Big Brother 13

Big Brother 2012, also known as Big Brother 13, was the thirteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, and the second series to broadcast on Channel 5. The series premiered with a live launch on 5 June 2012 and ran for 70 days, concluding on 13 August 2012. The series was originally planned to run for thirteen weeks, but was cut back to ten weeks in order to accommodate Celebrity Big Brother 10. The series was won by Luke Anderson, who won half of the £100,000 prize fund, with the remainder taken by Conor McIntyre as part of the White Room twist. Anderson is the second transgender contestant to win the show, the first being Nadia Almada who won the show back in 2004. The runner-up was Adam Kelly. The series was announced in April 2011 when Channel 5 signed a two-year contract to air the show. With Big Brother 12 having been broadcast in autumn 2011, this is the first series to air in the show’s regular summer period on Channel 5 since it acquired the show from Channel 4 in 2011.

There were 16 original housemates, eight men and eight women, who all entered the house on Day 1. Shortly after the first eviction of the series, Becky Hannon, one of three wildcard housemates, was chosen by the public to enter the house on Day 4. For the first time since Big Brother 4, all housemates left the house as part of the game – no housemate left the House walked from the house for personal reasons or by being ejected. The only housemate not to be evicted by the viewer’s Vote was Conor, who was bribed out of the house with half of the £100,000 prize fund as part of a Dilemma in the White Room.

This series sparked much controversy, with Ofcom receiving a total of 2,085 complaints regarding the bullying and intimidating behaviour from Conor McIntyre, and 50 more complaints about the same from Caroline Wharram.

Housemates

Name	Age on entry	Hometown	Day entered	Day exited	Result
Luke Anderson	31	Mynydd Isa	1	70	Winner
Adam Kelly	27	Birmingham (originally from the United States)	1	70	Runner-up
Deana Uppal	23	Wednesbury	1	70	3rd Place
Sara McLean	22	Edinburgh	1	70	4th Place
Luke Scrase	24	Stoke-on-Trent	1	70	5th Place
Ashleigh Hughes	20	Romford	1	67	Evicted
Scott Mason	21	Macclesfield	1	67	Evicted
Conor McIntyre	24	Derry	1	60	Walked
Becky Hannon	19	Blackburn	4	60	Evicted
Caroline Wharram	20	Kingston upon Thames	1	53	Evicted
Lauren Carre	20	Jersey	1	46	Evicted
Shievonne Robinson	28	London	1	39	Evicted
Arron Lowe	23	Manchester	1	32	Evicted
Lydia Louisa	25	Cheshire	1	25	Evicted
Benedict Garrett	32	Manchester	1	18	Evicted
Chris James	21	Luton	1	11	Evicted
Victoria Eisermann	41	Reading	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			Nominations received
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Day 63	Final		Nominations received

Luke A.	Not eligible	Sara, Luke S	Luke S, Caroline	Luke S, Caroline	Luke S, Conor	Not eligible	Caroline, Becky	Caroline, Conor	Becky, Ashleigh	Ashleigh, Scott	Winner (Day 70)		19
Adam	Not eligible	Arron, Ashleigh	Becky, Ashleigh	Caroline, Shievonne	Caroline, Arron	Caroline, Shievonne	Caroline, Ashleigh	Caroline, Sara	Ashleigh, Becky	Ashleigh, Scott	Runner-up (Day 70)		12
Deana	Conor, Victoria, Lydia	Arron, Luke S	Arron, Lauren	Conor, Luke S	Arron, Becky	Conor, Shievonne	Conor, Ashleigh	Conor, Caroline	Conor, Ashleigh	Ashleigh, Scott	Third place (Day 70)		31
Sara	Not eligible	Lydia, Benedict	Lauren, Benedict	Luke A, Luke S	Conor, Arron	Not eligible	Luke A, Lauren	Luke S, Ashleigh	Becky, Scott	Scott, Adam	Fourth place (Day 70)		6
Luke S.	Not eligible	Chris, Deana	Luke A, Deana	Lydia, Deana	Deana, Lauren	Adam, Deana	Lauren, Luke A	Adam, Deana	Luke A, Adam	Deana, Luke A	Fifth place (Day 70)		13
Ashleigh	Not eligible	Chris, Lauren	Benedict, Lauren	Lydia, Lauren	Deana, Lauren	Not eligible	Lauren, Deana	Luke A, Deana	Adam, Luke A	Deana, Adam	Evicted (Day 67)		11
Scott	Not eligible	Chris, Benedict	Benedict, Lauren	Lydia, Adam	Conor, Luke S	Conor, Luke S	Lauren, Deana	Luke S, Deana	Luke A, Deana	Adam, Deana	Evicted (Day 67)		8
Conor	Not eligible	Deana, Lydia	Deana, Lydia	Deana, Lydia	Deana, Becky	Not eligible	Deana, Lauren	Deana, Sara	Deana, Luke A	Bribed (Day 60)			15
Becky	Not in House	Chris, Lydia	Benedict, Lauren	Lydia, Deana	Arron, Conor	Conor, Shievonne	Luke A, Lauren	Luke A, Deana	Luke A, Deana	Evicted (Day 60)			10
Caroline	Not eligible	Chris, Lauren	Benedict, Lauren	Adam, Luke A	Lauren, Adam	Not eligible	Luke A, Lauren	Adam, Luke A	Evicted (Day 53)				14
Lauren	Not eligible	Arron, Luke S	Sara, Caroline	Luke S, Deana	Arron, Scott	Not eligible	Caroline, Becky	Evicted (Day 46)					19
Shievonne	Not eligible	Caroline, Arron	Benedict, Luke A	Scott, Adam	Becky, Luke A	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 39)						5
Arron	Not eligible	Sara, Luke A	Lydia, Deana	Lydia, Deana	Becky, Deana	Evicted (Day 32)							13
Lydia	Not eligible	Arron, Deana	Arron, Deana	Conor, Shievonne	Evicted (Day 25)								12
Benedict	Not eligible	Scott, Sara	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 18)									8
Chris	Not eligible	Arron, Caroline	Evicted (Day 11)										5
Victoria	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 4)											1

Notes	1	2	3	none		4	5	6	7	8	9
Against public vote	Conor, Lydia, Victoria	Arron, Chris	Benedict, Lauren	Deana, Lydia	Arron, Becky, Conor, Deana	Conor, Shievonne	Lauren, Luke A	Adam, Ashleigh, Caroline, Conor, Deana, Luke A, Luke S, Sara	Ashleigh, Becky, Deana, Luke A	Adam, Ashleigh, Deana, Scott	Adam, Deana, Luke A, Luke S, Sara
Walked	none								Conor (Bribed)	none
Evicted	Victoria 17.01% to save	Chris 38.37% to save	Benedict 37.64% to save	Lydia 34.39% to save	Arron 12.80% to save	Shievonne 19.67% to save	Lauren 46.20% to save	Caroline 6.65% (out of 2) to save	Becky 5.31% to save	Scott 12.30% to save	Luke S 6.07% (out of 5)	Sara 16.62% (out of 4)
Evicted	Victoria 17.01% to save	Chris 38.37% to save	Benedict 37.64% to save	Lydia 34.39% to save	Arron 12.80% to save	Shievonne 19.67% to save	Lauren 46.20% to save	Caroline 6.65% (out of 2) to save	Becky 5.31% to save	Ashleigh 12.46% to save	Deana 21.47% (out of 3)	Adam 30.89% (out of 2)
Survived	Lydia 17.95% Conor 65.04%	Arron 61.63%	Lauren 62.36%	Deana 65.61%	Conor 20.44% Becky 21.30% Deana 45.46%	Conor 80.33%	Luke A 53.80%	Luke S 7.85% Ashleigh 6.07% Conor 14.05% Sara 14.87% Adam 16.66% Deana 19.69% Luke A 23.23%	Ashleigh 6.41% Deana 33.72% Luke A 54.56%	Adam 35.41% Deana 40.11%	Luke A 35.27% to win

^Note 1 : On launch night, Deana was randomly selected to become the first housemate to enter the house, and was immune from the first eviction. However, as part of a twist, she had to nominate three people for eviction immediately after everyone entered the house. The three housemates chosen (Conor, Lydia and Victoria) faced eviction on Day 4. Due to bad weather, the main stage outside was abandoned, and Victoria left the house via diary room. Following the eviction, a wildcard housemate was chosen by the public to enter the house as the seventeenth official housemate.
^Note 2 : When Becky entered the house, she was set a secret mission. When the housemates stated who their favourite housemate was, Becky had to receive at least one vote otherwise she would face eviction. As she succeeded in receiving one vote, Becky could nominate but could not be nominated by her fellow housemates.
^Note 3 : On Day 13, Benedict lost his right to nominate as a forfeit in the Timebomb task.
^Note 4 : For the majority of Week 5 and Week 6, the house was split into two teams, Blue and Green, for a Turf Wars task. On nominations day, the team who won the diary room were the only ones permitted to nominate in Week 6. As punishment for Conor, Caroline and Ashleigh discussing nominations, Big Brother voided the Blue team’s claim of the Diary Room and gave it to the Green team. Therefore, only the Green team of Adam, Becky, Deana, Luke S and Scott were eligible to nominate this week. Arron was also a member of the Green team, however he was evicted before this round of nominations took place.
^Note 5 : Luke S, Sara and Scott won immunity during the Gold Rush shopping task and could nominate but could not be nominated by their fellow housemates. Housemates nominated face-to-face this week round the campfire in the garden using a deck of cards to choose their desired nominated housemates.
^Note 6 : As punishment for continuous rule-breaking, every housemate that received at least one nomination was automatically put up for eviction. This resulted in everyone except Becky and Scott facing eviction. Had this not happened then Caroline, Deana and Luke A would have faced eviction. The percentages listed reflect the overall share of the vote each housemate received at the time of each voting freeze. Caroline received 6.65% of the overall vote, but 45.86% of the votes between herself and Luke S.
^Note 7 : Rather than the housemates nominating this week, housemates’ friends and family nominated on their behalf. On Day 57, the White Room was introduced in which Sara, Luke S and Conor competed for a pass to the final. On Day 58, Sara chose to leave the White Room. Shortly after Becky’s eviction on Day 60, the remaining White Room residents, Conor and Luke S, were offered up to half of the £100,000 prize fund. However, whoever accepted the offer would have to leave the house immediately, while the other person won immunity from the next eviction and a free pass to the final. Conor chose to take the £50,000 and left the house, while Luke S was guaranteed a place in the live final.
^Note 8 : Luke S, holder of a free pass to the final, could nominate but could not be nominated by his fellow housemates in the final round of nominations. On Day 67, there was a double eviction.
^Note 9 : For the last four days, the public voted for the housemate they wanted to win, rather than save. The percentages listed reflect the overall share of the vote each housemate received at the time of each voting freeze. Luke A won the series with 53.31% of the votes between himself and Adam.

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
Saturday		1.58	1.4	1.58	1.3	1.34	1.38	1.05	1.18	0.94	1.17
Sunday		1.67	1.6	1.16	1.48	1.62	1.14	1.42	1.42	1.22	0.79
Monday		1.75	1.64	1.48	1.63	1.63	1.51	1.22	1.36	1.3	1.72
Tuesday	2.93	1.83	1.69	1.66	1.69	1.64	1.44	1.41	1.64	1.38
Wednesday	1.8	1.76	1.74	1.54	1.81	1.56	1.49	1.4	1.46	1.21
Thursday	1.85	1.92	1.8	1.74	1.51	1.62	1.41	1.54	1.44	1.46
Friday	1.67	1.83	1.58	1.58	1.84	1.8	1.59	1.02	1.66	1.39
Friday					1.48	1.43	1.29
Weekly average	1.87		1.64	1.53	1.59	1.58	1.41	1.29	1.45	1.27	1.23
Running average	1.87		1.78	1.71	1.68	1.66	1.62	1.58	1.57	1.54	1.52
Series average	1.52