Big Brother 10

Big Brother 2009, also known as Big Brother 10, was the tenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother. The show followed a total of twenty-two contestants, 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 evicted by a public vote. The last remaining housemate, Sophie Reade, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £71,320.

The series launched on Channel 4 on 4 June 2009 and ended on 4 September 2009, lasting 93 days – the joint-second longest British edition of Big Brother to date (together with the seventh and ninth series, and one day shorter than the eighth series). Davina McCall returned as presenter for her tenth consecutive year. Sixteen housemates entered on launch night, with an additional six being introduced in later weeks.

Big Brother 10 was watched by an average of 2.5 million viewers. It was the lowest rated series of the show since its inception, becoming the first series to draw an average of less than 3 million, and remains the lowest rated series of Big Brother to be broadcast on Channel 4. During the series, Channel 4 announced that it would not be renewing its contract to show the series with Endemol once it expired in 2010, meaning that the subsequent eleventh series would be the last to be broadcast on Channel 4.

Housemates

Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result
Sophie "Dogface" Reade 20 Nantwich, Cheshire 1 93 Winner
Siavash Sabbaghpour 23 London (originally from Iran) 1 93 Runner-up
David Ramsden 28 Dewsbury 44 93 3rd Place
Charlie Drummond 22 Newcastle 1 93 4th Place
Rodrigo Lopes 23 Leeds (originally from Brazil) 1 93 5th Place
Lisa Wallace 41 Birmingham 1 90 Evicted
Marcus Akin 35 London 1 86 Evicted
Rebecca "Bea" Hamill 24 Bristol 44 79 Evicted
Freddie "Halfwit" Fisher 23 Market Drayton 1 72 Evicted
Hira Habibshah 25 Dublin (originally from Pakistan) 44 65 Evicted
Isaac Stout 23 Cleveland, United States 56 58 Walked
Nóirín Kelly 25 Dublin 1 58 Evicted
Tom Oliver 27 Northampton 44 53 Walked
Kenneth Tong 24 Edinburgh (originally from Hong Kong) 44 50 Walked
Karly Ashworth 21 Fife 1 44 Evicted
Kris "No Diggity" Donnelly 24 Shrewsbury 1 37 Evicted
Sree Dasari 25 Hatfield (originally from India) 1 30 Evicted
Angel McKenzie 35 London (originally from the Russian Federation) 1 23 Evicted
Cairon Austin-Hill 18 London (originally from the United States) 1 16 Evicted
Sophia Brown 26 London 1 9 Evicted
Saffia Corden 27 Nottingham 1 8 Walked
Beinazir Lasharie 28 London (originally from Pakistan) 1 4 Evicted

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 Nominations received
Day 4 Day 6 Day 88 Final
Sophie
Dogface
Housemate Charlie,
Sree
Halfwit,
Marcus
Angel,
Halfwit
Halfwit,
Marcus
Halfwit,
Marcus
Marcus,
Nóirín
Marcus Hira,
Marcus
Marcus,
Halfwit
Marcus,
Halfwit
Rodrigo,
Bea
David,
Marcus
Refused Winner
(Day 93)
6
Siavash Non-
Housemate
Charlie,
Halfwit
Charlie,
Lisa
Angel,
Sree
Sree,
Kris
Charlie,
Lisa
Nóirín,
Karly
Charlie,
Lisa
Hira,
Lisa
Refused Bea,
David
Bea,
Sophie
Charlie,
Sophie
Refused Runner-up
(Day 93)
20
David Not in
House
Failed
mission
Nóirín,
Marcus
Marcus,
Bea
Halfwit,
Marcus
Siavash,
Marcus
Siavash,
Marcus
Siavash,
Sophie
Third place
(Day 93)
14
Charlie Housemate Sophia,
Halfwit
Halfwit,
Marcus
Banned Halfwit,
Siavash
Marcus,
Rodrigo
Marcus,
Nóirín
Halfwit,
Siavash
Nóirín,
Siavash
Siavash,
Halfwit
Halfwit,
Marcus
Siavash,
Marcus
Siavash,
Marcus
Refused Fourth place
(Day 93)
10
Rodrigo Housemate Cairon,
Siavash
Cairon,
Halfwit
Halfwit,
Sree
Sree,
Halfwit
Marcus,
Halfwit
Lisa,
Karly
Nóirín,
Marcus
Nóirín,
Marcus
Marcus,
Bea
Halfwit,
Marcus
Bea,
David
Siavash,
Marcus
Lisa,
David
Fifth place
(Day 93)
5
Lisa Housemate Halfwit,
Karly
Marcus,
Halfwit
Angel,
Halfwit
Marcus,
Halfwit
Marcus,
Halfwit
Nóirín,
Marcus
Halfwit,
Nóirín
Nóirín,
Bea
Bea,
Marcus
Halfwit,
Marcus
Bea,
Marcus
Siavash,
Marcus
Siavash,
Rodrigo
Evicted
(Day 90)
26
Marcus Non-
Housemate
Lisa,
Sree
Lisa,
Halfwit
Sree,
Lisa
Sree,
Lisa
Lisa,
Halfwit
Lisa,
Karly
Lisa,
Charlie
Hira,
Nóirín
Dogface,
David
David,
Bea
David,
Bea
David,
Sophie
Evicted
(Day 86)
46
Bea Not in
House
Failed
mission
David,
Lisa
David,
Lisa
Marcus,
David
Rodrigo,
David
Evicted
(Day 79)
12
Freddie
Halfwit
Housemate Sree,
Lisa
Sree,
Lisa
Kris,
Sree
Sree,
Lisa
Nóirín,
Lisa
Lisa,
Karly
Charlie,
Lisa
Charlie,
Lisa
Lisa,
David
Marcus,
David
Evicted
(Day 72)
45
Hira Not in
House
Failed
mission
Marcus,
Siavash
Bea,
Marcus
Evicted
(Day 65)
3
Isaac Not in
House
Walked
(Day 58)
N/A
Nóirín Housemate Halfwit,
Sophia
Halfwit,
Cairon
Angel,
Halfwit
Halfwit,
Sree
Halfwit,
Siavash
Karly,
Lisa
Rodrigo,
Lisa
Marcus,
Lisa
Evicted
(Day 58)
15
Tom Not in
House
Failed
mission
Walked
(Day 53)
N/A
Kenneth Not in
House
Failed
mission
Walked
(Day 50)
N/A
Karly Housemate Halfwit,
Marcus
Halfwit,
Angel
Angel,
Halfwit
Halfwit,
Marcus
Halfwit,
Marcus
Nóirín,
Marcus
Evicted
(Day 44)
6
Kris Housemate Halfwit,
Sophia
Halfwit,
Angel
Angel,
Halfwit
Halfwit,
Siavash
Halfwit,
Siavash
Evicted
(Day 37)
2
Sree Non-
Housemate
Sophia,
Marcus
Cairon,
Halfwit
Halfwit,
Siavash
Marcus,
Nóirín
Evicted
(Day 30)
16
Angel Non-
Housemate
Dogface,
Sophia
Cairon,
Siavash
Sree,
Siavash
Evicted
(Day 23)
9
Cairon Housemate Sree,
Charlie
Angel,
Sree
Evicted
(Day 16)
5
Sophia Non-
Housemate
Saffia,
Nóirín
Evicted
(Day 9)
6
Saffia Housemate Sophia,
Marcus
Walked
(Day 8)
1
Beinazir Non-
Housemate
Evicted
(Day 4)
N/A
Nomination
note
1 none 2 none 3 4 5 none 6 7 8 9 10 11
Against
public vote
Angel,
Beinazir,
Marcus,
Siavash,
Sophia,
Sree
Halfwit,
Sophia
Cairon,
Halfwit
Angel,
Halfwit
Halfwit,
Sree
Charlie,
Dogface,
Halfwit,
Kris,
Marcus
Dogface,
Karly,
Nóirín,
Siavash
Bea,
Charlie,
David,
Dogface,
Halfwit,
Hira,
Kenneth,
Marcus,
Nóirín,
Siavash,
Tom
Marcus,
Nóirín
Bea,
Charlie,
David,
Dogface,
Halfwit,
Hira,
Lisa,
Marcus,
Rodrigo,
Siavash
Halfwit,
Marcus
Bea,
David,
Marcus
Marcus,
Siavash
Charlie,
David,
Lisa,
Rodrigo,
Siavash,
Sophie
Charlie,
David,
Rodrigo,
Siavash,
Sophie
Walked none Saffia none Kenneth Tom,
Isaac
none
Evicted Beinazir
6.8%
to be a housemate
Sophia
91.2%
to evict
Cairon
73.2%
to evict
Angel
81.0%
to evict
Sree
85.0%
to evict
Kris
63.0%
to evict
Karly
50.4%
to evict
Eviction
cancelled
Nóirín
60.0%
to evict
Hira
5.7%
to save
Freddie
53.6%
to evict
Bea
88.2%
to evict
Marcus
64.0%
to evict
Lisa
68.6%
to evict
Rodrigo
11.0%
(out of 5)
Charlie
13.2%
(out of 5)
David
19.0%
(out of 3)
Siavash
25.6%
(out of 2)
Sophie
74.4%
to win
Source [61][62] [51][63] [64] [65] [66][67] [68] [69][70] [71] [72] [12][73][74][75]
  • ^Note 1 : As they did not achieve housemate status by successfully completing a challenge, Angel, Beinazir, Marcus, Siavash, Sophia and Sree faced a public vote on Day 4 to decide which five remaining non-housemates would be given housemate status. Beinazir received the fewest votes and was therefore evicted.
  • ^Note 2 : Siavash, playing King Henry VIII in the week’s shopping task, was called upon to ban one housemate from nominating and to grant another immunity. He chose Charlie and Marcus respectively.
  • ^Note 3 : As punishment for discussing nominations, Charlie, Dogface and Kris had to remain silent for several hours or they would automatically face eviction. All three failed this task and automatically faced eviction.
  • ^Note 4 : As punishment for discussing nominations, Dogface and Siavash were told not to swear for several hours or they would automatically face eviction. They failed to do so and therefore automatically faced eviction. As this took place before nominations, they were ineligible to be nominated by their fellow housemates.
  • ^Note 5 : As new housemates, Bea, David, Hira, Kenneth and Tom could not nominate and could not be nominated by their fellow housemates. However, they were set a secret mission, in which they had to get Halfwit and Nóirín (who were randomly chosen by Hira) nominated for eviction by the other housemates. Failure meant automatically facing the public vote. Charlie and Lisa received the most nominations, therefore the new housemates failed their mission and faced eviction themselves. As punishment for discussing nominations, Charlie, Dogface (who also failed to nominate the required two people for eviction this week), Halfwit, Marcus, Nóirín and Siavash also faced the public vote and Big Brother voided all nominations. Therefore, Lisa and Rodrigo were the only two housemates not to face eviction this week. The eviction was later cancelled due to Kenneth walking from the house. During the time the lines were available to vote, Kenneth had received the most votes.
  • ^Note 6 : Bea and Marcus received the most nominations, however Big Brother declared the result void due to Marcus attempting to influence his fellow housemates on several occasions and Siavash refusing to nominate. As punishment, all housemates faced the public vote. Unlike previous weeks, this week was a vote to save.
  • ^Note 7 : On Day 72, Big Brother announced to Halfwit and Dogface that they would revert their names back by deed poll to Freddie and Sophie respectively. As he was evicted on the evening of that same day, the table lists Freddie and not Halfwit as the tenth person to be evicted.
  • ^Note 8 : Siavash and Sophie both refused to nominate. As punishment Big Brother decided, without telling them, that the first two housemates with whom Siavash made physical contact and the first two that Sophie named after leaving the Diary Room would be deemed to be their nominations. Siavash touched Bea and Sophie, and Sophie named Rodrigo and Bea. Therefore, Bea received an additional two nominations and Sophie and Rodrigo each received one extra nomination.
  • ^Note 9 : As a warning to anyone considering to disrupt the nominations process this week, Big Brother chose Charlie and Sophie at random and announced to the House that they would each automatically receive one nomination from anyone refusing to nominate.
  • ^Note 10 : Any housemate who refused to nominate this week was automatically put up for eviction.
  • ^Note 11 : There were no nominations after Lisa’s eviction on Day 90. The public voted for whom they wanted to win, rather than evict.

The House

Trailer

Title Sequence

Ratings

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
Saturday 2.06 1.62 1.66 1.43 1.57 1.52 1.75 1.67 1.83 1.59 1.8 1.73 1.58
Sunday 2.03 2.18 2.14 1.84 2.01 1.7 2.28 2.19 2.06 2.13 2.1 2.01 1.82
Monday 2.16 2.13 2.12 1.63 2.11 2.3 2.28 2.23 2.24 2.36 2.24 2.18 2.18
Tuesday 2.27 2.26 2.02 2.08 1.92 2.42 2.47 2.38 2.25 2.2 2.34 2.08 2.69
2.32
Wednesday 2.44 2.19 1.95 2.06 2.18 2.16 2.22 2.09 2.02 1.97 2.17 2.33 2.07
2.01
Thursday 5.15 2.18 2.11 1.99 1.91 2.12 2.35 2.31 2.45 2.15 2.64 2.33 2.36 2.14
Friday 3 2.9 2.38 2.12 2.51 2.24 2.9 2.29 2.73 2.67 2.61 2.7 2.49 2.88
2.14 2.31 1.93 2.46 2.5 2.97 2.12 2.75 2.64 2.58 2.75 2.55 3.23
Weekly
average
2.63 2.15 1.99 1.99 2.08 2.29 2.22 2.31 2.23 2.26 2.3 2.22 2.32
Running
average
2.63 2.42 2.28 2.21 2.19 2.2 2.2 2.22 2.22 2.18 2.18 2.23 2.24
Series
average
2.24