Big Brother 2004, also known as Big Brother 5, is the fifth series of the British reality television series Big Brother. The show followed thirteen 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, Nádia Almada, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £63,500.
The series launched on Channel 4 on 28 May 2004 and ended on 6 August 2004. It lasted 71 days - the longest series of Big Brother UK at the time and the eighth longest series to date. Davina McCall returned as presenter for her fifth consecutive year. Twelve housemates entered on launch night, with one additional housemate being introduced in the fifth week.
Following the negative reception of the "boring" previous series, several changes were made to the format. Big Brother became "evil", resulting in a higher-pressure environment for the housemates, more difficult tasks, fewer luxuries and more twists. Big Brother 5 ultimately became most memorable, and the subject of viewer complaints and press attention, for a physical altercation between housemates in the early hours of Day 20, which later became referred to by fans and in the press as "Fight Night".
The series was watched by an average of 5.1 million viewers, the second highest viewed series of the show to date (after Big Brother 3).
Housemates Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Nádia Almada 27London (originally from Madeira, Portugal) 1 71 Jason Cowan 30South Lanarkshire 1 71 nowrap Daniel Bryan 30Hull 1 71 Michelle "Shell" Jubin 22Glasgow 1 71 Stuart Wilson 20Macclesfield 1 69 Michelle Bass 23Newcastle upon Tyne 1 64 Victor Ebuwa 23London 1 57 Ahmed Aghil 44 Liverpool/London (originally from Somalia) 1 50 Becki Seddiki 33London 31 43 Marco Sabba 21Middlesex 1 36 Vanessa Nimmo 26South Africa 1 29 Emma Greenwood 20Oldham 1 23 Kathryn "Kitten" Pinder 24Brighton 1 8
Nominations table Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10FinalNominationsreceivedNádiaNonominations Ahmed,Daniel Daniel,Vanessa Nonominations Jason,Victor Jason,Victor Privatein task Jason,Victor Nonominations Winner(Day 71) 13JasonNonominations Marco,Emma Nádia,Marco Nonominations Nádia,Marco Banned Sergeantin task Nádia,Daniel Nonominations Runner-up(Day 71) 13DanielNonominations Ahmed,Michelle Nádia,Ahmed Nonominations Marco,Jason Victor,Becki Privatein task Victor,Shell Nonominations Third place(Day 71) 13ShellNonominations Ahmed,Michelle Ahmed,Daniel Nonominations Marco,Nádia Becki,Jason Privatein task Jason,Victor Nonominations Fourth place(Day 71) 2StuartNonominations Ahmed,Vanessa Daniel,Vanessa Nonominations Shell,Nádia Ahmed,Becki Privatein task Daniel,Nádia Nonominations Evicted(Day 69) 0MichelleNonominations Ahmed,Jason Victor,Jason Nonominations Jason,Ahmed Ahmed,Becki Sergeantin task Jason,Daniel Nonominations Evicted(Day 64) 4VictorNonominations Emma,Nádia Daniel,Vanessa Nonominations Marco,Nádia Banned Privatein task Daniel,Nádia Evicted(Day 57) 10AhmedNonominations Marco,Emma Vanessa,Marco Nonominations Marco,Nádia Nádia,Daniel Privatein task Evicted(Day 50) 14BeckiNot inHouse Michelle Daniel,Ahmed Evicted(Day 43) 4MarcoNonominations Jason,Ahmed Daniel,Vanessa Nonominations Jason,Victor Evicted(Day 36) 9VanessaNonominations Ahmed,Michelle Ahmed,Nádia Nonominations Evicted(Day 29) 6EmmaNonominations Victor,Daniel Victor,Jason Ejected(Day 23) 3KittenNonominations Ejected(Day 8) N/A Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 none 8 9 Againstpublic vote none Ahmed,Emma,Michelle Daniel,Vanessa Marco,Michelle,Nádia Ahmed,Becki Ahmed,Daniel,Nádia,Shell,Stuart,Victor Daniel,Jason,Nádia,Victor Daniel,Jason,Michelle,Nádia,Shell,Stuart Daniel,Jason,Nádia,Shell,Stuart EjectedKitten none Emma noneEvictedNoneEmma29%to move EvictionpostponedVanessa86%to evictMarco52%to evictBecki62%to evictAhmed56%to evictVictor47%to evictMichelle67%to evictStuart7%Shell9%Daniel17%(out of 3)Jason26%(out of 2)Michelle54%to moveNádia74%to win Notes
: There were no nominations in Week 1; on Day 2, housemates were instead asked to nominate one person who they felt was least deserving of their suitcase. Kitten - despite refusing to participate - received the most votes and did not receive her suitcase for the rest of her stay in the house. Kitten was later ejected by Big Brother on Day 8 after constant rule breaking; Kitten was deemed on the show to be the first person evicted from the house, however, this is technically an ejection, as she was not voted out via a public nor an internal house vote. : The housemates were told there was a double eviction. In reality, the public voted for which two housemates would enter a secret Big Brother Bedsit, where the two evictees would live for five days, be able to watch their fellow housemates on a television screen, and then return to the house, still eligible to win the prize money. Emma and Michelle received the most votes and moved into the Bedsit. Initially planned for Week 1, the Bedsit twist was postponed one week due to Kitten's ejection from the house. : Emma and Michelle made their nominations from the Bedsit. The other housemates could not nominate them, assuming they had been evicted. : Due to the fallout from the fighting on Day 20 and Emma’s ejection from the house on Day 23, Week 3’s eviction was postponed until Week 4. There were thus no nominations in Week 4, and Daniel and Vanessa remained the nominees for eviction. : As a new housemate, Becki could not be nominated by her fellow housemates and believed she could not nominate. However, Big Brother told her that she had to nominate one housemate, who would automatically face eviction, by kissing them on both cheeks. If she didn't do this, she would automatically face eviction. Becki kissed Michelle, meaning she was up for eviction against the two housemates with the most nominations, Marco and Nádia. : As punishment for constant discussion of nominations, Jason and Victor were banned from nominating. : There were no nominations in Week 8; the weekly army-themed task determined instead who would face the public vote. Sergeants Jason and Michelle were made privy to the nominations twist. If the privates passed the task, all six privates would face eviction. If the privates failed, sergeants would face eviction. The Privates passed, meaning the six of them faced eviction. : There were no nominations in Week 9. Instead, all housemates automatically faced eviction; this news was not made privy to them until the actual eviction on Day 64. : There were no nominations in the final week. On Day 69, a vote count was done and the housemate with the least public votes to win secretly left the house in a surprise eviction during a party. Stuart was evicted, leaving Daniel, Jason, Nádia and Shell in the final four.
Weekly summary Week 1 Entrances On Day 1, Marco, Ahmed, Jason, Daniel, Stuart, Victor, Vanessa, Emma, Kitten, Michelle, Shell and Nadia entered the house. Twists On Day 2, the housemates were individually called to the Diary Room and had to nominate one housemate they felt was least deserving of their suitcase. Kitten chose not to go into the Diary Room to vote, thus automatically selecting herself. Jason, Marco, Michelle, Shell, Vanessa and Victor voted for Kitten, Ahmed and Nádia voted for Michelle, Daniel voted for Marco, Emma voted for Victor, and Stuart voted for Ahmed. Kitten received the most votes and, therefore, would not receive her suitcase for the remainder of her time in the house. Punishments On Day 5, the housemates moved the alcohol fridge into the bedroom and were reprimanded by Big Brother. Throughout the first five days, Kitten received multiple warnings for constantly breaking Big Brother's rules. On Day 6, Kitten received her third and final strike for painting the mirrors in the house. Exits On Day 8, Kitten was ejected from the house after constant rule-breaking. Kitten refused to leave the house, thus Big Brother revealed that the grand prize of £100,000 would decrease by £10,000 for each minute Kitten spent in the house. Kitten left the house just under a minute later, losing the group £9,000. This brought the grand prize to a total of £91,000. Week 2 Tasks On Day 9, the housemates were given a task in which they had to select one housemate who they felt was the smartest and another housemate who they felt was the strongest. Stuart and Jason were selected respectively. Stuart had to answer nine general knowledge questions in the diary room, with the grand prize fund being reduced by £1,000 for each incorrect answer he gave. Outside, the other housemates were strapped onto a turntable, which Jason was required to spin around in circles. For each question Stuart answered correctly, a housemate could be removed from the turntable, making it easier to spin. Stuart answered four questions incorrectly and lost the group £5,000. Ahmed refused to participate in the task, thus costing the group another £1,000, bringing the grand prize fund to £85,000. On Day 10, the housemates were given their first weekly task. The housemates were required to run a fast food restaurant in which Big Brother could place an order at any time, and housemates were required to make the order and take it to the diary room within thirty minutes. The task lasted for a total of four days. Completion of the task would result in the housemates receiving a privilege pass, which they could redeem for a privilege in the house. The housemates failed the task. Nominations On Day 11, the housemates nominated for the first time. Ahmed, Emma and Michelle received the most nominations and faced the public vote. Exits On Day 15, Emma and Michelle were evicted from the house, receiving 29% and 54% of the public vote to evict, respectively. However, this was a fake eviction and Emma and Michelle instead moved into the Big Brother Bedsit, where they could watch and hear everything going on in the house. Week 3 Tasks During Emma and Michelle's stay in the Bedsit, they were required to give out punishments to the other housemates. On Day 16, they chose Victor to take cold showers. On Day 17, they chose to make a cake for the housemates, with chilli powder added to the cake. On Day 18, they chose to vandalize Jason's bed. On Day 19, they chose to put itching powder in one of Vanessa's shirts. They officially returned to the house on Day 20. On Day 16, the housemates were given a task in which Daniel, Jason, Stuart and Vanessa took part in a human wheelbarrow race. Each pair took turns collecting tokens, each token being worth ten seconds. The number of tokens collected determined how long the housemates would have to complete the second part of the challenge. The second half required the remaining housemates to hang over the garden for the time they earned in the first part of the challenge. If a housemate fell, then the prize fund was reduced by £2,000. Following this task, the prize fund was £77,000. On Day 17, the housemates were given their second weekly task, which had a football theme to coincide with the Euro 2004 championship. The first portion of the task required housemates to select a country and make a mascot for the team. Nominations On Day 18, the housemates nominated for the second time. As Emma and Michelle were secretly in the Bedsit, they could not be nominated but were allowed to make nominations. Daniel and Vanessa received the most nominations and faced the public vote. Punishments On Day 20, multiple fights occurred over the night. The fight resulted in everyone getting a formal warning. Emma was sent back to the Big Brother Bedsit. Exits