Celebrity Big Brother 6

Celebrity Big Brother 2009, also known as Celebrity Big Brother 6, was the sixth series of Celebrity Big Brother. It was broadcast on Channel 4, launching on 2 January 2009 and running for 22 days until 23 January 2009. The launch show was watched by approximately 6.4 million people. Davina McCall returned as main presenter, with George Lamb as host of Big Brother’s Little Brother, and Jack Whitehall as host of Big Brother’s Big Mouth. The winner of this series was Ulrika Jonsson, with Terry Christian second.

This was the first series of Celebrity Big Brother to air since the racism controversy of 2007, during series 5, although Channel 4’s sister channel E4 aired a similar spin-off in 2008, entitled Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack.

This series was the least watched Celebrity Big Brother series, averaging 3.3 million viewers; at the time of transmission, it was also the least watched series of any Big Brother in the UK (excluding spin-offs) until the tenth non-celebrity series pulled in 2.5 million. Despite the low viewership, the launch show was the most watched programme of 2009 on Channel 4, raking in 6 million viewers.

Ulrika and Coolio took part in Ultimate Big Brother in 2010. Coolio was removed within the first few days and Ulrika finished seventh on the final night.

Housemates

Celebrity Age on entry Notability Day entered Day exited Result
Ulrika Jonsson 41 Presenter 1 22 Winner
Terry Christian 48 Presenter 1 22 Runner-up
Coolio 45 Musician 1 22 3rd Place
Verne Troyer 40 Actor 1 22 4th Place
Ben Adams 27 Singer 1 22 5th Place
Tommy Sheridan 42 Politician 1 20 Evicted
La Toya Jackson 52 Jackson family member and singer 1 20 Evicted
Michelle Heaton 29 Singer 1 18 Evicted
Mutya Buena 23 Singer 1 15 Walked
Tina Malone 45 Actress 1 15 Evicted
Lucy Pinder 25 Glamour model 1 8 Evicted

Nominations Table

Day 5 Day 12 Day 17 Day 22
Final
Nominations
received
Ulrika Not
eligible
Ben,
La Toya
Terry,
Tommy
Winner
(Day 22)
11
Terry Ulrika,
Lucy,
Ben
Michelle,
Ulrika
Ben,
Verne
Runner-up
(Day 22)
2
Coolio Not
eligible
Ulrika,
Michelle
Ulrika,
Michelle
Third place
(Day 22)
3
Verne Not
eligible
Ulrika,
Tina
Ulrika,
Terry
Fourth place
(Day 22)
2
Ben Not
eligible
Tina,
Mutya
Ulrika,
Coolio
Fifth place
(Day 22)
4
Tommy Not
eligible
Ulrika,
Mutya
Ulrika,
Michelle
Evicted
(Day 20)
3
La Toya Not
eligible
Ulrika,
Mutya
Ulrika,
Michelle
Evicted
(Day 20)
1
Michelle Not
eligible
Tina,
Coolio
Coolio,
Tommy
Evicted
(Day 18)
6
Mutya Not
eligible
Tommy,
Verne
Walked
(Day 15)
3
Tina Not
eligible
Michelle,
Ben
Evicted
(Day 15)
3
Lucy Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 8)
1
Notes 1 none 2
Against
public vote
Lucy,
Ulrika
Michelle,
Mutya,
Tina,
Ulrika
Michelle,
Ulrika
Ben,
Coolio,
La Toya,
Terry,
Tommy,
Ulrika,
Verne
Walked none Mutya none
Evicted Lucy
57.0%
to evict
Tina
38.8%
to evict
Michelle
67.0%
to evict
La Toya
6.6%
(out of 7)
Tommy
9.2%
(out of 7)
Ben
15.2%
(out of 5)
Verne
15.8%
(out of 5)
Coolio
25.3%
(out of 3)
Terry
43.3%
(out of 2)
Ulrika
56.7%
to win

^Note 1 :   In Week 1, as Head of House, Terry nominated Ulrika, Lucy and Ben. On Day 5, housemates then chose who they wanted to save from eviction; they chose Ben.

^Note 2 : The public were voting for who they wanted to win rather than to evict, and the two with the fewest votes left in a double eviction on Day 20.

The House

Trailer

Title Sequence

Ratings

Official viewers (millions)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Saturday 2.99 2.41 2.33
Sunday 3.1 2.44 2.46
Monday 3.57 2.36 2.04
3.42
Tuesday 3.29 3.23 2.71
2.33
Wednesday 3.17 3.01 2.58
3.2
Thursday 3.09 2.6 2.84
Friday 5.9 3.75 3.43 3.29
2.76 2.68 3.65
Weekly
average
3.4 2.77 2.85
Running
average
3.4 3.12 3.02
Series
average
3.02
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows.