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Big Brother 7, 2006
In 2006 Big Brother 7 ran from 18th May to 18th August, 93 days in total, it is the longest series to date. Fourteen housemates entered the House at Launch, but eight other housemates entered the House during the series, creating a total of twenty-two housemates competing in Big Brother 7. This is the most housemates to ever compete in a series of Big Brother UK. Two of these eight housemates were replacement housemates Sam and Aisleyne, arriving on Day 12, who were introduced to the housemates as part of the Meal or No Meal task after the departure of Shahbaz and Dawn. George decided to leave the House of his own will, a rule all housemates are allowed to take advantage of at any time, on Day 13 as he "did not want to be famous". On Day 23, Susie entered the House as Big Brother's lucky Golden Ticket winner. Five more housemates entered on Day 44 (Jonathan, Spiral, Jennie, Michael and Jayne) to the House Next Door, totaling 22 housemates. This series saw the largest number of housemates to leave without being evicted, with three exiting the House. At one point there were more additional housemates than original housemates in this series: during Week 9, following Nikki's eviction there was a total of six additional housemates and five original housemates, having entered the House on launch night.
On Day 83, four previous evictees entered the 'House Next Door' following a public vote between ten previous Housemates. Nikki received 63% of the vote, whilst Grace got 8.4%, and Lea and Mikey 7.3% each. Their presence was revealed to the other housemates and Imogen and Richard, who were up for eviction that week, joined them. Nikki was chosen by the remaining housemates to return to the Big Brother House and become eligible to win the £100,000 prize money and Grace, Mikey and Lea left the House Next Door.
Big Brother 7 Housemates in Order of Arrival

1st Evicted
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Bonnie
After failing to get elected to the Big Brotherhood Bonnie did not receive her suitcase and was automatically up for eviction. Bonnie was the series first evictee, on Day 9, with 78% of the vote.
In the post eviction interview Davina noted that in the House Bonnie seemed to be rather quiet and shy; very different to the loud and mouthy character shown in her initial audition VT. In her after show press conference, which was shown on BBLB, she attributed her quietness to the fact that she was unable to express herself without her suitcase.
Evicted on Day 9 with 78% of vote, up against Dawn and Glyn. |

Winner
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Pete
Winner of Big Brother 7 2006, with 61.2% of the Vote
Pete was the bookmaker's favourite since week one to win the series. Pete was also very popular inside the house, he was friends with everyone and had many admirers in the House (Lea, Nikki, Aisleyne, Lisa and Jennie), he had strong feelings toward Nikki which were made clear when Nikki re-entered the house. Pete's genuine nature and funny personality made him likable from the start. Suffering from Tourettes Pete made the nation aware of what it is like to live with Tourette syndrome, his ability to cope with it was inspiring to many.
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Walked
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George
Asked to leave the house and left on Day 13
Told the Diary room he wanted to leave because he didn't want to be famous. Despite not making any television appearances after leaving the house, he did attend the Big Brother 7 Final and the end of season wrap party. |

4th Evicted |
Grace
Evicted on Day 30, throwing a glass of water over Susie as she left. Grace was up against Nikki and received 87.9% of public vote
Re-evicted on Day 86.
In the house, Grace was shown as being bitchy and two-faced to several housemates. She was close to Imogen, Sezer, George, Lisa and Glyn and had a relationship with Mikey which has continued since exiting the house.
On Day 23 after Sam's eviction, the housemates gathered in the garden for selection of the Golden Housemate, Susie. Whilst in the garden, Grace heard the crowd outside chanting 'Get Grace Out!', which led her to break down in tears in the bathroom later on.
On Day 83, Grace was the first out of the selected ex-housemates to be voted back in to the "House Next Door" having received 8.4% of the public vote. To celebrate her 21st birthday, Grace was allowed to enter the Big Brother house for 21 minutes. Grace ignored most of the housemates and gave most of her attention to Glyn, who was glad to see his friend. On Day 86, Grace was evicted from the House Next Door.
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Walked
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Shahbaz
Asked to leave the house and left on Day 6
Shahbaz was criticised by some housemates for what they regard as childish behaviour including ruining most of the food in the House by throwing it in a box in the garden. It was generally accepted that he did not adapt well to life in the House. Through his acting-out behaviour and "theatrical" monologues Shahbaz was cast aside by the majority of his fellow housemates.
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7th Evicted
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Lea
Lea made a drunken confession to fellow housemate Pete that she found him attractive, which shocked him, because he always saw her as a mother figure to him, but told her he was flattered and that he was "cool with it".
Evicted on Day 51 with 53.8% of the public vote, after losing out to Richard.
On Day 83, Lea was the second ex-housemate voted back in to the House Next Door gaining 7.3% of the vote. She was evicted again on Day 86. |

14th Evicted
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Imogen
Up to week 5, Imogen was not allowed to participate in nominations. On Day 84 Imogen moved with fellow nominee Richard into the House Next Door. During this time she wasn't at all pleased about the bitching that fellow housemates Grace, Lea and Nikki were doing about Aisleyne.
Evicted on Day 86 with 62% of the public vote, up against Richard. |

12th Evicted
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Mikey
His activities in the House were dominated by flirtatious activity with both Imogen and Grace. He took a liking to Grace in the first few days and the two were kissing and sharing a bed by the end of the first week.
On Day 83, he was then voted back in to the House Next Door with 7.3% of the public's vote, along with Grace, Lea and Nikki. He was evicted for a second and final time on Day 86. Mikey and Grace have had an ongoing relationship since leaving the House Next Door. In October 2006, it was announced that he had proposed to Grace and that she had accepted.
Evicted on Day 79 with 48.5% of the public vote, up against Imogen, Jennie, and Susie.
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Ejected
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Dawn
Big Brother asked her to leave as a punishment for using a code, Dawn left on Day 8
After seven days in the house Dawn received a message from her family saying "your sister is ill". Lea told the group that Dawn had confessed that the message she received was a code for when she was receiving a hostile reaction from the press. In the afternoon Dawn announced that she was leaving, Dawn was ejected from the diary room the next day. |

2nd Evicted
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Sezer
It is believed that Sezer was evicted because he told fellow housemates that the girls watching would vote to keep him in. He even told Imogen that if they were both up for eviction, he would win because more girls vote than boys. Several housemates later cited this as being sexist. It was this perceived smugness and vanity, and his confiding to housemates that he intended to "bully" at least one other housemate, that probably led to Sezer's downfall. He was self-assured right up to the moment his name was announced, at which point his mouth fell open in shock. He walked out to boos and jeering.
A date rape allegation meant he was not available to re-enter the "Secret House" in Week 12, the case has since been dropped due to lack of evidence.
Evicted on Day 16 with a record 91.6% of the vote, up against Lea and Richard |

2nd in Final
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Glyn
Glyn entered the House in his lifeguard attire complete with buoyancy aid. Glyn would often spontaneously burst into song. He was the most intelligent housemate according to an intelligence test which all the housemates sat. Other tests revealed him to be the happiest and most perceptive housemate.
Glyn gradually became favourite for the runner up position and even a contender to win, Glyn had bonds with many people in the house and no one hated him. His childlike ways and age made him harmless. His time in the house was a journey, many housemates stated this saying he came in a boy and left a man.
He was very vocal with his patriotism, wearing clothes that support Wales and including Wales into tasks which had creative input.
Final Show Glyn came 2nd with 38.8% of the final vote, up against Pete
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4th in Final |
Richard
He took on the role of the "father figure" in the House. Richard often mediated during fights between other housemates. He is also something of an "agony uncle" and was always giving advice to other housemates. He even taught Glyn how to wash his clothes.
According to the shouting test, Richard was the loudest housemate. He holds a record of surviving eviction 6 times, the most in Big Brother UK history. While in the house, he formed close friendships with Susie, Lea, Nikki and Pete.
On Day 84 Richard moved into the House Next Door with Imogen whilst they were both up for eviction, but he was returned to the main house on Day 86 after Imogen was voted out.
A surprise party with a Madonna theme was organised for Richards Birthday, which made him very happy as he thought it could be his last day. He avoided eviction, however, with his "best friend" Pete.
Final Show Richard came 4th with 9.2% of the vote to Win.
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4th Evicted
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Lisa
Lisa initially spent most time with Pete, Lea and Richard and admitted to fancying Pete, but as week 3 progressed Lisa's friendship with Pete began to deteriorate, as he made it clear he only liked her as a friend and she appeared to take pleasure in torturing and killing insects, something that upset Pete greatly and led to an angry confrontation.
During her interview, Davina showed a clip of her in which she swore 88 times in a 20 minute diary room conversation, an average of 4.4 times a minute.
Evicted on Day 37 having received 60.3% of the public vote, up against Imogen, Mickey and Nikki. |

Originally 8th Evicted. After re-entering the main house Nikki came 5th in the Final |
Nikki
Evicted on Day 58 with 37.2% of the vote. Up against all housemates bar Jayne.
Noted for her diary room rants, including her now infamous reaction to Susie's nomination against her, ("Who is she? Who is she? Where did you find her?") and also her constant demands to have the air conditioning switched off.
On Day 83, Nikki was the third ex-housemate voted back in to the House Next Door with 63% of the vote. On Day 86 she was chosen by the existing housemates to return to the main house, and became eligible to win.
When Nikki entered the house for the second time, fans of the show criticised her for playing up to the cameras and taking advantage of her popularity in the outside world. Nikki came fifth, and received a less positive reception at the final than at her first eviction.
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New Housemates
Following Shahbaz and George volunteering to leave the BB House in the first week, 2 new housemates entered the house during the "meal or no meal" task in week two. These would be Aisleyne and Sam
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Aisleyne
On her arrival in the House she sparked bitching among Imogen (who developed a friendship with her in the later stages) Sezer and Grace.
When Grace threw water from a glass at Susie seconds before her eviction from the Big Brother House, Aisleyne was the most vocal housemate, expressing shock and disgust at Grace's actions.
In the sixth week, with five nominations, Aisleyne faced being moved to The House Next Door. However, she was unaware of this, believing she was up for the usual eviction. On Day 44, Aisleyne was the housemate with the most votes (67.3% of the public vote), and she moved into the House Next Door. On Day 49, it was revealed to the housemates in the main House that Aisleyne hadn't been evicted, but had moved to the House Next Door. Aisleyne then had to evict one of the remaining housemates in the House Next Door; she chose to evict Jonathan and returned with Spiral to the main House.
Despite a swelling of support outside the house, Aisleyne appeared convinced of her own unpopularity. However, she finished in third place and became the highest placed female, a position she had not expected.
Received 22% of Vote to Win Against glyn and Pete |

3rd Evicted |
Sam
Although neither having had, or intending to have, Sex reassignment surgery, Davina revealed on the live programming that Sam prefers to be referred to as a female. Sam confessed to the housemates to being biologically male on the same night as entering the House, and said they could act however they wish.
Sam became known for repeatedly telling all the housemates that they were "amazing".
Some housemates apparently felt Sam was "too nice" which they considered to be suspicious. Sam also caused controversy among housemates by entering or staying inside the bathroom whilst others tried to use the toilet.
Evicted on day 23 with 53.7% of the vote, up against Nikki
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Golden Tickets
During the first three weeks of the series, Channel 4 conducted a promotion in conjunction with Nestle to distribute 100 golden tickets randomly throughout Kit Kat chocolate bars, in a style reminiscent of the story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Members of the public finding these tickets were permitted to use them to give themselves a chance to become a Big Brother housemate and bypass the standard auditions process.
Golden ticket holders were then invited to the show where one of them, was chosen to enter the House by Aisleyne picking a ball out of a machine at random, which meant Susie was the golden ticket winner and would enter the house.
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13th Evicted |
Susie
In order to gain her entry into the House, her husband bought sixty boxes of Kit Kats, but without finding a ticket. He later bid £4000 on eBay for one, subsequently winning.
As the Golden Housemate, for her first week Susie was obligated to abide by the Golden Rules:
- Susie had her own Golden Quarters, including a Golden Bedroom, Golden Toilet and Golden Shower.
- Susie had to wear gold at all times.
- Susie was the only housemate to nominate in week 4. The other housemates knew this before the nominations, but were forbidden from telling Susie. The two housemates she chose (Nikki and Grace) therefore automatically faced eviction. Any housemate that revealed this to Susie would also have faced eviction.
Following her nominations of Grace and Nikki in Week 4, Susie was bullied by the two for her choices. During the course of Big Brother Susie was often shown either drinking tea.
Evicted on Day 79 with 59.4% of the public vote, up against Imogen, Jennie, and Mickey.
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The House Next Door
The House Next Door was a group of rooms connected to the original house via the Diary Room. On June 30 (week 6), five new housemates entered this house. The public, instead of voting for a housemate to be evicted, voted to transfer one of the current housemates to also live in the new house.
Aisleyne was voted to be moved into the House Next Door along with 5 new housemates; Jonathan, Spiral, Jennie, Michael and Jayne.
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6th Evicted
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Jonathan
Jonathan entered the House Next Door on Day 44 with 4 others and Aisleyne. On Day 49 he was evicted by Aisleyne from the House Next Door and never entered the 'Main' Big Brother House. Jonathan left the Big Brother House on a special live show, with no crowd outside. Aisleyne seemed to bond well with Jonathan while staying in the House Next Door with him but chose to evict him over Spiral as she claimed Jonathan had stated that he doesn't mind being evicted and that he could "take it on the chin".
He told Davina he has no hard feelings towards Aisleyne and wished her the very best inside the House. Due to the fact that he never entered the main Big Brother house, he was declared not eligible to return to the House. On the Final night, Davina gave him his eviction cheer from the audience.
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10&11th Evicted with Michael
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Spiral
On Day 49 he was picked by Aisleyne to enter the main Big Brother House - once he and Aisleyne entered the House it was clear that he felt an attraction towards her. When Aisleyne refused to kiss him in a game of Spin the Bottle, Spiral was deeply offended as he had thought that his feelings for Aisleyne might be mutual; this caused Aisleyne and Spiral to drift further and further apart.
On Day 72, Spiral was evicted with "Best Friend" Michael in a double eviction, after receiving only 9.7% of the public vote to save them. |

6th in Final
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Jennie
She entered the House Next Door on Day 44 with four new housemates and the re-entering Aisleyne. On Day 48 Jennie asked Aisleyne to choose her for eviction from the House Next Door taking a calculated risk in the hope that it would mean a move to the main House. Aisleyne chose Jennie and Michael, who were both then moved into the main House where Jennie developed a close relationship with Pete and Glyn.
On Day 81, Jennie won the "Big Brother Board Game", which granted her immunity from the next week's nominations, thus guaranteeing her a place in the show's finale.
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10&11th Evicted with Spiral
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Michael
He was introduced as the 100th Big Brother housemate on Big Brother UK, and entered the House Next Door on Day 44. On Day 48, Michael asked Aisleyne to choose him as the next "evictee" from the House Next Door, Aisleyne did so and by doing so, Michael entered the main House with Jennie.
Michael had a relatively hard time getting along with housemate Richard; this is mainly due to the fact that Richard only seemed to talk to Michael about sex-related themes. Also, Richard insisted on calling Michael "she" (even after Michael told him he found it annoying).
Michael carried round with him a stuffed model of his parents' black cat, Scruples. On the final night he revealed he had donated it to charity after he was evicted.
On Day 72, Michael was evicted with "Best Friend" Spiral in a double eviction, after receiving only 9.7% of the public vote to save them.
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9th Evicted
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Jayne
On Day 46, Jayne became the first member of the House Next Door to be 'evicted' into the Main Big Brother House and was greeted by the excited housemates.
On Day 54, after consistent rule-breaking, Big Brother told Jayne that as a punishment all the housemates except herself would be put up for eviction. Jayne further irritated her fellow housemates by consistently belching.
In the ninth set of nominations, Jayne was nominated alongside Richard and was evicted by the public on Day 65 with 67.1% of the vote. |
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