Big Brother 7

Big Brother 2006, also known as Big Brother 7, was the seventh series of the British reality television series Big Brother. The show followed a total of twenty-two 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 eliminated from the competition and left the House. The last remaining housemate, Pete Bennett, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £100,000.

The series launched on Channel 4 on 18 May 2006 and ended on 18 August 2006, lasting 93 days – the joint-second longest British edition of Big Brother to date (together with the ninth and tenth series, and one day shorter than the eighth series). Davina McCall returned as presenter for her seventh consecutive year. Fourteen housemates entered on launch night, with an additional eight being introduced in later weeks. The series was watched by an average of 4.7 million viewers, the third highest viewed series of the show to date. It was also the first series since the show’s inception to be broadcast in 16:9 aspect ratio, as opposed to 4:3.

Big Brother 7 was the subject of viewer complaints and press attention regarding a variety of controversial issues, including the wellbeing of certain participants and the decision to allow former housemates to re-enter. In 2010, the series was voted the British public’s favourite series of Big Brother.

Housemates

Name	Age on entry	Hometown	Day entered	Day exited	Result
Name	Age on entry	Hometown	Day entered	Day exited	Result	Pete Bennett	24	Brighton	1	93	Winner
Glyn Wise	18	Blaenau Ffestiniog	1	93	Runner-up
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace	27	London	12	93	3rd Place
Richard Newman	33	London (originally from Edmonton, Canada)	1	93	4th Place
Nikki Grahame†	24	Hertfordshire	1	58	5th Place
Nikki Grahame†	24	Hertfordshire	83	93	5th Place
Jennie Corner	18	Liverpool	44	93	6th Place
Imogen Thomas	23	Llanelli	1	86	Evicted
Susie Verrico	43	Kent	23	79	Evicted
Mikey Dalton	23	Liverpool	1	79	Evicted
Mikey Dalton	23	Liverpool	83	86	Evicted
Glen "Spiral" Coroner	22	Dublin	44	72	Evicted
Michael Cheshire	23	Manchester	44	72	Evicted
Jayne Kitt	36	Slough	44	65	Evicted
Lea Walker	35	Nottingham	1	51	Evicted
Lea Walker	35	Nottingham	83	86	Evicted
Jonathan Leonard ^[6]	24	Cumbria	44	49	Evicted
Lisa Huo	27	Manchester (originally from China)	1	37	Evicted
Grace Adams-Short	20	London	1	30	Evicted
Grace Adams-Short	20	London	83	86	Evicted
Sam Brodie	19	Ayrshire (originally from Indonesia)	12	23	Evicted
Sezer Yurtseven	26	London	1	16	Evicted
George Askew	19	London	1	13	Walked
Bonnie Holt	20	Loughborough	1	9	Evicted
Dawn Blake	38	Birmingham	1	8	Ejected
Shahbaz Chauhdry	37	Glasgow	1	6	Walked

Nominations Table

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13 Final		Nominations received

Pete	No nominations	Imogen, Sezer	Lisa, Nikki	Not eligible	Imogen, Lisa	Susie, Aisleyne	Banned	No nominations	Spiral, Michael	Michael	Imogen, Aisleyne	Imogen, Glyn	Winner (Day 93)		3
Glyn	No nominations	Grace, Richard	Sam, Nikki	Not eligible	Nikki	Richard, Aisleyne	Pete, Lea	No nominations	Susie, Jayne	Susie	Susie, Richard	Richard, Pete	Runner-up (Day 93)		6
Aisleyne	Not in House	Exempt	Nikki, Sam	Not eligible	Lisa, Mikey	Lea, Nikki	Jonathan	No nominations	Jayne, Richard	Spiral	Mikey, Glyn	Richard, Glyn	Third place (Day 93)		12
Richard	No nominations	Imogen, Sezer	Lisa, Grace	Not eligible	Imogen, Glyn	Imogen, Aisleyne	Imogen, Glyn	No nominations	Aisleyne, Spiral	Michael	Mikey, Imogen	Aisleyne, Imogen	Fourth place (Day 93)		25
Nikki	No nominations	Lea, Grace	Richard, Sam	Not eligible	Lisa	Aisleyne, Susie	Richard, Lea	No nominations	Evicted (Day 58)			Next Door	Fifth place (Day 93)		10
Jennie	Not in House						Next Door	No nominations	Michael, Jayne	Spiral	Susie, Imogen	Aisleyne, Imogen	Sixth place (Day 93)		5
Imogen	No nominations	Banned	Banned	Not eligible	Lea	Richard, Susie	Richard, Lea	No nominations	Richard, Jayne	Michael	Richard, Jennie	Richard, Pete	Evicted (Day 86)		15
Susie	Not in House			Nikki, Grace	Lisa, Mikey	Nikki, Imogen	Lea, Glyn	No nominations	Michael, Spiral	Michael	Mikey, Jennie	Evicted (Day 79)			13
Mikey	No nominations	Richard, Lisa	Sam, Aisleyne	Not eligible	Lea, Susie	Richard, Susie	Richard, Nikki	No nominations	Richard, Susie	Susie	Susie, Jennie	Next Door	Re-evicted (Day 86)		5
Spiral	Not in House						Next Door	No nominations	Jennie, Richard	Richard	Evicted (Day 72)				4
Michael	Not in House						Next Door	No nominations	Jennie, Richard	Richard	Evicted (Day 72)				7
Jayne	Not in House						Exempt	No nominations	Aisleyne, Imogen	Evicted (Day 65)					5
Lea	No nominations	Sezer, Lisa	Nikki, Richard	Not eligible	Imogen	Aisleyne, Susie	Susie, Richard	Evicted (Day 51)				Next Door	Re-evicted (Day 86)		11
Jonathan	Not in House						Next Door	Evicted (Day 49)							1
Lisa	No nominations	Lea, Richard	Banned	Exempt	Nikki	Evicted (Day 37)									8
Grace	No nominations	Lea, Richard	Aisleyne, Sam	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 30)							Next Door	Re-evicted (Day 86)		4
Sam	Not in House	Exempt	Lea, Richard	Evicted (Day 23)											5
Sezer	No nominations	Banned	Evicted (Day 16)												3
George	No nominations	Not eligible	Walked (Day 13)												0
Bonnie	No nominations	Evicted (Day 9)													0
Dawn	No nominations	Ejected (Day 8)													0
Shahbaz	No nominations	Walked (Day 6)													0

Nomination note	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	none	9	10	11, 12	13
Against public vote	Bonnie, ~~Dawn,~~ Glyn	Lea, Richard, Sezer	Nikki, Sam	Grace, Nikki	Imogen, Lisa, Mikey, Nikki	Aisleyne, Susie	Lea, Richard	Aisleyne, Glyn, Imogen, Jennie, Michael, Mikey, Nikki, Pete, Richard, Spiral, Susie	Jayne, Richard	Imogen & Susie, Michael & Spiral, Pete & Richard	Imogen, Jennie, Mikey, Susie	Imogen, Richard	Aisleyne, Glyn, Jennie, Nikki, Pete, Richard
Walked	Shahbaz	George	none
Ejected	Dawn	none
Evicted	Bonnie 78% to evict	Sezer 91.6% to evict	Sam 53.7% to evict	Grace 87.9% to evict	Lisa 60.3% to evict	Aisleyne 67.3% to move	Jonathan Aisleyne's choice to evict	Nikki 37.2% to evict	Jayne 67.1% to evict	Michael & Spiral 9.7% to save	Mikey 48.5% (out of 4) to evict	Imogen 62% to evict	Jennie 0.9% (out of 6) to win	Aisleyne 22.0% (out of 3) to win
													Nikki 6.5% (out of 5) to win	Aisleyne 22.0% (out of 3) to win
													Nikki 6.5% (out of 5) to win	Glyn 38.8% (out of 2) to win
							Lea 53.8% to evict				Susie 59.4% (out of 3) to evict	Nikki House's choice to re-enter	Richard 9.2% (out of 4) to win	Glyn 38.8% (out of 2) to win
							Lea 53.8% to evict				Susie 59.4% (out of 3) to evict	Nikki House's choice to re-enter	Pete 61.2% to win

^Note 1 : There were no nominations in Week 1. Instead, all housemates except Bonnie, Dawn and Glyn formed the Big Brotherhood and were immune from eviction, while the housemates excluded from the Brotherhood did not receive their suitcases and faced the public vote. Because Dawn was ejected from the house, it was only Bonnie and Glyn that faced the public vote.
^Note 2 : As punishment for discussing nominations, Sezer and Imogen were banned from nominating. As new housemates, Aisleyne and Sam could not nominate and could not be nominated by their fellow housemates. George had walked before nominations were made.
^Note 3 : Imogen was banned from nominating on Day 15 because the night before, she had disclosed to her fellow housemates the fact that she was unable to nominate the previous week. Lisa was also banned on Day 18 after telling Imogen who she nominated in the previous week.
^Note 4 : As the Golden Housemate, only Susie was eligible to nominate this week. Lisa could not be nominated, having won a task set by Big Brother. The two housemates Susie nominated were Grace and Nikki.
^Note 5 : During the previous week, Glyn, Imogen, Lea, Lisa and Nikki discussed nominations. As punishment, the five of them had to each nominate one of their fellow rule-breakers in front of their fellow housemates. The one or more housemate(s) with the most nominations would face eviction; Nikki was chosen. The remaining housemates nominated as normal, selecting from everyone except Nikki.
^Note 6 : This week’s public vote was not to evict a housemate, but to vote them into the House Next Door. The housemates nominated as usual, but were unaware of the fake eviction or of the House Next Door. Aisleyne was not evicted, but instead moved next door.
^Note 7 : Aisleyne was told that she had to evict four of the five new housemates who were living in the House Next Door. However, she was not told that the first three housemates she chose would join the others in the main house. Her fourth nomination, for Jonathan, was for real, and he was evicted. Aisleyne, Jennie, Jonathan, Michael and Spiral were in the House Next Door during the nominations, and therefore did not take part. As a new housemate, Jayne could not nominate and could not be nominated by her fellow housemates. As punishment for telling Aisleyne he had nominated her the previous week, Pete was banned from nominating.
^Note 8 : As punishment for Jayne discussing the outside world, nominations were cancelled and everyone except Jayne automatically faced the public vote.
^Note 9 : The housemates were put into pairs of “Best Friends”: these were Aisleyne & Jennie; Glyn & Mikey; Imogen & Susie; Pete & Richard and Michael & Spiral. Each pair nominated one housemate. The housemates with the most nominations faced eviction with their “Best Friend”. Unlike previous weeks, this week was a vote to save.
^Note 10 : As part of an ongoing task, housemates had to nominate using an ‘Automated Big Brother’ phone system. Whilst announcing nominations, ‘Automated Big Brother’ “broke down”, having only announced Imogen’s name. Unbeknownst to the housemates, this week was a double eviction.
^Note 11 : After Susie’s eviction on Day 79, the public voted for which 4 ex-housemates they would like to move into the House Next Door. George, Shahbaz, Dawn and Jonathan were not eligible to re-enter as they had not left the House via a Public vote. Bonnie and Sezer were also not eligible due to legal reasons. On Day 83, Grace, Lea, Mikey and Nikki moved into the House Next Door.
^Note 12 : Jennie won a task set by Big Brother and was given a guaranteed place in the final. On Day 86, the housemates in the main house chose Nikki to re-enter the house, where she became eligible to win. Grace, Lea and Mikey were therefore re-evicted.
^Note 13 There were no nominations in the final week. The public were voting for the housemate they wanted to win, rather than evict.

The House

The House Next Door

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	Week 12	Week 13
Sat		3.64	3.26	3.17	3.66	3.51	3.24	3.21	3.18	2.87	2.61	3.05	2.78	2.92
Sun		4.67	3.44	3.7	4.95	4.97	4.03	4.87	4.62	3.75	2.41	4.22	3.81	4.82
Mon		4.8	4.98	4.65	5.02	5	4.88	5.56	4.86	4.4	4.22	4.44	4.39	4.85
Tue		5.05	4.24	4.78	4.95	5.04	4.79	4.6	4.86	4.32	4.07	4.45	5.49	4.73
Wed		5.67	5.07	5.05	5.4	3.11	5.33	5.52	4.73	4.58	4.74	4.4	5.15	4.51
Wed		5.67	5.07	5.05	5.4	4.82	5.33	5.52	4.73	4.58	4.74	4.4	5.15	4.51
Thu	7.14	5.17	4.44	4.77	4.79	4.31	4.97	5.08	5.3	4.12	4.94	4.51	4.6	4.5
Fri	5.75	4.55	4.57	4.43	4.76	5.14	4.65	4.93	4.71	4.46	4.7	5.03	5.59	6.43
Fri	5.75	4.78	5.43	5.19	6.35	5.77	6.24	5.82	6.16	4.95	4.68	5.89	5.74	8.2
Weekly average	5.12		4.43	4.47	4.98	4.63	4.77	4.95	4.8	4.18	4.05	4.5	4.69	5.12
Running average	5.12		4.81	4.71	4.77	4.74	4.74	4.77	4.77	4.65	4.63	4.64	4.64	4.68
Series average	4.68