Celebrity Big Brother
Series 18
Series eighteen logo
Presented byEmma Willis
No. of days30
No. of housemates15
WinnerStephen Bear
Runner-upRicky Norwood
Companion showsBig Brother's Bit On The Side
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes33
Release
Original networkChannel 5
Original release28 July (2016-07-28) –
26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
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Celebrity Big Brother 18 was the eighteenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 28 July 2016, just two days after the conclusion of Big Brother 17 [1] on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in Ireland.[2] The series ended on 26 August 2016, making it the longest summer series to date and the third-longest series of Celebrity Big Brother in its history, behind series 15 and 17, respectively.[3] Rylan Clark-Neal continues to present the spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side. It is the eleventh celebrity series and the seventeenth series of Big Brother overall to air on Channel 5.

On 26 August 2016, the series was won by Stephen Bear with Ricky Norwood finishing as runner-up.[4]

Production

The official eye logo for the series was released on 8 July 2016 when it was posted online by presenter Emma Willis. The eye is the same that was used in Big Brother 17 which was split, with black on one side and white on the other with shattered, coloured glass separating them down the middle, however the logo features a star in the middle to represent the celebrity series.[5] On 15 July 2016 a revamped eye was revealed. The revamped eye is the same as the former eye, but now split into a gold half and a white half.[6]

Teasers

On 19 July 2016, a brief 4-second "eye flash" aired on Channel 5 with the series eye logo emblazoned on a suitcase.[7] On 21 July 2016, countdown adverts started airing with clues to the housemates identities, with the clues being "Beach bod",[8] "Glamour puss",[9] "National treasure",[10] and "Iconic model".

Broadcasting

On 8 July 2016, it was confirmed that the spin-off show Bit on the Side would air an additional episode on Sunday nights on 5Star.[1] Hour-long midnight live feed also returned for the series.[11]

House

On 28 July 2016, Good Morning Britain toured the house and uploaded a 30-second video to their YouTube channel containing pictures of the kitchen area, stairs, bedroom and an empty living area. The sofa was confirmed to be Emerald Green.

The staircase was changed to gold along with the diary room door and walls. In the bedroom the gold theme continued and the carpet was changed to cream colour. The pod was also changed to a golden front with a red and orange theme inside. The bathroom was pretty much the same however all of the LED lighting was changed to a golden colour to complement the celebrity series.

Housemates

On Day 1, fifteen housemates entered the house:[12]

Celebrity Age on entry Notability Day entered Day exited Status
Stephen Bear 26 Reality TV star 1 30 Winner
Ricky Norwood 33 Actor 1 30 Runner-up
Renee Graziano 48 Reality TV star 1 30 3rd Place
Marnie Simpson 24 Reality TV star 1 30 4th Place
Aubrey O'Day 32 Singer and reality TV star 1 30 5th Place
Frankie Grande 33 Internet personality and half-brother of Ariana Grande[a] 1 30 6th Place
Samantha Fox 50 Model and singer 1 27 Evicted
Katie Waissel 30 Singer 1 27 Evicted
James Whale 65 Radio broadcaster 1 23 Evicted
Lewis Bloor 26 Reality TV star 1 23 Evicted
Heavy D† 43 Reality TV star 1 20 Evicted
Chloe Khan 25 Media personality 1 16 Evicted
Saira Khan 46 TV presenter 1 13 Evicted
Grant Bovey 55 Media personality and ex-husband of Anthea Turner 1 9 Evicted
Christopher Biggins 67 Actor and TV presenter 1 9 Ejected
  1. ^ Frankie Grande previously participated on the sixteenth series of Big Brother in the United States, where he finished in 5th place.[13]

Aubrey O'Day

Aubrey O'Day is an American singer and reality television personality. She competed in the MTV series Making the Band, on which she won a place as a member of girl group Danity Kane. She also formed the musical duo Dumblonde, and has made appearances on television shows such as All About Aubrey and The Celebrity Apprentice. She entered the house on Day 1. On Day 6, she received a formal and final warning for unacceptable behaviour. On Day 30, she left the house in fifth place.

