Week 1
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Tasks |
On Day 2 the housemates were given a breakdancing task, they were split into two crews and competed against each other.[1] On Day 3 Shabnam and Carole conducted a podcast by order of Big Brother. The podcast is a weekly task taking place on Fridays and is available for download on the Channel 4 website. On Day 10 Carole hosted the weekly podcast.[2] |
| Punishments |
On Day 6, Shabnam was punished for discussing nominations, and Big Brother made the bathroom off-limits to all housemates.[3] On Day 8, Ziggy and Emily were punished by being forced to pick another housemate to be punished on their behalf. They chose Shabnam. As a result, Shabnam's clothes, make-up, and belongings were confiscated by Big Brother.[4][5] Emily was asked to leave after using a racially offensive word. |
| Entrances |
Sam, Amanda, Lesley, Charley, Tracey, Chanelle, Shabnam, Emily, Laura, Nicky and Carole entered on Day 1, Ziggy entered on Day 3, Gerry and Seány entered on Day 10. |
| Exits |
Emily was ejected on Day 9.[6] |
Week 2
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Tasks |
Big Brother gave the housemates a charades task with a twist of having to play it under water. As a prize for completing the task successfully, housemates were rewarded with a Chinese take away meal.[7] On Day 12 Gerry and Seány were instructed by Big Brother to interview each of their fellow housemates in the "Big Brother Board Room" (the vestibule before the front door of the House) to decide which two housemates would be nominating alongside them.[8] On day 14 the housemates were given a shopping task which instructed them to remain lying down (but moving), dressed in sardine suits in a sardine tin filled with brine and fish guts.[9] The housemates failed the task after only remaining in the tin for one hour and 26 minutes. Hidden in a small sardine tin in the garden was the magic number, four hours and 20 minutes, this was the time limited Big Brother had set for the housemates to remain in the tin in order to win the task.[10] On Day 15, the house were given a pile of pork pies and tankards of beer, and a dart board. On the bottom of each pie, there was a conversation topic, and all housemates had to contribute to the discussions. Afterwards, all housemates had to nominate one person to put up a set of shelves in the Diary Room without instructions.[11] The housemates chose Carole, who failed the task[12] Seány and Gerry conducted the weekly podcast. |
| Punishments |
On Day 14, due to Gerry and other housemates discussing nominations, Big Brother took away the house's bathroom privileges.[13] Seány pushed a pork pie into the diary room camera, and as punishment Nicky had to clean the windows for two hours.[14] |
| Entrances |
Billi, Jonathan, Liam, and Brian entered on Day 17[15] |
| Exits |
Lesley left voluntarily on Day 11.[16] Shabnam was evicted on Day 17.[17] |
Week 3
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Tasks |
On Day 18, Billi, Jonathan, Liam and Brian successfully performed "YMCA" as 'The Big Brother Village People'[18] and won a luxury shopping budget.[19] Housemates also had to swim the equivalent distance to the width of the English Channel in the swimming pool for this week's shopping task, which they successfully completed.[20] Amanda, for completing the most lengths, was given the task of completing the shopping list for this week, alone.[21] On Day 22, Seány, Carole and Jonathan had to choose a housemate to receive what the housemates believe is the £100,000 prize fund. They chose Liam.[22] Billi, Brian, Jonathan and Liam conducted the weekly podcast.[23] |
| Punishments |
After using written communication, Ziggy and Carole were given chalk and school ties, and were made to write "I must not participate in written communication within the Big Brother house. This is a fundamental breach of the Big Brother Rules, for which I apologise." and "I must not take writing materials lent to me in good faith by Big Brother and then use this writing material to communicate secret messages. Both acts are a fundamental breach of the Big Brother Rules, for which I apologise." 100 times.[24] |
| Exits |
Seány was evicted on Day 24.[25] |
Week 4
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Tasks |
On Day 25, the week's task, the housemates must stay awake for 60 hours, and were only allowed 3 hours of sleep between them, and if someone closed their eyes for more than a minute, a clock on the wall would begin counting down.[26] For a mini task on Day 27, Liam and Laura were dressed up as Little Bo Peep, and had to correctly count how many times the other housemates - who were dressed as sheep - jumped over fences placed in the garden. They completed this task successfully, and earned an extra hour on the sleep clock.[27] However, the housemates voted and decided to quit the task,[28] and subsequently failed the task.[29] Amanda, Brian, Laura and Ziggy conducted the weekly podcast.[30] |
