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Celebrity Big Brother 2009 was the sixth series of Celebrity Big Brother. It began on 2 January 2009 and ran for 22 days until 23 January 2009. It was broadcast on Channel 4. The launch show was watched by approximately 6.4 million people.[1] Davina McCall returned as main presenter, with George Lamb as host of Big Brother's Little Brother, and Jack Whitehall as host of Big Brother's Big Mouth. The winner of this series was Ulrika Jonsson, with Terry Christian second. This was the first series of Celebrity Big Brother to air since the racism controversy of 2007, during series 5, although Channel 4's sister channel E4 aired a similar spin-off in 2008, entitled Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack. This series was the least watched Celebrity Big Brother series, averaging 3.3 million viewers; at the time of transmission, it was also the least watched series of any Big Brother in the UK (excluding spinoffs) until the tenth non-celebrity series pulled in 2.5 million. Despite the low viewership, the launch show was the most watched programme of 2009 on Channel 4, raking in 6 million viewers.
Ulrika and Coolio took part in Ultimate Big Brother in 2010. Coolio was removed within the first few days and Ulrika finished seventh on the final night.
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Ben Adams (born 1981) is a member of the band A1.[2] Ben finished the series in 5th place.
Coolio (born 1963) is an American musician best known in Britain for the song Gangsta's Paradise.
La Toya Jackson (born 1956) is a member of the musical Jackson family.[2] On Day 20, she became the 4th housmate to be evicted. No stranger to reality television, she has since competed on the Celebrity Apprentice and been a guest judge for RuPaul's Drag Race and America's Next Top Model, Cycle 17.
Lucy Pinder (born 1983) is a glamour model. On Day 8 she became the first housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother House.[2]
Michelle Heaton (1980) is a former member of band Liberty X.[2] On Day 18, she was the third person to be evicted from the Big Brother house in a surprise eviction.
Mutya Buena (born 1985) is an English singer and songwriter who rose to fame as an original member of the English all-female pop/R&B trio Sugababes.[2] At 23:38 on Day 15, Mutya left the Big Brother house, she was up for eviction and was not evicted. She told Big Brother that she was leaving that night, and was the only person to quit this series.[3]
Terry Christian (born 1962) presented the TV series The Word.[2] On Day 1, Terry became the first celebrity Head of House.[4] Terry finished 2nd during the finale show.
Tina Malone (born 1963) is an actress who has appeared in the TV series "Shameless". On day 15, she became the second person to be evicted from the Big Brother house.
Tommy Sheridan (born 1964) is a Scottish politician, known for being embroiled in various legal battles.[2] On Day 20, he became the fifth housemate to be evicted.
Ulrika Jonsson (born 1967) is a television presenter,[2] best known for her work as a weather reporter on TV-am, presenter of Gladiators and panellist on Shooting Stars. She was the only female housemate in this series to make it to the final, eventually going on to win the show on 23 January.
Verne Troyer (1969) is a 2 ft 8in actor who is best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series.[2] On Day 22, the final day, he finished 4th despite being the bookmakers' favourite from the first day.
The house used was the one from Big Brother 2008 and was largely unchanged, aside from a few minor modifications. Some of the wall panels near the stairs were modified to include stars in them to go with the format of the series. As the housemates entered the house there was a welcome pack available for housemates to read. The floor pattern in the basic bedroom were changed from the red segment of the BB9 eye, to a sequence of stars, and the beds were larger and more comfortable than in BB9. There was also a sign saying "You don't have to be mad to live here....but it helps" on one of the walls. The bathroom was completely gold, leaving no blue decor. The showers were closed off to give the celebrities privacy, although there were microphones in the showers. The garden house walls are now mainly blue and the pool has been taken out. The jail is now larger and includes a bench and mirror. A new heated sitting area was put in place and there appeared to be no spa or pool replacement. The smoking area, which contained a wall with dolls' faces with no eyes on, was moved for protection against the elements. The living area remained largely unchanged apart from some added weights and gym equipment.
