Big Brother 15

Big Brother 2014, also known as Big Brother 15 and Big Brother: Power Trip, was the fifteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. It began on 5 June 2014 on Channel 5 and lasted for 72 days ending on 15 August 2014, making it the longest series to air on Channel 5. It was the fourth regular series and the tenth series of Big Brother overall to air on the channel. The series was officially confirmed on 3 April 2012 when Channel 5 renewed the show until 2014. It was therefore the final regular series to be included under the then contract.

The series was controversially won by Helen Wood who won the £100,000 prize fund beating bookies’ favourite Ashleigh Coyle by a margin of 4,631 votes. Wood became the first woman to win the competition since the show’s inception on Channel 5. It was then revealed that just 1.2% of the vote, separated Helen and Ashleigh, making it one of the closest results in Big Brother history. This was the first, and currently only, series of Big Brother UK where both the runner-up and the winner were women.

Wood would later return the following year in Big Brother 16 as part of a secret twist that saw her and two other “legendary” former Housemates, Brian Belo and Nikki Grahame, re-enter the House as part of “Time Warp” week. In addition, Mark Byron and Matthew Davies also made an appearance in a shopping task.

Housemates

Name	Age on entry	Hometown	Day entered	Day exited	Result
Helen Wood	27	Bolton	1	72	Winner
Ashleigh Coyle	18	Derry	2	72	Runner-up
Christopher Hall	23	Enniskillen	1	72	3rd Place
Ash Harrison	26	Manchester	2	72	4th Place
Chris Wright	33	New Forest	2	72	5th Place
Pavandeep "Pav" Paul	22	Ilford	40	72	6th Place
Winston Showan	27	Brentwood	1	65	Evicted
Mark Byron	24	Liverpool	1	65	Evicted
Zoe Birkett	29	Durham	40	58	Evicted
Steven Goode	23	Bushey	1	51	Evicted
Kimberly Kisselovich	23	London (originally from the United States)	1	45	Walked
Danielle McMahon	25	Glasgow	1	44	Evicted
Biannca Lake	31	Chigwell	40	44	Evicted
Marlon Wallen	22	Croydon	2	40	Evicted
Jale Karaturp	33	Surrey	2	37	Evicted
Matthew Davies	23	Hertfordshire	1	30	Evicted
Toya Washington	29	North London	2	23	Evicted
Pauline Bennett	49	Dudley	1	16	Evicted
Tamara Stewart-Wood	24	London	1	9	Evicted

Nominations Table

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6		Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10 Final		Nominations received
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Day 39	Day 44	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10 Final		Nominations received

Helen	Jale, Ashleigh	Not eligible	Danielle, Chris	Power Housemate	Ashleigh, Christopher	Marlon, Ashleigh	Not eligible	Not eligible	Pav, Zoe	Pav, Christopher	Winner (Day 72)		N/A
Ashleigh	Tamara, Winston	Not eligible	Ash, Winston	Power Housemate	Ash, Kimberly	Ash, Kimberly	Not eligible	Steven, ~~Ash~~, Pav, Zoe	Pav, Zoe	Pav, Christopher	Runner-up (Day 72)		12
Christopher	Danielle, Matthew	Not eligible	Chris, Marlon	No nominations	Steven, Winston	Marlon, Ash	Not eligible	Not eligible	Zoe, Pav	Winston, Pav	Third place (Day 72)		12
Ash	Danielle, Ashleigh	Not eligible	Chris, Danielle	No nominations	Ashleigh, Danielle	Ashleigh, Danielle	Not eligible	Not eligible	Pav, Christopher	Christopher, Pav	Fourth place (Day 72)		12
Chris	Tamara, Winston	Pauline, Christopher, Steven, Ash, Marlon	Steven, Winston	No nominations	Marlon, Steven	Steven, Marlon	Not eligible	Steven, ~~Ash~~, Pav, Zoe	Pav, Zoe	Pav, Mark	Fifth place (Day 72)		14
Pav	Not in House						Danielle	Not eligible	Ash, Chris	Winston, Mark	Sixth place (Day 72)		15
Winston	Marlon, Danielle	Not eligible	Danielle, Kimberly	No nominations	Chris, Ashleigh	Marlon, Danielle	Not eligible	Not eligible	Pav, Zoe	Christopher, Pav	Evicted (Day 65)		8
Mark	Kimberly, Jale	Not eligible	Chris, Danielle	No nominations	Kimberly, Marlon	Marlon, Kimberly	Not eligible	~~Ash~~, Pav, Zoe	Pav, Chris	Pav, Chris	Evicted (Day 65)		4
Zoe	Not in House						Danielle	Not eligible	Chris, Christopher	Evicted (Day 58)			6
Steven	Jale, Chris	Not eligible	Chris, Danielle	No nominations	Ashleigh, Chris	Marlon, Ashleigh	Not eligible	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 51)				9
Kimberly	Tamara, Ash	Not eligible	Chris, Marlon	Power Housemate	Ashleigh, Danielle	Marlon, Ashleigh	Not eligible	Walked (Day 45)					7
Danielle	Matthew, Steven	Not eligible	Chris, Ash	Power Housemate	Christopher, Marlon	Ash, Chris	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 44)					11
Biannca	Not in House						Power Housemate	Evicted (Day 44)					N/A
Marlon	Toya, Mark	Not eligible	Ashleigh, Kimberly	No nominations	Ashleigh, Christopher	Mark, Winston	Evicted (Day 40)						15
Jale	Steven, Tamara	Not eligible	Steven, Ash	Power Housemate	Chris, Ash	Evicted (Day 37)							6
Matthew	Danielle, Jale	Not eligible	Christopher	No nominations	Evicted (Day 30)								2
Toya	Marlon, Christopher	Not eligible	Christopher	Evicted (Day 23)									1
Pauline	Jale	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 16)										1
Tamara	Jale, Kimberly	Evicted (Day 9)											4

