dominate the house for the summer. Housemates will have to be ruthless to seize power, keep it and impose their will on the rest of the house. The housemates aren’t the only ones – viewers will also be given the power to manipulate housemates throughout the series." [8]
The official eye logo was unveiled by Channel 5 on 9 May 2014. It had a futuristic look, which coincided with the futuristic themed house. [9]
On 16 May 2014, it was announced that the house would be given a futuristic makeover. "The house has been given a futuristic makeover - renovated and redesigned to feature stark open spaces, sleek, clean lines and technology instead of the sumptuous furnishings and ornate decorations from the last home." [10] Official house pictures were released on 2 June 2014. [11] The new house had a dark, futuristic design with each area featuring its own monitor. Similar to the previous series, the Diary Room was at the top of the stairs. However the layout for the house remained almost identical to Big Brother 14 , except for the bedroom, which was located where the Safe House was, and the bathroom, which replaced the bedroom. The bedroom included eight narrowly shaped double beds as well as a walk-in wardrobe for housemates to store their belongings. In the garden, the Treehouse was replaced by a spiral staircase leading to a "Gogglebox" pod where housemates could spy on each other. The garden also featured a large circular pool and a smoking area. Geometric heads were a common theme within the house as they served as ornaments, containers and planters. [12]
A new addition to the House in the series was the Control Room, which was used as part of the series' Power theme. The Housemate who was equipped with the Power was able to access the Control Room and view various information about the other Housemates, such as their VTs, Diary Room entries and public opinions of them, in order to inform their decisions as the Power Housemate. The Control Room was occupied by a computerised female voice known as Iris, who communicated with the Power Housemate and talked them through their options.
On 9 May 2014, Channel 5 released the first 10-second teaser for the new series hinting at the "Power" theme and also featured the new eye logo. [13] On 16 May 2014, a second teaser was released confirming the new title for the series - Big Brother: Power Trip. [14] A minute-long trailer confirming the new series title was revealed on 22 May 2014. The advert also featured Willis and Clark. [15] The official countdown adverts began airing on 29 May 2014 with just seven days to go before the launch. [16]
SuperCasino remained the headline sponsor to the show after renewing their contract. The new contract covers both the fifteenth regular series and the fourteenth edition of Celebrity Big Brother , which will air three days afterwards. [17] The deal marked the first time since 2011 that a summer sponsor of Big Brother has renewed their deal for a second term.
On Day 1, 10 housemates entered the house, and a further 6 entered on Day 2. [18] On Day 40, 3 new housemates entered. Overall, this brings the total housemates that have participated in this series to 19 (the most since the show moved to Channel 5).
Name | Age on entry | Hometown | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
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Helen Wood | 27 | Bolton | 1 | 72 | Winner |
Ashleigh Coyle | 18 | Derry | 2 | 72 | Runner-up |
Christopher Hall | 23 | County Fermanagh | 1 | 72 | 3rd Place |
Ash Harrison | 26 | Manchester | 2 | 72 | 4th Place |
Chris Wright | 33 | New Forest | 2 | 72 | 5th Place |
Pavandeep "Pav" Paul | 22 | Ilford | 40 | 72 | 6th Place |
Winston Showan | 27 | Brentwood | 1 | 65 | Evicted |
Mark Byron | 24 | Liverpool | 1 | 65 | Evicted |
Zoe Birkett | 29 | Durham | 40 | 58 | Evicted |
Steven Goode | 23 | Bushey | 1 | 51 | Evicted |
Kimberly Kisselovich | 23 | London (originally from the United States) | 1 | 45 | Walked |
Danielle McMahon | 25 | Glasgow | 1 | 44 | Evicted |
Biannca Lake | 31 | Chigwell | 40 | 44 | Evicted |
Marlon Wallen | 22 | Croydon | 2 | 40 | Evicted |
Jale Karaturp | 33 | Surrey | 2 | 37 | Evicted |
Matthew Davies | 23 | Hertfordshire | 1 | 30 | Evicted |
Toya Washington | 29 | North London | 2 | 23 | Evicted |
Pauline Bennett | 49 | Dudley | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
Tamara Stewart-Wood | 24 | London | 1 | 9 | Evicted |
The Power Housemate is responsible for making important decisions in the house regarding nominations. The Power Housemate is immune from being nominated for the week they hold the title, but they can still nominate others.
