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
Cast
Opening Sequence
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 and Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace would also later enter the house as "Time Warp Housemates", during Big Brother 16 (UK) , deemed as "Legends". Pete, 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

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

The Golden Ticket Housemate

On the launch night, Davina McCall announced that that Big Brother had partnered with Nestlé to distribute 100 "Golden Tickets" in random Kit Kat bars throughout the country. In a twist similar to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, one of those golden tickets would let a member of the viewing public inside of the house. The Kit Kat bars went into circulation at 10:30pm on Launch Night. If any member of the viewing public wanted to enter the house, they had to have claimed their ticket to production by June 2, 2006.

Producers told the Manchester Evening News, "This is a first for Big Brother. Nothing on this scale has ever been tried before in a reality show. We are always looking at new ways of trying to find brilliant housemates and the golden ticket feels like a genuinely exciting way to do so".

Throughout the three week promotion only 35 of the 100 tickets were claimed and eligible to be redeemed by members of the viewing public. On Day 23, 34 of the claimed winners appeared live on Channel 4 to learn their fate. On the day of the live show, one potential housemate named "PJ" was slated in the promotion material to appear but dropped out last minute. The 34 different winners are listed below:

#	Name		Result	#	Name		Result
1		Andrew Thomas	Not Selected	2		Hollie Pearce	Not Selected
3		Deby Dakers	Not Selected	4		Paul Firminger	Not Selected
5		Stuart Pavey	Not Selected	6		Wayne Jordan	Not Selected
7		Josh Gowens	Not Selected	8		Rachel Richardson	Not Selected
9		Adam Pattison	Not Selected	10		Claire Allen	Not Selected
11		Tim Slessor	Not Selected	12		Martyn Hilliard	Not Selected
13		Vicki Ellis	Not Selected	14		Susie Verrico	Winner
15		Eva Satchell	Not Selected	16		Philip Colaco	Not Selected
17		Susan Carter	Not Selected	18		Simon Wynn	Not Selected
19		Reza Katani	Not Selected	20		Malcolm McKee	Not Selected
21		Mohammed Butt	Not Selected	22		Michael Copare	Not Selected
23		Richard Nevill	Not Selected	24		Ed Murrary	Not Selected
25		Su Lindsey	Not Selected	26		Richard Hikins	Not Selected
27		Wayne Unitt	Not Selected	28		Graham Mack	Not Selected
29		Russell McLean	Not Selected	30		David Brown	Not Selected
31		Lorraine Harrow	Not Selected	32		Matt Oakes	Not Selected
33		Samuel Hunter	Not Selected	34		Danielle James	Not Selected

At the 10:00 eviction interview, the housemates gathered in the backyard and Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace pulled a ball at random to enter the house. The ball was number 14, Susie Verrico.

After she entered the house, many housemates and viewers accused the show of fixing the result. Various housemates stated on the show that they remembered seeing Susie during the audition process. The Advertising Standards Authority investigated the result and came to the conclusion that it did allow all potential candidates a chance to enter fairly.

Channel 4 and Endemol ended up releasing a statement stating that and independent observer from the Electoral Reform Services had looked at all 34 individual balls before they were placed inside of the lottery machine. The draw that aired live on Channel 4 was slowed down and sent to the ASA to show the process and to show members of the viewing public that nothing was tampered with.

However, even though the ASA determined that it was fairly done, it criticized the show for not allowing the independent observer from the Electoral Reform Services to attend the draw. There were observers that watched via the live television broadcast, no observers were allowed to have contact with the housemates in the house.

The ASA warned that any future promotions similar to the Golden Ticket must be held with supervision of an independent observer. If no independent observer would be present, it may break the regulatory code.

The twist would go on to be used in Big Brother Australia 7 with Mars, Incorporated's Starburst as the "Big Brother Starburst Golden Key".

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

#	Nominations																																																																Result
																																																																	HM(s)	Finish
1																																																																	Shahbaz	Walked Day 6
																																																																	Dawn	Ejected Day 8
	Bonnie																																																																Dawn																																																																Glyn																																																																Bonnie	1st Evicted Day 9
2																																																																	Aisleyne	Entered Day 12
																																																																	Sam
																																																																	George	Walked Day 13
	Lea																																																																Richard																																																																Sezer																																																																Sezer	2nd Evicted Day 16
3	Nikki																																																																Sam																																																																Sam	3rd Evicted Day 23
4																																																																	Susie	Entered Day 23
	Grace																																																																Nikki																																																																Grace	4th Evicted Day 30
5	Imogen																																																																Lisa																																																																Mikey																																																																Nikki																																																																Lisa	5th Evicted Day 37
6	Aisleyne																																																																Susie																																																																Aisleyne	Fake Evicted Day 44
7																																																																	Jayne	Entered Day 44
																																																																	Jennie
																																																																	Jonathan
																																																																	Michael
																																																																	Spiral
	Jonathan																																																																Spiral																																																																Jonathan	6th Evicted Day 49
	Lea																																																																Richard																																																																Lea	7th Evicted Day 51
8	All Housemates Except Jayne																																																																Nikki	8th Evicted Day 58
9	Jayne																																																																Richard																																																																Jayne	9th Evicted Day 65
10	Imogen & Susie																																																																Michael & Spiral																																																																Pete & Richard																																																																Michael & Spiral	10th & 11th Evicted Day 72
11	Imogen																																																																Jennie																																																																Mikey																																																																Susie																																																																Mikey	12th Evicted Day 79
																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																	Susie	13th Evicted Day 79
12																																																																	Grace	Re-Entered House Next Door Day 83
																																																																	Lea
																																																																	Mikey
																																																																	Nikki
	Imogen																																																																Richard																																																																Imogen	14th Evicted Day 86
																																																																	Grace, Lea & Mikey	Not Chosen Day 86
																																																																	Nikki	Returned Day 86
13																																																																	Jennie	Sixth Place
																																																																	Nikki	Fifth Place
																																																																	Richard	Fourth Place
																																																																	Aisleyne	Third Place
																																																																	Glyn	Runner-Up
																																																																	Pete	Winner

Week 1

Nominee    Glyn

Evicted  78% to Evict    Bonnie

Nominee  Ejected    Dawn

Walked    Shahbaz

Week 2

Entered   Exempt    Aisleyne

Entered   Exempt    Sam

Nominee    Lea

Nominee    Richard

Evicted  91.6% to Evict    Sezer

Walked    George

Week 3

Nominee  46.3% to Evict    Nikki

Evicted  53.7% to Evict    Sam

Week 4

Entered    Susie

Nominee  12.1% to Evict    Nikki

Evicted  87.9% to Evict    Grace

Week 5

Nominee    Imogen

Nominee    Mikey

Nominee    Nikki

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    Jonathan
Entered   Exempt    Jayne	Nominee  46.2% to Evict    Richard	Evicted  53.8% to Evict    Lea

Week 8

Re-Entered  Nominee    Aisleyne	Nominee    Glyn	Nominee    Imogen	Entered   Nominee    Jennie	Entered   Nominee    Michael
Nominee    Mikey	Nominee    Pete	Nominee    Richard	Entered   Nominee    Spiral	Nominee    Susie	Evicted  37.2% to Evict    Nikki

Week 9

Nominee  32.9% to Evict    Richard

Evicted  67.1% to Evict    Jayne

Week 10

Nominee    Imogen

Nominee    Pete

Nominee    Richard

Nominee    Susie

Evicted  9.7% to Save    Michael

Evicted  9.7% to Save    Spiral

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
Nominee  38% to Evict    Richard	Evicted  62% to Evict    Imogen

Week 13

Winner 61.2% to win (out of 2)    Pete

Runner-Up 38.8% to win (out of 2)    Glyn

Third Place 22% to win (out of 3)    Aisleyne

Fourth Place 9.2% to win (out of 4)    Richard

Fifth Place 6.5% to win (out of 5)    Nikki

Sixth Place 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.

Ratings

• Daily Show
• Big Brain
• Little Brother
• Big Mouth
• Diary Room Uncut
• Streaming & Specials

Big Brother 7 (UK) Ratings
#		Date	Ratings
Week	Episode		Viewers (in millions)	Share	Rank
1	1	Thursday, May 18, 2006	7.14	30.61%	17
	2	Friday, May 19, 2006	5.75	24.50%	26
	3	Saturday, May 20, 2006	3.64	14.03%	NR
	4	Sunday, May 21, 2006	4.67	18.01%	43
	5	Monday, May 22, 2006	4.80	17.99%	39
	6	Tuesday, May 23, 2006	5.05	20.55%	32
	7	Wednesday, May 24, 2006	5.67	22.35%	24
	8	Thursday, May 25, 2006	5.17	22.35%	30
	9	Friday, May 26, 2006	4.55	21.22%	43
	10	Friday, May 26, 2006	4.78	22.13%	44
2	11	Saturday, May 27, 2006	3.26	14.46%	NR
	12	Sunday, May 28, 2006	3.44	14.32%	NR
	13	Monday, May 29, 2006	4.98	17.99%	38
	14	Tuesday, May 30, 2006	4.24	15.50%	58
	15	Wednesday, May 31, 2006	5.07	21.68%	33
	16	Thursday, June 1, 2006	4.44	19.34%	44
	17	Friday, June 2, 2006	4.57	21.86%	40
	18	Friday, June 2, 2006	5.43	21.99%	32
3	19	Saturday, June 3, 2006	3.17	14.66%	NR
	20	Sunday, June 4, 2006	3.70	15.19%	70
	21	Monday, June 5, 2006	4.65	17.76%	37
	22	Tuesday, June 6, 2006	4.78	21.76%	34
	23	Wednesday, June 7, 2006	5.05	23.79%	27
	24	Thursday, June 8, 2006	4.77	22.59%	33
	25	Friday, June 9, 2006	4.43	21.16%	42
	26	Friday, June 9, 2006	5.19	24.43%	29
4	27	Saturday, June 10, 2006	3.66	18.04%	63
	28	Sunday, June 11, 2006	4.95	20.74%	31
	29	Monday, June 12, 2006	5.02	21.47%	31
	30	Tuesday, June 13, 2006	4.95	18.65%	35
	31	Wednesday, June 14, 2006	5.24	20.96%	27
	32	Thursday, June 15, 2006	4.79	22.76%	39
	33	Friday, June 16, 2006	4.76	22.03%	37
	34	Friday, June 16, 2006	6.35	28.00%	18
5	35	Saturday, June 17, 2006	3.51	16.69%	70
	36	Sunday, June 18, 2006	4.97	20.41%	34
	37	Monday, June 19, 2006	5.00	20.17%	33
	38	Tuesday, June 20, 2006	5.04	23.41%	31
	39	Wednesday, June 21, 2006	3.11	14.13%	NR
	40	Wednesday, June 21, 2006	4.82	19.13%	43
	41	Thursday, June 22, 2006	4.31	17.27%	48
	42	Friday, June 23, 2006	5.14	23.47%	25
	43	Friday, June 23, 2006	5.77	25.65%	22
6	44	Saturday, June 24, 2006	3.24	14.09%	NR
	45	Sunday, June 25, 2006	4.03	15.02%	55
	46	Monday, June 26, 2006	4.88	19.31%	31
	47	Tuesday, June 27, 2006	4.79	19.02%	33
	48	Wednesday, June 28, 2006	5.33	27.22%	22
	49	Thursday, June 29, 2006	4.97	23.16%	25
	50	Friday, June 30, 2006	4.65	21.73%	38
	51	Friday, June 30, 2006	6.24	28.19%	16
7	52	Saturday, July 1, 2006	3.21	15.39%	NR
