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Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)

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Celebrity Big Brother is a British TV reality show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of celebrity contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. It is based on the Big Brother series produced by Endemol and uses the same house and presenters as the non-celebrity version.

Differences to non-celebrity version:

  • The show lasts for a much shorter time.
  • A proportion of the profits from eviction votes goes to charity.
  • The celebrities are paid for their appearance (as long as they do not quit).

Series 1 (March 2001)

In aid of Comic Relief six celebrities entered the Big Brother series 1 house for eight days in March 2001. As Comic Relief is shown by the BBC, this was a rare collaboration between the two TV channels.

Contestants

Notes

The series is remembered for comedian Jack Dee's escape from the house - he evaded security for an hour before returning ("I got all the way to Stratford") - and Vanessa Feltz angrily scrawling words on the dining table, apparently feeling the pressure of constant surveillance.

Series 2 (November 2002)

The second celebrity series lasted ten days, from November 20-30, 2002. Proceeds from viewer voting went to four different charities: Centrepoint, National Missing Persons Helpline, Rethink severe mental illness and Samaritans.

Contestants

Notes

Les Dennis is commonly remembered for his depression during the series following his split from wife Amanda Holden.

Series 3 (January 2005)

The third series began on January 6, 2005, and ran until January 23, 2005. A percentage of phone vote funds went towards helping victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

Contestants

On the fifth day a ninth celebrity entered the house:

Notes

This series features the oldest and youngest ever UK Big Brother contestants (discounting Teen Big Brother): Jackie Stallone (82) and Kenzie (19).

Series 4 (January 2006)

A fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother began on 5 January 2006 and will run for three weeks until 27 January 2006. This is the first Big Brother series to be produced by Brighter Pictures, a subsidiary of Endemol UK, instead of by the parent company.

The first housemate to enter the house was Chantelle, a girl from Essex brought into the house as the first non-celebrity in a celebrity series. Her first task was to convince her celebrity housemates that she was actually a genuine celebrity herself – failure will mean that she is evicted on Day 4. She was told to play the character of a pop star from the fictitious girl band "Kandyfloss", and her biggest 'hit' was "I Want It Right Now".

Contestants

See also

  • The Surreal Life, a programme similar to Celebrity Big Brother in the USA. Traci Bingham has already appeared on this show.
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