Big Brother 2016, also known as Big Brother 17, is the seventeenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother, hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley. The series launched on 7 June 2016 on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and TV3 in Ireland.
Rylan Clark-Neal continued to present the spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side. It was the sixth regular series and the sixteenth series of Big Brother in total to air on Channel 5 to date.
This series was the first civilian edition to launch under the new three-year contract that was announced in March 2015 which guaranteed the show remained on Channel 5 until 2018.
On 1 July 2016, it was confirmed that the series length had been cut and that the final would air at the end of July 2016. It was confirmed the final would air on 26 July 2016, with a series length of 50 days. It was the shortest-running series of the civilian Big Brother at that point, however it was later surpassed by the twenty-first series on ITV, with a length of only 41 days.
On 26 July 2016, Jason Burrill was announced as the winner of the series with Hughie Maughan finishing as the series runner-up. At age 45, Jason became the oldest ever winner of the British franchise of Big Brother to date. He would hold this distinction until Big Brother 2025, when Richard Storry, aged 60, won the series.
Housemates
On 1 June 2016, it was confirmed that the series would include two houses with an official statement from Channel 5 saying: "The Housemates live in the Big Brother house but they will have no idea of the dark and ominous force that is only metres away." In The Other House, The Others will be conspiring to target and take down the Housemates as they attempt to steal their place in the Big Brother House; and secure a chance of winning the £100,000 prize fund. Neither the Housemates nor The Others are aware that some of them are already connected to each other. Twelve housemates entered the Main House on Day 1, whilst 6 entered the Other House collectively known as The Others. The Houses merged on Day 13.
Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Jason Burrill 45 Brighton 1 50 Hughie Maughan 21 Dublin 1 50 Jackson Blyton 24 Nottingham 1 50 Andy West 34 Milton Keynes 1 50 Evelyn Ellis 20 London (originally from Australia) 1 50 Jayne Connery 49 Gerrards Cross 1 50 Sam Giffen 23 Blackpool 1 48 Alex Cannon 27 Liverpool 1 48 Laura Carter 30 London 1 46 Ryan Ruckledge 24 Blackpool 1 39 Lateysha Grace 23 Port Talbot 1 36 Chelsea Singh 48 London 1 34 Charlie Doherty 31 Folkestone 1 32 Emma Jensen 30 Chigwell 1 31 Georgina Leigh-Cantwell 26 Kent 1 25 Natalie Rowe 52 London 1 18 Marco Pierre White Jr. 21 London 1 11 Andrew Tate 29 Luton (originally from the United States) 1 8 Victoria Jensen 30 Chigwell 1 5
Future Appearances After returning to her home country, housemate and fifth place finalist Evelyn Ellis appeared on Married at First Sight Australia. Housemate Hughie Maughan went on to appear in many reality TV shows including The Challenge, Dancing with the Stars Ireland, Livin' with Lucy and First Dates Ireland.
Main House and The Other House On Day 1, Alex, Andy, Chelsea, Emma & Victoria, Evelyn, Georgina, Jackson, Jason, Lateysha, Laura, Marco and Sam moved into the Main House, whilst Andrew, Charlie, Hughie, Jayne, Natalie and Ryan moved into the Other House. On Day 4, Alex and Jackson were chosen by The Others to evict, however this eviction was fake and they actually moved into the Other House. The public then voted for Andrew and Ryan to move into the Main House to complete a secret mission for The Others. If they pass their secret mission they will be awarded full Housemate status. On Day 8, following the conclusion of the first shopping task, The Others were asked to choose which housemate they believed to be the biggest horror. They chose Chelsea, and as a result he lost housemate status and moved to the Other House. On Day 9, Ryan failed his secret mission to get Laura nominated for eviction. He therefore returned to the Other House. On Day 13, the two Houses merged after two days of competing against each other. The Main House won the task and were granted with immunity. On Day 17, the Other House was used as a place for the Housemates to evacuate to following the Main House flooding.
