Big Brother 20 (UK)

Big Brother 20 (UK)
Season Information
Country	United Kingdom
Host	AJ Odudu Will Best
Season	20
Prize Money	£100,000
No. of Housemates	16
No. of Days	42
Winner	Jordan Sangha
Runner(s)-up	Olivia Young
Production
Network	ITV1 (launch & live broadcasts) ITV2 ITVX (live feeds)
Creative Directors	Tamsin Dodgson
Executive Producers	Jess Thomas Matt Green Colin Whitaker
Challenge Producers	Jack Cullen
Casting	Jay Khagram
Announcers	Marcus Bentley
Season Run	October 8, 2023 - November 17, 2023
Filming Dates	October 7, 2023 - November 17, 2023
Sponsor
No. of Episodes	36
Viewership	1.70m
Share	12.3%
Companion Shows	Big Brother: Late & Live
Cast
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 19 (UK)
Next Season	Big Brother 21 (UK)

Big Brother 20 is the twentieth series of Big Brother UK.

Background

After being axed by Channel 5 in 2018, rumors of a twentieth season began circulating in 2020, especially after Channel 4, the original broadcaster of Big Brother UK, aired a special program celebrating the show's 20th anniversary. On August 1, 2022, it was announced that ITV had purchased the rights to the show and would be broadcasting a new season on ITV2 in 2023. Initially slated for a March 2023 debut, ITV elected to push back the premiere to the fall, citing concerns with competing reality shows, and "wanting to give the Big Brother revival the best chance to succeed."

Casting

On October 10, 2022, ITV opened applications for the renewed season, with a main goal in mind: to bring 'authenticity' back inside the Big Brother house.

ITV's Peter Tierney said his team relentlessly listened to audience and fans who have constantly expressed wanting "real, authentic reality." The casting process was initially slated to close on January 27, 2023, but was extended thrice until it ultimately closed on July 27, 2023. The 10-month casting process led by ITV and Initial resulted in a pool of 30,000 applications according to Executive Producer Katy Manley, and eventually sifted down to 500 applicants for the interviews.

On October 3, 2023, just less than a week before the season's launch date, presenter AJ Odudu hinted that the housemates will reflect the UK in 2023 and that the show will always be a mirror to today's society. ITV also revealed that the show will be prioritizing the welfare of the cast through a welfare package that supports all housemates before, during and after their time in the Big Brother House. Apart from the usual medical and psychological procedures done internationally by every contestant, among the welfare package inclusions published by ITV for Big Brother UK contestants are the following:

• Sessions with registered mental health professionals to assess and support the housemates before the show, while inside the house, and after leaving the house.
• A series of background checks including checks of their social media accounts by an independent specialized service.
• A social media blackout where the housemates and their social media account handlers like family and friends are prohibited from posting any content on the housemates' social media accounts while inside the house.
• Respect and Inclusion training to prepare them for living in the House and to set out Big Brother’s expectations for appropriate behavior and language.
• Bespoke training on dealing with social media and press after leaving the Big Brother house.

Production Changes

• Redefined Big Brother: Creative Director Tamsin Dodgson mentioned that the ITV reboot will introduce a new Big Brother persona, saying that the role of the all-seeing Big Brother in Big Brother UK will have more personality and character. This update on Big Brother's role in the UK version means that people will see Big Brother having more interaction and involvement in the house and the housemates' lives as seen on some international versions than simply issuing commands.

• New Presenters: On April 2023, ITV announced TV Hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best as the new main presenters of the British franchise, with the duo replacing Emma Willis who hosted Channel 5's iteration of the show. Odudu is best known for hosting The Voice UK and for being a competitor on Strictly Come Dancing, while Best is known for hosting numerous shows on Channel 4, ITV, and the BBC.

• Big Brother: Late & Live: Along with the franchise's main show, ITV also introduced a new companion show spin-off "Big Brother: Late & Live", hosted by AJ Odudu and Will Best. Big Brother: Late & Live will air right after the main show every night from Sunday to Friday in front of a live audience, with a talk-show format similar to its predecessor Big Brother's Bit on the Side. Eviction interviews will take place in the companion show instead of the main show, and exclusive features like access to the camera runs, celebrity guest appearances, and discussions about the house events and weekly nomination results.

The House

With the Big Brother UK house in Elstree Studios being demolished weeks after Big Brother 19 (UK) ended in 2018, the ITV revival had to find a new location to house the franchise. In May 2023, ITV announced Garden Studios, a large, newly-built studio complex in Brent, London, to be the new location for the network's revival of the series.

For the first time in Big Brother UK history, ITV created the house inside a soundstage instead of building a purpose-built house. The network has decided to use Soundstage 1 of Garden Studios' Iris Campus as the main house.

Living Area

Dining Area

Kitchen

Lounge

Corridor

Bedroom

Bedroom

Bathroom

Bathroom

Bathroom

Diary Room

Garden

Garden

Garden

Garden

Housemates

Winner    Jordan

Runner-Up    Olivia

Finalist    Henry

Finalist    Yinrun

Finalist    Noky

Evicted    Matty

Evicted    Jenkin

Evicted    Tom

Evicted    Trish

Evicted    Chanelle

Evicted    Dylan

Evicted    Paul

Evicted    Kerry

Evicted    Hallie

Evicted    Zak

Evicted    Farida

Task History

Week	Day(s)	Task Description	Result
1	1-2	On Day 1, Big Brother gave a secret mission to Olivia, who was nominated for eviction by Jenkin. In 24 hours, the housemates would vote on who the most boring housemate was, and she had to prove that she was not the most boring. If the house did not vote her as most boring, she would be saved from eviction and immune from nominations. If not, she would remain on the block.
	4-5	Starting on Day 4, Big Brother divided the housemates into three groups, where the housemates at the top will live in luxury while the remaining housemates would live on basic rations. The contestants must complete a series of tasks, where if they pass a majority of their tasks, they would receive a luxury budget. If they fail to do so, then they would receive an economy budget.
2	8	On Day 8, Chanelle was given a mission to give a backhanded compliment to each of the housemates. If she successfully did so without getting caught, the entire house would earn a jar of sweets.
	9-10	Starting on Day 9, Big Brother forced the housemates to stay, sleep, and eat outside for 24 hours. In order to pass the task, they must maintain a positive attitude and pass a majority of the tasks.
	13	On Day 13, Big Brother opened his Foul Fast Food Restaurant. Three housemates were assigned to work at the restaurant, and they must successfully make, deliver, and have other contestants eat the order in an allotted amount of time. Contestants must eat the food with a smile. If a majority of the tasks are completed, then the housemates would receive a takeout dinner of their choice.
3	16-17	Starting on Day 16, Big Brother required the housemates to live like ants, where they would have to sleep in trees, eat sugary treats, and work within their colony. Additionally, they would be divided into two teams, where one of them would have the ability to control the budget. They would earn the power to do so winning various tasks.
4	22	On Day 22, Big Brother gave the housemates an opportunity to earn additional snacks by complaining to his "Venting Machine."
	23-25	Starting on Day 23, Big Brother opened his Room 101, where they would have to endure hell in order to earn a luxury shopping budget.
	23-24	On Day 23, Big Brother possessed Noky, forcing her to secretly nominate three housemates for eviction. She and a housemate of her choice, Trish, had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and chant "Halloween" three times in order to unlock the secret Room 101. In order to pass the task, they both must keep their mission a secret.
	27	On Day 27, Big Brother gave Yinrun a secret task to fake cry to three other housemates. If she makes another housemate cry and completes the tasks without being detected, she would earn her own personalized party.
5	31	Starting on Day 31, a series of intruders, all connected to a housemate, will attempt to break into the Big Brother house. The housemates must maintain their security protocol by not communicating with their loved ones. If they can successfully do so, they would receive a luxury shopping budget.
	32	On Day 32, whenever a noise sounds, the selected housemates had to go to Big Brother's dance floor within 30 seconds. If the contestants can successfully do so throughout the day, they would earn a prize.
6	36	On Day 36, whenever a messy situation appears, the housemates must dispose of the trash within a certain amount of time. If they successfully do so, they would earn a night of pampering provided by Big Brother.
	38	On Day 38, Henry was given a secret mission to say "yes" to everything that Big Brother tells him to do. Unbeknownst to him, the three housemates in Big Brother's spare room would be giving Henry the directions. If he successfully does so without getting detected, he would earn champagne for the house.
	39	On Day 39, Big Brother required the housemates to complete a series of cowboy-themed tasks. If they are able to pass a majority of them, they would earn American snacks.

Key:

Secret Mission

Daily Task

Shopping Task

Nominations History

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4		Week 5	Week 6
				Day 24	Day 25		Day 37	Day 39	Final
Jordan	Paul	Paul Noky	Hallie Jenkin	Ineligible	Jenkin Noky	Chanelle Olivia	Jenkin Olivia	No Nominations	Winner
Olivia	Saved Farida	Matty Henry	Dylan Matty	Ineligible	Trish Noky	Banned	Matty Jordan	No Nominations	Runner-Up
Henry	Farida	Zak Paul	Paul Noky	Ineligible	Dylan Paul	Noky Olivia	Jenkin Noky	No Nominations	Third Place
Yinrun	Kerry	Kerry Noky	Hallie Kerry	Ineligible	Dylan Paul	Chanelle Noky	Jenkin Tom Tom	No Nominations	Fourth Place
Noky	Kerry	Henry Jordan	Chanelle Dylan	Olivia Dylan Kerry	Paul Dylan	Chanelle Tom	Henry Tom	No Nominations	Fifth Place
Matty	Kerry	Olivia Kerry	Olivia Kerry	Ineligible	Olivia Dylan	Olivia Jordan	Jenkin Olivia Tom	No Nominations
Jenkin	Olivia Farida	Henry Zak	Hallie Trish	Ineligible	Dylan Noky	Jordan Trish	Jordan Henry
Tom	Farida	Hallie Jordan	Trish Hallie	Ineligible	Noky Trish	Trish Noky	Noky Jordan
Trish	Paul	Kerry Paul	Chanelle Dylan	Olivia Dylan Kerry	Dylan Paul	Chanelle Tom
Chanelle	Kerry	Zak Trish	Hallie Noky	Ineligible	Dylan Trish	Trish Yinrun
Dylan	Farida	Matty Henry	Trish Kerry	Ineligible	Trish Noky
Paul	Farida	Trish Jordan	Trish Noky	Ineligible	Trish Noky
Kerry	Farida	Zak Matty	Trish Dylan	Ineligible
Hallie	Farida	Zak Trish	Henry Tom
Zak	Henry	Hallie Olivia
Farida	Kerry

Key:

Nominated

Saved

Evicted

Game History

#	Nominations																																																												Result
																																																													HM(s)	Finish
1	Farida																				Kerry																				Olivia																				Farida	1st Evicted Day 7
2	Henry																														Zak																														Zak	2nd Evicted Day 14
3	Dylan																				Hallie																				Trish																				Hallie	3rd Evicted Day 21
4	Dylan																				Kerry																				Olivia																				Kerry	4th Evicted Day 24
	Dylan															Noky															Paul															Trish															Paul	5th Evicted Day 28
																																																													Dylan	6th Evicted Day 28
5	Chanelle												Jenkin												Noky												Olivia												Trish												Chanelle	7th Evicted Day 35
																																																													Trish	8th Evicted Day 35
6	Jenkin																				Jordan																				Tom																				Tom	9th Evicted Day 39
																																																													Jenkin	10th Evicted Day 39
	Henry										Jordan										Matty										Noky										Olivia										Yinrun										Matty	11th Evicted Day 40
																																																													Noky	Fifth Place
																																																													Yinrun	Fourth Place
																																																													Henry	Third Place
																																																													Olivia	Runner-Up
																																																													Jordan	Winner

