Big Brother 3

Big Brother 2002, also known as Big Brother 3, was the third series of the British reality television series Big Brother. The show followed fourteen contestants, known as housemates, 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, Kate Lawler, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £70,000.

As with the previous two series, Big Brother 3 lasted 64 days. It launched on Channel 4 on 24 May 2002 and ended on 26 July 2002. Davina McCall returned as presenter for her third consecutive year. Twelve housemates entered on launch night, with two additional housemates being introduced in later weeks.

The series was watched by an average of 5.8 million viewers, making it the highest viewed series of the show to date. Its finale peaked at 10 million viewers – making it both the 2nd most watched episode of Big Brother UK and the tenth most watched broadcast by Channel 4 to date.

Housemates

Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result
Kate Lawler 22 Beckenham 1 64 Winner
Jonathan "Jonny" Regan 29 Trimdon, County Durham 1 64 Runner-up
Alex Sibley 23 London 1 64 3rd Place
Jade Goody 20 London 1 64 4th Place
Tim Culley 23 Worcester 24 57 Evicted
Peter James "PJ" Ellis 22 Birmingham 1 50 Evicted
Adele Roberts 23 Southport 1 43 Evicted
Sophie Pritchard 24 Marlow 10 36 Evicted
Spencer Smith 22 St Ives 1 29 Evicted
Lee Davey 21 Leicester 1 22 Evicted
Sandy Cumming 43 London 1 20 Walked
Alison Hammond 27 Birmingham 1 15 Evicted
Lynne Moncrieff 36 Aberdeen 1 8 Evicted
Sunita Sharma 25 London 1 7 Walked

Nominations Table

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9
Final
Nominations
received
Kate No
nominations
Alex,
Sandy
Alex,
Sandy
Alex,
Jade
Alex,
Jade
Jade,
Alex
No
nominations
Tim,
Alex
Winner
(Day 64)
6
Jonny No
nominations
Sandy,
Alex
Sandy,
Alex
Alex,
Spencer
Alex,
Tim
Adele,
Jade
No
nominations
Tim,
Alex
Runner-up
(Day 64)
16
Alex No
nominations
Jonny,
Alison
Jonny,
Lee
Spencer,
PJ
Jonny,
Kate
Jade,
Jonny
No
nominations
Jade,
Jonny
Third place
(Day 64)
19
Jade Nominated Jonny,
Alex
Lee,
Sophie
Banned Sophie,
Jonny
Kate,
Tim
No
nominations
Tim,
Alex
Fourth place
(Day 64)
14
Tim Not in
House
Exempt Sophie,
Jonny
Jade,
Kate
No
nominations
Jade,
Jonny
Evicted
(Day 57)
6
PJ No
nominations
Alex,
Sandy
Lee,
Sophie
Alex,
Sophie
Sophie,
Adele
Adele,
Jade
No
nominations
Evicted
(Day 50)
3
Adele No
nominations
Alison,
Kate
Jonny,
Lee
PJ,
Spencer
Jonny,
PJ
Jade,
Jonny
Evicted
(Day 43)
3
Sophie Not in
House
Exempt Alex,
Sandy
Spencer,
Jade
Jade,
Tim
Evicted
(Day 36)
7
Spencer No
nominations
Alex,
Alison
Jonny,
Lee
Sophie,
Alex
Evicted
(Day 29)
4
Lee No
nominations
Jade,
Kate
Jade,
Jonny
Evicted
(Day 22)
5
Sandy No
nominations
Jonny,
Alison
Jonny,
Kate
Walked
(Day 20)
7
Alison No
nominations
Alex,
Sandy
Evicted
(Day 15)
4
Lynne Nominated Evicted
(Day 8)
0
Sunita No
nominations
Walked
(Day 7)
0
Nomination
note
1 2 none 3 none 4 none 5
Against
public vote
Adele,
Alex,
Alison,
Jade,
Jonny,
Kate,
Lee,
Lynne,
PJ,
Sandy,
Spencer,
Sunita
Alex,
Alison,
Sandy
Jonny,
Lee
Alex,
Spencer
Jonny,
Sophie
Adele,
Jade,
Jonny,
Kate
Kate,
PJ
Alex,
Tim
Alex,
Jade,
Jonny,
Kate
Walked Sunita none Sandy none
Evicted Lynne
Housemates' choice
to evict
Alison
38.52%
to evict
Lee
84%
to evict
Spencer
55.08%
to evict
Sophie
85%
to evict
Adele
62%
to evict
PJ
80.7%
to evict
Tim
81.48%
to evict
Jade
20%
(out of 4)
Alex
27.4%
(out of 3)
Jonny
41.95%
(out of 2)
Survived Jade
Housemates' choice
to save
Alex
38.44%
Sandy
23.04%
Jonny
16%
Alex
44.92%
Jonny
15%
Jade
36%
Jonny
1%
Kate
1%
Kate
19.3%
Alex
18.52%
Kate
58.05%
to win
  • ^Note 1 : Instead of the housemates nominating and the public voting to evict, the public decided whom to nominate and the housemates would decide whom to evict. After the phone lines were opened Sunita decided to walk from the House; her line was therefore closed. Jade and Lynne received the most votes, and the remaining housemates collectively voted to evict Lynne.
  • ^Note 2 :   As a new housemate, Sophie could not nominate and could not be nominated by her fellow housemates.
  • ^Note 3 :   As punishment for discussing nominations, Jade was banned from nominating.   As a new housemate, Tim could not nominate and could not be nominated by his fellow housemates.
  • ^Note 4 : There were no nominations in Week 7. Instead, the Housemates participated in a dilemma – to choose two of their own to receive video messages from home and also to be nominated. After the Housemates could not reach a decision, they drew lots. PJ and Kate were nominated from the draw and received their videos.
  • ^Note 5 : There were no nominations in the final week. The viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to win, rather than evict.

The House

Trailer

Title Sequence

Ratings

Viewers (in millions)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9
Saturday 4.53 4.85 5.05 5.15 5.63 5.1 5.28
Sunday 4.35 4.1 4.19 4.63 5.05 5.16 4.84 5.52
Monday 4.46 3.17 6.42 6.12 6.38 5.81 6.8 7.04 6.85
Tuesday 3.98 5.36 6.3 6.03 6.43 6.65 6.44 6.83 6.95
Wednesday 4.98 5.92 6.09 5.55 6.48 7.01 7.07 7.24 7.04
Thursday 5.2 4.9 5.45 5.95 6.21 6.45 6.5 7 6.03
Friday 5.97 4.02 4.58 4.99 5.33 5.01 6.3 6.32 5.73 8.54
4.99 5.46 6.49 6.6 6.42 7.89 7.45 8.01 10.01
Weekly
average
4.74 4.75 5.6 5.65 5.89 6.36 6.32 6.58 7.57
Series
average
5.89