Day 1–4 Day 4–8 Day 8–9 Day 9–13 Jason Main House Hughie Other House Jackson Main House Other House Andy Main House Evelyn Main House Jayne Other House Sam Main House Alex Main House Other House Laura Main House Ryan Other House Main House Other House Lateysha Main House Chelsea Main House Other House Charlie Other House Emma Main House Georgina Main House Natalie Other House Marco Main House Andrew Other House Main House Victoria Main House
House flood On Day 17, following a rainstorm, the Main House suffered a flood resulting in the evacuation of the housemates to the bedroom before being moved into the Other House. For the remainder of that day and the majority of Day 18, housemates were kept in the Other House whilst the Main House was being cleaned.
Nominations table Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8Final Nominationsreceived Day 34 Day 36 Day 39 JasonNoteligible Lateysha, Laura Natalie,HughieJayne,LateyshaRyan,Charlie Nonominations LateyshaRyan Jayne,LauraWinner(Day 50) 8 HughieIn OtherHouse NoteligibleAndy,JayneAndy,Chelsea Nonominations NoteligibleLauraJason,AndyRunner-up(Day 50) 8 Jackson ChelseaIn OtherHouse NoteligibleJayne,AndyEmma,Charlie Nonominations NoteligibleLauraJason,EvelynThird place(Day 50) 6 AndyNoteligibleEmma,Evelyn Charlie,NatalieGeorgina,EvelynHughie,Lateysha NonominationsNoteligible RyanLaura,HughieFourth place(Day 50)18 EvelynNoteligible Georgina, Andy Jayne,CharlieGeorgina,RyanChelsea,Jason Nonominations NoteligibleRyanJackson,Jason(Day 50) 6 JayneIn OtherHouse NoteligibleAndy,ChelseaChelsea,Jason Nonominations NoteligibleRyanJason,Jackson(Day 50) 15 SamNoteligibleAndy, Marco Hughie,NatalieAndy,JayneChelsea,Ryan Nonominations NoteligibleNominatedJason,LauraEvicted(Day 48)1 AlexAndyIn OtherHouse Noteligible Andy,Jayne Charlie,Emma Nonominations NoteligibleLauraLaura,JayneEvicted(Day 48)2 LauraLateysha Georgina, Sam Charlie,HughieAndy,GeorginaJackson,Chelsea Nonominations NoteligibleNominatedAlex,JacksonEvicted(Day 46) 7 RyanIn OtherHouseExempt NoteligibleAndy, JayneChelsea,Andy Nonominations NoteligibleNominatedEvicted(Day 39) 3 LateyshaNoteligible Marco, Andy Hughie,NatalieJayne,AndyChelsea,Jason Nonominations NoteligibleEvicted(Day 36) 4 ChelseaNoteligibleIn OtherHouse NoteligibleJayne,EvelynJayne,Evelyn NonominationsEvicted(Day 34) 9 CharlieIn OtherHouse NoteligibleEvelyn,LauraEmma,LauraEvicted(Day 32) 6 EmmaNoteligible Georgina, Andy Natalie,HughieGeorgina,JayneJackson,JayneEjected(Day 31) 5 GeorginaNoteligible Marco, Emma Natalie,HughieAndy,JayneEvicted(Day 25) 8 NatalieIn OtherHouse NoteligibleEvicted(Day 18) 6 MarcoNoteligible Georgina, AndyEvicted(Day 11)3 AndrewIn OtherHouseEjected(Day 7)N/A VictoriaNoteligibleWalked(Day 5)0 Notes 1 2, 3 4none 5 6 7 8 9 Againstpublic vote Andrew,Charlie,Hughie,Jayne,Natalie,Ryan Andy,Emma,Georgina,Marco Charlie,Hughie,Natalie Andy,Evelyn,Georgina,Jayne Charlie,Chelsea,Jason none Alex,Evelyn,Hughie,Jackson,Jason,Jayne,Laura,Ryan,Sam Andy,Jackson,Jason,Laura Alex,Andy,Evelyn,Hughie,Jackson,Jason,Jayne,Sam Walked noneVictoria none Ejected noneAndrew noneEmma noneEvictedAlex & JacksonThe Others' choiceto evictMarcoMost votesto evictNatalieMost votes(out of 2)to evictGeorginaMost votes(out of 2)to evictCharlieMost votes(out of 2)to evictChelseaHousemates' choiceto evictLateyshaJason's choiceto evictRyan4 of 7 votes(out of 3)to evictLauraMost votes(out of 2)to evict Alex(out of 8) Andy(out of 4) SamFewest votes(out of 8) JacksonFewest votes(out of 3) JayneFewest votes(out of 6)Andrew & RyanMost votesto move Hughie(out of 2) EvelynFewest votes(out of 6) Jasonto win Notes
: Throughout the first week, "The Others" targeted housemates in the Main House by nominating them for eviction. The nominated housemate would subsequently have to nominate another housemate to join them. On Day 1, The Others targeted Laura, who nominated Lateysha. On Day 2, The Others targeted Alex, who nominated Andy. On Day 3, The Others targeted Jackson, who nominated Chelsea. On Day 4, the Others had to evict two of the six nominees – they chose Alex and Jackson, unaware of the fact that they would actually move into the Other House with them. Following this, the public voted for Andrew and Ryan to take their place in the Main House, keeping the existence of the Other House a secret. : Emma and Victoria initially played as one housemate. However, after Victoria voluntarily left the game, Emma continued as an individual housemate. : After entering the Main House, Andrew and Ryan were told that, in order to earn housemate status, they had to assure that one housemate of their choice were nominated for eviction by the other housemates. After Andrew was ejected, Ryan had to carry out the mission alone. The Others collectively chose Laura as their target. Ryan could not nominate and could not be nominated by the housemates, as he was a 'new housemate'. Ryan failed the mission, and thus returned to the Other house. : The Main House and the Other House competed in a series of tasks in order to win immunity from eviction, and sole control over nominations. On Day 13, the Main House were revealed to have won the task, and the two houses merged. : This week was "Annihilation Week" where the Housemates were told that over the week there would be multiple evictions which they would be solely responsible for deciding. When the Housemate chosen was evicted, they left through the back door with no crowd or interview. Chelsea's eviction was determined by the housemates when they took it upon themselves to use a nominations-style approach - but as these weren't "official" nominations, they aren't listed. : On Day 35, the housemates chose to give Andy immunity for the rest of the week. On Day 36, the Housemates were gathered in Big Brother's deliberation room and were each stood in front of a button. They were told if they pressed their button they would receive £20,000 from the prize fund, but they would have to choose one of their fellow Housemates to evict. Jason pressed the button and evicted Lateysha. : On Day 37, the voting opened for the remaining housemates except Andy, in which the public voted to save. On Day 39 it was revealed that Laura, Ryan and Sam had received the fewest votes. Their fellow housemates then voted to evict one of the three. : As well as finding out who was nominated, the housemates were shown who nominated them. Jackson, Jason, Jayne and Laura received the most nominations; On Day 43 during a task, Sam was given the responsibility of saving a housemate and replacing them with someone of his choice. He chose to swap Jayne with Andy. : For the final week the public were voting for who they wanted to win, rather than to evict. A double eviction took place on Day 48 in which the two housemates with the fewest votes were evicted. They were Sam and Alex.
Weekly summary The main events in the Big Brother 17 house are summarised in the table below. A typical week begins with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and then the eviction of a Housemate during the live Friday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence. Week 1 Entrances On Day 1, Marco, Emma & Victoria, Andy, Laura, Alex, Lateysha, Evelyn, Sam, Georgina, Jason, Jackson and Chelsea entered the House.