Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK) (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Celebrity Big Brother 2007 was the highly controversial fifth series of the United Kingdom reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off of Big Brother. The series was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK (also on S4C in Wales), and involved a number of celebrities referred to as 'housemates', who live in the Big Brother House with no contact with the outside world. In recent series, the show's producers have offered celebrities money to appear on Celebrity Big Brother.

Celebrity Big Brother 2007 started on 3 January 2007, and ran for 26 days. The launch show peaked at 8.2 million viewers, making it the second most-watched launch in Big Brother history. It was the first Celebrity Big Brother series to be shown in the 16:9 widescreen format.

On 16 January 2007 this series had attracted the largest ever number of public complaints to the UK broadcasting watchdog Ofcom about a Big Brother series. The complaints received detailed concerns that housemate Shilpa Shetty had been subjected to bullying, allegedly with undertones of racism. As an example, Danielle Lloyd called Shilpa "a dog" and that she should "fuck off home". This sparked widespread anger and demonstrations in India, where the alleged racism was reported on the news, and led Big Brother's main sponsor Carphone Warehouse to suspend its sponsorship of the show. As of January 19, 2007, a Channel 4 spokesman agreed that participants should be made aware of the controversy, probably explaining the recent explanations and apologies tendered by the housemates and their complete lack of surprise after learning about the latest eviction.

As in earlier series, Davina McCall presented the main Channel 4 show. Dermot O'Leary presented Celebrity Big Brother's Little Brother and Celebrity Big Brother's Big Brain. Russell Brand presented Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth. Celebrity Big Brother Diary Room Uncut, and live streaming also returned on the Official Channel 4 website and also on E4 at selected times.

On 28 January 2007, Shetty was voted the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2007 with 63% of the final vote.

This was the fifth series of the reality show (in the celebrity format), and after a brief pause in 2008 for Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack (available on E4 only) which wasn't as big a success as Channel 4 bosses had hoped for, Channel 4 have expressed interest in getting the sixth series underway in January 2009. Contestants will be chosen during the period when the ninth series of the ordinary show is showing in 2008

The House

The general layout of the House was largely untouched from the previous non-celebrity series. The living room and bedroom had no noticeable changes. There were several single beds in the same room, with one double bed, meaning that two housemates (Leo & Donny) had to share. The bathroom is much smaller than previous versions and the toilet and shower were no longer fitted with cameras. The dining room table was moved inside, and the kitchen fully equipped with modern conveniences. Outside the garden was a three-jet hot tub with a farmyard seating area. The bridge to Nowhere was still present, leading to a sitting area with heated seats and the topiary man. A workout area was situated just off the kitchen area. Inside the House there was also a fax machine built into the wall. On day 24 this was used to post viewers' questions to the housemates. Meanwhile, the Diary Room was identical to the previous summer's Big Brother, with an oversized gold chair and padded walls, the only change being the addition of yellow lights facing the walls. The House Next Door was used again, and its interior was re-designed to resemble a Victorian style kitchen, with uncomfortable beds in the bedroom, for use in the master-and-servant task.

Contestants

Eleven housemates entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on Day 1 followed by three more housemates on Day 3. This was more than any other celebrity series to date (the regular series in 2006 has had fourteen housemates enter on Day 1). The housemates in Celebrity Big Brother 2007 were (in alphabetical order by first name):

Carole Malone

Carole Malone (born 14 October 1954) is a columnist for the Sunday Mirror. She starred in the 2006 series of Celebrity Fit Club on ITV. On Day 2 Carole broke Big Brother rules by discussing nominations with Shilpa and Cleo. Carole was a servant during the Master and Servant task. Carole was put up for eviction after being unanimously chosen between her and Cleo by her fellow housemates to face the public vote as punishment for discussing nominations. Carole was evicted on Day 10. Carole has revealed that her real age is in fact 52 and not 47.

Cleo Rocos

Cleo Rocos (born July 24, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a comic actress who appeared on The Kenny Everett Television Show. Cleo has developed a maternal role in the house and tends to look after the younger housemates and do such things as cook and clean for them, which was first pointed out by Ian and Jo on Day 2. On Day 2, Cleo broke Big Brother rules by discussing nominations with Shilpa and Carole. As punishment, the rest of the housemates (except Carole but including Shilpa) were made to vote unanimously on who should face the public vote. Cleo was not chosen. Cleo was a servant during the Master and Servant task. In battle of the tribute bands she was in Jermaine's group as a member of the Jackson 5, the group won. She was evicted on Day 24, along with Jo.

