Big Brother 15 (UK)

Big Brother 15 (UK)
Season Information
Country	United Kingdom
Host	Emma Willis
Season	15
Prize Money	£100,000
No. of Housemates	19
No. of Days	72
Winner	Helen Wood
Runner(s)-up	Ashleigh Coyle
Returnees	Helen Wood (BBUK16)
Production
Network	Channel 5
Executive Producers	Denis O'Connor Mandy Morris Susy Price
Challenge Producers	Jackson Townroe (Sr) Darren Brown Izzie Wilson Tom Sutton
Editor	Caroline Davies Colin Whitaker Nic Patten
Announcers	Marcus Bentley
Season Run	June 5, 2014 - August 15, 2014
No. of Episodes	72
Viewership	1.6m
Companion Shows	Big Brother's Bit on the Side
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 14 (UK)
Next Season	Big Brother 16 (UK)

Big Brother 15 (UK) (other known as Big Brother: Power Trip or Big Brother 2014) is the fifteenth series of the Big Brother (UK).

This season centralized around the concept of power. A new change to each week's nominations were influenced by the Power Housemate, a housemate voted on by the viewers each week who would receive special powers that would affect the outcome of the game.

After 72 days Helen Wood reigned victorious over Ashleigh Coyle in the closest final vote in the series' history. This marked the first time a woman had won the show since it moved to Channel 5, as well as the first time both members of the Final 2 were female. Helen would return to the house the following year along with Big Brother 8 (UK) winner Brian Belo and Big Brother 7 (UK) finalist and Ultimate Big Brother runner-up Nikki Grahame as a "Time Warp Housemate", playing in to that season's "Time Warp" twist.

Production

Housemate Swap

• Benjamin Norris, the winner of Big Brother Australia 9, was initially to be a housemate on Big Brother 15 (UK), but was later pulled from the lineup because producers wanted a villain instead. He was replaced by eventual winner Helen Wood.

House

The house images for Big Brother; "Power-Trip" were revealed on 2^nd June, 2014 and featured a futuristic design, with each area featuring futuristic computer panels that were used to feed messages to the housemates.

Living Room

Diary Room

Kitchen

Bedroom

Garden

Twists

• Power Housemate: Each week a housemate or housemates would be known as the Power Housemate(s), depending on the week, the housemate(s) would be required to influence the Big Brother game in a way that was never seen before. For more information see Power Housemate below.

Housemates

Winner    Helen

Runner-Up    Ashleigh

Finalist    Christopher

Finalist    Ash

Finalist    Chris	Finalist    Pav	Evicted    Winston	Evicted    Mark	Evicted    Zoe
Evicted    Steven	Walked    Kimberly	Evicted    Danielle	Evicted    Biannca	Evicted    Marlon
Evicted    Jale	Evicted    Matthew	Evicted    Toya	Evicted    Pauline	Evicted    Tamara

Power Housemate

Powers

Day	Housemate	Description	Target	Result
1		Reward one housemate and punish one housemate		Mark was rewarded with £5,000
				Matthew was suspended over the garden for the next day
2		Reward one housemate with a pass to the final		Helen is now a finalist
4		Punish one housemate with a Killer Nomination and be nominated every week until their eviction		Jale is to be nominated every week she is in the Big Brother House
9		Nominate two housemates for eviction		Pauline is nominated for eviction
				Christopher is nominated for eviction
10		Nominate one housemate for eviction		Steven is nominated for eviction
11		Nominate one housemate for eviction		Ash is nominated for eviction
12		Nominate one housemate for eviction		Marlon is nominated for eviction
16		Choose someone to join herself as part of the Power Couple		Matthew is now a Power Housemate
		Together, nominate someone for eviction		Christopher is nominated for eviction
17		Veto three housemates' nominations		Ash's nominations are invalid
				Marlon's nominations are invalid
				Steven's nominations are invalid
18		Save one nominee from eviction		Steven was saved from eviction and was rewarded the power to nominate one of the members of the Power Couple for eviction. He chose Toya, and she was nominated for eviction.
23		Save three male housemates from eviction		Chris was saved from eviction
				Marlon was saved from eviction
				Steven was saved from eviction
40		Stay secret from the housemates and evict one housemate at the end of the week		Biannca was evicted by the public with the least amount of save votes and left the house, then Pav and Zoe decided to evict Danielle from the house
47		Choose one housemate to join the Power Alliance		Chris joined Ashleigh in the Power Alliance
		Nominate one housemate for eviction		Steven is nominated for eviction
		Choose one housemate to join the Power Alliance		Mark joined Ashleigh and Chris in the Power Alliance
		Nominate one housemate for eviction		Ash is nominated for eviction
48		Take 60 seconds to speak with former housemates Biannca, Danielle and Matthew about their decisions then nominate two housemates for eviction.		Pav is nominated for eviction
				Zoe is nominated for eviction
		Choose one of themselves to save from eviction and nominate one of the members of the Power Alliance		Ashleigh is nominated for eviction
51		Vote via the Big Brother App to give one housemate immunity for the week		Ashleigh is immune from eviction
		Vote via the Big Brother App to give one housemate the power to allocate the letters from home		Winston is in charge of allocating the letters from home
61	"Power of Money" task
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68		Choose two questions for Big Brother to ask the other housemates	All housemates were asked Ash and Christopher's questions
69		Evict one housemate		Chris was evicted from the house, but unknown to them and the other housemates he along with Helen were fake evicted and moved into Big Brother's Spare Room