Notes	1, 2	1, 2, 3	1, 2, 4	1, 5	2, 6	2, 7	1, 2, 8, 9	1, 2, 10	2, 11	2, 12	13
Against house vote	none					Ash, Ashleigh, Marlon	Ash, Ashleigh, Chris, Christopher, Danielle, Mark, Steven, Winston	none
Against public vote	Danielle, Jale, Tamara	Ash, Christopher, Jale, Marlon, Pauline, Steven	Ash, Chris, Christopher, Danielle, Jale, Marlon, Toya, Winston	Ash, Christopher, Mark, Matthew, Winston	Ashleigh, Chris, Christopher, Jale	none	Biannca, Pav, Zoe	Ashleigh, Pav, Steven, Zoe	Chris, Pav, Zoe	Chris, Christopher, Mark, Pav, Winston	Ash, Ashleigh, Chris, Christopher, Helen, Pav
Walked	none							Kimberly	none
Evicted	Tamara Most votes to evict	Pauline 79.4% (out of 4) to evict	Toya Most votes (out of 5) to evict	Matthew Most votes (out of 3) to evict	Jale Most votes (out of 2) to evict	Marlon 7 of 10 nominations	Biannca Fewest votes to save	Steven Most votes (out of 3) to evict	Zoe Most votes to evict	Mark Most votes to evict	Pav Fewest votes (out of 6)	Christopher Fewest votes (out of 3)
											Chris Fewest votes (out of 6)	Christopher Fewest votes (out of 3)
											Chris Fewest votes (out of 6)	Ashleigh 49.4% (out of 2)
							Danielle Pav & Zoe's choice to evict			Winston Most votes to evict	Ash Fewest votes (out of 4)	Ashleigh 49.4% (out of 2)
							Danielle Pav & Zoe's choice to evict			Winston Most votes to evict	Helen 50.6% to win