Danielle Lloyd

Danielle Lloyd (born Liverpool, 16 December, 1983) is an English model and former Miss Great Britain (2006), stripped of her title for dating a panel judge, footballer Teddy Sheringham, and posing for Playboy. Danielle was a servant during the Master and Servant task. She was accused of racist bullying of her fellow house mate Shilpa Shetty, along with Jade Goody and Jo O'Meara. On one occasion Lloyd said that Shetty should "fuck off home", something that Big Brother questioned her about at a later date. Danielle eventually finished 5th on final night.

Dirk Benedict

Dirk Benedict (born March 1, 1945) is an American actor who played Face in The A-Team and Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica. Dirk made a unique entrance to the house by arriving via (a replica of) The A-Team van, smoking a cigar and with the theme tune playing in the background. A memorable moment occurred a few minutes after he arrived in the house, when a drunk Donny said "It's Dirk fucking Benedict", to which Dirk responded "I seldom use my middle name". Dirk made no secret of his attraction to Shilpa, even saying that he would marry her in a moment, although his attention and flirting with her was light hearted and not excessive. On Day 2 a comic feel surrounded Dirk as Shilpa learned to pronounce his name. Dirk finished third.

Despite his obvious affection for Shilpa, Dirk Benedict has been accused of racism and will be interviewed by the police. Newspaper reports have quoted him as saying, "There are millions of Indians. Millions. And they're breeding fast. They are having four or five kids when the Brits are having one. The average British woman has 1.3 children and the Indians are having 3.5. The Brits, the natural-born, are already in a minority. There will be a Nehru as Prime Minister soon."

Donny Tourette

Donny Tourette is the lead singer of Towers of London, a punk rock band from London. He staggered into the house in a drunken state and instantly breached Big Brother rules when his stash of alcohol was removed from his suitcase. Donny escaped from the Big Brother House on 5 January 2007 by climbing over the garden wall in the House Next Door with the help of 'H' from Steps, saying "I'm not waiting hand on foot on some fucking moron and her family", referring to Jade Goody, as he climbed over. His clothes and belongings were left in the diary room by a fellow contestant.

Ian "H" Watkins

Ian "H" Watkins (born May 8, 1976) is a Welsh actor and was previously a member of the pop group Steps. He came out as gay to The Sun on the same day as he entered the house. Although he was known as the fence-sitter and, along with Jermaine, the peace maker, he could see that Shilpa was being bullied by Jade, Danielle and Jo and at one point locked himself in the toilet in tears over the divide in the House. He finished fourth.

Jack Tweed

Jack Andrew Tweed (born July 7, 1987 in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire) is Jade Goody's boyfriend. He entered the House on 2007-01-05 as a member of Jade's family. He was a master during the Master and Servant task. Jack left school at the age of 16, to become an electrician like his father, however, he soon changed career to male modelling. He is currently training to be a footballers' agent. He has courted controversy over his "fucking cunt" comment (which was bleeped and then subsequently reported as "fucking paki") and suggested that Shilpa remove objects from the toilet with her teeth. When Jade apologised to Shilpa (on day 16), Jack confessed that he was very disappointed with Jade for apologising to her and called Shilpa a "dick". He also previously described Shilpa as a "wanker". Following Jade's eviction he has spent more time with former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd, who is said to be flirting with Jack and told him "I love you" when she was drunk.. It was alleged that before either of them were famous, Tweed had a relationship with Big Brother 7 star Nikki Grahame; however this ended before Tweed dated Goody or Grahame entered the house. In May 2007, Endemol released previously withheld material in which O'Meara, Tweed and Goody constructed a limerick which was based around, although it did not directly use, the word "paki", instead replacing the racist slur for the word "tacky".

Jackiey Budden

Jackiey Budden (born April 1958) is Jade Goody's mother and entered the house on Friday January 5 as part of Jade's family. Jackiey was a master during the Master and Servant task. Jackiey caused a slight stir in the house, and upset both her daughter Jade and fellow housemates Shilpa and Ken with her demanding attitude and garrulous personality. She was unable to correctly pronounce Shilpa's name, so instead referred to her as "Princess" and "The Indian". On Day 8, Jackiey became the first housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house in a surprise eviction; Jackiey left the house via the diary room and was unable to say goodbye to her fellow housemates. There was no crowd present at Jackiey's eviction and she left the house without any shoes.

Jade Goody

Jade Goody (born June 5, 1981) entered the house on Friday January 5. Jade first rose to fame when she appeared in the third UK series of Big Brother and since then has gone on to have a career in the media industry. Jade was at the centre of a racist bullying controversy against fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty. The Act Against Bullying charity branded her behaviour as "unforgivable".Among Jade's comments were: "I've seen how she goes in and out of people's arseholes", as well as suggesting Shetty "makes [her] skin crawl". She also referred to Shetty as 'Shilpa Poppadom'. She was evicted on Day 17, Big Brother producers and Endemol had decided not to have a live crowd present nor the usual press conference to enable them to brief Jade Goody on the recent racism allegations. Jade was a master during the Master and Servant task. It is widely suspected she was evicted due to her alleged racist comments made towards fellow contestant Shilpa Shetty. Shilpa Shetty has said at various times that she has forgiven Jade.

Jermaine Jackson

Jermaine Jackson (born December 11, 1954, also known as Muhammed Abdul Aziz) is an American R&B singer, former member of The Jackson 5 and brother of pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. On the launch show, Davina revealed that Jermaine's favourite tube line was the Central Line. In the house several of the housemates have commented that Jermaine was very shy and they therefore found it difficult to converse with him. Towards the end he proved to be a calming influence in the house and came to be highly regarded by his housemates. Jermaine finished second.

Jo O'Meara

Jo O'Meara (born April 29, 1979) was previously a member of the pop group S Club 7 and a former contestant on Just the Two of Us. She also had a brief solo career before pursuing a career in dog breeding. She has come in for criticism for her ganging up, with Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd, on fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty, who was subjected to racist bullying in the house, despite maintaining that she and Shetty are friends. She was a servant during the 'Master and Servant' task. She was evicted on Day 24, along with Cleo Rocos.

Since leaving the house Jo has apparently slipped into depression and thought about suicide.

Ken Russell

Ken Russell (born July 3, 1927) is an English director of such films as The Music Lovers, The Devils, The Boy Friend, Lisztomania, and Tommy, and at age 79 was the oldest male contestant in the programme's history. Since entering the house Ken prevented many of the other housemates from sleeping due to his excessive snoring. Danielle informed Ken of his snoring on Day 3 which led to many of the housemates pondering over a solution. On Day 5 at 14:55, he voluntarily left the house after arguing with new housemate Jade Goody and her family.

Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer (born May 21, 1948) is a singer who had success in the 1970s with hits such as "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "Moonlighting" and "Thunder In My Heart". Leo found it difficult to sleep on his first night in the house as he was forced to share a bed with Donny who was naked, a prospect that Leo found uncomfortable. Leo was a servant during the Master and Servant task. He reverted to mime communication and decided to take a vow of silence, much to the confusion and annoyance of the other housemates. Leo escaped from the house by breaking open a fire door with a broom after hitting a two-way mirror on Day 10 when Big Brother refused to provide him with clean underwear. It was revealed later that he had overlooked clean underwear in his suitcase. He was up for eviction at the time and, though he did not know it, leading the poll.

Shilpa Shetty

Shilpa Shetty (born June 8, 1975) is an award winning Indian actress and an active AIDS and PETA campaigner. Though her native language is Tulu, she is a fluent English speaker. Tens of thousands of complaints about the show suggested that Shilpa had been the victim of racist abuse from the other housemates. Police proceedings have concluded with no further action being taken. On Day 26, Shilpa was declared the winner of the series.

