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Big Brother (British TV series) series 6: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 02:07, 13 August 2005

Big Brother UK series 6in2005 was the sixth series of Big Brother in the UK, a reality showonChannel 4 in which a number of contestants live an isolated existence in a purpose-built house who try to avoid being evicted by public vote, with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. This series lasted for 11 weeks, currently the longest that the series has run for. It was won by Anthony Hutton.

The sixth series began on 27 May 2005. The broadcaster, Channel 4, made their previously subscription-only E4 channel available on Freeview from the start of this series.

Chronology

Weeks 1 and 2

The first housemate to enter the house was Derek Laud, a well-known political figure on the right of the Conservative Party who was the first black Master of Foxhounds.

The "unlucky thirteenth" housemate was chosen randomly on day one as Makosi, when she was first to respond to a call by Big Brother for "a housemate" to go to the diary room. Makosi was told she would automatically be up for eviction that week unless she managed to get the most nominations from her housemates, in which case she could nominate two people for eviction. She was to keep this task secret. Makosi succeeded in her secret mission and chose Craig and Mary to be up for eviction on 3 June 2005. Mary was the viewers' choice for eviction.

During week 2, in a conversation with Lesley, Vanessa broke the game rules by discussing whom she would be nominating. Although the nominations still took place, Big Brother decided to ignore the results and ruled that, for the first time in the UK series, every housemate would be up for eviction in the public vote. On 10 June 2005, Lesley was chosen to leave the house, although, if the nominations had not been nullified, she would not have been up for eviction. Davina McCall had been hinting at it being a "popularity contest", and the housemates all became aware of the public view of them because they could hear their individual names being called out, whereupon the crowd cheered or booed.

Weeks 3 and 4

In Week 3, Craig, Derek and Roberto were banned from nominating after talking about the nomination procedure, breaking a key rule. Clips of their discussions were played into the house via the plasma screen. Derek, Roberto and Sam were announced as the nominees for eviction on Day 19. Sam was the least popular housemate out of the three, and was evicted to a mixed reception on Day 22.

Week 4 saw the first traditional set of nominations of the series when, for the first time, all of the housemates' nominations were taken into account, and there was no twist to the format. Derek and Roberto received the most nominations from their fellow housemates, and Roberto was evicted on Day 29.

Weeks 5 and 6

On Day 30, less than 24 hours after Kinga, Eugene and Orlaith had entered the Secret Garden, a red button appeared in the main house, with a sign saying "Don't press this button" above it, and the words "Press here" around it. After much discussion amongst the housemates, Makosi pressed the button and was immediately called to the Diary Room. She entered the Secret Garden, met Kinga, Eugene and Orlaith, and was instructed to help them by stealing food and other supplies from the main house. If she failed to do so or was discovered by her fellow housemates, she would be automatically put up for the public vote. Before completing the task, Makosi had to evict one housemate from the secret garden – she chose Kinga who later returned to the Big Brother house on Day 66 to replace Orlaith who walked a day earlier.

In Week 5, for the third time, nominations had been discussed, this time between Maxwell and Anthony, so they were barred from nominating. Maxwell and Saskia, the "love birds", were put up for the public vote. As new housemates, Orlaith and Eugene were exempt, and as Makosi (who received only two nominations anyway) completed another secret mission, she was also immune. Saskia was evicted to a mixed reception on Day 36.

In Week 6, Maxwell was evicted, having received 57 per cent of the public vote, much to the surprise of the other housemates. Both Maxwell and Science were booed by the crowd when Davina announced their names before the result of the public vote.

Weeks 7 and 8

In Week 7 Big Brother played mind games with the housemates, informing them that during the week Big Brother would lie twice. Big Brother then told housemates that nominations that week were optional. This was Big Brother's first lie. All nominations are compulsory, so the housemates who did not nominate were put to the public vote as punishment. When the results of the nominations were announced Big Brother stated that Anthony, Craig and Kemal were up for eviction. This was Big Brother's second lie. In fact, these three were the only ones to nominate, so it was everyone else who was subject to the public vote. As an extra twist, the housemates had to pick whom to evict out of the two people with the most votes. These turned out to be Makosi and Vanessa. All of the housemates with the exception of Kemal chose Vanessa to be the 7th person to leave, so on Day 50, a tearful Vanessa was evicted from the house.

