Big Brother 2008, also known as Big Brother 9, is the ninth series of the British reality television series Big Brother. The show followed twenty-one contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom-built House. Each week, one or more of the housemates were eliminated from the competition, and left the House. The last remaining housemate, Rachel Rice, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £100,000.
The series launched on Channel 4 on 5 June 2008 and ended on 5 September 2008, lasting 93 days - the joint-second longest British edition of Big Brother to date (together with the seventh and tenth series, and one day shorter than the eighth series). Davina McCall returned as presenter for her ninth consecutive year. Sixteen housemates entered on launch night, with an additional five being introduced in later weeks. The series was watched by an average of 3.6 million viewers.
Big Brother 9 was the subject of viewer complaints and press attention regarding a variety of controversial scenes, including the ejection of two housemates for breaking rules regarding unacceptable behaviour, in separate incidents.
Housemates A total of 21 housemates entered the Big Brother house in this series. On Day 1, the original sixteen housemates entered the Big Brother House. Alexandra De-Gale was ejected on Day 14.Alexandra leaves the house Channel 4 official site Retrieved 18 June 2008 Stuart Pilkington, entered the House on Day 16New kid on the block Channel 4 official site Retrieved 20 June 2008 as a replacement for Alexandra. For the first time since Big Brother 5, a second housemate, Dennis McHugh, was ejected on Day 23. Sara Folino, Maysoon Shaladi and Belinda Harris-Reid entered the house on Day 30,Three's A Crowd Channel 4 official site Retrieved 6 July 2008 to replace Dennis. Maysoon walked on Day 56 and was replaced two days later by Nicole Cammack, Rex's girlfriend, who entered on Day 58.Who's That Girl? Channel 4 official site Retrieved 1 August 2008
Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Rachel Rice 24Torfaen 1 93 Michael Hughes 33Glasgow 1 93 nowrap Sara Folino 27London (originally from Australia) 30 93 Rex Newmark 24London 1 93 Darnell Swallow 26Ipswich 1 93 Kathreya Kasisopa 30 Welling, Kent (originally from Thailand) 1 90 Mohamed Mohamed 24London (originally from Somalia) 1 90 Lisa Appleton 40Warrington, Cheshire 1 86 Nicole Cammack 19Surrey 58 79 Stuart Pilkington 25Manchester 16 72 Dale Howard 21Liverpool 1 65 Luke Marsden 20Wigan, Greater Manchester 1 58 Maysoon Shaladi 28Hertfordshire (originally from Syria) 30 56 Rebecca Shiner 21Coventry 1 51 Belinda Harris-Reid 44Exeter, Devon 30 44 Shaun "Mario Marconi" Astbury 42Warrington, Cheshire 1 37 Jennifer Clark 22Chester-le-Street, County Durham 1 30 Sylvia Barrie 21 London (originally from Sierra Leone) 1 23 Dennis McHugh 23Edinburgh 1 23 Alexandra De-Gale 23Croydon, Surrey 1 14 Stephanie McMichael 19Liverpool 1 9
Head of House The Head of House is responsible for doing the shopping list and deciding who does what in the shopping task. The Head of House is immune from being nominated for the week they hold the title, but they can still nominate others. The Head of House does not participate in any of the weekly shopping tasks, but supervises instead. Once a housemate has been Head of House they could not stand a second time, but could compete to stay in heaven.TASK: Red Hot Chilli Peppers Channel 4 official site Retrieved 28 July 2008Number One Seed Channel 4 official site Retrieved 28 July 2008 After the divide was removed, only eligible housemates competed to become Head of House, except for Week 12 when all housemates were eligible. On Day 88 all previous Heads of House joined Mohamed Mohamed in becoming Head of House for one day, putting an end to the role of Head of House. In week 6, on Day 38, housemates elected their Head of House. Dale, Luke Marsden and Darnell Swallow stood for election. Darnell won and was crowned first Head of House. In week 7, on Day 45, three housemates were chosen to compete for Head of House in a competition. They had to hang from a tyre for as long as possible, with the one staying for the longest time winning the title. Dale won and was crowned second head of House.Hey Hey, It's The Monkeys Channel 4 official site Retrieved 20 July 2008 In week 8, on Day 52, Big Brother called all housemates individually to the diary room, and gave each eight chili peppers to eat. Each chili pepper was assigned a certain number of points. The housemate that scored the most points by eating the peppers would win the title of Head of House. Stuart Pilkington won and was crowned the third Head of House. In week 9, on Day 59, Big Brother called all housemates individually to the Diary Room, to take part in the challenge of saying the alphabet backwards. The eligible housemate that did it in the fastest time would become Head of House, Rachel was second fastest after Darnell and became the fourth Head of House.Head Girl Channel 4 official site Retrieved 2 August 2008 In week 10, on Day 66, housemates from Hell and housemates from Heaven had to make cakes resembling famous London landmarks, with Hell recreating the Millennium dome and Heaven recreating Saint Paul's Cathedral. Head of House Rachel had to choose which cake was best and picked Hell's. As a result, housemates from Hell had to decide which one of them would become the next head of house, they chose Michael to become the fifth Head of House. In week 11, on Day 73, housemates eligible to become Head of House (Kathreya Kasisopa, Lisa Appleton, Mohamed, Nicole Cammack, Rex Newmark and Sara Folino) had to paint themselves with the paint and sponges provided to look like statues. They had to stay still as a statue until one of them was left and they would become the new Head of House. Rex won and became the sixth Head of House. In week 12, on Day 82, housemates voted for who they wanted to be the next HoH, instead of nominating for eviction. Mohamed received 4 votes and as HoH was immune from eviction that week. Unlike previous weeks all housemates were eligible for HoH. On Day 88 the role of Head of House finished.
Colour key Won the title of Head of House Eligible to become Head of House Not in the house at the time Was not eligible to become Head of House, having previously been Head of House.
Housemate Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Voted for Votes Side Side Points Side Time Side Side Place Voted for Votes Rachel Darnell – Heaven Hell 0 Hell 1:05 Heaven Hell – Kathreya, Mohamed 2 Michael Darnell – Hell Hell 30 Heaven 15:23 Hell Heaven – Lisa, Rachel 1 Sara Darnell – Hell Hell 24 Hell 4:43 Heaven Hell 6th Lisa, Mohamed 1 Rex Darnell – Heaven Heaven 26 Heaven 2:24 Heaven Hell 1st Darnell, Kathreya 1 Darnell Dale 9 Heaven Hell* 10 Hell 0:51 Heaven Hell – Mohamed, Kathreya 2 Kathreya Darnell – Heaven Hell* 20 Hell 8:05 Hell Heaven 5th Rachel, Mohamed 3 Mohamed Darnell – Heaven Hell* 28 Heaven ? Heaven Hell 2nd Darnell, Rex 4 Lisa Darnell – Hell Hell 9 Hell ? Heaven Hell 4th Sara, Michael 2 Nicole 10:13 Hell Heaven 3rd Stuart Dale – Hell Heaven 34 Heaven** 4:52 Heaven Hell Dale Dale 3 Heaven Heaven 5 Hell ? Heaven Luke Darnell 2 Hell Heaven 0 Hell Maysoon Darnell – Heaven Heaven 9 Hell Rebecca Luke – Hell Heaven Belinda Luke – Hell (*) Darnell, Kathreya and Mohamed all ate a banana from the gorilla task, therefore their punishment was living in Hell the upcoming week. (**) Stuart was stripped of his Head of House title after discussing nominations. He was not replaced as Head until Rachel took over.
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 13Final Nominations received Rachel Nonominations Alexandra,Sylvia Sylvia,Luke Jennifer,Rebecca Luke,Rebecca Lisa,Luke Luke,Rebecca Luke,Lisa Lisa,Stuart Lisa,Nicole Lisa,Nicole Lisa,Rex Winner (Day 93)22 Michael Nonominations Alexandra,Dennis Sylvia,Rex Darnell,Rex Rebecca,Rex Belinda,Rex Darnell,Kathreya Dale,Rex Noteligible Rex,Nicole Nicole,Sara Rex,Sara Runner-up(Day 93)6 Sara Not inhouse Exempt Mohamed,Rachel Mohamed,Rachel Mohamed,Rachel Mohamed,Dale Mohamed,Rachel Mohamed,Rachel Rachel,Darnell Third place(Day 93)11 Rex Nonominations Alexandra, Mario Mario, Sylvia Rebecca,Jennifer Mario,Lisa Lisa,Belinda Lisa,Michael Dale,Luke Dale,Stuart Stuart,Rachel Lisa,Sara Sara,Lisa Fourth place (Day 93)30 Darnell Nonominations Mario,Lisa Sylvia,Jennifer Mario, Jennifer Mario,Rebecca Rex,Rebecca Rebecca,Luke Dale,Luke Banned Stuart,Nicole Nicole,Sara Sara,Lisa Fifth place (Day 93)16 Kathreya Nonominations Alexandra,Sylvia Sylvia,Jennifer Jennifer,Rebecca Mario,Luke Lisa,Rebecca Luke,Rebecca Luke,Lisa Noteligible Lisa,Stuart Sara,Lisa Lisa,Sara Evicted (Day 90)5 Mohamed Nonominations Alexandra,Dennis Sylvia,Dennis Rebecca,Jennifer Rebecca,Mario Rebecca,Stuart Rebecca,Stuart Dale,Luke Stuart,Dale Stuart,Rachel Sara,Lisa Sara,Michael Evicted (Day 90)26 Lisa FailedTask Jennifer,Sylvia Rebecca,Sylvia Rebecca,Jennifer Darnell,Stuart Rachel,Rex Rex,Darnell Rex,Dale Rex,Stuart Rachel,Rex Rachel,Nicole Rex,Rachel Evicted (Day 86)21 Nicole Not inhouse Exempt Stuart,Rachel Rachel,Mohamed Evicted(Day 79)7 Stuart Not inhouse Exempt Rex,Rachel Rachel,Mario Belinda,Mohamed Mohamed,Darnell Darnell,Maysoon Michael,Sara Rachel,Kathreya Evicted(Day 72)13 Dale Nonominations Mario,Alexandra Rex,Mohamed Rex,Mohamed Rex,Mohamed Belinda,Lisa Mohamed,Darnell Mohamed,Darnell Mohamed,Darnell Evicted(Day 65)9 Luke FailedTask Mohamed,Mario Mohamed,Sylvia Darnell,Rex Kathreya,Darnell Mohamed,Rex Darnell,Mohamed Kathreya,Rachel Evicted(Day 58)12 Maysoon Not inhouse Exempt Belinda,Rebecca Rebecca,Stuart Dale,Rex Walked(Day 56)1 Rebecca Nonominations Alexandra,Darnell Mohamed,Michael Rex,Rachel Mohamed,Rachel Mohamed,Rex Mohamed,Darnell Evicted(Day 51)20 Belinda Not inhouse Exempt Rex,Rachel Evicted(Day 44)5 Mario FailedTask Sylvia,Dennis Sylvia,Rebecca Rex,Mohamed Rex,Darnell Evicted(Day 37)14 Jennifer Nonominations Mario,Lisa Michael,Mohamed Rachel,Kathreya Evicted(Day 30)9 Sylvia Nonominations Alexandra,Mario Rex, Michael Evicted(Day 23)13 Dennis Nonominations Mario,Alexandra Rex,Mohamed Ejected(Day 23)5 Alexandra Nonominations Rex,Dennis Ejected(Day 14)9 Stephanie FailedTask Evicted(Day 9)N/A Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Againstpublic vote Lisa, Luke, Mario, Stephanie Alexandra, Mario Mohamed, Sylvia Jennifer,Rex Mario, Rebecca Belinda,Rex Darnell,Mohamed,Rebecca Dale, Darnell, Kathreya, Luke,Maysoon, Mohamed, Rachel, Rex, Stuart Dale, Stuart Rachel, Stuart Lisa, Nicole, Sara Lisa,Sara Darnell, Kathreya, Michael, Mohamed, Rachel, Rex,Sara Walked none Maysoon none Ejected none Alexandra Dennis none Evicted Stephanie 48% to evict EvictioncancelledSylvia 90.2% to evictJennifer89.7% to evictMario77% to evictBelinda65% to evictRebecca65.4% to evictLuke37% to evictDale63% to evictStuart59% to evictNicole94.9%to evictLisa52.6%to evictMohamed1.8%(out of 7)Kathreya4.9%Darnell14.9%(out of 5)Rex22.5%(out of 4)Sara30.1%(out of 3)Michael48.7%(out of 2) Rachel51.3%to win
Notes
: There were no nominations in Week 1. 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, the four of them faced eviction. : Because Alexandra was ejected, the second eviction was cancelled. During the time the lines were available to vote, Alexandra had received 87% of the public vote. : As a new housemate, Stuart could not nominate and could not be nominated by his fellow housemates.