Big Brother 6

Big Brother 2005, also known as Big Brother 6, was the sixth series of the British reality television series Big Brother. The show followed sixteen 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, Anthony Hutton, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £50,000. Runner-up Eugene Sully also won the same amount during a task, two days before the final.

The series launched on Channel 4 on 27 May 2005 and ended on 12 August 2005, lasting 78 days – the fifth longest British edition of Big Brother to date. Davina McCall returned as presenter for her sixth consecutive year. Thirteen housemates entered on launch night, with an additional three being introduced in the fourth week. The series was watched by an average of 4.6 million viewers, the fourth highest viewed series of the show to date (joint with Big Brother 4).

Big Brother 6 was the subject of viewer complaints and press attention regarding a variety of controversial scenes.

Housemates

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation ^[a]	Day entered	Day exited	Status
Anthony Hutton	23	Newcastle	70s dancer	1	78	Winner
Eugene Sully	27	Crawley	Student	29	78	Runner-up
Makosi Musambasi	24	Buckinghamshire (originally from Zimbabwe)	Cardiac nurse	1	78	3rd Place
Kinga Karolczak	20	London	Market researcher	29	32	4th place
Kinga Karolczak	20	London	Market researcher	66	78	4th place
Craig Coates	20	Norfolk	Hair stylist	1	76	Evicted
Derek Laud	40	London	Speech writer	1	71	Evicted
Orlaith McAllister	26	Belfast	Student/model	29	65	Walked
Kemal Shahin	19	London	Student/male belly dancer	1	64	Evicted
Kieron "Science" Harvey	22	Leeds	Entertainment entrepreneur	1	57	Evicted
Vanessa Layton-McIntosh	19	London	Student	1	50	Evicted
Maxwell Ward	24	London	Maintenance engineer	1	43	Evicted
Saskia Howard-Clarke	23	London	Promotions girl	1	36	Evicted
Roberto Conte	32	Liverpool (originally from Italy)	Teacher	1	29	Evicted
Sam Heuston	23	London	Student	1	22	Evicted
Lesley Sanderson	19	Huddersfield	Sales assistant	1	15	Evicted
Mary O'Leary	30	Dublin	Psychic advisor/writer/white witch	1	8	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 Final		Nominations received
	Day 5	Day 6	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Nominations	Eviction	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11 Final		Nominations received

Anthony	Derek, Makosi	Not eligible	Derek, Vanessa	Derek, Sam	Derek, Vanessa	Banned	Derek, Science	Derek, Kemal	Vanessa	Science, Orlaith	Craig, Makosi	Derek, Eugene	Winner (Day 78)		8
Eugene	Not in House					Secret Garden	Anthony, Maxwell	Refused	Vanessa	Science, Orlaith	Craig, Derek	Makosi, Anthony	Runner-up (Day 78)		6
Makosi	Roberto, Anthony	Mary, Craig	Derek, Sam	Roberto, Derek	Science, Anthony	Maxwell, Saskia, Kinga	Orlaith, Maxwell	Refused	Nominated	Kemal, Derek	Eugene, Anthony	Derek, Eugene	Third place (Day 78)		12
Kinga	Not in House					Secret Garden	Evicted (Day 32)					Makosi, Craig	Fourth place (Day 78)		1
Craig	Makosi, Kemal	Not eligible	Sam, Saskia	Banned	Makosi, Derek	Science, Makosi	Kemal, Science	Derek, Eugene	Vanessa	Science, Makosi	Anthony, Orlaith	Eugene, Derek	Evicted (Day 76)		7
Derek	Sam, Saskia	Not eligible	Sam, Saskia	Banned	Maxwell, Anthony	Saskia, Maxwell	Maxwell, Anthony	Refused	Vanessa	Science, Orlaith	Eugene, Kemal	Anthony, Craig	Evicted (Day 71)		27
Orlaith	Not in House					Secret Garden	Eugene, Maxwell	Refused	Vanessa	Kemal, Derek	Anthony, Craig	Walked (Day 65)			5
Kemal	Maxwell, Sam	Not eligible	Roberto, Derek	Roberto, Science	Roberto, Science	Saskia, Maxwell	Anthony, Maxwell	Science, Makosi	Makosi	Science, Orlaith	Derek, Makosi	Evicted (Day 64)			7
Science	Roberto, Maxwell	Not eligible	Maxwell, Derek	Maxwell, Saskia	Derek, Roberto	Craig, Maxwell	Maxwell, Craig	Refused	Vanessa	Craig, Derek	Evicted (Day 57)				18
Vanessa	Sam, Roberto	Not eligible	Sam, Saskia	Sam, Roberto	Science, Derek	Maxwell, Saskia	Science, Eugene	Refused	Nominated	Evicted (Day 50)					13
Maxwell	Makosi, Vanessa	Not eligible	Derek, Science	Roberto, Sam	Roberto, Derek	Banned	Kemal, Science	Evicted (Day 43)							17
Saskia	Mary, Craig	Not eligible	Derek, Lesley	Roberto, Derek	Derek, Roberto	Makosi, Science	Evicted (Day 36)								11
Roberto	Science, Vanessa	Exempt	Vanessa, Sam	Banned	Vanessa, Kemal	Evicted (Day 29)									15
Sam	Vanessa, Derek	Exempt	Lesley, Derek	Roberto, Maxwell	Evicted (Day 22)										13
Lesley	Sam, Makosi	Not eligible	Sam, Saskia	Evicted (Day 15)											2
Mary	Saskia, Roberto	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 8)												2

Note	1		2	3	none	4	none	5		none	6	7	8
Against public vote	Makosi, Roberto, Sam	Craig, Mary	Anthony, Craig, Derek, Kemal, Lesley, Makosi, Maxwell, Roberto, Sam, Saskia, Science, Vanessa	Derek, Roberto, Sam	Derek, Roberto	Maxwell, Saskia	Maxwell, Science	Derek, Eugene, Makosi, Orlaith, Science, Vanessa	Makosi, Vanessa	Orlaith, Science	Kemal, Orlaith	Derek, Eugene	Anthony, Craig, Eugene, Kinga, Makosi
Walked	none											Orlaith	none
Evicted	None	Mary 60% to evict	Lesley 36% to evict	Sam 59% to evict	Roberto 53% to evict	Kinga Makosi's choice to evict	Maxwell 57% to evict	None	Vanessa 6 of 7 votes to evict	Science 50.5% to evict	Kemal 51.1% to evict	Derek 58% to evict	Craig 3.9% (out of 5)	Kinga 4.1% (out of 4)
						Kinga Makosi's choice to evict							Makosi 8.7% (out of 3)	Eugene 42.7% (out of 2)
						Saskia 71% to evict							Makosi 8.7% (out of 3)	Eugene 42.7% (out of 2)
						Saskia 71% to evict							Anthony 57.3% to win

^Note 1 : Makosi was told on Day 1 that the housemates who received the most nominations that week would be immune from the first eviction. She was therefore given the secret mission of trying to get the most nominations that week. She succeeded in her task, receiving the most nominations along with Roberto and Sam, who were now immune. She then had to nominate two housemates to face eviction, as all the other housemates’ nominations became voided. She nominated Mary and Craig.
^Note 2 : As punishment for Vanessa discussing nominations, all housemates automatically faced eviction and their nominations were voided. Had this not happened, Derek and Sam would have faced the public vote.
^Note 3 : As punishment for discussing nominations, Craig, Derek and Roberto were banned from nominating.
^Note 4 : As punishment for discussing nominations, Anthony and Maxwell were banned from nominating. After Roberto’s eviction, three new housemates entered the secret garden, where they secretly lived alongside the original housemates. As Makosi was on a secret mission, she had to evict one person from the secret garden, the other two entered the house. Makosi chose to evict Kinga, and Eugene and Orlaith entered the house.
^Note 5 : Big Brother set the housemates a task, telling them Big Brother would lie to them twice. Big Brother told the housemates that the week’s nominations were optional. This was the first lie. As always, nominations were compulsory; those that did not nominate would face the public vote. Only Anthony, Craig and Kemal nominated – saving them from the public vote. Big Brother then told the second lie by announcing that the housemates up for eviction were Anthony, Craig and Kemal, when in fact they were the only housemates not up. On eviction night, Makosi and Vanessa were announced to have received the most votes and the remaining housemates had to decide whom to evict. Vanessa was evicted with six votes, with only Kemal voting to evict Makosi.
^Note 6 : Instead of nominating those that they wanted to evict, the housemates had to nominate those who they wanted to stay in the house, with the two or more housemates with the least nominations facing the public vote.
^Note 7 : After Orlaith walked, Kinga entered the house. She was instantly set a secret mission in which she needed to get at least one person not to nominate her. If one person failed to nominate her, she would gain immunity and would definitely appear in the final week. She passed her task as none of the housemates nominated her.
^Note 8 : There were no nominations in the final week. There was also a mid-week eviction. The housemate who had received the fewest votes from the public (to win) by Wednesday night would finish in fifth place, leaving four housemates in the final. This housemate was Craig, leaving Anthony, Eugene, Kinga, and Makosi in the final four.

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
Sat	–	3.56	2.91	3.46	2.59	3.11	2.65	2.46	2.91	2.49	3.1	2.49
Sun	–	4.04	4.18	4.13	2.85	4.72	4.6	4.18	4.12	4.16	5.28	4.22
Mon	–	3.82	3.95	3.29	3.67	4.93	5.26	4.9	5.13	4.56	5.17	4.96
Tue	–	3.86	4.47	4.11	4.67	5.77	4.76	4.75	4.41	4.39	5.31	4.64
Wed	-	4.82	4.14	4.1	4.67	5.42	5.21	4.61	4.57	4.25	4.87	4.17
Wed	-	4.82	4.14	4.1	4.67	5.42	5.21	4.61	4.57	4.25	4.87	6.63
Thu	–	4.63	3.87	4.36	4.15	5.71	4.86	4.7	4.22	5.25	4.61	4.8
Fri	6.04	4.23	4.34	3.99	4.69	5.31	5.2	5.19	4.52	4.35	4.96	6.63
Fri	6.04	5.22	5.41	4.73	4.69	6.55	5.84	6.4	5.19	5.59	5.56	7.65
Weekly average	4.47		4.16	4.02	3.9	5.19	4.8	4.65	4.38	4.38	4.86	5.13
Running average	4.47		4.32	4.23	4.15	4.36	4.43	4.47	4.45	4.45	4.49	4.55
Series average	4.55