Celebrity Big Brother 22, also known as Celebrity Big Brother: Eye of the Storm, was the twenty-second and final series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. It launched on 16 August 2018 on Channel 5 and ended after 26 days on 10 September 2018. It was the fifteenth celebrity series and twenty-second series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5. For the first time since 2011, the celebrity edition aired before the main series with Big Brother 19 launching after the final in September 2018. Celebrity Big Brother 22 was the final celebrity series in the three-year contract which was announced on 19 March 2015. Emma Willis returned as host of the series, while Rylan Clark-Neal continued to present Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side.
On 10 September 2018, Ryan Thomas was announced as the winner of the series, with Kirstie Alley as the runner-up.
On 14 September 2018, it was confirmed that this was the final series of Celebrity Big Brother to air on Channel 5 after their decision to axe the show.
| Celebrity | Age on entry | Notability | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Thomas | 34 | Actor | 1 | 26 | Winner |
| Kirstie Alley | 67 | Actress | 1 | 26 | Runner-up |
| Dan Osborne | 27 | Reality TV star | 1 | 26 | 3rd Place |
| Nick Leeson | 51 | Rogue trader | 1 | 26 | 4th Place |
| Sally Morgan | 66 | Psychic | 1 | 26 | 5th Place |
| Gabby Allen | 26 | Reality TV star | 1 | 26 | 6th Place |
| Hardeep Singh Kohli | 49 | Comedian and presenter | 1 | 23 | Evicted |
| Jermaine Pennant | 35 | Footballer | 1 | 19 | Evicted |
| Roxanne Pallett | 35 | Actress | 1 | 17 | Walked |
| Ben Jardine | 37 | Reality TV star | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
| Chloe Ayling | 21 | Escaped human trafficking victim | 1 | 13 | Evicted |
| Jessica Alves | 35 | Media personality | 1 | 10 | Ejected |
| Natalie Nunn | 33 | Reality TV star | 1 | 9 | Evicted |
| Day 5 | Day 11 | Day 16 | Day 17 | Day 20 | Final Day 26 |
Nominations received |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | Chloe, Natalie |
Chloe, Roxanne |
Ben | Hardeep, Jermaine |
Hardeep | Winner (Day 26) |
5 | |
| Kirstie | Natalie, Rodrigo |
Hardeep, Chloe |
Ben | Hardeep, Jermaine |
Hardeep | Runner-up (Day 26) |
2 | |
| Dan | Natalie, Roxanne |
Chloe, Ryan |
Jermaine | Hardeep, Sally |
Hardeep | Third place (Day 26) |
0 | |
| Nick | Kirstie, Chloe |
Roxanne, Chloe |
Ben |
Hardeep, Jermaine |
Sally | Fourth place (Day 26) |
5 | |
| Sally | Hardeep, Rodrigo |
Hardeep, Chloe |
Ben | Hardeep, Jermaine |
Hardeep | Fifth place (Day 26) |
5 | |
| Gabby | Natalie, Rodrigo |
Hardeep, Roxanne |
Jermaine | Nick, Hardeep |
Hardeep | Sixth place (Day 26) |
2 | |
| Hardeep | Natalie, Sally |
Chloe, Roxanne |
Ben | Sally, Ryan |
Sally | Evicted (Day 23) |
23 | |
| Jermaine | Natalie, Hardeep |
Nick, Hardeep |
Nominated | Nick, Gabby |
Evicted (Day 19) |
7 | ||
| Roxanne | Hardeep, Natalie |
Hardeep, Ryan |
Jermaine | Walked (Day 17) |
5 | |||
| Ben | Natalie, Ryan |
Chloe, Ryan |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 16) |
5 | |||
| Chloe | Nick, Hardeep |
Nick, Hardeep |
Evicted (Day 13) |
9 | ||||
| Rodrigo | Gabby, Hardeep |
Ejected (Day 10) |
3 | |||||
| Natalie | Hardeep, Kirstie |
Evicted (Day 9) |
8 | |||||
| Notes | 1 | none | 2 | none | 3 | 4 | ||
| Against public vote |
Hardeep, Natalie |
Chloe, Hardeep |
Ben, Dan, Gabby, Hardeep, Jermaine, Kirstie, Nick, Roxanne, Ryan, Sally |
Hardeep, Jermaine |
Hardeep, Sally |
Dan, Gabby, Kirstie, Nick, Ryan, Sally |
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| Ejected | none | Rodrigo | none | |||||
| Walked | none | Roxanne | none | |||||
| Evicted | Natalie Fewest votes to save |
Chloe Fewest votes to save |
Ben 5 of 8 votes (out of 2) to evict |
Jermaine Fewest votes to save |
Hardeep Fewest votes to save |
Gabby Fewest votes (out of 6) |
Dan Fewest votes (out of 3) |
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| Sally Fewest votes (out of 5) |
Kirstie Fewest votes (out of 2) |
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| Nick Fewest votes (out of 4) |
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| Ryan Most votes to win |
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^Note 1 : On Day 5, Kirstie (as House President) was able to award immunity to one housemate of her choice. She chose Jermaine.
^Note 2 : Following Chloe’s eviction, viewers were given the power to nominate. A free poll on the Big Brother app allowed viewers to pick their favourite housemate. The two housemates with the fewest votes – Ben and Jermaine – were “nominated”, and the remaining housemates were called to the diary room one-by-one to select which of the two housemates they would like to evict. After an initial tie of 4-4, Big Brother asked the housemates to vote again face-to-face by a show of hands. Nick switched his vote, and Ben was subsequently evicted on Day 16.
^Note 3 : This week the housemates made one nomination, rather than two. Any housemate who received a nomination faced eviction.
^Note 4 : For the final three days, the public were voting for who they wanted to win, rather than save.
| Official viewers (millions) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |||
| Saturday | 1.83 | 1.78 | 2.22 | 1.53 | |
| Sunday | 1.67 | 1.84 | 1.96 | 1.74 | |
| Monday | 1.89 | 1.88 | 2.23 | 2.02 | |
| 1.59 | |||||
| Tuesday | 1.85 | 1.75 | 2.17 | ||
| Wednesday | 1.87 | 1.97 | 2.19 | ||
| Thursday | 2.51 | 1.84 | 2.22 | 2.14 | |
| Friday | 2.13 | 1.87 | 2.18 | 1.80 | |
| Weekly average | 1.94 | 1.95 | 1.96 | ||
| Running average | 1.94 | 1.95 | 1.95 | ||
| Series average | 2.0 | ||||
| Blue-coloured boxes denote live shows. | |||||
