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%.
Celebrity | Age on entry | Notability | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
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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 |
Day 8 | Day 14 | Day 19 | Day 21 | Day 23 | Day 27 | Day 32 Final |
Nominations received |
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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 |
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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) |
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Jonny Fewest votes to save |
Malika Fewest votes to save |
Shane L Fewest votes (out of 3) |
Ann Fewest votes (out of 2) |
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Maggie Fewest votes to save |
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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.
Official viewers (millions) | |||||
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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. |