Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack was a special series of Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off series of the British reality television programme Big Brother. It was broadcast on E4 from 3–28 January 2008. A number of closely associated programmes also aired on the same channel. Dermot O’Leary – who had hosted Big Brother’s Little Brother since 2001 – was the main host of Celebrity Hijack, and it was his final series of Big Brother.
The series was announced on 8 October 2007 by Channel 4 and that it would be replacing Celebrity Big Brother in January 2008, due to the widely publicised racism controversy in Celebrity Big Brother 5. In 2009, Celebrity Big Brother returned to Channel 4 and no further series of Celebrity Hijack were produced.
The premise of the series saw one celebrity a day taking control, with the help of Big Brother; organising their own tasks, making their own rules and talking to the housemates in the Diary Room. They were in charge of a set of housemates, ranging in age from 18- to 21-years-old and all having a special talent.
The housemates competed to be the last to leave the house for a £50,000 prize. The series ended on 28 January with John Loughton being voted as the winner.
Name | Age on entry | Hometown | Occupation | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
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John Loughton | 20 | Edinburgh | Politician | 1 | 26 | Winner |
Emilia Arata | 18 | Birmingham | Circus performer | 1 | 26 | Runner-up |
Amy Jackson | 21 | Oxford | Conceptual artist | 1 | 26 | 3rd Place |
Anthony Ogogo | 19 | Suffolk | Boxer | 1 | 26 | 4th Place |
Jeremy Metcalfe | 19 | Hampshire | Racing driver | 1 | 26 | 5th Place |
Nathan Fagan-Gayle | 21 | London | Singer/songwriter | 1 | 26 | 6th Place |
Calista Robertson | 19 | London | Classical musician | 1 | 23 | Evicted |
Jay Wilson | 19 | London | Fashion designer | 1 | 23 | Evicted |
Latoya Satnarine | 19 | London | Dancer | 1 | 21 | Evicted |
Victor Arata | 19 | Birmingham | Circus performer | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
Liam Young | 19 | Liverpool | Entrepreneur | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
Jade Eden | 21 | London | Beauty queen | 1 | 9 | Evicted |
Day 5 | Day 13 | Day 18 | Day 21 | Final Day 26 |
Nominations received |
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John | Victor, Jeremy |
No nominations |
Nathan, Jeremy |
Jeremy, Nathan |
Winner (Day 26) |
N/A | |
Emilia | Jade, Liam |
No nominations |
Latoya, Anthony |
Anthony, Nathan |
Runner-up (Day 26) |
8 | |
Amy | Victor, Emilia |
No nominations |
Calista, Latoya |
Calista, Nathan |
Third place (Day 26) |
2 | |
Anthony | Victor, Liam |
Victor | Emilia, Nathan |
Jay, Jeremy |
Fourth place (Day 26) |
2 | |
Jeremy | Jade, Calista |
No nominations |
Latoya, Calista |
Calista, Jay |
Fifth place (Day 26) |
12 | |
Nathan | Jade, Victor |
No nominations |
Calista, Emilia |
Amy, Emilia |
Sixth place (Day 26) |
6 | |
Calista | Victor, Jeremy |
No nominations |
Latoya, Nathan |
Amy, Jeremy |
Evicted (Day 23) |
7 | |
Jay | Victor, Jade |
No nominations |
Jeremy, Emilia |
Emilia, Jeremy |
Evicted (Day 23) |
2 | |
Latoya | Jeremy, Emilia |
No nominations |
Emilia, Jeremy |
Evicted (Day 21) |
4 | ||
Victor | Jade, Calista |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 16) |
9 | |||
Liam | Victor, Jeremy |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 16) |
2 | |||
Jade | Victor, Jeremy |
Evicted (Day 9) |
5 | ||||
Nomination note |
1 | 1, 2 | 1 | 1, 3 | 4 | ||
Against public vote |
Jade, Jeremy, Victor |
Emilia, Jeremy, Liam, Victor |
Emilia, Latoya |
Amy, Calista, Emilia, Jay, Jeremy, Nathan |
Amy, Anthony, Emilia, Jeremy, John, Nathan |
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Evicted | Jade 51.2% to evict |
Liam 44% to evict |
Latoya 56% to evict |
Jay 30% to evict |
Nathan 5.4% (out of 6) |
Amy 21.9% (out of 4) |
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Jeremy 15.6% (out of 6) |
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Emilia 46.1% (out of 2) |
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Victor 32% to evict |
Calista 25% to evict |
Anthony 21.6% (out of 4) |
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John 53.9% to win |
^Note 1 : Celebrity hijacker Matt Lucas set John a secret mission on Day 1. Wearing a hidden earpiece, John had to do and say everything that Matt instructed him to do without the housemates knowing he was on a secret task. Success meant a guaranteed place in the final, whilst failure meant automatic eviction every single time. John passed the task, guaranteeing himself a place in the final.
