Celebrity Big Brother 20

Celebrity Big Brother 20 was the twentieth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 1 August 2017, and concluded on 25 August 2017 after 25 days, making this the shortest series since Celebrity Big Brother 12 in 2013. The series was on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and 3e in Ireland with the spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side presented by Rylan Clark-Neal. It was the thirteenth celebrity series and twentieth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5.

During the launch show on 1 August 2017, Willis confirmed that the winner would receive £50,000 for a charity of their choice. This is the first celebrity series to include a prize fund since Celebrity Big Brother 3 in 2005.

On 25 August 2017, Sarah Harding was announced as the winner of the series having received 35.33% of the final vote, with Amelia Lily as the runner-up after receiving 29.92%.

Housemates

Celebrity Age on entry Notability Day entered Day exited Status
Sarah Harding† 35 Singer and actress 1 25 Winner
Amelia Lily 22 Singer and actress 1 25 Runner-up
Sam Thompson 24 Reality TV star 1 25 3rd Place
Derek Acorah† 67 Spiritual medium 1 25 4th Place
Chad Johnson 29 Reality TV star 1 25 5th Place
Jemma Lucy 29 Reality TV star 1 25 6th Place
Shaun Williamson 51 Actor 1 23 Evicted
Helen Lederer 62 Comedian and actress 1 22 Evicted
Sandi Bogle 52 Reality TV star 1 22 Evicted
Paul Danan 39 Actor 1 18 Evicted
Brandi Glanville 44 Reality TV star 1 18 Evicted
Jordan Davies 25 Reality TV star 1 15 Evicted
Trisha Paytas 29 Internet personality 1 11 Walked
Karthik Nagesan 34 Reality TV star 1 11 Evicted
Marissa Jade 32 Reality TV star 1 8 Evicted

Nominations Table

  Day 6 Day 9 Day 13 Day 16 Day 17 Day 19 Day 25
Final
Nominations
received
 
Sarah Riff
Raff
Jemma,
Trisha
No
nominations
Brandi,
Paul
Derek,
Helen
Helen,
Jemma
Winner
(Day 25)
15
Amelia Private
Members' Club
Karthik,
Chad
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Chad,
Sarah
Runner-up
(Day 25)
0
Sam Private
Members' Club
Karthik,
Brandi
No
nominations
Brandi,
Paul
Derek,
Helen
Sarah,
Chad
Third place
(Day 25)
1
Derek Private
Members' Club
Helen,
Sarah
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Jemma,
Sarah
Fourth place
(Day 25)
1
Chad Riff
Raff
Karthik,
Helen
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Sandi,
Jemma
Fifth place
(Day 25)
9
Jemma Private
Members' Club
Sarah,
Karthik
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Sarah,
Chad
Sixth place
(Day 25)
4
Shaun Marissa Chad,
Sarah
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Sarah,
Chad
Evicted
(Day 23)
0
Helen Private
Members' Club
Sarah,
Chad
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Sam,
Sarah
Evicted
(Day 22)
4
Sandi Private
Members' Club
Chad,
Sarah
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Chad,
Sarah
Evicted
(Day 22)
1
Paul Private
Members' Club
Trisha,
Sarah
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 18)
3
Brandi Private
Members' Club
Sarah,
Karthik
No
nominations
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 18)
3
Jordan Private
Members' Club
Trisha,
Karthik
No
nominations
Evicted
(Day 15)
0
Trisha Riff
Raff
Sarah,
Paul
Walked
(Day 11)
3
Karthik Riff
Raff
Brandi,
Paul
Evicted
(Day 11)
6
Marissa Riff
Raff
Evicted
(Day 8)
1
 
Notes 1, 2 none 3 4, 5 4 6  
Against
public vote
Chad,
Karthik,
Marissa,
Sarah,
Trisha
Chad,
Karthik,
Sarah,
Trisha
Helen,
Jemma,
Jordan,
Sam
Brandi,
Derek,
Helen,
Paul
Chad,
Helen,
Jemma,
Sam,
Sandi,
Sarah
Amelia,
Chad,
Derek,
Jemma,
Sam,
Sarah,
Shaun
Walked none Trisha none
Evicted Marissa
Fewest votes
to save
Karthik
Fewest votes
to save
Jordan
Fewest votes
to save
Brandi
Fewest votes
to save
Sandi
Fewest votes
to save
Shaun
Fewest votes
(out of 7)
Jemma
Fewest votes
(out of 6)
Chad
Fewest votes
(out of 6)
Derek
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
Paul
Fewest votes
to save
Helen
Fewest votes
to save
Sam
Fewest votes
(out of 3)
Amelia
Fewest votes
(out of 2)
Sarah
Most votes
to win

^Note 1 :  On Day 1, Shaun was given a secret mission to win immunity and the power to give a killer nomination. However, he failed the task and was therefore eligible to be nominated, but still had to give a killer nomination. He chose Marissa.

^Note 2 : From Day 4 to 6, housemates competed to earn membership to the “Private Members’ Club”, where they lived a life of luxury and were immune from the first eviction. As Trisha accepted a temptation of pizza, they automatically put themself up for eviction. As Chad, Karthik and Sarah failed to gain membership by the end of Day 6, they joined Marissa and Trisha in facing eviction.

^Note 3 : Housemates competed against each other in two teams in order to win immunity. The blue team won the task, also saving Sandi and Shaun from eviction.

^Note 4 :  This eviction was a double eviction.

^Note 5 : Sam and Sarah were chosen by the public to be the killers in the criminal case and, over Day 16 and 17, they had to killer nominate by “murdering” the housemate they have chosen. At the end of Day 17, detectives Brandi and Paul would have to choose which housemates they thought were the killers. If they had guessed correctly, the identified killers would face the public vote. However, they guessed incorrectly and the killers were immune.

^Note 6 : The public were voting to win rather than to save. The votes were frozen on Day 23, where the housemate with the fewest votes was evicted via the backdoor. Sarah won with 35.33% of the final vote, whilst Amelia was runner-up with 29.92%. Sam was third with 14.80%, Derek was fourth with 8.92%, with Chad finishing fifth with 5.48%, and Jemma sixth with 4.83%. Shaun was evicted on Day 23 with 0.72% of the final vote, 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   1.53 1.53 1.53
Sunday 1.71 1.69 1.80
Monday 1.84 1.76 1.79
Tuesday 2.11 1.73 1.89 1.77
Wednesday 2.21 1.86 1.92 1.77
Thursday 2.04 1.87 1.88 1.76
Friday 1.79 1.52 1.44 1.87
Weekly average 2.04 1.72 1.73 1.76
Running average 2.04 1.88 1.83 1.81
Series average 1.8
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows.