Big Brother (British series 7)
Big Brother | |
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Series 7 | |
Presented by | Davina McCall |
No. of days | 93 |
No. of housemates | 22 |
Winner | Pete Bennett |
Runner-up | Glyn Wise |
Companion shows | |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 107 |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 4 |
Original release | 18 May – 18 August 2006 |
Series chronology |
Big Brother 2006, also known as Big Brother 7, was the seventh series of the British reality television series Big Brother. The show followed a total of twenty-two contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built house. Each week, one or more of the housemates were eliminated from the competition and left the House. The last remaining housemate, Pete Bennett, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £100,000.
The series launched on Channel 4 on 18 May 2006 and ended on 18 August 2006, lasting 93 days - the joint-second longest British edition of Big Brother to date (together with the ninth and tenth series, and one day shorter than the eighth series). Davina McCall returned as presenter for her seventh consecutive year. Fourteen housemates entered on launch night, with an additional eight being introduced in later weeks. The series was watched by an average of 4.7 million viewers, the third highest viewed series of the show to date. It was also the first series since the show's inception to be broadcast in 16:9 aspect ratio, as opposed to 4:3.
Big Brother 7 was the subject of viewer complaints and press attention regarding a variety of controversial issues, including the wellbeing of certain participants and the decision to allow former housemates to re-enter. In 2010, the series was voted the British public's favourite series of Big Brother.
Finalist Nikki Grahame passed away in April 2021 following a long battle with Anorexia. Nikki’s life and battle with the eating disorder was the subject of a documentary titled “Nikki Grahame: Who Is She?”.
Production
Eye logo
The eye this year featured two spiral shapes, one black and one yellow
Title sequence
The title sequence contained phrases such as, at the very beginning with a screen resembling an FBI Anti-Piracy Warning: "This is the title sequence for Big Brother", "In agreeing to take part in Big Brother you agree to abide by the rules. Big Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any time." "NOT FOR TRANSMISSION", "Big Brother's decision is final", and a copyright year of 1903 (written MCMIII), the birth year of George Orwell. Parts of the sequence include CCTV-style footage of the Wandsworth Underpass featured at the start of the film version of A Clockwork Orange. The time and date displayed at the bottom keep repeating the digit seven, signifying the seventh series of the show. Other words flashed on screen included "You are being observed", and, in sequence the text "cam 01", "cam 09", "cam 08" and "cam 04" was shown at the top of the screen, making 1984, another reference to Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Broadcasts
Davina McCall hosted the main eviction show, as well as the live launch and finale. She would also host the main Channel 4 show on other nights, that may involve a twist or a new housemate arriving. The nightly highlight shows were once again narrated by Marcus Bentley. This was the last series to feature a highlights show the night after the finale, showing the housemates last day in the house.
Dermot O'Leary returned as host of Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4, he also hosted Big Brother's Big Brain, a new psychology show broadcast late on Monday nights on Channel 4, usually after the main show.
For the first time since BB launched, live action was available exclusively online, with paid subscription, through the official Channel 4 website; Channel 4 claimed that the decision to cease any live streaming to terrestrial, cable or satellite channels, was as a direct result of the public outrage which followed the "Fight Night" incident in last years show, however many fans were of the belief that this was simply Channel 4 and programme makers Endemol 'cashing in'. Diary Room Uncut returned and was extended to one hour and broadcast on Saturday nights, as well as a half hour segment on Monday nights.
Russell Brand returned for Big Brother's Big Mouth in a new late-night time slot, straight after the Channel 4 show, it had previously obtained this slot during the previous celebrity series. The show contained a much more adult theme due to the new time slot. It was broadcast Tuesday to Friday.
Sponsor
The Carphone Warehouse remained as sponsor.
House
The interior of the house was much smaller than the year before. The living room was brought back inside the house, with two glass doors separating it from the main floor area. On Launch Night, McCall said the room will change colour depending on what mood the housemates were in, however the walls only changed colour on eviction nights. The bedroom was across from the living room, and featured a waterbed, the bathroom was accessed through the bedroom, and featured a bath, shower and also a toilet. The kitchen was small and beside the door leading to the garden. In the garden, which was much larger than the house, was a barbecue, a pool, a seating area and a bridge titled The Bridge to Nowhere which led to another seating area. The interior stairs remained closed off once again, and had a yellow and black theme.
The House Next Door
The House Next Door was a group of rooms connected to the original house via the Diary Room. On 30 June, five new housemates entered this house. The public, instead of voting for a housemate to be evicted, voted to transfer one of the current housemates to also live in the new house. Aisleyne was voted to be moved into the House Next Door along with 5 new housemates; Jonathan, Spiral, Jennie, Michael and Jayne. Aisleyne was then required to evict another housemate, and chose Jonathan. The House Next Door was also used later on in the series. In Week 10 it featured in the "Prison Task" and in Week 12 it housed four previous evictees, Grace, Mikey, Lea and Nikki who had been voted by the public to re-enter the House.
Housemates
Fourteen housemates entered the House on launch night, and eight other housemates entered the House later during the series, making a total of twenty-two housemates competing in Big Brother 7. Two of these eight housemates were replacement housemates Sam and Aisleyne, arriving on Day 12, who were introduced to the housemates as part of the Meal or No Meal task after the departure of Shahbaz and Dawn. George decided to leave the House of his own will, a rule all housemates are allowed to take advantage of at any time, on Day 13 as he "did not want to be famous". On Day 23, Susie entered the House as Big Brother's lucky Golden Ticket winner, she declared on entry that she was a nymphomaniac and would probably have sex with someone during her stay. Five more housemates entered on Day 44 (Jonathan, Spiral, Jennie, Michael and Jayne) to the House Next Door, totalling 22 housemates. This is the joint-second highest number of housemates of Big Brother UK to date, together with the tenth and eighteenth series, and behind the eighth series, which had 23.
This series saw the largest number of housemates to leave without being evicted, with three exiting the House. This beat series 3, where there were a total of fourteen housemates and two people walked; and series 5, in which there were a total of thirteen housemates and two were ejected. Housemate numbers also topped series 6, in which even after the "Secret Garden" twist, there were only a total of sixteen contestants. At one point there were more additional housemates than original housemates in this series: during Week 9, following Nikki's eviction there was a total of six additional housemates and five original housemates, having entered the House on launch night.
Name | Age on entry | Hometown | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
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Pete Bennett | 24 | Brighton | 1 | 93 | Winner |
Glyn Wise | 18 | Blaenau Ffestiniog | 1 | 93 | Runner-up |
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace | 27 | London | 12 | 93 | 3rd Place |
Richard Newman | 33 | London (originally from Edmonton, Canada) | 1 | 93 | 4th Place |
Nikki Grahame† | 24 | Hertfordshire | 1 | 58 | 5th Place |
83 | 93 | ||||
Jennie Corner | 18 | Liverpool | 44 | 93 | 6th Place |
Imogen Thomas | 23 | Llanelli | 1 | 86 | Evicted |
Susie Verrico | 43 | Kent | 23 | 79 | Evicted |
Mikey Dalton | 23 | Liverpool | 1 | 79 | Evicted |
83 | 86 | ||||
Glen "Spiral" Coroner | 22 | Dublin | 44 | 72 | Evicted |
Michael Cheshire | 23 | Manchester | 44 | 72 | Evicted |
Jayne Kitt | 36 | Slough | 44 | 65 | Evicted |
Lea Walker | 35 | Nottingham | 1 | 51 | Evicted |
83 | 86 | ||||
Jonathan Leonard | 24 | Cumbria | 44 | 49 | Evicted |
Lisa Huo | 27 | Manchester (originally from China) | 1 | 37 | Evicted |
Grace Adams-Short | 20 | London | 1 | 30 | Evicted |
83 | 86 | ||||
Sam Brodie | 19 | Ayrshire (originally from Indonesia) | 12 | 23 | Evicted |
Sezer Yurtseven | 26 | London | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
George Askew | 19 | London | 1 | 13 | Walked |
Bonnie Holt | 20 | Loughborough | 1 | 9 | Evicted |
Dawn Blake | 38 | Birmingham | 1 | 8 | Ejected |
Shahbaz Chauhdry | 37 | Glasgow | 1 | 6 | Walked |
- The public voted for which four ex-housemates they would like to move into the House Next Door on Day 79. George, Shahbaz, Dawn and Jonathan were not eligible to re-enter as they had not left the House via a public vote. Bonnie and Sezer were also not eligible due to legal reasons. Grace, Lea, Mikey and Nikki moved into the House Next Door on Day 83. On Day 86, the housemates in the main house chose Nikki to re-enter the house, where she became eligible to win. Grace, Lea and Mikey were therefore re-evicted.