In Week 8 nominations were made without any twists to the format. Science and Orlaith were the two housemates up for eviction with five and four votes respectively. Anthony and Eugene were the only housemates not to receive any votes this week. On Day 57, Science became the 8th housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house.

Weeks 9 and 10

For Week 9 the housemates were given a secret agent task to complete. Amusingly, Kemal, who had been convinced of there being a mole in the house ended up randomly being selected to be a double agent for this task. The housemates failed to realise this so passed the task. Derek, whom they thought was the Double Agent, was sent into hiding. Nominations were slightly altered this week, instead of housemates nominating who they wanted to put up for eviction they were nominating for those they wanted to save from the vote. Kemal and Orlaith gained just one vote each and so faced the public vote. Kemal received 51.5% of the public vote and so became the ninth evictee.

The next morning, on Day 65, Orlaith carried out her promise to leave the house voluntarily if not evicted by the public. She became the third contestant in UK Big Brother series to leave of their own accord. Less than a day after her departure, it was announced that a new housemate would be sent in to replace her. On Day 66, Kinga entered the house as Orlaith's replacement. She was sent in told that if she gets one person to not nominate her this week, she will be immune from eviction and definitely be in the house for the final week and will be eligible to win. She managed to pass the task, receiving no nominations at all. The housemates up for eviction were Derek and Eugene, meaning Anthony, Craig, Kinga and Makosi are in the final week. On Day 71, Derek was evicted with 58% of the vote, becoming the 11th person to leave the house, and leaving Eugene in the final week as well. He was the last housemate to be voted out on nomination results.

Week 11

On Day 76, during dinner, Craig was evicted in a surprise mid-week eviction, for being the housemate to have received the least votes (only 4.1%) from the public to win Big Brother on Wednesday evening.

About one hour after Craig was evicted, Big Brother called a housemate to the diary Room and Eugene was first to respond. He sat down behind a suitcase containing £50,000 in cash - half the actual winners prize money. Big Brother told him he had the option of winning this half of the prize, leaving the other half for the winner. Big Brother told the remaining housemates that if he turned down the money, the prize money would double to £200,000. Eugene was given one minute to make to his decision while he was watched on screen by the rest of the housemates. After about 50 seconds, Eugene had made his decision and chose to take the £50,000.

On day 78, the house was prepared for the final day, the first person to be evicted on final night was Kinga, then Makosi and Eugene came second leaving Anthony to win.

Housemates

Anthony Hutton

Anthony Hutton is a 23-year-old 70s dancer from ConsettinCounty Durham. Winner of the contest, with 57.3% of the two-way vote, he left the house elated at his own success - gyrating on the platform to the press.

Craig Coates

Craig Coates is a 20-year-old from CromerinNorfolk and works as a hairdresser in nearby Sheringham. He calls himself the best liar in the world. Craig was evicted on Day 76 in a surprise mid-week eviction, whilst the housemates were having dinner. He received only 4.1% of the public vote to win and so came 5th.

During his time in the house, Craig became famous in the media for his possessive nature over fellow housemate Anthony, earning himself the title of "Bunny Boiler". His behaviour got increasingly worrying as many believed he had romantic feelings for Anthony.

Derek Laud

Derek Laud is a 41-year-old speechwriter for the Conservative Party originally from Battersea but now living in Kensington. He was evicted on Day 71 (August 5), receiving 58% of the vote. He was the last housemate to be up for eviction (and later voted out) due to nomination results.

Eugene Sully

Eugene Mark Sully is a 27-year-old service planning engineer for the BBC in the Research & Development department from CrawleyinWest Sussex. He attained a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering with first class honours in 2000 from the University of Sussex and is also currently in training to become a pilot.

He entered the house on Day 32 after being voted in by Makosi (see Day 30). In the house, he was well known for telling very long-winded stories which did not actually have a punch line or a point; his most famous one regarding the time he looked up the word gormless in the dictionary.

He actually won £50,000 of the prize money on Day 76 when, in a twist, he was given the choice to take half the prize money or not. This was because he was the first to go to the diary room when Big Brother called for a housemate to come to the diary room. Unbeknown'st to him, if he had rejected this offer, the eventual winner would have won £200,000 instead. Eugene came second to Anthony on the final night, polling 42.7% of the two-way vote. (Friday 12th August 2005) Upon leaving the house, Eugene's reception was extremely positive with apparently no boos or jeers whatsoever.

Lesley Sanderson

Lesley Sanderson is a sales assistant from Huddersfield. She was the second person to be evicted from the Big Brother house, on June 10 (Day 15), gaining 36% of the public vote.

It was widely suspected Lesley's place in the house was cemented over how she bullied fellow contestant Sam. Both were unpopular with the public, but viewers did not approve of her treatment towards Sam. Lesley was in fact warned by Big Brother after she had made a verbal threat to her.

Kemal Shahin

Kemal Shahin is a 19-year-old Turkish Cypriot from London. He is a university student living in Liverpool and a part time belly dancer. When quizzed by Davina about his sexuality, he answered, "I don't know. Who can say? I'm looking for a man."

He was the thirteenth person to enter the Big Brother house (dressed in a red sari) and the ninth to leave (in a green sari) on July 29, gaining 51.5% of the public vote.

Kinga Karolczak

A 20 year old, half Polish half Kuwaiti market researcher, from London. Kinga began her stay in the Secret Garden along with Orlaith and Eugene but was not chosen to enter the house by Makosi. The day after Orlaith walked from the show, however, she was sent into the house as a replacement. Kinga settled into the house fairly quickly, however after a night of excessive drinking, she masturbated on the lawn with an empty wine bottle, much to the horror of the other housemates and public alike.

On Day 78, Kinga received the least number of public votes (only 3.8% of the four-way total) and came in 4th place. The audience gave her a mixed reception.

Makosi Musambasi

Makosi Musambasi is a registered cardiac nurse, who worked in a coronary care unit, originally from Zimbabwe but now living in High Wycombe. She was the subject of a story in The Sun during the final week which claimed that a talent agency had invoiced the producers of Big Brother for £609 for procuring her services; The Sun alleged that this proved she was in fact an actress rather than a genuine contestant. This was denied by Big Brother on the finale night.

Makosi was favourite to win the show in the first five weeks. However in week six, Makosi shocked the nation by allegedly having sex in the pool with Anthony and later revealing that she thought she may be pregnant. At one point a tearful Makosi asked Big Brother for a pregnancy test, and contemplated what she would name the child. Many are still confused as to whether the couple did have sex in the pool, but Makosi soon put the worry to rest when she admitted she wasn't pregnant. Many believe that this incident was one of the main reasons she did not win the show.

Makosi's Highlights in the house where her ease in completing her secret missions without her housemates finding out, her eccentric humour, her diva attitude, her fashion sense, her excellent game playing and Demands for a new weave.

On Day 76 Makosi removed her weave as the itching was proving too bothersome for her. Previous to this Makosi was occasionally sporting the wig she used in the "Spy" task. As her weave started to come out in pieces, a parody documenting the current state of the weave began on Big Brother's Little Brother called "Weave Watch".

Makosi came third with 8.7% of the three-way vote. Her interview with Davina was poorly received, with the audience booing and shouting "liar" all the way through. As the interview neared its end, chants of "off, off, off," were yelled by the crowd. Many viewers felt the interview was uncomfortable and that the host Davina McCall was unusually harsh towards Makosi.

