Big Brother 18 (UK) (also known as "The United Kingdom of Big Brother") is the 18th series of Big Brother (UK).
Background[]
Casting[]
A rumor which would later become true, would be the first time that you must audition as pairs. There will be no individual applicants, you must audition with a partner. After the audition, they may or not split you from your partner if you move on.[1] The rumor about pairs was confirmed during Celebrity Big Brother 19 when Emma Willis announced that they were looking for pairs.
Eye[]
The eye was revealed on Thursday 11th, May 2017 [2] on Twitter. The theme was revealed to be a Best of British theme will a political battle to the top with words like "immigrants and polling place" rather than the original "nominate and evict". The motto of the series is "The United Kingdom of Big Brother… and everyone is welcome."[3]
Airing[]
The series launched on June 5th with a two-hour episode. This season will feature live feeds after each eviction after a 90-minute eviction episode.
House[]
The house was revealed on May 31, 2017. The house was shown to have a British theme with a new construction of the house after pictures were leaked in April.[4]. During the house reveal, it was discovered that there would be two bedrooms for the first time since Big Brother 9 (UK) in 2008.[5]In addition, it will be the first time since the move to Channel 5 in 2011 that the kitchen would be separated from the living room. This house was called "The Big Brother Village" and features a village design.
Housemate Reveal[]
Unlike the usual launch night reveal, on June 2, 2017, six housemates were revealed to the public.[6] This is the first time since Big Brother 16 (UK) that housemates have been revealed before the series launched.
Twists[]
- People's Housemate: For the first time in history, one housemate selected from four individual candidates will serve as the people's housemate. That housemate will openly communicate to the outside world to make decisions while overruling the house.
- Additional Housemates: Due to three extra housemates leaving the house, two females and one male will enter the house for a chance to stay in the house.
- Housemates Choose New Housemates: Building on above, existing housemates will get to choose from all three new housemates of which two they would like to stay in the house.
- Second Chance Housemates: Due to the ejections and walkers, all the previous potential housemates were given a chance to enter the house.
- Stolen Prize fund: After entering the house, it was revealed that the second chance housemates were not allowed to win. However, as a result, £15,000 has been removed from the normal housemates' prize fund for a second prize for the second chancer that makes it the furthest.
- The Hunt: A series of games instead of nominations where the losers faced the next eviction. On Day 37, Chanelle became the first victim of The Hunt, and Simone became the second. This continued on Day 38, where Isabelle and Sue became the third and fourth victims of The Hunt respectively.
- The Steal: During Week 7, housemates were divided up in two different teams competing for £20,000 out of the Prize Fund. After two days, £18,810 was collected by the two teams. Since the Gold Team won the most, all members had to chance to claim all the money for themselves and as a result, evict one housemate from the house. Andrew claimed the money and evicted Sam.
Housemates[]
House Guests[]
During the series, various past housemates visited the Big Brother House.
Name | Season | Result | Days | Reason | |
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Gemma Collins | Celebrity Big Brother 17 (UK) | Evicted - 7th Place | Days 9-12 | VIP Guests During Shopping Task | |
Marnie Simpson | Celebrity Big Brother 18 (UK) | Fourth Place | |||
Nicola McLean | Celebrity Big Brother 9 (UK) | Evicted - 7th Place | |||
Celebrity Big Brother 19 (UK) | Fifth Place | ||||
Josie Gibson | Big Brother 11 (UK) | Winner | Day 43 | Briefly entered to give Raph advice after he took £150 from "The Steal" | |
Ultimate Big Brother | Walked - 14th Place |
People's Housemate[]
For more information, check out the twist page.
Tasks[]
Shopping Budget History[]
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The Void History[]
During Week 5, The Void entered the Garden for housemates to talk about nominations. There were four different rounds played and the winner of each round was able to take one other housemate and one of the four new second chance housemates into the void to persuade their viewpoints on that week's nominations.
Round | Winner | Housemate Taken | |
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Original | Second Chance | ||
1 | Hannah |
Deborah |
Andrew |
2 | Deborah |
Hannah |
Sue |
3 | Raph |
Chanelle |
Sam |
4 | Ellie |
Charlotte |
Simone |
The Steal History[]
Note: The money amounts are not correct due to the fact that the highlight shows omitted certain cash values added.
