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| hm3 = Mikey Dalton

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| runner_up = [[Glyn Wise]]

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* ''[[List of Big Brother (British TV series) shows#Big Brother's Big Brain|Big Brother's Big Brain]]''

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* ''[[List of Big Brother (British TV series) shows#Big Brother Live|Big Brother Live]]''

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| hm12 = Sezer Yurtseven

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| hm14 = Bonnie Holt

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| hm15 = Dawn Blake

| hm15-exit = Day 8 <small>''(ejected)''</small>

| hm16 = Shahbaz Chauhdry

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'''''Big Brother 2006''''', also known as '''''Big Brother 7''''', was the seventh series of the British [[reality television]] series ''[[Big Brother (British TV series)|Big Brother]]''. The show followed a total of twenty-two contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built house. Each week, one or more of the housemates were eliminated from the competition and left the House. The last remaining housemate, [[Pete Bennett]], was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £100,000.

'''''Big Brother series 7''''', broadcast in the [[United Kingdom]] (at [[Elstree Studios]]) in [[2006]], is the seventh season of the popular ''[[Big Brother (UK TV series)|Big Brother]]'' [[reality television]] series. Shown on [[Channel 4]] from [[May 18]], [[2006]] to [[August 18]], [[2006]], it is the longest series yet at thirteen weeks long. The series has [[#Criticism|been criticised]] by many different organisations for the introduction of a man with [[Tourette's syndrome]] to the house and disallowing contestants to speak in [[Welsh language|Welsh]]. On the opening night, the programme obtained a peak audience of 8.1 million viewers, one million greater than [[Big Brother UK series 6|the previous year's show]].<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4997372.stm ''Big Brother'' gets record ratings]", ''[[BBC]]''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

The series launched on [[Channel 4]] on 18 May 2006 and ended on 18 August 2006, lasting 93 days - the joint-second longest British edition of ''Big Brother'' to date (together with the [[Big Brother (British TV series) series 9|ninth]] and [[Big Brother (British TV series) series 10|tenth]] series, and one day shorter than the [[Big Brother (British TV series) series 8|eighth]] series). [[Davina McCall]] returned as presenter for her seventh consecutive year. Fourteen housemates entered on launch night, with an additional eight being introduced in later weeks. The series was watched by an average of 4.7 million viewers, the third highest viewed series of the show to date. It was also the first series since the show's [[Big Brother (British TV series) series 1|inception]] to be broadcast in [[16:9]] aspect ratio, as opposed to [[4:3]].

The show's format is unchanged from previous years. A number of [[contestant]]s (known as "housemates") live in a [[bespoke|purpose-built]] house, totally isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, one is evicted from the house, by way of a public [[vote]]. The final housemate to leave wins the grand prize of £100,000.

''Big Brother 7'' was the subject of viewer complaints and press attention regarding a variety of controversial issues, including the wellbeing of certain participants and the decision to allow former housemates to re-enter. In 2010, the series was voted the British public's favourite series of ''Big Brother''.

Companion shows ''[[Big Brother's Big Mouth]]'' and ''[[Big Brother's Little Brother]]'' are retained this series, with the addition of ''[[Big Brother's Big Brain]]'' (a [[psychology]] show), hosted by [[Dermot O'Leary]]. Channel 4 have scrapped their [[Red Button (Digital Television)|red button]] services replacing them with full streaming (with a 15 minute delay) on Sky through [[Freeview]]'s [[More 4]]+1. Some time in July, this will be replaced by [[Filmfour]].<ref>"[http://www.bigblagger.co.uk/index.php/2006/05/17/good-news-for-freeview.html Good News for Freeview Customers]", ''Big Blagger''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

Finalist [[Nikki Grahame]] died in April 2021 following a long battle with anorexia. Nikki’s life and battle with the eating disorder was the subject of a documentary titled “Nikki Grahame: Who Is She?”.

== Housemates == <!-- PLEASE READ THE TALK PAGE BEFORE ADDING ANY HOUSEMATE IMAGES -->

Of the seventeen housemates introduced into the house, fourteen entered on the launch night. This is greater than previous years. Due to the departures of Shahbaz and Dawn, two new housemates &mdash; Sam and Aisleyne &mdash; were introduced as part of the Meal or No Meal task.

==Production==

Following the departure of George, there is some speculation about the possibility of another new housemate, sent in with the [[#Golden ticket|Golden Ticket winner]] on Day 23.<ref>"[http://community.channel4.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/9600039054/m/8450078084 Kit-Kat person will make up the numbers], ''The Big Brother Forums''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

===Eye logo===

The eye this year featured two spiral shapes, one black and one yellow.

===Title sequence===

This series overall has seen the largest number of housemates to leave without eviction, beating [[Big Brother UK series 3|the third series]], where two housemates walked out.

The title sequence contained phrases such as, at the very beginning with a screen resembling an [[FBI Anti-Piracy Warning]]: "This is the title sequence for Big Brother", "In agreeing to take part in Big Brother you agree to abide by the rules. Big Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any time." "NOT FOR TRANSMISSION", "Big Brother's decision is final", and a copyright year of 1903 (written MCMIII), the birth year of [[George Orwell]]. Parts of the sequence include CCTV-style footage of the Wandsworth Underpass featured at the start of the film version of ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''. The time and date displayed at the bottom keep repeating the digit [[7 (number)|seven]], signifying the seventh series of the show. Other words flashed on screen included "You are being observed", and, in sequence the text "cam 01", "cam 09", "cam 08" and "cam 04" was shown at the top of the screen, making 1984, another reference to ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thediaryroom.net/tbbs/index.php?page=titles |title=Opening Titles ''The Big Brother Show 2006'' |access-date=1 July 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805144825/http://thediaryroom.net/tbbs/index.php?page=titles |archive-date=5 August 2007}}</ref>

=== Bonnie Holt Broadcasts===

[[Davina McCall]] hosted the main eviction show, as well as the live launch and finale. She would also host the main [[Channel 4]] show on other nights, that may involve a twist or a new housemate arriving. The nightly highlight shows were once again narrated by [[Marcus Bentley]]. This was the last series to feature a highlights show the night after the finale, showing the housemates last day in the house.

[[Image:Bonnie-openingnight.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Bonnie Holt on launch night]]

Bonnie Holt, the first housemate to enter, is a 20-year-old care worker from [[Loughborough]], working with sufferers of [[Down's syndrome]]. With a brother, Clyde, and sister, Lara, she is known for her strong [[Loughborough]] [[accent]].<ref>"[http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/bb7/contestants/bonnie/ ''Big Brother'': Bonnie]", ''DigitalSpy''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref> The first evictee, she was evicted on Day 9 with 78% of the vote.

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For the first time since BB launched, live action was available exclusively online, with paid subscription, through the official Channel 4 website; Channel 4 claimed that the decision to cease any live streaming to terrestrial, cable or satellite channels, was as a direct result of the public outrage which followed the "Fight Night" incident in last years show, however many fans were of the belief that this was simply Channel 4 and programme makers Endemol 'cashing in'.

=== Pete Bennett ===

[[Diary Room Uncut]] returned and was extended to one hour and broadcast on Saturday nights, as well as a half hour segment on Monday nights.

[[Image:Pete3.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Pete Bennett in the diary room]]

[[Russell Brand]] returned for ''[[Big Brother's Big Mouth]]'' in a new late-night time slot, straight after the Channel 4 show, having previously obtained this slot during the [[Celebrity Big Brother 4 (UK)|previous celebrity series]]. As a result of the time slot, the show had a more adult theme. It was broadcast Tuesday to Friday.

Pete, second housemate to enter, is a 24-year-old [[rock and roll]] singer from [[Brighton]], who has [[Tourette syndrome]]. His band, ''Daddy Fantastic'', claim to be influence by [[Jimmy Hendrix]] and [[Scooby Doo]]. According to a report in the [[Sunday Mirror]], ''Daddy Fantastic'' is named due to Pete's partiality to [[BDSM]].<ref>"[http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17142836&method=full&siteid=62484&headline=pete-likes-ruff-stuff-name_page.html Pete Likes Ruff Stuff]", ''[[Sunday Mirror]]''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref> Pete's most prized possesion is a teddy given to him as a birthday present by [[Robert Smith]], lead singer of [[The Cure]], who is a friend of Pete's mother Anne.

===Sponsor===

There is ambiguity over Pete's surname. Some claim that it's "Bennett"<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5008062.stm Shahbaz walks out of ''Big Brother'']", ''BBC''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref> and some that it's Stephenson.<ref>"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/news/btn/bb7_pete1.shtml Don't 'beep' Big Brother's Pete]", ''BBC''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref> His name is Bennett but his mother is Mrs Stephenson, having remarried <ref>Evening Standard 31.05.2006</ref>. During a conversation with Aisleyne, he said that he too had a double-barrelled name, which explains the discrepancies.

The [[Carphone Warehouse]] remained as sponsor.