^Note 2 : When Amy won a task on Day 10 she won immunity from this week’s eviction. She also got to choose another housemate to be immune. She chose Anthony. Finally, due to losing the task against Amy, Anthony had to put one housemate up for eviction and he chose Victor. On Day 13, celebrity hijacker Joan Rivers selected Emilia, Jeremy and Liam to also face the public vote. It was a double eviction, meaning two housemates would be evicted.
^Note 3 : The housemates nominated live. They each had two minutes to go to a private area and write down their two nominations. They were not obliged to give reasons for their nominations. They then all announced their nominations to each other at the dining table. Also, because of a double eviction planned that week, it was the three or more housemates with the most nominations that would go up rather than the normal two or more. Had there been no double eviction, Nathan and Jeremy would have been the only two up.
^Note 4 : There were no nominations in the final week, instead the public voted for who they wanted to win the show. The housemate with the most votes would go on to win the show.
Celebrity Hijacker | Famous for | Day Hijacked |
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Matt Lucas | Comedian and Little Britain star | Day 1 |
Day 2 | ||
Ian Wright | Ex-footballer and TV presenter | Day 3 |
Alan Cumming | Actor | Day 4 |
Kelly Osbourne | Singer and television presenter | Day 5 |
Russell Brand | Comedian/actor and ex-Big Brother's Big Mouth presenter | Day 6 |
John McCririck † | Horse racing pundit and Celebrity Big Brother 3 housemate. | Day 7 |
Janet Street-Porter | British editor and media personality. | Day 8 |
Peaches Geldof † | DJ act Trash Pussies | Day 9 |
Fifi Brown | ||
Andy McNab | ex-SAS sergeant | Day 10 |
Chris Moyles & Aled Haydn Jones | BBC Radio 1 DJ | Day 11 |
Brian Sewell † | Art historian | Day 12 |
Joan Rivers † | Comedian | Day 13 |
Keith Lemon | Aliases of comedian Leigh Francis of Bo' Selecta! fame | Day 14 |
Craig David | ||
Denise van Outen | TV presenter and musical star | Day 15 |
Scott Mills | BBC Radio 1 DJ | Day 16 |
Claire Cooper | Hollyoaks actresses (three of the McQueen sisters) | Day 17 |
Jennifer Metcalfe | ||
Gemma Merna | ||
Mathew Horne | Comedians and Big Brother's Big Mouth hosts | Day 18 |
James Corden | ||
Mackenzie Crook | Actor | Day 19 |
Nicole Appleton | Two members of girl group All Saints | Day 20 |
Melanie Blatt | ||
Roseanne Barr | Comedian and sitcom star | Day 21 |
Jimmy Carr | Comedian and TV presenter | Day 22 |
Malcolm McLaren † | Ex manager of the Sex Pistols | Day 23 |
Kate Lawler | Radio presenter, DJ and Big Brother 3 winner | Day 24 |
Jonathan Jacob | Big Brother's Little Brother Myspace competition winner | Day 25 |
Dermot O'Leary | Big Brother's Little Brother and Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack host | |
Amelle Berrabah | Girl group Sugababes | |
Keisha Buchanan | ||
Heidi Range |