Big Brother(British TV series) series 7
Big Brother | |
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Series 7 | |
Presented by | Davina McCall |
No.of days | 93 |
No.of housemates | 22 |
Winner | Pete Bennett |
Runner-up | Glyn Wise |
Companion shows | |
No.of episodes | 107 |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 4 |
Original release | 18 May 18 August 2006 | –
Series chronology |
Big Brother 2006,also known asBig Brother 7,was the seventh series of the Britishreality televisionseriesBig Brother.The show followed a total of twenty-two contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built house. Each week, one or more of the housemates were eliminated from the competition and left the House. The last remaining housemate,Pete Bennett,was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £100,000.
The series launched onChannel 4on 18 May 2006 and ended on 18 August 2006, lasting 93 days - the joint-second longest British edition ofBig Brotherto date (together with theninthandtenthseries, and one day shorter than theeighthseries).Davina McCallreturned as presenter for her seventh consecutive year. Fourteen housemates entered on launch night, with an additional eight being introduced in later weeks. The series was watched by an average of 4.7 million viewers, the third highest viewed series of the show to date. It was also the first series since the show'sinceptionto be broadcast in16:9aspect ratio, as opposed to4:3.
Big Brother 7was the subject of viewer complaints and press attention regarding a variety of controversial issues, including the wellbeing of certain participants and the decision to allow former housemates to re-enter. In 2010, the series was voted the British public's favourite series ofBig Brother.
Finalist Nikki Grahame died in April 2021 following a long battle with anorexia. Nikki’s life and battle with the eating disorder was the subject of a documentary titled “Nikki Grahame: Who Is She?”.
Production
[edit]Eye logo
[edit]The eye this year featured two spiral shapes, one black and one yellow.
Title sequence
[edit]The title sequence contained phrases such as, at the very beginning with a screen resembling anFBI Anti-Piracy Warning:"This is the title sequence for Big Brother", "In agreeing to take part in Big Brother you agree to abide by the rules. Big Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any time." "NOT FOR TRANSMISSION", "Big Brother's decision is final", and a copyright year of 1903 (written MCMIII), the birth year ofGeorge Orwell.Parts of the sequence include CCTV-style footage of the Wandsworth Underpass featured at the start of the film version ofA Clockwork Orange.The time and date displayed at the bottom keep repeating the digitseven,signifying the seventh series of the show. Other words flashed on screen included "You are being observed", and, in sequence the text "cam 01", "cam 09", "cam 08" and "cam 04" was shown at the top of the screen, making 1984, another reference toNineteen Eighty-Four.[1]
Broadcasts
[edit]Davina McCallhosted the main eviction show, as well as the live launch and finale. She would also host the mainChannel 4show on other nights, that may involve a twist or a new housemate arriving. The nightly highlight shows were once again narrated byMarcus Bentley.This was the last series to feature a highlights show the night after the finale, showing the housemates last day in the house.
Dermot O'Learyreturned as host ofBig Brother's Little Brotheron Channel 4, he also hostedBig Brother's Big Brain,a new psychology show broadcast late on Monday nights on Channel 4, usually after the main show.
For the first time since BB launched, live action was available exclusively online, with paid subscription, through the official Channel 4 website; Channel 4 claimed that the decision to cease any live streaming to terrestrial, cable or satellite channels, was as a direct result of the public outrage which followed the "Fight Night" incident in last years show, however many fans were of the belief that this was simply Channel 4 and programme makers Endemol 'cashing in'. Diary Room Uncutreturned and was extended to one hour and broadcast on Saturday nights, as well as a half hour segment on Monday nights.
Russell Brandreturned forBig Brother's Big Mouthin a new late-night time slot, straight after the Channel 4 show, having previously obtained this slot during theprevious celebrity series.As a result of the time slot, the show had a more adult theme. It was broadcast Tuesday to Friday.
Sponsor
[edit]TheCarphone Warehouseremained as sponsor.
House
[edit]The interior of the house was much smaller than the year before. The living room was brought back inside the house, with two glass doors separating it from the main floor area. On Launch Night, McCall said the room will change colour depending on what mood the housemates were in, however the walls only changed colour on eviction nights. The bedroom was across from the living room, and featured a waterbed. The bathroom was accessed through the bedroom, and featured a bath, shower and also a toilet. The kitchen was small and beside the door leading to the garden. In the garden, which was much larger than the house, was a barbecue, a pool, a seating area and a bridge titled The Bridge to Nowhere which led to another seating area. The interior stairs remained closed off once again, and had a yellow and black theme.
The House Next Door
[edit]The House Next Door was a group of rooms connected to the original house via the Diary Room. On Day 44, 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.[2] Aisleyne was voted to be moved into the House Next Door along with 5 new housemates; Jonathan, Spiral, Jennie, Michael and Jayne.[3]Over the course of her stay in the House Next Door, Aisleyne was required to 'evict' three of her fellow housemates (Jayne, Michael and Jennie respectively), unaware this was an eviction from the House Next Door to the main house. Before returning to the main house on Day 49, she then had to evict one final housemate, whose eviction would be for real. She evicted Jonathan over Spiral.[4]
The House Next Door was also used later on in the series. In Week 10 it featured in the "Prison Task" and in Week 12 it housed four previous evictees - Grace, Mikey, Lea and Nikki - all of whom had been voted by the public to re-enter the House.
Housemates
[edit]Fourteen housemates entered the House on launch night, and eight other housemates entered the House later during the series, making a total of twenty-two housemates competing inBig Brother 7.Two of these eight housemates were replacement housemates Sam and Aisleyne, arriving on Day 12, who were introduced[5]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. 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, totalling 22 housemates. This is the joint-second highest number of housemates ofBig Brother UKto date, together with thetenthandeighteenthseries, and behind theeighthseries, which had 23.
This series saw the largest number of housemates to leave without being evicted, with three exiting the House. This beatseries 3,where there were a total of fourteen housemates and two people walked; andseries 5,in which there were a total of thirteen housemates and two were ejected. Housemate numbers also toppedseries 6,in which even after the "Secret Garden" twist, there were only a total of sixteen contestants. 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.
Name | Age on entry | Hometown | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
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Pete Bennett | 24 | Brighton | 1 | 93 | Winner |
Glyn Wise | 18 | Blaenau Ffestiniog | 1 | 93 | Runner-up |
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace | 27 | London | 12 | 93 | 3rd Place |
Richard Newman | 33 | London(originally fromEdmonton,Canada) | 1 | 93 | 4th Place |
Nikki Grahame† | 24 | Hertfordshire | 1 | 58 | 5th Place[a] |
83 | 93 | ||||
Jennie Corner | 18 | Liverpool | 44 | 93 | 6th Place |
Imogen Thomas | 23 | Llanelli | 1 | 86 | Evicted |
Susie Verrico | 43 | Kent | 23 | 79 | Evicted |
Mikey Dalton | 23 | Liverpool | 1 | 79 | Evicted[a] |
83 | 86 | ||||
Glen "Spiral" Coroner | 22 | Dublin | 44 | 72 | Evicted |
Michael Cheshire | 23 | Manchester | 44 | 72 | Evicted |
Jayne Kitt | 36 | Slough | 44 | 65 | Evicted |
Lea Walker | 35 | Nottingham | 1 | 51 | Evicted[a] |
83 | 86 | ||||
Jonathan Leonard[6] | 24 | Cumbria | 44 | 49 | Evicted |
Lisa Huo | 27 | Manchester(originally fromChina) | 1 | 37 | Evicted |
Grace Adams-Short | 20 | London | 1 | 30 | Evicted[a] |
83 | 86 | ||||
Sam Brodie | 19 | Ayrshire(originally fromIndonesia) | 12 | 23 | Evicted |
Sezer Yurtseven | 26 | London | 1 | 16 | Evicted |
George Askew | 19 | London | 1 | 13 | Walked |
Bonnie Holt | 20 | Loughborough | 1 | 9 | Evicted |
Dawn Blake | 38 | Birmingham | 1 | 8 | Ejected |
Shahbaz Chauhdry | 37 | Glasgow | 1 | 6 | Walked |
- ^abcdThe public voted for which four ex-housemates they would like to move into the House Next Door on Day 79. George, Shahbaz, Dawn and Jonathan were not eligible to re-enter as they had not left the House via a public vote. Bonnie and Sezer were also not eligible for legal reasons. Grace, Lea, Mikey and Nikki moved into the House Next Door on Day 83. On Day 86, the housemates in the main house chose Nikki to re-enter the house, where she became eligible to win. Grace, Lea and Mikey were therefore re-evicted.
