Celebrity Big Brother 21 (UK)

Celebrity Big Brother 21 (UK)
Season Information
Country	United Kingdom
Host	Emma Willis
Season	21
No. of Housemates	16
No. of Days	32
Winner	Shane Jenek
Runner(s)-up	Ann Widdecombe
Production
Network	Channel 5
Executive Producers	Andrew Jackman Louise Hutchinson Rebecca Kenny-Smith
Challenge Producers	Kimberley Murphy (Sr) Meral Taze Sammy Summers
Editor	Tamsin Dodgson (Exec) Jessica Thomas Lucy Crofts Steve Earley
Announcers	Marcus Bentley
Season Run	January 2, 2018 - February 2, 2018
Sponsor
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Celebrity Big Brother 20 (UK)
Next Season	Celebrity Big Brother 22 (UK)

Celebrity Big Brother 21 (UK) also known as "Celebrity Big Brother: Year Of The Woman" is the 21st series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Background

Possible Cancellation

After a drop in ratings in 2017, Channel 5 boss Ben Frow stated that he would like to take Big Brother UK off of the air. The summer's civilian series fell at an all-time low average at less than one million viewers a night where most of the viewers watched ITV2's Love Island. “A year ago, everyone was saying 16-34s aren’t watching television. Love Island has proved that if you get the right programme, they will come", said Frow. “I’ve got Big Brother on the channel which is, you know, decline decline decline. Still a useful programme. But this is a really good time for me to take a step back and look at a programme that was the be all and end all for our 16-34s and go, what are we gonna do?” Richard Desmond head of the channel when executives decided to revive the format back in 2011 after Channel 4 canceled the series. “That was a contract that was there before I came,” said Frow. “I would be much happier with a channel that did not have Big Brother on it.” However, Frow would go on to say that he did, in fact, enjoy the rating boost that Big Brother brought to the channel. Back in 2013, he said at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival that “Big Brother’s very important, I think it was genius, genius, genius of Channel 5 to take it. My only concern about it is that it’s such a big beast, and we need to manage the big beast because we can’t become over-reliant on it". After the twentieth celebrity series, it was revealed that Big Brother ratings were the highest for the network.

Casting

It was initially announced via the press that the producers would be planning an all-female cast for the one-hundredth anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918. The Act would allow women the right to vote in the United Kingdom. Producers stated that they were going to change their casting archetypes by casting more opinioning women rather than the recent stint of reality stars and models.

The casting twist was later revealed on December 4, 2017, with an all-female launch. However, men will be introduced after a predetermined time. Channel 5 released a statement saying:

"In January 2018, as the nation marks 100 years since women won the right to vote for the very first time, Celebrity Big Brother launches this series with an all-female cast of celebrity housemates in a salute to a centenary of women’s suffrage on Channel 5. Presented by Emma Willis, Celebrity Big Brother will initially explore how the all-female housemates interact, from politicians to performing artists, as they enter the house first, ahead of the celebrity male housemates. Over the course of the series, as the male counterparts enter the house, the housemates will take part in a series of entertaining tasks and hidden experiments which will test their – and our – assumptions, challenge gender stereotypes and reveal fascinating truths about what it is to be a woman – and man – in the 21st century. See what happens when women hold the power, as Celebrity Big Brother January 2018 is set to be celebratory, surprising and insightful."

Eye

The eye was revealed on December 5th by Emma Willis. The eye is a human eye with a multicolored pupil. This is the first time that a Channel 5 eye has been based on a real eye. This is also first time since Celebrity Big Brother 7 (UK) to be based on a real eye.

House Design

It was announced by sponsor Pink Casino that the house design would be all pink to celebrate the women's theme. Pink Casino later removed the page. However, this rumor was debunked when the house pictures were released.

House

The house pictures were released on December 18th revealing a classic looking house with a subtle cozy theme.

Theme

Sponsor Pink Casino announced along with the house design that the theme would build off of gender stereotypes. They released a statement saying:

"Over the course of the series, once the female and male housemates are in the house, Big Brother has a lot of entertaining tasks and hidden experiments to say the least, to test them and challenge gender stereotypes for a big reveal in what it is like to be a woman or a man in the 21st century. See what happens when women hold the power as this Celebrity Big Brother is certainly going to be surprising and insightful so make sure you’re ready to tune in!"

Launch Audience

The show's ticket distributor ApplauseStore announced that the launch would only feature females stating:

"This year, to celebrate 100 years since women won the vote, Celebrity Big Brother kicks off with an all-female house! To mark the occasion, we are looking for women to pack our launch night audience.

We’re looking for females from all walks of life, all professions and with a diverse mix of interests! If you’re interested in joining our strong female audience then request your free tickets to join us now!"

Possible Name Change

Prior to Rachel Johnson leaking in her column that she would appear on the show, she stated that producers were going to temporarily rename the show "Big Sister" due to the all-female twist. She said, "It was because this one said that the new series was all about female empowerment and 100 years since women got the vote. It was going to be called Big Sister."

Twists

• All-Female Launch: Similar to Big Brother 8 (UK), the season launched with an all-female cast with men introduced later in the series.
• Late Men Entrance: Also similar to Big Brother 8 (UK), the men will enter later in the series.
• Women vs. Men: In relation to the season's theme about gender, the male and female housemates will compete in a series of tasks in order for them to stay in power over the opposite gender. The winning team would have the power to nominate, while the losing team would lose their rights to nominate.
• Face to Face Nominations: Face to Face Nominations happened twice in the series, the first nominations were for females only, face to face, where they could nominate both men and women. The second occasion was during the Wilderness Week where the winning squad had the power to nominate. Just like the first one, they could also nominate both men and women.
• Backdoor Eviction: A special eviction twist that happened on Day 20, the winning team would have to pick among the losing team's members on who they wanted to evict. The chosen housemate to be evicted will then be leaving the house similar to an "ejection" manner rather than the usual eviction manner.
• Save and Replace: The winner of the save and replace task will be able to save one nominated housemate and replace it with another.
• Triple Eviction: On Days 25 & 29, three housemates were evicted rather than the normal or double eviction.

Housemates

Winner    Shane J

Runner-Up    Ann

Finalist    Shane L

Finalist    Jess

Finalist    Wayne

Evicted    Amanda

Evicted    Malika

Evicted    Ashley

Evicted    Daniel

Evicted    Jonny

Evicted    Andrew

Evicted    Ginuwine

Evicted    John

Evicted    Maggie

Evicted    Rachel

Evicted    India

Tasks

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Week	Days Lasted	Task Description	Reward	Winner/Result
Week 1	Day 1	The housemates had to take off a bolt and reconfigure a series of wires in order to repower the house.	Immunity	Amanda & Jess win Immunity.
	Day 2	The housemates competed in an axe-throwing competition. The housemate with the most points would win immunity.	Immunity	Malika wins Immunity.
		The housemates were divided into two groups of two where they had to change a tire. The first group to finish under the undisclosed 4:30 time limit would win immunity.	Immunity	Both groups finished past the time limit.
Week 2	Days 4 - Day 8	Before the men arrived in the house, the women decided which role each man would have for the coming days: Butlers, Chefs, House Cleaners, and Toilet Cleaners.
	Day 5	The first group of men had to perform a series of tasks including putting on heels, applying a full face of makeup, and riding an exercise bike. However, once the first three tasks were finished, the first man to construct three sandwiches would advance to the final round.	Advance to Final Immunity Round	Shane J moves on.
		The second group of men had to endure a series of simulated labor pains. If more than one man outlasted the whole task, the women would decide the winner.	Advance to Final Immunity Round	John moves on.
		For the final round, the final two men would have an undisclosed amount of time to cry. After the time limit, the women would decide the winner.	Immunity	Shane J wins Immunity.
	Day 6	Big Brother read a real statement about a man, and then each man had to lie to fit the description. The women then had to choose which man the statement was about.
	Day 7	The men performed a talent show for the women. After all of the talents were showcased, the women voted for a winner.		Shane J won.

Nominations History

		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4				Week 5
		Day 8	Day 14	Day 19	Day 20	Day 21	Day 23	Day 27	Final
	Shane J	Ineligible	Ann Rachel	Ann Amanda	Ineligible	Jonny Ginuwine	Ineligible	Amanda Ann	Winner
	Ann	India Andrew	Ineligible	Daniel John	Saved John	Daniel Shane J	Shane J Andrew	Shane J Malika	Runner-Up
	Shane L	Ineligible	Andrew Rachel	Ann Amanda	Ineligible	Wayne Ashley	Ineligible	Shane J Ashley	Third Place
	Jess	India Ann	Ineligible	Daniel John	John	Jonny Wayne	Jonny Andrew	Shane J Malika	Fourth Place
	Wayne	Ineligible	Shane J Daniel	Ann Amanda	Ineligible	Ann Daniel	Ineligible	Ann Shane J	Fifth Place
	Amanda	Jonny India	Ineligible	Daniel John	Saved John	Daniel Ginuwine	Daniel Shane J	Shane J Malika
	Malika	Andrew Ann	Ineligible	Daniel John	John	Jonny Ann	Jonny Andrew	Ann Amanda
	Ashley	India Jonny	Ineligible	Daniel John	John	Jonny Shane L	Shane J Andrew	Shane J Shane L
	Daniel	Ineligible	Saved Ann Andrew	Ann Amanda	Ineligible	Ann Amanda	Ineligible
	Jonny	Ineligile	John Malika	Ann Amanda	Ineligible	Amanda Malika	Ineligible
	Andrew	Ineligible	Ann Ginuwine	Ann Amanda	Ineligible	Ginuwine Malika	Ineligible
	Ginuwine	Ineligible	Ann John	Ann Amanda	Ineligible	Wayne Shane J
	John	Ineligible	Andrew Daniel	Ann Amanda	Ineligible
	Maggie	India Jonny	Rep Ineligile
	Rachel	India Jonny	Ineligible
	India	Ann Ginuwine