Housemate | Day 1–4 | Day 8–12 | Day 16–18 | Day 23–26 | Day 40–44 | Day 46–48 | Day 51–58 | Day 61–63 | Day 68–69 | ||||||||||
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Public vote | Public vote | Voted for | Votes received | Girl Power | Armageddon | Power Alliance | People Power | Power of Money | Power of Knowledge | ||||||||||
Helen | Toya | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Ashleigh | Toya | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Christopher | Matthew | – | |||||||||||||||||
Ash | Helen | – | |||||||||||||||||
Chris | Danielle | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Pav | |||||||||||||||||||
Winston | Matthew | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Mark | Toya | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Zoe | |||||||||||||||||||
Steven | Kimberly | – | |||||||||||||||||
Kimberly | Mark | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Danielle | Ashleigh | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Biannca | |||||||||||||||||||
Marlon | Winston | – | |||||||||||||||||
Jale | Kimberly | – | |||||||||||||||||
Matthew | Kimberly | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Toya | Chris | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Pauline | 49.3% | Toya | – | ||||||||||||||||
Tamara |
The main events in the Big Brother 15 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 3 | Tasks |
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Week 4 | Tasks |
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Week 5 | Tasks |
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Week 6: Armageddon Week | Tasks |
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Week 7 | Tasks |
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Week 8 | Tasks |
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Week 9 | Tasks |
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Week 10 | Tasks |
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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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Helen | Jale, Ashleigh | Not eligible | Danielle, Chris | Power Housemate | Ashleigh, Christopher | Marlon, Ashleigh | No nominations | Not eligible | Pav, Zoe | Pav, Christopher | Winner (Day 72) | N/A | |
Ashleigh | Tamara, Winston | Not eligible | Ash, Winston | Power Housemate | Ash, Kimberly | Ash, Kimberly | No nominations | Steven, Pav, Zoe | Pav, Zoe | Pav, Christopher | Runner-up (Day 72) | 12 | |
Christopher | Danielle, Matthew | Not eligible | Chris, Marlon | No nominations | Steven, Winston | Marlon, Ash | No nominations | Not eligible | Zoe, Pav | Winston, Pav | Third place (Day 72) | 12 | |
Ash | Danielle, Ashleigh | Not eligible | Danielle | No nominations | Ashleigh, Danielle | Ashleigh, Danielle | No nominations | Not eligible | Pav, Christopher | Christopher, Pav | Fourth place (Day 72) | 12 | |
Chris | Tamara, Winston | Pauline, Christopher, Steven, Ash, Marlon | Steven, Winston | No nominations | Marlon, Steven | Steven, Marlon | No nominations | Steven, Pav, Zoe | Pav, Zoe | Pav, Mark | Fifth place (Day 72) | 14 | |
Pav | Not in House | Power Housemate | Not eligible | Ash, Chris | Winston, Mark | Sixth place (Day 72) | 15 | ||||||
Winston | Marlon, Danielle | Not eligible | Danielle, Kimberly | No nominations | Chris, Ashleigh | Marlon, Danielle | No nominations | Not eligible | Pav, Zoe | Christopher, Pav | Evicted (Day 65) | 8 | |
Mark | Kimberly, Jale | Not eligible | Chris, Danielle | No nominations | Kimberly, Marlon | Marlon, Kimberly | No nominations | Pav, Zoe | Pav, Chris | Pav, Chris | Evicted (Day 65) | 4 | |
Zoe | Not in House | Power Housemate | Not eligible | Chris, Christopher | Evicted (Day 58) | 6 | |||||||
Steven | Jale, Chris | Not eligible | Danielle | No nominations | Ashleigh, Chris | Marlon, Ashleigh | No nominations | Not eligible | Evicted (Day 51) | 9 | |||
Kimberly | Tamara, Ash | Not eligible | Chris, Marlon | Power Housemate | Ashleigh, Danielle | Marlon, Ashleigh | No nominations | Walked (Day 45) | 7 | ||||
Danielle | Matthew, Steven | Not eligible | Chris, Ash | Power Housemate | Christopher, Marlon | Ash, Chris | No nominations | Evicted (Day 44) | 11 | ||||
Biannca | Not in House | Power Housemate | Evicted (Day 44) | N/A | |||||||||
Marlon | Toya, Mark | Not eligible | Kimberly | No nominations | Ashleigh, Christopher | Mark, Winston | Evicted (Day 40) | 15 | |||||
Jale | Steven, Tamara | Not eligible | Steven, Ash | Power Housemate | Chris, Ash | Evicted (Day 37) | 6 | ||||||
Matthew | Danielle, Jale | Not eligible | Christopher | No nominations | Evicted (Day 30) | 2 | |||||||
Toya | Marlon, Christopher | Not eligible | Christopher | Evicted (Day 23) | 1 | ||||||||
Pauline | Jale | Not eligible | Evicted (Day 16) | 1 | |||||||||
Tamara | Jale, Kimberly | Evicted (Day 9) | 4 | ||||||||||
Nomination note | 1, 2 | 1, 2, 3 | 1, 2, 4 | 1, 5 | 2, 6 | 2, 7 | 1, 2, 8, 9 | 1, 2, 10 | 2, 11 | 2, 12 | 13 | ||
Against public vote | Danielle, Jale, Tamara | Ash, Christopher, Jale, Marlon, Pauline, Steven | Ash, Chris, Christopher, Danielle, Jale, Marlon, Toya, Winston | Ash, Christopher, Mark, Matthew, Winston | Ashleigh, Chris, Christopher, Jale | none | Biannca, Pav, Zoe | Ashleigh, Pav, Steven, Zoe | Chris, Pav, Zoe | Chris, Christopher, Mark, Pav, Winston | Ash, Ashleigh, Chris, Christopher, Helen, Pav | ||
Walked | none | Kimberly | none | ||||||||||
