Celebrity Big Brother 2006 (UK)

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Contents 1 Contestants 2 Guest appearances 3 Nominations table 3.1 Notes 4 Ranking of fame 5 See also

Celebrity Big Brother 6 was the fourth season of Celebrity Big Brother UK. The season started on 5 January 2006 and finished on 27 January 2006, running for three weeks. The season aired on Channel 4. This is the first season of Big Brother UK to be produced by Brighter Pictures, a subsidiary of Endemol UK, instead of by the parent company.

The first housemate to enter the house (and the eventual winner) was Chantelle, a girl from Essex and the first non-celebrity in a celebrity series. Her first task was to convince her celebrity housemates that she was actually a genuine celebrity herself – failure would have meant that she would have been evicted on Day 4. She was told to play the character of a pop star from the fictitious girl band "Kandy Floss", and that her biggest 'hit' was "I Want It Right Now". She succeeded in convincing the other housemates, and was allowed to stay.

On 19 January, a coat owned by Pete Burns was taken from the Big Brother house by Hertfordshire police after a series of complaints that it may be made from gorilla fur [1]. It turned out that although the coat fur was of monkey origin, it was not from an endangered species [2]. Had the complaints been true, Burns could have faced up to five years in prison and an unlimited fine under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

In the final of this Celebrity Big Brother, there were six housemates remaining on the final day. This was a first in Big Brother UK history. The next non-celebrity series (series 7) also adopted this format.

[edit] Contestants

• Chantelle Houghton (non-celebrity promotions girl and Paris Hilton look-alike) - Winner - Day 23
• Michael Barrymore (television broadcaster and comedian) - Runner Up: 2nd Place - Day 23
• Maggot (real name Andrew Majors, member of Goldie Lookin' Chain) - Runner Up: 3rd Place - Day 23
• Samuel Preston (lead singer of The Ordinary Boys) - Runner Up: 4th Place - Day 23
• Pete Burns (former Dead or Alive singer) - Runner Up: 5th Place - Day 23
• Traci Bingham (actress from Baywatch and model) - Runner Up: 6th Place - Day 23
• Dennis Rodman (former basketball star) - 5th Eviction - Day 21
• George Galloway (Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow) - 4th Eviction - Day 21
• Rula Lenska (actress, of Rock Follies fame) - 3rd Eviction - Day 16
• Faria Alam (former personal assistant at the Football Association) - 2nd Eviction - Day 14
• Jodie Marsh (Glamour model and author) - 1st Eviction - Day 8

[edit] Guest appearances

• Jimmy Savile (TV veteran) (visited on 14 January and 15 January)
• Richard and Judy (as part of 'You Say, We Pay')

[edit] Nominations table

	Day 5	Day 10	Day 15	Day 17	Final Day 23
Chantelle	Rula, George	Dennis, Michael	No nominations	Dennis, George	Winner
Michael	Dennis, Jodie	Faria, George	No nominations	Dennis, Pete	2nd Place
Maggot	Pete, Jodie	Faria, Pete	No nominations	Pete, George	3rd Place
Preston	George, Faria	Traci, Dennis	Traci, Maggot, Rula	George, Dennis	4th Place
Pete	Jodie, George	Rula, Chantelle	No nominations	Chantelle, Traci	5th Place
Traci	Jodie, Preston	George, Michael	No nominations	George, Chantelle	6th Place
Dennis	Preston, Jodie	Chantelle, Rula	No nominations	Chantelle, Michael	Evicted (Day 21)
George	Jodie, Pete	Traci, Faria	Traci, Maggot, Rula	Banned	Evicted (Day 21)
Rula	Dennis, Jodie	Pete	No nominations	Evicted (Day 16)
Faria	Jodie, Pete	Pete, Dennis	Evicted (Day 14)
Jodie	Pete, George	Evicted (Day 9)
Nomination twist	None	See Note 1	See Note 2	See Note 3	None
Against Public Vote	George, Jodie, Pete	Dennis, Faria, Pete	Maggot, Rula, Traci	Chantelle, Dennis, George	Chantelle, Maggot, Michael, Pete, Preston, Traci
Evicted	Jodie	Faria	Rula	George Dennis	Traci, Pete, Preston, Maggot, Michael

[edit] Notes

Note 1: Rula Lenska, as wearer of the Pants of Power after winning the 'box task', had to choose one housemate to automatically face the public vote. She chose Pete Burns.

Note 2: George Galloway and Preston, after breaking the "no discussing nominations" rule were called to the Diary Room to nominate three of their fellow housemates together. They were unaware at the time that what they were saying was being fed live into the house on the Plasma screen. They chose Maggot, Rula and Traci Bingham.

Note 3: Before nominations took place, Big Brother held a ballot to decided whether George should be permitted to nominate, as he once again had discussed nominations with a fellow housemate, breaking a fundamental Big Brother rule for the third time. Whilst nominations took place, George Galloway was not called to the diary room, showing he lost the vote. The eviction on Day 21 was a double eviction.

[edit] Ranking of fame

On Day 4, the housemates were asked to arrange themselves in order of fame from most famous to least. Chantelle had to avoid being the least famous in the lineup in order to remain. She succeeded as both Preston and Maggot ranked themselves as less famous.

There was some debate among the housemates as to whether Michael Barrymore or Dennis Rodman was the most famous, given that Barrymore is very famous in the UK while Rodman has a higher profile in the US and probably globally. George Galloway argued that Michael should be ranked first, it being a British show. He also later suggested, in a conversation with Rula, that globally he may have the most fame, claiming that most of the 1.3 billion Muslims in the world know of him. The housemates ranked themselves as follows:

1. Michael
2. Dennis
3. Pete
4. George
5. Traci
6. Rula
7. Jodie
8. Faria
9. Chantelle
10. Preston
11. Maggot

[edit] See also

George Galloway's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother

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