| Punishments |
For discussing nominations with other housemates, both Billi and Charley's nominations were cancelled.[31] For failing their sleep task, housemates were forced to live on a diet of 3 portions of slop a day.[32] After Billi and Charley continuously argued, they were sent to the happy room to cheer up.[33] |
| Exits |
Billi was evicted on Day 31.[34] |
Week 5
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Tasks |
Carole had to match the seven deadly sins to housemates. She picked Laura as sloth,[35] Tracey as greed,[36] Ziggy as gluttony,[37] Liam as lust,[38] Amanda as pride,[39] Nicky as envy and Charley as wrath.[40] Each housemate was given their own task. Four or more housemates must pass this task to receive a luxury shopping budget. All but Charley passed. As a reward, The contestants were given a party with a chocolate fountain, alcohol and "Seven Sin costumes" while Charley sat in the Sin Bin watching them and missing the party. Gerry, Brian, Chanelle, Carole and Sam conducted the weekly podcast.[41] |
| Exits |
Jonathan left voluntarily on Day 35.[42] Laura was evicted on Day 38[43] |
Week 6
(Fake Week) |
Tasks |
Unbeknownst to the housemates, their task this week was to discover that their new housemate Pauline was really British actress Thaila Zucchi. They were successful, and received a luxury shopping budget.[44] They also were given characters and a storyline, and had to perform their own soap opera, Housemates.[45] They also had to perform Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head".[46] Other tasks including making quilt patches,[47] banners and songs,[48] and reading incorrect messages in different languages[49] for a fake global initiative called Warmth Not Waste, made up by Big Brother. The weekly podcast was conducted by Charley and Nicky.[50] |
| Punishments |
As part of fake week, the housemates were punished for crimes they did not commit. Carole, Brian and Amanda had to glue sweetcorn back onto corn on the cob,[51] Chanelle, Charley and Gerry had to measure 3 balls of string with a 3cm ruler,[52] Liam, Nicky and Sam had to paint a wall and watch it dry,[53] and Ziggy, Tracey and Amanda had to cut grass with nail scissors.[54] For talking about nominations, Charley and Nicky's suitcases, and all their clothes and makeup, were confiscated.[55] |
| Entrances |
'Pauline' entered on Day 40.[56] |
| Exits |
'Pauline' left the House on Day 42 once she had finished her task.[44] Charley was evicted from the House on Day 45. However, the eviction was actually fake (as a climax to "fake week") and Charley was interviewed and then put back into the House.[57] |
Week 7
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Tasks |
Housemates had to have a party for Big Brothers birthday, where five housemates partied, and the remaining six provided the entertainment. They had to party until Big Brother told them to stop.[58] Housemates passed this task.[59] Liam and Sam conducted the weekly podcast interviewing housemates for "Big Brother's Birthday". Nicky had a personal task to perform a stand-up routine to win the housemates a takeaway[60] and Gerry had to answer questions to win alcohol to go with the takeaway. The next day, the housemates woke up to find the house in a shambles and mess everywhere. Through talks and complaints with Big Brother, it was revealed that the housemates who did the entertainment the night before did not have to tidy up. The 5 who did not had to tidy up. |
| Punishments |
For discussing nominations, Chanelle and Ziggy were restricted to only one nomination each.[61] |
| Exits |
Nicky was evicted on Day 52.[62] |
Week 8
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Tasks |
On Day 53, the housemates were given the task of answering philosophical questions.[63] For their weekly task, housemates have to run a TV Channel, BBTV.[64] After completing various TV shows (which included an X-Factor style talent show) and news bulletins (which featured messages from their families) the housemates passed the task.[65] On Day 58, the housemates were asked to match sounds they heard to different housemates.[66] They passed the task, and were given toilet paper with their faces on as a prize.[67] The housemates also got a chance to speak to the Australian Big Brother House.[68][69] All housemates conducted the weekly podcast, each performing a 2-minute radio show.[70] |
| Entrances |
Amy, David, Jonty, Kara-Louise and Shanessa entered the "Halfway House" on Day 59.[71] |
| Exits |
Charley was evicted on Day 59.[72] |
Week 9
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Tasks |
On Day 63, the halfway housemates had to sit in boxes and jump out at 8:10. The housemate who jumped the nearest to the time would be moved to the main house, and would need to pick a housemate to move to the halfway house. Shanessa won.[73] The weekly Podcast was hosted by the Halfway Housemates. |
| Transfers |
