Celebrity Big Brother 15

Celebrity Big Brother 15 was the fifteenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. The series launched on 7 January 2015 on Channel 5 and ended after 31 days on 6 February 2015; at the time it was the longest ever celebrity series. The seventeenth series in 2016 lasted a day longer with 32 days. It was the eighth celebrity series and the twelfth series of Big Brother overall to air on the channel. Emma Willis returned to host the series, whilst Rylan Clark continued to present the spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side alongside Willis. Repeats of the series aired on MTV, the first to do so. Willis decided to leave Big Brother’s Bit on the Side after the end of this series, hosting her final show on 2 February 2015.

On 6 February 2015, Katie Price won the series, with Katie Hopkins finishing as the runner-up. This was the first series of Celebrity Big Brother where both the runner-up and the winner were women. Price also became the first female Housemate (and second overall after Brian Belo in Big Brother 8) on any series of Big Brother or Celebrity Big Brother to win the series after entering late. Price entered the House nine days after the original fourteen Housemates, and left 21 days later as the winner.

This series was the focus of much controversy after housemates Jeremy Jackson and Ken Morley were ejected within the first week. With an average audience of 3.09 million, this is the highest-rated series of Big Brother or Celebrity Big Brother to date on Channel 5.

Calum Best returned to the house for Celebrity Big Brother 19 as an All-Star, representing this series. He was the tenth housemate to be evicted.

Housemates

Celebrity Age on entry Notability Day entered Day exited Status
Katie Price 36 TV personality and glamour model 10 31 Winner
Katie Hopkins 39 TV personality and columnist 1 31 Runner-up
Calum Best 33 Model and TV personality 1 31 3rd Place
Keith Chegwin† 57 Actor and presenter 1 31 4th Place
Michelle Visage 46 Singer and presenter 1 31 5th Place
Perez Hilton 36 Blogger and TV personality 1 29 Evicted
Kavana 37 Singer 1 29 Evicted
Cami-Li 28 Model 1 27 Evicted
Nadia Sawalha 50 Actress and presenter 1 24 Evicted
Patsy Kensit 46 Actress 1 21 Evicted
Alicia Douvall 35 Media personality 1 17 Evicted
Alexander O'Neal 61 Singer 1 11 Walked
Chloe Goodman 21 Reality TV star 1 10 Evicted
Ken Morley 71 Actor 1 6 Ejected
Jeremy Jackson 34 Actor 1 4 Ejected

Nominations Table

  Day 3 Day 8 Day 11 Day 19 Day 22 Day 26 Day 31
Final
Nominations
received
 
Katie P Not in
House
Calum Patsy,
Cami-Li
Katie H,
Calum
Katie H,
Kavana
Winner
(Day 31)
6
Katie H Perez Not
eligible
Perez,
Nadia
Patsy,
Katie P
Katie P,
Keith
Keith,
Katie P
Runner-up
(Day 31)
12
Calum Ken Not
eligible
Perez,
Alicia
Nadia,
Patsy
Nadia,
Keith
Katie P,
Keith
Third place
(Day 31)
4
Keith Perez Not
eligible
Alexander
Perez,
Kavana
Patsy,
Kavana
Katie H,
Kavana
Cami-Li,
Kavana
Fourth place
(Day 31)
10
Michelle Ken Not
eligible
Perez,
Alicia
Patsy,
Nadia
Nadia,
Keith
Keith,
Katie P
Fifth place
(Day 31)
2
Perez Ken Chloe,
Michelle
Katie H,
Cami-Li
Cami-Li Katie H,
Cami-Li
Cami-Li,
Katie H
Evicted
(Day 29)
10
Kavana Ken Not
eligible
Perez,
Nadia
Patsy,
Nadia
Nadia,
Keith
Keith,
Cami-Li
Evicted
(Day 29)
5
Cami-Li Ken Alexander,
Alicia
Alicia,
Perez
Patsy,
Nadia
Nadia,
Keith
Keith,
Katie P
Evicted
(Day 27)
9
Nadia Katie H Not
eligible
Katie H,
Alexander,
Michelle
Katie H,
Patsy
Katie H,
Calum
Evicted
(Day 24)
12
Patsy Ken Not
eligible
Perez,
Nadia
Katie H,
Nadia
Evicted
(Day 21)
9
Alicia Calum Not
eligible
Cami-Li,
Katie H
Evicted
(Day 17)
4
Alexander Perez Not
eligible
Walked
(Day 11)
3
Chloe Ken Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 10)
1
Ken Cami-Li Ejected
(Day 6)
7
Jeremy Patsy Ejected
(Day 4)
0
 
Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Against
public vote
Alexander,
Chloe,
Ken
Alexander,
Alicia,
Chloe,
Michelle
Alicia,
Calum,
Nadia,
Perez
Cami-Li,
Katie H,
Nadia,
Patsy
Katie H,
Keith,
Nadia,
Perez
Cami-Li,
Katie P,
Keith,
Perez
Calum,
Katie H,
Katie P,
Kavana,
Keith,
Michelle,
Perez
Walked none Alexander none
Ejected Jeremy,
Ken
none
Evicted Eviction
cancelled
Chloe
Fewest votes
(out of 2)
to save
Alicia
Fewest votes
to save
Patsy
Fewest votes
to save
Nadia
Fewest votes
to save
Cami-Li
Fewest votes
to save
Kavana
Fewest votes
(out of 7)
Perez
Fewest votes
(out of 7)
Michelle
Fewest votes
(out of 5)
Keith
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
Calum
Fewest votes
(out of 3)
Katie H
Fewest votes
(out of 2)
Katie P
Most votes
to win

^Note 1 :  On Day 1, shortly after entering the House, Katie H was given a secret mission by “The Enchanted Mirror”. She had to select two of her fellow Housemates who she thought was the least entertaining. Unbeknownst to her, they would then automatically face the first eviction. She chose Alexander and Chloe. On Day 3, Housemates nominated face to face, with each Housemate nominating only one person as opposed to the usual two. Following Ken’s ejection on Day 6, the live eviction scheduled to take place on Day 7 was cancelled.

^Note 2 : On Day 7, following a twist, Cami-Li was made Queen of the Fairies and was told she was immune from the next eviction and that she’d be able to give immunity to other housemates. That night, she selected Perez as King of the Fairies, granting him immunity. On Day 8, they chose to give immunity to Keith and Nadia through a task. The same day, Cami-Li and Perez were asked to cast a nomination curse on four of the remaining housemates. These four Housemates would face eviction on Day 10. Perez chose Chloe and Michelle, while Cami-Li chose Alexander and Alicia.

^Note 3 : Alicia, Katie H, Nadia, and Perez were initially nominated for an eviction due to take place on Day 14, but it was postponed to Day 17, due to Alexander’s voluntary departure.[49] As Alexander walked during the nomination process, all nominations for him became invalid and any housemates who nominated him had to later choose a replacement nominee. Keith and Nadia originally nominated Alexander but replaced their nominations with Kavana and Michelle, respectively. While Katie P was not able to be nominated as she was a new housemate, as part of the live twist that replaced Day 14’s planned eviction, she had to save one nominated housemate and replace them with another who she thought was the least entertaining. She saved Katie H and replaced her with Calum, claiming that she assumed he would be saved by the public.

^Note 4 :  Shortly before nominations took place Perez staged a fake walk out and moved into a secret room. As Perez was living in the secret room he was not able to be nominated, however, he was able to cast one tie-breaker nomination vote to either Cami-Li, Katie P and Kavana as they had received one vote each. He chose Cami-Li.

^Note 5 : Shortly after Patsy’s eviction on Day 21, Perez returned to the house and viewers had been voting via the official app since Day 20 on whether he should “be blessed with a pass to the final” or “cursed with eternal nomination”. It was revealed that he would be eternally nominated for every eviction for the rest of the series. On Day 22, Housemates nominated face-to-face.

^Note 6 : On Day 27, the voting lines were open for approximately an hour during the live show for a surprise instant eviction. As Perez had received “eternal nomination” he was automatically nominated.

^Note 7 :  This was a to win rather than to save, and the two Housemate with the fewest votes were evicted on Day 29. The voting lines then reopened for the remaining Housemates until the final.

The House

Trailer

Title Sequence

Ratings

  Official viewers (millions)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Saturday   2.6 2.61 2.32 2.29
Sunday 2.86 3.21 2.84 2.68
Monday 2.57 2.46 2.67 2.35
Tuesday 2.47 3.11 2.74 2.67
Wednesday 3.44 2.16 2.28 2.92 2.69
Thursday 2.82 2.79 2.83 3.13 2.82
Friday 2.59 3.04 2.64 2.91 2.81
Weekly average 2.73 2.73 2.79 2.62
Running average 2.73 2.73 2.75 2.72
Series average 2.72
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows.