Big Brother 2004 (UK) (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Big Brother 5 in 2004 was the fifth series of Big Brother in the UK, a reality television show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of 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.

The series began on 28 May 2004, and ended on 6 August in the same year.

Housemates

Ahmed

Ahmed Aghil (born March, 1960) is now a successful property developer and has graduated with a degree in law. Ahmed along with Michelle, Stuart, Dan and Shell were the only housemates not involved with fight night. Ahmed was evicted from the Big Brother house in Week 7, whilst up for the public vote against Dan, Nadia, Shell, Stuart and Victor. He spent 51 days in the house. A cult has been created after ahmed, and the housemates conied the word: "ahmania" short for ahmed mania to describe the phenomenon that swept the nation in 2004 and beyond.

Becki

Becki Seddiki (born July 24, 1970) is a singer-songwriter from London, with Italian and Moroccan blood. Since Big Brother, Becki has landed a twice weekly radio DJing slot on a radio station in London (from 2006 onwards) and is still recording her music and performing at several gigs all over the UK. Becki was not involved in fight night as she was not in the house at that time. She arrived on Day 30, as a replacement for Emma who was ejected from the house due to her disputes with Victor. Becki's time in the house is probably best remembered for the 'judas kiss,' where she was informed she had to kiss one housemate on both cheeks, and would therefore automatically put them up for eviction that week. She choose Michelle, which was not considered a wise decision, due to her popularity at the time. Becki was evicted from the Big Brother house in Week 6, whilst up for the public vote against Ahmed, less than 2 weeks after she entered the house.

Daniel

Daniel Charles Bryan (born January 3, 1974) is a hairdresser and DJ from Hull. Daniel announced on the show that he was gay. Dan along with Ahmed, Michelle, Stuart and Shell was the only housemate not involved (majorly) in fight night; he tried to calm Emma and Nadia down, a role which he regularly took when disputes broke out in the house. He was once hairdresser to pop group Steps. Dan was generally a popular housemate throughout the shows run, and eventually was evicted on the final night, finishing in third place, only behind Jason and Nadia.

Emma

Emma Louise Greenwood (born October 12, 1983) was formerly an administrative assistant from Oldham, Greater Manchester and had a minor singing career before and after her time in the house. Emma has also been a member of the British Army.

Since leaving the Big Brother house Emma has made various public appearances, as well as appearing alongside former Housemate Michelle Bass on the softcore porn channel Television X, performing links between clips during the Freeview.

Emma moved into a flat in London with fellow housemate Marco for several months until ultimately returning to the army. In 2005 Emma was voted the fifth most popular housemate of all time losing to BB2 winner Brian Dowling who finished 4th and Fellow Housemates Michelle Bass and Stuart Wilson and Nadia who won. Emma was massively involved with fight night, as her antics are often considered as what started it. She was ejected from the house on Day 22 following her antics that night.

Jason

Jason Cowan, November 1 1973, in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. Along with Victor Ebuwa he was credited by television critic Ally Ross as the saviour of the Big Brother franchise for his creation of the jungle cats. He was the runner-up of the series.

He is obsessed with fitness and trains everyday in the gym lifting weights and running. He holds the record for the biggest muscles in Big Brother UK.

He was in Five's recent show Commando VIP, in which he and five other celebrities had to complete SAS-style tasks. He finished in second place. Jason was given a formal warning after fight night.

Kitten

Kat, or Kitten Pinder (born October 13, 1979) is a self-proclaimed anarchist, human and animal rights activist. She entered the house on May 28, 2004 and was ejected one week later on June 4 by the Big Brother producers for rule breaking.

She was forced to leave due to persistent rule-breaking. After Pinder's ejection, she appeared in court regarding her non-payment of parking fines amounting to £225. She blamed it on debts accumulated whilst being a student due to Tony Blair's education policy. Pinder occasionally appeared on the parallel show Big Brother's Little Brother, also on Channel 4.

Pinder moved to Australia with her lesbian lover in 2005.

Marco

Marco Jaye Sabba (born April 20, 1983) was a law student from Kingston University. Marco has appeared in a West End stage show and, along with fellow housemate Emma, provided a commentary of Celebrity Big Brother UK on Richard and Judy. He is set to marry his gay lover in early July. Marco was involved in the infamous "fight night" but did not act in a violent manner. He was, however, issued with a formal warning for his conduct.

Michelle

Michelle Bass (born February 2, 1981 in Newcastle) was formerly a mortgage advisor. Michelle and housemate Stuart remained a couple for some time following Big Brother, but eventually split up. She has since featured on Television X, performing links between clips during the Freeview and has participated in phootshoot with the British men's magazine; Nuts. On the recent Charlotte Church Show Michelle appeared with 12 other former housemates in the guess the housemate game where she finally answered Davina's question about her and Stu having sex under the table. Michelle had been favourite to win until viewers labelled her a bunny boiler due to her obsessive behaviour over boyfriend Stuart. Michelle along with Ahmed, Dan, Shell and Stuart were the only housemates not to be involved in fight night. She and Dan stopped Nadia, Emma and Marco from returning to fight Victor and Jason.

Nadia

Nadia Almada (born January 28, 1977) was born as a male on the Portuguese Island of Madeira, under the name of Jorge, but was known as Carlos. Nadia moved to England in 1996 and worked in a department store in Woking, where she lives. She has also managed a children's book store. Before entering the Big Brother house, Nadia worked as a bank cashier. Nadia was given a formal warning after fight night.

The Sun dubbed Nadia the Portugeezer, the "Portuguese Man O' War" and NADS, NADS being a slang term for gonads (testicles).

After 71 days in the house she emerged as the winner, securing 74% of the overall vote and winning £63,500.

Shell

Michelle Jubin, (born March 8,1982) works in the arts in New York. Shell seemed to be the most vulnerable housemate; during fight night she cried (and fainted) in the bathroom. She finished in fourth place on the final night.

Stuart

Stuart Wilson (born April 28 1984) is a student from Macclesfield.

Michelle and Stuart enjoyed a year long relationship after the show, and they attended showbiz parties and covered many articles in glossy magazines. Soon after the sixth series of Big Brother started, it was revealed these two had split up. Stuart was the first housemate in UK Big Brother never to be nominated on any occasion. Stuart along with Ahmed, Dan, Michelle and Shell were the only housemates not to get involved in fight night; he restrained Victor from confronting Emma and was pushed out of the bathroom by Jason.

Vanessa

Vanessa Nimmo (born 12 August 1977) is a former double South African archery champion. She was born in Cape Town but moved to Leeds in 1994. After being on Big Brother, she dated Ben Fogle for a few months. For a while Vanessa did not seem to be involved in fight night until she and Nadia had a row leading to her been given a formal warning. After Big Brother, Vanessa became a glamour model.

Victor

Victor Afanefuma Ebuwa (born January 17, 1981), from London.

On day 57 he was evicted following an argument with fellow housemate Shell Jubin, after which a fan of Victor's sent death threats to Shell's parents' house. Victor was involved in fight night and was given a formal warning.

TV critics, notably Ally Ross (The Sun TV Critic), have credited Victor for saving the Big Brother UK franchise, by stirring controversy and his 'straight talking' attitude towards housemates. The previous year's show had been criticised for being dull, leading to record low viewing figures and a subsequent drop in eviction votes. Viewing figures increased this year to an average of 7 million every night.

Since leaving the house, Victor has appeared on Celebrity Poker Club as well as various other Channel 4 shows.

Chronology

Trailed as "Big Brother turns evil", it was controversial from the start. The house was smaller and more claustrophobic; there was one bedroom; and the prize money of £100,000 was reduced if housemates failed their tasks. Big Brother promised tougher challenges as well as surprises to test the minds of housemates. The makers were initially criticised for choosing contestants specifically to boost ratings, opting for people that were openly gay (Marco, Dan and Kitten), a transsexual (Nadia), a former asylum seeker (Ahmed), and a person who claimed to be bisexual (Jason, although he later revealed that this had been a fabrication to improve his chances of being selected). This feeling soon dissipated to a large extent as the personalities of the housemates overshadowed these issues.

Week 1	Tasks	On Day 2, the housemates individually nominated whom they thought was least deserving of their suitcase. They chose Kitten (she also nominated herself after refusing to nominate) and she was never given her suitcase for her time in the house.
	Punishments'	On Day 5, the rebellious housemates decided to move the refrigerator into the bedroom, but the housemates (especially Kitten) were disciplined for their actions. In Big Brothers first example of evil towards the housemates during the programme, £1,000 was deducted for every minute Kitten remained in the house. Therefore, there was no eviction in Week 1. At the end of Week 1, the housemates had £91,000 left in the prize fund.
	Entrances	Ahmed, Dan, Emma, Jason, Kitten, Marco, Michelle, Nadia, Shell, Stuart, Vanessa, and Victor entered on Day 1.
	Exits	On Day 8, Kitten was ejected in the first week for constant rule-breaking.

Week 2

Another task was introduced, which could have potentially made the housemates lose £10,000, involved Stuart's knowledge and Jason's strength. Stuart was required to answer general knowledge questions in the Diary Room while Jason had to spin a turntable on which the rest of the housemates sat. The housemates lost £5,000 during the task. In an interesting twist, Big Brother decided that Ahmed has not abided by the task rules and therefore another £1,000 was lost. At this point, the total was £85,000. On Day 10, the housemates were told of the first week-long task: Big Brother Food to Go, a 24/7 fast food challenge. The housemates failed the task. A fake eviction on Day 15 saw two of the housemates, Emma and Michelle, confined to the nearby "Big Brother Bedsit" where they could see and hear what was happening in the house without the others knowing. This was originally supposed to happen on Day 8, but Kitten's eviction postponed it.

Week 3

After Emma and Michelle's return to the house, scenes of aggression and violence erupted resulting in on-site security staff having to enter the house for the first time in the show's history. Some viewers of the live feed also called the police; after a short investigation, a joint statement by Hertfordshire police and producers Endemol said that they were satisfied with steps being taken to ensure housemates' safety and well-being. Police were also reportedly questioning each contestant as they left the house. Emma was moved back to the bed-sit and later evicted permanently. Several remaining housemates (Victor, Jason, Nadia, Vanessa, Marco) were given a formal warning. A psychologist on the show resigned, claiming that his warnings that Endemol's deliberate selection of housemates likely to cause conflict would lead to the fight went unheeded. Although the fight was quite destructive, almost seven million people watched the daily highlight show including the fight. The eviction originally planned on Day 22 was held off until Day 29.

Following the fight the arguments continued, but nothing on the scale of what producers refer to as "Day 20" or "Fight Night". Following an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live Emma and Victor clashed again and had to be separated by the security on the show.

Week 4

As a result of the fighting on Day 20, Emma was ejected from the Big Brother House on Day 23. The housemates were given a paper-maché task on Day 25, which was to create a unique housemate sculpture. The sculpture was later torn down by Ahmed. On Day 29, Vanessa was evicted. It was also revealed that the live task show would be dropped from the television schedule so that another daily highlight show could be watched in its place.

Week 5

On Day 30, Big Brother gave the housemates another task that risked their prize fund. Before the challenge started, the housemates had £77,000, having lost £23,000 during their stay so far. Their task dealt with unscrambling the other housemates and resisting an electric shock. The contestants lost a total of £3,000 in the task, lowering the maximum prize to £74,000. Since the rules stipulate that a replacement housemate may be added in lieu of a walkout or ejection, a surprise new housemate, Becki Seddiki, entered the house on Day 31 as Emma's replacement. She was immediately given a task by Big Brother to (based on first impressions) kiss one of the housemates and that housemate would be up for eviction. This became known as the "Judas kiss". She chose popular housemate Michelle, leading to her being perceived by many as a traitor, and her fate was sealed. Marco was evicted on Day 36.

Week 6

On Day 40, a major row broke out between Michelle and Becki when Michelle saw a plane flying over the garden with the message, "The Sun - Only Becki nominated Michelle." On Day 42, the housemates participated in a silent protest against Big Brother. Throughout the series, Stuart had been seeking return of a cowboy hat from the fancy dress party held in week 3. In response to the silent protest, Big Brother showed footage of Stuart's cowboy hat being burnt as he sat behind the sofa in horror. As revenge, Michelle decided to steal the Diary Room camera and unsuccessfully attempted to incinerate it using a match. As punishment for this, Michelle was given her "first and final warning". Becki was evicted on Day 43 because of her unpopularity by kissing Michelle and therefore nominating her.

Week 7

Big Brother gave the housemates a boot camp task. Jason and Michelle were selected as sergeants while the rest of the housemates were privates. In the Diary Room, Jason and Michelle were told that if the privates passed the task, then they would be up for eviction, and if the privates failed the task, then the two sergeants would be nominated. The privates passed, and all six were automatically nominated for eviction. On Day 48, the housemates participated in a dating service. Ahmed badly upset Michelle during the boot camp task and this was not well received by the public; he was evicted on Day 50.

Week 8

The following week the flamboyant, aggressive Victor Ebuwa was evicted in a shock result that was mainly a result of a fight with Shell Jubin during a Wedding Day task. This task was also the scene for one of the most embarrassing Big Brother moments of recent times as wannabe-singer and chorister for the day, Michelle Bass, ad-libbed her way through the classical Pie Jesu. The housemates failed the task. Victor was evicted on Day 57.

Week 9

The following week Michelle was evicted. The series was notable for her romance with Stuart Wilson. It is widely believed that they were the first couple to have full penetrative sex on the main Big Brother UK show (this having already taken place on Teen Big Brother in 2003), following two incidents where they made a crude tent under the dining table and discarded their microphones. However their actions were not visible, and both parties have refused to confirm or deny it, however in a recent interview with Davina on the Charlotte Church show, Michelle confirmed that "she did it" under the table. Michelle's self-confessed jealous behaviour gave some viewers the impression that Stuart was an unwilling participant in the affair, but he has stated since that this was not the case. The relationship continued after both had left the house. They have since split up.

Week 10

Two days before the final day Stuart Wilson received only 7% of the votes to win, the lowest amount of the contestants in the house, and so was evicted in a surprise move mid-way through a party. He was told he was to leave immediately, without saying goodbye to the remaining housemates. He received a rapturous reception upon leaving the Big Brother house.

Nadia, as expected by all the bookmakers (she was favourite for six weeks) won Big Brother (UK) 2004 with 74% of the vote. She was greeted by an adoring crowd who chanted her name.

BB5 was also notable for the introduction by two of the housemates of the 'eviction pose', which led to several evictees doing poses during Big Brother 6. First Victor struck a 'cool' pose in keeping with his house 'gangsta' persona, leaning against the wall sideways on to the waiting audience. Later Dan (who could possibly have seen Victor before the inner doors closed) stood, head bowed, arms out, before lifting his head.

Final vote breakdown:

1. Nadia: 3,863,696
2. Jason: 1,335,246
3. Dan: 685,995
4. Shell: 347,051

Total number of votes in the final week: 6.3 million

Prize Fund

One of the central twists to Big Brother in 2004 was the fluctuating prize fund. Housemates could either win or lose money depending on how well they completed the task. As the winner, Nadia received £63,500, meaning that the housemates lost £36,500 during the 71 day run of the programme.

Week 1

The housemates lost £9,000 during week one. Kitten was ejected from the Big Brother house, but she refused to leave. Big Brother decided to drop £1,000 from the prize fund for every minute that Kitten remained in the house. She stayed inside the house for nine minutes and the housemates lost £9,000. At the end of week one, the prize was £91,000.

Week 2

During the weekly task, the housemates lost £10,000. The total after week two was £81,000.

Week 3

Prize money dropped to £77,000.

Week 4

Task was cancelled due to the removal of Emma over Fight Night.

Week 5

Prize money dropped to £74,000, after Victor failed to get an anagram correct.

Week 6

Prize money dropped to £71,500,during a farmer/cow task.

Week 7

No money was lost

Week 8

Prize money dropped to £56,500, after a fish guts task, Michelle could have won the lost £15,000 back if she drank a glass of fish guts, she refused to do it as she is a vegetarian.

Week 9

Housemates were given a chance to win back £10,000,if they all drank shots, some of which included fish guts. their total was then £63,500.

Week 10

Nadia won the £63,500 prize fund.

Jungle Cats

Jungle Cats, also referred to as the JCs, were the clique that were prominent in the reality show Big Brother UK series 5. The group consisted of a trio who were Ahmed Aghil, Jason Cowan and Victor Ebuwa. Stuart Wilson was also initially part of the Jungle Cats, yet became more of a jungle kitten than a jungle cat as his relationship with Michelle Bass developed whilst in the house. They earned a loyal fan base of around 1.2 million of the average 7 million who watched the series. They were seen as the masculine peoples favourite clique as opposed to the feminine peoples clique represented by the Jungle Cats rivals the Lip Gloss Bitches who were founded by Marco Sabba. In the show Ahmed Aghil lasted 50 days, followed by Victor Ebuwa who lasted 57 days. Jason Cowan the founder of the Jungle Cats finished the show as Runner up in a programme seen by the JCs and by leading TV critic Ally Ross, of the sun as biased in favour of Nadia Almada who eventually won the show.

Lipgloss Bitches

Lipgloss Bitches, were the Jungle Cats main rivals in Big Brother. The group were , Emma Greenwood, Marco Sabba, Michelle Bass and Nadia Almada. Emma, Marco and Nadia annoyed the JCs with their constant screeching, Jason seemed most annoyed by Nadia's laugh. The JCs never appeared to have much of a problem with Michelle as they did for the other three. Ironically, the Lipgloss Bitches were, at times, less bitchy than the Jungle Cats. On Day 15, Emma and Michelle were voted into the bedsit and secretly punished Victor with cold showers, and had egged Jason's bed. The boys were not pleased to see the girls return on Day 20, thus starting off the infamous Fight Night. Emma was removed shortly after this. The three remaining Lipgloss Bitches faced eviction on Day 36, with Marco being the least popular. Michelle was evicted on Day 64, leaving Nadia to fight it out with Jason for the grand prize. The Lipgloss Bitches won.

Nominations, evictions and percentages

The following is a table of nominations for Big Brother 2004.

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Nadia	Michelle	Ahmed, Dan	Dan, Vanessa	No nominations	Jason, Victor	Jason, Victor	Private in task	Jason, Victor	No nominations	Winner (Day 71)
Jason	Kitten	Marco, Emma	Nadia, Marco	No nominations	Nadia, Marco	Banned	Sergeant in task	Nadia, Dan	No nominations	2nd place (Day 71)
Daniel	Marco	Ahmed, Michelle	Nadia, Ahmed	No nominations	Marco, Jason	Victor, Becki	Private in task	Victor, Shell	No nominations	3rd place (Day 71)
Shell	Kitten	Ahmed, Michelle	Ahmed, Dan	No nominations	Marco, Nadia	Becki, Jason	Private in task	Jason, Victor	No nominations	4th place (Day 71)
Stuart	Ahmed	Ahmed, Vanessa	Dan, Vanessa	No nominations	Shell, Nadia	Ahmed, Becki	Private in task	Dan, Nadia	No nominations	Evicted (Day 69)
Michelle	Kitten	Ahmed, Jason	Victor, Jason	No nominations	Jason, Ahmed	Ahmed, Becki	Sergeant in task	Jason, Dan	No nominations	Evicted (Day 64)
Victor	Kitten	Emma, Nadia	Dan, Vanessa	No nominations	Marco, Nadia	Banned	Private in task	Dan, Nadia	Evicted (Day 57)
Ahmed	Michelle	Marco, Emma	Vanessa, Marco	No nominations	Marco, Nadia	Nadia, Dan	Private in task	Evicted (Day 50)
Becki	Not in house				Michelle	Dan, Ahmed	Evicted (Day 43)
Marco	Kitten	Jason, Ahmed	Dan, Vanessa	No nominations	Jason, Victor	Evicted (Day 36)
Vanessa	Kitten	Ahmed, Michelle	Ahmed, Nadia	No nominations	Evicted (Day 29)
Emma	Victor	Victor, Dan	Victor, Jason	Ejected (Day 23)
Kitten	Refused to nominate	Evicted (Day 8)
Nomination note	See note 1	See note 2	See note 3	See note 4	See note 5	See note 6	See note 7	None	See note 8	See note 9
Against public vote	none	Ahmed, Emma, Michelle	Dan, Vanessa		Marco, Michelle, Nadia	Ahmed, Becki	Ahmed, Dan, Nadia, Shell, Stuart, Victor	Dan, Jason, Nadia, Victor	Dan, Jason, Michelle, Nadia, Shell, Stuart	Dan, Jason, Nadia, Shell, Stuart
Ejected	Kitten	none	Emma	none	none	none	none	none	none	none
Evicted	none	Emma 54% to move	eviction postponed	style="background:#FF8072" rowspan="3"	Vanessa 86% to evict	Marco 62% to evict	Becki 61.5% to evict	Ahmed 56% to evict	Victor 47% to evict	Michelle 67% to evict	Stuart 7% (out of 5)	Shell 9% (out of 4)
	Michelle 29% to move	Dan 17% (out of 3)		Jason 29% (out of 2)
		Nadia 71% to win

Note 1: In week 1, housemates had to nominate who they didn't want to receive their suitcase, not who they wanted to evict. Kitten refused to nominate. Kitten was evicted by Big Brother after constant rule breaking.

Note 2: This week, housemates were told there was a double eviction, and the two housemates to be evicted were Emma and Michelle. In reality, the public had been voting which two housemates enter a secret Big Brother Bedsit, in which the two evictees would live for five days, and be able to watch their fellow housemates on a television screen, and then return to the house, still able to win the prize money.

Note 3: Emma and Michelle made their nominations from the Bedsit. The other housemates could not nominate them, assuming them to be evicted.

Note 4: Due to Emma's ejection from the house, Week Three's eviction was postponed until Week Four.

Note 5: In Week Five, new housemate Becki arrived. She could not be nominated, and believed she could not nominate. However, Big Brother told her that she must nominate one housemate who will automatically face eviction by kissing them. If she didn't do this, she would be up for eviction. Becki kissed Michelle, meaning she was up against the two housemates with the most nominations, Marco and Nadia.

Note 6: Jason and Victor were banned from nominating due to constant discussion of nominations

Note 7: In the housemates army task, sergeants Jason and Michelle were told of the twist in nominations. If the privates passed the task, all six privates would face eviction. If the privates failed, sergeants would face eviction. Privates passed, meaning the six of them faced eviction.

Note 8: All housemates faced eviction automatically.

Note 9: There were no nominations in the final week. With five housemates remaining, the housemate with the least public votes to win would be evicted in a surprise eviction during a party. Stuart was this housemate, leaving Dan, Jason, Nadia and Shell in the final four.

Nomination totals

Ahmed	Becki	Dan	Emma	Jason	Kitten	Marco	Michelle	Nadia	Shell	Stuart	Vanessa	Victor
15	4	13	3	13	6	10	6	13	2	0	6	11

This series received 5.0 million on average, the second highest rated BB.

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