Week 1

Saved    Olivia

Nominee    Kerry

Evicted    Farida

Week 2

Nominee    Henry

Evicted    Zak

Week 3

Nominee    Dylan

Nominee    Trish

Evicted    Hallie

Week 4

Round 1

Nominee    Dylan

Nominee    Olivia

Evicted    Kerry

Round 2

Nominee    Noky

Nominee    Trish

Evicted    Dylan

Evicted    Paul

Week 5

Nominee    Jenkin

Nominee    Noky

Nominee    Olivia

Evicted    Trish

Evicted    Chanelle

Week 6

Round 1

Nominee    Jordan

Evicted    Jenkin

Evicted    Tom

Round 2

Nominee    Henry

Nominee    Jordan

Nominee    Noky

Nominee    Olivia

Nominee    Yinrun

Evicted    Matty

Final

Winner 37.80% to win    Jordan

Runner-Up 20.16% to win    Olivia

Third Place 19.64% to win    Henry

Fourth Place 17.14% to win    Yinrun

Fifth Place 5.26% to win    Noky

Ratings

Big Brother 20 (UK) Official Ratings
#		Date	Viewership							Source
Week	Episode		Main Show				Late & Live
			Live Viewers (in millions)	Consolidated Viewers (in millions)	Season Avg Viewers (millions)	Share	Live Viewers (in millions)	Consolidated Viewers (in millions)	Share
1	1	Sunday, October 8, 2023	1.82	3.39	3.39	30.1%	0.31	0.56	11.3%
	2	Monday, October 9, 2023	0.83	2.25	2.82	16.2%	0.34	0.56	8.5%
	3	Tuesday, October 10, 2023	0.62	1.97	2.54	13.2%	0.24	0.39	5.8%
	4	Wednesday, October 11, 2023	0.62	1.94	2.39	14.7%	0.25	0.43	7.0%
	5	Thursday, October 12, 2023	0.46	1.79	2.27	11.1%	0.24	0.43	6.8%
	6	Friday, October 13, 2023	0.44	1.73	2.18	13.6%	0.36	0.79	9.5%
2	7	Sunday, October 15, 2023	0.46	1.57	2.09	10.2%	0.16	0.35	5.3%
	8	Monday, October 16, 2023	0.50	1.69	2.04	12.4%	0.20	0.37	6.2%
	9	Tuesday, October 17, 2023	0.42	1.60	1.99	10.3%	0.17	0.33	5.0%
	10	Wednesday, October 18, 2023	0.46	1.62	1.96	12.3%	0.21	0.35	5.4%
	11	Thursday, October 19, 2023	0.51	1.67	1.93	10.9%	0.22	0.44	7.0%
	12	Friday, October 20, 2023	0.52	1.50	1.89	10.5%	0.32	0.74	10.6%
3	13	Sunday, October 22, 2023	0.38	1.45	1.86	10.3%	0.16	0.32	5.0%
	14	Monday, October 23, 2023	0.43	1.68	1.85	11.8%	0.18	0.35	5.1%
	15	Tuesday, October 24, 2023	0.38	1.62	1.83	11.3%	0.20	0.40	5.7%
	16	Wednesday, October 25, 2023	0.36	1.62	1.82	12.4%	0.14	0.33	5.3%
	17	Thursday, October 26, 2023	0.50	1.68	1.81	9.9%	0.20	0.41	6.3%
	18	Friday, October 27, 2023	0.41	1.57	1.80	10.6%	0.30	0.79	12.5%
4	19	Sunday, October 29, 2023	0.51	1.58	1.79	12.0%	0.27	0.47	7.4%
	20	Monday, October 30, 2023	0.37	1.57	1.77	11.5%	0.20	0.46	6.5%
	21	Tuesday, October 31, 2023	0.51	1.73	1.77	11.9%	0.29	0.76	11.2%
	22	Wednesday, November 1, 2023	0.49	1.52	1.76	11.3%	0.20	0.46	6.7%
	23	Thursday, November 2, 2023	0.48	1.69	1.76	11.2%	0.26	0.63	7.7%
	24	Friday, November 3, 2023	0.98	2.06	1.77	18.9%	0.34	0.85	12.7%
5	25	Sunday, November 5, 2023	0.46	1.56	1.76	14.3%	0.18	0.45	7.1%
	26	Monday, November 6, 2023	0.50	1.50	1.75	9.9%	0.20	0.43	5.7%
	27	Tuesday, November 7, 2023	0.39	1.56	1.74	11.6%	0.27	0.52	8.7%
	28	Wednesday, November 8, 2023	0.46	1.54	1.74	10.7%	0.22	0.53	7.4%
	29	Thursday, November 9, 2023	0.45	1.56	1.73	9.6%	0.23	0.47	7.2%
	30	Friday, November 10, 2023	0.35	1.80	1.73	10.4%	0.38	0.99	14.4%
6	31	Sunday, November 12, 2023	0.47	1.65	1.73	13.7%	0.28	0.59	8.5%
	32	Monday, November 13, 2023	0.58	1.69	1.73	12.6%	0.25	0.57	7.9%
	33	Tuesday, November 14, 2023	0.51	1.53	1.72	12.3%	0.29	0.77	12.2%
	34	Wednesday, November 15, 2023	0.43	1.42	1.71	11.3%	0.18	0.43	5.7%
	35	Thursday, November 16, 2023	0.41	1.47	1.71	11.0%	0.25	0.57	7.9%
	36	Friday, November 17, 2023	0.25	1.60	1.70	7.5%	0.40	0.87	12.5%

Key:

Increase

Decrease

No Change

Live Show

References

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