Celebrity Big Brother 17

Celebrity Big Brother 17 was the seventeenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 5 January 2016 on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in the Republic of Ireland, and concluded 32 days later on 5 February 2016, making it the longest celebrity series to date, along with Celebrity Big Brother 19 and Celebrity Big Brother 21. It was the tenth celebrity series and the fifteenth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5. First details of the series were released on 7 December 2015 when the new eye was released, and a new “vaudeville theatre” theme also being confirmed.

This series was the first celebrity edition to launch under the new three-year contract that was announced in March 2015 which guaranteed the show remained on Channel 5 until 2018.

With sixteen celebrities, this series had the most housemates since the show began in 2001. However this is now held by Celebrity Big Brother 19 with eighteen. With three voluntary exits from Angie Bowie, David Gest and Jonathan Cheban, this series equalled the record with series 5 in 2007, which also had three housemates walk from the house. On 5 February 2016, the series was won by Scotty T, with Stephanie Davis finishing as runner-up.

Housemates

Celebrity Age on entry Notability Day entered Day exited Status
Scotty T 27 Reality TV star 1 32 Winner
Stephanie Davis 22 Actress 1 32 Runner-up
Darren Day 47 Actor and singer 1 32 3rd Place
Tiffany Pollard 33 Reality TV star 1 32 4th Place
Danniella Westbrook 42 Actress 1 32 5th Place
John Partridge 44 Actor 1 32 6th Place
Gemma Collins 34 Reality TV star 1 29 Evicted
Jeremy McConnell 25 Reality TV star and model 1 25 Evicted
Christopher Maloney 38 Singer 1 22 Evicted
Megan McKenna 23 Reality TV star 1 18 Evicted
Kristina Rihanoff 38 Professional dancer 1 15 Evicted
Angie Bowie 66 Ex-wife of David Bowie 1 15 Walked
David Gest† 62 Producer and TV personality 1 13 Walked
Nancy Dell'Olio 54 Ex-girlfriend of Sven-Göran Eriksson 1 11 Evicted
Jonathan Cheban 41 Reality TV star 1 7 Walked
Winston McKenzie 62 Former boxer and UKIP candidate 1 4 Evicted

Nominations Table

  Day 2 Day 4 Day 7 Day 11 Day 15 Day 18 Day 23 Day 27 Day 32
Final
Nominations
received
 
Scotty T Winston Winston Stephanie,
Nancy
Not
eligible
Stephanie,
Tiffany
No
nominations
Tiffany,
Stephanie
Gemma,
Stephanie
Winner
(Day 32)
2
Stephanie Kristina Winston Gemma,
Nancy
Danniella Tiffany,
John
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Danniella,
Darren,
John
Runner-up
(Day 32)
13
Darren Not
eligible
Winston Nancy,
Angie
Not
eligible
Tiffany,
John
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Tiffany,
Gemma
Third place
(Day 32)
3
Tiffany Not
eligible
Winston Kristina,
Angie
Not
eligible
Danniella,
Jeremy
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Scotty T,
Darren
Fourth place
(Day 32)
11
Danniella Not
eligible
Winston David,
Angie
Not
eligible
Tiffany,
Stephanie
No
nominations
Jeremy,
Stephanie
Tiffany,
Stephanie
Fifth place
(Day 32)
4
John Not
eligible
Winston Angie,
Darren
Not
eligible
Gemma,
Megan
No
nominations
Stephanie,
Jeremy
Gemma,
Stephanie
Sixth place
(Day 32)
8
Gemma Not
eligible
Winston Stephanie,
Angie
John John,
Stephanie
No
nominations
Jeremy,
Stephanie
Stephanie,
John
Evicted
(Day 29)
9
Jeremy Nancy Nancy Nancy,
Angie
Tiffany Tiffany,
Gemma
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 25)
6
Christopher Not
eligible
Winston Nancy,
Angie
Not
eligible
Tiffany,
Gemma
No
nominations
Evicted
(Day 22)
0
Megan Not
eligible
Winston John,
Nancy
Not
eligible
John,
Tiffany
Evicted
(Day 18)
1
Kristina Not
eligible
Winston Nancy,
Angie
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 15)
3
Angie Not
eligible
Winston Jeremy,
Gemma
Kristina Walked
(Day 15)
8
David Not
eligible
Winston Danniella,
Gemma
Not
eligible
Walked
(Day 13)
1
Nancy Not
eligible
Nominated Scotty T,
Jeremy
Evicted
(Day 11)
9
Jonathan Not
eligible
Winston Walked
(Day 7)
0
Winston Not
eligible
Nominated Evicted
(Day 4)
14
 
Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  
Against
public vote
Kristina,
Nancy,
Winston
Angie,
Gemma,
Jeremy,
Nancy,
Stephanie
Danniella,
John,
Kristina,
Tiffany
Danniella,
Gemma,
Jeremy,
John,
Megan,
Stephanie,
Tiffany
Christopher,
Danniella,
Jeremy,
John,
Scotty T,
Tiffany
Jeremy,
Stephanie,
Tiffany
Danniella,
Gemma,
Stephanie
Danniella,
Darren,
John,
Scotty T,
Stephanie,
Tiffany
Walked none Jonathan David,
Angie
none
Evicted Winston
13 of 14 votes
(out of 2)
to evict
Nancy
Fewest votes
to save
Kristina
Fewest votes
to save
Megan
Fewest votes
to save
Christopher
Fewest votes
to save
Jeremy
Fewest votes
to save
Gemma
Fewest votes
to save
John
Fewest votes
(out of 6)
Darren
Fewest votes
(out of 3)
Danniella
Fewest votes
(out of 5)
Stephanie
Fewest votes
(out of 2)
Tiffany
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
Scotty T
Most votes
to win

^Note 1 :  As a consequence of a task Jeremy, Scotty T and Stephanie were solely responsible for deciding who should face the first eviction. On Day 4, it was revealed that Kristina received the most votes to save. Following this, Nancy and Winston were subject to a house vote on who should be evicted. Nancy received just one vote to evict (from Jeremy), whilst Winston received the remaining thirteen votes to evict.

^Note 2 : On Day 6, during a task, Tiffany won immunity from the next round of nominations and John was told he’d have to make his next nominations face-to-face.

^Note 3 : On Day 11, eviction survivors Angie, Gemma, Jeremy and Stephanie had to give one killer nomination each.

^Note 4 :  These nominations were face-to-face. Everyone who received at least one nomination faced eviction.

^Note 5 : Big Brother announced that there would be no nominations this week, instead all housemates would automatically face eviction unless they earn immunity. Gemma, Stephanie and Darren won immunity and the remaining housemates faced the public vote.

^Note 6 : Only the “pure” housemates chosen by Gillian McKeith were required to give nominations.

^Note 7 :  On Day 26, Stephanie was allowed to make a killer nomination due to all other housemates breaking rules regarding discussing nominations.

^Note 8 : This week the public were voting to win, rather than to save. Scotty won with 36.32% of the final vote, whilst Stephanie was runner-up with 26.57%. Darren was third with 17.85%, Tiffany was fourth with 9.93%, Danniella was fifth with 7.02% and John finished sixth with 2.33%, however none of these figures take into account the vote freezes between each position.

The House

Trailer

Title Sequence

Ratings

  Official viewers (millions)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Saturday   1.65 2.15 2.39 2.39
Sunday 2.38 2.65 2.91 2.93
Monday 2.34 2.65 2.65 2.49
Tuesday 3.13 2.89 2.63 2.68 2.63
Wednesday 2.59 2.41 2.24 2.71 2.81
Thursday 2.5 2.67 2.84 2.93 2.72
Friday 2.1 2.72 2.95 3.03 3.01
2.11 2.06 2.52 2.87
Weekly average 2.49 2.39 2.58 2.77 2.71
Running average 2.49 2.39 2.48 2.56 2.59
Series average 2.59
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows.