Walking

Walking
Big Brother Gameplay
Description	When a houseguest chooses to leave the game early or quits
Appearance(s)	Multiple Seasons

Walking also known as Voluntary Exit and Self-Eviction is the rare occasion when a contestant chooses to leave the game early or quits the show, eliminating him or herself and leaving the Big Brother House.

In the U.S., houseguests that walk are ineligible to win America's Favorite Houseguest and are banned from attending the finale (Dick Donato being an exception).

List of Walkers

Australia

Celebrity

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Red Symons	Unknown.

Civilian

Season	Contestant	Reason left
3	Belinda Thorpe	Broad negativity amongst the household and realizing her own internalized anger.
8	Rima Hadchiti	She broke her leg during a live task.
9	Josh Moore	His parents informed him that his brother had passed away.
10	Nathan Little	He gave up his place in the house to Madaline Cogar, who was about to be evicted.

Brazil

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
3	Dilson Walkarez	Left after being rejected by Juliana Alves.
5	Marielza Santos	Medical reasons.
9	Leonardo Jancu	Unknown.
13	Kléber de Paula	Left due to fears of his mental state deteriorating.
15	Tamires Peixoto	She was feeling homesick and did not feel well being confined.
16	Alan Lopes	Left after his father was hospitalized.

Bulgaria

All-Stars

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Dimitar Kazalov	Unknown.
6	Emanuela Tsvetkova	Missing home.

Civilian

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Dimitar Kazalov	To save Anelia Ivanova from eviction.
	Veneta Mileva-Ilieva	Suffered from a nervous breakdown.
2	Silva Bratanova	Unknown.
	Radoslav Stoyanov	Unknown.
3	Plamen Varbanov	Felt unhappy in the house.
	Mariola Indzhova	Unknown.
	Eva Miteva	Missed her daughter.
4	Angelina Angelova	Unknown.
5	Plamen Dimitrov	He was hospitalized after suffering an injury.

Family

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Massimo Leoman	Unhappy about the low budget in the house.
	Kristiana Andreeva	Unhappy about the low budget in the house.

VIP

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Vesela Neynski	Had several arguments with the other housemates.
	Galya Litova	Was overwhelmed that she was competing with her ex-fiancé Dicho Hristov.
	Lyubomir Milchev	Unknown.
	Galina Kurdova	Unknown.
2	Veselin Danov	Was unhappy that Hristina Stefanova entered the house.
	Vasil Boyanov	Unknown.
3	Antonia Petrova	Unknown.
	Emil Koshlukov	Unknown.
	Anya Pencheva	After a conflict involving her and fellow housemate Ivalya Bakalova.
5	Angel Rashkov	Unknown.
6	Konstantin Papazov	Reached a breaking point in the house.
7	Petya Ivanova	Unknown.
8	Georgi Sofkin	Unknown.
9	Maria Kirova	Unknown.
10	Yana Akimova-Dimitrova	Found out that one of her kids was ill.
	Ivan Glavchev	After viewers protested him being in the house.
	Veselin Plachkov	Felt depressed in the house.

Canada

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
4	Ramsey Aburaneh	His father had a heart attack and needed surgery.
8	Nico Vera	He felt isolated in the house and did not want to know the vote between him and Susanne Fuda.

Israel

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Naama Friedmann	Was shunned by the rest of the house after surviving two evicitons.
2	Moti Khudeda	Left after his wife Ma'ayan was ejected.
	Bentsi Shani	Unknown.
	Edna Kaneti	Medical issues.
4	Barry Simon Zohar	Unknown.
	Dudu Kapara	Unknown.
	Aviv Silber	Unknown.
5	Karin Ben Galim	Unknown.
VIP 2	Israel Goodovitch	Unknown.
7	Flory Elkaslassi	Unknown.
	Shahar Hefetz	Unknown.
	Arbel Kaynan	Left after injuring her ankle due to a fall.
	Shay Hay	Kicked an art installation made by Or Sujunov after claims of verbal abuse towards him, his girlfriend Tania Gerber, and close friend Itzik Carasenti.
	Tania Gerber	Left following Shay Hay's departure.
	Itzik Carasenti
9	Tay Sharky	Left to receive medical attention and decided not to return to the house.
	Tammy Montag	Left due to serious family issues.
	Liron Ofir	Left due to homesickness and missing his partner.
	Eli Zarka	Unknown

Italy

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
2	Laura Marinelli	Couldn't handle the cameras.
	Filipo Nardi	Was homesick and felt extreme stress.
3	Fedro Francioni	Was informed that his aunt passed away.
6	Lucio Calligarich	Wanted his life back and expressed displeasure with the nomination process.
9	Daniela Martani	Was told that she was at risk of losing her job.
10	Gianluca Bedin	Undisclosed family issues.
11	Giordana Sali	Received medical treatment. Later returned to the house.
	Rosy Maggiulli	Missed her life outside of the house.
12	Mirko D'Arpa	Was accused of exaggerating problems with his girlfriend by co-host Alfonso Signorini for drama and left to resolve them.
	Danilo Novelli	Missed his girlfriend.
	Rudolf Mernone	Had a communications breakdown with production and host Alessia Marcuzzi.
	Gaetano De Robertis	Received medical treatment following an "accident" in the house.
14	Giovanni Angiolini	Work commitments.
VIP 3	Maurizio Battista	Personal reasons.
16	Jessica Mazzoli	Hospitalized for medical purposes. Doctors later declared her unfit to return to the house.
VIP 4	Carlotta Maggiorana	No longer wanted to be in the house.
	Barbara Alberti	Personal reasons.
	Andrea Montovoli	Reached a breaking point.
	Adriana Volpe	After her father-in-law contracted the COVID-19 virus.

Philippines

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
Season 1	Jenny Suico	Decided to leave the house after her father was sent to the hospital. She was able to return after getting enough public votes in the Back To The House twist.
Celebrity Edition 1	Angela Calina	Her apartment in her hometown was burglarized.
	Roxanne Barcelo	Her university failed to allow Pinoy Big Brother to film her Graduation Rites while still competing as a housemate.
	Rustom Padilla	Thought that his purpose of staying in the house ended after coming out as gay.
Teen Edition 1	Aldred Gatchalian	Felt homesick and had a difficult time adjusting inside the house.
Celebrity Edition 2	Mcoy Fundales	Didn't want to continue playing anymore after having a huge argument with Big Brother due to lack of clarity in the rules of a task. The day after his exit, Big Brother acknowledged he was in the wrong and apologized to Mcoy, the latter of which accepted.
	Ethel Booba	Felt confusion in her stay inside the house. She decided to leave with Mcoy Fundales.
	Gladys Guevarra	She felt bored in the house and she missed her boyfriend.
	Yayo Aguila	Her mother passed away. She was able to return on Day 70 but was evicted the day after.
Teen Edition Plus	Linda Backlund	Wanted to spend more time with her entire family.
	Kevin Garcia-Flood	Failed to handle what his fellow housemates saw against him.
Double Up	JP Lagumbay	His work status was marked as a "AWOL" and didn't want to lose his job.
	Rocky Salumbides	Missing his Celebrity girlfriend, Eula Valdez and wanting to spend Christmas with her.
Unlimited	Jaz Manabat	Unknown
	Lyn Bagiosa	Her Mother passed away.
737	Kyle Secades	He had a difficult time adjusting to the environment in the house and wasn't used to being away from his family.
	Jessica Marasigan	Her beloved grandmother passed away.
	Jyo Yokoyama	He wants cigarettes.
Season 7	Chacha Balba	She missed her family and daughter. She gave up her place to Hideo Muraoka who was supposed to be evicted.
	Heaven Peralejo	Big Brother informed her that her mother was sent to a hospital for a brain surgery and she wanted to be at her side.
	Yassi Pressman	She did not explicitly give a reason as to why she left. She gave up her place to Elisse Joson who was supposed to be evicted.
Season 8	Missy Quino	As she was the last to cross-over from the Camp Star Hunt, she felt a lack of motivation to continue to compete against houseguests that had been in the house for a longer period of time than her.

Poland

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Karolina Pachniewicz	Unknown.
2	Karolina Jakubik	Unknown.
3	Wojciech Bernacki	Unknown.
	Katarzyna Woźna	Unknown.
4	Gerard Seczkowski	Walked after missing his family.
5	Monika Goździalska	Unknown.
	Marcin Miller	Unknown.
	Sasha Strunin	Unknown.
	Monika Olszanowska	Unknown.
6	Daniel Barłóg	No longer wanting to participate in the game.
	Marlena Klimczyk	Missing her children.
	Justyna Żak	Walked after no longer being able to connect with other housemates.
	Paweł Grigoruk	Walked after girlfriend Justyna walked from the game.
7	Dawid Łojewski	Walked after getting locked in a secret room for participating in a fight.
	Ewa Kępys	Walked after missing Natalia Dawidowska to a breaking point.

Portugal (BB)

Famosos/VIP

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Julie Sergeant	Unknown
	Cinha Jardim	Unknown
	Zé Maria Seleiro	Unknown
2	Rita Ribeiro	Unknown
3	Marta Melro	Walked due to personal reasons.
	Liliana Queiroz	Felt like the pressure of the house exceeded her limits.
	Francisco Macau	Felt like he could no longer live with Fanny Rodrigues.

Civilian

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Marco Borges	Walked after behaving violenting and kicking one of the girls.
2	Sérgio Vicente	Unknown
3	Liliana Aguiar	Walked after fellow housemate Lourenço was evicted.
4	Zé José Monteiro	Unknown
	Telmo Amaral	Tired of being in the house.
	Lara Mestre	Walked after missing her son.
5	Sónia Jesus	Walked after becoming fed up with Big Brother after he gave her an automatic nomination.

Portugal (SS)

All-Stars

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Alexandra Ferreira	Walked after fellow housemate Wilson Teixeira was evicted.
2	Alexandra Ferreira	Received a message from her boyfriend that she was needed outside of the house.
3	Diogo Marcelino	Felt like he could give nothing more to the game.

Civilian

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
2	Nádia Carrasco	Unknown.
4	Tierry Vilson	Unknown.
	Bruno Nunes	Walked after breaking a camera.
5	Célia Mota	Walked after feeling too stressed to be in the house.
6	Fábio Almeida	Walked after learning a close family member passed away.

Spain

Civilian

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
1	Silvia Casado	Left after her showmance Israel Pita was evicted.
	Nacho Rodríguez	Found out his father passed away.
	Jorge Berrocal	No longer wanted to be in the house without his fiancé María José Galera.
	Mónica Ruíz	Her past as a prostitute was revealed in a magazine.
3	Óscar Muela	Unknown.
4	María Moratilla	Unknown.
6	Mercedes García	Unknown.
	Ángel Díaz	Unknown.
	Sandra Crespo	Unknown.
7	Beatriz Gómez	Lack of tobacco and was not getting along with her other housemates.
9	Maite Franco	Didn't feel comfortable.
	Rebeca Franco	Got into an argument with Amor Romeira.
	David Corsín	Unknown.
	Dadi Mehad	Was informed that his father-in-law was ill.
	Amor Romeira	Unknown.
11	Lis Valenzuela	Had a heated argument with Laura Selva and was shunned by the rest of the spy housemates.
13	David García	Was experiencing homesickness.
15	José Casacuberta	Felt that he was not integrated with the group.
17	Pablo Rodríguez	Left after being fake evicted.
	Bárbara Cañuelo	Left following a heated altercation with Fernando Espinar.
18	Laura Velasco	Got into a major argument with the rest of the house after being accused of cheating during the weekly task.

Celebrity

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
VIP 2	Kiko Matamoros	Unknown.
VIP 3	Kiko Rivera	Unknown.
VIP 4	Carmen López	Unknown.
	Julián Contreras Jr.	Unknown.
	Belén Roca	Unknown.
	Alejandro Nieto	Unknown.
VIP 6	Oriana Marzoli	Unknown.

Thailand

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
2	Kate Hirunchanachoke	Felt that the other housemates were being lazy and not helping.

U.K.

Celebrity

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
3	Germaine Greer	She thought producers favored others and people behaved wrongly towards others.
5	Donny Tourette	He did not want to wait on Jade Goody hand and foot.
	Ken Russell	He had an argument with Jade Goody and her family.
	Leo Sayer	He was not provided clean underwear.
6	Mutya Buena	Unknown
14	Claire King	She received medical treatment.
15	Alexander O'Neal	He had an ongoing conflict with Perez Hilton.
17	Jonathan Cheban	He suffered claustrophobia and anxiety while being in the house.
	David Gest	Medical reasons.
	Angie Bowie	She suffered anxiety days after being told of her ex-husband's death.
19	Ray J	He had emergency dental surgery.
	Brandon Block	He was not enjoying his time.
20	Trisha Paytas	She had a breakdown and felt everyone else was fake.
22	Roxanne Pallett	Left after accusing Ryan Thomas of punching her in the ribs.

Civilian

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
3	Sunita Sharma	She was tired of being in the house.
	Sandy Cumming	He was just bored of the house.
6	Orlaith McAllister	Claimed she was bullied by Derek Laud.
7	Shahbaz Chauhdry	He threatened to commit suicide due to bullying.
	George Askew	He wanted his life to stay private.
8	Lesley Brain	She was bored while in the house.
	Jonathan Durden	Death of a family member.
	Chanelle Hayes	She and Charley Uchea argued non-stop.
9	Maysoon Shaladi	Was not comfortable after entering halfway through.
10	Saffia Corden	She had an argument with Sophia Brown.
	Kenneth Tong	Unknown
	Tom Oliver	Found it boring, did not want to be a part of it.
	Isaac Stout	Left after his ex-girlfriend Noirin Kelly was evicted.
11	Shabby Katchadourian	She had an argument with Nathan Dunn.
	CG	She felt she had been a "lesbian sidekick".
	Keeley Johnson	She received treatment for an ankle injury.
	Laura McAdam	Had trouble adusting to cameras.
12	Mark Henderson	He claimed he couldn't handle the cameras.
	Jemma Palmer	Unknown
13	Conor McIntyre	He received an offer for £50,000.
15	Kimberly Kisselovich	She received medical treatment.
17	Victoria Jensen	Was not around living creatures.
18	Arthur Fulford	Did not want to become a victim due to bullying.
	Sukhvinder Javeed	She wanted to leave with her husband, Imran.
19	Kay Lovelle	She was mentally exhausted due to numerous arguments.

Ultimate

Season	Contestant	Reason Left
Ultimate	Josie Gibson	She decided the experience was too overwhelming.

U.S.

Season	Contestant	Reason left
9	Neil Garcia	A close relative was killed in a shooting.
13	Dick Donato	He found out he was HIV-positive.
19	Megan Lowder	She suffered a severe anxiety attack caused by PTSD.

Trivia

• The Big Brother UK franchise currently features the most walkers with 38 total.
• The Big Brother Nigeria franchise currently features the fewest walkers with none.
• The Big Brother U.S. franchise has had some houseguests (notably, Audrey Middleton, Metta World Peace and Sam Bledsoe), attempt to walk from the game, but production was able to talk them out of it.
  • Big Brother 16 houseguests Frankie Grande and Derrick Levasseur both received the news that their respective grandfathers had passed away, and both considered walking from the game, but were asked to stay by their families.