Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack

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.

Celebrity Hijack

Housemates

Name Age on entry Hometown Occupation Day entered Day exited Result
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

Nominations Table

  Day 5 Day 13 Day 18 Day 21 Final
Day 26
Nominations
received
 
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
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)
Jeremy
15.6%
(out of 6)
Emilia
46.1%
(out of 2)
Victor
32%
to evict
Calista
25%
to evict
Anthony
21.6%
(out of 4)
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 Hijackers

Celebrity Hijacker Famous for Day Hijacked
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

The House

Trailer

Title Sequence