Celebrity Big Brother 1

Celebrity Big Brother 1, also referred to as Celebrity Big Brother 2001, was the first series of the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother. The show is based on an originally Dutch TV series of the same name created by producer John de Mol in 1997. In honour of Comic Relief, six celebrities entered the Big Brother house.

The series premiered on 9 March 2001, and lasted for a total of eight days. It concluded on 16 March 2001 when comedian Jack Dee was crowned the winner. The series revolved around a group of celebrities living in a custom built house with no contact with the outside world. Each week, the housemates are required to nominate two people for eviction. The two or more people with the most votes were nominated to leave the House. The viewers then decided which of the nominees should leave, with the selected person leaving during a live show. This process continued until only three housemates remained, at which time the public voted for which of them should win the series. Unlike the original show, Celebrity Big Brother saw the housemates competing for charity.

Housemates

Celebrity Age on entry Notability Day entered Day exited Result
Jack Dee 39 Comedian 1 8 Winner
Claire Sweeney 29 Brookside actress 1 8 Runner-up
Keith Duffy 26 Boyzone member 1 8 3rd Place
Anthea Turner 40 Former Blue Peter & GMTV presenter 1 6 Evicted
Vanessa Feltz 39 Journalist and broadcaster 1 4 Evicted
Chris Eubank 34 Professional boxer 1 2 Evicted

Nominations Table

Day 1 Day 2 Day 4 Day 8
Final
Nominations
received
Jack Anthea,
Chris
Vanessa,
Anthea
Anthea,
Keith
Winner
(Day 8)
8
Claire Anthea,
Chris
Vanessa,
Jack
Jack,
Keith
Runner-up
(Day 8)
2
Keith Chris,
Jack
Jack,
Vanessa
Anthea,
Claire
Third place
(Day 8)
6
Anthea Chris,
Keith
Keith,
Jack
Jack,
Keith
Evicted
(Day 6)
6
Vanessa Chris,
Jack
Keith,
Jack
Evicted
(Day 4)
3
Chris Claire,
Anthea
Evicted
(Day 2)
5
Note none 1
Against
public vote
Anthea,
Chris
Jack,
Vanessa
Anthea,
Jack,
Keith
Claire,
Jack,
Keith
Evicted Chris
66%
to evict
Vanessa
71%
to evict
Anthea
52%
to evict
Keith
16%
(out of 3)
Claire
41%
(out of 2)
Jack
59%
to win

^Note 1 :   The public were voting for the Housemate they wanted to win rather than to evict.

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Ratings

Day Viewers (millions)
Fri 4.58
Sat 4.01
Sun 4.41
Mon 4.93
Tue 6.11
Wed 6.60
Thu 5.69
Series
average
5.2m