Golden tickets
[edit]During the first three weeks of the series, Channel 4 conducted a promotion in conjunction withNestleto distribute 100 "golden tickets" randomly throughoutKit Katchocolate bars, in a style reminiscent of the storyCharlie 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 invited to a television show where one of them,Susie Verrico,was chosen to enter the House by housemate Aisleyne picking a ball out of a machine at random. This contest caused some controversy, with theAdvertising Standards Authoritysaying that the terms and conditions of the draw should have been made clearer in related advertisements, and that an independent adjudicator should have been present before and during the draw.[7]
Walks and ejections
[edit]Housemate | Day | Reason | Method |
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Shahbaz Chauhdry | 6 | He struggled during his stay at the house. | Diary Room |
George Askew | 13 | He wanted his life to stay private. | Diary Room |
Housemate | Day | Reason |
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Dawn Blake | 8 | Informed that her sister was ill by her parent, but she got codes from her. |
Weekly summary
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Nominations table
[edit]Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 Final |
Nominations received | ||
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Pete | No nominations |
Imogen, Sezer |
Lisa, Nikki |
Not eligible |
Imogen, Lisa |
Susie, Aisleyne |
Banned | No nominations |
Spiral, Michael |
Michael | Imogen, Aisleyne |
Imogen, Glyn |
Winner (Day 93) |
3 | |
Glyn | No nominations |
Grace, Richard |
Sam, Nikki |
Not eligible |
Nikki | Richard, Aisleyne |
Pete, Lea |
No nominations |
Susie, Jayne |
Susie | Susie, Richard |
Richard, Pete |
Runner-up (Day 93) |
6 | |
Aisleyne | Not in House |
Exempt | Nikki, Sam |
Not eligible |
Lisa, Mikey |
Lea, Nikki |
Jonathan | No nominations |
Jayne, Richard |
Spiral | Mikey, Glyn |
Richard, Glyn |
Third place (Day 93) |
12 | |
Richard | No nominations |
Imogen, Sezer |
Lisa, Grace |
Not eligible |
Imogen, Glyn |
Imogen, Aisleyne |
Imogen, Glyn |
No nominations |
Aisleyne, Spiral |
Michael | Mikey, Imogen |
Aisleyne, Imogen |
Fourth place (Day 93) |
25 | |
Nikki | No nominations |
Lea, Grace |
Richard, Sam |
Not eligible |
Lisa | Aisleyne, Susie |
Richard, Lea |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 58) |
Next Door |
Fifth place (Day 93) |
10 | |||
Jennie | Not in House |
Next Door |
No nominations |
Michael, Jayne |
Spiral | Susie, Imogen |
Aisleyne, Imogen |
Sixth place (Day 93) |
5 | ||||||
Imogen | No nominations |
Banned | Banned | Not eligible |
Lea | Richard, Susie |
Richard, Lea |
No nominations |
Richard, Jayne |
Michael | Richard, Jennie |
Richard, Pete |
Evicted (Day 86) |
15 | |
Susie | Not in House |
Nikki, Grace |
Lisa, Mikey |
Nikki, Imogen |
Lea, Glyn |
No nominations |
Michael, Spiral |
Michael | Mikey, Jennie |
Evicted (Day 79) |
13 | ||||
Mikey | No nominations |
