From the successful Big Brother, a spin-off containing celebrities was launched in March 2001 originally in aid of Comic Relief. The first series lasted a full week and raised over £500,000 for the charity. The eventual winner was comedian Jack Dee, followed closely by Brookside's Claire Sweeney.
In Season 2, Mark Owen walked triumphant as the winner. Les Dennis came second and Melinda Messenger came third. The charities that benefitted were Centrepoint, The Samaritans, Rethink and the National Missing Persons Helpine.
In 2005 a third series was made and this time Bez was was the winning celebrity. The house itself is pratically the same as in Big Brother 5, with a few minor changes like a sauna. All of Channel 4's and Endemol's profit from this series's phone vote was be donated to the Tsunami Emergency Disaster Appeal. In addition housemates each chose their own charities who recieved a share of the money raised. The show lasted 18 days making it the longest Celebrity Big Brother by a long way.
Celebrity Big Brother 4 was shown in January, 2006 and was won by the one non celebrity in the house, Chantelle Houghton.
In 2011, the series moved networks to Channel 5 and Brian Dowling took over as presenter.
Episode Info
Brian returns to present this year's live final. All of the evicted housemates return and are introduced to the crowd. Highlights are shown of life from within the house. The remaining five housemates have to vote for their favourite housemate in different different award catergories. The celebrities enjoy one last party in the house. Brian talks to the house and announces that the twins have finished in fifth place. The twins leave the house and chat to Brian about their time living in the house. Brian talks to the house for a second time and announces that Michael has finished in fourth place. Michael leaves and chats to Brian about his time in the house. Brian chats to the house for a third time and reveals that Gareth has finished in third place. Gareth leaves and chats to Brian about his time living in the house. Brian chats to the house one last time and reveals that Denise has been crowned the winner. Frankie leaves and chats to Brian about his time in the house. Denise leaves as the winner and chats to Brian.
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Recaps
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