Day | Competition | Winner | Team | Prize Won/Lost |
Team Funds | ||
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Black Team | Gold Team | ||||||
Day 42 | First to press buzzer. | Raph |
Black Team | £100 | £100 | £0 | |
First to eat ten fermented eggs. | Tom |
Black Team | £2,000 | £2,100 | £0 | ||
First to press buzzer. | Kieran |
Gold Team | £160 | £2,100 | £160 | ||
Be the first to claim a increasing pot before time runs out.. |
No Winner | Various Amounts Not Accepted |
£2,100 | £160 | |||
First to press buzzer. | Hannah |
Gold Team | £400 | £2,100 | £560 | ||
First to press buzzer. | Ellie |
Gold Team | £750 | £2,100 | £1,310 | ||
Pick up phone call and speak to sister. | Isabelle |
Gold Team | -£150 | £2,100 | £1,160 | ||
First to press buzzer. | Raph |
Black Team | £250 | £2,350 | £1,160 | ||
Spend the night with boyfriend. | Chanelle |
Black Team | -£400 | £1,950 | £1,160 | ||
Day 43 | First to press buzzer. | Sam |
Gold Team | £750 | £1,950 | £1,910 | |
First to claim will have all body hair removed. | Andrew |
Gold Team | £3,000 | £1,950 | £4,910 | ||
Spend time with a Big Brother legend (Season 11 Winner Josie Gibson) |
Raph |
Black Team | -£150 | £1,800 | £4,910 | ||
Unknown | Gold Team | £500 | £1,800 | £5,410 | |||
First to press buzzer. | Charlotte |
Black Team | £1,090 | £2,890 | £5,410 | ||
Spend the night together alone. | Ellie & Sam |
Gold Team | -£400 | £2,890 | £5,010 | ||
Cut one member of the Black Team from the task. (Chose Raph) |
Gold Team | £5,500 | £2,890 | £10,510 | |||
Cut one member of the Gold Team from the task. (Chose Kieran) |
Black Team | £5,500 | £8,300 | £10,510 |
Nominations History[]
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | |||||||||||
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Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 5 | Day 16 | Day 18 | Day 20 | Day 21 | Day 39 | Day 40 | Day 44 | Day 45 | Day 47 | Day 49 | Day 52 | Final | ||||
Isabelle | Not In House | Ineligible |
Tom |
No Nominations |
Ineligible |
Third Hunted |
Saved Ineligible |
Tom Kieran |
Tom | Ineligible | No Nominations |
Winner | ||||||
Raph | Housemate | Exiled | Saved |
Joe Kayleigh |
Ineligible |
Tom Joe |
No Nominations |
Joe Ellie |
Survived | Chanelle | Ellie Kieran |
Kieran | Ineligible |
No Nominations |
Runner-Up | |||
Deborah | Housemate | Citizen | Rebecca Kayleigh |
Ineligible |
Joe Tom |
Tom |
No Nominations |
Tom Joe |
Survived | Chanelle | Ellie Tom |
Tom | Ineligible |
No Nominations |
Third Place | |||
Tom | People's HM | Mandy | Sukhvinder Imran |
Ineligible |
Rebecca Hannah |
No Nominations |
Ineligible | Survived | Chanelle | Chanelle Isabelle |
Hannah | Isabelle | No Nominations |
Fourth Place | ||||
S | Andrew | |
Joe Tom |
Survived | Chanelle | Saved Sam |
Hannah Chanelle |
Hannah | Ineligible | Ineligible | 2nd Chance Winner | |||||||
Kieran | Housemate | Citizen | Sukhvinder Charlotte |
Isabelle Savannah |
Joe Chanelle |
Hannah |
No Nominations |
Ineligible |
Survived | Chanelle | Chanelle Raph |
Isabelle | Ineligible |
No Nominations |
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Hannah | Housemate | Saved Citizen |
Rebecca Kayleigh |
Ineligible |
Joe Rebecca |
No Nominations |
Tom Charlotte |
Survived | Chanelle | Ellie Tom |
Kieran | Charlotte | No Nominations |
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Charlotte | Housemate | Saved Citizen |
Joe Imran |
Ineligible |
Joe Chanelle |
Hannah |
No Nominations |
Ineligible | Survived | Sue | Chanelle Raph |
Hannah | Ineligible | | ||||
Ellie | Housemate | Citizen | Charlotte Sukhvinder |
Ineligible |
Joe Rebecca |
No Nominations |
Raph Hannah |
