Big Brother 6

Big Brother 6
Series Information
Presenter:	Davina McCall
Broadcaster:	Channel 4
Series Run:	27 May, 2005 – 12 August, 2005
No. of Days:	78
No. of Housemates:	16
Winner:	Anthony Hutton
Series Chronology
Previous:	Big Brother 5
Next:	Big Brother 7

Big Brother 6 was the sixth series of Big Brother in the UK, a reality television show on Channel 4, in which a number of contestants live an isolated existence in a purpose-built house who try to avoid being evicted by public vote, with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. Big Brother 6 ran for eleven weeks, at the time the longest the programme had lasted (subsequent series extended the duration to thirteen weeks). The sixth series began on 27 May 2005 and ended on 12 August of the same year.

Makosi Musambasi returned in 2010 to compete in Ultimate Big Brother. She entered on Day 1 and become the second Ultimate housemate to be evicted on Day 11. Anthony Hutton also returned as a guest on Day 10 to have a picnic date with Makosi.

Pre-series

The first reports of this series were announced in March 2005 when Channel 4 confirmed that Big Brother would return for its sixth series in the summer of that year. Within that announcement the company revealed that host Davina McCall, Big Brother's Little Brother presenter Dermot O'Leary, and Big Brother's Big Mouth (called Big Brother's EForum the previous year) host Russell Brand would return along with the show. Soon after, Channel 4 programming director Kevin Lygo told the press that Big Brother 5's evil theme would not return despite its success the previous year and that the programme would be renewed for 2006 and beyond.

In April, Channel 4 confirmed that Big Brother 6 would start on 27 May 2005, in keeping with the tradition that Big Brother UK would start in late May. On 30 April 2005, Channel 4 revealed the eye for the series, a sliced mirror of alternating black and blue strips, in reality two eyes on top of each other. This helped fuel rumours about two houses, an idea that although never coming to fruition, was put into practice during the 2003 series of Big Brother in Australia. On 9 May 2005, Channel 4 began airing countdown bumpers, starting at eighteen days rather than the usual ten days before the launch; subsequent series began airing countdown bumpers ten days before the premier. Channel 4 contradicted itself two days before the launch show, confirming that Big Brother 6 would, in fact, be evil. The broadcaster also told the press that there would be thirteen housemates with a theme of "unlucky thirteen," inspired by triskaidekaphobia.

House

The House for Big Brother 6 was a radical change from the oppressive and angled house from the previous year. House designer Patrick Watson described the design as "spirational and yet not wildly practical." Although the House is still quite small, light pale colours and high camera angles give the viewer the impression that the House is larger than it actually is. Watson also revealed that he accomplished this by extensively utilising mirrors for an airier and cooler atmosphere.

Living area

Diary Room door

Kitchen

Bedroom

Garden

Bathroom

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Housemates

13 housemates entered the House on Day 1. On Day 29, three other housemates entered the Secret Garden. Makosi then had to choose two of them to enter the main House; she chose Orlaith and Eugene. When Orlaith voluntarily left the House on Day 65, Kinga, who was the third housemate from the Secret Garden, re-entered the House.

Housemate		Entered House/Left House
	Mary O'Leary Psychic Consultant 30, Dublin, Ireland	Day 1	1st Person Evicted Day 8
	Lesley Sanderson Temp 19, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	Day 1	2nd Person Evicted Day 15
	Sam Heuston Marketing Student 23, Cheam, London	Day 1	3rd Person Evicted Day 22
	Roberto Conte Teacher 32, Liverpool, Merseyside	Day 1	4th Person Evicted Day 29
	Saskia Howard-Clarke Promotions Girl 23, London	Day 1	6th Person Evicted Day 36
	Maxwell Ward Maintenance Engineer 24, Islington, London	Day 1	7th Person Evicted Day 43
	Vanessa McIntosh Student and Salesperson 19, Croydon, London	Day 1	8th Person Evicted Day 50
	Science Harvey Entertainment Entrepreneur and Former Barman 24, Chapeltown, Leeds	Day 1	9th Person Evicted Day 57
	Kemal Shahin Male Belly Dancer and Student 19, London	Day 1	10th Person Evicted Day 64
	Orlaith McAllister Student and Model 26, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Day 29	Walked Day 65
	Derek Laud Speech Writer and Political Analyst 40, London	Day 1	11th Person Evicted Day 71
	Craig Coates Hairstylist 20, Cromer, Norfolk	Day 1	12th Person Evicted Day 76
	Kinga Karolczak Market Researcher 20, London	Day 29	5th Person Evicted Day 32
		Day 66	Fourth Place Day 78
	Makosi Musambasi Cardiac Nurse 24, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Day 1	Third Place Day 78
	Eugene Sully Spectrum Planning Engineer 37, Crawley, West Sussex	Day 29	Runner-Up Day 78
	Anthony Hutton 70s Dancer and Trainee Hairdresser 23, Consett, Country Currham	Day 1	Winner Day 78

