Celebrity Big Brother 18 was the eighteenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 28 July 2016, just two days after the conclusion of Big Brother 17 on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in Ireland. The series ended on 26 August 2016, making it the longest summer series to date and the third-longest series of Celebrity Big Brother in its history, behind series 15 and 17, respectively. Rylan Clark-Neal continues to present the spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side. It is the eleventh celebrity series and the seventeenth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5.
On 26 August 2016, the series was won by Stephen Bear with Ricky Norwood finishing as runner-up.
Celebrity | Age on entry | Notability | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
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Stephen Bear | 26 | Reality TV star | 1 | 30 | Winner |
Ricky Norwood | 29 | Ex-Eastenders actor | 1 | 30 | Runner-up |
Renee Graziano | 48 | Reality TV star | 1 | 30 | 3rd Place |
Marnie Simpson | 24 | Reality TV star | 1 | 30 | 4th Place |
Aubrey O'Day | 32 | Singer and reality TV star | 1 | 30 | 5th Place |
Frankie Grande | 33 | "Social media mogul" & half-brother of Ariana Grande | 1 | 30 | 6th Place |
Samantha Fox | 50 | Model and singer | 1 | 27 | Evicted |
Katie Waissel | 30 | Singer | 1 | 27 | Evicted |
James Whale | 65 | Radio broadcaster | 1 | 23 | Evicted |
Lewis Bloor | 26 | Reality TV star | 1 | 23 | Evicted |
Heavy D† | 43 | Reality TV star | 1 | 20 | Evicted |
Chloe Khan | 25 | Media personality | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
Saira Khan | 46 | TV presenter | 1 | 13 | Evicted |
Grant Bovey | 55 | Media personality and ex-husband of Anthea Turner | 1 | 9 | Evicted |
Christopher Biggins | 67 | Actor and TV presenter | 1 | 9 | Ejected |
Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 13 | Day 17 | Day 20 | Day 25 | Day 30 Final |
Nominations received |
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Bear | Not eligible |
James, Ricky |
Aubrey | Aubrey, Ricky |
Renee | Renee, Ricky |
Samantha, Ricky |
Frankie | Winner (Day 30) |
9 | |
Ricky | Not eligible |
Grant, James |
Bear | Lewis, Chloe |
Not eligible |
Lewis, Heavy D |
James, Lewis |
Katie | Runner-up (Day 30) |
8 | |
Renee | Not eligible |
James, Grant |
Saira | Lewis, Marnie |
Not eligible |
Heavy D, Lewis |
James, Ricky |
Samantha, Marnie |
Third place (Day 30) |
5 | |
Marnie | Not eligible |
James, Frankie |
Heavy D | Heavy D, Aubrey |
Not eligible |
Heavy D, James |
James, Frankie |
Ricky, Samantha |
Fourth place (Day 30) |
10 | |
Aubrey | Not eligible |
Grant, James |
Bear | Lewis, Saira |
Not eligible |
Heavy D, Lewis |
James, Lewis |
Marnie, Samantha |
Fifth place (Day 30) |
6 | |
Frankie | Not eligible |
James, Grant |
Bear | Lewis, Marnie |
Not eligible |
Lewis, Marnie |
James, Lewis |
Marnie, Katie |
Sixth place (Day 30) |
5 | |
Samantha | Not eligible |
Bear, Marnie |
Heavy D | Heavy D, Chloe |
Not eligible |
Heavy D, Lewis |
James, Lewis |
Frankie | Evicted (Day 27) |
6 | |
Katie | Not eligible |
Grant, James |
Bear | Heavy D, Saira |
Not eligible |
Heavy D, James |
James, Ricky |
Frankie | Evicted (Day 27) |
6 | |
James | Not eligible |
Grant, Bear |
Bear | Saira, Heavy D |
Not eligible |
Aubrey, Heavy D |
Lewis, Marnie |
Evicted (Day 23) |
22 | ||
Lewis | Not eligible |
James, Ricky |
Heavy D | Aubrey, Heavy D |
James | Renee, Heavy D |
Samantha, Aubrey |
Evicted (Day 23) |
16 | ||
Heavy D | Not eligible |
James, Renee |
Bear | Lewis, Saira |
Marnie | Renee, Katie |
Evicted (Day 20) |
19 | |||
Chloe | Not eligible |
Katie, James |
James | Katie, Saira |
Not eligible |
Evicted (Day 16) |
2 | ||||
Saira | Not eligible |
Bear, Grant |
Heavy D | Heavy D, Katie |
Evicted (Day 13) |
7 | |||||
Grant | Not eligible |
Samantha, James |
Evicted (Day 9) |
8 | |||||||
Biggins | Saira, Lewis, Heavy D |
Marnie, Grant |
Ejected (Day 9) |
N/A | |||||||
Notes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2, 3 | 2 | 2, 4 | 2, 5 | 6 | ||
Against public vote |
none | Grant, James |
none | Bear, Heavy D, Lewis, Saira |
Bear, Chloe, James, Marnie |
Bear, Heavy D, Lewis, Renee |
Bear, James, Lewis, Ricky, Samantha |
Bear, Frankie, Katie, Marnie, Ricky, Samantha |
Aubrey, Bear, Frankie, Marnie, Renee, Ricky |
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Ejected | none | Biggins | none | ||||||||
Evicted | none | Grant Fewest votes to save |
none | Saira Fewest votes to save |
Chloe Evicted by wheel (out of 2) |
Heavy D Fewest votes to save |
Lewis Fewest votes (out of 4) to save |
Katie Fewest votes to save |
Frankie 3.54% (out of 6) |
Renee 14.66% (out of 6) |
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Aubrey 4.82% (out of 6) |
Ricky 34.57% (out of 6) |
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James Fewest votes (out of 4) to save |
Samantha Fewest votes to save |
Marnie 6.51% (out of 6) |
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Bear 35.90% to win[18] |
^Note 1 : On Day 1, the public voted for Biggins to become the “Secret Boss”, and believed he had sole control over who was nominated in the first week. However, the housemates were aware of his position, and were told that the housemates he nominates will actually receive immunity. He chose Saira on Day 1, Lewis on Day 2 and Heavy D on Day 3. For completing the task, Biggins also received immunity.
^Note 2 : On Day 9, the housemates each voted in a face-to-face vote for one housemate to receive ‘eternal nomination’. Bear received the most votes and will face every eviction until he is either evicted or reaches the final.
^Note 3 : Shortly after Saira’s eviction, the three eviction survivors; Bear, Heavy D and Lewis were told they had to give a killer nomination each to decide who would face eviction. On Day 14, Renee was saved from eviction and had to replace herself with another housemate. She chose Chloe. After James and Bear were saved, the two housemates with the fewest votes: Chloe and Marnie, went head-to-head in a game of chance to determine who would be evicted. The housemates each voted for who they would like to leave, which would take up a proportion of a wheel. All housemates except Chloe and Bear voted to evict Chloe, with Chloe and Bear voting Marnie. James was revealed to have received the most public votes to save and given the task of spinning the wheel. Chloe was evicted after the wheel landed on one of her sections.
^Note 4 : The nominations were face-to-face. This week was a double eviction.
^Note 5 : The housemates were separated into two teams for the festive themed head-to-head challenges. The Elves were Aubrey, Frankie, Marnie and Renee whilst the Reindeer were Bear, Katie, Ricky and Samantha. The Elves won two nominations to give each, whilst the losing team only had one nomination to give each.
^Note 6 : This week the public were voting for who they wanted to win. Bear won with 35.9% of the final vote, whilst Ricky was runner-up with 34.57%. Renee was third with 14.66%, Marnie was fourth with 5.51%, Aubrey was fifth with 4.82% and Frankie finished sixth with 3.54%, however none of these figures take into account the vote freezes between each position.
Official viewers (millions) | |||||
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | ||
Saturday | 2.00 | 1.87 | 1.83 | 1.62 | |
Sunday | 2.11 | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.15 | |
Monday | 2.35 | 2.03 | 2.03 | 2.02 | |
Tuesday | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.03 | 1.95 | |
Wednesday | 2.00 | 2.21 | 2.12 | 2.37 | |
Thursday | 2.71 | 2.31 | 2.29 | 2.30 | 2.21 |
Friday | 2.13 | 2.23 | 2.05 | 1.97 | 2.14 |
1.87 | 2.05 | 1.64 | |||
Weekly average | 2.19 | 2.10 | 2.01 | 2.07 | |
Running average | 2.19 | 2.15 | 2.10 | 2.09 | |
Series average | 2.1 | ||||
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