Celebrity Big Brother 2005, also known as Celebrity Big Brother 3, was the third series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. It launched on 6 January 2005 and ended on 23 January 2005, airing on Channel 4. Davina McCall returned as host of the main show. The series continued with Big Brother 5’s ‘evil’ theme. It was won by dancer Mark “Bez” Berry.
This was the first series of Celebrity Big Brother to air since 2002, as Teen Big Brother: The Experiment and Big Brother Panto were broadcast in its place in 2003 and 2004, respectively. This was also the first series where the celebrities were being paid for their appearance rather than doing it for charity like the previous two series, however a percentage of phone vote funds went towards helping victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
John McCririck, who was the second housemate to be evicted, represented this series in Ultimate Big Brother in 2010, where he was the first to be evicted.
| Celebrity | Age on entry | Notability | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bez | 40 | Dancer and percussionist | 1 | 18 | Winner |
| Kenzie | 19 | Rapper | 1 | 18 | Runner-up |
| Brigitte Nielsen | 41 | Actress and model | 1 | 18 | 3rd Place |
| Jeremy Edwards | 33 | Actor | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
| Caprice | 33 | Model and actress | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
| Lisa I'Anson | 39 | Presenter | 1 | 14 | Evicted |
| John McCririck† | 64 | Horse racing pundit | 1 | 12 | Evicted |
| Jackie Stallone† | 83 | Mother of Sylvester Stallone | 5 | 9 | Evicted |
| Germaine Greer | 65 | Feminist, academic and journalist | 1 | 6 | Walked |
| Day 7 | Day 10 | Day 14 | Day 18 Final |
Nominations received | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bez | Jackie, John |
Brigitte, Kenzie |
Jeremy, Lisa |
Winner (Day 18) |
11 | |
| Kenzie | John, Jackie |
John, Bez |
Bez, Brigitte |
Runner-up (Day 18) |
2 | |
| Brigitte | John, Jackie |
John, Bez |
Bez, Caprice |
Third place (Day 18) |
6 | |
| Jeremy | Jackie, Lisa |
Bez, Brigitte |
Brigitte, Caprice |
Fourth Place (Day 16) |
3 | |
| Caprice | John, Jackie |
Bez, John |
Bez, Brigitte |
Fifth Place (Day 16) |
3 | |
| Lisa | John, Jackie |
John, Bez |
Bez, Kenzie |
Sixth Place (Day 14) |
2 | |
| John | Bez, Caprice |
Brigitte, Jeremy |
Evicted (Day 12) |
9 | ||
| Jackie | Bez, Jeremy |
Evicted (Day 9) |
6 | |||
| Germaine | Walked (Day 6) |
N/A | ||||
| Nomination note |
1, 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Against public vote |
Jackie, John |
Bez, John |
Bez, Brigitte, Caprice, Jeremy, Kenzie, Lisa | |||
| Walked | Germaine | none | ||||
| Evicted | Jackie 33% to save |
John 39% to save |
None | Lisa 3% (out of 6) |
Brigitte 28% (out of 3) | |
| Caprice 5% (out of 5) | ||||||
| Kenzie 46% (out of 2) | ||||||
| Jeremy 12% (out of 4) | ||||||
| Bez 54% to win | ||||||
^Note 1 : Jackie, as a new housemate, was originally allowed to nominate, but not allowed to be nominated. However, due to Germaine’s departure, Jackie became eligible to both nominate and be nominated.
^Note 2 : All eviction votes this series were votes to save rather than to evict. Therefore, the housemate with the fewest votes was evicted.
^Note 3 : Housemates nominated for the third time – in fake nominations. Whilst the housemates nominated, the public were voting for who they wanted to win. Lisa was evicted later that night, and two days after, there was a double eviction, evicting Caprice and Jeremy. Without the twist, Bez and Brigitte would have faced the public vote.
^Note 4 : The public were voting for the housemate they wanted to win rather than to save.
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 3.02 | 3.69 | 3.01 | ||
| Sunday | 3.68 | 4.2 | 5.67 | ||
| Monday | 4.41 | 4.27 | |||
| Tuesday | 4.39 | 3.47 | |||
| Wednesday | 4.53 | 4.85 | |||
| Thursday | 5.41 | 4.49 | 4.09 | ||
| Friday | 3.53 | 4.54 | 4.75 | ||
| Weekly average | 4.22 | 4.19 | 4.34 | ||
| Running average | 4.22 | 4.21 | 4.22 | ||
| Series average | 4.22 | ||||
| blue-coloured boxes denote live shows. | |||||
