Celebrity Big Brother 2006 (UK)

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Celebrity Big Brother UK
Fourth series (2006)

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

Artist Billy Childish turned down the offer to appear on the show. Celebrity Big BrotherThe 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.

By the time of the series Finale, six housemates remained in the House. This was a first in Big Brother UK history and the next (non-celebrity) series, series 7, also adopted this format.

[edit] Contestants

[edit] Guest appearances

[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
42%
Faria
45%
Rula
50%
George
65%

Dennis
23.5%

Traci
5.3%
(out of 6)
Maggot
23.5%
(out of 3)
Pete
13.6%
(out of 5)
Michael
43.6%
(out of 2)
Preston
16.7%
(out of 4)
Chantelle
56.4%
to win

[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