Big Brother (British TV series) series 13

Template:Big Brother housemates Big Brother 2012, also known as Big Brother 13, is the thirteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother UK, broadcast on Channel 5. The series premiered with a live launch on 5 June 2012. The series was announced in April 2011 when Channel 5 signed a two-year contract to air the show. With Big Brother 12 broadcast in autumn 2011, this series will be the first edition of the show to air in the show's regular summer period on Channel 5 since it acquired the show from Channel 4 in 2011.

Brian Dowling returned to host the series, with Emma Willis also returning to host the spin-off series Big Brother's Bit on the Side. This series is sponsored by hair product brand Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL.

Production

Auditions

Auditions for the series returned to London and Manchester, as well as Glasgow and Cardiff for the first time since the show's move to Channel 5, in February 2012. Auditionees could also submit a video to YouTube to be fast-tracked to the producers interviews.

Pre-series

On 10 May, pictures were released of potential housemates being moved into a café in London, whilst having blankets over their heads and bodies to hide their identity. Jamie East and Brian Dowling were also there.

Trailers

On 15 May, Channel 5 aired a 60-second advert for the series. It features an Olympic-style theme promoting the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with famous Big Brother tasks being included and Dowling, East, Emma Willis and Alice Levine overlooking a Big Brother stadium before Dowling calls "Let the fun and games begin!".

On 1 June, during an interview on Loose Women, Dowling and Willis announced that 16 housemates would enter on launch night. A further housemate will be chosen by public vote from a choice of three "wildcards" selected by East and will enter the house during a live show on Day 4. The three potential contestants, Rebecca, Bhavesh and Anthony, were announced and confirmed during the Big Brother: The Auditions broadcast.

Sponsorships

The series sponsor will be hair product brand Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL. The deal is said to be worth £2 million.

During the opening titles, a product placement logo is visible in the upper-right hand corner, and at the end of the closing credits, it is seen that not only is the hair product brand Schwarzkopf used as product placement, but also the supermarket Morrisons, which is where the housemates receive their weekly shopping from.

The House

The house followed a completely different theme from its previous celebrity series, following a glitzy Las Vegas theme, and was announced to be the largest Big Brother House ever.

Title sequence

The title sequence includes the original 16 housemates in the opening sequence.

Wildcard housemates

Eight potential wildcards were moved to a nearby café in London to take part in several memorable Big Brother challenges, more significantly the Electric Shock task from Big Brother 9. Jamie East and Big Brother 7 housemate Nikki Grahame were present during the run. When all challenges were completed, Jamie had to choose three wildcards to become potential housemates. He chose flute-player Anthony, 'Indian Brian Dowling' Bhavesh, and Becky, who is nicknamed 'The Hurricane' by her friends. All three faced a vote held via the Channel 5 website in which Becky received the most votes to enter the house and therefore entered on Day 4.

Nominations rule change

On 11 June, it was revealed that housemates were allowed to discuss nominations this series. This decision was highly criticised. The nominations rule has previously made appearances in the first week of Celebrity Big Brother 8, from the fifth week in the Big Brother 12 onwards and through into the Celebrity Big Brother 9. On 20 June, a poll was released on to the Channel 5 Big Brother website for the public to vote whether or not housemates should discuss nominations.. With over 90% of the vote saying housemates should not discuss nominations, the rule was changed back to housemates being forbidden from discussing nominations as revealed to the housemates on Day 16.

Housemates

Main article: List of Big Brother 13 housemates (UK)

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
Adam Kelly	27	Los Angeles, California
Arron Lowe	23	Manchester
Ashleigh Hughes	20	Essex
Becky Hannon	19	Blackburn
Benedict Garrett	32	Manchester
Caroline Wharram	20	Surrey
Chris James	21	Luton
Conor McIntyre	24	Derry
Deana Uppal	23	Birmingham
Lauren Carre	20	Jersey
Luke Anderson	31	Flintshire, North Wales
Luke Scrase	24	Stoke-on-Trent
Lydia Louisa	25	Cheshire
Sara McLean	22	Edinburgh
Scott Mason	21	Macclesfield
Shievonne Robinson	28	Lewisham, South London
Victoria Eisermann	41	Reading

Weekly summary

The main events in the Big Brother 2012 House are summarized in the table below. A typical Week begins with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and ends with the eviction of a Housemate during the Friday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted. The diary of happenings in the house are listed in order of sequence.

Weekly summary
Week 1	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. On Day 4, wildcard housemate Becky entered the house, and was immediately given a secret mission. On Day 6, housemates voted for their most favourite housemate. To succeed in her mission, Becky had to try and receive at least one or more vote from any of her fellow housemates. She passed, and therefore won immunity from the next eviction. On Day 8, housemates were given their first weekly shopping task. The task was to spend two days in the house without laughing once. The sailor in the booth in the living area had the results of how many fails the housemates are limited to. If they pass on Day 10, they will win a luxury food budget. The housemates were only allowed to 25 fails, the housemates ended the task with 19 and therefore won a luxury shopping budget. On Day 10, housemates were set the task "Risk It For A Biscuit". They were called to the diary room one-by-one where they found a large biscuit tin on the table, and cannot see what is inside it. Housemates will have to take a risk in order to retrieve a biscuit. On Day 11, Caroline was given a secret mission to try and convince two other housemates that she is really related to the royal family. As she was successful, Sara and Lauren, her two targets, joined her for afternoon tea.
	Entrances	Deana, Arron, Caroline, Shievonne, Conor, Lauren, Luke A., Adam, Sara, Scott, Ashleigh, Luke S., Lydia, Benedict, Chris and Victoria entered the House on Day 1. On Day 4, Becky was chosen by the public to become the wildcard housemate.
	Exits	Conor, Lydia and Victoria were nominated to face the public vote by Deana on Day 1. On Day 4, Victoria became the first housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother House with the fewest votes to save. On Day 7, Arron and Chris were nominated by their fellow housemates with 6 nominations and 5 nominations respectively. On Day 11, Chris became the second housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother House, receiving 38% of the vote to save. On Day 9, Scott received news that his sister had died; for this reason he left the house for a short period of time and decided to return after hearing the news.
Week 2	Tasks	On Day 12, housemates took part in a dance-off hosted by Lydia. Each of the housemates battled it out in a round of head-to-head dance battles. Lydia and her chosen winners of each battle attended a special party put on by Big Brother. The remaining housemates got nothing. On Day 13, housemates were set a 'ticking time bomb' game. Conor received a takeaway for two with karaoke, and chose Arron to join him for the evening. Benedict's punishment for removing a black layer meant that he was not be allowed to nominate in the upcoming nominations. Luke A was given a trip to a sweet shop, while Sara was told she had become the new house cleaner. Shievonne won a date with the housemate of her choice, picking Adam to join her, who had already been given the task of wearing giant hands for the rest of the day. Ashleigh picked Luke S to accompany her to a gym session, while Caroline had to eat a fish eye in order for her fellow housemates to win their respective gifts. On Day 15 and 16, the second weekly shopping task took place. The three most intelligent housemates (Benedict, Luke A, and Lydia) became scientists and the rest of the housemates were lab rats. The scientists had to correctly predict the majority of outcomes of certain "experiments" that the lab rats participated in. They were successful and won a luxury shopping budget of £840. Lydia was set a secret individual task on her birthday (Day 16). She had to make a long, winding, narcissistic birthday speech to her housemates in order to receive a call from her fiancé. She passed the task. On Day 18, hairdryers were banned after Arron broke a rule. In order to retrieve them back, Arron had to complete a secret task. In his task he had to bestow upon the house three acts of kindness. Big Brother noted that he did a pretty rubbish job, but because Big Brother was feeling nice, one hairdryer returned to the house.
	Twists	Despite the Welcome Pack informing housemates that the discussion of nominations were allowed, on Day 16, Big Brother announced to the housemates that nomination discussion was now forbidden until further notice, and any breach of this rule would result in severe repercussions.
	Punishments	Caroline and Conor were caught discussing nominations on Day 17. As a reprimand, Big Brother turned off all the hot water in the house until further notice. Late on Day 17, Arron put talcum powder in the hairdryers. As a result, on Day 18 Big Brother announced to the housemates that due to a fire risk, hairdryers were banned until further notice.
	Exits	On Day 14, Benedict and Lauren were nominated for eviction by their fellow housemates. Benedict became the third housemate evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 18.
Week 3	Tasks	On Day 19, it was Ashleigh's birthday, and she was asked to choose two housemates to become party planners for a task. She chose Conor and Shievonne, who each had to create rival parties, with different themes, food and ideas. Ashleigh then had to decide which party is better and the winners will get the chance to party until early hours with booze and extra party treats provided by Big Brother. On Day 20, housemates were set the task, 'Confusing Cuisine'. Housemates were presented with a collection of thirteen meals, and to pass the task, each housemate had to consume the delicious delight in front of them. However, the food does not look the same as it tastes. Caroline took the role of the waitress as she was feeling unwell, and could not eat any of the meals. All housemates consumed their meals except for Deana, and therefore Deana was ineligible from receiving the 'big prize'. The housemates chose Conor to receive a prize and he therefore became sole controller of the shopping list.
	Punishments	On Day 19, as punishment for allowing Benedict to leave the house with a swivel chair, Big Brother removed all seating fixtures from the house (except the Diary Room chair) until further notice. Late on Day 19, Shievonne and Ashleigh discussed nominations. Therefore, Big Brother once again removed hot water.
	Exits	On Day 21, Deana and Lydia were nominated for eviction by their fellow housemates. The housemate with the fewest votes will be evicted on Day 25.

Nominations table

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Final Week 10		Nominations received
	Day 1	Day 7
Adam	Not eligible	Arron, Ashleigh	Becky, Ashleigh	Caroline, Shievonne									3
Arron	Not eligible	Luke A, Sara	Deana, Lydia	Lydia, Deana									8
Ashleigh	Not eligible	Chris, Lauren	Benedict, Lauren	Lauren, Lydia									2
Becky	Not in house	Chris, Lydia	Benedict, Lauren	Deana, Lydia									1
Caroline	Not eligible	Chris, Lauren	Benedict, Lauren	Adam, Luke A									6
Conor	Not eligible	Deana, Lydia	Deana, Lydia	Deana, Lydia									3
Deana	Conor, Victoria, Lydia	Arron, Luke S	Arron, Lauren	Luke S, Conor									12
Lauren	Not eligible	Arron, Luke S	Sara, Caroline	Deana, Luke S									9
Luke A	Not eligible	Luke S, Sara	Luke S, Caroline	Luke S, Caroline									4
Luke S	Not eligible	Chris, Deana	Luke A, Deana	Lydia, Deana									8
Lydia	Not eligible	Arron, Deana	Arron, Deana	Conor, Shievonne									12
Sara	Not eligible	Benedict, Lydia	Lauren, Benedict	Luke A, Luke S									4
Scott	Not eligible	Benedict, Chris	Benedict, Lauren	Lydia, Adam									2
Shievonne	Not eligible	Arron, Caroline	Benedict, Luke A	Scott, Adam									2
Benedict	Not eligible	Sara, Scott	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 18)									8
Chris	Not eligible	Arron, Caroline	Evicted (Day 11)										5
Victoria	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 4)											1
Nomination note	1	2	3	none
Against public vote	Conor, Lydia, Victoria	Arron, Chris	Benedict, Lauren	Deana, Lydia
Evicted	Victoria Fewest votes to save	Chris 38% to save	Benedict Fewest votes to save
Source

Notes

• ^Note 1 : On launch night, Deana was randomly selected to become the first housemate to enter the house. However as part of a twist, she would have to nominate three people for eviction immediately after everyone entered the house. The three housemates chosen would be up for the public vote for an eviction on Day 4. The same day right after the eviction, Becky, a wildcard housemate, was chosen by the public to enter the house as the seventeenth official housemate.
• ^Note 2 : When Becky entered the Big Brother house after Victoria's eviction, she was set a secret mission. When the housemates stated who their favourite housemate is, Becky had to receive at least one vote otherwise she would have faced the public vote for eviction. As she succeeded in receiving one vote, she won immunity from the next public vote.
• ^Note 3 : Benedict lost his right to nominate as a forfeit in the Timebomb task on Day 13.

Ratings

Official ratings are taken from BARB and include +1.

	Viewers (in millions)
	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Saturday	-	1.64	1.52	1.40
Sunday	-	1.84	1.74	0.87
Monday	-	1.97	1.75	1.29
Tuesday	3.02	1.90	1.83
Wednesday	1.92	1.85	1.76
Thursday	1.93	1.97	1.92
Friday	1.78	1.90	1.83
Weekly average	2.0		1.76
Running average	2.0		1.89
Series average

External links

• Official website
• Big Brother at Endemol UK
• Big Brother at IMDb
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