Golden tickets
During the first three weeks of the series, Channel 4 conducted a promotion in conjunction with Nestle to distribute 100 "golden tickets" randomly throughout Kit Kat chocolate bars, in a style reminiscent of the story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Members of the public finding these tickets were permitted to use them to give themselves a chance to become a Big Brother housemate and bypass the standard auditions process. Golden ticket holders were invited to a television show where one of them, Susie Verrico, was chosen to enter the House by housemate Aisleyne picking a ball out of a machine at random. This contest caused some controversy, with the Advertising Standards Authority saying that the terms and conditions of the draw should have been made clearer in related advertisements, and that an independent adjudicator should have been present before and during the draw.
Walks and ejections
Housemate | Day | Reason | Method |
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Shahbaz Chauhdry | 6 | He struggled during his stay at the house. | Diary Room |
George Askew | 13 | He wanted his life to stay private. | Diary Room |
Housemate | Day | Reason |
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Dawn Blake | 8 | Informed that her sister was ill by her parent, but she got codes from her. |
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Nominations table
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 Final |
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Pete | No nominations |
Imogen, Sezer |
Lisa, Nikki |
Not eligible |
Imogen, Lisa |
Susie, Aisleyne |
Banned | No nominations |
Spiral, Michael |
Michael | Imogen, Aisleyne |
Imogen, Glyn |
Winner (Day 93) |
3 | |
Glyn | No nominations |
Grace, Richard |
Sam, Nikki |
Not eligible |
Nikki | Richard, Aisleyne |
Pete, Lea |
No nominations |
Susie, Jayne |
Susie | Susie, Richard |
Richard, Pete |
Runner-up (Day 93) |
6 | |
Aisleyne | Not in House |
Exempt | Nikki, Sam |
Not eligible |
Lisa, Mikey |
Lea, Nikki |
Jonathan | No nominations |
Jayne, Richard |
Spiral | Mikey, Glyn |
Richard, Glyn |
Third place (Day 93) |
12 | |
Richard | No nominations |
Imogen, Sezer |
Lisa, Grace |
Not eligible |
Imogen, Glyn |
Imogen, Aisleyne |
Imogen, Glyn |
No nominations |
Aisleyne, Spiral |
Michael | Mikey, Imogen |
Aisleyne, Imogen |
Fourth place (Day 93) |
25 | |
Nikki | No nominations |
Lea, Grace |
Richard, Sam |
Not eligible |
Lisa | Aisleyne, Susie |
Richard, Lea |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 58) |
Next Door |
Fifth place (Day 93) |
10 | |||
Jennie | Not in House |
Next Door |
No nominations |
Michael, Jayne |
Spiral | Susie, Imogen |
Aisleyne, Imogen |
Sixth place (Day 93) |
5 | ||||||
Imogen | No nominations |
Banned | Banned | Not eligible |
Lea | Richard, Susie |
Richard, Lea |
No nominations |
Richard, Jayne |
Michael | Richard, Jennie |
Richard, Pete |
Evicted (Day 86) |
15 | |
Susie | Not in House |
Nikki, Grace |
Lisa, Mikey |
Nikki, Imogen |
Lea, Glyn |
No nominations |
Michael, Spiral |
Michael | Mikey, Jennie |
Evicted (Day 79) |
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Mikey | No nominations |
Richard, Lisa |
Sam, Aisleyne |
Not eligible |
Lea, Susie |
Richard, Susie |
Richard, Nikki |
No nominations |
Richard, Susie |
Susie | Susie, Jennie |
Next Door |
Re-evicted (Day 86) |
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Spiral | Not in House |
Next Door |
No nominations |
Jennie, Richard |
Richard |
Evicted (Day 72) |
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Michael | Not in House |
Next Door |
No nominations |
Jennie, Richard |
Richard |
Evicted (Day 72) |
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Jayne | Not in House |
Exempt | No nominations |
Aisleyne, Imogen |
Evicted (Day 65) |
5 | |||||||||
Lea | No nominations |
Sezer, Lisa |
Nikki, Richard |
Not eligible |
Imogen | Aisleyne, Susie |
Susie, Richard |
Evicted (Day 51) |
Next Door |
Re-evicted (Day 86) |
11 | ||||
Jonathan | Not in House |
Next Door |
Evicted (Day 49) |
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Lisa | No nominations |
Lea, Richard |
Banned | Exempt | Nikki |
Evicted (Day 37) |
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Grace | No nominations |
Lea, Richard |
Aisleyne, Sam |
Not eligible |
Evicted (Day 30) |
Next Door |
Re-evicted (Day 86) |
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Sam | Not in House |
Exempt | Lea, Richard |
Evicted (Day 23) |
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Sezer | No nominations |
Banned |
Evicted (Day 16) |
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George | No nominations |
Not eligible |
Walked (Day 13) |
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Bonnie | No nominations |
Evicted (Day 9) |
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Dawn | No nominations |
Ejected (Day 8) |
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Shahbaz | No nominations |
Walked (Day 6) |
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Nomination note |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | none | 9 | 10 | 11, 12 | 13 | ||
Against public vote |
Bonnie, Glyn |
Lea, Richard, Sezer |
Nikki, Sam |
Grace, Nikki |
Imogen, Lisa, Mikey, Nikki |
Aisleyne, Susie |
Lea, Richard |
Aisleyne, Glyn, Imogen, Jennie, Michael, Mikey, Nikki, Pete, Richard, Spiral, Susie |
Jayne, Richard |
Imogen & Susie, Michael & Spiral, Pete & Richard |
Imogen, Jennie, Mikey, Susie |
Imogen, Richard |
Aisleyne, Glyn, Jennie, Nikki, Pete, Richard |
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Walked | Shahbaz | George | none | ||||||||||||
Ejected | Dawn | none | |||||||||||||
Evicted |
Bonnie 78% to evict |
Sezer 91.6% to evict |
Sam 53.7% to evict |
Grace 87.9% to evict |
Lisa 60.3% to evict |
Aisleyne 67.3% to move |
Jonathan Aisleyne's choice to evict |
Nikki 37.2% to evict |
Jayne 67.1% to evict |
Michael & Spiral 9.7% to save |
Mikey 48.5% (out of 4) to evict |
Imogen 62% to evict |
Jennie 0.9% (out of 6) to win |
Aisleyne 22.0% (out of 3) to win |
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Nikki 6.5% (out of 5) to win |
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Glyn 38.8% (out of 2) to win |
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Lea 53.8% to evict |
Susie 59.4% (out of 3) to evict |
Nikki House's choice to re-enter |
Richard 9.2% (out of 4) to win |
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Pete 61.2% to win |