Since Big Brother began in 2000, there have been a total of 390 civilian, 10 Panto, 8 teen, 12 Celebrity Hijack and 14 ultimate housemates; 186 men and 204 women. There have been 22 winners of Big Brother; 13 men and 9 women. The first male winner was Craig Phillips in Big Brother 1 and the first female winner was Kate Lawler in Big Brother 3. The youngest winner is Cameron Cole, who was 19 at the time of winning Big Brother 19, and the oldest winner is Richard Storry, who was 60 when he won Big Brother 22.
A total of 312 housemates have been evicted, 16 housemates have been ejected, and 25 housemates have walked from the Big Brother house, whilst Andrew Cruickshanks who competed in Big Brother 18 left the house during the final after becoming the winning "Second Chance" housemate. Farida Khalifa is the only housemate to compete in two separate civilian series, on Big Brother 20 and Big Brother 22 respectively. Only one housemate, Nikki Grahame, has been voted back into the house after being evicted. Grahame, Jade Goody, Nick Bateman and Victor Ebuwa are the only housemates to appear on three different series' of the show. Goody is, to date, the only housemate to have competed in both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, as well as appearing in Big Brother Panto. Furthermore Goody and Grahame are the only housemates to compete on international versions of the show, appearing on Big Boss 2 and Big Brother Canada 4 in 2008 and 2016 respectively. In 2010, Big Brother 2 winner Brian Dowling was crowned Ultimate Champion over the first 11 series of Big Brother on Channel 4. The show was revived on Channel 5 in 2011, and ran for a further eight series until it was axed in 2018. More contestants began competing in the series when the programme was revived for the second time on ITV2 in 2023.
Key Legend Winner Runner-up Third place Walked Ejected Left Participating
Series 1–11 (Channel 4: 2000–2010)