Stephen Bear

Stephen Bear, known as Bear, is a British reality television personality. He first appeared as a contestant on the Channel 4 series Shipwrecked, before appearing as a cast member on the third series of MTV's Ex on the Beach. He entered the house on Day 1. On Day 7 he was given a formal and final warning for unacceptable behaviour. On Day 9, he was cursed with eternal nomination for the duration of the series by his other housemates and faced every subsequent eviction. On Day 30, he left the house as the winner.

Christopher Biggins

Christopher Biggins, also known as Biggins, is an English actor and television presenter, most known for his roles in television and theatre. In 2007 he won the seventh series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. He entered the house on Day 1. He was removed from the house on Day 9 after making offensive comments.[14] Forty-four people complained to Ofcom about comments Biggins made about bisexuals, but Ofcom ruled that although the comments could cause offence, they were likely to be within the audience's expectations, and his comments were therefore found not to be in breach of broadcasting rules.[15]

Chloe Khan

Chloe Khan, formerly known as Chloe Mafia,[16] is a British model and media personality. She is most known for her audition during the seventh series of The X Factor, and for appearing on Snog Marry Avoid?.[17] She later became a Playboy model.[18] She entered the house on Day 1. She became the third housemate to be evicted on Day 16, following an eviction showdown with Marnie.

Frankie Grande

Frankie Grande is an American internet personality, dancer, singer, and actor, who is the half-brother of Ariana Grande. As an actor, he has appeared in Broadway musicals such as Mamma Mia! and Rock of Ages. In 2014, he competed in the sixteenth series of Big Brother USA where he finished fifth. He entered the house on Day 1. On Day 30, he left the house in sixth place.

Grant Bovey

Grant Bovey is a British businessman, most notable for his former marriage to television presenter Anthea Turner. He entered the house on Day 1. He became the first housemate to be evicted.

Heavy D

Colin Newell, better known as Heavy D, was a British television personality, best known for appearing as a main buyer on Storage Hunters UK. He also made appearances on the YouTube football fan channel ArsenalFanTV. He entered the house on Day 1. He became the fourth housemate to be evicted on Day 20.

James Whale

James Whale is an English television and radio broadcaster. He became the host of The James Whale Show on Radio Aire in Leeds in the 1980s, which was simulcast on national television. He also hosted a night time radio show on talkSPORT between 1995 and 2000. He entered the house on Day 1. He became the sixth to be evicted on Day 23.

Katie Waissel

Katie Waissel is an English singer-songwriter, who was a finalist on the seventh series of The X Factor and finished seventh. She entered the house on Day 1. She became the seventh housemate to be evicted on Day 27.

Lewis Bloor

Lewis Bloor is an English reality television personality, best known for starring as a cast member in the ITVBe semi-reality programme The Only Way Is Essex. He entered the House on Day 1. On Day 20, he was given a formal and final warning for unacceptable behaviour. He became the fifth housemate to be evicted on Day 23.

Marnie Simpson

Marnie Simpson is an English reality television personality, best known for appearing as a cast member in the MTV reality series Geordie Shore. She entered the house on Day 1. On Day 30, she left the house in fourth place.

Renee Graziano

Renee Graziano is an American reality television personality and author, most notable for appearing as a cast member on the VH1 reality series Mob Wives. She is the daughter of Anthony Graziano, a former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family. She entered the house on Day 1. On Day 30, she left the house in third place.

Ricky Norwood

Ricky Norwood is an English actor, most notable for playing Fatboy in the BBC soap opera EastEnders between 2010 and 2015. He entered the House on Day 1. On Day 30, he left the house as runner-up.

Saira Khan

Saira Khan is an English television personality. She is best known for being the runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice, and for appearing as a regular panellist on Loose Women. She entered the house on Day 1. She was the second housemate to be evicted on Day 13.

Samantha Fox

Samantha Fox is an English singer, songwriter, and former model, best known for appearing as a model on Page 3 of The Sun newspaper in the mid-1980s. She released her debut single "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" in 1986, which reached number one in several countries. She also took part in the ninth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, where she finished ninth. She entered the house on Day 1. She became the eighth housemate to be evicted on Day 27.

Summary

Day 1 Entrances
  • Biggins, Saira, Frankie, Ricky, Renee, Marnie, James, Aubrey, Bear, Katie, Lewis, Grant, Chloe, Heavy D and Samantha entered the house.
Twists
  • The housemates were thrown a silent disco whilst the public voted for which housemate they wanted to be the "Secret Boss". During the disco Biggins's music was interrupted as Big Brother told him the public had given him the role of "Secret Boss" and he would have sole responsibility of nominations. However, the other housemates were let in on the secret and were told that this was a lie. In fact they had to receive a nomination from Biggins in order to receive immunity. Later that night, Biggins nominated Saira and she was granted immunity.
Day 2 Twists
  • Biggins nominated Lewis and granted him immunity.
Day 3 Twists
  • Biggins nominated Heavy D and granted him immunity. Biggins was then told the truth about the twist and for passing, he was also granted immunity.
Tasks
  • The Housemates played Game of Phones, in which three Housemates had to stand in front of three phoneboxes whilst the others were given a fact about one of them. The housemates then had to get in the phonebox of the housemate they believe the fact is about. An incorrect answer meant they would be gunged.
Day 4 Nominations
  • The housemates nominated for the first time. Grant and James received the most nominations and faced the public vote.
Day 5 Tasks
  • Biggins hosted a talent show with Aubrey, Frankie and Renee as judges. Samantha won after receiving maximum points.
Punishments
  • As punishment for Bear, Biggins, James, Renee and Saira discussing nominations, the hot water and electrical appliances were switched off.
Day 6 Tasks
  • For the first shopping task, Housemates separated into Humans; Bear, Biggins, Heavy D, James, Katie, Marnie, Renee and Samantha, and Artificials; Aubrey, Chloe, Frankie, Grant, Lewis, Ricky and Saira. Each Human had an Artificial to do everything they asked. This was a head-to-head task between the Humans and Artificials with the winners receiving a luxury shopping budget and the losers receiving basic. For the first round the teams were asked a series of trivia questions. The first team to answer 7 questions without breaking the circuit would win the round. The Artificials were declared the winners.
Punishments
  • Aubrey was given a formal and final warning after spitting in Bear's food and drink then serving them to him during the Humans vs Artificials task.
Day 7 Tasks
  • For the second round of the Humans vs Artificials shopping task, the teams went head-to-head to see who could get the most emotion out of the other team. This round was declared a draw. Thus since the Artificials won the first round, they won the shopping task.
Punishments
  • Bear was given a formal warning for throwing a bottle across the garden, smashing a mirror and invading Heavy D's personal space. He was then kept in a room separate from the other housemates for the night.
Day 8 Tasks
  • Frankie was given a secret task, to bring a little bit of Hollywood to Borehamwood. He had to pretend to be in a horror film, an action film and a musical. He successfully completed this task.
Day 9 Punishments
  • Lewis was told by Big Brother that the way he and fellow Housemates were acting in their dare games could be seen as bullying or out-casting other Housemates.
  • After James discussed nominations and Bear ate some of the luxury food won by the Artificials in the shopping task, both were sent to jail.
Exits
  • Biggins was removed from the house for using offensive language.
  • Grant was evicted from the house, receiving the fewest votes to save.
Twists
  • Following Grant's eviction, the Housemates had to vote for somebody to receive eternal nomination. Bear received the most votes and will therefore face every eviction in the series until he leaves.
Day 10 Nominations
  • The housemates nominated for the second time. Heavy D, Lewis and Saira received the most nominations and faced the public vote, along with Bear who is eternally nominated.
Day 11 Tasks
  • The housemates were given a large balloon to protect on their stomach and were told that if it was still intact at the end of the task they would attend a party. In fact, Marnie and Saira were on a secret mission to burst the balloons of the people they wanted at the party.
Day 12 Tasks
  • Big Brother gave Samantha a talent agency for a day. She had to choose four housemates to interview. Then she had to pick one she thought would benefit most from her wisdom and be her apprentice. She chose Katie.
