Ultimate Big Brother is an All-Star edition of the Big Brother series featuring memorable housemates from previous series of Big Brother, and Celebrity Big Brother. A 24-hour live streaming service was also available via the Big Brother website as a fee-based service. The series ended with Brian Dowling winning the title of the "Ultimate Housemate" and the words "Big Brother will get back to you".
Ultimate Big Brother was the final series of the British reality television programme Big Brother to air on Channel 4. The series was produced by Remarkable Pictures, a division of Endemol.
Housemates On Day 1, following the Big Brother 11 final, 11 former housemates entered the Ultimate Big Brother House. Josie Gibson, as the winner of Big Brother 11 returned to the house after being crowned a winner. She was then joined by 5 more housemates from regular civilian Big Brother series and 5 housemates from Celebrity Big Brother series. On Day 4, two new housemates (Michelle and Victor) entered the bedsit. They were both allowed full access to the House on Day 6. A third new housemate (Vanessa) entered the House on Day 11.
Name Previous status Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Series Result Brian Dowling Big Brother 2 32 Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland 1 18 Nikki Grahame Big Brother 7 28 Watford, Hertfordshire 1 18 nowrap Chantelle Houghton Celebrity Big Brother 4 27 London 1 18 Victor Ebuwa Big Brother 5 29 London 4 18 Nick Bateman Big Brother 1 42 London 1 18 Preston Celebrity Big Brother 4 28 Worthing, West Sussex 1 18 Ulrika Jonsson Celebrity Big Brother 6 43 Cookham Dean, Berkshire 1 18 Vanessa Feltz Celebrity Big Brother 1 48 London 11 16 Michelle Bass Big Brother 5 29 Newcastle upon Tyne 4 16 Nádia Almada Big Brother 5 33 Woking, Surrey 1 11 Makosi Musambasi Big Brother 6 nowrap 29 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 1 11 Coolio Celebrity Big Brother 6 47 Monessen, Pennsylvania 1 5 John McCririck Celebrity Big Brother 3 70 Surbiton, London 1 4 Josie Gibson Big Brother 11 25 Bristol 1 3
House guests Throughout the series, ex-housemates from previous series of former Big Brother housemates and presenters entered the Ultimate Big Brother House as part of tasks or have been involved in the series for other reasons.
Name Previous status Day Reason Series Status Caroline O'Shea Big Brother 1 Day 2 Took part in the "Who Is She?" shopping task Kathreya Kasisopa Big Brother 9 Grace Adams-Short Big Brother 7 Amma Antwi-Agyei Big Brother 2 Anna Nolan Big Brother 1 Lisa Jeynes Big Brother 4 Darren Ramsay Big Brother 1 Day 3 Announced the results of Day 3's nominations John James Parton Big Brother 11 Recorded a message for Josie. However, she walked before receiving it Stuart Pilkington Big Brother 9 Day 5 Chosen by Michelle and Victor to be Nadia's slave for an hour Craig Phillips Big Brother 1 Day 7 Competed against the housemates in the "Team Building" task Ahmed Aghil Big Brother 5 Day 9 Recreated his plate smashing incident from Big Brother 5 Anthony Hutton Big Brother 6 Day 10 To have a date with Makosi Marco Sabba Big Brother 5 Took part in Brian's "Bubble, Hold Me" task Amanda Marchant Big Brother 8 rowspan=2 Sam Marchant Glyn Wise Big Brother 7 Pete Bennett Big Brother 7 Day 11 Took part in Nikki's "PA" task Rex Newmark Big Brother 9 Day 12 Took part in the "Enjoy the Silence" task Jon Tickle Big Brother 4 Took part in Michelle's part of the "Enjoy the Silence" task Davina McCall Big Brother presenter 2000-2010 Day 16 To complete the Tree of Temptation's "Letters from Home" task Marcus Bentley Big Brother narrator 2000-present Day 17 Took part in the "Big Brother's Funeral" task George Lamb Big Brother's Little Brother presenters Day 18 Presented the final Big Brother's Little Brother from inside the House Emma Willis
Nominations table Day 3Day 7Day 13Day 18FinalNominationsreceived Brian John,Coolio Makosi,Nick Nick,Preston Winner(Day 18) 4 Nikki Coolio,John Chantelle,Nick Ulrika,Michelle Runner-up(Day 18) 4 Chantelle John,Ulrika Nádia,Nikki Nick,Nikki Third place(Day 18) 4 VictorNot inhouse Exempt Brian,Chantelle Fourth place(Day 18) 0 Nick John,Makosi Makosi,Nádia Ulrika,Vanessa Fifth place(Day 18) 8 Preston John,Makosi Ulrika,Makosi Vanessa,Michelle Sixth place(Day 18) 1 Ulrika John,Nick Nick,Nikki Michelle,Nikki Seventh place(Day 18) 5 VanessaNot inhouse Brian,Chantelle Evicted(Day 16) 3 MichelleNot inhouse Exempt Nick,Vanessa Evicted(Day 16) 3 Nádia John,Coolio Chantelle,Nick Evicted(Day 11) 4 Makosi Nádia, John Brian,Ulrika Evicted(Day 11) 5 Coolio John,Nádia Ejected (Day 5) 4 John Josie,Coolio,Brian Evicted(Day 4) 9 JosieWalked(Day 3) 1 Nominationnote 1 2 3 4 Againstpublic vote Coolio,John Chantelle,Makosi,Nadia,Nick,Nikki,Ulrika Michelle,Nick,Vanessa Brian,Chantelle,Nick,Nikki,Preston,Ulrika,Victor Walked Josie none Ejected none Coolio noneEvictedJohn50.6%to evictMakosi47.7%to evictMichelle39.3%to evict Ulrika1.73%(out of 7) Preston1.95%(out of 7) Nick5.72%(out of 7) Victor8.86%(out of 7)Nádia33.2%to evictVanessa31.3%to evict Chantelle20.51%(out of 3) Nikki30.28%(out of 3)Brian49.21%to win
Notes : As Josie walked during the nomination process, all nominations for her became invalid and any housemates who nominated her had to later choose a replacement nominee. John originally nominated Josie and Coolio for eviction, but post-Josie's exit replaced his nomination for Josie with Brian. : As new housemates, Michelle and Victor were exempt from nominations. Whilst nominating, housemates had to endure various individual tasks from past series of Big Brother in "Nostalgic Nominations". This week there was a double eviction, meaning the three or more housemates with the most nominations faced eviction. Had this been a single eviction, only Makosi and Nick would have faced the public vote. : During Day 13's nominations, housemates participated in "Nominations Roulette" - with the wheel determining what how a housemate must deliver their nominations to Big Brother. As with the previous week, this week was a double eviction, meaning the three or more housemates with the most nominations faced eviction. Had this been a single eviction, the same housemates would still have faced the public vote. Even though she was a new housemate, Vanessa was permitted to nominate and could be nominated so that she did not have a free pass to the final. : For the final two days, the public were voting for who they wanted to win rather than to evict.
Summary Daily summary Day 1 Tasks John was given a task by the Tree of Temptation to be "Mr. Nice Guy" to everyone in the house. Successfully convincing the majority of the house that he is behaving nicely would make him eligible for eviction, however, failure would result in immunity from the first eviction. Entrances After leaving the house as the winner of Big Brother 11, Josie reentered the house space later. She was joined by Preston, Chantelle, Nadia, Brian, Ulrika, Makosi, John, Coolio, Nikki, and Nick. Day 2 Tasks For the shopping task, Nikki was the sole participant in a task called "Who Is She?", an ode to one of her catchphrases. The first part of the task involved her identifying five female housemates from series past by touch only; each correct response earned her £50. She correctly guessed three housemates, earning £150 towards shopping. The second part of the task had Nikki identifying a female housemate (Lisa) from Big Brother 4 amongst a lineup of four people claiming the identity. Nikki correctly figured out the housemate, and won £500 extra, for a total of £650 towards shopping. Day 3 Tasks Nick was set a task by the Tree of Temptation to write down the names of the housemates who would face the public vote on pieces of paper and hide them in the House. Houseguest Darren was sent into the house later that day by the Tree to find the pieces of paper and announce to the House that Coolio and John were up for eviction. The housemates were asked to vote on whether or not John was behaving nicely. As the majority of the house thought John was being Mr. Nice Guy, he passed his task and thus was eligible to be nominated and evicted. Exits Josie voluntarily left the house through the garden door during nominations. As a result, nominations were temporarily suspended until the situation was contained. Any housemate who nominated her was required to nominate another housemate. Day 4 Tasks Nikki was given a task to complete within three hours. She was to interview all the housemates and using a typewriter, type up the results for her News of the World column. She successfully passed, and all the housemates won a party. Upon entering the Big Brother Bedsit, Michelle and Victor were given the task by Big Brother to play pranks on and reward the House, similar to what Michelle did when she entered the original Bedsit in Big Brother 5. Their first task was to send in a clown named Mr. Snuggles, who would then greatly bother a certain housemate of their choice. They chose Nikki. Exits John was the first person to be evicted from the House, with 50.6% of the vote to evict over Coolio; with only a little more than 1% separating the two, this was the second closest ever margin in Big Brother history. Entrances Victor and Michelle entered the Big Brother Bedsit, where they would stay for the next few days wreaking havoc on the House, unbeknownst to the other housemates. Day 5 Tasks Victor and Michelle, who were still in the Bedsit, were given another task by Big Brother. They were to give one housemate of their choice a slave for one hour. They chose Nadia, whose slave was Big Brother 9s Stuart. Later that day, Big Brother asked them to give two housemates a private party. They chose Brian and Nick. The housemates played a party game, which was watched by Victor and Michelle in the Bedsit. Each housemate was given a photo of one of their fellow housemates Exits Coolio left the Big Brother House after it was mutually decided between him and Big Brother that it would be best for him to leave, due to an ongoing verbal spat between him and Nadia. Though technically an ejection, it was considered a voluntary exit on the series. Day 6 Tasks The housemates bar Ulrika were given papier-mâché big head caricatures of themselves as part of today's Big Heads task. They were then given the challenge of staying in them for as close to one hour as possible, with the housemate closest to sixty minutes declared the winner. Ulrika was also given the secret task of predicting who would remove their big head off first, who would win the challenge, who would moan the most. She chose Nadia, Brian, and Nikki respectively. She correctly guessed Nadia would remove her head off first, and thus won treats for the House. Preston was the winner of this task (removing his head at 1 hour 1 minute 55 seconds), and won a special "prize" in the form of two new housemates: Michelle and Victor. Entrances Michelle and Victor entered the main house in the afternoon. Day 7 Tasks The housemates (bar Michelle and Victor, who entered the house the previous day) took part in their second round of nominations. However, as Big Brother was feeling nostalgic, each housemate was required to complete a task from a previous series whilst they nominated. The housemates were subject to the following tasks: