Big Brother 2012, also known as Big Brother 13, is the thirteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, and the second series to broadcast on Channel 5. The series premiered with a live launch on 5 June 2012 and ran for 70 days, concluding on 13 August 2012. The series was originally planned to run for thirteen weeks, but was cut back to ten weeks in order to accommodate Celebrity Big Brother 10. The series was won by Luke Anderson, who won half of the £100,000 prize fund, with the remainder taken by Conor McIntyre as part of the White Room twist. Anderson is the second transgender contestant to win the show, the first being Nadia Almada who won the show back in 2004. The runner-up was Adam Kelly. The series was announced in April 2011 when Channel 5 signed a two-year contract to air the show. With Big Brother 12 having been broadcast in autumn 2011, this is the first series to air in the show's regular summer period on Channel 5 since it acquired the show from Channel 4 in 2011.
There were 16 original housemates, eight men and eight women, who all entered the house on Day 1. Shortly after the first eviction of the series, Becky Hannon, one of three wildcard housemates, was chosen by the public to enter the house on Day 4. For the first time since Big Brother 4, all housemates left the house as part of the game - no housemate left the House walked from the house for personal reasons or by being ejected. The only housemate not to be evicted by the viewer's Vote was Conor, who was bribed out of the house with half of the £100,000 prize fund as part of a Dilemma in the White Room.
Brian Dowling returned to host the main show, with Emma Willis, Alice Levine and Jamie East also returning to host spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side. This series was sponsored by hair product brand Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL. Though overall ratings were higher than the previous series, the episode broadcast on Friday 27 July recorded the lowest figures in the programme's history at just 615,000 (being broadcast at the same time as the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics), then the episode broadcast on 12 August recorded even lower figures at just 483,000 (being broadcast at the same time as the closing ceremony).
This series sparked much controversy, with Ofcom receiving a total of 2,085 complaints regarding the bullying and intimidating behaviour from Conor McIntyre, and 50 more complaints about the same from Caroline Wharram.
Housemates On Day 1, sixteen housemates entered the House on launch night. The first housemate to enter was Deana who was chosen by random draw. She earned immunity from eviction in Week 1. On Day 4, Becky, one of three potential "wildcard" housemates, was chosen by the public to enter the House after the first evictee.
Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Luke Anderson 31Mynydd Isa (originally from South Africa) 1 70 Adam Kelly 27 Birmingham (originally from the United States) 1 70 nowrap Deana Uppal 23Wednesbury 1 70 Sara McLean 22Edinburgh 1 70 Luke Scrase 24Stoke-on-Trent 1 70 Ashleigh Hughes 20Romford 1 67 Scott Mason 21Macclesfield 1 67 Conor McIntyre 24Derry 1 60 Becky Hannon 19Blackburn 4 60 Caroline Wharram 20Kingston upon Thames 1 53 Lauren Carre 20Jersey 1 46 Shievonne Robinson 28London 1 39 Arron Lowe 23Manchester 1 32 Lydia Louisa 25Cheshire 1 25 Benedict Garrett 32Manchester 1 18 Chris James 21Luton 1 11 Victoria Eisermann 41Reading 1 4
Nominations table Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10NominationsreceivedDay 63Final Luke A.Noteligible Sara,Luke S Luke S,Caroline Luke S,Caroline Luke S,Conor Noteligible Caroline,Becky Caroline,Conor Becky,Ashleigh Ashleigh,Scott Winner(Day 70) 19 AdamNoteligible Arron,Ashleigh Becky,Ashleigh Caroline,Shievonne Caroline,Arron Caroline,Shievonne Caroline,Ashleigh Caroline,Sara Ashleigh,Becky Ashleigh,Scott Runner-up(Day 70) 12 DeanaConor,Victoria,Lydia Arron,Luke S Arron,Lauren Conor,Luke S Arron,Becky Conor,Shievonne Conor,Ashleigh Conor,Caroline Conor,Ashleigh Ashleigh,Scott Third place(Day 70) 31 SaraNoteligible Lydia,Benedict Lauren,Benedict Luke A,Luke S Conor,Arron Noteligible Luke A,Lauren Luke S,Ashleigh Becky,Scott Scott,Adam Fourth place(Day 70) 6 Luke S.Noteligible Chris,Deana Luke A,Deana Lydia,Deana Deana,Lauren Adam,Deana Lauren,Luke A Adam,Deana Luke A,Adam Deana,Luke A Fifth place(Day 70) 13 AshleighNoteligible Chris,Lauren Benedict,Lauren Lydia,Lauren Deana,Lauren Noteligible Lauren,Deana Luke A,Deana Adam,Luke A Deana,Adam Evicted(Day 67) 11 ScottNoteligible Chris,Benedict Benedict,Lauren Lydia,Adam Conor,Luke S Conor,Luke S Lauren,Deana Luke S,Deana Luke A,Deana Adam,Deana Evicted(Day 67) 8 ConorNoteligible Deana,Lydia Deana,Lydia Deana,Lydia Deana,Becky Noteligible Deana,Lauren Deana,Sara Deana,Luke A Bribed(Day 60) 15 BeckyNot inHouse Chris,Lydia Benedict,Lauren Lydia,Deana Arron,Conor Conor,Shievonne Luke A,Lauren Luke A,Deana Luke A,Deana Evicted(Day 60) 10 CarolineNoteligible Chris,Lauren Benedict,Lauren Adam,Luke A Lauren,Adam Noteligible Luke A,Lauren Adam,Luke A Evicted(Day 53) 14 LaurenNoteligible Arron,Luke S Sara,Caroline Luke S,Deana Arron,Scott Noteligible Caroline,Becky Evicted(Day 46) 19 ShievonneNoteligible Caroline,Arron Benedict,Luke A Scott,Adam Becky,Luke A Noteligible Evicted(Day 39) 5 ArronNoteligible Sara,Luke A Lydia,Deana Lydia,Deana Becky,Deana