Big Brother 7 (UK)

Big Brother 7 (UK)
Season Information
Country	United Kingdom
Host	Davina McCall
Season	7
Prize Money	£100,000
No. of Housemates	22
No. of Days	93
Winner	Pete Bennett
Runner(s)-up	Glyn Wise
Returnees	Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace (BBUK16) Nikki Grahame (Ultimate, BBUK16, BBCAN4)
Production
Network	Channel 4
Creative Directors	Philip Edgar-Jones Sharon Powers
Executive Producers	Claire O'Donohoe Paul Osborne
Challenge Producers	Chris Curley Harriet Jaine Louise Whalley
Editor	Michelle Langer James McKinlay
Announcers	Marcus Bentley
Season Run	May 18, 2006 – August 18, 2006
No. of Episodes	107
Viewership	4.7m
Companion Shows	Big Brother's Little Brother Big Brother's Big Mouth
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother 6 (UK)
Next Season	Big Brother 8 (UK)

Big Brother 7 (UK) is the seventh series of the UK version of Big Brother. It premiered on May 18, 2006 and concluded exactly three months later on August 18 when Pete Bennett was crowned the winner of the season, taking home the grand prize.

Housemate Nikki Grahame would later return to compete as a housemate on Ultimate Big Brother, where she became the runner-up of the season. Grace Adams-Short, Glyn Wise, and Pete would also return to participate in tasks during this season. Nikki, along with Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace would also later enter the house as "Time Warp Housemates", during Big Brother 16 (UK) , deemed as "Legends". The winner of this season; Pete and Grace and Glyn would also briefly return to the house in the same season as a part of the "Let's do the Time Warp" shopping task on Day 37.

A year later, in 2016, Nikki would compete as a houseguest for her third time on Big Brother Canada 4, where she placed sixth overall.

Background

The fact that this season featured many housemates that had mental illnesses was highly controversial. These housemates include: Pete having Tourette's syndrome, Shahbaz deemed as mentally and emotionally unstable, Lea suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, Sam being shunned by her family, and Nikki suffering from anorexia in her past, leading to her being sectioned.

The House

The House for the seventh season of Big Brother (UK), featured a much smaller interior than that of its predecessor, with the living room being brought back into the house, with two glass doors that helped to separate it from the main floor of the house. The walls of the bedroom would change colour depending on the mood of the house-mates on eviction/live-nights. The bedroom for this season was found across from the living room, featuring a water-bed. The bathroom would also be accessed through this room and would feature a bath, shower and toilet.

The kitchen of the house was minimal and was found next to the garden of the house. The garden of the house featured a barbeque, pool and a seating area. There was also a bridge in the garden which was entitle "The Bridge to Nowhere" which lead to another seating area.

Bedroom

Garden

Hallway

Kitchen

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Twists

• The Big Brotherhood: During the first week, housemates were selected to a fraternity where members got their suitcases and immunity. At the end of the week, the housemates not in "The Big Brotherhood" were nominated for eviction.
• Golden Ticket Housemate: Following the Week 3 eviction, it was announced that the winner of the "Nestle Golden Ticket" would enter. 100 golden tickets were hidden in Kit Kat bars and after numerous background checks and evaluations, 35 of the ticket holders had a chance of entering the house. The housemates in the house randomly drew for one of the holders. The winner was Susie Verrico. She would later have the power to nominate the only housemates for eviction for Week 4.
• Fake Eviction - The House Next Door: For the Week 6 eviction, Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace was fake evicted to the "House Next Door" where she was joined by five new housemates. On Day 46, Aisleyne was told to evict one housemate, unknowingly to her that they would go to the Main House. She chose Jayne Kitt. On Day 48, Aisleyne had to select two housemates to evict and once again unknowingly to her that they would go to the Main House. She chose Michael Cheshire and Jennie Corner. Finally, on Day 49, Aisleyne was told to evict one final housemate and this time, it would be a real eviction. She would evict Jonathan Leonard over Spiral Coroner.
• Best Friends: For Week 10, the housemates selected a fellow housemate to be their "best friend" for the week. For nominations, each pair nominated one housemate for eviction. The housemates with the most nominations were nominated alongside with their best friend. The pair with the least votes to save would be evicted.
• Final Pass: For Week 12, housemates participated in the "Big Brother Board Game" task. The winner would be safe from nominations and be given a spot in the final.
• Previously Evicted Housemate Returning: On Day 84, Grace, Lea, Mikey, and Nikki were chosen by the public to re-enter the house between 10 previous housemates. The housemates lived in the "House Next Door" until Day 87 when the housemates in the Main House decided for Nikki to move back into the Main House.
• Six Finalists: Returning from the previous celebrity series, six housemates would be left in the final instead of the normal 4.