Tasks

Week	Days Lasted	Task	Reward	Result
Week 1	Day 1 – Day 5	The "unlucky thirteenth" housemate was chosen randomly on Day 1 as Makosi, when she was first to respond to a call by Big Brother for "a housemate" to go to the Diary Room. Makosi was told she would automatically be up for eviction that week unless she managed to get the most nominations from her housemates, in which case she had to nominate two people for eviction. She was to keep this task secret.	Immunity, Choosing the Week's Nominees	Passed
	Day 3	Housemates had to paint portraits of each other, to hang in the living area.
	Day 4	Housemates had to each perform a rap about each other.	Birthday Party for Mary	Passed
Week 2	Day 9	Housemates had to participate in a counting task where each housemate had to count as high as they could while being interrupted by Big Brother.	Becoming Big Brother for a Week	Saskia
	Day 12 – Day 14	Housemates had to participate in the "Big Brother Hospital Task." Roberto was randomly chosen to become the head doctor and chose Saskia, Science, and Vanessa as his nurses. Every other housemate was diagnosed with a problem and had to follow the rules of their injuries.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
Week 3	Day 16 – Day 17	the housemates participated in the Box Task. Each housemate had to sit in a cardboard box for as long as they could.	Luxury Meals	Anthony, Derek, Roberto
	Day 18 – Day 20	For the shopping task, housemates had to participate in a "Pirate Task". All housemates besides the captain had to do various tasks involving being a pirate and were only allowed two fails per day. Science was randomly chosen as the captain.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
	Day 20	Big Brother held a speed dating task. The housemates were each paired with three other housemates and they had to go on 2 minute dates with each of them.
	Day 22	Science requested toilet paper. Big Brother gave him a secret task. He was told that for every housemate that he slapped on the bottom, he would receive one roll of toilet paper.	Toilet Paper	7 Rolls of Toilet Paper
Week 4	Day 23	The housemates participated in the "Chicken and Egg Task." Each housemate had to dress in a chicken suit and was required to keep one hand on an egg at all times.	Party	Anthony, Craig, Derek, Kemal, Maxwell, Roberto, Saskia, Science, Vanessa
	Day 24 – Day 27	Big Brother set the housemates the "Room 101" task. Maxwell selected himself to be worker number one, automatically making him the unlucky worker. Maxwell was assigned to disgusting tasks such as sorting maggots. The true task was for the other housemates to convince Maxwell that they were all doing the same tasks that he was performing whilst in reality living in luxury.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
	Day 27	Derek requested cigars and was given a secret mission to receive them. For every housemate that kissed him, he would receive one cigar.	Cigars	7 Cigars
Week 5	Day 30 – Day 32	Less than 24 hours after Kinga, Eugene and Orlaith had entered the Secret Garden, a red button appeared in the main House. Makosi pressed the button and was immediately called to the Diary Room. She entered the Secret Garden, met Kinga, Eugene and Orlaith, and was instructed to help them by stealing food and other supplies from the main House.	Immunity	Passed
	Day 34 – Day 35	The housemates had to put on "Romeo and Juliet: The Ballet." Anthony played the role of Romeo and Orlaith played the role of Juliet.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Passed
Week 6	Day 37	The housemates were given a crying task. The housemates had to fill up one teaspoon with tears.	Luxury Meal	Passed
	Day 38 – Day 40	Big Brother sent the housemates on "holiday" as part of their shopping task. Vanessa was randomly chosen to become the main "Holiday Rep." She chose Makosi and Orlaith to be her assistants. The Holiday Reps had to do everything in their power to make the other housemates have an enjoyable holiday. The reps had to cook all food for the housemates, start conga lines at random times of the day, organize beauty contests, and clean the House.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
	Day 40	Eugene was on a secret mission to mimic the first person that asked him a question. As Makosi was the first one to ask him a question, he had to mimic her.	Reward	Failed
