Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series) series 1
Celebrity Big Brother | |
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Series 1 | |
Presented by | Davina McCall |
No. of days | 8 |
No. of housemates | 6 |
Winner | Jack Dee |
Runner-up | Claire Sweeney |
Related show | Red Nose Day 2001 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Release | |
Original network | |
Original release | 9 March 16 March 2001 | –
Series chronology |
Celebrity Big Brother 1, also referred to as Celebrity Big Brother 2001, was the first series of the British
The series premiered on 9 March 2001, and lasted for a total of eight days. It concluded on 16 March 2001 when comedian Jack Dee was crowned the winner. The series revolved around a group of celebrities living in a custom built house with no contact with the outside world. Each week, the housemates are required to nominate two people for eviction. The two or more people with the most votes were nominated to leave the House. The viewers then decided which of the nominees should leave, with the selected person leaving during a live show. This process continued until only three housemates remained, at which time the public voted for which of them should win the series. Unlike the original show, Celebrity Big Brother saw the housemates competing for charity.
On 17 March 2023, a special twenty-second anniversary show aired as part of the 2023 Comic Relief event. The show titled “When Comic Relief did Big Brother” was broadcast at 10pm on BBC Two. It featured interviews with five of the six housemates (Chris Eubank did not participate) with a look back on the series and their time in the house. Marcus Bentley narrated the episode.[2]
Production
Broadcasts
The series premiered on 9 March 2001, on
Prizes
The six celebrities in the game are competing for charity, rather than a grand prize for themselves. While in the house, the housemates attempted to complete various tasks assigned by Big Brother in exchange for a grocery budget, which they used to buy food and luxuries; this included buying things such as alcohol and cigarettes. Celebrity Big Brother 1, much like the main series, did not feature luxury competitions or prizes throughout the season.
House
For the first season, Celebrity Big Brother used the house that was used in
Format
Over the duration of the series, the Housemates are given a series of tasks by Big Brother which test them in many ways. They are also put to the test by their own ideals, prejudices and opinions against other people from different walks of life; something that has survived from the original "social experiment" of Big Brother 1. They live in the communal House and share cooking and cleaning chores among themselves, which usually provides plenty of tension. Housemates are forbidden to sleep during daylight hours (unless unwell) - Big Brother plays the wake-up call persistently in the morning if housemates do not wake up and will play an alarm clock noise into the house if a housemate falls asleep during the day. Housemates must also live by the fundamental rules of Big Brother; if the rules are broken it can result in formal warnings, various punishments or even a housemate's removal from the House. They must wash their own clothes by hand, and they have to make their own bread from scratch. Each week Big Brother sets the Housemates a task in order to determine the shopping budget for the following week. They must work together to win the tasks in order to win a luxury shopping budget which changed based on the number of people remaining in the house. If all food runs out in the House, Big Brother provides emergency rations of chickpeas and rice. Housemates are responsible for their own shopping and decide which items the budget will allow them to have. Only a small percentage of the overall budget can be spent on alcohol.
Housemates
Celebrity | Age on entry | Notability | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
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Jack Dee | 39 | Comedian | 1 | 8 | Winner |
Claire Sweeney | 29 | Brookside actress | 1 | 8 | Runner-up |
Keith Duffy | 26 | Boyzone member | 1 | 8 | 3rd Place |
Anthea Turner | 40 | Former Blue Peterpresenter | 1 | 6 | Evicted |
Vanessa Feltz | 39 | TV presenter,broadcaster & journalist | 1 | 4 | Evicted |
Chris Eubank | 34 | Professional boxer | 1 | 2 | Evicted |
Weekly summary
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Day 3 | |
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Day 4 | |
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Day 5 | |
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Day 6 | |
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Day 7 | |
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Day 8 | |
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Nominations table
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 4 | Day 8 Final |
Nominations received | ||
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Jack | Anthea, Chris |
Vanessa, Anthea |
Anthea, Keith |
Winner (Day 8) |
8 | |
Claire | Anthea, Chris |
Vanessa, Jack |
Jack, Keith |
Runner-up (Day 8) |
2 | |
Keith | Chris, Jack |
Jack, Vanessa |
Anthea, Claire |
Third place (Day 8) |
6 | |
Anthea | Chris, Keith |
Keith, Jack |
Jack, Keith |
Evicted (Day 6) |
6 | |
Vanessa | Chris, Jack |
Keith, Jack |
Evicted (Day 4) |
3 | ||
Chris | Claire, Anthea |
Evicted (Day 2) |
5 | |||
Note | none | 1 | ||||
Against public vote |
Anthea, Chris |
Jack, Vanessa |
Anthea, Jack, Keith |
Claire, Jack, Keith | ||
Evicted | Chris 66% to evict |
Vanessa 71% to evict |
Anthea 52% to evict |
Keith 16% (out of 3) |
Claire 41% (out of 2) | |
Jack 59% to win |
Notes
- ^1 : The public were voting for the Housemate they wanted to win rather than to evict.
Viewership
These viewing figures are taken from
Day | Viewers (millions) | |
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Fri | 4.58 | |
Sat | 4.01 | |
Sun | 4.41 | |
Mon | 4.93 | |
Tue | 6.11 | |
Wed | 6.60 | |
Thu | 5.69 | |
Series average |
5.2m |
References
- ^ Carman, John (5 July 2000). "'Big Brother' Watches Their Every Movement". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
- ^ "BBC One - Comic Relief, 2023, when Comic Relief Did Big Brother".
- ^ Anthony, Andrew (23 July 2000). "Let's bomb them". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ "Celebrity Big Brother launched". BBC News. 15 February 2001. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Comic Relief Presents: Countdown to Celebrity Big Brother - BBC One London - 9 March 2001 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Comic Relief Celebrity Big Brother - BBC One London - 10 March 2001 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "BBC Genome (TV Guide Archive)". BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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