Celebrity Big Brother (UK series 5)

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Celebrity Big Brother (UK series 5)
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK) logo.png
Series five logo
Presented by Davina McCall
No. of days26
No. of housemates14
Winner Shilpa Shetty
Runner-up Jermaine Jackson
Companion shows
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes30
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release3 January (2007-01-03) –
28 January 2007 (2007-01-28)
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Celebrity Big Brother 2007, also known as Celebrity Big Brother 5, was the fifth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother . The show followed a total of fourteen celebrity contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built House. Each week, one or more of the housemates were eliminated from the competition by public vote and left the House. The last remaining housemate, Shilpa Shetty, was declared the winner.

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Shilpa Shetty Indian film actress

Shilpa Shetty, also known by her married name Shilpa Shetty Kundra, is an Indian actress, businesswoman, producer, model and writer. Primarily known for her work in Hindi films, she has also appeared in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil language films. One of the most popular actresses of Indian cinema, Shetty is the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Filmfare Award nominations.

Contents

The series launched on Channel 4 on 3 January 2007 and ended on 28 January 2007. Davina McCall returned as presenter, having presented both the regular edition and the celebrity edition of Big Brother since they first began. Eleven housemates entered on launch night, with an additional three being introduced two days later. The series was watched by an average of 4.6 million viewers, the third highest viewed series of the show to date. As with the previous regular series, it was broadcast in 16:9 aspect ratio, as opposed to 4:3 – the first series of Celebrity Big Brother to do so.

Channel 4 British free-to-air television channel

Channel 4 is a British public-service free-to-air television network that began transmission on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially-self-funded, it is ultimately publicly-owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group in Wales to digital terrestrial broadcasting on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became a UK-wide TV channel for the first time.

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The series saw the return of Jade Goody, who had become a media celebrity after appearing on the third regular series of Big Brother in 2002, arriving with her boyfriend and her mother – marking the first time in any series of Big Brother UK where family members entered together. During its original broadcast, Celebrity Big Brother 5 had become the subject of an internationally publicised racism controversy. It attracted the largest number of complaints to the UK media regulator Ofcom about a Big Brother series and, as of 2018, the second highest number of complaints about any British television broadcast of all time (after Jerry Springer: The Opera ). Viewer complaints and press attention concerned housemate Shilpa Shetty, and alleged that she was the subject of racist bullying from some of her fellow housemates, in particular Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara. As a result, a protest took place in India; tensions increased between the UK and Indian governments; and a diplomatic incident occurred. Following the broadcast of the series, Ofcom concluded that Celebrity Big Brother 5 had breached the Broadcasting Code, and statutory sanctions were placed on Channel 4.

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Production

The eye logo for this series was the same yellow and black spiraled eye used for Big Brother 7. Two modifications were a black background, therefore camouflaging the black spiral in the eye, and making only the yellow spiral visible. A star also replaced the pupil to correspond with the celebrity series. The star also shone with a yellow glow.

Sponsorship

The Carphone Warehouse remained as sponsor of the series, however due to highly publicised controversy which surrounded the series, Carphone Warehouse subsequently ended their long running association with Big Brother.

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Broadcasts

Davina McCall presented the main Channel 4 show, including the live launch, evictions, finale and any other live show where a twist would take place. Marcus Bentley narrated the nightly highlight shows.

Marcus Morgan Bentley is a British actor, broadcaster and voice-over artist. Bentley is most known for narrating the UK version of the Dutch reality television programme Big Brother since its inception in 2000, until the series' end in 2018. He also did other continuity announcements for Channel 4 until he left in July 2011 to continue narrating the revived Big Brother on Channel 5. Bentley's voice-over work and North East accent has led to him becoming one of Britain's most recognised voices.

Dermot O'Leary presented Celebrity Big Brother's Little Brother in a teatime slot weekdays and on Sunday lunchtime. He also presented Celebrity Big Brother's Big Brain , which was introduced during the previous non-celebrity series, it would not return for any subsequent series.

On E4, live coverage from the house once again dominated its daily and nightly schedule, E4 Music was once again rested during the series. Diary Room Uncut returned on Monday evenings and on Saturday night, straight after the Channel 4 show.

Russell Brand presented Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth , which was broadcast Sunday to Friday straight after the Channel 4 show. Although no announcement was made during the series, Brand announced his departure on 4 April 2007. [1]

Live streaming also returned on the Official Channel 4 website and also on E4 at selected times. [2]

House

House plan with the House Next Door highlighted. CBB 2007 UK houseplan light.svg
House plan with the House Next Door highlighted.

The general layout of the House was largely untouched from the previous non-celebrity series. The living room and bedroom had no noticeable changes. There were several single beds in the same room, with one double bed, meaning that two housemates (Leo and Donny) had to share. The bathroom is much smaller than previous versions and the toilet and shower were no longer fitted with cameras. The dining room table was moved inside, and the kitchen fully equipped with modern conveniences. Outside the garden was a three-jet hot tub with a farmyard seating area. The bridge to Nowhere was still present, leading to a sitting area with heated seats and the topiary man. A workout area was situated just off the kitchen area. Inside the House there was also a fax machine built into the wall. On day 24 this was used to post viewers' questions to the housemates. [3] Meanwhile, the Diary Room was identical to the previous summer's Big Brother, with an oversized gold chair and padded walls, the only change being the addition of yellow lights facing the walls.

House Next Door

The House Next Door was used again, and its interior was re-designed to resemble a Victorian style kitchen, with uncomfortable beds in the bedroom, for use in the master-and-servant task.

Housemates

Eleven housemates entered the House on Day 1, followed by three more housemates on Day 3. This was more than any other celebrity series at the time.

CelebrityAge on entryNotabilityDay enteredDay exitedResult
Shilpa Shetty 31Actress126Winner
Jermaine Jackson 52 Jackson family member and singer126Runner-up
Dirk Benedict 61Actor1263rd Place
Ian "H" Watkins 30Singer1264th Place
Danielle Lloyd 23Glamour model and Miss Great Britain 1265th Place
Jack Tweed19Boyfriend of Jade Goody3266th Place
Cleo Rocos 44Actress124Evicted
Jo O'Meara 27Singer124Evicted
Jade Goody 25Reality TV star, Housemate on Big Brother 3 (UK) 317Evicted
Carole Malone 52Journalist and broadcaster110Evicted
Leo Sayer 58Singer110Walked
Jackiey Budden48Mother of Jade Goody38Evicted
Ken Russell 79Director15Walked
Donny Tourette 25Singer13Walked

Daily summary and highlights

Day 1Entries Jermaine, Danielle, Ken, Jo, Leo, Shilpa, Carole, Donny, Ian, Cleo and Dirk entered the House.
GeneralUpon entering the House the housemates began to converse and socialise with one another while Donny, who may have been drunk, jumped into the House Jacuzzi fully clothed. [4]
Day 3Entries/TwistsJack, Jackiey, and Jade entered the house.
TasksThe housemates were told to pack a small suitcase each that must last them three days and three nights. [5] Big Brother announced that eight of the current housemates were to move to the House Next Door while the remaining three housemates were to stay in the main house. Danielle, Jo, Leo, Carole, Donny, Ian, Cleo and Dirk moved into the house next door and will become servants to the masters in the main house: Jermaine, Shilpa and Ken [6] who were joined by Jade, her boyfriend Jack and her mother Jackiey. [7]
ExitsDonny left the house voluntarily by climbing over the garden wall in the House Next Door after learning he would be a servant to Jade and her new extended family in the main House. [8]
Day 5ExitsKen Russell voluntarily left the House after arguing with the Goody family. [9]
GeneralJade's grandparents entered the House as guests for dinner. They left after the meal. [10]
Day 6TasksThe housemates were informed that they had passed the Masters and Servants task. [11] Jo failed because she allowed Ken to make his own food at one point and Leo failed because he fell asleep during his shift.
Day 8ExitsJackiey was evicted from the Big Brother House. Jackiey was called to the Diary Room and informed she would leave the House via the Diary Room and would not say goodbye to her fellow housemates; the housemates observed Jackiey's eviction on the plasma screen in the kitchen. [12]
Day 9NominationThe first round of nominations took place with Dirk and Leo up for eviction, they were joined by Carole as punishment for discussing nominations. [13]
PunishmentsCarole faced the vote automatically after it was revealed that Cleo and she had discussed nominations, the housemates were instructed to choose one of the pair to face the public vote.
Day 10ExitsLeo Sayer voluntarily left the House. He left the House by smashing the glass tube on the garden fire door barging through the camera run and through another door. He proceeded to argue with security officers and programme producers before finally being granted his wish not to return. Carole was evicted with 77% of the votes [14]
Day 11TasksJermaine and Ian were tasked to take each other on in a Battle of the Tribute Bands: Steps vs The Jackson 5. They were chosen to be band leaders. Ian chose Jo, Jade and Jack while Jermaine chose Shilpa, Cleo, Dirk and Danielle to be their band members. They must sing and dance to the songs selected by Big Brother, Steps performed Deeper Shade of Blue and The Jackson 5 performed I Want You Back. The winner was decided by an online poll on the Big Brother website. The Jackson 5 won by 75% of the votes and were awarded platinum discs. All housemates were rewarded a Jackson 5 themed party.
Day 13TasksHousemates were required to complete an assault course in under nine minutes. The housemates failed this task [15] and received a basic shopping budget. [16]
Day 14GeneralShilpa and Jade were involved in an argument with each other which began with a disagreement over an Oxo cube. The argument increased the growing controversy surrounding the racist bullying of Shilpa. [17]
Day 15TasksHousemates were set a task to divide into groups and create abstract art to express their emotions. [18] They passed the task and received champagne as a reward. [19]
NominationsThe second round of nominations took place. Shilpa and Jade received the most nomination votes and were up for eviction. However, owing possibly to the controversy at the time, the results were not revealed until the Day 17: the day of the eviction.
Day 17TasksHousemates were instructed to use their voices to perform William Tell Overture, [20] which they passed. [21]
ExitsJade became the third person to be evicted from the house with 82% of the votes. [22] Due to the controversy at the time, her eviction was not attended by a live audience. [23]
Day 19TasksHousemates were given a task where they were required to make Big Brother laugh. [24] They passed the task and received party food as a reward. [25]
Day 20TasksThe task was to perform a showgirl dance routine. [26] Housemates passed the task and received a luxury shopping budget. [27]
Day 21TasksThe housemates had to choose something they wanted under £10. They had to answer questions about their fellow housemates. Each housemate had to choose another housemate and answer questions about the housemate. If a housemate got 3 out of 5 questions right, the housemate that the other housemate chose would have won their prize they selected before the task.
NominationsThe third and final round of nominations took place with Cleo, Dirk, Ian, Jo and Shilpa being nominated for the public vote.
Day 22TasksThe housemates were each given a large ice cube with a token inside. Using only their mouth and tongue, they had to melt the ice cube enough for them to be able to retrieve the token with their hands. If all 8 housemates retrieved their token within 90 minutes, they would win an après-ski party. Housemates passed the task.
Day 24ExitsJo and Cleo were evicted together in a double eviction.
Day 25GeneralThe housemates were asked questions submitted by the public. [3]
TasksThe housemates were instructed to devise four performances each based around a different genre: romantic comedy, film noir, action blockbuster and Bollywood musical. All past and present housemates must be portrayed by the final six housemates. [28] The housemates passed the task and therefore earned a three course sit down meal.
Day 26ExitsJack and Danielle left the house first on the final night together finishing in 6th and 5th place. Ian finished in 4th place and was followed later by Dirk who finished in 3rd place. Jermaine finished as runner-up with Shilpa leaving the house last as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2007.

Nominations table

Day 3Day 9Day 15Day 21Day 26
Final		Nominations
received
ShilpaMaster
in Task		Jack,
Leo		Jade,
Jack		Dirk,
Jack		Winner
(Day 26)		9
JermaineMaster
in Task		Jo,
Danielle		Jade,
Jo		Danielle,
Jo		Runner-up
(Day 26)		2
DirkServant
in Task		Ian,
Jermaine		Jade,
Jermaine		Jo,
Cleo		Third place
(Day 26)		13
IanServant
in Task		Leo,
Dirk		Danielle,
Jade		Cleo,
Jo		Fourth place
(Day 26)		3
DanielleServant
in Task		Leo,
Dirk		Shilpa,
Dirk		Dirk,
Ian		Fifth place
(Day 26)		3
JackMaster
in Task		Shilpa,
Dirk		Shilpa,
Dirk		Dirk,
Shilpa		Sixth place
(Day 26)		5
CleoServant
in Task		BannedShilpa,
Jade		Dirk,
Ian		Evicted
(Day 24)		2
JoServant
in Task		Leo,
Jack		Shilpa,
Dirk		Dirk,
Shilpa		Evicted
(Day 24)		6
JadeMaster
in Task		Shilpa,
Dirk		Shilpa,
Dirk		Evicted
(Day 17)		5
CaroleServant
in Task		BannedEvicted
(Day 10)		0
LeoServant
in Task		Jack,
Jo		Walked
(Day 10)		4
JackieyMaster
in Task		Evicted
(Day 8)		N/A
KenMaster
in Task		Walked
(Day 5)		N/A
DonnyServant
in Task		Walked
(Day 3)		N/A
Nomination
note		 1 2 3 4 5
Against
public vote		Jack,
Jackiey,
Jade,
Jermaine,
Ken,
Shilpa		Carole,
Dirk,
Leo		Jade,
Shilpa		Cleo,
Dirk,
Ian,
Jo,
Shilpa		Danielle,
Dirk,
Ian,
Jack,
Jermaine,
Shilpa
WalkedDonny,
Ken		Leonone
EvictedJackiey
4.6%
to save		Carole
77.4%
to evict		Jade
82%
to evict		Jo
48.4%
to evict		Jack
3.15%
(out of 6)		Dirk
16%
(out of 3)
Danielle
3.30%
(out of 6)
Jermaine
37%
(out of 2)
Cleo
27.9%
to evict		Ian
5.3%
(out of 4)
Shilpa
63%
to win

Notes

  • ^Note 1 :      When Jade, Jack, and Jackiey entered the house they became "masters" along with Jermaine, Ken, and Shilpa. The other eight housemates were chosen to be their "servants" and moved to the House Next Door. It was revealed that the masters are automatically nominated for eviction in which the viewers are to vote which housemates to save, rather than evicted. Therefore, the housemate with the fewest votes is evicted. Donny, who was originally a servant, left the house on Day 3. On Day 5, Ken voluntarily left after being involved in arguments with housemates. The eviction was not cancelled, and Ken's number was removed from the voting system.
  • ^Note 2 : Carole and Cleo were banned from nominating as a punishment for discussing nominations earlier. Additionally, housemates had to choose one of them to face the public vote. [29] They chose Carole. [30] On Day 10, Leo escaped the house. The eviction was not cancelled, and Leo's number was removed from the voting system.
  • ^Note 3 : The nominations were cast on Day 15 and announced on Day 16. The voting package was delayed and only shown at the end of Big Brother's Big Mouth where it was also revealed that all Channel 4's profits for this vote will go to charity.
  • ^Note 4 : There was a double eviction on Day 24 and therefore the three or more housemates were placed up for the public vote rather than the two or more housemates. If there was not a double eviction, Dirk and Jo would have faced the public vote. The voting lines originally opened on Day 22 but were reset on Day 23 due to an error which stated that viewers were to vote to save Shilpa when they were in fact voting to evict. Viewers who had voted before the lines were reset were offered a full refund with all unclaimed money and profits from the vote being donated to charity [31]
  • ^Note 5 : There were no nominations in the final two days and instead the public were voting for the housemate they wanted to win rather than evict. There was a double eviction on Day 24, two days before the final.

Voting fault

One event in this series was a technical fault that affected voting lines in the eviction between Cleo Rocos, Dirk Benedict, Ian Watkins, Jo O'Meara and Shilpa Shetty. Everyone who voted was offered a refund. Any unclaimed money would be donated to charity. [32] [33]

Viewership

All viewing figures below are provided by the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (or "BARB"). [34]

Official viewers (millions)
Week 1Week 2Week 3
Saturday3.162.933.302.56
Sunday3.393.033.656.01
Monday3.813.754.16
Tuesday4.104.724.32
Wednesday7.324.515.404.71
Thursday5.483.725.894.47
Friday4.253.507.615.14
5.273.808.785.26
Weekly average4.365.264.36
Running average4.364.814.66
Series average4.6
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows.

Racism controversy

Celebrity Big Brother criticism focused around the treatment of housemate Shilpa Shetty by contestants Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd. UK media regulator Ofcom received more than 44,500 complaints [35] – a record number for a British television programme after transmission. Channel 4 received an additional 3,000 complaints, [36] [37] about racism and bullying by housemates against Shetty. The Eastern Eye newspaper launched an online petition that registered over 30,000 signatures. [38] Channel 4, who had initially described the situation as "girly rivalry", later admitted there had "undoubtedly been a cultural clash between her and three of the British females in the house". [39]

After an investigation by Ofcom, they concluded that Channel 4 had breached the Broadcasting Code on three separate occasions. [35]

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Celebrity Big Brother 22, also known as Celebrity Big Brother: Eye of the Storm, was the twenty-second and final series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. It launched on 16 August 2018 on Channel 5 and ended after 26 days on 10 September 2018. It was the fifteenth celebrity series and twenty-second series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5. For the first time since 2011, the celebrity edition aired before the main series with Big Brother 19 launching after the final in September 2018. Celebrity Big Brother 22 was the final celebrity series in the three-year contract which was announced on 19 March 2015. Emma Willis returned as host of the series, while Rylan Clark-Neal continued to present Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side.

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