	53	Sunday, July 2, 2006	4.87	20.33%	29
	54	Monday, July 3, 2006	5.56	26.20%	16
	55	Tuesday, July 4, 2006	4.60	18.80%	31
	56	Wednesday, July 5, 2006	5.52	26.85%	18
	57	Thursday, July 6, 2006	5.08	24.03%	23
	58	Friday, July 7, 2006	4.93	24.18%	24
	59	Friday, July 7, 2006	5.82	27.18%	14
8	60	Saturday, July 8, 2006	3.18	14.08%	69
	61	Sunday, July 9, 2006	4.62	20.28%	37
	62	Monday, July 10, 2006	4.86	21.06%	30
	63	Tuesday, July 11, 2006	4.86	22.26%	27
	64	Wednesday, July 12, 2006	4.73	23.48%	33
	65	Thursday, July 13, 2006	5.30	26.96%	22
	66	Friday, July 14, 2006	4.71	24.72%	29
	67	Friday, July 14, 2006	6.16	30.13%	12
9	68	Saturday, July 15, 2006	2.87	15.12%	NR
	69	Sunday, July 16, 2006	3.75	15.93%	61
	70	Monday, July 17, 2006	4.40	20.96%	36
	71	Tuesday, July 18, 2006	4.32	20.55%	39
	72	Wednesday, July 19, 2006	4.58	23.84%	33
	73	Thursday, July 20, 2006	4.12	21.58%	48
	74	Friday, July 21, 2006	4.46	24.75%	34
	75	Friday, July 21, 2006	4.95	24.32%	27
10	76	Saturday, July 22, 2006	2.61	14.11%	NR
	77	Sunday, July 23, 2006	2.41	NR
	78	Monday, July 24, 2006	4.22	21.90%	47
	79	Tuesday, July 25, 2006	4.07	19.07%	46
	80	Wednesday, July 26, 2006	4.74	25.55%	34
	81	Thursday, July 27, 2006	4.94	25.76%	31
	82	Friday, July 28, 2006	4.70	25.05%	32
	83	Friday, July 28, 2006	4.68	24.81%	33
11	84	Saturday, July 29, 2006	3.05	14.90%	NR
	85	Sunday, July 30, 2006	4.22	18.21%	42
	86	Monday, July 31, 2006	4.44	22.96%	48
	87	Tuesday, August 1, 2006	4.45	19.52%	42
	88	Wednesday, August 2, 2006	4.40	23.92%	46
	89	Thursday, August 3, 2006	4.51	23.64%	44
	90	Friday, August 4, 2006	5.03	25.47%	30
	91	Friday, August 4, 2006	5.89	29.17%	23
12	92	Saturday, August 5, 2006	2.78m	13.99%	NR
	93	Sunday, August 6, 2006	3.81	16.22%	61
	94	Monday, August 7, 2006	4.39	20.42%	50
	95	Tuesday, August 8, 2006	5.49	23.39%	29
	96	Wednesday, August 9, 2006	5.15	25.61%	34
	97	Thursday, August 10, 2006	4.60	23.21%	43
	98	Friday, August 11, 2006	5.59	25.95%	28
	99	Friday, August 11, 2006	5.74	28.12%	27
13	100	Saturday, August 12, 2006	2.93	12.83%	NR
	101	Sunday, August 13, 2006	4.82	19.03%	36
	102	Monday, August 14, 2006	4.85	22.61%	43
	103	Tuesday, August 15, 2006	4.73	20.26%	37
	104	Wednesday, August 16, 2006	4.51	22.44%	44
	105	Thursday, August 17, 2006	4.50	22.11%	46
	106	Friday, August 18, 2006	6.43	28.45%	21
	107	Friday, August 18, 2006	8.20	38.50%	10
	108	Sunday, August 20, 2006	2.29	9.66%	NR

Big Brother's Big Brain Ratings
#		Date	Ratings
Week	Episode		Viewers (in millions)
1	1	Monday, May 22, 2006	1.100
2	2	Monday, May 29, 2006	NR
3	3	Monday, June 5, 2006	1.070
4	4	Monday, June 12, 2006	1.020
5	5	Monday, June 19, 2006	0.920
6	6	Monday, June 26, 2006	1.220
7	7	Monday, July 3, 2006	1.100
8	8	Monday, July 10, 2006	0.950
9	9	Monday, July 17, 2006	1.620
10	10	Monday, July 24, 2006	1.850
11	11	Monday, July 31, 2006	1.490
12	12	Monday, August 7, 2006	1.790
13	13	Monday, August 14, 2006	1.960

Big Brother's Little Brother Ratings
#		Date	Ratings
Week	Episode		Viewers (in millions)	Rank
1	1	Friday, May 19, 2006	0.540	NR
	2	Sunday, May 21, 2006	NR
	3	Tuesday, May 23, 2006	0.460	NR
	4	Wednesday, May 24, 2006	0.677	14
	5	Thursday, May 25, 2006	NR
	6	Friday, May 26, 2006	0.520	NR
2	7	Sunday, May 28, 2006	0.500	NR
	8	Tuesday, May 30, 2006	0.561	25
	9	Wednesday, May 31, 2006	0.450	NR
	10	Thursday, June 1, 2006	0.470	NR
	11	Friday, June 2, 2006	NR
3	12	Sunday, June 4, 2006	0.520	21
	13	Tuesday, June 6, 2006	NR
	14	Wednesday, June 7, 2006	0.504	23
	15	Thursday, June 8, 2006	NR
	16	Friday, 9 Jun	0.575	16
4	17	Sunday, June 11, 2006	0.564	18
	18	Tuesday, June 13, 2006	0.540	16
	19	Wednesday, June 14, 2006	NR
	20	Thursday, June 15, 2006	0.393	NR
	21	Friday, June 16, 2006	0.591	16
5	22	Sunday, June 18, 2006	NR
	23	Tuesday, June 20, 2006	0.643	5
	24	Wednesday, June 21, 2006	0.349	NR
	25	Thursday, June 22, 2006	0.542	17
	26	Friday, June 23, 2006	NR
6	27	Sunday, June 25, 2006	0.532	13
	28	Tuesday, June 27, 2006	0.494	NR
	29	Wednesday, June 28, 2006	0.627	8
	30	Thursday, June 29, 2006	0.367	NR
	31	Friday, June 30, 2006	0.440	NR
7	32	Sunday, July 2, 2006	0.686	6
	33	Tuesday, July 4, 2006	0.510	20
	34	Wednesday, July 5, 2006	0.744	5
	35	Thursday, July 6, 2006	NR
	36	Friday, July 7, 2006	NR
8	37	Sunday, July 9, 2006	NR
	38	Tuesday, July 11, 2006	0.531m	13
	39	Wednesday, July 12, 2006	0.399	NR
	40	Thursday, July 13, 2006	0.310	NR
	41	Friday, July 14, 2006	0.341	NR
9	42	Sunday, July 16, 2006	0.575	12
	43	Tuesday, July 18, 2006	NR
	44	Wednesday, July 19, 2006	0.476m	8
	45	Thursday, July 20, 2006	0.345	NR
	46	Friday, July 21, 2006	0.406	NR
10	47	Sunday, July 23, 2006	NR
	48	Tuesday, July 25, 2006	0.243	NR
	49	Wednesday, July 26, 2006	0.390	22
	50	Thursday, July 27, 2006	0.319	NR
	51	Friday, July 28, 2006	0.325	NR
11	52	Sunday, July 30, 2006	NR
	53	Tuesday, August 1, 2006	0.440	16
	54	Wednesday, August 2, 2006	0.367	NR
	55	Thursday, 3 Aug	0.369	NR
	56	Friday, 4 Aug	0.440	16
12	57	Sunday, August 6, 2006	NR
	58	Tuesday, August 8, 2006	0.435	NR
	59	Wednesday, August 9, 2006	0.507	17
	60	Thursday, August 10, 2006	0.339	NR
	61	Friday, August 11, 2006	0.532	11
13	62	Sunday, August 12, 2006	NR
	63	Tuesday, August 15, 2006	1.195m	NR
	64	Wednesday, August 16, 2006	1.102	NR
	65	Thursday, August 17, 2006	1.088	NR
	66	Friday, August 18, 2006	1.377	NR
	67	Sunday, August 20, 2006	2.100	NR