| Day 1 | Entrances | La Toya, Mutya, Verne, Tommy, Lucy, Ben, Tina, Coolio, Michelle, Terry and Ulrika entered the Big Brother House on Day 1. |
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| Events | Terry became the Head of House as he was the only housemate left without a bed.[5] | |
| Day 2 | Tasks | For today's task, housemates had to decide between themselves who should receive which credit. One housemate would receive a starring credit, two would get a 'co-starring' credit, two would receive a 'featuring' credit, three housemates would be extras and 3 housemates would get no credit at all. After they decided, Head of House Terry would film the credited housemates in a "closing credits style" which would be broadcast at the end of the highlights show.[6] In a twist to the task, Terry secretly watched his fellow housemates' behaviour during the task and had to decide who has the most inflated ego. He chose Ulrika. This automatically put her up for eviction fo the first week. The housemates were to win two tokens for completing the task, but lost one, see punishments below.[7] |
| Punishments | A token that was won in the task was taken away from the housemates because La Toya went into Terry's private room earlier in the day. | |
| Day 3 | Tasks | The task on Day 3 had housemates showcase their talents that made them famous to Head of House Terry. He chose Lucy as the least talented housemate stating she didn't impress him at all and her routine was boring. He also stated that he hadn't heard of her before she went in the house.[8] |
| Day 4 | Tasks | For the task, housemates had to pair up and act like one another for an hour. The pairs were Tommy/La Toya, Michelle/Lucy, Coolio/Verne, Tina/Mutya, Ben/Ulrika. Housemates passed the task and, as a reward, Terry won a Thai takeaway meal.[9] |
| Day 5 | Nominations | Terry had to nominate the housemate he thought had the least integrity, he chose Ben who joined Ulrika and Lucy being up for eviction. Ulrika, Lucy and Ben were put into a secret room as all other housemates apart from Terry had to vote for the 1 housemate per person they wanted to save from the eviction the majority saved Ben meaning Lucy and Ulrika faced eviction this week. |
| Day 6 | Tasks | For this week's shopping task, housemates had to take part in 5 tasks associated with the rich and famous. Ben & Michelle had to become a celebrity couple in a task that tests their ability to work together. Verne and Ulrika had to perform a cover version of "Endless Love" as Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. La Toya and Tommy had to become contestants on a reality TV series and learn ice-skating from a DVD. Tina, Lucy and Coolio had to become members of the paparazzi and stake out the garden for 24 hours and photograph any non-housemate celebrities, including Michael Barrymore, Michelle Marsh, Nikki Grahame, Chesney Hawkes, Alice Barry and Rebecca Ryan who appeared over the garden wall on a crane. Mutya and Terry had to join and worship at the shrine of a celebrity cult. Housemates had to pass 3 of the 5 tasks in order to get a luxury shopping budget for the next week. However, housemates only passed 2 of the 5 set tasks, therefore they failed the task, and received a basic shopping budget of £1 per head per day.[10] |
| Day 7 | Events | During the task which started the day before Coolio started annoying a tired Lucy causing her to leave the paparazzi area. The paparazzi did not snap Michael Barrymoore causing their section of the task to fail. Tommy and La Toya's ice skating routine was also a failure as Tommy did not perform the steps correctly. Mutya and Terry did not pass their made up cult as they did not get to the Chesney Hawkes statue several times. With these three failures the entire task was failed. |
| Day 8 | Exits | Lucy was the first housemate to be evicted with 57% of the public vote.[11] |
| Day 9 | Tasks | Today's task was to perform a dance routine to the Eric Prydz song "Call on Me". If the performance was deemed to be satisfactory to Big Brother's expectations, housemates would receive three tokens. The housemates passed the task and won three tokens, but due to Terry and Tina discussing nominations, Big Brother awarded the housemates with only one token. |
| Day 10 | Tasks | The task for day 10 was a Best of British quiz, in which American housemates Coolio, La Toya, and Verne dressed up in traditional British costumes, dined on British food, and studied various British topics in preparation for the quiz, where they would answer questions based on their studies. The British housemates wore lycra suits with muscle stimulator pads which they had to wear for the duration of the task, and for every question the American housemates got wrong, the British housemates would receive a mild shock. As the American/Saudi housemates correctly answered thirty-five out of fifty questions (thirty was needed to pass), and as all British housemates wore their lycra suits for the duration of the tasks, housemates passed this task and earned three tokens. |
| Day 12 | Events | Today was the first time all the housemates nominated. Ulrika received 5 nominations and Michelle, Mutya and Tina all received 3 nominations meaning causing all 4 to be put up for eviction. |