Housemates

Winner    Pete	Runner-Up    Glyn	Finalist    Aisleyne	Finalist    Richard	Finalist    Nikki	Finalist    Jennie
Evicted    Imogen	Evicted    Susie	Evicted    Mikey	Evicted    Spiral	Evicted    Michael	Evicted    Jayne

Evicted    Lea

Evicted    Jonathan

Evicted    Lisa

Evicted    Grace

Evicted    Sam

Evicted    Sezer

Walked    George

Evicted    Bonnie

Ejected    Dawn

Walked    Shahbaz

Nominations History

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7		Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12			Week 13
							Day 49	Day 51					Day 83	Day 86	Day 87	Final
Pete	In Big Brotherhood	Imogen Sezer	Lisa Nikki	Ineligible	Imogen Lisa	Susie Aisleyne	Ineligible	Banned	No Nominations	Spiral Michael	Michael	Imogen Aisleyne	Ineligible	Imogen Glyn	Nikki	Winner
Glyn	Not In Big Brotherhood	Grace Richard	Sam Nikki	Ineligible	Nikki	Richard Aisleyne	Ineligible	Pete Lea	No Nominations	Susie Jayne	Susie	Susie Richard	Ineligible	Richard Pete	Ineligible	Runner-Up
Aisleyne	Not in House	Exempt	Nikki Sam	Ineligible	Lisa Mikey	Lea Nikki	Jonathan	Exempt	No Nominations	Jayne Richard	Spiral	Mikey Glyn	Ineligible	Richard Glyn	Nikki	Third Place
Richard	In Big Brotherhood	Imogen Sezer	Lisa Grace	Ineligible	Imogen Glyn	Imogen Aisleyne	Ineligible	Imogen Glyn	No Nominations	Aisleyne Spiral	Michael	Mikey Imogen	Ineligible	Aisleyne Imogen	Nikki	Fourth Place
Nikki	In Big Brotherhood	Lea Grace	Richard Sam	Ineligible	Lisa	Aisleyne Susie	Ineligible	Richard Lea	No Nominations					Next Door		Fifth Place
Jennie	Not in House						Ineligible	Exempt	No Nominations	Michael Jayne	Spiral	Susie Imogen	Ineligible	Aisleyne Imogen	Nikki	Sixth Place
Imogen	In Big Brotherhood	Banned	Banned	Ineligible	Lea	Richard Susie	Ineligible	Richard Lea	No Nominations	Richard Jayne	Michael	Richard Jennie	Ineligible	Richard Pete
Susie	Not in House			Nikki Grace	Lisa Mikey	Nikki Imogen	Ineligible	Lea Glyn	No Nominations	Michael Spiral	Michael	Mikey Jennie
Mikey	In Big Brotherhood	Richard Lisa	Sam Aisleyne	Ineligible	Lea Susie	Richard Susie	Ineligible	Richard Nikki	No Nominations	Richard Susie	Susie	Susie Jennie		Next Door
Spiral	Not in House						Next Door	Exempt	No Nominations	Jennie Richard	Richard
Michael	Not in House						Ineligible	Exempt	No Nominations	Jennie Richard	Richard
Jayne	Not in House						Ineligible	Exempt	No Nominations	Aisleyne Imogen
Lea	In Big Brotherhood	Sezer Lisa	Nikki Richard	Ineligible	Imogen	Aisleyne Susie	Ineligible	Susie Richard						Next Door
Jonathan	Not in House						Next Door
Lisa	In Big Brotherhood	Lea Richard	Banned	Immune	Nikki
Grace	In Big Brotherhood	Lea Richard	Aisleyne Sam	Ineligible										Next Door
Sam	Not in House	Exempt	Lea Richard
Sezer	In Big Brotherhood	Banned
George	In Big Brotherhood	Ineligible
Bonnie	Not In Big Brotherhood
Dawn	Not In Big Brotherhood
Shahbaz	In Big Brotherhood

