Big Brother 19

Big Brother 2018, also known as Big Brother 19 was the nineteenth series of Big Brother, and the final series to air on Channel 5. The series launched four days after the final of Celebrity Big Brother 22 on 14 September 2018 and lasted for 53 days with the final ever episode airing on 5 November 2018. The series is the eighth regular and twenty-third series of Big Brother to air on Channel 5 since 2011; it was also the final series of Big Brother in the three-year contract that was announced on 19 March 2015, which guaranteed that the show would air on Channel 5 until 2018.

On 14 September 2018, it was confirmed that this series would be the final series to air on Channel 5.

On 5 November 2018, Cameron Cole was announced as the winner of the series, beating Akeem Griffiths who finished as runner-up. At 19 years old, Cole is the youngest winner of Big Brother in the UK series’ eighteen-year history. Much like Ultimate Big Brother, the final Channel 4 series, the series ended with the words “Big Brother will get back to you”.

Housemates

Name	Age on entry	Hometown	Day entered	Day exited	Result
Cameron Cole	18	Norwich	1	53	Winner
Akeem Griffiths	26	Treorchy	1	53	Runner-up
Zoe Jones	31	Halifax	1	53	3rd Place
Cian Carrigan	23	Clonmel	1	53	4th Place
Sîan Hamshaw	25	Barnsley	1	50	Evicted
Brooke Berry	21	London	1	50	Evicted
Tomasz Wania	31	Preston (originally from Poland)	1	43	Evicted
Lewis Flanagan	27	Stockton-on-Tees	1	43	Ejected
Isabella Farnese	23	Great Yarmouth	22	36	Evicted
Hussain Ahmed	25	Birmingham	22	36	Evicted
Kenaley Amos-Sissons	24	Nottingham	1	29	Evicted
Isaac Jagroop	23	Mildenhall	1	22	Evicted
Kay Lovelle	32	London (originally from Georgia)	1	19	Walked
Lewis Gregory	26	London	1	15	Evicted
Anamélia Silva	31	London (originally from Brazil)	1	8	Evicted
Ellis Hillon	19	Cambuslang	1	2	Ejected

Big Coins

For this series, Big Coins were introduced to the housemates as house currency. Throughout the series, housemates were able to earn, steal and collect Big Coins in a number of tasks, which would ultimately give them power and the right to buy privileges.

	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Cameron	1	377	352	452	452	852	935	1623
Akeem	2	1167	892	592	592	592	12	112
Zoe	3	780	730	830	830	830	1047	1017
Cian	4	613	553	853	853	703	796	986
Sian	5	315	290	540	540	590	880	1080
Brooke	6	494	469	469	469	619	732	1732
Tomasz	7	589	779	739	690	0	288
Lewis F	8	565	440	455	90	140	765
Isabella	9				250	450
Hussain	10				0	0
Kenaley	11	371	346	546	546
Isaac	12	772	722	501
Kay	13	348	323	173
Lewis G	14	404	379
Anamélia	15	126
Ellis	16

Nominations Table

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5		Week 6	Final Week 7		Nominations received
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Day 31	Day 36	Week 6	Final Week 7		Nominations received

Cameron	No nominations	Kay, Kenaley	Kay, Akeem	Akeem, Kenaley	Hussain, Isabella	Isabella, Sîan	Lewis F, Tomasz	Winner (Day 53)		6
Akeem	No nominations	Lewis G, Lewis F	Isaac, Cameron	Lewis F, Cameron	Tomasz, Cameron	Lewis F, Isabella	Cameron, Sîan	Runner-up (Day 53)		16
Zoe	No nominations	Lewis G, Sîan	Sîan, Akeem	Sîan, Kenaley	Cian, Sîan	Akeem, Isabella	Brooke, Cameron	Third place (Day 53)		1
Cian	No nominations	Isaac, Lewis G	Isaac, Kay	Lewis F, Akeem	Tomasz, Hussain	Lewis F, Akeem	Zoe, Sîan	Fourth place (Day 53)		3
Sîan	No nominations	Lewis G, Tomasz	Kay, Lewis F	Lewis F, Akeem	Zoe, Hussain	Lewis F, Akeem	Brooke, Cian	Evicted (Day 50)		6
Brooke	No nominations	Lewis G, Lewis F	Kay, Tomasz	Lewis F, Akeem	Tomasz, Hussain	Isabella, Lewis F	Zoe, Lewis F	Evicted (Day 50)		3
Tomasz	No nominations	Lewis G, Lewis F	Akeem, Lewis F	Akeem, Lewis F	Cian, Brooke	Cian, Lewis F	Cameron, Zoe	Evicted (Day 43)		7
Lewis F	No nominations	Isaac, Lewis G	Isaac, Tomasz	Kenaley, Sîan	Hussain, Isabella	Tomasz, Akeem	Brooke, Cameron	Ejected (Day 43)		20
Isabella	Not in House			Exempt	Akeem, Brooke	Akeem, Brooke	Evicted (Day 36)			6
Hussain	Not in House			Exempt	Lewis F	Evicted (Day 36)				5
Kenaley	No nominations	Lewis G, Lewis F	Kay, Cameron	Lewis F, Akeem	Evicted (Day 29)					6
Isaac	No nominations	Lewis F, Kenaley	Kay, Akeem	Evicted (Day 22)						7
Kay	No nominations	Isaac, Cameron	Cameron, Isaac	Walked (Day 19)						7
Lewis G	No nominations	Lewis F, Kenaley	Evicted (Day 15)							8
Anamélia	No nominations	Evicted (Day 8)								N/A
Ellis	Ejected (Day 2)									N/A

Notes	1	2, 3	2	2, 4	2, 5	6	2, 7, 8	9
Nominated (pre-save)	none	Isaac, Lewis F, Lewis G	Akeem, Brooke, Isaac, ~~Kay~~, Kenaley	Akeem, Kenaley, Lewis F	Hussain, Isabella, Lewis F, Tomasz	Akeem, Isabella, Lewis F	Akeem, Brooke, Cian, Sîan, Tomasz	none
Gamechanger Winner	none	Kenaley	Kenaley	Lewis F	Isabella	Lewis F	Sîan	none
Against public vote	Anamélia, Kay, Sîan	Lewis F, Lewis G	Akeem, Brooke, Isaac	Akeem, Kenaley	Hussain, Lewis F, Tomasz	none	Akeem, Cian, Tomasz	Akeem, Brooke, Cameron, Cian, Sîan, Zoe
Ejected	Ellis	none					Lewis F	none
Walked	none		Kay	none
Evicted	Anamélia Most votes to evict	Lewis G Most votes to evict	Isaac Most votes to evict	Kenaley Most votes to evict	Hussain Most votes to evict	Isabella Cameron's choice (out of 2) to evict	Tomasz Most votes to evict	Brooke Fewest votes (out of 6)	Zoe Fewest votes (out of 4)
								Sîan Fewest votes (out of 6)	Zoe Fewest votes (out of 4)
								Sîan Fewest votes (out of 6)	Akeem Fewest votes (out of 2)
								Cian Fewest votes (out of 4)	Akeem Fewest votes (out of 2)
								Cameron Most votes to win

^Note 1 : In the first week, there were no nominations. Instead, housemates were tasked with collecting “Big Coins”. The three housemates with the fewest faced the public vote.
^Note 2 : This housemate was nominated by the public, as they received the fewest votes in an app poll.
^Note 3 : Week 2 introduced the Gamechanger. Each week, six Housemates will participate in the Gamechanger Competition for the Gamechanger Power – the ability to save a nominee from eviction. The nominees and the richest housemate would be guaranteed to play, with the remaining slots being allocated by the richest housemate to the housemates of his/her choice.
^Note 4 : As new housemates, Hussain and Isabella were exempt from the nomination process. Tomasz bought immunity at the weekly auction but could still nominate.
^Note 5 : Hussain won the “Absolute Power Nomination” in a secret auction, and was, therefore, able to anonymously choose a housemate to face eviction. He nominated Lewis F, who was also ineligible to play in the Gamechanger and could not be saved by the gamechanger.
^Note 6 : This week there were two evictions. Following the regular eviction on Day 36, the remaining Housemates played a week’s worth of Big Brother — including Nominations, the Gamechanger competition and ceremony during the remainder of the live eviction show, culminating in a second eviction for the night. Cameron, as the richest housemate, had immunity for this second eviction, as well as the power to evict either of the Final nominees (Akeem or Isabella) from the house.
^Note 7 : This week was positive nominations. As such, housemates were nominating who they wanted to stay rather than leave. The housemates with the fewest nominations would be nominated.
^Note 8 : Week 6 was the final week in which the Gamechanger Power was in play. Additionally, the Final Gamechanger had the power to save two nominees, as opposed to one.
^Note 9 : There were no nominations in Week 7. Instead, the phone lines opened for the public to vote for the winner. The phone lines froze on Day 50, and the two housemates with the fewest votes were evicted.

The House

Trailer

Title Sequence

Ratings

	Viewers (millions)
	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
Sunday		1.34	1.1	1.08	1.03	0.96	0.98	1.11	0.97
Monday		1.27	1.06	1.09	1.01	0.98	1.11	1.03	1.01
Tuesday		1.21	1.11	1.03	0.99	0.98	1.12	0.99
Wednesday		1.19	1.08	1.05	0.96	0.98	1.11	0.97
Thursday		1.24	1.1	1.14	0.96	0.99	1.11	1.
Friday	1.31	1.17	1.1	1.04	0.96	0.99	1.11	1.05
Weekly average	1.25		1.09	1.07	0.99	0.98	1.09	1.03	0.99
Running average	1.25		1.18	1.14	1.1	1.08	1.08	1.07	1.07
Series average	1.07