Richard, Lisa |
Sam, Aisleyne |
Not eligible |
Lea, Susie |
Richard, Susie |
Richard, Nikki |
No nominations |
Richard, Susie |
Susie | Susie, Jennie |
Next Door |
Re-evicted (Day 86) |
5 | |
Spiral | Not in House |
Next Door |
No nominations |
Jennie, Richard |
Richard | Evicted (Day 72) |
4 | ||||||||
Michael | Not in House |
Next Door |
No nominations |
Jennie, Richard |
Richard | Evicted (Day 72) |
7 | ||||||||
Jayne | Not in House |
Exempt | No nominations |
Aisleyne, Imogen |
Evicted (Day 65) |
5 | |||||||||
Lea | No nominations |
Sezer, Lisa |
Nikki, Richard |
Not eligible |
Imogen | Aisleyne, Susie |
Susie, Richard |
Evicted (Day 51) |
Next Door |
Re-evicted (Day 86) |
11 | ||||
Jonathan | Not in House |
Next Door |
Evicted (Day 49) |
1 | |||||||||||
Lisa | No nominations |
Lea, Richard |
Banned | Exempt | Nikki | Evicted (Day 37) |
8 | ||||||||
Grace | No nominations |
Lea, Richard |
Aisleyne, Sam |
Not eligible |
Evicted (Day 30) |
Next Door |
Re-evicted (Day 86) |
4 | |||||||
Sam | Not in House |
Exempt | Lea, Richard |
Evicted (Day 23) |
5 | ||||||||||
Sezer | No nominations |
Banned | Evicted (Day 16) |
3 | |||||||||||
George | No nominations |
Not eligible |
Walked (Day 13) |
0 | |||||||||||
Bonnie | No nominations |
Evicted (Day 9) |
0 | ||||||||||||
Dawn | No nominations |
Ejected (Day 8) |
0 | ||||||||||||
Shahbaz | No nominations |
Walked (Day 6) |
0 | ||||||||||||
Nomination note |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | none | 9 | 10 | 11,12 | 13 | ||
Against public vote |
Bonnie, Glyn |
Lea, Richard, Sezer |
Nikki, Sam |
Grace, Nikki |
Imogen, Lisa, Mikey, Nikki |
Aisleyne, Susie |
Lea, Richard |
Aisleyne, Glyn, Imogen, Jennie, Michael, Mikey, Nikki, Pete, Richard, Spiral, Susie |
Jayne, Richard |
Imogen & Susie, Michael & Spiral, Pete & Richard |
Imogen, Jennie, Mikey, Susie |
Imogen, Richard |
Aisleyne, Glyn, Jennie, Nikki, Pete, Richard | ||
Walked | Shahbaz | George | none | ||||||||||||
Ejected | Dawn | none | |||||||||||||
Evicted | Bonnie 78% to evict |
Sezer 91.6% to evict |
Sam 53.7% to evict |
Grace 87.9% to evict |
Lisa 60.3% to evict |
Aisleyne 67.3% to move |
Jonathan Aisleyne's choice to evict |
Nikki 37.2% to evict |
Jayne 67.1% to evict |
Michael & Spiral 9.7% to save |
Mikey 48.5% (out of 4) to evict |
Imogen 62% to evict |
Jennie 0.9% (out of 6) to win |
Aisleyne 22.0% (out of 3) to win | |
Nikki 6.5% (out of 5) to win | |||||||||||||||
Glyn 38.8% (out of 2) to win | |||||||||||||||
Lea 53.8% to evict |
Susie 59.4% (out of 3) to evict |
Nikki House's choice to re-enter |
Richard 9.2% (out of 4) to win | ||||||||||||
Pete 61.2% to win |
Notes
[edit]- ^Note 1:There were no nominations in Week 1. Instead, all housemates except Bonnie, Dawn and Glyn formed the Big Brotherhood and were immune from eviction, while the housemates excluded from the Brotherhood did not receive their suitcases and faced the public vote. Because Dawn was ejected from the house, it was only Bonnie and Glyn that faced the public vote.
- ^Note 2:As punishment for discussing nominations, Sezer and Imogen were banned from nominating. As new housemates, Aisleyne and Sam could not nominate and could not be nominated by their fellow housemates. George had walked before nominations were made.
- ^Note 3:Imogen was banned from nominating on Day 15 because the night before, she had disclosed to her fellow housemates the fact that she was unable to nominate the previous week. Lisa was also banned on Day 18 after telling Imogen who she nominated in the previous week.
- ^Note 4:As the Golden Housemate, only Susie was eligible to nominate this week. Lisa could not be nominated, having won a task set by Big Brother. The two housemates Susie nominated were Grace and Nikki.
- ^Note 5:During the previous week, Glyn, Imogen, Lea, Lisa and Nikki discussed nominations. As punishment, the five of them had to each nominate one of their fellow rule-breakers in front of their fellow housemates. The one or more housemate(s) with the most nominations would face eviction; Nikki was chosen. The remaining housemates nominated as normal, selecting from everyone except Nikki.
- ^Note 6:This week's public vote was not to evict a housemate, but to vote them into the House Next Door. The housemates nominated as usual, but were unaware of the fake eviction or of the House Next Door. Aisleyne was not evicted, but instead moved next door.
- ^Note 7:Aisleyne was told that she had to evict four of the five new housemates who were living in the House Next Door. However, she was not told that the first three housemates she chose would join the others in the main house. Her fourth nomination, for Jonathan, was for real, and he was evicted. Aisleyne, Jennie, Jonathan, Michael and Spiral were in the House Next Door during the nominations, and therefore did not take part. As a new housemate, Jayne could not nominate and could not be nominated by her fellow housemates. As punishment for telling Aisleyne he had nominated her the previous week, Pete was banned from nominating.
- ^Note 8:As punishment for Jayne discussing the outside world, nominations were cancelled and everyone except Jayne automatically faced the public vote.
- ^Note 9:The housemates were put into pairs of "Best Friends": these were Aisleyne & Jennie; Glyn & Mikey; Imogen & Susie; Pete & Richard and Michael & Spiral. Each pair nominated one housemate. The housemates with the most nominations faced eviction with their "Best Friend". Unlike previous weeks, this week was a vote to save.
- ^Note 10:As part of an ongoing task, housemates had to nominate using an 'Automated Big Brother' phone system. Whilst announcing nominations, 'Automated Big Brother' "broke down", having only announced Imogen's name. Unbeknownst to the housemates, this week was a double eviction.
- ^Note 11:After Susie's eviction on Day 79, the public voted for which 4 ex-housemates they would like to move into the House Next Door. George, Shahbaz, Dawn and Jonathan were not eligible to re-enter as they had not left the House via a Public vote. Bonnie and Sezer were also not eligible for legal reasons. On Day 83, Grace, Lea, Mikey and Nikki moved into the House Next Door.
- ^Note 12:Jennie won a task set by Big Brother and was given a guaranteed place in the final. On Day 86, the housemates in the main house chose Nikki to re-enter the house, where she became eligible to win. Grace, Lea and Mikey were therefore re-evicted.
- ^Note 13There were no nominations in the final week. The public were voting for the housemate they wanted to win, rather than evict.