Game History

Week 1

Nominee    Glyn

Nominee  Ejected    Dawn

Evicted  78% to Evict    Bonnie

Walked    Shahbaz

Week 2

Entered   Exempt    Aisleyne

Entered   Exempt    Sam

Banned    Imogen

Nominee    Lea

Nominee    Richard

Banned  Evicted  91.6% to Evict    Sezer

Walked    George

Week 3

Banned    Imogen

Banned    Lisa

Nominee  46.3% to Evict    Nikki

Evicted  53.7% to Evict    Sam

Week 4

Entered  Sole Nominations    Susie

Task Winner  Immune    Lisa

Nominee  12.1% to Evict    Nikki

Evicted  87.9% to Evict    Grace

Week 5

Rule-Breaker  Power to Nominate    Glyn

Rule-Breaker  Power to Nominate    Lea

Rule-Breaker  Power to Nominate  Nominee    Imogen

Nominee    Mikey

Nominated by Rule-Breakers    Nikki

Rule-Breaker  Power to Nominate  Evicted  60.3% to Evict    Lisa

Week 6

Nominee  32.7% to Move    Susie

Moved  67.3% to Move    Aisleyne

Week 7

Next Door  Exempt    Aisleyne	Next Door  Exempt    Jennie	Next Door  Exempt    Michael	Next Door  Exempt    Spiral	Next Door  Evicted by Aisleyne    Jonathan
Entered   Exempt    Jayne	Banned    Pete	Nominee  46.2% to Evict    Richard	Evicted  53.8% to Evict    Lea

Week 8

Entered   Nominee    Jennie

Entered   Nominee    Michael

Entered   Nominee    Spiral

Re-Entered  Nominee    Aisleyne

Nominee    Glyn

Nominee    Imogen

Nominee    Mikey

Nominee    Pete

Nominee    Richard

Nominee    Susie

Evicted  37.2% to Evict    Nikki

Week 9

Nominee  32.9% to Evict    Richard

Evicted  67.1% to Evict    Jayne

Week 10

Best Friends  Nominee    Imogen	Best Friends  Nominee    Susie
Best Friends  Nominee    Pete	Best Friends  Nominee    Richard
Best Friends  Evicted  9.7% to Save    Spiral	Best Friends  Evicted  9.7% to Save    Michael

Week 11

Nominee    Imogen

Nominee    Jennie

Evicted  48.5% to Evict out of 4    Mikey

Evicted  59.4% to Evict out of 3    Susie

Week 12

Next Door  Re-Entered    Nikki	Next Door  Re-Evicted    Grace	Next Door  Re-Evicted    Lea	Next Door  Re-Evicted    Mikey
Task Winner  Immune    Jennie	Nominee  38% to Evict    Richard	Evicted  62% to Evict    Imogen

Week 13

Winner 61.2% to Win    Pete

Runner-Up 38.8% to Win out of 2    Glyn

Finalist 22% to Win out of 3    Aisleyne

Finalist 9.2% to Win out of 4    Richard

Finalist 6.5% to Win out of 5    Nikki

Finalist 0.9% to Win out of 6    Jennie

Trivia

• This season, along with Big Brother 8 (UK), Big Brother 10 (UK) and Big Brother 18 (UK), ties for most housemates on a season of Big Brother (UK) with 22.