Celebrity Big Brother 18

Celebrity Big Brother 18 was the eighteenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 28 July 2016, just two days after the conclusion of Big Brother 17  on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in Ireland. The series ended on 26 August 2016, making it the longest summer series to date and the third-longest series of Celebrity Big Brother in its history, behind series 15 and 17, respectively. Rylan Clark-Neal continues to present the spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side. It is the eleventh celebrity series and the seventeenth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5.

On 26 August 2016, the series was won by Stephen Bear with Ricky Norwood finishing as runner-up.

Housemates

Celebrity Age on entry Notability Day entered Day exited Status
Stephen Bear 26 Reality TV star 1 30 Winner
Ricky Norwood 29 Ex-Eastenders actor 1 30 Runner-up
Renee Graziano 48 Reality TV star 1 30 3rd Place
Marnie Simpson 24 Reality TV star 1 30 4th Place
Aubrey O'Day 32 Singer and reality TV star 1 30 5th Place
Frankie Grande 33 "Social media mogul" & half-brother of Ariana Grande 1 30 6th Place
Samantha Fox 50 Model and singer 1 27 Evicted
Katie Waissel 30 Singer 1 27 Evicted
James Whale 65 Radio broadcaster 1 23 Evicted
Lewis Bloor 26 Reality TV star 1 23 Evicted
Heavy D† 43 Reality TV star 1 20 Evicted
Chloe Khan 25 Media personality 1 16 Evicted
Saira Khan 46 TV presenter 1 13 Evicted
Grant Bovey 55 Media personality and ex-husband of Anthea Turner 1 9 Evicted
Christopher Biggins 67 Actor and TV presenter 1 9 Ejected

Nominations Table

  Day 3 Day 4 Day 9 Day 10 Day 13 Day 17 Day 20 Day 25 Day 30
Final
Nominations
received
 
Bear Not
eligible
James,
Ricky
Aubrey Aubrey,
Ricky
Renee Renee,
Ricky
Samantha,
Ricky
Frankie Winner
(Day 30)
9
Ricky Not
eligible
Grant,
James
Bear Lewis,
Chloe
Not
eligible
Lewis,
Heavy D
James,
Lewis
Katie Runner-up
(Day 30)
8
Renee Not
eligible
James,
Grant
Saira Lewis,
Marnie
Not
eligible
Heavy D,
Lewis
James,
Ricky
Samantha,
Marnie
Third place
(Day 30)
5
Marnie Not
eligible
James,
Frankie
Heavy D Heavy D,
Aubrey
Not
eligible
Heavy D,
James
James,
Frankie
Ricky,
Samantha
Fourth place
(Day 30)
10
Aubrey Not
eligible
Grant,
James
Bear Lewis,
Saira
Not
eligible
Heavy D,
Lewis
James,
Lewis
Marnie,
Samantha
Fifth place
(Day 30)
6
Frankie Not
eligible
James,
Grant
Bear Lewis,
Marnie
Not
eligible
Lewis,
Marnie
James,
Lewis
Marnie,
Katie
Sixth place
(Day 30)
5
Samantha Not
eligible
Bear,
Marnie
Heavy D Heavy D,
Chloe
Not
eligible
Heavy D,
Lewis
James,
Lewis
Frankie Evicted
(Day 27)
6
Katie Not
eligible
Grant,
James
Bear Heavy D,
Saira
Not
eligible
Heavy D,
James
James,
Ricky
Frankie Evicted
(Day 27)
6
James Not
eligible
Grant,
Bear
Bear Saira,
Heavy D
Not
eligible
Aubrey,
Heavy D
Lewis,
Marnie
Evicted
(Day 23)
22
Lewis Not
eligible
James,
Ricky
Heavy D Aubrey,
Heavy D
James Renee,
Heavy D
Samantha,
Aubrey
Evicted
(Day 23)
16
Heavy D Not
eligible
James,
Renee
Bear Lewis,
Saira
Marnie Renee,
Katie
Evicted
(Day 20)
19
Chloe Not
eligible
Katie,
James
James Katie,
Saira
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 16)
2
Saira Not
eligible
Bear,
Grant
Heavy D Heavy D,
Katie
Evicted
(Day 13)
7
Grant Not
eligible
Samantha,
James
Evicted
(Day 9)
8
Biggins Saira,
Lewis,
Heavy D
Marnie,
Grant
Ejected
(Day 9)
N/A
 