	Day 41	The housemates were given a "Mass Debating" task. Maxwell and Science had to choose teams and the teams had to write speeches about why their chosen housemate should stay in the House. Maxwell chose Anthony, Derek, Kemal, and Orlaith for his team. Science chose Craig, Eugene, Makosi, and Vanessa for his team.	Party	Craig, Eugene, Makosi, Science, Vanessa
Week 7	Day 44	Kemal was chosen to compete in a quiz where he would have to answer various general knowledge questions.	Video Messages from Home	Passed
	Day 47 – Day 48	The housemates were given a sporting arena task, the "Big Brother Games", where selected housemates trained and competed in four events: synchronised swimming, rhythmic gymnatics, cycling and trampolining. Kemal was excused due to illness, but opened the games with singing and commentated throughout. Points were awarded for each event, if the housemates accumulated 50 points or more during the competition they would win a luxury shopping budget.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
Week 8	Day 52	The housemates were given a singing task. The housemates have to communicate by singing.	Tennis Court	Passed
	Day 53 – Day 54	The housemates had to become dogs and dog trainers.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
Week 9	Day 60	The housemates were split into three teams. Each team had to demonstrate the housemates' inner-beauty through a different form of creative expression. Anthony and Makosi created an art installation. Derek, Eugene and Orlaith prepared a mime performance. Craig and Kemal wrote a song.	Cute Kitten & Pampering Products or Cigarettes & Alcohol	Cute Kitten & Pampering Products
	Day 61 – Day 63	The housemates were given a secret agent task to complete. Kemal was randomly being selected to be a double agent for this task. The housemates failed to realise this, so passed the task. Derek, who they thought was the Double Agent, was sent into hiding overnight.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
Week 10	Day 66 – Day 67	Kinga entered the House as Orlaith's replacement. As she was sent in, she was told that if she got at least one person to not nominate her this week, she will be immune from eviction and definitely be in the house for the final week and will be eligible to win.	Immunity	Passed
	Day 69 – Day 70	The housemates were given a rodeo task to complete, where they had to master rodeo skills, these being sharp shooting, line dancing, lassoing and riding the bucking bronco for a rodeo show.	Luxury Shopping Budget	Failed
Week 11	Day 72	Big Brother called a housemate to the Diary Room, Makosi went in and was given a red envelope as part of a special secret mission, she was asked to keep it hidden. Later on a gingerbread House was placed in the garden and Makosi stepped inside, this turned out to be a cage which was suspended above the garden. When Makosi was told to open the envelope, it simply said "You Have Been Kidnapped". One by one the other housemates were called to the Diary Room and offered treats, if they took the treat Makosi would remain in the cage for a further thirty minutes.	Cigarettes for Kinga or Freeing Makosi	Cigarettes for Kinga
			Takeaway Food for Craig or Freeing Makosi	Takeaway Food for Craig
			Beer for Anthony or Freeing Makosi	Beer for Anthony
			Tea & Cakes for Eugene or Freeing Makosi	Freeing Makosi
	Day 73	Housemates were informed that they would be hypnotised, and if they all took part successfully they would receive a reward. One by one they were called to the Diary Room and given the information that this was fake, they were each given a secret mission, given a trigger word, and when it is said in the house they should convince the other housemates they are hypnotised to behave a certain way, for example, Anthony was given the trigger word "hotstuff" and told to pretend he was in a nightclub chatting up fellow housemates.	Cocktails & Ice Cream	Passed
	Day 74	Housemates were given the task to perform "The Big Brother Play", where they would re-enact memorable moments playing past and present housemates, and they chose the genre of "arguments" to perform.	"After-Show" Party	Passed
	Day 75	Housemates were given a cheerleading task, where in costume they had to perform a cheerleading routine.	Takeaway Meal	Passed