==House==

The Bookies have placed Pete as the favourite to win since the beginning of the series.<ref>"[http://www.oddschecker.com/betting/mode/o/card/specials-bigbrother/odds/2397469x/sid/903391 ''Big Brother'' Odds]", ''OddsChecker''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>'

[[File:Bb uk 7 houseplan.svg|300px|thumb|right|House plan with the ''House Next Door'' highlighted]]

The interior of the house was much smaller than the year before. The living room was brought back inside the house, with two glass doors separating it from the main floor area. On Launch Night, McCall said the room will change colour depending on what mood the housemates were in, however the walls only changed colour on eviction nights. The bedroom was across from the living room, and featured a waterbed. The bathroom was accessed through the bedroom, and featured a bath, shower and also a toilet. The kitchen was small and beside the door leading to the garden. In the garden, which was much larger than the house, was a barbecue, a pool, a seating area and a bridge titled The Bridge to Nowhere which led to another seating area. The interior stairs remained closed off once again, and had a yellow and black theme.

===GeorgeThe AskewHouse Next Door===

The House Next Door was a group of rooms connected to the original house via the Diary Room. On Day 44, five new housemates entered this house. The public, instead of voting for a housemate to be evicted, voted to transfer one of the current housemates to also live in the new house.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9788.html |title=Digital Spy - "More twist details; BB to stage fake eviction" |access-date=28 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630200732/http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9788.html |archive-date=30 June 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Aisleyne was voted to be moved into the House Next Door along with 5 new housemates; Jonathan, Spiral, Jennie, Michael and Jayne.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9815.html |title=Digital Spy - |access-date=30 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630201054/http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9815.html |archive-date=30 June 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Over the course of her stay in the House Next Door, Aisleyne was required to 'evict' three of her fellow housemates (Jayne, Michael and Jennie respectively), unaware this was an eviction from the House Next Door to the main house. Before returning to the main house on Day 49, she then had to evict one final housemate, whose eviction would be for real. She evicted Jonathan over Spiral.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9863.html |title=Digital Spy - "Aisleyne or Susie to 'evict' new housemates" |access-date=30 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060703204054/http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9863.html |archive-date=3 July 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The House Next Door was also used later on in the series. In Week 10 it featured in the "Prison Task" and in Week 12 it housed four previous evictees - Grace, Mikey, Lea and Nikki - all of whom had been voted by the public to re-enter the House.

George is a 19-year-old [[student]] from [[London]], whose friends include [[Princess Beatrice of York]] and Sam Sangster (son of the race-horse owner). A former student at [[Ludgrove School]] (he was there at the same time as [[Prince William]] and [[Prince Harry]]), he went onto the prestigious [[Harrow School]]. George is the son of a former [[private secretary]] to the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]]. He is a great-grandson of the [[John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere|4th Earl of Ellesmere]] (through his paternal grandmother, Lady Susan Askew) and his great-uncle was the [[John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland|6th Duke of Sutherland]]. One of his father's cousins married into the Bowes-Lyon family, [[Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne|Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne]], and so it has been claimed he is linked to [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother]]. [http://freespace.virgin.net/john.elkin/levgower005.htm#ref277]

==Housemates==

On Day 13, George left the ''Big Brother'' house. He had told Grace his intentions earlier and she could not persuade him to stay. Before leaving he told Big Brother in the Diary Room: "My reason for leaving the ''Big Brother'' house is the thought of fame and how I would like to continue my private life - and fame is too much for me." [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5028780.stm]

Fourteen housemates entered the House on launch night, and eight other housemates entered the House later during the series, making a total of twenty-two housemates competing in ''Big Brother 7''. Two of these eight housemates were replacement housemates Sam and Aisleyne, arriving on Day 12, who were introduced<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1286&articleMask=1&housemateId= |title=NEWSFLASH: New Housemates Arrive |work=Big Brother Channel 4 website |access-date=29 August 2006 |archive-date=13 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113235015/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1286&articleMask=1&housemateId= |url-status=dead }}</ref> to the housemates as part of the Meal or No Meal task after the departure of Shahbaz and Dawn. George decided to leave the House of his own will, a rule all housemates are allowed to take advantage of at any time, on Day 13. On Day 23, Susie entered the House as Big Brother's lucky Golden Ticket winner. Five more housemates entered on Day 44 (Jonathan, Spiral, Jennie, Michael and Jayne) to the House Next Door, totalling 22 housemates. This is the joint-second highest number of housemates of ''Big Brother UK'' to date, together with the [[Big Brother (British series 10)|tenth]] and [[Big Brother (British series 18)|eighteenth]] series, and behind the [[Big Brother (British series 8)|eighth]] series, which had 23.

This series saw the largest number of housemates to leave without being evicted, with three exiting the House. This beat [[Big Brother (British series 3)|series 3]], where there was a total of fourteen housemates and two people walked; and [[Big Brother (British series 5)|series 5]], in which there were a total of thirteen housemates and two were ejected. Housemate numbers also topped [[Big Brother (British series 6)|series 6]], in which even after the "Secret Garden" twist, there were only a total of sixteen contestants. At one point there were more additional housemates than original housemates in this series: during Week 9, following Nikki's eviction there was a total of six additional housemates and five original housemates, having entered the House on launch night.

===Shahbaz Chauhdry===

[[Image:Pete Bennett.jpg|right|thumb|[[Pete Bennett]]]]

Shahbaz is a gay 37-year-old "unemployable", Scottish born [[Glasgow|Glaswegian]]. He styles himself as "the [[paki]] [[Poofter|poof]]" or a "wacky paki", a phrase that caused offence with at least one housemate. Shahbaz writes [[poetry]] in his spare time and longs to get it published one day. He also [[knitting|knits]] and despite classifying himself as unemployable, according to the ''[[Daily Star]]'' he once worked as an entertainer in a detention centre for illegal immigrants. He lived on £75 a week before entering the house, and presumably still does, although is also getting money for interviews and the like.

[[Image:AisleyneHorganWallace.jpg|right|thumb|[[Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace]]]]

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Shahbaz has been criticised by some housemates for what they regard as childish behaviour. It was generally accepted that he did not adapt well to life in the house. Through his acting-out behaviour and "theatrical" monologues Shahbaz had been cast aside by his fellow housemates, except Pete, Glyn and George. Shahbaz was being [[suicide watch|monitored]] by production team psychologists following comments that he intended to commit [[suicide]] whilst in the house [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5008062.stm] and on Day 6 he agreed to leave the ''Big Brother'' house. On this final day in the house he was subject to obvious bullying and ostracisation by the other housemates, which included them locking him outside in the garden, mocking him, stealing his clothes while he was swimming, insulting him, throwing his [[breakfast]] in the bin and then shouting at him for wasting food, and pointedly leaving the sitting room upon his entrance. Those leaving included Pete, but George stayed in the room.

!scope="col" | Name

!scope="col" | Age on entry

!scope="col" | Hometown

!scope="col" | Day entered

!scope="col" | Day exited

!scope="col" | Result

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! scope="row" align="left" | [[Pete Bennett]]

| align="center" | 24

|[[Brighton]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 93

| {{won|Winner}}

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!scope="row" align="left" | [[Glyn Wise]]

| align="center" | 18

|[[Blaenau Ffestiniog]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 93

| {{Runner-up}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | [[Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace]]

| align="center" | 27

|[[London]]

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 93

| {{CFinalist|3rd place}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | [[Richard Newman (broadcaster)|Richard Newman]]

| align="center" | 33

|[[London]] (originally from [[Canada]])

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 93

| {{CFinalist|4th place}}

|-

!scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 align="left" | [[Nikki Grahame]]

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 24

| rowspan=2 | [[Hertfordshire]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 58

| rowspan=2 {{CFinalist|5th place{{efn|name=Return|The public voted for which four ex-housemates they would like to move into the House Next Door on Day 79. George, Shahbaz, Dawn and Jonathan were not eligible to re-enter as they had not left the House via a public vote. Bonnie and Sezer were also not eligible for legal reasons. Grace, Lea, Mikey and Nikki moved into the House Next Door on Day 83. On Day 86, the housemates in the main house chose Nikki to re-enter the house, where she became eligible to win. Grace, Lea and Mikey were therefore re-evicted.}}}}

|-

| align="center" | 83

| align="center" | 93

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Jennie Corner

| align="center" | 18

|[[Liverpool]]

| align="center" | 44

| align="center" | 93

| {{CFinalist|6th place}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | [[Imogen Thomas]]

| align="center" | 23

|[[Llanelli]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 86

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Susie Verrico

| align="center" | 43

|[[Kent]]

| align="center" | 23

| align="center" | 79

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="row" rowspan=2 align="left" | Mikey Dalton

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 23

| rowspan=2 | [[Liverpool]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 79

| rowspan=2 {{eliminated|Evicted{{efn|name=Return}}}}

|-

| align="center" | 83

| align="center" | 86

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Glen "Spiral" Coroner

| align="center" | 22

|[[Dublin]]

| align="center" | 44

| align="center" | 72

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Michael Cheshire

| align="center" | 23

|[[Manchester]]

| align="center" | 44

| align="center" | 72

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Jayne Kitt

| align="center" | 36

|[[Slough]]

| align="center" | 44

| align="center" | 65

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 align="left" | Lea Walker

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 35

| rowspan=2 | [[Nottingham]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 51

| rowspan=2 {{eliminated|Evicted{{efn|name=Return}}}}

|-

| align="center" | 83

| align="center" | 86

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Jonathan Leonard<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/new-bb-housemate-mummys-boy-1540151 |title=New BB housemate is a Mummy's boy |date=July 2006}}</ref>

| align="center" | 24

|[[Cumbria]]

| align="center" | 44

| align="center" | 49

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Lisa Huo

| align="center" | 27

|[[Manchester]] (originally from [[China]])

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 37

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 align="left" | Grace Adams-Short

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 20

| rowspan=2 | [[London]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 30

| rowspan=2 {{eliminated|Evicted{{efn|name=Return}}}}

|-

| align="center" | 83

| align="center" | 86

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Sam Brodie

| align="center" | 19

|[[Ayrshire]] (originally from [[Indonesia]])

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 23

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Sezer Yurtseven

| align="center" | 26

|[[London]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 16

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | George Askew

| align="center" | 19

|[[London]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 13

| {{Quit|Walked}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Bonnie Holt

| align="center" | 20

|[[Loughborough]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 9

| {{eliminated|Evicted}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Dawn Blake

| align="center" | 38

|[[Birmingham]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 8

| {{CRemoved|Ejected}}

|-

!scope="row" align="left" | Shahbaz Chauhdry

| align="center" | 37

|[[Glasgow]]

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 6

| {{Quit|Walked}}

|-

|}{{notelist}}

===Golden tickets===

After leaving the house, it had become clear that Shahbaz understated his mental condition to psychologists, therefore cheating the selection process [http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9195.html]. On [[BBLB]] Shahbaz said that during his stay his inner demons had come back "to bite him on the arse", but overall his view was that having been in the BB House was positive for him. On ''[[Big Brother's Big Mouth|BBBM]]'' the following day ([[26 May]]) he told [[Russell Brand]] that he had asked to be allowed to re-enter the BB House.

During the first three weeks of the series, Channel 4 conducted a promotion in conjunction with [[Nestle]] to distribute 100 "golden tickets" randomly throughout [[Kit Kat]] chocolate bars, in a style reminiscent of the story [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]. Members of the public finding these tickets were permitted to use them to give themselves a chance to become a Big Brother housemate and bypass the standard auditions process.

Golden ticket holders were invited to a television show where one of them, [[List of Big Brother 2006 housemates (UK)#Susie|Susie Verrico]], was chosen to enter the House by housemate Aisleyne picking a ball out of a machine at random.

This contest caused some controversy, with the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] saying that the terms and conditions of the draw should have been made clearer in related advertisements, and that an independent adjudicator should have been present before and during the draw.<ref>"[http://www.itv.com/news/entertainment_3c26360018cbcc12d9c89259fbfc6132.html Big Brother contest slammed again] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091353/http://www.itv.com/news/entertainment_3c26360018cbcc12d9c89259fbfc6132.html|date=29 September 2007}}", ''ITV News''. URL last accessed on 11 October 2006.</ref>

== Walks and ejections ==

===Mikey Dalton===

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[[Image:bb7mikey.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Mikey Dalton in the bedroom]]

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Mikey is a 23-year-old software developer and model from [[Liverpool]] whose activities in the house have been so far been dominated by flirtatious activity with both Imogen and Grace. His video package at the start saw him claim that he dislikes feminists and believes that women and men are not equal, which bought him a negative reaction from the crowd. Despite these claims, this side of his personality has not been seen in the house and Mikey has been a fairly reserved housemate.

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|Shahbaz Chauhdry

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|George Askew

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|Dawn Blake

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|Received a message via Big Brother that her sister was ill, but revealed to be a coded message that she was getting bad press, violating the 'no contact with the outside world' rule.

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===Lea Walker=Weekly summary ==

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[[Image:bb7lea.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Lea Walker in the bedroom]]

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Lea is a 35-year-old single mother and [[Model (person)|model]] from [[Nottingham]], who has spent [[Pound sterling|£]]35,000 on [[plastic surgery]], raising funds by selling her house, and claims she now has the largest [[breast implant]]s in the UK, wearing a [[Brassiere#Bra sizes|UK bra size]] of 30M.

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Lea has also appeared in the TV series ''Plastic Surgery Ruined my Wife'', where her boyfriend, [[Tigertailz]] [[bass guitar|bass]] player Gregg Russell complained she was now receiving too much attention{{fact}}. She revealed to the housemates that she has taken part in two [[pornography|pornographic films]]. She gave Glyn a [[lap dancing|lap dance]] on day 8 which he visibly enjoyed.

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*On Day 1, Bonnie, Pete, George, Shahbaz, Lea, Imogen, Mikey, Dawn, Glyn, Richard, Grace, Lisa, Sezer and Nikki entered the house.

===Imogen Thomas===

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[[Image:bb7imogen.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Imogen Thomas in the lounge]]

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Imogen is a 23-year-old bar hostess and former beauty queen from [[Llanelli]], [[South Wales]]. She was Miss Wales in 2003. Imogen claims to have had sexual relations with [[Manchester United]] footballer [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] and former [[Manchester United]] footballer [[Dwight Yorke]], with whom she reportedly finished the relationship because "he was no longer famous enough". [http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17108669&method=full&siteid=62484&headline=ron-me-bed-imo-name_page.html] In the house Imogen appears to spend most of her time with Sezer, and although the two have already shared several kisses, she is rather firm that she will not share a bed.

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*This week no nominations took place. Instead, housemates were put into a group, known as "The Big Brotherhood". They were elected by group leaders Lisa and Shahbaz. Throughout the week, Lisa and Shahbaz picked housemates to join "The Big Brotherhood". These housemates received their suitcases and immunity from eviction.

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===Dawn Blake===

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Dawn is a 38-year-old exercise scientist from [[Birmingham]], who thinks people are "[[shit]]". She claims to be the great great granddaughter of poet [[William Blake]]{{fact}}, though William Blake had no children.

*Bonnie, Dawn and Glyn were not selected to join "The Big Brotherhood" and were nominated for eviction. After Dawn was ejected from the house on Day 8, the nominations remained the same with Bonnie and Glyn still facing the public vote.

In her audition for the show Dawn claimed that she thinks [[Gandhi]], [[Bob Geldof]] and [[Mother Theresa]] are nice people and everyone else is a bastard. Similar to almost all the housemates, her personality in the house seems to differ greatly from her personality in her audition tape. On entry to the house, she claimed that if she were to be reincarnated, she would want to come back as either [[Jesus]] or [[Adolf Hitler]].

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Dawn was ejected from the house after a coded communication with the outside world, thereby breaking one of the fundamental rules of ''Big Brother''. [http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1191&articleMask=1] Dawn told Big Brother about this rule-breaking when they were reluctant to let her leave the house, thus forcing them to remove her. When called to the diary room to be informed of her ejection, she consistently talked over Big Brother in order to emphasise that in her view she was not removed, but left voluntarily, which made sense given that she had received her coded message to leave the house.

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*On Day 6, Shahbaz walked from the house.

During her time in the house Dawn was subject to accusations by fellow housemate Nikki of causing a [[Body odor|BO]] epidemic in the house's towels and clothes; however, Dawn did not find out about this during her stay in the house. When she was ejected from the house she said "Shut Up!" 37 times.

*On Day 8, Dawn was ejected from the house after she revealed that she was using a code to receive information from the outside world.

*On Day 9, Bonnie was evicted from the house, receiving 78% of the public vote to evict.

===Glyn Wise===

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[[Image:Bb7glyn.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Glyn Wise in the lounge]]

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Glyn is an 18-year-old and the self-proclaimed "Sexiest [[Lifeguard]] in [[North Wales]]" and [[nudist]] from [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]] in [[Gwynedd]]. He entered the house in his lifeguard attire complete with buoyancy aid. His [[mother tongue|first language]] is [[Welsh language|Welsh]] and told Big Brother in the Diary Room that being in the house is improving his [[English language|English]]. Despite the relatively high regard with which Glyn seems to hold himself and his physical appearance, he has achieved little success with the female members of the house (aside from receiving a lap dance from 35-year-old Lea). As he was not invited to join the "Big Brotherhood" in the first task, he will not receive his suitcase for the duration of his stay in the house.

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*On Day 12, Aisleyne and Sam entered the house.

===Richard Newman===

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[[Image:bb7richard.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Richard Newman in the bedroom]]

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Richard is a 33-year-old [[gay]] [[Canada|Canadian]], and self-styled "sexual terrorist". He has taken on the role of the "father figure" in the house according to former fellow housemate George. Richard says that he has a preference for 'big, dumb men' and his ideal weekend away would be spent in prison.

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*The housemates were given a task in which they had to answer various questions in order to win sections of a luxury food budget they had ordered, in a game show-style "Meal or No Meal".

*On Day 13, Pete was given a task in which he was asked the questions that were answered incorrectly from the "Meal or No Meal" task. Answering questions right would result in prizes. Getting three out of four right, Pete won the house toilet rolls, miscellaneous shopping list items, and new housemates Aisleyne and Sam.

===Grace Adams-Short===

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Grace is a 20-year-old dance teacher from [[London]]. A self-confessed [[Sloane Ranger]]. Grace has been getting close to both Mikey and George in particular, and it was disputed both in and outside of the house as to which one she will "pair up" with, until George left. While in the house, she stated that she would not model for [[Nuts (magazine)|Nuts]] or [[Zoo (magazine)|Zoo]] but would for something like [[FHM]]. She also claimed she would not pose topless due to her job. Her time in the house heralded a number of exposes on her life, including claims that she was a childhood bully[http://www.mirror.co.uk/bigbrother/news/tm_objectid=17146971%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=exclusive--big-bully-name_page.html], a failed pop star [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2006240810,00.html] and a nymphomaniac with a penchant for sex games[http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/showbiz/showbiz2.shtml].

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*Due to discussing nominations, Imogen and Sezer were banned from nominating this week.

===Lisa Huo===

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[[Image:bb7lisa.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Lisa Huo in the lounge]]

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Lisa is a Chinese 27-year-old upholsterer from [[Manchester]]. She can speak some [[Chinese language|Chinese]], and lived there until she was two years old. She has developed a good relationship with the majority of the housemates due to her outgoing nature, particularly with Pete Bennett. However she did offend Bonnie and Sezer when she claimed she didn't like them, in the diary room, which was broadcast to the other housemates. She has become well known for her heavy [[Manchester]] accent and frequent use of the words "alright" and "mint".

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*The housemates nominated for the first time. Lea, Richard and Sezer received the most nominations and faced the public vote. Due to being new housemates, Aisleyne and Sam were exempt from the nomination process.

===Sezer Yurtseven===

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[[Image:Bb7sezer.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Sezer Yurtseven in the lounge]]

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Sezer is a 26-year-old [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Turkish-Cypriot]], claiming to be a [[stock broker]] and [[property developer]] from [[London]]. Sezer previously played [[cricket]] for [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] up to under-19 level. He is a former [[boxing|boxer]] and he claims he is the youngest person to have been on the [[London Stock Exchange]] floor at the age of 18 (which is odd given that the floor closed in [[1986]] when he was just six).

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*On Day 14, George walked from the house.

However, it turns out Sezer is not a complete fantasist. He is registered with the [[Financial Services Authority]] as having worked in commodities and foreign exchange trading at three different firms: a brokerage called ADM between [[2001]] and [[2002]], then as an independent trader at London Capital Group until [[2004]], and at a trading arcade called Schneider Trading Associates up to [[February 2006]]. Sezer is also a director of three companies, including the eponymous Cezer Trading and Seven International Property (both dormant having never traded). Given his self-declared wealth, it is seen as curious that the 26-year-old Sezer still lives at home with his mother. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030513/ai_n12694722], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2004/12/11/cclife11.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2004/12/11/ixcoms.html], [http://www.efinancialnews.com/index.cfm?page=village]. <!--Final sentence reference merged from individual article created by User:Johnbull--> <!-- 22May updates taken from a news report in efinancial news gossip section "Village" -->''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' revealed that Sezer had been arrested for an alleged [[date rape]] in [[2004]] but the charge was dropped due to lack of evidence. [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2006240159,00.html]

*On Day 16, Sezer was evicted onfrom daythe 16house, with a recordreceiving 91.6% of the public vote to evict.

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===Nikki Graham===

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[[Image:Bb7nikki.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Nikki Graham in the lounge]]

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Nikki is a 24-year-old model, dancer and [[wannabe]] footballer's wife. Nikki cried on the first night in the house because Big Brother refused to provide her with bottled water and she refused to drink the tap water. Whilst in the diary room, she said she was upset because Big Brother didn't give her her £16 make-up remover or her clothes.

*On Day 18, the housemates were set a task in which they had to "shout" a word the loudest to win a luxury reward. Richard won the task and chose Imogen to share a dinner with him.

*The housemates were given their next shopping task, in which the housemates had to work at Big Brother's Temp Agency, where housemates were given different jobs, such as lifeguard, chef, toilet attendant, and PA. The housemates failed their shopping task and received basic rations for the week.

Nikki has been known to become emotional at the slightest provocation, though this became more severe as the second week began. Her grievances ranged from a lack of male attention, to the cramped nature of the house, to missing her friends and family. Nikki also demonstrated a distinct lack of aptitude in cooking food (she allowed a wok containing only olive oil to burn) while criticising a meal prepared for the house by Grace.

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It is largely for these reasons that Nikki commands little respect among most of her other housemates. The members that have not criticised her directly about her naïvety have readily done so in secret.

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*Due to discussing nominations, Imogen and Lisa were banned from nominating this week.

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===Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace ===

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[[Image:bb7aisleyne.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace in the kitchen]]

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Aisleyne is a 27-year-old model and promotions girl from London, who entered on Day 12 as a prize won during the Meal or No Meal task in week 2. She sparked bitching among Imogen, Grace, and Sezer who vowed to give her a hard time in the house.

*The housemates nominated for the second time. Nikki and Sam received the most nominations and faced the public vote.

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===Sam Brodie===

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Sam is a 19-year-old [[cross-dresser]] from [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]], [[North Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]], who is an unemployed nail technician. He entered on Day 12 as a prize for Meal or No Meal. Although not having had a [[sex-change]] operation, Davina revealed on the live programming that Sam prefers to be referred to as "she" although Sam is a "he". He revealed to the housemates that he was a male on the same night he entered the house and said they could act however they wish. Imogen took a liking to the new housemate, informing Sezer he should refer to Sam as a "she" as it's what he wanted. He appears to have [[insomnia]] and has become famous for repeatedly telling all the housemates that they are amazing.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1370&articleMask=1&housemateId=20 Nightmare on Elstree", ''[[C4]]''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-03]].</ref><ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1391&articleMask=1 An Insomiac's Nightmare", ''[[C4]]''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-03]].</ref>

*On Day 22, Sam was evicted from the house receiving 53.7% of the public vote to evict.

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=4 | Week 4

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*On Day 23, the housemates were told about the "Golden Ticket" competition, and that a housemate would randomly select a new housemate from the various winners to enter the house. Susie was randomly selected and entered the house.

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*On Day 25, the housemates were given a task called "The Waiting Game", where they all had to stand on a podium to win a reward in the Box of Good Things. Housemates were permitted to quit if they put their hands up and state their reasons. If the housemates' feet touched the floor, they were automatically out of the game. After drawing straws with Grace, Lisa was the housemate on her podium the longest, with a total of 10 hours and 12 minutes. Her prize ended up being immunity from this week's eviction.

*The housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which Big Brother turned the house into "The State of Susie". The house was adorned with images and statues of Susie. Susie was given the role of "dictatorship" and the other housemates as her followers. The housemates were allowed three fails to be able to pass the task. The housemates failed their task, four hours after it began, with a total of 33 fails.

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*As a new housemate, Susie was the only housemate allowed to nominate this week. As Lisa won immunity for the week, she was not allowed to be nominated. Susie nominated Grace and Nikki to face the public vote.

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*On Day 30, Grace was evicted from the house, receiving 87.9% of the public vote to evict.

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=4 | Week 5

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*The housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which they had to perform a baton routine, dressed up as majorettes. Glyn was appointed leader and led the housemates. The housemates passed their shopping task, and received a luxury shopping budget for the week.

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*On Day 34, Glyn, Imogen, Lea, Lisa and Nikki were announced to have been discussing nominations. As a punishment, each housemate would name the housemate "rule-breaker" they believe should automatically face the public vote. Glyn and Lisa chose Nikki, Imogen chose Lea, Lea chose Imogen, and Nikki chose Lisa. As Nikki received the most votes, she automatically faced the public vote.

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*The housemates nominated for the third time. Imogen, Lisa and Mikey received the most nominations and faced the public vote with Nikki.

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*On Day 37, Lisa was evicted from the house, receiving 60.3% of the public vote to evict.

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=3 | Week 6

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*The housemates were given a task in which they had to rub another housemate with soap until all of the soap was gone. Glyn, Imogen and Susie won the task and won a prize of a luxury spa.

*The housemates were given a task in which they had to stop milk from emptying out of a tank within a 48-hour period. Imogen was given a secret mission, in which she had to sabotage the task by letting the milk empty below the red line point, without the other housemates knowledge. Imogen passed her secret mission, and the housemates received a luxury shopping budget for the week.

*On Day 43, the housemates were given a task in which they had to write in a suggestion box ways that the other housemates could improve. The following day, these suggestions were read aloud, and the housemates were provided with things to help them better themselves. If the housemates could last the next few hours bettering themselves, they would receive a prize. The housemates passed this task and won a karaoke party.

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*The housemates nominated for the fourth time. Aisleyne and Susie received the most nominations and faced the public vote.

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*On Day 45, Aisleyne was evicted from the house, receiving 67.3% of the public vote to evict. This however was a fake eviction. Aisleyne then entered the "House Next Door".

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=5 | Week 7

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*On Day 45, Jayne, Jennie, Jonathan, Michael and Spiral entered the "House Next Door".

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*On Day 46, the housemates in the Main House were given a silent disco dancing task, in which the housemates had to stay on a spot dancing along to three songs on repeat whilst blindfolded. The person who lasted the longest would win a prize from the Box of Good Things. Glyn won the task and was given a small trophy.

*On Day 50, the housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which they had to work together to untangle themselves from a giant knot in the garden within 3 hours. Each housemates was attached to a belt to an individual piece of rope. A television screen displayed £672, double a luxury shopping budget. This money decreased by £10, every 3 minutes they carried out the task. The housemates completed this task in 44 minutes, and earned £532 for their shopping budget this week.

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*During the week, Aisleyne had to decide which housemates to evict from the "House Next Door", unaware that she was sending them into the Main House. On Day 46, she evicted Jayne. On Day 48, she evicted Michael and Jennie. On Day 49, Aisleyne then had to decide which housemate left in the "House Next Door", she wanted to permanently evict from the house.

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*The housemates nominated for the fifth time. Lea and Richard received the most nominations and faced the public vote.

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*On Day 49, Aisleyne was forced to evict either Jonathan or Spiral. The housemate she evicted would permanently be evicted from the house. She chose to evict Jonathan. Aisleyne and Spiral then entered the Main House shortly after.

*On Day 51, Lea was evicted from the house, receiving 53.8% of the public vote to evoct.

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=4 | Week 8

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*On Day 54, the housemates were given a task in which they participated in the "Big Brother Tennis Championship", where the housemates played a game of tennis against Big Brother. The housemates won seven games, and were rewarded with a party.

*On Day 56, the housemates were given a task in which each housemate had one minute to perform as many burps as they could. If the house collectively performed 200 burps, then they would receive a prize. The housemates performed 252 burps collectively, and won a children's party.

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*Following Jayne relaying her impressions of the other housemates from before she had entered the house, all of the housemates, except for her, were nominated for eviction.

*On Day 56, following further rule breaking by Jayne, concerning discussions of information from the outside world, the weekly shopping task was cancelled, and the housemates would not be allowed to buy any items from the shopping list. Instead, they received basic food rations.

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*Due to multiple rule-breaking by Jayne, this week's nominations were cancelled, and everyone, except for Jayne, faced the public vote.

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*On Day 58, Nikki was evicted from the house, receiving 37.2% of the public vote to evict.

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*On Day 59, after multiple rule-breaking from Jayne, the housemates were given a Rule School task. They had to answer an exam paper with eighteen questions regarding the rules of Big Brother. All housemates had to pass with 100% to avoid further punishment. The housemates ended up failing, which eventually ended up with the swimming pool being out of bounds.

*On Day 61, the housemates were given a walking task. Each housemate was given a pedometer and was asked to walk around the house for two hours. It was revealed that Glyn had walked the most steps, and received a luxury meal of his choice. It was then revealed to him that the meal that he ordered, was given to him in the form of a smoothie, which he was forced to taste.

*The housemates were given a task, in which they had to complete an assault course. The housemates passed this task and won an 80's-themed party, along with a luxury shopping budget for the following week.

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*The housemates nominated for the sixth time. Jayne and Richard received the most nominations and faced the public vote.

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*On Day 65, Jayne was evicted from the house, receiving 67.1% of the public vote to evict.

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=4 | Week 10

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*The housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which the "House Next Door", became a prison. The housemates passed their shopping task and earned a luxury shopping budget, along with letters from home.

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*This week, the housemates were each paired up with their "best friends". The pairs were: Aisleyne & Jennie, Glyn & Mikey, Imogen & Susie, Michael & Spiral and Pete & Richard. Each pair would have to choose a single fellow housemate to nominate for eviction. Big Brother then announced that the nominated housemates, along with their "best friends", would be up for eviction. The pair with the lowest share of the public vote would be evicted.

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*The housemates nominated for the seventh time. Michael, Richard, Spiral and Susie received the most nominations, meaning that Imogen & Susie, Michael & Spiral and Pete & Richard faced the public vote.

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*On Day 72, Michael and Spiral were evicted from the house, receiving 9.7% of the public vote to save.

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=3 | Week 11

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*On Day 75, Big Brother went on holiday, leaving the housemates with an automated service as a temporary replacement. Housemates were told to make postcards for Big Brother. The housemates passed the task and were rewarded with a sleepover and pajama party.

*The housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which they had to learn five different things, similar to a university course. The housemates passed their shopping task and earned a luxury shopping budget for the next week. The graduation was celebrated with a party.

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*The housemates nominated for the eighth time. Imogen, Jennie, Mikey and Susie received the most nominations and faced the public vote.

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*On Day 79, Mikey and Susie were evicted from the house, receiving 48.5% and 59.4% of the public vote to evict, respectively.

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=6 | Week 12

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*On Day 84, previously evicted housemates Grace, Lea, Mikey and Nikki entered the "House Next Door".

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*After Grace, Lea, Mikey and Nikki entered the "House Next Door", they were told that one of them would re-enter the house and be eligible to win. On Day 86, Nikki was chosen by the other housemates to return to the house. Grace, Lea and Mikey left the Big Brother compound later that night.

*After Imogen and Richard were told that they faced the public vote, they moved into the "House Next Door" until one of them was evicted. Richard re-entered the house after being saved by the public vote.

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*The housemates were given a task called the "Big Brother Board Game". Jennie was the winner of this task and was rewarded with a bottle of champagne and a place in the final.

*The housemates were given a task in which they had to pretend to be DJs. The housemates passed this task and was awarded with a luxury shopping budget.

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*Glyn was reprimanded by Big Brother after climbing on the roof and trying to get into the "House Next Door" after hearing news that four ex-housemates were living there.

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*The housemates nominated for the ninth and final time. Due to Jennie winning a place in the final, she was unable to be nominated, but could still nominate. Imogen and Richard received the most nominations and faced the public vote.

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*On Day 86, Imogen was evicted from the house, receiving 62% of the public vote to evict.

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 | Week 13

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*The housemates were given a task in which they had to compete in a slow bicycle race. Pete won the race and was rewarded with a disco for one in the diary room with free alcohol.

*The housemates were given a task in which they had to form a dance troupe. They passed the task and were rewarded with two bottles of wine.

*The housemates were given a task called "Before They Were Housemates".

*The housemates were given a task in which they had to write a "future autobiography".

*The housemates were given a task of becoming "Political Campaigners". Each housemate was required to convince the audience that another housemate should win Big Brother.

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*On Day 93, Jennie left the house in sixth place, Nikki left the house in fifth place, Richard left the house in fourth place, and Aisleyne left the house in third place. It was then revealed that Pete was the winner, leaving Glyn as the runner-up.

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==Nominations table==

== Chronology ==

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! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 1

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 2

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 3

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 4

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 5

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 6

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 7

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 8

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 9

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 10

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 11

! scope="col" style="width:7%"|Week 12

! scope="colgroup" style="width:7%" colspan="2"|Week 13<br>Final

! scope="col" style="width:1%"|Nominations received

|- style="border-top:5px solid"

=== Weeks 1 and 2 ===

During week one, "The Big Brotherhood" task was introduced, in which some housemates were elected to "The Big Brotherhood" and hence recieved their [[suitcase]]s and were immune from eviction that week.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1043&articleMask=1&housemateId= Big Brother Strikes]", ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref> Lisa and Shahbaz, as leaders of "The Big Brotherhood", chose the housemates who would enter this group, until just three were left (Dawn, Glyn and Bonnie). These then faced the public vote and Bonnie was evicted on Day 9.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1225&housemateId=6 Bonnie Has Been Evicted]", ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

! scope="row"|Pete

Earlier in the week (on Day 5), Shahbaz hid the housemate's food in the garden. After it was uncovered, Shahbaz admitted to the act and, increasingly ostracised and bullied, left the show voluntarily later that day.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1139&housemateId=8 Shahbaz Has Left the Building]", ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || Imogen,<br>Sezer || Lisa,<br>Nikki || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || Imogen,<br>Lisa || Susie,<br>Aisleyne || style="background:#959FFD"|''Banned'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Spiral,<br>Michael || Michael || Imogen,<br>Aisleyne || Imogen,<br>Glyn || style="background:#73FB76" colspan="2"|'''Winner'''<br>(Day 93) || style="background:#73FB76"|3

|-

! scope="row"|Glyn

| style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Grace,<br>Richard || Sam,<br>Nikki || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || Nikki || Richard,<br>Aisleyne || Pete,<br>Lea || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Susie,<br>Jayne || Susie || Susie,<br>Richard || Richard,<br>Pete || style="background:#D1E8EF" colspan="2"|'''Runner-up'''<br>(Day 93) || style="background:#D1E8EF"|6

|-

! scope="row"|Aisleyne

| style="background:#fff"|''Not in<br>House'' || style="background:#FBF373"|''Exempt'' || Nikki,<br>Sam || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || Lisa,<br>Mikey || Lea,<br>Nikki || style="background:#87CEFA"|Jonathan || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Jayne,<br>Richard || Spiral || Mikey,<br>Glyn || Richard,<br>Glyn || style="background:#ffffdd" colspan="2"|'''Third place'''<br>(Day 93) || style="background:#ffffdd"|12

|-

! scope="row"|Richard

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || Imogen,<br>Sezer || Lisa,<br>Grace || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || Imogen,<br>Glyn || Imogen,<br>Aisleyne || Imogen,<br>Glyn || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Aisleyne,<br>Spiral || Michael || Mikey,<br>Imogen || Aisleyne,<br>Imogen || style="background:#ffffdd" colspan="2"|'''Fourth place'''<br>(Day 93) || style="background:#ffffdd"|25

|-

! scope="row"|Nikki

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || Lea,<br>Grace || Richard,<br>Sam || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || style="background:#959FFD"|Lisa || Aisleyne,<br>Susie || Richard,<br>Lea || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="3"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 58) || style="background:#87CEFA"|''Next<br>Door'' || style="background:#ffffdd" colspan="2"|'''Fifth place'''<br>(Day 93) || style="background:#ffffdd"|10

|-

! scope="row"|Jennie

| style="background:#fff" colspan="6"|''Not in<br>House'' || style="background:#87CEFA"|''Next<br>Door'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Michael,<br>Jayne || Spiral || Susie,<br>Imogen || style="background:#FBF373"|Aisleyne,<br>Imogen || style="background:#ffffdd" colspan="2"|'''Sixth place'''<br>(Day 93) || style="background:#ffffdd"|5

|-

! scope="row"|Imogen

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || style="background:#959FFD"|''Banned'' || style="background:#959FFD"|''Banned'' || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || Lea || Richard,<br>Susie || Richard,<br>Lea || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Richard,<br>Jayne || Michael || Richard,<br>Jennie || Richard,<br>Pete || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="2"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 86) || style="background:#FA8072"|15

|-

! scope="row"|Susie

| style="background:#fff" colspan="3"|''Not in<br>House'' || style="background:#FBF373"|Nikki,<br>Grace || Lisa,<br>Mikey || Nikki,<br>Imogen || Lea,<br>Glyn || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Michael,<br>Spiral || Michael || Mikey,<br>Jennie || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="3"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 79) || style="background:#FA8072"|13

|-

! scope="row"|Mikey

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || Richard,<br>Lisa || Sam,<br>Aisleyne || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || Lea,<br>Susie || Richard,<br>Susie || Richard,<br>Nikki || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Richard,<br>Susie || Susie || Susie,<br>Jennie || style="background:#87CEFA"|''Next<br>Door'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="2"|''Re-evicted''<br>(Day 86) || style="background:#FA8072"|5

|-

! scope="row"|Spiral

| style="background:#fff" colspan="6"|''Not in<br>House'' || style="background:#87CEFA"|''Next<br>Door'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Jennie,<br>Richard || Richard || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="4"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 72) || style="background:#FA8072"|4

|-

! scope="row"|Michael

| style="background:#fff" colspan="6"|''Not in<br>House'' || style="background:#87CEFA"|''Next<br>Door'' || style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || Jennie,<br>Richard || Richard || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="4"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 72) || style="background:#FA8072"|7

|-

! scope="row"|Jayne

| style="background:#fff" colspan="6"|''Not in<br>House'' || style="background:#FBF373"|''Exempt'' || style="background:#ccc"|''No<br>nominations'' || Aisleyne,<br>Imogen || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="5"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 65) || style="background:#FA8072"|5

|-

! scope="row"|Lea

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || Sezer,<br>Lisa || Nikki,<br>Richard || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || Imogen || Aisleyne,<br>Susie || Susie,<br>Richard || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="4"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 51) || style="background:#87CEFA"|''Next<br>Door'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="2"|''Re-evicted''<br>(Day 86) || style="background:#FA8072"|11

|-

! scope="row"|Jonathan

| style="background:#fff" colspan="6"|''Not in<br>House'' || style="background:#87CEFA"|''Next<br>Door'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="7"| ''Evicted''<br>(Day 49) || style="background:#FA8072"|1

|-

! scope="row"|Lisa

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || Lea,<br>Richard || style="background:#959FFD"|''Banned'' || style="background:#FBF373"|''Exempt'' || Nikki || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="9"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 37) || style="background:#FA8072"|8

|-

! scope="row"|Grace

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || Lea,<br>Richard || Aisleyne,<br>Sam || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="7"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 30) || style="background:#87CEFA"|''Next<br>Door'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="2"|''Re-evicted''<br>(Day 86) || style="background:#FA8072"|4

|-

! scope="row"|Sam

| style="background:#fff"|''Not in<br>House'' || style="background:#FBF373"|''Exempt'' || Lea,<br>Richard || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="11"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 23) || style="background:#FA8072"|5

|-

! scope="row"|Sezer

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || style="background:#959FFD"|''Banned'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="12"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 16) || style="background:#FA8072"|3

|-

! scope="row"|George

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || style="background:#CCC"|''Not<br>eligible'' || style="background:#FCF" colspan="12"|''Walked''<br>(Day 13) || style="background:#FCF"|0

|-

! scope="row"|Bonnie

| style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || style="background:#FA8072" colspan="13"|''Evicted''<br>(Day 9) || style="background:#FA8072"|0

|-

! scope="row"|Dawn

| style="background:#CCC"|''No<br>nominations'' || style="background:#FFE08B" colspan="13"|''Ejected''<br>(Day 8) || style="background:#FFE08B"|0

|-

! scope="row"|Shahbaz

| style="background:#FBF373"|''No<br>nominations'' || style="background:#FCF" colspan="13"|''Walked''<br>(Day 6) || style="background:#FCF"|0

|- style="border-top:5px solid"

On Day 7, Dawn recieved a message from her family that her sister was ill. Dawn admitted to the other housemates that this was [[code]] that "things were getting too heavy". As a result, Dawn was ejected from the house by Big Brother for rulebreaking the following day.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1192&housemateId=12 Big Brother Cracks the Code]", ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

! scope="row"|Nomination<br />note

The second task introduced to the housemates was that of "Meal or No Meal" (a pun of [[Endemol]]'s other [[television series]], [[Deal or No Deal]]). The task entailed the housemates answering various questions, in order to win a luxury food budget. At the climax of the task (on Day 12), Pete was asked questions answered wrongly in previous rounds. Getting three out of four right, Pete won the house two new housemates, Sam and Aisleyne.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1286&articleMask=1&housemateId=24 NEWSFLASH: New Housemates Arrive]", ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref> Some of the original housemates adapted badly to the new arrivals, criticising them nearly immediately. Sezer was the main instigator and vowed to bully them.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1287&articleMask=1&housemateId=24 Hard House]", ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

| ''[[#endnote 1|1]]'' || ''[[#endnote 2|2]]'' || ''[[#endnote 3|3]]'' || ''[[#endnote 4|4]]'' || ''[[#endnote 5|5]]'' || ''[[#endnote 6|6]]'' || ''[[#endnote 7|7]]'' || ''[[#endnote 8|8]]'' || ''none'' || ''[[#endnote 9|9]]'' || ''[[#endnote 10|10]]'' || ''[[#endnote 11|11]]'', ''[[#endnote 12|12]]'' || colspan="2"|''[[#endnote 13|13]]'' || style="background:#CCC" rowspan="9"|

|-

! scope="row"|Against<br>public vote

| Bonnie,<br><s>Dawn,</s><br>Glyn || Lea,<br>Richard,<br>Sezer || Nikki,<br>Sam || Grace,<br>Nikki || Imogen,<br>Lisa,<br>Mikey,<br>Nikki || Aisleyne,<br>Susie || Lea,<br>Richard || Aisleyne,<br>Glyn,<br>Imogen,<br>Jennie,<br>Michael,<br>Mikey,<br>Nikki,<br>Pete,<br>Richard,<br>Spiral,<br>Susie || Jayne,<br>Richard || Imogen & Susie,<br>Michael & Spiral,<br>Pete & Richard || Imogen,<br>Jennie,<br>Mikey,<br>Susie || Imogen,<br>Richard || colspan="2"|Aisleyne,<br>Glyn,<br>Jennie,<br>Nikki,<br>Pete,<br>Richard

|-

! scope="row"|Walked

| style="background:#FCF"|'''Shahbaz''' || style="background:#FCF"|'''George''' || colspan="12"|''none''

|-

! scope="row"|Ejected

| style="background:#FFE08B"|'''Dawn''' || colspan="13"|''none''

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=5 | Evicted

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="5"|'''Bonnie'''<br>78%<br><small>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="5"|'''Sezer'''<br>91.6%<br><small>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="5"|'''Sam'''<br>53.7%<br><small>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="5"|'''Grace'''<br>87.9%<br><small>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="5"|'''Lisa'''<br>60.3%<br><small>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#87CEFA" rowspan="5"|'''Aisleyne'''<br>67.3%<br><small>{{nowrap|to move}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="3"|'''Jonathan'''<br><small>Aisleyne's choice<br>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="5"|'''Nikki'''<br>37.2%<br><small>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="5"|'''Jayne'''<br>67.1%<br><small>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="5"|'''Michael & Spiral'''<br>9.7%<br><small>{{nowrap|to save}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="3"|'''Mikey'''<br>48.5% <small><br>(out of 4)<br>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="3"|'''Imogen'''<br>62%<br><small>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#ffffdd"|'''Jennie'''<br>0.9%<br><small>{{nowrap|(out of 6)}}<br>to win</small>

| style="background:#ffffdd" rowspan="2"|'''Aisleyne'''<br>22.0%<br><small>{{nowrap|(out of 3)}}<br>to win</small>

|-

| style="background:#ffffdd" rowspan="2"|'''Nikki'''<br>6.5%<br><small>(out of 5)<br>{{nowrap|to win}}</small>

|-

| style="background:#D1E8EF" rowspan="2"|'''Glyn'''<br>38.8%<br><small>(out of 2)<br>{{nowrap|to win}}</small>

|-

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="2"|'''Lea'''<br>53.8%<br><small>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="2"|'''Susie'''<br>59.4% <small><br>(out of 3)<br>{{nowrap|to evict}}</small>

| style="background:violet" rowspan="2"|'''Nikki'''<br /><small>House's choice<br />to re-enter</small>

| style="background:#ffffdd"|'''Richard'''<br>9.2%<br><small>(out of 4)<br>{{nowrap|to win}}</small>

|-

| style="background:#73FB76" colspan="2"|'''Pete'''<br>61.2%<br><small>to win</small>

|}

===Notes===

George left voluntarily on Day 13.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1301&articleMask=1&housemateId= Goodbye, George]", ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref> That same day, both Sezer and Imogen were banned from nominating due to their discussion of tactics the previous night. In this round of nominations, Richard, Lea and Sezer were revealed as facing the public vote.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1344&articleMask=1&housemateId= Nominations Revealed]", ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

{{refbegin}}

*{{Note|1|Note 1}}: There were no nominations in Week 1. Instead, all housemates except Bonnie, Dawn and Glyn formed the Big Brotherhood and were immune from eviction, while the housemates excluded from the Brotherhood did not receive their suitcases and faced the public vote. Because Dawn was ejected from the house, it was only Bonnie and Glyn that faced the public vote.

*{{Note|2|Note 2}}: As punishment for discussing nominations, Sezer and Imogen were banned from nominating. As new housemates, Aisleyne and Sam could not nominate and could not be nominated by their fellow housemates. George had walked before nominations were made.

*{{Note|3|Note 3}}: Imogen was banned from nominating on Day 15 because the night before, she had disclosed to her fellow housemates the fact that she was unable to nominate the previous week. Lisa was also banned on Day 18 after telling Imogen who she nominated in the previous week.

*{{Note|4|Note 4}}: As the Golden Housemate, only Susie was eligible to nominate this week. Lisa could not be nominated, having won a task set by Big Brother. The two housemates Susie nominated were Grace and Nikki.

*{{Note|5|Note 5}}: During the previous week, Glyn, Imogen, Lea, Lisa and Nikki discussed nominations. As punishment, the five of them had to each nominate one of their fellow rule-breakers in front of their fellow housemates. The one or more housemate(s) with the most nominations would face eviction; Nikki was chosen. The remaining housemates nominated as normal, selecting from everyone except Nikki.

*{{Note|6|Note 6}}: This week's public vote was not to evict a housemate, but to vote them into the House Next Door. The housemates nominated as usual, but were unaware of the fake eviction or of the House Next Door. Aisleyne was not evicted, but instead moved next door.

*{{Note|7|Note 7}}: Aisleyne was told that she had to evict four of the five new housemates who were living in the House Next Door. However, she was not told that the first three housemates she chose would join the others in the main house. Her fourth nomination, for Jonathan, was for real, and he was evicted. Aisleyne, Jennie, Jonathan, Michael and Spiral were in the House Next Door during the nominations, and therefore did not take part. As a new housemate, Jayne could not nominate and could not be nominated by her fellow housemates. As punishment for telling Aisleyne he had nominated her the previous week, Pete was banned from nominating.

*{{Note|8|Note 8}}: As punishment for Jayne discussing the outside world, nominations were cancelled and everyone except Jayne automatically faced the public vote.

*{{Note|9|Note 9}}: The housemates were put into pairs of "Best Friends": these were Aisleyne & Jennie; Glyn & Mikey; Imogen & Susie; Pete & Richard and Michael & Spiral. Each pair nominated one housemate. The housemates with the most nominations faced eviction with their "Best Friend". Unlike previous weeks, this week was a vote to save.

*{{Note|10|Note 10}}: As part of an ongoing task, housemates had to nominate using an 'Automated Big Brother' phone system. Whilst announcing nominations, 'Automated Big Brother' "broke down", having only announced Imogen's name. Unbeknownst to the housemates, this week was a double eviction.

*{{Note|11|Note 11}}: After Susie's eviction on Day 79, the public voted for which 4 ex-housemates they would like to move into the House Next Door. George, Shahbaz, Dawn and Jonathan were not eligible to re-enter as they had not left the House via a Public vote. Bonnie and Sezer were also not eligible for legal reasons. On Day 83, Grace, Lea, Mikey and Nikki moved into the House Next Door.

*{{Note|12|Note 12}}: Jennie won a task set by Big Brother and was given a guaranteed place in the final. On Day 86, the housemates in the main house chose Nikki to re-enter the house, where she became eligible to win. Grace, Lea and Mikey were therefore re-evicted.

*{{Note|13|Note 13}} There were no nominations in the final week. The public were voting for the housemate they wanted to win, rather than evict.

{{refend}}

==Ratings==

On day 16 Sezer became the second person to be evicted from the house with a record 91.6% of the vote.

These viewing figures are taken from [[Broadcasters Audience Research Board|BARB]].<ref name="BARB">{{cite web |url=http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-10? |title=Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week) |publisher=[[Broadcasters Audience Research Board|BARB]] |access-date=29 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718204656/http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-10 |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width: 96%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"

== Golden Ticket ==

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |

[[Image:Golden ticket.gif|thumb|right|225px|A Golden Ticket]]

! scope="colgroup" style="width:8%" colspan=2 |Week 1

For the first time in ''Big Brother'''s history one hundred [[Willy Wonka]]-style [[Golden Ticket]]s were hidden beneath the wrappers of [[Kit Kat]] chocolate bars for members of the public to find. Successful claimants will be invited to the Big Brother studios to participate in the programme on [[June 9]], [[2006]]. During this programme, one claimant will be selected to become a housemate in a manner to be determined by Big Brother at its discretion. The selected claimant will, with immediate effect, become a Big Brother housemate and will enter the Big Brother house and be subject to Big Brother's rules. The chocolate bars went on sale on [[May 19]], [[2006]]. As of 10:20 PM, Friday [[June 02]], no more tickets could be registered and Davina made the announcement live on TV.

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 2

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 3

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 4

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 5

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 6

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 7

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 8

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 9

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 10

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |Week 11

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |{{nowrap|Week 12}}

! scope="col" style="width:8%" |{{nowrap|Week 13}}

|-

! scope="row"|Sat

| style="background:#CCCCCC; text-align:center" | ||3.64 ||3.26||3.17||3.66||3.51||3.24||3.21||3.18||2.87||2.61||3.05||2.78||2.92

|-

! scope="row"|Sun

| style="background:#CCCCCC; text-align:center" | ||4.67||3.44||3.7||4.95||4.97||4.03||4.87||4.62||3.75||2.41||4.22||3.81||4.82

|-

! scope="row"|Mon

| style="background:#CCCCCC; text-align:center" | ||4.8||4.98||4.65||5.02||5||4.88||5.56||4.86||4.4||4.22||4.44||4.39||4.85

|-

! scope="row"|Tue

| style="background:#CCCCCC; text-align:center" | ||5.05||4.24||4.78||4.95||5.04||4.79||4.6||4.86||4.32||4.07||4.45||5.49||4.73

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2|Wed

| style="background:#CCCCCC; text-align:center" | ||rowspan=2|5.67||rowspan=2|5.07||rowspan=2|5.05||rowspan=2|5.4||3.11||rowspan=2|5.33||rowspan=2|5.52|| rowspan=2|4.73||rowspan=2|4.58||rowspan=2|4.74||rowspan=2|4.4||rowspan=2|5.15||rowspan=2|4.51

|-

| style="background:#CCCCCC; text-align:center" | ||4.82

|-

! scope="row"|Thu

|7.14||5.17||4.44||4.77||4.79||4.31||4.97||5.08||5.3||4.12||4.94||4.51||4.6||4.5

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2| Fri

| rowspan=2|5.75

||4.55||4.57||4.43||4.76||5.14||4.65||4.93||4.71||4.46||4.7||5.03||5.59||6.43

|-

||4.78||5.43||5.19||6.35||5.77||6.24||5.82||6.16||4.95||4.68||5.89||5.74||8.2

|-

! scope="row"|Weekly<br>average

| colspan=2 style="background:#FADADD;" |5.12

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.43

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.47

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.98

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.63

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.77

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.95

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.8

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.18

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.05

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.5

| style="background:#FADADD;" |4.69

| style="background:#FADADD;" |5.12

|-

! scope="row"|Running<br>average

| colspan=2 style="background:#EEDC82;" |5.12

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.81

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.71

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.77

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.74

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.74

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.77

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.77

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.65

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.63

| style="background:#EEDC82;" | 4.64

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==Criticism and controversy==

The first [[Golden Ticket]] was found in a [[London]] branch of [[Sainsbury's]] supermarket on Friday [[May 19]]. ''[[The Sun]]'' and the ''[[Daily Star]]'' are offering to buy [[Golden Ticket]]s from their readers. On [[May 24]] [[2006]], an old couple found a [[Golden Ticket]], but passed it on to a friend.<ref>"[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1169&articleMask=1&housemateId= Newsflash: Another Ticket Found!]", ''Big Brother Channel 4 website''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

===Selection of certain housemates===

According to reports, [[eBay]] is allowing the sale of [[Golden Ticket]]s through pre-Approved auctions.<ref>"[http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9073.html First ticket found as eBay allows sales]", ''DigitalSpy''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref> They are not allowed to be sold in the general auction, as one ticket was put on sale for a bogus £10.1 million before it was removed. There have been many other similar false sales. Genuine tickets are being sold on eBay's United Kingdom website.