Notes 1 1 2 2 2, 3 2 2, 4 2, 5 6  
Against
public vote
none Grant,
James
none Bear,
Heavy D,
Lewis,
Saira
Bear,
Chloe,
James,
Marnie
Bear,
Heavy D,
Lewis,
Renee
Bear,
James,
Lewis,
Ricky,
Samantha
Bear,
Frankie,
Katie,
Marnie,
Ricky,
Samantha
Aubrey,
Bear,
Frankie,
Marnie,
Renee,
Ricky
Ejected none Biggins none
Evicted none Grant
Fewest votes
to save
none Saira
Fewest votes
to save
Chloe
Evicted by wheel
(out of 2)
Heavy D
Fewest votes
to save
Lewis
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
to save
Katie
Fewest votes
to save
Frankie
3.54%
(out of 6)
Renee
14.66%
(out of 6)
Aubrey
4.82%
(out of 6)
Ricky
34.57%
(out of 6)
James
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
to save
Samantha
Fewest votes
to save
Marnie
6.51%
(out of 6)
Bear
35.90%
to win
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^Note 1 :  On Day 1, the public voted for Biggins to become the “Secret Boss”, and believed he had sole control over who was nominated in the first week. However, the housemates were aware of his position, and were told that the housemates he nominates will actually receive immunity. He chose Saira on Day 1, Lewis on Day 2 and Heavy D on Day 3. For completing the task, Biggins also received immunity.

^Note 2 : On Day 9, the housemates each voted in a face-to-face vote for one housemate to receive ‘eternal nomination’. Bear received the most votes and will face every eviction until he is either evicted or reaches the final.

^Note 3 : Shortly after Saira’s eviction, the three eviction survivors; Bear, Heavy D and Lewis were told they had to give a killer nomination each to decide who would face eviction. On Day 14, Renee was saved from eviction and had to replace herself with another housemate. She chose Chloe. After James and Bear were saved, the two housemates with the fewest votes: Chloe and Marnie, went head-to-head in a game of chance to determine who would be evicted. The housemates each voted for who they would like to leave, which would take up a proportion of a wheel. All housemates except Chloe and Bear voted to evict Chloe, with Chloe and Bear voting Marnie. James was revealed to have received the most public votes to save and given the task of spinning the wheel. Chloe was evicted after the wheel landed on one of her sections.

^Note 4 :  The nominations were face-to-face. This week was a double eviction.

^Note 5 : The housemates were separated into two teams for the festive themed head-to-head challenges. The Elves were Aubrey, Frankie, Marnie and Renee whilst the Reindeer were Bear, Katie, Ricky and Samantha. The Elves won two nominations to give each, whilst the losing team only had one nomination to give each.

^Note 6 : This week the public were voting for who they wanted to win. Bear won with 35.9% of the final vote, whilst Ricky was runner-up with 34.57%. Renee was third with 14.66%, Marnie was fourth with 5.51%, Aubrey was fifth with 4.82% and Frankie finished sixth with 3.54%, 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
Saturday   2.00 1.87 1.83 1.62
Sunday 2.11 2.13 2.19 2.15
Monday 2.35 2.03 2.03 2.02
Tuesday 2.15 2.15 2.03 1.95
Wednesday 2.00 2.21 2.12 2.37
Thursday 2.71 2.31 2.29 2.30 2.21
Friday 2.13 2.23 2.05 1.97 2.14
1.87 2.05 1.64
Weekly average 2.19 2.10 2.01 2.07
Running average 2.19 2.15 2.10 2.09
Series average 2.1
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows.