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Template:Airing Template:Big Brother housemates Big Brother 2008 is the ninth series of the British reality television series Big Brother scheduled to air on Channel 4 and E4. The series was launched on 5 June 2008, and it is due to run for 13 weeks until 5 September 2008.[1] This series was rumoured to be started later than normal so that it did not clash with Britain's Got Talent, which was being aired on ITV during May.[2] Auditions were held from 21 November 2007 to 25 January 2008.

Today, 21 May, is Day 5830.

Broadcasts

The highlights shows have moved back from the usual 9pm timeslot to 10pm for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We will also see the return of the Saturday highlights shows, which were abandoned for Big Brother 8. Thursday's, Saturday's and Sunday's highlight shows are shown at 9pm, with an edited repeat showing the following morning at 9am. There are also weekly eviction shows hosted by Davina McCall[3] where housemates are eliminated from the show by the public vote. These eviction shows are usually on a Friday night starting at 9:00 pm till 10:00pm, following that there is a half an hour break before it returns at 10:30pm for the interview of the evictee. This lasts until 11:00. For the first time since Big Brother 4 all of Davina's interactions with the house will take place in a studio to stop the crowd chants from influencing the housemates.

Live streaming on E4 of events in the house, known as Big Brother: Direct From The House, will be reduced because of the decision that E4 Music will continue during the series' run rather than taking a break until the series is over. For the first time in the show's history, there will be no live web stream.[4]

The series is accompanied with the shows Big Brother's Big Mouth, Big Brother's Little Brother and Diary Room Uncut.[5] Zezi Ifore and George Lamb have replaced Dermot O' Leary as the host of Big Brother's Little Brother[6] whilst Big Brother's Big Mouth is hosted by a different guest host each week, beginning with Jack Whitehall. Chris Moyles took over for the first full week inside the Big Brother House.[7]

The weekly podcast made by the housemates in BB8 has been axed for BB9, with a 60 minute radio show Big Brother's Big Ears as its replacement. Like the podcast, it will be available for download on the Channel 4 website and is to be hosted by Iain Lee and Gemma Cairney. It will air twice a week on a Tuesday and Friday (after the Live Eviction) at 11:30pm.

The official "eye" logo was revealed on 12 May 2008, on the official Big Brother website. On 15 May the eye started its televised comeback with clips interspersed throughout the breaks, being first broadcast during the break of Come Dine With Me. 10 days before the Thursday a countdown began that featured the number of days left to wait in the new eye style. These adverts aired everyday until June 5th. Each Big Brother show shares the same logo but with a different coloured shard to reflect the show, for example Big Brother's Big Mouth is green.

House

Host Davina McCall tours the 2008 house. On her left is the main door, to her right is the sitting area and dining table and ahead of her is the bathroom. Behind the camera is the kitchen.

As with all Big Brother series since Big Brother 2002, the House is located in Borehamwood, a London suburb, and has been completely rebuilt with a new look for the 2008 series. The first images of the House were released in late May and showed the kitchen, living area, bathroom, one of the two bedrooms, and parts of the garden.[8] The initial set of pictures revealed a lavish, Romanesque bathroom and a red kitchen fitted with triangular furniture and wall slats facing inwards, The bedroom shown contains only eight beds surrounded by lockers and the garden was enlarged with vibrant colours and an ashtray in which housemates may smoke.[8] The dining table had only eight seats when first shown to the public; it was later shown during the launch that there was a second adjoining table.

On 4 June 2008, only one day before the launch of the series, Channel 4 released images of the luxury bedroom and for the first time before the launch show in the programme's history, the Diary Room.[9] The luxury bedroom is accessed via the garden and contains eight double beds with an oval wardrobe built into the back.[9] The Diary Room is in between the two sets of stairs by which housemates enter and exit the House (they join together at the top).[9] This means that the housemates must exit the House through the main doorway to enter the Diary Room;[8] however, the Diary Room button that the housemates use to notify Big Brother of their intent to go to the Diary Room is located next to the main door inside the House.[9]

Other areas in the House include, for the first time, a jail for housemates who break the rules.[10] Located in a wall of the garden, the jail is decorated with wallpaper of eerie doll-heads and is exposed to the elements but does have bars so that housemates cannot escape.[10] On launch night, Davina McCall revealed that there is also a solitary confinement space in the House; it is accessed via the Diary Room. It was used for the karaoke part of the Japanese task.

Housemates

Main article: List of Big Brother 2008 housemates (UK)

On Day 1, the original sixteen housemates entered the Big Brother House.[11] The seventeenth housemate, Stuart, entered the House on Day 16 as a replacement for Alexandra since she was ejected on Day 14.[12] For the first time since Big Brother 5, a second housemate, Dennis, was ejected on Day 23; it is unknown if he will be replaced.[13]

Weekly summary

Week 1 Tasks
  • On Day 1 the first four housemates to enter the house, Lisa, Mario, Luke and Stephanie, were given a secret mission by Big Brother. The group must keep secret the fact that Lisa and Mario are a real couple, and instead convince the other housemates that Mario is in a relationship with Stephanie. As they failed the task, the four faced eviction.[14]
  • On Day 6, housemates had to complete a task of endurance where they had to hold a panel above their heads.[15] Dennis and Rachel were the two housemates to hold their panels above their heads for the longest time and therefore received a picnic in the garden.[16] As the winners, they were required to perform the week's shopping task: they must guide a wand around a wire sneaking throughout the house that shocks the other housemates whenever the wand hits the wire.[17] After two hours, the housemates failed the task because they ran out of time having already incurred two fails because Alexandra and Sylvia took off their costumes.[18]
Entrances
  • Mario, Lisa, Luke, Stephanie, Rachel, Dale, Sylvia, Dennis, Michael, Alexandra, Rex, Mohamed, Rebecca, Darnell, Jennifer and Kathreya entered the House on Day 1.[11]
Exits
  • Stephanie became the first person evicted on Day 9 with 48% of the public vote.[19]
Week 2 Tasks
  • On Day 10, Big Brother asked the most musical housemate to come to the Diary Room in order to receive the next task. The housemates were each given an instrument on which to learn a tune ("When the Saints Go Marching In"). As the most musical housemate, Darnell was assigned the role of conductor. The housemates will periodically play the instruments as an ensemble throughout their time in the house. The task will last the duration of the housemates' time in the Big Brother house.[20] The houseguests failed at their first attempt at this task, with Big Brother branding them "atrocious."[21]
  • On Day 11, the housemates were asked to sort 6.25kg of crisps by flavour merely by licking them. If the housemates came within a five percentage point margin of error for each flavour, Big Brother would give the housemates one token.[22] The housemates failed the task and were not given any reward.[23]
  • On Day 13, the housemates were assigned their second shopping task, Japanorama.[24] As part of the task, they were required to learn Japanese, proper chopstick etiquette, karate, and perform karaoke.[24] The housemates passed the task on Day 14.[25]
Punishments
  • On Day 15, Rebecca opened an envelope containing a "Go to Jail" card and was sent to the jail cell in the garden.[26] During her time in jail, Rebecca used make-up to write out a sign saying "Big Brother is a Beast". As punishment for breaking the house rule against writing, Big Brother extended Rebecca's stay in the jail by one hour.
Entrances
  • Stuart entered the house on Day 16.[12]
Exits
  • On Day 14, Alexandra was ejected from the Big Brother House.[27]
Week 3 Tasks
  • On Day 18, Big Brother conducted "Big Brother's Life Class," wherein housemates had to either paint or sculpt new housemate Stuart nude. If Big Brother appreciated the housemates' art, they would be granted one token.[28] Stuart chose Jennifer's portrait of him as his favourite.[29]
  • On Day 20, Big Brother assigned housemates with their shopping task, in which the housemates to recreate the video of "Here It Goes Again" by OK Go, by hopping around the treadmills in unison. Housemates were allowed a maximum of three mistakes.[30]. The housemates passed the task on Day 21.[31]
Incidents
  • Early in the morning on Day 23, a major argument began when Rex smudged a piece of pizza on Jennifer's winning drawing of Stuart from the life drawing task earlier in the week.[32] The resulting argument involving many of the housemates caused not only the live feed of the house to be suspended but the ejection of Dennis.
Punishments
  • On Day 19, Dennis, Jennifer, Kathreya, Rebecca, Rex, Stuart and Sylvia were punished for discussing the audition process by being forced to select two of the culprits to spend time in jail. They chose Dennis and Jennifer to be imprisoned.[33]
  • On Day 19, Mohamed and Rex were sent to jail for twenty hours as punishment for talking about nominations. They were released on Day 20.[34]
  • On Day 21, Darnell and Dennis were sent to jail as punishment for discussing nominations.[35]
Exits
  • On Day 23, Dennis was ejected from the House for unacceptable behaviour after he spat on Mohamed.[13]
  • On Day 23, Sylvia became the second evictee and the fourth person to leave the House with 90.2% of the public vote.[36]
Week 4 Tasks
  • On Day 24, housemates had to trim topiaries into various randomly selected shapes. If the housemates were able to trim their plants to the required standard, Big Brother would grant them one token.[37] The housemates failed the task and were not given any reward.[38]
  • On Day 25, housemates were paired together by Michael, and each housemate would be blindfolded for three hours, while their partner leads them around. After three hours, the other housemate in the pair would be blindfolded for three hours. Michael would assist and advise the group in this task. Housemates would fail it the blindfolded partner took off their blindfold, unless instructed to by Big Brother. If the housemates passed the task, they would receive one token.[39] Big Brother decided that housemates completed this task to a satisfactory level, so the housemates got one token.
Punishments
  • On Day 24, Mario and Michael were sent to jail for discussing nominations.[40]
  • On Day 26, Luke was sent to jail for dicussing and trying to influence nominations. He was also banned from nominating. However, because he used a "Get Out of Jail Free" card, he was allowed to nominate.[41]

Controversy

Within the first week of the series, media watchdog Ofcom and Channel 4 had collectively received over 433[42] complaints about alleged bullying from housemate Alexandra, after an argument broke out between her and the other housemates regarding oven chips.[43] Channel 4 defended its housemate selection, claiming that the production team were closely watching the housemates as they normally do to ensure the safety of the housemates.[44] The broadcaster also noted that Alexandra had been warned that her behaviour could be deemed threatening.[44] On Day 14 she was ejected from the house after apparently threatening to have housemates who nominated her for eviction dealt with by her "gangster friends".[45][46]

Early in the morning on Day 23, a major argument began when Rex smudged a piece of pizza on Jennifer's winning drawing of Stuart from the life drawing task earlier in the week.[32] Fellow housemate Dale was visibly enraged by Rex's actions and began to confront him, upsetting Rebecca and Kathreya in the process.[32] It was later reported that Dennis and Mohamed became involved in the dispute and that, according to Mohamed, Dennis had spit on him; Dennis later admitted to making a spitting action, but claimed that no spit actually left his mouth and hit Mohammed.[47] The live feed of the House was then cut, similar to what happened in Big Brother 5's infamous "fight night" after viewers complained to police concerning the safety of the housemates.[32][47] The housemates were then individually called into the Diary Room and interrogated by Big Brother [citation needed]. On Day 23, Dennis was ejected from the house.

Nominations table

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Final
Week 13
Dale Passed
Task		 Mario,
Alexandra		 Rex,
Mohamed		 Rex,
Mohamed
Darnell Passed
Task		 Mario,
Lisa		 Sylvia,
Jennifer		 Jennifer,
Mario
Jennifer Passed
Task		 Mario,
Lisa		 Michael,
Mohamed		 Rachel,
Kathreya
Kathreya Passed
Task		 Alexandra,
Sylvia		 Sylvia,
Jennifer		 Jennifer,
Rebecca
Lisa Failed
Task		 Jennifer,
Sylvia		 Rebecca,
Sylvia		 Jennifer,
Rebecca
Luke Failed
Task		 Mohamed,
Mario		 Mohamed,
Sylvia		 Darnell,
Rex
Mario Failed
Task		 Sylvia,
Dennis		 Sylvia,
Rebecca		 Rex,
Mohamed
Michael Passed
Task		 Alexandra,
Dennis		 Sylvia,
Rex		 Darnell,
Rex
Mohamed Passed
Task		 Alexandra,
Dennis		 Sylvia,
Dennis		 Rebecca,
Jennifer
Rachel Passed
Task		 Alexandra,
Sylvia		 Sylvia,
Luke		 Jennifer,
Rebecca
Rebecca Passed
Task		 Alexandra,
Darnell		 Mohamed,
Michael		 Rex,
Rachel
Rex Passed
Task		 Alexandra,
Mario		 Mario,
Sylvia		 Rebecca,
Jennifer
Stuart Not in
house		 Exempt Rex,
Rachel
Sylvia Passed
Task		 Alexandra,
Mario		 Rex,
Michael		 Evicted
(Day 23)
Dennis Passed
Task		 Mario,
Alexandra		 Rex,
Mohamed		 Ejected
(Day 23)
Alexandra Passed
Task		 Rex,
Dennis		 Ejected
(Day 14)
Stephanie Failed
Task		 Evicted
(Day 9)
Nomination
note 		See
note 1		 See
note 2		 See
note 3		 See
note 4
Against
public vote 		Lisa,
Luke,
Mario,
Stephanie		 Alexandra,
Mario		 Mohamed,
Sylvia		 Jennifer,
Rex
Ejected none Alexandra Dennis
Evicted
(% of public vote) 		Stephanie
48%
to evict 		eviction
cancelled 		Sylvia
90.2%
to evict

Template:Fnb There were no nominations the first week. Instead, the result of the secret mission given to Mario, Lisa, Stephanie and Luke determined whether they or the remaining 12 housemates would face the public vote. As they failed the task, they all faced eviction.[14]

Template:Fnb As Alexandra was ejected from the house on Day 14, the eviction that was to take place on Day 16 was cancelled.[27]At the time lines were closed, Alex had attracted 87% of votes to evict.

Template:Fnb Stuart was exempt from the nomination process in Week 3 as he was a new housemate; he couldn't nominate or be nominated.

Template:Fnb On Day 25, Luke discussed nominations. Therefore, the next day, Big Brother punished him by sending him to jail, meaning he could not nominate. However, he used a "Get Out of Jail Free" card - one of Big Brother's Ever Changing Special Prizes - to get out of jail. He was then allowed to nominate.

Nominations Totals

Alexandra Dale Darnell Dennis Jennifer Kathreya Lisa Luke Mario Michael Mohamed Rachel Rebecca Rex Stephanie Stuart Sylvia
9 0 3 5 9 1 2 1 9 3 8 3 7 11 0 0 13

Ratings

All ratings are taken from BARB, a consortium that announces viewing figures that are considered "official," that is, take into account not only overnight figures but also recordings. BARB figures are usually released about a week after each episode; however, percentages are from overnight sources. Week 1 includes the launch week, which consists only of a Thursday and Friday show.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13
Saturday no show 2.74m
13%		 2.07m
10%		 (2.2m)
10%		 (2.2m)
11%
Sunday 3.51m
16%		 2.67m
11%		 (2.7m)
11%		 (3.0m)
12%
Monday 3.61m
19%		 (2.8m)
16%		 (2.9m)
16%		 (3.0m)
16%
Tuesday 3.81m
21%		 (3.4m)
20%		 (3.6m)
21%
Wednesday 3.01m
15%		 (3.2m)
19%		 (3.1m)
18%
Thursday 5.59m
25%		 3.18m
16%		 (4.3m)
18%		 (3.3m)
14%
Friday 3.76m
18%		 3.85m
17%		 (3.2m)
14%		 (3.8m)
17%
3.18m
16%		 (3.0m)
16%		 (2.4m)
14%
Weekly
average 		3.62m
18%		 2.37m
16%
15%
13%
Running
average 		3.62m
18%		 3.0m
17%
16%
15%
Series
average 		3.0m
15%
NB: figures in parentheses are overnight figures used as placeholders; they are not counted in averages once official ratings are released
blue-coloured boxes denote live shows

References

  1. ^ Dyke, Peter (2008-04-05). "Big Brother 9 Revealed". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  2. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (2008-04-05). "Channel 4 delays Big Brother 9 launch". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  3. ^ "Davina Says She's Staying!!!". Smeggy's Forums. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2008-05-13. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ West, Dave (2008-06-02). "BB net feed axed due to lack of viewers". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2008-06-02. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Channel 4 Spring/Summer 2008 press release
  6. ^ "Revealed: The NEW BBLB presenters are..." Heatworld. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-05-12. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "New Big Brother's Big Mouth presenters announced". Heatworld. 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2008-06-04. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ a b c In Pictures: The new Big Brother house DigitalSpy Retrieved 2008-06-18
  9. ^ a b c d In Pictures: The Big Brother Diary Room DigitalSpy Retrieved 2008-06-18
  10. ^ a b In Pictures: The BB9 jail Inside Big Brother Retrieved 2008-06-19
  11. ^ a b Sweet sixteen Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-11
  12. ^ a b New kid on the block Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-20
  13. ^ a b Dennis Removed Channel 4 Official Site Retrieved 2008-06-27
  14. ^ a b Big Brother sets secret task The Sun
  15. ^ Velcro hero Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-13
  16. ^ Light speed champions Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-13
  17. ^ Task: hot buzz Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-13
  18. ^ Electricity failure Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-13
  19. ^ Stephanie is evicted Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-13
  20. ^ Task: Musical Mayhem Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-16
  21. ^ Orchestraaaargh! Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-20
  22. ^ What's Your Flava? Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-16
  23. ^ The Chips Are Down Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-16
  24. ^ a b Turning Japanese Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-17
  25. ^ Sayonara Japanorama Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-18
  26. ^ Hard Cell Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-20
  27. ^ a b Alexandra leaves the house Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-18
  28. ^ Task: Stu Art Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-23
  29. ^ Fine Body of Work Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-23
  30. ^ Task Announced: Ok Go! Channel 4 official site Retreieved 2008-06-24
  31. ^ [1] Channel 4 official site Retreived 2008-06-25
  32. ^ a b c d Dennis: "I could be removed" DigitalSpy Retrieved 2008-06-26
  33. ^ Go Directly to Jail Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-23
  34. ^ Parole board Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-25
  35. ^ Dennis And Darnell Go Down Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-26
  36. ^ Sylvia gets 90.2%
  37. ^ Task: Bush Trimming Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-28
  38. ^ VIDEO: Leaf Grief Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-28
  39. ^ Task: Blind Leading the Blind Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2008-06-29
  40. ^ Michael and Mario locked up DigitalSpy Retrieved 2008-07-01
  41. ^ Free At Last Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2007-07-01
  42. ^ BBC News: Alexandra thrown off Big Brother"
  43. ^ Big Brother faces new bullying claims "Telegraph" Retrieved 2008-06-13
  44. ^ a b Big Brother sparks 500 complaints DigitalSpy Retrieved 2008-06-14
  45. ^ BBC News: Alexandra thrown off Big Brother"
  46. ^ Big Brother Alexandra transcript
  47. ^ a b Live feed cut over clash Inside Big Brother Retrieved 2008-06-26

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