The programme attracted criticism on 31 May for putting several vulnerable people in the Big Brother House. Pete has [[Tourette syndrome]].<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4997314.stm Tourette's housemate 'exploited'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619174827/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4997314.stm |date=19 June 2006 }}", ''BBC''. URL last accessed on 1 June 2006.</ref><ref>[http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/comment/0,,1817740,00.html Big Brother's 'freak show' has produced the first warts-and-all disabled person on TV - when will the soaps follow?], ''The Guardian''. URL last accessed on 11 July 2006.</ref> Shahbaz threatened to [[suicide|take his own life]] on live television. He was being monitored by production team psychologists after commenting on how he intended to take his own life whilst in the house.<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5008062.stm Shahbaz walks out of Big Brother] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061218213114/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5008062.stm |date=18 December 2006 }}", ''BBC News'', URL last accessed 8 June 2006.</ref> Many of the housemates were bullying Shahbaz. He left the house on Day 6. Shahbaz admitted after leaving the house that he downplayed his mental condition during the selection process.<ref>"[http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9195.html Shahbaz misled Big Brother psychologists] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410223148/http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds9195.html |date=10 April 2007 }}", ''Digital Spy'', URL last accessed 8 June 2006.</ref>

Lea suffers from [[body dysmorphic disorder]]; Sam has admitted to being shunned by family members because of their homosexuality and gender identity; and Nikki has suffered from [[anorexia nervosa|anorexia]] and been [[Sectioning|sectioned]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/health/story/0,,1808374,00.html |work=[[The Guardian]] |title=The lovely bones |date=29 June 2006 |___location=London |first=Emily |last=Wilson |access-date=26 April 2010}}</ref> in the past due to the condition.

According to the [[2 June]] edition of BBLB, [[Big Brother (UK series 4)|Big Brother 4]]'s [[Ray Shah]] managed to find a Golden Ticket while on-air with [[Q102]], a Dublin radio station, but stated in a live phone call with [[Dermot O'Leary]] that he is not interested in returning to the house. The ticket was given, as initially intended, to morning show presenter Sue Carter, who has appeared on Celador's list of known Golden Ticket holders. Q102 purchased in excess of 10,000 Kit Kat bars with the intention of finding a Golden Ticket, with a trip to the UK (as the bars were not yet on sale in Ireland) being sponsored by [[Stena Line]] and an Irish [[Peugeot]] dealer. {{fact}}

===Welsh language criticism===

== Criticism ==

Further criticism arose when [[Welsh people|Welsh]] contestant [[Glyn Wise]] was reprimanded for communicating in his first language, [[Welsh language|Welsh]], with fellow Welsh housemate [[Imogen Thomas]]. Big Brother deemed this a form of 'code' and issued a warning to Glyn, who retorted "But Welsh is a [[Languages of the United Kingdom|British language]]". Following the incident, the [[Welsh Language Society]] complained to Channel 4, the regulator [[Ofcom]] and [[S4C]]. Clearly, it was no longer a problem after this as Glyn and Imogen continued to converse in Welsh. Such discussions were broadcast with English-language subtitles.<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4997698.stm Big Brother's warning over Welsh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613191716/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4997698.stm |date=13 June 2006 }}", ''BBC''. URL last accessed on 1 June 2006.</ref>

More than years previously, ''Big Brother'' has been criticised in the [[media]] for both its choice of housemates and its practice once the housemates are inside. Initially the programme faced accusations of exploiting a man with [[Tourette syndrome]], by accepting him as a housemate.<ref> Daily Mail. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bigbrother.html?in_article_id=387012&in_page_id=1815 Tourette's man 'exploited by Big Brother'.] Accessed 3 June 2006.</ref> The [[Tourette Syndrome Association]] of the U.K. claimed that this year's contestant, Pete Bennett, could suffer in the house, and also stated that parents were concerned that their children could be subjected to bullying as a consequence of Pete's behaviour inside the house. [[Channel 4]] said Pete's inclusion could educate people about the [[syndrome]].<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4997314.stm Tourette's housemate 'exploited']", ''BBC''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

===Return of ex-housemates===

Further criticism arose when contestant Glyn Wise was reprimanded for communicating in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] to housemate Imogen Thomas. Big Brother deemed this a form of '[[code]]' and issued a warning to Glyn, who retorted "But Welsh is British". Following the incident, the [[Welsh Language Society]] complained to [[Channel 4]], [[Ofcom]] and [[S4C]], saying "are we moving towards a state where 'big brother' is watching over us and deciding what language we can and cannot speak?" <ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4997698.stm Big Brother's warning over Welsh]", ''BBC''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

On Day 83, four previous evictees entered the 'House Next Door' following a public vote between ten previous Housemates. Nikki received 63% of the vote, whilst Grace got 8.4%, and Lea and Mikey 7.3% each. Their presence was revealed to the other housemates and Imogen and Richard, who were up for eviction that week, joined them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=2819&articleMask=1 |title=Meet the Neighbours |work=Channel 4's official Big Brother site |access-date=10 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211020256/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=2819&articleMask=1 |archive-date=11 December 2008}}</ref> Nikki was chosen by the remaining housemates to return to the ''Big Brother'' House and become eligible to win the £100,000 prize money<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=2729&articleMask=1 |title=Blasts From the Past |work=Channel 4's official Big Brother site |access-date=10 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211020251/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=2729&articleMask=1 |archive-date=11 December 2008}}</ref> and Grace, Mikey and Lea left the House Next Door.

This decision to allow previous evictees to become eligible to win the show was criticised. [[Channel 4]] received 500 complaints from viewers about this matter and Media watchdog [[Ofcom]] confirmed that it had received over 1,000 complaints, and referred viewers to [[ICSTIS]].<ref>"[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/progs/bb/ Concerns about voting for previously evicted housemates] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822172244/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/progs/bb/ |date=22 August 2006 }}", ''Ofcom''. URL last accessed on 9 August 2006.</ref> Soon after the four ex-housemates entered the House Next Door, ICSTIS released a statement confirming that it was dealing with over 2,500 complaints<ref>"[http://www.icstis.org.uk/pdfs_news/bigbro.pdf Big Brother - A statement from ICSTIS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821154033/http://www.icstis.org.uk/pdfs_news/bigbro.pdf |date=21 August 2006 }}", ''ICSTIS''. URL last accessed on 9 August 2006.</ref> and launched an official investigation.<ref>"[http://www.icstis.org.uk/pdfs_news/bigbro_investigation.pdf ICSTIS begins formal Big Brother investigation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205163515/http://www.icstis.org.uk/pdfs_news/bigbro_investigation.pdf |date=5 February 2009 }}", ''ICSTIS''. URL last accessed on 10 August 2006.</ref> On 5 October 2006, they ruled that Channel 4 had breached its code and imposed £50,000 'administrative charges'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://telecoms.com/2687/big-brother-gets-the-rap/ |title=Big Brother gets the rap |date=6 October 2006 |work=Telecoms.com |access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref>

The programme attracted more criticism on [[May 31]] for putting "vulnerable" people in the Big Brother house. Shabaz threatened to commit [[suicide]] on live television, Lea suffers from [[Body dysmorphic disorder]] and has previously attempted suicide, and Nikki has sufferred from [[anorexia]] and been [[Sectioning|sectioned]] in the past due to the condition. A spokeswoman for mental health charity [[Sane (charity)|Sane]] claimed that producers are "playing fast and loose with people's lives." A spokesperson for [[Rethink]] commented "The programme should not profit from people having a breakdown." A spokesman defended the show saying that a [[psychologist]] is always available for housemates.<ref>"[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2006250117,00.html Big Brother TV's evil eye]", ''[[The Sun]] Online''. URL last accessed on [[2006-06-01]].</ref>

On the day prior to the voting results being announced, however, Channel 4 stated that it still considered the vote to be a success as they had already received 400,000 votes, making it the most successful of the series. 36p from each call and 26p from each text also went to charity,<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5252516.stm Anger over Big Brother 'comeback'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813111834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5252516.stm |date=13 August 2006 }}", ''BBC''. URL last accessed on 7 August 2006.</ref> raising over £250,000 for charity on the vote alone. The money was split among three charities: Shelter, The Teenage Cancer Trust and the winning housemate's chosen charity, which Pete chose as the Tourette's Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=2809 |title=Returning Housemates Raise £250,000 |work=Channel 4's official Big Brother site |access-date=9 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113232341/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=2809 |archive-date=13 January 2009}}</ref>

== References ==

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==See alsoReferences==

{{Reflist|30em}}

*[[Big Brother 7 nominations table]]

*[[Big Brother 7 Chronology]]

==External links==

* {{IMDb episodes|0257295}}

*[http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/ Channel 4 - Big Brother]

* [http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/index.jsp ''Big Brother'' - Series 7] at [[Channel 4#Channel4.com|Channel4.com]]

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