Nominations table

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5		Week 6	Week 7		Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Final Week 11
	Day 5	Day 6				Round 1	Round 1		Day 46	Day 50
Anthony	Derek, Makosi	Not eligible	Derek, Vanessa	Derek, Sam	Derek, Vanessa	Banned	Not eligible	Derek, Science	Derek, Kemal	Vanessa	Orlaith, Science	Craig, Makosi	Derek, Eugene	Winner (Day 78)
Eugene	Not in house					In Secret Garden		Anthony, Maxwell	Refused	Vanessa	Orlaith, Science	Craig, Derek	Makosi, Anthony	Runner-Up (Day 78)
Makosi	Roberto, Anthony	Mary, Craig	Derek, Sam	Roberto, Derek	Science, Anthony	Maxwell, Saskia	Kinga	Orlaith, Maxwell	Refused	Nominated	Derek, Kemal	Eugene, Anthony	Derek, Eugene	Third Place (Day 78)
Kinga	Not in house					In Secret Garden		Evicted (Day 32)					Makosi, Craig	Fourth Place (Day 78)
Craig	Makosi, Kemal	Not eligible	Sam, Saskia	Banned	Makosi, Derek	Science, Makosi	Not eligible	Kemal, Science	Derek, Eugene	Vanessa	Makosi, Science	Anthony, Orlaith	Derek, Eugene	Evicted (Day 76)
Derek	Sam, Saskia	Not eligible	Sam, Saskia	Banned	Maxwell, Anthony	Saskia, Maxwell	Not eligible	Maxwell, Anthony	Refused	Vanessa	Orlaith, Science	Eugene, Kemal	Anthony, Craig	Evicted (Day 71)
Orlaith	Not in house					In Secret Garden		Eugene, Maxwell	Refused	Vanessa	Derek, Kemal	Anthony, Craig	Walked (Day 65)
Kemal	Maxwell, Sam	Not eligible	Roberto, Derek	Roberto, Science	Roberto, Science	Saskia, Maxwell	Not eligible	Anthony, Maxwell	Science, Makosi	Makosi	Orlaith, Science	Derek, Makosi	Evicted (Day 64)
Science	Roberto, Maxwell	Not eligible	Maxwell, Derek	Maxwell, Saskia	Derek, Roberto	Craig, Maxwell	Not eligible	Maxwell, Craig	Refused	Vanessa	Craig, Derek	Evicted (Day 57)
Vanessa	Sam, Roberto	Not eligible	Sam, Saskia	Sam, Roberto	Science, Derek	Maxwell, Saskia	Not eligible	Science, Eugene	Refused	Nominated	Evicted (Day 50)
Maxwell	Makosi, Vanessa	Not eligible	Derek, Science	Roberto, Sam	Derek, Roberto	Banned	Not eligible	Kemal, Science	Evicted (Day 43)
Saskia	Mary, Craig	Not eligible	Derek, Lesley	Roberto, Derek	Derek, Roberto	Makosi, Science	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 36)
Roberto	Science, Vanessa	Exempt	Vanessa, Sam	Banned	Vanessa, Kemal	Evicted (Day 29)
Sam	Vanessa, Derek	Exempt	Lesley, Derek	Roberto, Maxwell	Evicted (Day 22)
Lesley	Sam, Makosi	Not eligible	Sam, Saskia	Evicted (Day 15)
Mary	Saskia, Roberto	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 8)
Notes	1		2	3	none	4		none	5		none	6	7	8
Against public vote	Makosi, Roberto, Sam	Craig, Mary	Anthony, Craig, Derek, Kemal, Lesley, Makosi, Maxwell, Roberto, Sam, Saskia, Science, Vanessa	Derek, Roberto, Sam	Derek, Roberto	Maxwell, Saskia		Maxwell, Science	Derek, Eugene, Makosi, Orlaith, Science, Vanessa		Orlaith, Science	Kemal, Orlaith	Derek, Eugene	Anthony, Craig, Eugene, Kinga, Makosi
Walked	none												Orlaith	none
Evicted	None	Mary 60% to evict	Lesley 36% to evict	Sam 59% to evict	Roberto 53% to evict	Kinga Makosi's choice to evict		Maxwell 57% to evict	Vanessa 6 of 7 votes to evict		Science 50.5% to evict	Kemal 51.1% to evict	Derek 58% to evict	Craig 3.9% (out of 5)	Kinga 4.1% (out of 4)
						Saskia 71% to evict								Makosi 8.7% (out of 3)	Eugene 42.7% (out of 2)
														Anthony 57.3% to win