| Day 13 | Tasks | The housemates had to pretend to be toys for this week's shopping task. Tommy and Coolio had to be cars and go to the car wash every time the song Car Wash was played. Michelle and Verne had to be bears and eat a whole pot of honey in a day. Ulrika had to become a Native American and shoot a target with a bow and arrow. Terry and Tina had to dance as ballerinas. Ben had to hide and scare someone dressed as a dinosaur. Mutya and La Toya had to do a dance routine on a giant piano. Also when the sound of children laughing was played into the House, housemates had to get into a large toy box in the dining area in less than 1 minute. Then a group of children ran around the House and the housemates had to stay still until they left. |
| Day 15 | Exits | Tina was the second housemate to be evicted with 38.8% of the public vote.[12] Mutya was the first housemate to hoddle out of the house. She left at approximately 11.40pm.[13] |
| Day 17 | Tasks | The housemates were each given 3 chillis to eat. For each chilli they ate they were awarded a treat for the party later that day. Housemates nearly got all the luxury items for the party. |
| Events | Housemates nominated for the second time. Michelle received 3 nominations and Ulrika , placing them both up for nomination for the secret surprise eviction the following day. Later on there was a party for the housemates. | |
| Day 18 | Tasks |
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| Exits | In a surprise eviction, Michelle became the third housemate to be evicted with 67% of the public vote. | |
| Day 20 | Tasks | Housemates were asked to complete Big Brother dares, if they passed these dares they would receive a token and if they failed the penalty would be going to jail. Tommy was the only housemate to fail, therefore they won 6 tokens. |
| Exits | La Toya, and Tommy were evicted in a triple eviction after receiving the least votes to win (6.6%, 7.1% and 9.2% respectively). | |
| Day 22 | Exits | Ben left the house in 5th place. Verne finished in 4th. Coolio finished 3rd, and Terry was runner up to Ulrika, the winner. |
| Day 5 | Day 12 | Day 17 | Final Day 22 |
Nominations received | ||
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| Ulrika | Nominated | Ben, La Toya |
Terry, Tommy |
Winner (Day 22) |
11 | |
| Terry | Ulrika, Lucy, Ben |
Michelle, Ulrika |
Ben, Verne |
Runner-Up (Day 22) |
2 | |
| Coolio | Ben to save |
Ulrika, Mutya |
Ulrika, Michelle |
Third Place (Day 22) |
3 | |
| Verne | Ben to save |
Ulrika, Tina |
Ulrika, Terry |
Fourth Place (Day 22) |
2 | |
| Ben | Saved | Tina, Mutya |
Ulrika, Coolio |
Fifth Place (Day 22) |
4 | |
| Tommy | Ben to save |
Ulrika, Mutya |
Ulrika, Michelle |
Evicted (Day 20) |
3 | |
| La Toya | Ben to save |
Ulrika, Michelle |
Ulrika, Michelle |
Evicted (Day 20) |
1 | |
| Michelle | Ben to save |
Tina, Coolio |
Coolio, Tommy |
Evicted (Day 18) |
6 | |
| Mutya | Lucy to save |
Tommy, Verne |
Walked (Day 15) |
3 | ||
| Tina | Ulrika to save |
Michelle, Ben |
Evicted (Day 15) |
3 | ||
| Lucy | Nominated | Evicted (Day 8) |
1 | |||
| Nomination note |
[1] | none | [2] | |||
| Against public vote |
Lucy, Ulrika |
Michelle, Mutya, Tina, Ulrika |
Michelle, Ulrika |
Ben, Coolio, La Toya, Terry, Tommy, Ulrika, Verne |
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| Walked | none | Mutya | none | |||
| Evicted (% of public vote) |
Lucy 57% to evict |
Tina 38.8% to evict |
Michelle 67% to evict |
La Toya 6.6% (out of 8) |
Tommy 9.2% (out of 8) |
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| Ben 15.2% (out of 5) |
Verne 15.8% (out of 5) |
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| Coolio 25.3% (out of 3) |
Terry 43.3% (out of 2) |
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| Ulrika 56.7% to win |
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^2 All Housemates faced the vote to win, and the two with the least votes left in a double eviction on Day 20, ahead of the final on Day 22.
All ratings are taken from BARB,[14] a consortium that announces viewing figures that are considered "official," that is, take into account not only overnight figures but also recordings. BARB figures are usually released about a week after each episode; however, percentages in parentheses are from overnight sources. Week 1 includes the launch week, which consists only of a Friday show.
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | ||
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| Saturday | no show | 3.4m 13% |
2.7m 10% |
(2.05m) 9% |
| Sunday | 3.6m 13% |
2.9m 10% |
(2.18m) 8% |
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| Monday | 4.0m 15% |
2.6m 11% |
(2.21m) 6% |
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| (3.0m) 16% |
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| Tuesday | 3.8m 15% |
3.2m 14% |
(2.32m) 14% |
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| 2.0m 14% |
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| Wednesday | 3.6m 14% |
3.2m 14% |
2.4m 10% |
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| 2.7% 14% |
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| Thursday | 3.5m 13% |
2.8m 12% |
2.7m 11% |
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| Friday | 6.1m 24% |
4.1m 14% |
3.3m 14% |
3.0m 13% |
| 3.0m 15% |
2.3m 13% |
3.5m 18% |
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| Weekly average |
3.7m 15% |
2.8m 13% |
2.6m | |
| Running average |
3.7m 15% |
3.3m 14% |
3.0m | |
| Series average |
3.1m 14% |
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