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List of Big Brother (British TV series) housemates

Since Big Brother began in 2000, there have been a total of 375 civilian, 10 Panto, 8 ', 12 ' and 14 ultimate housemates; 179 men and 196 women. There have been 22 winners of Big Brother; 13 men and 9 women. The first male winner was Craig Phillips in Big Brother 1 and the first female winner was Kate Lawler in Big Brother 3. The youngest winner is Cameron Cole, who was 19 at the time of winning Big Brother 19, and the oldest winner is Richard Storry, who was 60 when he won Big Brother 22.

A total of 311 housemates have been evicted, 16 housemates have been ejected, and 25 housemates have walked from the Big Brother house, whilst Andrew Cruickshanks who competed in Big Brother 18 left the house during the final after becoming the winning "Second Chance" housemate. Farida Khalifa is the only housemate to compete in two separate civilian series, on Big Brother 20 and Big Brother 22 respectively. Only one housemate, Nikki Grahame, has been voted back into the house after being evicted. Grahame, Jade Goody, Nick Bateman and Victor Ebuwa are the only housemates to appear on three different series' of the show. Goody is, to date, the only housemate to have competed in both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, as well as appearing in Big Brother Panto. Furthermore Goody and Grahame are the only housemates to compete on international versions of the show, appearing on Big Boss 2 and Big Brother Canada 4 in 2008 and 2016 respectively. In 2010, Big Brother 2 winner Brian Dowling was crowned Ultimate Champion over the first 11 series of Big Brother on Channel 4. The show was revived on Channel 5 in 2011, and ran for a further eight series until it was axed in 2018. More contestants began competing in the series when the programme was revived for the second time on ITV2 in 2023.

Housemates

Key

Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Walked
Ejected
Left
Participating

Statistics

  • Number of housemates: 359
  • Male housemates: 170
  • Female housemates: 189
  • Two competing as one housemate: 3<sup>*</sup>
  • Male winners: 13 <small>(Latest: Richard Storry – Big Brother 22)</small>
  • Female winners: 9 <small>(Latest: Ali Bromley – Big Brother 21)</small>
  • Walks: 25 <small>(Latest: Kay Lovelle – Big Brother 19)</small>
  • Ejections: 16 <small>(Latest: George Gilbert – Big Brother 22)</small>
  • First to enter: Sada Walkington <small>(Big Brother 1)</small>
  • Last to enter: Farida Khalifa <small>(Big Brother 22)</small>
  • Last out: Richard Storry (Winner) <small>(Big Brother 22)</small>
  • Biggest winning percentage: 77.5% to win – Josie Gibson <small>(Big Brother 11)</small>
  • Closest winning percentage: 50.6% to win – Helen Wood <small>(Big Brother 15)</small>
  • Biggest eviction percentage: 94.04% to evict – Nicole Cammack <small>(Big Brother 9)</small>
  • Closest eviction percentage: 50.5% to evict – Science Harvey <small>(Big Brother 6)</small>
  • Most total nominations: 46 nominations – Marcus Akin <small>(Big Brother 10)</small>
  • Most nominations in a single week: 10 nominations – Sunshine Martyn <small>(Big Brother 11)</small>, Dexter Koh <small>(Big Brother 14)</small>, Jayne Connery <small>(Big Brother 17)</small>
  • Most times nominated: 8 times – Marcus Akin, Freddie Fisher/Halfwit <small>(Big Brother 10)</small>
  • Most total nominations for a winner: 25 nominations – Aaron Allard-Morgan <small>(Big Brother 12)</small>
  • Fewest total nominations for a winner: 3 nominations<sup>**</sup> – Pete Bennett (<small>Big Brother 7</small>), Brian Belo (<small>Big Brother 8</small>), Chloe Wilburn (<small>Big Brother 16</small>)
  • Most total nominations from a finalist: 34 nominations – Dexter Koh <small>(Big Brother 14)</small>
  • Fewest total nominations from a finalist: 0 nominations<sup>**</sup> – Kinga Karolczak <small>(Big Brother 6)</small>, Amanda and Sam Marchant <small>(Big Brother 8)</small>
  • Most time spent in the house: 100 Days – Nikki Grahame <small>(Big Brother 7, Ultimate Big Brother, Big Brother 16)</small>
  • Least time spent in the house: 1 Day – Ellis Hillon <small>(Big Brother 19)</small>

<sup>*</sup> <small>Sam and Amanda Marchant (Big Brother 8) are not included in this as they began the series as two separate housemates, but Emma and Victoria (Big Brother 17) are included as they started as one Housemate, despite Victoria voluntarily leaving on Day 5 and Emma remaining as a sole Housemate.</small><br> <sup>**</sup> <small>Helen Wood (Big Brother 15) received 0 nominations but received a pass to the final in Week 1 meaning she was exempt from nominations every week.</small>

Specials

Gallery

Notes

  • Ages at the time the housemate entered the house
  • Occupation at the time the housemate entered the house

See also

References