Mary O'Leary

Mary O'Leary is a 30 year-old psychic advisor, writer, and practising white witch from London. She was born to a former priest and nun in Dublin, Ireland. She claims to remember a past life in Atlantis and that she has been abducted by aliens 7 times.

At first, bookmakers and betting exchange punters rated Mary as the least likely to win Big Brother this year. Many fans took to her immediately, however, and her odds steadily rose over the first few days until she was rated as one of the most likely to win; however, Makosi nominated her for eviction at the first opportunity and she therefore faced a public vote at the end of the first week along with Craig and was evicted on 3 June 2005, with 60% of the public vote. This made her the sixth woman to be evicted first each year.

After her eviction, newspaper articles were published revealing that Mary had previously worked in a massage parlour where money was offered for sexual favours. However this has not been confirmed by Mary herself.

Maxwell Ward

Maxwell Ward is an engineer from Islington, North London who supports Arsenal F.C.. He was the sixth evictee from the house, and left on July 8, with 57% of the public vote.

Orlaith McAllister

Orlaith McAllister is a 26-year-old business studies student and runner up in the 1999 Miss Northern Ireland contest to Zöe Salmon, the winner. She is currently Belfast's woman of the year. She entered the house on Day 32 after being voted in by Makosi (see Day 30). After weeks of saying that she wanted to leave, she left voluntarily on Day 65 (July 30), the day after winning out on the public eviction against Kemal, citing "irreconcilable differences" with Derek.

Roberto Conte

Roberto Conte is a 32 year-old teacher originally from Italy but since 1996, he has lived in Liverpool. He was once a paratrooper in the Italian army. He is a professional basketball player and windsurfer. He was also a finalist in the 1996 'Most Handsome Man in Italy' competition.

In the house he was famous for pouring a bowl of pasta over Maxwell's head, and calling Makosi 'a stupid bitch' followed by 'but I still love you' (by this time Makosi was in a flood of tears). He was the seventh person to enter the Big Brother house on 27 May 2005, and the fourth person to leave, on 24 June. He was up against Derek, and received 53% of the vote.

Sam Heuston

Sam Heuston is a 23 year-old marketing student from Cheam. She was the third person to be evicted from the Big Brother House, when faced against Derek and Roberto. She received 59% of the public vote when she was voted out on June 17th (Day 22).

Saskia Howard-Clarke

Saskia Howard-Clarke is a "promotions girl" from London. She was the fifth evictee from the house, on July 1. Saskia was put up for eviction with Maxwell, and gained a massive 71% of the public vote.

Like some of the housemates, some viewers believed that Saskia was using her relationship with Maxwell to secure magazine deals and media coverage. True to Big Brother fashion, Saskia and Maxwell did become involved in a relationship after they left the house.

Kieron "Science" Harvey

Science is an entrepreneur and musician from Chapeltown, Leeds. He has a band called Urban Productions and won a BBC award for documentary making.

As one of the loudest and argument-prone of the housemates, Science found himself up for eviction twice (another two times when most of the housemates were up for eviction) during his stay at the Big Brother house. He was finally evicted in week eight when up against Orlaith McAllister in the second closest public vote in Big Brother history with only one percent between the two housemates (50.5%/49.5%), on July 22.

Vanessa Layton-McIntosh

Vanessa Layton-McIntosh is a 19 year-old student from Croydon. She was the seventh person to be evicted from the house on July 15, chosen to leave by her fellow housemates, when faced against Makosi. (See Week 7). This was the first week Vanessa had faced eviction.

Vanessa was rather unpopular within the house, and it was said that all she did was eat, sleep and talk about the other housemates behind their backs.

See also

• Big Brother 6 nominations table

External links

• Official Big Brother UK website
• BB Eviction - the only eviction-based website on the web
• Digital Spy UK Big Brother site
• Big Brother UK Website - Big Brother UK fansite
• Big Brother Online - Big Brother UK fansite
• Big Blagger - Big Brother UK fansite
• All the latest updates on Big Brother 6 from the Jade Goody website
• Up to date odds by Paddy Power