Daily summary and highlights

Day 1	Entries	Carole, Cleo, Danielle, Dirk, Donny, Ian, Jermaine, Jo, Ken, Leo, and Shilpa entered the House.
	General	Upon entering the House the housemates began to converse and socialise with one another while Donny, who may have been drunk, jumped into the House Jacuzzi fully clothed.
Day 3	Entries/Twists	Jack, Jackiey, and Jade entered the house.
	Tasks	The housemates were told to pack a small suitcase each that must last them three days and three nights. Big Brother announced that eight of the current housemates were to move to the House Next Door while the remaining three housemates were to stay in the main house. Danielle, Jo, Leo, Carole, Donny, Ian, Cleo and Dirk moved into the house next door and will become servants to the masters in the main house: Jermaine, Shilpa and Ken who were joined by Jade, her boyfriend Jack and her mother Jackiey.
	Exits	Donny left the house voluntarily by climbing over the garden wall in the House Next Door after learning he would be a servant to Jade and her new extended family in the main House.
Day 5	Exits	Ken Russell voluntarily left the House after arguing with Jade Goody and her family.
	General	Jade's grandparents entered the House as guests for dinner. They left after the meal.
Day 6	Tasks	The housemates were informed that they had passed the Masters and Servants task.
Day 8	Exits	Jackiey was evicted from the Big Brother House. Jackiey was called to the Diary Room and informed she would leave the House via the Diary Room and would not say goodbye to her fellow housemates; the housemates observed Jackiey's eviction on the plasma screen in the kitchen.
Day 9	Nomination	The first round of nominations took place with Dirk and Leo up for eviction, they were joined by Carole as punishment for discussing nominations.
	Punishments	Carole faced the vote automatically after it was revealed that Cleo and she had discussed nominations, the housemates were instructed to choose one of the pair to face the public vote.
Day 10	Exits	Leo Sayer voluntarily left the House. He left the House by smashing the glass tube on the garden fire door barging through the camera run and through another door. He proceeded to argue with security officers and programme producers before finally being granted his wish not to return. Carole was evicted with 77.4% of the vote
Day 13	Tasks	Housemates were required to complete an assault course in under nine minutes. The housemates failed this task and received a basic shopping budget.
Day 14	General	Shilpa and Jade were involved in an argument with each other which began with a disagreement over an Oxo cube. The argument increased the growing controversy surrounding the alleged racist bullying of Shilpa.
Day 15	Tasks	Housemates were set a task to divide into groups and create abstract art to express their emotions. They passed the task and received champagne as a reward.
	Nominations	The second round of nominations took place. Shilpa and Jade received the most nomination points and were up for eviction.
Day 17	Tasks	Housemates were instructed to use their voices to perform William Tell Overture, which they passed.
	Exits	Jade became the third person to be evicted from the house with 82% of the votes. Due to the controversy at the time, her eviction was not attended by a live audience.
Day 19	Tasks	Housemates were given a task where they were required to make Big Brother laugh. They passed the task and received party food as a reward.
Day 20	Tasks	The task was to perform a showgirl dance routine. Housemates passed the task and received a luxury shopping budget.
Day 21	Tasks	The housemates had to choose something they wanted under £10. They had to answer questions about their fellow housemates. Each housemate had to choose another housemate and answer questions about the housemate. If a housemate got 3 out of 5 questions right, the housemate that the other housemate chose would have won their prize they selected before the task.
	Nominations	The third and final round of nominations took place with Cleo, Dirk, Ian, Jo and Shilpa being nominated for the public vote.
Day 24	Exits	Jo and Cleo were evicted together in a double eviction.
Day 25	General	The housemates were asked questions submitted by the public..
	Tasks	The housemates were instructed to devise four performances each based around a different genre: romantic comedy, film noir, action blockbuster and Bollywood musical. All past and present housemates must be portrayed by the final six housemates. The housemates passed the task and therefore earned a three course sit down meal.
Day 26	Exits	Jack and Danielle left the house first on the final night together finishing in 6th and 5th place. Ian finished in 4th place and was followed later by Dirk who finished in 3rd place. Jermaine finished as runner-up with Shilpa leaving the house last as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2007.

Nominations table

	Day 4	Day 9	Day 15	Day 21	Final Day 26
Shilpa	Master in Task	Jack, Leo	Jade, Jack	Dirk, Jack	Winner
Jermaine	Master in Task	Jo, Danielle	Jade, Jo	Danielle, Jo	2nd place
Dirk	Servant in Task	Ian, Jermaine	Jade, Jermaine	Cleo, Jo	3rd place
Alex	Servant in Task	Jade, Dirk	Jade, Danielle	Danielle, Dirk	4th place
Danielle	Servant in Task	Leo, Dirk	Shilpa, Dirk	Dirk, Ian	5th place
Cleo	Servant in Task	Banned	Shilpa, Jade	Ian, Dirk	Evicted (Day 24)
Jo	Servant in Task	Leo, Jack	Shilpa, Dirk	Dirk, Shilpa	Evicted (Day 24)
Jade	Master in Task	Shilpa, Dirk	Shilpa, Dirk	Evicted (Day 17)
Leo	Servant in Task	Jack, Jo	Walked (Day 10)
Ken	Master in Task	Walked (Day 5)
Donny	Walked (Day 3)
Nomination twist	See Note 1	See Note 2	See Note 3	See Note 4	See Note 5
Against public vote	Jack, Jackiey, Jade, Jermaine, Ken, Shilpa	Carole, Dirk, Leo	Jade, Shilpa	Cleo, Dirk, Ian, Jo, Shilpa	Danielle, Dirk, Ian, Jack, Jermaine, Shilpa
Walked	Donny, Ken	Leo	none	none	none
Evicted	Jackiey 4.6% to save	Carole 77.4% to evict	Jade 82.0% to evict	Jo 48.4% to evict to evict	Jack 3.15% (out of 6)	Dirk 16% (out of 3)
					Danielle 3.3% (out of 6)
						Jermaine 37% (out of 2)
				Cleo 27.9% to evict	Ian 5.3% (out of 4)
					Shilpa 63% to win

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