Power Housemate History

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
	Public vote	Public vote	House vote	Girl Power	No Power Housemate	Armageddon	Power Alliance	People Power	Power of Money	Power of Knowledge
Helen	Loss	Loss	Loss	Win		Ineligible	Loss	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible
Ashleigh	Not In House	Loss	Loss	Win		Ineligible	Win	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible
Christopher	Loss	Loss	Ineligible	Ineligible		Ineligible	Loss	Ineligible	Ineligible	Win
Ash	Not In House	Loss	Ineligible	Ineligible		Ineligible	Loss	Ineligible	Ineligible	Win
Chris	Not In House	Win	Loss	Ineligible		Ineligible	Win	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible
Pav	Not In House					Win	Loss	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible
Winston	Loss	Loss	Loss	Ineligible		Ineligible	Loss	Ineligible	Ineligible
Mark	Loss	Loss	Loss	Ineligible		Ineligible	Win	Ineligible	Ineligible
Zoe	Not In House					Win	Loss	Ineligible
Steven	Loss	Loss	Ineligible	Ineligible		Ineligible	Loss
Kimberly	Loss	Loss	Loss	Win		Ineligible
Danielle	Loss	Ineligible	Loss	Win		Ineligible
Biannca	Not In House					Win
Marlon	Not In House	Loss	Ineligible	Ineligible
Jale	Not In House	Ineligible	Ineligible	Win
Matthew	Loss	Loss	Win	Ineligible
Toya	Not In House	Loss	Win
Pauline	Win	Loss	Ineligible
Tamara	Loss	Ineligible

Nominations History

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6			Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
						Day 39	Day 40	Day 44				Final
Helen	Jale Ashleigh	Ineligible	Danielle Chris	Chris Marlon Steven	Ashleigh Christopher	Marlon Ashleigh	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible	Pav Zoe	Pav Christopher	Winner
Ashleigh	Tamara Winston	Ineligible	Ash Winston	Chris Marlon Steven	Ash Kimberly	Ash Kimberly	Ineligible	Ineligible	Steven Ash Pav Zoe	Pav Zoe	Pav Christopher	Runner-Up
Christopher	Danielle Matthew	Ineligible	Chris Marlon	Ineligible	Steven Winston	Marlon Ash	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible	Zoe Pav	Winston Pav	Third Place
Ash	Danielle Ashleigh	Ineligible	Chris Danielle	Ineligible	Ashleigh Danielle	Ashleigh Danielle	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible	Pav Christopher	Christopher Pav	Fourth Place
Chris	Tamara Winston	Pauline Christopher Steven Ash Marlon	Steven Winston	Saved Ineligible	Marlon Steven	Steven Marlon	Ineligible	Ineligible	Steven Ash Pav Zoe	Pav Zoe	Pav Mark	Fifth Place
Pav	Not In House						Ineligible	Danielle	Ineligible	Ash Chris	Winston Mark	Sixth Place
Winston	Marlon Danielle	Ineligible	Danielle Kimberly	Ineligible	Chris Ashleigh	Marlon Danielle	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible	Pav Zoe	Christopher Pav
Mark	Kimberly Jale	Ineligible	Chris Danielle	Ineligible	Kimberly Marlon	Marlon Kimberly	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ash Pav Zoe	Pav Chris	Pav Chris
Zoe	Not In House						Ineligible	Danielle	Ineligible	Chris Christopher
Steven	Jale Chris	Ineligible	Chris Danielle	Saved Ineligible	Ashleigh Chris	Marlon Ashleigh	Ineligible	Ineligible	Ineligible
Kimberly	Tamara Ash	Ineligible	Chris Marlon	Chris Marlon Steven	Ashleigh Danielle	Marlon Ashleigh	Ineligible	Ineligible
Danielle	Matthew Steven	Ineligible	Chris Ash	Chris Marlon Steven	Christopher Marlon	Ash Chris	Ineligible	Ineligible
Biannca	Not In House						Ineligible
Marlon	Toya Mark	Ineligible	Ashleigh Kimberly	Saved Ineligible	Ashleigh Christopher	Mark Winston
Jale	Steven Tamara	Ineligible	Steven Ash	Chris Marlon Steven	Chris Ash
Matthew	Danielle Jale	Ineligible	Christopher	Ineligible
Toya	Marlon Christopher	Ineligible	Christopher
Pauline	Jale	Ineligible
Tamara	Jale Kimberly

Trivia

• This series was the first to have a female winner since the show moved to Channel 5, as well as the first series overall to have a female Final 2.
• Helen's victory was highly controversial for a number of reasons. On Day 1 Pauline (as the Power Housemate) had given Helen a pass to the Finale, meaning she was immune from nomination and eviction for the entire duration of her stay in the house. Some fans saw this as unfair, since as a result of this Helen was given a free ride to the finale without ever having to face a challenge. In addition, Helen herself was a highly controversial housemate, making several inflammatory statements against her fellow housemates while in the house. Going in to Finale Night Ashleigh was selected as the bookies' favorite to win. After the show aired it was revealed that 1.2% of the vote separated Helen and Ashleigh, making this one of the closest votes in the show's history. Television regulation committee Ofcom would later receive almost 500 complaints from viewers claiming that the vote had been rigged in Helen's favor.