Big Brother's Big Mouth Ratings
#		Date	Ratings
Week	Episode		Viewers (in millions)	Rank
1	1	Thursday, May 18, 2006	1.675	1
	2	Friday, May 19, 2006	0.918	6
	3	Tuesday, May 23, 2006	0.974	2
	4	Wednesday, May 24, 2006	0.848	7
	5	Thursday, May 25, 2006	0.763	8
	6	Friday, May 26, 2006	0.930	3
2	7	Tuesday, May 30, 2006	0.623	18
	8	Wednesday, May 31, 2006	0.661	12
	9	Thursday, June 1, 2006	0.576	21
	10	Friday, June 2, 2006	0.827	4
3	11	Tuesday, June 6, 2006	0.594	15
	12	Wednesday, June 7, 2006	0.702	5
	13	Thursday, June 8, 2006	0.704	3
	14	Friday, June 9, 2006	0.723	2
4	15	Tuesday, June 13, 2006	0.674	6
	16	Wednesday, June 14, 2006	0.694	6
	17	Thursday, June 15, 2006	0.388	NR
	18	Friday, June 16, 2006	0.935	2
5	19	Tuesday, June 20, 2006	0.626	8
	20	Wednesday, June 21, 2006	0.631	9
	21	Thursday, June 22, 2006	0.523	22
	22	Friday, June 23, 2006	0.641	7
6	23	Tuesday, June 27, 2006	0.419	NR
	24	Wednesday, June 28, 2006	0.663	NR
	25	Thursday, June 29, 2006	0.611	9
	26	Friday, June 30, 2006	0.560	19
7	27	Tuesday, July 4, 2006	0.432	NR
	28	Wednesday, July 5, 2006	0.885	4
	29	Thursday, July 6, 2006	0.684	10
	30	Friday, July 7, 2006	0.642	12
8	31	Tuesday, July 11, 2006	0.462	20
	32	Wednesday, July 12, 2006	0.639	10
	33	Thursday, July 13, 2006	NR
	34	Friday, July 14, 2006	0.934	1
9	35	Tuesday, July 18, 2006	0.451	17
	36	Wednesday, July 19, 2006	0.303	NR
	37	Thursday, July 20, 2006	0.341	NR
	38	Friday, July 21, 2006	0.411	NR
10	39	Tuesday, July 25, 2006	0.343	NR
	40	Wednesday, July 26, 2006	0.273	NR
	41	Thursday, July 27, 2006	0.418	22
	42	Friday, July 28, 2006	0.456	16
11	43	Tuesday, August 1, 2006	0.326	NR
	44	Wednesday, August 2, 2006	NR
	45	Thursday, August 3, 2006	0.377	NR
	46	Friday, August 4, 2006	0.73o	2
12	47	Tuesday, August 8, 2006	0.765	4
	48	Wednesday, August 9, 2006	0.543	10
	49	Thursday, August 10, 2006	0.496	NR
	50	Friday, August 11, 2006	0.917	3
13	51	Tuesday, August 15, 2006	0.398	NR
	52	Wednesday, August 16, 2006	0.496	NR
	53	Thursday, August 17, 2006	0.559	20
	54	Friday, August 18, 2006	1.430	2

Big Brother: Diary Room Uncut Ratings
#		Date	Ratings
Week	Episode		Viewers (in millions)	Rank
1	1	Monday, May 22, 2006	0.340	NR
2	2	Saturday, May 27, 2006	NR
	3	Monday, May 29, 2006	NR
3	4	Saturday, June 3, 2006	NR
	5	Monday, June 5, 2006	NR
4	6	Saturday, June 10, 2006	NR
	7	Monday, June 12, 2006	NR
5	8	Saturday, June 17, 2006	0.500	23
	9	Monday, June 19, 2006	0.392	NR
6	10	Saturday, June 24, 2006	NR
	11	Monday, June 26, 2006	NR
7	12	Saturday, July 1, 2006	NR
	13	Monday, July 3, 2006	0.288	NR
8	14	Saturday, July 8, 2006	NR
	15	Monday, July 10, 2006	0.346	NR
9	16	Saturday, July 15, 2006	0.291	NR
	17	Monday, July 17, 2006	0.194	NR
10	18	Saturday, July 22, 2006	NR
	19	Monday, July 24, 2006	0.152	NR
11	20	Saturday, July 29, 2006	0.280	NR
	21	Monday, July 31, 2006	0.273	NR
12	22	Saturday, August 5, 2006	0.233	NR
	23	Monday, August 7, 2006	NR
13	24	Saturday, August 12, 2006	NR
	25	Monday, August 14, 2006	NR

Streaming & Specials Ratings
Week	Title	Date	Ratings
			Viewers (in millions)	Rank
-	Big Brother: Love Stories	Wednesday, May 17, 2006	0.593	17
1	Live Streaming	Wednesday, May 24, 2006	0.481	NR
2	Live Streaming	Tuesday, May 30, 2006	0.668	6
	Live Streaming	Thursday, June 1, 2006	0.170	NR
4	Live Streaming	Tuesday, June 13, 2006	0.593	8
	Live Streaming	Thursday, June 15, 2006	0.103	NR
	Live Streaming	Friday, June 16, 2006	0.177	NR
	Live Streaming		0.540	16
5	Live Streaming	Monday, June 19, 2006	0.223	NR
7	Live Streaming	Tuesday, July 4, 2006	0.395	NR
	Live Streaming	Thursday, July 6, 2006	0.379	NR
9	Live Streaming	Monday, July 17, 2006	0.098	NR
10	Live Streaming	Tuesday, July 25, 2006	0.251	NR
	Live Streaming	Friday, July 28, 2006	0.123	NR
11	Live Streaming	Saturday, July 29, 2006	0.168	NR
	Live Streaming	Thursday, August 3, 2006	0.118	NR
	Live Streaming	Friday, August 4, 2006	0.734	NR
12	Live Streaming	Tuesday, August 8, 2006	0.531	9
13	Live Streaming	Friday, August 18, 2006	0.399	NR
-	Big Brother Winner's Week	Sunday, August 27, 2006	2.295	-

Controversies

Housemate Selections

Season 7 was initially criticized for the selection of the initial sixteen housemates that could be viewed as vulnerable by the viewing public. These housemates included Pete with Tourette's,Shahbaz had to have close monitoring after several emotional breakdowns, Lea was suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, Nikki had been suffering from anorexia, and Sam had admitted to being excluded by their family due to their sexuality and gender identity.

Speaking in Welsh

During the launch of the season, two Welsh contestants entered the house, Glyn Wise and Imogen Thomas. During one conversation, Glyn was warned by Big Brother for speaking to Imogen in the Welsh language, even though it was his first language. It was deemed by Big Brother that speaking in the Welsh language could be deemed as a "code" since not all housemates could speak the language.

When Glyn was in the Diary Room, he stated, "But Welsh is British". In which Big Brother replied, "It's not English, and could be considered to be talking in code."

In response the Welsh Language Society reached out to Big Brother producers in outrage stating, "Are we moving towards a state where 'Big Brother' is watching over us and deciding what language we can and cannot speak?"

Producers stated, "Housemates are free to talk in any established language of their choosing. However, any discussion that is deemed to be against Big Brother rules may be punishable. Big Brother is multi-lingual and always listening."

As a response, Glyn and Imogen were able to continue to speak to one another in Welsh. If anytime the two used Welsh words, English subtitles would appear on the screen for non-Welsh native speakers to understand.

References

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