Notes

Note 1: Makosi was told on Day 1 that the housemates who received the most nominations that week would be immune from the first eviction. She was therefore given the secret mission of trying to get the most nominations that week. She succeeded in her task, receiving the most nominations along with Roberto and Sam, who were now immune. She then had to choose the two housemates to go up for eviction, as all the other housemates' nominations became voided. She chose Mary and Craig.

Note 2: As Vanessa discussed nominations, all housemates were up for eviction and their nominations were voided. Had this not happened, Derek and Sam would have faced the public vote.

Note 3: As punishment for discussing nominations, Craig, Derek and Roberto were banned from nominating.

Note 4: As punishment for discussing nominations, Anthony and Maxwell were banned from nominating. As Makosi was on a secret mission, she had to evict one person from the secret garden, the other two entered the House. Makosi chose to evict Kinga, and Eugene and Orlaith entered the House.

Note 5: Big Brother set the housemates a task, telling them Big Brother would lie to them twice. Big Brother told the housemates that the weeks nominations were optional. This was the first lie. As always, nominations were compulsory; those that did not nominate would face the public vote. Only Anthony, Craig and Kemal nominated - saving them from the public vote. Big Brother then told the second lie by announcing that the housemates up for eviction were Anthony, Craig and Kemal, when in fact they were the only housemates not up. On eviction night, the housemates decided which of the two housemates with the most eviction votes would leave. Makosi and Vanessa were chosen by the public and Vanessa was evicted by every housemate except Kemal.

Note 6: Instead of nominating those that they wanted to evict, the housemates had to nominate those who they wanted to stay in the House.

Note 7: After Orlaith walking, Kinga was brought into the House. She was instantly set a secret mission in which she needed to get at least one person not to nominate her. If one person failed to nominate her, she would be immune and would definitely appear in the final week of Big Brother. She passed her task as none of the housemates nominated her for eviction.

Note 8: There were no nominations in the final week. There was also a mid-week eviction in the final week. The housemate who had received the fewest votes from the public (to win) by Wednesday night would finish in fifth place, leaving four housemates in the final. This housemate was Craig, leaving Anthony, Eugene, Kinga, and Makosi in the final four.

Nomination totals

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5		Week 6	Week 7		Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Total
	Day 4	Day 5				Round 1	Round 2		Day 46	Day 50
Anthony	1	0	0	0	2	0		3	1		0	3	2	8
Eugene							0	2	0		0	2	3	6
Makosi	4		0	0	1	2		0	1	1	1	2	2	12
Kinga							1						0	1
Craig	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0		1	3	2	7
Derek	2	0	7	3	6	0		1	2		3	2	3	27
Kemal	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	1		2	1		7
Orlaith							0	1	0		4	1		5
Science	1	0	1	1	3	2		4	1		5			18
Vanessa	3	1	2	0	2	0		0	0	6				13
Maxwell	2	0	1	2	1	6		6						17
Saskia	2	0	4	1	0	4								11
Roberto	4		1	6	4									15
Sam	4		6	3										13
Lesley	0	0	2											2
Mary	1	1												2