Big Brother

Series 7 · 108 episodes · May 18, 2006

Big Brother 2006, also known as Big Brother 7, was the seventh series of the British reality television series Big Brother. It aired on Channel 4 from 18 May 2006 to 18 August 2006, hosted by Davina McCall. The series lasted for 93 days; fifteen days longer than the previous series. At the time it was the longest running series and the next three series would also run for 13 weeks. It was the first series to be broadcast in 16:9. This was the first series to feature more than 20 housemates. Prior to the launch of the series, a Golden Ticket competition was promoted to find a housemate who would enter in Week 3. Adjacent to the house was the House Next Door, which was used three times throughout the series. The major controversy of this series was the return of four ex-housemates in the penultimate week, with one of them being eligible to remain in the house for the final week. Although this had been practiced in Big Brother 4 in 2003, the main controversy was that the returning housemate was eligible to win, despite being evicted via public vote. Nominations remained a fundamental part of the process, however Big Brother often changed or cancelled nominations some weeks in favour of twists. Double evictions - which had only ever been used on Big Brother 4 and celebrity series' - returned this year and have since become a permanent fixture in all subsequent series - usually near the end of each series. This series proved to be popular, having a series average of 4.7 million viewers. In 2010, Big Brother 7 was voted the public's favourite series of Big Brother, as revealed during Big Brother's Big Awards Show.

Big Brother

LIVE Launch Show

Day 1 Highlights

Day 2 Highlights

Day 3 Highlights

Day 4 Highlights

Day 5 Highlights

Day 6 Highlights

Day 7 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 8 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

LIVE Show: Eviction

Day 9 Highlights

Day 10 Highlights

Day 11 Highlights

Day 12 Highlights

Day 13 Highlights

Day 14 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 15 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

LIVE Show: Eviction

Day 16 Highlights

Day 17 Highlights

Day 18 Highlights

Day 19 Highlights

Day 20 Highlights

Day 21 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 22 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

LIVE Show: Eviction

Day 23 Highlights

Day 24 Highlights

Day 25 Highlights

Day 26 Highlights

Day 27 Highlights

Day 28 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 29 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

LIVE Show: Eviction

Day 30 Highlights

Day 31 Highlights

Day 32 Highlights

Day 33 Highlights

Day 34 Highlights (Part 1)

Day 34 Highlights (Part 2)

Day 35 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 36 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

LIVE Show: Eviction

Day 37 Highlights

Day 38 Highlights

Day 39 Highlights

Day 40 Highlights

Day 41 Highlights

Day 42 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 43 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

LIVE Show: Fake Eviction & House Next Door

Day 44 Highlights

Day 45 Highlights

Day 46 Highlights

Day 47 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 48 Highlights & House Next Door Eviction

Day 49 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 50 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

LIVE Show: Eviction

Day 51 Highlights

Day 52 Highlights

Day 53 Highlights

Day 54 Highlights

Day 55 Highlights

Day 56 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 57 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

LIVE Show: Eviction

Day 58 Highlights

Day 59 Highlights

Day 60 Highlights

Day 61 Highlights

Day 62 Highlights

Day 63 Highlights

LIVE Show: Day 64 Highlights & Pre-Eviction

LIVE Show: Eviction

Day 65 Highlights

Day 66 Highlights

Day 67 Highlights

Day 68 Highlights