^Note 1 : This housemate was the current Power Housemate and could not be nominated for eviction through the standard nomination process that week. Despite not being able to be nominated, in some cases, Power Housemates could face the public vote and be evicted.
^Note 2 : On Day 2, Power Housemate Pauline granted Helen a pass to the final, granting her immunity from every eviction of the series and therefore could not be nominated by her fellow housemates. On Day 4, as housemates nominated for the first time, Pauline was told she’d make one Killer Nomination and that whoever she chose would automatically face every eviction of the series until they were evicted. Pauline decided to give the Killer Nomination to Jale, meaning she also could not be nominated by her fellow housemates in following weeks.
^Note 3 : On Day 9, Big Brother announced that this week’s nominations were cancelled and only the secret Power Housemate, Chris, was eligible to nominate. Chris nominated Pauline and Christopher on Day 9, Steven on Day 10, Ash on Day 11, and Marlon on Day 12. On Day 15, Big Brother announced that Housemates would be choosing the next Power Housemate. All Housemates were eligible to receive the power except for those who were currently facing the public vote.
^Note 4 : Toya was voted the Power Housemate by the group on Day 16, and she chose Matthew to join her in forming the Power Couple. Together they picked Christopher to automatically face the third eviction. All other housemates later nominated as normal, but before they did, Toya and Matthew had the chance to cancel three housemates’ nominations. They chose Ash, Marlon and Steven. Had this not happened Kimberly would have also faced the public vote. On Day 18, Toya and Matthew were able to save one of the nominees (excluding Christopher and Jale). They chose Steven, who in return had to put either Toya or Matthew up for eviction. He chose Toya.
^Note 5 : After Toya’s eviction, Big Brother announced Girl Power, with the female housemates getting control of the house and immunity for the week. As a result of this, Jale was given a one-week reprieve from her Killer Nomination and all male housemates were automatically put up for eviction. Before the lines opened, the girls were allowed to save three of the boys. They saved Chris, Marlon and Steven.
^Note 6 : Marlon was originally nominated alongside Ashleigh, Chris, Christopher and Jale, however he won safety in the Battery Power shopping task meaning he no longer faced eviction.
^Note 7 : On Day 39, housemates nominated as normal, unaware that as part of “Armageddon Week” the housemate who received the most nominations would be instantly evicted the next day. Marlon received the most nominations (7 out of a possible 10 nominations) and was therefore evicted.
^Note 8 : Unbeknownst to them, new housemates Biannca, Pav and Zoe all faced the public vote this week. Unlike previous weeks, this week was a vote to save.
^Note 9 : After Marlon’s eviction, Big Brother told the rest of the housemates that they all faced the public vote this week. In reality, Big Brother handed the power to the new housemates, who had to decide whom to evict. As Helen had a free pass to the final, she could not be chosen. Kimberly also could not be chosen as she temporarily left the house on Day 44 due to an illness. Following Biannca’s eviction, Pav and Zoe had 30 seconds to decide who to evict, and they unanimously decided to evict Danielle.
^Note 10 : On Day 46, Ashleigh was chosen by the public to become the next Power Housemate. On Day 47, she chose Chris to join her in forming a Power Alliance. Together they decided to nominate Steven and selected Mark to join the Alliance, which then nominated Ash. On Day 48, the Power Alliance nominated Pav and Zoe. In a further twist, the nominated housemates were told to decide between them which of them should be saved from eviction and which of the Power Alliance to replace themselves with. The nominated housemates decided to save Ash from eviction and replaced him with Ashleigh.
^Note 11 : On Day 51, the power was given to the public. Via the Big Brother app, the public voted for Ashleigh to be immune from eviction this week and therefore, she could not be nominated.
^Note 12 : On Day 61, housemates nominated face-to-face. On Day 62, as part of Big Brother’s “Power of Money” scheme, the remaining housemates eligible to face the public vote (Ash, Ashleigh and Chris) each chose an envelope: one containing £1,000, another containing £5,000, and the final containing £10,000. The already nominated housemates had to choose one of the remaining housemates to join them in facing eviction, with the amount in their envelope supposedly added to the prize fund. They chose Chris, and £10,000 was added to the fund (although all the money won in the Power of Money was not put in the prize fund as Ashleigh failed a task).
^Note 13 : This week the public voted to win, rather than to evict. Whilst the public were voting to win, Helen and Chris were fake evicted on Day 68 and moved into the ‘Spare Room’, but they were still eligible to win. They returned to the house the following day.

The House

Trailer

Title Sequence

Ratings

	Viewers (millions)
	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Saturday		1.3	1.16	1.13	1.27	1.18	1.19	1.35	1.14	1.02	1.07
Sunday		1.67	1.43	1.42	1.34	1.32	1.1	1.63	1.34	1.29	1.4
Monday		1.38	1.67	1.54	1.36	1.62	1.79	1.66	1.51	1.49	1.46
Monday		1.18	1.67	1.54	1.36	1.62	1.79	1.66	1.51	1.49	1.46
Tuesday		1.71	1.49	1.45	1.33	1.38	1.53	1.39	1.44	1.29	1.48
Wednesday		1.56	1.65	1.41	1.51	1.49	1.63	1.45	1.57	1.46	1.63
Thursday	2.27	1.22	1.52	1.57	1.19	1.59	1.78	1.57	1.62	1.45	1.49
Friday	1.88	1.23	1.41	1.5	1.37	1.46	1.46	1.49	1.31	1.48	1.73
Friday	1.88	1.23	1.41	1.5	1.37	1.46	1.46	1.49	1.31	1.48	1.73
Weekly average	1.51		1.48	1.43	1.34	1.43	1.5	1.51	1.42	1.35	1.47
Running average	1.51		1.5	1.48	1.45	1.45	1.45	1.46	1.46	1.45	1.45
Series average	1.45