Celebrity Big Brother 21

Celebrity Big Brother 21, also known as Celebrity Big Brother: Year of the Woman, was the twenty-first series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. It launched on 2 January 2018 on Channel 5, and concluded on 2 February 2018 after 32 days, making it the joint longest series to date. It is the fourteenth celebrity series and the twenty-first series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5. Emma Willis returned to host the series, while Rylan Clark-Neal continued to present Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side.

On 2 February 2018, Courtney Act was announced as the winner of the series having received 49.43% of the final vote, with Ann Widdecombe as the runner-up after receiving 39.50%.

Housemates

Celebrity Age on entry Notability Day entered Day exited Status
Courtney Act 35 Drag queen, singer & reality TV star 4 32 Winner
Ann Widdecombe 70 Politician 1 32 Runner-up
Shane Lynch 41 Singer 4 32 3rd Place
Jess Impiazzi 28 Reality TV star and model 1 32 4th Place
Wayne Sleep 69 Ballet dancer 4 32 5th Place
Amanda Barrie 82 Actress 1 29 Evicted
Malika Haqq 34 Reality TV star 1 29 Evicted
Ashley James 30 Reality TV star and DJ 1 29 Evicted
Daniel O'Reilly 33 Comedian 4 25 Evicted
Jonny Mitchell 26 Reality TV star 4 25 Evicted
Andrew Brady 27 Reality TV star 4 25 Evicted
Ginuwine 47 Singer 4 22 Evicted
John Barnes 54 Footballer 4 20 Evicted
Maggie Oliver 62 Detective constable 1 18 Evicted
Rachel Johnson 52 Journalist and presenter 1 18 Evicted
India Willoughby 52 Newsreader 1 11 Evicted

Nominations Table

  Day 8 Day 14 Day 19 Day 21 Day 23 Day 27 Day 32
Final
Nominations
received
 
Shane J Not
eligible
Ann,
Rachel
No
nominations
Jonny,
Ginuwine
Not
eligible
Amanda,
Ann
Winner
(Day 32)
12
Ann India,
Andrew
Not
eligible
No
nominations
Daniel,
Shane J
Shane J,
Andrew
Shane J,
Malika
Runner-up
(Day 32)
13
Shane L Not
eligible
Andrew,
Rachel
No
nominations
Wayne,
Ashley
Not
eligible
Shane J,
Ashley
Third place
(Day 32)
2
Jess India,
Ann
Not
eligible
No
nominations
Jonny,
Wayne
Jonny,
Andrew
Shane J,
Malika
Fourth place
(Day 32)
0
Wayne Not
eligible
Shane J,
Daniel
No
nominations
Ann,
Daniel
Not
eligible
Ann,
Shane J
Fifth place
(Day 32)
3
Amanda Jonny,
India
Not
eligible
No
nominations
Daniel,
Ginuwine
Daniel,
Shane J
Shane J,
Malika
Evicted
(Day 29)
4
Malika Andrew,
Ann
Not
eligible
No
nominations
Jonny,
Ann
Jonny,
Andrew
Ann,
Amanda
Evicted
(Day 29)
6
Ashley India,
Jonny
Not
eligible
No
nominations
Jonny,
Shane L
Shane J,
Andrew
Shane J,
Shane L
Evicted
(Day 29)
2
Daniel Not
eligible
Ann,
Andrew
No
nominations
Ann,
Amanda
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 25)
6
Jonny Not
eligible
John,
Malika
No
nominations
Amanda,
Malika
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 25)
10
Andrew Not
eligible
Ann,
Ginuwine
No
nominations
Ginuwine,
Malika
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 25)
9
Ginuwine Not
eligible
Ann,
John
No
nominations
Wayne,
Shane J
Evicted
(Day 22)
5
John Not
eligible
Andrew
Daniel
No
nominations
Evicted
(Day 20)
2
Maggie India,
Jonny
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 18)
0
Rachel India,
Jonny
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 18)
2
India Ann,
Ginuwine
Evicted
(Day 11)
6
 
Notes 1 2 3 none 4 none 5  
Against
public vote
India,
Jonny
Andrew,
Ann,
John,
Maggie,
Rachel
Daniel,
John
Ann,
Daniel,
Ginuwine,
Jonny,
Wayne
Andrew,
Daniel,
Jonny,
Shane J
Amanda,
Ann,
Ashley,
Malika,
Shane J,
Shane L
Ann,
Jess,
Shane J,
Shane L,
Wayne
Evicted India
Fewest votes
to save
Rachel
Fewest votes
to save
John
Women's choice
to evict
Ginuwine
Fewest votes
to save
Andrew
Fewest votes
to save
Ashley
Fewest votes
to save
Wayne
Fewest votes
(out of 5)
Jess
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
Jonny
Fewest votes
to save
Malika
Fewest votes
to save
Shane L
Fewest votes
(out of 3)
Ann
Fewest votes
(out of 2)
Maggie
Fewest votes
to save
Daniel
Fewest votes
to save
Amanda
Fewest votes
to save
Shane J
Most votes
to win

^Note 1 : As a new Housemate, Claire could not nominate or be nominated in this week.Over the course of the first week, the housemates were given several opportunities to win immunity from the first round of nominations. On launch night, Amanda and Jess won immunity. Later that night, they awarded Maggie immunity. On Day 2, Malika won immunity. After the men entered, they were given the opportunity to win one more immunity pass. On Day 5, Shane J won immunity. As a further twist, the nominations were face-to-face, and only the female housemates could nominate.

^Note 2 : As the men won this week’s task, only they were eligible to nominate. Ashley also won immunity during a task, meaning she could not be nominated. After winning the Big Brother’s Driving School task, Ann and Daniel were given the opportunity to save a housemate from eviction and replace them with another housemate. They chose to save Daniel, and replaced him with Maggie.

^Note 3 : The women and men separately were asked to discuss and nominate two housemates of the opposite gender to face eviction. The men nominated Amanda and Ann, while the women nominated Daniel and John. After the women and men competed in a series of tasks, the women were declared the winners and were granted the right to evict one of the two nominated men. They decided to evict John.

^Note 4 : As the women won this week’s task, only they were eligible to nominate in a face-to-face nomination.

^Note 5 : The public were voting to win rather than to save. Shane J/Courtney won with 49.43% of the final vote, whilst Ann was runner-up with 39.50%. Shane L was third with 7.42%, Jess was fourth with 2.75%, and Wayne finished fifth with 0.90%, however none of these figures take into account the vote freezes between each position.

The House

Trailer

Title Sequence

Ratings

Official viewers (millions)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Saturday 2.00 1.71 1.66 1.63
Sunday 2.04 1.96 2.01 1.88
Monday 2.13 1.96 1.92 1.87
Tuesday 2.40 2.15 2.17 1.62 1.69
Wednesday 1.87 2.05 1.92 1.97 1.88
Thursday 2.04 2.29 2.02 1.93 1.81
Friday 2.07 2.15 1.98 1.83 1.77
1.74 1.51 1.44 1.37 1.73
Weekly average 2.02 2.04 1.90 1.79 1.78
Running average 2.02 2.03 1.99 1.94 1.91
Series average 1.9
Blue-coloured boxes denote live shows.