Kara-Louise and David moved into the main house on Day 62, after they were chosen by the current Housemates. The Housemates then had to choose one of themselves to move to the Halfway House, to which Ziggy said he wanted to go.[74] Shanessa entered the main house on Day 63, after winning the Jack-in-a-Box task, and had to choose a current Housemate to replace her. She chose Liam. Amy, Jonty, Liam and Ziggy moved back into the house on Day 64,[75] in exchange for David, Kara-Louise, Shanessa and Tracey.[76] |
| Exits |
Chanelle left voluntarily on Day 62.[77] David and Shanessa were evicted on Day 66[78] |
Week 10
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Tasks |
For this weeks task, housemates have to 'travel through time' and each complete mini-tasks.[79] On Day 68, Sam and Amanda had to decide whether they would become one housemate. As a result, they were automatically put up for eviction this week.[80] Kara-Louise and Brian had to battle against Big Brother 3's Alex and Adele for their task.[81] They failed this task.[82]. They also had to put on a fashion show to win alcohol and music.[83]. The weekly podcast was conducted by Liam and Ziggy.[84] |
| Exits |
Amy was evicted on Day 73 |
Week 11
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Tasks |
On Day 74, housemates were each given a word and had to think of as many synonyms for that word as possible.[85] They passed the task.[86] The weekly task involved the housemates performing various tasks, with those who improve the most during the task being granted 'guru' status, whilst the others will all face eviction.[87]. On Day 79, Big Brother took Gerry and Jonty's toy monkeys, Freddie (Gerry's) and Munkitty Tunkitty (Jonty's), on an around the world journey, during which they "wrote" postcards from around the world. The housemates had to guess where the monkeys had been. If they correctly guess, they win a speciality dish from that country or place. |
| Punishments |
For drawing symbols using eyeliner, Amanda, Sam, Gerry, Jonty and Kara-Louise had to do all the cooking and cleaning for the house.[88]. Because Carole hid some biscuits in her drawer and the housemates ate them, knowing they were confiscated, as well as Carole whisking eggs, despite the new rule saying that the above housemates were the only ones who could do this, the luxury shopping budget was reduced to a basic budget.[citation needed] |
| Exits |
Gerry was evicted on Day 80 after the gurus; Amanda and Sam, Tracey and Ziggy voted to evict him over Carole.[89] |
Week 12
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Tasks |
For this week's shopping task, housemates had to attend Big Brother's Finishing Academy where they were taught how to speak and act properly. After this was finished, Big Brother called Ziggy into the diary room and asked him to put the housemates in order depending on category. Meanwhile, the housemates were also asked to put themselves in order depending on the category. They passed this task and won pizzas hidden in the vestibule. |
| Punishments |
Amanda, who had broken her twelfth microphone, had to talk through a loud hailer.[90] The hailer was quickly banned by the other housemates from being used in the bedroom. If Amanda did not use it, Big Brother would announce that "Amanda, Big Brother cannot hear you." |
| Exits |
Tracey and Kara-Louise were evicted on Day 87. |
Week 13
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Tasks |
On Day 88, the six remaining housemates performed duets. Carole and Jonty performed Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers's "Islands in the Stream",[91] Liam and Ziggy performed Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan's "Especially for You"[92] and Amanda, Sam and Brian performed Katie Price and Peter Andre's "A Whole New World".[93] On Day 89, The housemates took part in the Big Big Brother Quiz, which was based on events that had happened during the series.[94] During this task, ex-housemate Chanelle returned as a mystery guest, who Carole and Ziggy had to identify through touch alone.[95]. On Day 90, The housemates had to design a task in pairs, the best of which would be carried out later in the day. Liam and Brian won this task.[96]. On Day 91, the housemates had to create 'Big Brother: The Movie', and were given costumes, props and a video camera in order to recreate their time in the house.[97] On Day 92, Big Brother took the day off, and left the house in charge of one housemate. The housemate chosen to become Big Brother for the day was Jonty.[98] |
| Punishments |
Carole, Liam, and Ziggy were punished for discussion nominations. Their punishment came on Day 90 when Big Brother called, Jonty, Brian and The Twins to the diary room to nominate two of the three of the housemates. They nominated Ziggy and Carole but Big Brother later revealed they were playing a joke on them. |
| Exits |
In the Big Brother Final, Jonty finished 6th Place, Carole 5th Place, Ziggy 4th Place, Liam 3rd Place Amanda & Sam 2nd Place and Brian winning with 1st Place. |