Survived | Chanelle | Hannah Chanelle |
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Chanelle | Housemate | Exiled | Saved |
Rebecca Sukhvinder |
Isabelle Savannah |
Joe Rebecca |
No Nominations |
Ineligible |
First Hunted |
Charlotte Kieran |
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S | Sam | Not In House | |
Charlotte Deborah |
Saved | Chanelle | Chanelle Hannah |
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S | Sue | |
Charlotte Tom |
Fourth Hunted |
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S | Simone | |
Hannah Raph |
Second Hunted |
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Joe | Housemate | Citizen | Raph Rebecca Charlotte |
Ineligible |
Rebecca Charlotte |
No Nominations |
Ineligible | | ||||||||||
Savannah | Not In House | Ineligible |
Hannah |
No Nominations |
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Lotan | Housemate | Exiled | Saved |
Hannah Sukhvinder |
Isabelle Savannah |
Hannah Chanelle |
Hannah |
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Rebecca | Housemate | Exiled | Saved |
Sukhvinder Imran |
Ineligible |
Joe Hannah |
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Kayleigh | Housemate | Citizen | Imran Deborah |
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Sukhvinder | Housemate | Exiled | Saved |
Kayleigh Rebecca |
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Imran | Housemate | Rep Exiled |
Rebecca Ellie |
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Arthur | Housemate | Exiled | Saved |
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Mandy | Housemate | Rep Exiled |
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Key: | Nominated | Saved | Immune | Walked | Evicted | Ejected | Guest |
People's Housemate | Vote to Save | Vote to Evict | S: Second Chance Housemate |
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Trivia[]
This season holds the record for the most of housemates in a season with 22 alongside Big Brother 7 (UK), Big Brother 8 (UK) and Big Brother 10 (UK) in Big Brother (UK).
Ratings[]
Viewers (millions) | ||||||||||
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | |||
Saturday | 1.30 | 1.16 | 1.15 | 1.18 | 1.09 | 1.05 | 1.29 | |||
Sunday | 1.45 | 1.27 | 1.30 | 1.10 | 1.17 | 1.04 | 1.08 | |||
Monday | 1.60 | 1.46 | 1.32 | 1.23 | 1.21 | 1.17 | 1.12 | 1.03 | ||
Tuesday | 1.53 | 1.27 | 1.19 | 1.14 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.28 | 1.05 | ||
Wednesday | 1.56 | 1.42 | 1.28 | 1.22 | 1.13 | 1.22 | 1.27 | 1.10 | ||
Thursday | 1.60 | 1.33 | 1.15 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.24 | 1.23 | 1.02 | ||
Friday | 1.43 | 1.27 | 1.15 | 1.08 | 1.12 | 1.17 | 1.24 | 1.11 | ||
Weekly average | 1.54 | 1.36 | 1.21 | 1.19 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.10 | ||
Running average | 1.54 | 1.45 | 1.37 | 1.32 | 1.30 | 1.28 | 1.26 | 1.24 | ||
Series average | 1.24 |
References[]
- ↑ http://www.bbspy.co.uk/bb18/news/1207/endemol-officially-opens-auditions-for-big-brother-2017-and-only-pairs-can-apply
- ↑ http://www.twitter.com/bbuk/status/862563204626616320
- ↑ http://www.bbspy.co.uk/bb18/news/0511/c5-unveils-big-brother-2017-union-jack-eye-logo-political-new-series-conflict-alternative-look-at-britain-united-kingdom-pictures
- ↑ http://www.bbspy.co.uk/bb18/news/0405/big-brother-2017-house-construction-photo-leak-reveals-major-changes-main-house-gutted-garden-wall-demolished-pictures
- ↑ http://www.bbspy.co.uk/bb18/news/0531/new-big-brother-2017-british-village-house-revealed-pictures
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/big-brother/news/a829818/big-brother-2017-housemates-who-are-they/