Evicted | Tamara Most votes to evict | Pauline 79.4% (out of 4) to evict | Toya Most votes (out of 5) to evict | Matthew Most votes (out of 3) to evict | Jale Most votes (out of 2) to evict | Marlon 7 of 10 nominations | Biannca Fewest votes to save | Steven Most votes (out of 3) to evict | Zoe Most votes to evict | Mark Most votes to evict | Pav Fewest votes (out of 6) | Christopher Fewest votes (out of 3) | |
Chris Fewest votes (out of 6) | |||||||||||||
Ashleigh Fewest votes (out of 2) | |||||||||||||
Danielle Pav & Zoe's choice to evict | Winston Most votes to evict | Ash Fewest votes (out of 4) | |||||||||||
Helen Most votes to win |
Official ratings are taken from BARB and include +1, but not +24. [182]
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | ||||
Saturday | 1.46 | 1.16 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.28 | 1.27 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.26 | 1.34 | 1.49 | 1.27 | 1.02 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.26 | |||
Sunday | 1.92 | 1.63 | 1.58 | 1.55 | 1.50 | 1.28 | 1.84 | 1.56 | 1.47 | 1.61 | |||
Monday | 1.61 | 1.67 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.67 | 1.36 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.62 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.91 | 1.78 | 1.51 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.49 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.57 | |||
Tuesday | 1.72 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.49 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.61 | 1.33 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.52 | 1.53 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.52 | 1.57 | 1.42 | 1.48 [lower-alpha 1] | |||
Wednesday | 1.56 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.65 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.54 | 1.51 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.49 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.63 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.62 | 1.57 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.46 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.63 [lower-alpha 1] | |||
Thursday | 2.43 | 1.37 | 1.65 | 1.69 | 1.45 | 1.74 | 1.78 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.57 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.76 | 1.45 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.49 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Friday | 1.88 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.37 | 1.52 | 1.50 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.37 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.46 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.62 | 1.49 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.31 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.48 [lower-alpha 1] | 1.73 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
1.23 [lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||
Weekly average | 1.66 | 1.54 | 1.55 | 1.41 | 1.51 | 1.58 | 1.62 | 1.51 | 1.40 | 1.54 | |||
Running average | 1.66 | 1.60 | 1.58 | 1.54 | 1.53 | 1.54 | 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 1.53 | |||
Series average | 1.57< [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||||||
blue-coloured box denotes a live show to mark the start of 'Armageddon Week' |
Ofcom received over 1,500 complaints for Helen Wood and Pauline Bennett bullying Jale Karaturp. [183] Helen received a warning on Day 12 due to bullying Jale and Day 21 she received another warning due to using threatening behaviour to housemate Matthew Davies. [184] [185]
In Week 7, having become the latest Power Housemate, Ashleigh was told she would be exempt from this week’s public vote. After she joined forces with Chris and Mark to become the Power Alliance, which would exclusively decide who would face eviction, Channel 5 announced to the public that all members of the Power Alliance would be immune from eviction. Despite this, on Day 48 the Power Alliance twist came to an end with Ashleigh being put up for eviction. Big Brother fans responded furiously to the news, accusing show bosses of lying and misleading both the housemates and the public. However, the broadcaster declined the opportunity to explain the twist, instead answering simply: "No comment." [186]
Shortly after his eviction, ex-housemate Steven Goode criticised the show for unhygienic living conditions within the house, complaining of food and dirty clothes being left lying around, and a general bad smell in the house. [187] Goode also criticised the show's medical staff after it emerged that his lover, ex-housemate Kimberly Kisselovich, had suffered from an ectopic pregnancy, as a result of sexual intercourse with him in the house. The show's producers have responded to his complaints with the statement "Housemates' welfare is our main priority and we applied that to Kimberly." [188]
On 8 September 2014 Ofcom announced that 3,820 complaints had been rejected for Big Brother, 489 of the complaints aimed towards the allegations of the final being rigged in Helen's favour. Despite all this Ofcom also announced that an investigation will take place of the episode airing on 7 August 2014 which was Day 64 over the broadcast of offensive language before watershed. An Ofcom spokesperson said; "Ofcom is currently investigating the broadcast of offensive language before the watershed in an episode of Big Brother on August 7th. After carefully assessing viewer complaints about the rest of the series, Ofcom did not consider they raised issues warranting investigation under our rules." [189] [190]
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