List of Big Brother (British TV series) housemates

Since Big Brother began in 2000, there have been a total of 359 civilian, 10 Panto, 8 teen, 12 Celebrity Hijack and 14 ultimate housemates; 170 men and 189 women. There have been 21 winners of Big Brother; 12 men and 9 women. The first male winner was Craig Phillips in Big Brother 1 and the first female winner was Kate Lawler in Big Brother 3. The youngest winner is Cameron Cole, who was 19 at the time of winning Big Brother 19, and the oldest winner is Jason Burrill, who was 45 when he won Big Brother 17.

A total of 296 housemates have been evicted, 15 housemates have been ejected, and 25 housemates have walked from the Big Brother house, whilst Andrew Cruickshanks who competed in Big Brother 18 left the house during the final after becoming the winning "Second Chance" housemate. Only one housemate, Nikki Grahame, has been voted back into the house after being evicted. Nick Bateman and Victor Ebuwa are the only people to have been housemates in three series; Big Brother, Big Brother Panto and Ultimate Big Brother. Goody had also appeared in three different series and is, to date, one of two civilian housemates to have been a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother along with Chantelle Houghton, as well as appearing in Big Brother and Big Brother Panto. Furthermore, Grahame appeared in four series of the franchise in total; Big Brother 7, Ultimate Big Brother, Big Brother 16 and Big Brother Canada 4. In 2010, Big Brother 2 winner Brian Dowling was crowned Ultimate Champion over the first 11 series of Big Brother on Channel 4. The show was revived on Channel 5 in 2011, and ran for a further eight series until it was axed in 2018. More contestants began competing in the series when the programme was revived for the second time on ITV2 in 2023.

Housemates

Key

Winner

Runner-up

Third place

Walked

Ejected

Left

Participating

Notes

^ Ages at the time the housemate entered the house
^ Occupation at the time the housemate entered the house

Statistics

Number of housemates: 359
Male housemates: 170
Female housemates: 189
Two competing as one housemate: 3^*
Male winners: 12 (Latest: Jordan Sangha – Big Brother 20)
Female winners: 9 (Latest: Ali Bromley – Big Brother 21)
Walks: 25 (Latest: Kay Lovelle – Big Brother 19)
Ejections: 15 (Latest: Lewis Flanagan – Big Brother 19)
First to enter: Sada Walkington (Big Brother 1)
Last to enter: Dean Quinton (Big Brother 21)
Last out: Ali Bromley (Winner) (Big Brother 21)
Biggest winning percentage: 77.5% to win – Josie Gibson (Big Brother 11)
Closest winning percentage: 50.6% to win – Helen Wood (Big Brother 15)
Biggest eviction percentage: 94.04% to evict – Nicole Cammack (Big Brother 9)
Closest eviction percentage: 50.5% to evict – Science Harvey (Big Brother 6)
Most total nominations: 46 nominations – Marcus Akin (Big Brother 10)
Most nominations in a single week: 10 nominations – Sunshine Martyn (Big Brother 11), Dexter Koh (Big Brother 14), Jayne Connery (Big Brother 17)
Most times nominated: 8 times – Marcus Akin, Freddie Fisher/Halfwit (Big Brother 10)
Most total nominations for a winner: 25 nominations – Aaron Allard-Morgan (Big Brother 12)
Fewest total nominations for a winner: 3 nominations^** – Pete Bennett (Big Brother 7), Brian Belo (Big Brother 8), Chloe Wilburn (Big Brother 16)
Most total nominations from a finalist: 34 nominations – Dexter Koh (Big Brother 14)
Fewest total nominations from a finalist: 0 nominations^** – Kinga Karolczak (Big Brother 6), Amanda and Sam Marchant (Big Brother 8)
Most time spent in the house: 100 Days – Nikki Grahame (Big Brother 7, Ultimate Big Brother, Big Brother 16)
Least time spent in the house: 1 Day – Ellis Hillon (Big Brother 19)

^* Sam and Amanda Marchant (Big Brother 8) are not included in this as they began the series as two separate housemates, but Emma and Victoria (Big Brother 17) are included as they started as one Housemate, despite Victoria voluntarily leaving on Day 5 and Emma remaining as a sole Housemate.
^** Helen Wood (Big Brother 15) received 0 nominations but received a pass to the final in Week 1 meaning she was exempt from nominations every week.