Ratings
[edit]These viewing figures are taken fromBARB.[8]
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | ||
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Sat | 3.64 | 3.26 | 3.17 | 3.66 | 3.51 | 3.24 | 3.21 | 3.18 | 2.87 | 2.61 | 3.05 | 2.78 | 2.92 | |
Sun | 4.67 | 3.44 | 3.7 | 4.95 | 4.97 | 4.03 | 4.87 | 4.62 | 3.75 | 2.41 | 4.22 | 3.81 | 4.82 | |
Mon | 4.8 | 4.98 | 4.65 | 5.02 | 5 | 4.88 | 5.56 | 4.86 | 4.4 | 4.22 | 4.44 | 4.39 | 4.85 | |
Tue | 5.05 | 4.24 | 4.78 | 4.95 | 5.04 | 4.79 | 4.6 | 4.86 | 4.32 | 4.07 | 4.45 | 5.49 | 4.73 | |
Wed | 5.67 | 5.07 | 5.05 | 5.4 | 3.11 | 5.33 | 5.52 | 4.73 | 4.58 | 4.74 | 4.4 | 5.15 | 4.51 | |
4.82 | ||||||||||||||
Thu | 7.14 | 5.17 | 4.44 | 4.77 | 4.79 | 4.31 | 4.97 | 5.08 | 5.3 | 4.12 | 4.94 | 4.51 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Fri | 5.75 | 4.55 | 4.57 | 4.43 | 4.76 | 5.14 | 4.65 | 4.93 | 4.71 | 4.46 | 4.7 | 5.03 | 5.59 | 6.43 |
4.78 | 5.43 | 5.19 | 6.35 | 5.77 | 6.24 | 5.82 | 6.16 | 4.95 | 4.68 | 5.89 | 5.74 | 8.2 | ||
Weekly average |
5.12 | 4.43 | 4.47 | 4.98 | 4.63 | 4.77 | 4.95 | 4.8 | 4.18 | 4.05 | 4.5 | 4.69 | 5.12 | |
Running average |
5.12 | 4.81 | 4.71 | 4.77 | 4.74 | 4.74 | 4.77 | 4.77 | 4.65 | 4.63 | 4.64 | 4.64 | 4.68 | |
Series average |
4.68 |
Criticism and controversy
[edit]Selection of certain housemates
[edit]The programme attracted criticism on 31 May for putting several vulnerable people in the Big Brother House. Pete hasTourette syndrome.[9][10]Shahbaz threatened totake his own lifeon live television. He was being monitored by production team psychologists after commenting on how he intended to take his own life whilst in the house.[11]Many of the housemates were bullying Shahbaz. He left the house on Day 6. Shahbaz admitted after leaving the house that he downplayed his mental condition during the selection process.[12]
Lea suffers frombody dysmorphic disorder;Sam has admitted to being shunned by family members because of their homosexuality and gender identity; and Nikki has suffered fromanorexiaand beensectioned[13]in the past due to the condition.
Welsh language criticism
[edit]Further criticism arose whenWelshcontestantGlyn Wisewas reprimanded for communicating in his first language,Welsh,with fellow Welsh housemateImogen Thomas.Big Brother deemed this a form of 'code' and issued a warning to Glyn, who retorted "But Welsh is aBritish language".Following the incident, theWelsh Language Societycomplained to Channel 4, the regulatorOfcomandS4C.Clearly, it was no longer a problem after this as Glyn and Imogen continued to converse in Welsh. Such discussions were broadcast with English-language subtitles.[14]
Return of ex-housemates
[edit]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.[15]Nikki was chosen by the remaining housemates to return to theBig BrotherHouse and become eligible to win the £100,000 prize money[16]and Grace, Mikey and Lea left the House Next Door.
This decision to allow previous evictees to become eligible to win the show was criticised.Channel 4received 500 complaints from viewers about this matter and Media watchdogOfcomconfirmed that it had received over 1,000 complaints, and referred viewers toICSTIS.[17]Soon after the four ex-housemates entered the House Next Door, ICSTIS released a statement confirming that it was dealing with over 2,500 complaints[18]and launched an official investigation.[19]On 5 October 2006, they ruled that Channel 4 had breached its code and imposed £50,000 'administrative charges'.[20]
On the day prior to the voting results being announced, however, Channel 4 stated that it still considered the vote to be a success as they had already received 400,000 votes, making it the most successful of the series. 36p from each call and 26p from each text also went to charity,[21]raising over £250,000 for charity on the vote alone. The money was split among three charities: Shelter, The Teenage Cancer Trust and the winning housemate's chosen charity, which Pete chose as the Tourette's Association.[22]
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