Day 13 Exits
  • Saira was evicted from the house, receiving the fewest votes to save.
Tasks
  • Housemates competed in a game of Nerve, where Big Brother tempted each housemate with a dare to complete. As 11 of 13 housemates were successful, they passed the task.
Nominations
  • After surviving eviction, Bear, Heavy D and Lewis each had to make a killer nomination. They chose Renee, Marnie and James respectively; and they joined eternally nominated Bear in facing eviction.
Day 14 Nominations
  • During the "Big Risk" task, Renee won the right to save herself from nomination and replace herself with another housemate. She chose Chloe.
Tasks
  • Aubrey and Frankie threw a party for all the housemates. The party items were won in a game of risk.
Day 15 Punishments
  • Aubrey was sent to jail for discussing nominations.
Day 16 Punishments
  • Lewis was sent to jail for discussing nominations.
Tasks
  • For the final part of the shopping task, the housemates were given two money bags to hold for as long as possible, exceeding a mystery time chosen by Big Brother. However, for the real task, Samantha and Ricky had already secretly predicted that Lewis would be the strongest, and so the task rested in his hands. As Lewis held the bags for longer than the set time, the housemates won a luxury budget.
Twists
  • The two housemates with the fewest votes; Chloe and Marnie, went head-to-head in a game of chance to determine who would be evicted. The housemates each voted for who they would like to leave, which would take up a proportion of a wheel. Chloe was evicted after the wheel landed on one of her sections.
Exits
  • Chloe was evicted from the house.
Day 17 Nominations
  • The housemates nominated for the third time. Heavy D, Lewis and Renee received the most nominations and faced the public vote, along with Bear who is eternally nominated.
Punishments
  • Heavy D and Bear were given a warning after making other housemates feel uncomfortable and pouring oil in the garden causing health and safety concerns.
Day 18 Tasks
  • The housemates were sent back to school with Big Brother as the headmaster, Ricky and Aubrey as head boy and head girl, and Samantha and Frankie as prefects. Over the course of the day the housemates attended lessons and followed rules set by Aubrey and Ricky. Failure to follow these rules would result in punishments set by Big Brother.
Day 20 Punishments
  • Lewis was given a formal and final warning for unacceptable behaviour the previous night.
Exits
  • Heavy D was evicted from the house, receiving the fewest votes to save.
Nominations
  • The housemates nominated for the fourth time. James, Lewis, Ricky and Samantha received the most nominations and faced the public vote, along with Bear who is eternally nominated.
Day 21 Tasks
  • As part of this week's shopping task, the housemates had to simply remain concentrated whilst Big Brother sent in distractions in the form of family, friends and pets.
Day 23 Tasks
  • The housemates competed against each other in a game of one-upping. Marnie was pronounced the greediest over Samantha, Katie most dramatic over Renee, Aubrey most real over James, Bear most brave over Lewis, and Frankie most outrageous over Ricky.
Exits
  • Lewis and James were evicted from the house, receiving the fewest votes to save.
Day 24 Tasks
  • The housemates took part in a Christmas themed task with the Elves being Aubrey, Frankie, Marnie and Renee and the Reindeer being Bear, Katie, Ricky, and Samantha. The Elves and Reindeer went head-to-head in a series of festive challenges with the winners being able to nominate two housemates for eviction each, and the losers only being able to nominate one each.
Day 25 Nominations
  • The housemates nominated for the final time. Frankie, Katie, Marnie, Ricky and Samantha received the most nominations and faced the public vote, along with Bear who is eternally nominated.
Day 27 Punishments
  • As punishment for eating the pies won by the winners of the task, Katie and Bear were to be pied by the other housemates.
Exits
  • Katie and Samantha were evicted from the house, receiving the fewest votes to save.
Day 28 Tasks
  • The housemates voted for each other in different award categories.
Day 30 Exits
  • Frankie left the house in sixth place, Aubrey left the house in fifth place, Marnie left the house in fourth place and Renee left the house in third place. It was then revealed that Bear was the winner, leaving Ricky as the runner-up.

Nominations table

Day 3 Day 4 Day 9 Day 10 Day 13 Day 17 Day 20 Day 25 Day 30
Final 		Nominations
received
Bear Not
eligible 		James,
Ricky 		Aubrey Aubrey,
Ricky 		Renee Renee,
Ricky 		Samantha,
Ricky 		Frankie Winner
(Day 30) 		9
Ricky Not
eligible 		Grant,
James 		Bear Lewis,
Chloe 		Not
eligible 		Lewis,
Heavy D 		James,
Lewis 		Katie Runner-up
(Day 30) 		8
Renee Not
eligible 		James,
Grant 		Saira Lewis,
Marnie 		Not
eligible 		Heavy D,
Lewis 		James,
Ricky 		Samantha,
Marnie 		Third place
(Day 30) 		5
Marnie Not
eligible 		James,
Frankie 		Heavy D Heavy D,
Aubrey 		Not
eligible 		Heavy D,
James 		James,
Frankie 		Ricky,
Samantha 		Fourth place
(Day 30) 		10
Aubrey Not
eligible 		Grant,
James 		Bear Lewis,
Saira 		Not
eligible 		Heavy D,
Lewis 		James,
Lewis 		Marnie,
Samantha 		Fifth place
(Day 30) 		6
Frankie Not
eligible 		James,
Grant 		Bear Lewis,
Marnie 		Not
eligible 		Lewis,
Marnie 		James,
Lewis 		Marnie,
Katie 		Sixth place
(Day 30) 		5
Samantha Not
eligible 		Bear,
Marnie 		Heavy D Heavy D,
Chloe 		Not
eligible 		Heavy D,
Lewis 		James,
Lewis 		Frankie Evicted
(Day 27) 		6
Katie Not
eligible 		Grant,
James 		Bear Heavy D,
Saira 		Not
eligible 		Heavy D,
James 		James,
Ricky 		Frankie Evicted
(Day 27) 		6
James Not
eligible 		Grant,
Bear 		Bear Saira,
Heavy D 		Not
eligible 		Aubrey,
Heavy D 		Lewis,
Marnie 		Evicted
(Day 23) 		22
Lewis Not
eligible 		James,
Ricky 		Heavy D Aubrey,
Heavy D 		James Renee,
Heavy D 		Samantha,
Aubrey 		Evicted
(Day 23) 		16
Heavy D Not
eligible 		James,
Renee 		Bear Lewis,
Saira 		Marnie Renee,
Katie 		Evicted
(Day 20) 		19
Chloe Not
eligible 		Katie,
James 		James Katie,
Saira 		Not
eligible 		Evicted
(Day 16) 		2
Saira Not
eligible 		Bear,
Grant 		Heavy D Heavy D,
Katie 		Evicted
(Day 13) 		7
Grant Not
eligible 		Samantha,
James 		Evicted
(Day 9) 		8
Biggins Saira,
Lewis,
Heavy D 		Marnie,
Grant 		Ejected
(Day 9) 		N/A
Notes 1 1 2 2 2, 3 2 2, 4 2, 5 6
Against
public vote 		none Grant,
James 		none Bear,
Heavy D,
Lewis,
Saira 		Bear,
Chloe,
James,
Marnie 		Bear,
Heavy D,
Lewis,
Renee 		Bear,
James,
Lewis,
Ricky,
Samantha 		Bear,
Frankie,
Katie,
Marnie,
Ricky,
Samantha 		Aubrey,
Bear,
Frankie,
Marnie,
Renee,
Ricky
Ejected none Biggins none
Evicted none Grant
Fewest votes
to save 		none Saira
Fewest votes
to save 		Chloe
Evicted by wheel
(out of 2) 		Heavy D
Fewest votes
to save 		Lewis
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
to save 		Katie
Fewest votes
to save 		Frankie
3.54%
(out of 6) 		Renee
14.66%
(out of 6)
Aubrey
4.82%
(out of 6) 		Ricky
34.57%
(out of 6)
James
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
to save 		Samantha
Fewest votes
to save 		Marnie
6.51%
(out of 6)
Bear
35.90%
to win[19]

Notes

Ratings

Official viewers (millions)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Saturday 2.00 1.87 1.83 1.62
Sunday 2.11 2.13 2.19 2.15
Monday 2.35 2.03 2.03 2.02
Tuesday 2.15 2.15 2.03 1.95
Wednesday 2.00 2.21 2.12 2.37
Thursday 2.71 2.31 2.29 2.30 2.21
Friday 2.13 2.23 2.05 1.97 2.14
1.87 2.05 1.64
Weekly average 2.19 2.10 2.01 2.07
Running average 2.19 2.15 2.10 2.09
Series average 2.1
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows.

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