Evicted(Day 32) 13 LydiaNoteligible Arron,Deana Arron,Deana Conor,Shievonne Evicted(Day 25) 12 BenedictNoteligible Scott,Sara Noteligible Evicted(Day 18) 8 ChrisNoteligible Arron,Caroline Evicted(Day 11) 5 VictoriaNoteligible Evicted(Day 4) 1 Notes 1 2 3 none 4 5 6 7 7, 8 9 Againstpublic vote Conor,Lydia,Victoria Chris,Arron Benedict,Lauren Deana,Lydia Arron,Becky,Conor,Deana Conor,Shievonne Lauren,Luke A Adam,Ashleigh,Caroline,Conor,Deana,Luke A,Luke S,Sara Ashleigh,Becky,Deana,Luke A Adam,Ashleigh,Deana,Scott Adam,Deana,Luke A,Luke S,Sara EvictedVictoria17.01%to saveChris38.37%to saveBenedict37.64%to saveLydia34.39%to saveArron12.80%to saveShievonne19.67%to saveLauren46.20%to saveCaroline6.65%(out of 2)to saveConor Bribed£50,000 Scott12.30%to saveLuke S6.07%(out of 5)Sara16.62%(out of 4)Becky5.31%to saveAshleigh12.46%to saveDeana21.47%(out of 3)Adam30.89%(out of 2) SurvivedLydia17.95%Conor65.04%Arron61.63%Lauren62.36%Deana65.61%Conor20.44%Becky21.30%Deana45.46%Conor80.33%Luke A53.80%Luke S7.85% Ashleigh6.07%Conor14.05% Sara14.87%Adam16.66%Deana19.69%Luke A23.23%Ashleigh6.41%Deana33.72%Luke A54.56%Adam35.41%Deana40.11%Luke A35.27%to win Voting results here .
Notes
: On launch night, Deana was randomly selected to become the first housemate to enter the house, and was immune from the first eviction. However, as part of a twist, she had to nominate three people for eviction immediately after everyone entered the house. The three housemates chosen (Conor, Lydia and Victoria) faced eviction on Day 4. Due to bad weather, the main stage outside was abandoned, and Victoria left the house via diary room. Following the eviction, a wildcard housemate was chosen by the public to enter the house as the seventeenth official housemate. : When Becky entered the house, she was set a secret mission. When the housemates stated who their favourite housemate was, Becky had to receive at least one vote otherwise she would face eviction. As she succeeded in receiving one vote, Becky could nominate but could not be nominated by her fellow housemates. : On Day 13, Benedict lost his right to nominate as a forfeit in the Timebomb task. : For the majority of Week 5 and Week 6, the house was split into two teams, Blue and Green, for a Turf Wars task. On nominations day, the team who won the diary room were the only ones permitted to nominate in Week 6. As punishment for Conor, Caroline and Ashleigh discussing nominations, Big Brother voided the Blue team's claim of the Diary Room and gave it to the Green team. Therefore, only the Green team of Adam, Becky, Deana, Luke S and Scott were eligible to nominate this week. Arron was also a member of the Green team, however he was evicted before this round of nominations took place. : Luke S, Sara and Scott won immunity during the Gold Rush shopping task and could nominate but could not be nominated by their fellow housemates. Housemates nominated face-to-face this week round the campfire in the garden using a deck of cards to choose their desired nominated housemates. : As punishment for continuous rule-breaking, every housemate that received at least one nomination was automatically put up for eviction. This resulted in everyone except Becky and Scott facing eviction. Had this not happened then Caroline, Deana and Luke A would have faced eviction. Each nominated housemate's percentages reflect their share of the vote among all 8 nominees at the time of each voting freeze. Caroline received 45.86% of the votes to save to Luke S's 54.14%. : Rather than the housemates nominating this week, housemates' friends and family nominated on their behalf. On Day 57, the White Room was introduced in which Sara, Luke S and Conor competed for a pass to the final. On Day 58, Sara chose to leave the White Room. Shortly after Becky's eviction on Day 60, the remaining White Room residents, Conor and Luke S, were offered up to half of the £100,000 prize fund. However, whoever accepted the offer would have to leave the house immediately, while the other person won immunity from the next eviction and a free pass to the final. Conor chose to take the £50,000 and left the house, while Luke S was guaranteed a place in the live final. : Luke S, holder of a free pass to the final, could nominate but could not be nominated by his fellow housemates in the final round of nominations. On Day 67, there was a double eviction. : For the last four days, the public voted for the housemate they wanted to win, rather than save. Each finalist's percentages reflect their share of the vote among all five finalists at the time of each vote freeze. Luke A won the series with 53.31% of the votes to Adam's 46.69%.
Weekly summary Week 1 Entrances On Day 1, Deana, Arron, Caroline, Shievonne, Conor, Lauren, Luke A, Adam, Sara, Scott, Ashleigh, Luke S, Lydia, Benedict, Chris and Victoria entered the house. On Day 4, Becky entered the house. Tasks On Day 1, Deana was randomly selected to enter as the first housemate and Big Brother rewarded her with immunity from the first eviction. In exchange for this reward, she had to nominate three housemates based solely on her first impression of them. She nominated Conor, Victoria, and Lydia. On Day 2, Shievonne was set a task in which she had to perform an impression of each of her fellow housemates. The other housemates correctly identified all of the impressions and won a party. On Day 3, housemates took part in an organised game of spin the bottle.