Key:

Nominated

Saved

Immune

Evicted

Game History

#	Nominations																																																																Result
																																																																	HM(s)	Finish
1																																																																	Andrew	Entered Day 4
																																																																	Daniel	Entered Day 4
																																																																	Ginuwine	Entered Day 4
																																																																	John	Entered Day 4
																																																																	Jonny	Entered Day 4
																																																																	Shane J	Entered Day 4
																																																																	Shane L	Entered Day 4
																																																																	Wayne	Entered Day 4
2	India																																																																Jonny																																																																India	1st Evicted Day 11
3	Andrew																																																																Ann																																																																Daniel																																																																John																																																																Maggie																																																																Rachel																																																																Rachel	2nd Evicted Day 18
																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																	Maggie	3rd Evicted Day 18
	Amanda																																																																Ann																																																																Daniel																																																																John																																																																John	4th Evicted Day 20
4	Ann																																																																Daniel																																																																Jonny																																																																Wayne																																																																Ginuwine																																																																Ginuwine	5th Evicted Day 22
	Andrew																																																																Daniel																																																																Jonny																																																																Shane J																																																																Andrew	6th Evicted Day 25
																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																	Jonny	7th Evicted Day 25
																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																	Daniel	8th Evicted Day 25
5	Ann																																																																Amanda																																																																Ashley																																																																Malika																																																																Shane J																																																																Shane L																																																																Ashley	9th Evicted Day 29
																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																	Malika	10th Evicted Day 29
																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																	Amanda	11th Evicted Day 29
																																																																	Wayne	Fifth Place
																																																																	Jess	Fourth Place
																																																																	Shane L	Third Place
																																																																	Ann	Runner-Up
																																																																	Shane J	Winner

Week 1

Day 1

Entered    Ann	Entered    Amanda	Entered    Ashley	Entered    India
Entered    Jess	Entered    Maggie	Entered    Malika	Entered    Rachel

As a celeberation of woman getting the vote for 100 years, the female housemates will enter the house before the male housemates enter the house. They will also gain power of nominations for the week and the chores will be given to men.

Day 4

Entered    Andrew	Entered    Daniel	Entered    Ginuwine	Entered    John
Entered    Jonny	Entered    Shane J	Entered    Shane L	Entered    Wayne

On Day 4, the male housemates enter the house. The women then divided the chores to the men when the enter the house.

Week 2

Nominee    Jonny

Evicted    India

As a celeberation of woman getting the vote for 100 years, all female housemates will have the sole power to put someone up for eviction. They have nominated India and Jonny. India recieved 6 nominations while Jonny recieved 4 nominations.

On Day 11, India became the first housemate evicted.

Week 3

Round 1

Saved    Daniel

Nominee    Andrew

Nominee    Ann

Nominee    John

Rep Nominee + Evicted    Maggie

Evicted    Rachel

During this round of nominations. the men and woman are divided into 2 groups within their gender and fought for the power of nominations. The men came out victorious, therefore earning their right to nominate. They have initially nominated, Andrew, Ann, Daniel, John and Rachel.

Ann recieves 4 nominations, Andrew recieves 3 nominations,

However, later in the week. Ann and Daniel won a task which caused them to be able to save one of them from eviction and put another housemate up for nominations. They chose to replace Daniel with Maggie. Leaving the final people put for nominations are Andrew, Ann, John, Maggie and Rachel.

On Day 18, Rachel and Maggie becomes the second and third houemates evicted.

Round 2

Saved    Amanda

Saved    Ann

Nominee    Daniel

Evicted by Women    John

On Day 19, both the men and the woman must nominate 2 people from the opposing sex from one another. The men nominated Ann and Amanda. The women nominated Daniel and John. They then competed in tasks which saw the women claiming victory, preventing Ann and Amanda from being evicted.

This leaves Daniel and John at the mercy of the woman, they must chose one of them to be evicted.

On Day 20, they chose John to become the 4th person to be evicted.

Week 4

Round 1

Nominee    Ann

Nominee    Daniel

Nominee    Jonny

Nominee    Wayne

Evicted    Ginuwine

On Day 21, all housenates regarless of sex can nominated together for the first time. The house has nominated Ann, Daniel, Ginuwine, Jonny & Wayne.

Round 2

Nominee    Shane J

Evicted    Daniel

Evicted    Jonny

Evicted    Andrew

Week 5

Round 1

Nominee    Ann

Nominee    Shane J

Nominee    Shane L

Evicted    Amanda

Evicted    Malika

Evicted    Ashley

Final

Winner 49.43% to win    Shane J

Runner-Up 39.5% to win    Ann

Third Place 7.42% to win    Shane L

Fourth Place 2.75% to win    Jess

Fifth Place 0.9% to win    Wayne