Big Brother 2013, also known as Big Brother 14 and Big Brother: Secrets and Lies, is the fourteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother. It launched on 13 June 2013 on Channel 5 and 5*, and lasted for 68 days, ending on 19 August 2013. It was part of a new two-year contract with Endemol, which secured the show until 2014. It was the third regular series to air on Channel 5 and the seventh series of Big Brother to air on the channel since they acquired the show. The series was won by 23-year-old Sam Evans from Llanelli. He won the full £100,000 prize fund, making him the first winner since 2010 to do so.
Eight housemates entered on launch night, including a set of twins becoming one housemate; with another six, including a mother and daughter, entering the house the following night. Unbeknownst to the housemates, an actor controlled by the viewers, Michael Dylan - otherwise known as "The People's Puppet" - entered the house on launch night, and this was revealed to them upon his departure on Day 9. On Day 33, after a confrontation between housemates Daley Ojuederie and Hazel O'Sullivan, Daley became the first housemate to be ejected from the Big Brother House since Big Brother moved to Channel 5. For the first time in regular Big Brother history, no new housemates entered the house following the two launch nights.
The fourteenth series saw the return of viewers voting to evict, rather than voting to save alike the two previous series. This way of voting had not been used since Ultimate Big Brother.
This was the first series of Big Brother to be presented by Big Brother's Bit on the Side co-host Emma Willis and the first presenter change since Brian Dowling took over from Davina McCall in 2011. Willis continued to host Bit on the Side along with Rylan Clark and AJ Odudu, who replaced Jamie East and Alice Levine. This season also use some of the game mechanics from the Secret Story franchise.
This is the most watched Channel 5 series of Big Brother UK averaging 1.7 million.
Format The fourteenth series of Big Brother introduced several changes to the format. One of the changes implemented in the fourteenth series was the return of "Vote to Evict". This way of voting had not been used since Ultimate Big Brother. Another change was Big Brother sometimes revealing the number of nominations each nominee received to the housemates, and it also saw the three or more housemates with the most nominations facing the public vote each week, with the nominated housemate who had the fewest votes to evict after lines had been frozen usually being saved during a live segment in the Wednesday highlights show. Voting lines then reopened. During the live eviction show, for the first time, nominated housemates were given thirty seconds to broadcast a 'plea' explaining why they think they should stay in the house.
Housemates On Day 1, eight housemates entered the house. The first two housemates, Jack and Joe, entered as a joint housemate. A further six housemates entered on Day 2, including a mother and daughter duo (Charlie & Jackie) competing as two individual housemates.
Dan Neal had appeared in the first series of former reality show Lads' Army in 2002.
Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Sam Evans 23Llanelli 1 68 Dexter Koh 28London 1 68 Gina Rio 24London 2 68 Jack and Joe Glenny 18Cheshunt 1 68 Charlie Travers 26Berkhamsted 2 68 Sophie Lawrence 20London 1 65 Hazel O'Sullivan 24Dublin 2 58 Callum Knell 28Maidstone 1 51 Daniel "Dan" Neal 33London 2 44 Jackie Travers 59Berkhamsted 2 37 Daley Ojuederie 28London 2 33 Ainsley "Wolfy" Millington 20Bolton 1 30 Jemima Slade 41London 1 16 Michael Dylan 29Cork 1 9People's Puppet Sallie Axl 26Wallasey 1 9
The People's Puppet 29-year-old Michael Dylan from Cork entered the house as "The People's Puppet" on Day 1, and was hired by Big Brother as a housemate who was controlled by the viewers. Unlike every other housemate, Michael did not have genuine housemate status and is referred to as a non-housemate or a houseguest but this was unknown to the housemates. Michael's true identity as "The People's Puppet" was revealed on Day 9, and he then left the house.
Nominations table
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10FinalNominationsreceived Main Housemates SamNoteligible Dexter,Gina Dexter,Sophie Wolfy,Sophie Dexter,Gina In SafeHouse Sophie,Dexter Dexter,Sophie Dexter,Sophie Winner(Day 68) 5 DexterNominated Dan,Jack & Joe Banned In SafeHouse Callum,Gina Nonominations Callum,Jack & Joe Jack & Joe,Hazel Jack & Joe,Sam Runner-up(Day 68) 34 GinaNominated Jemima,Dexter Hazel,Jackie In SafeHouse Jackie,Jack & Joe Nonominations Hazel,Jack & Joe Hazel,Charlie Jack & Joe,Charlie Third place(Day 68) 19 Jack & JoeNoteligible Dexter,Gina Dexter,Gina Charlie,Wolfy Dexter,Callum Nonominations Dexter,Callum Dexter,Charlie Charlie,Dexter Fourth place(Day 68) 12 CharlieNoteligible Jemima,Dexter Dexter,Wolfy Wolfy,Callum Callum,Jack & Joe Nonominations Callum,Jack & Joe Hazel,Jack & Joe Jack & Joe,Gina Fifth place(Day 68) 6 SophieNoteligible Dexter,Gina Dexter,Sam Sam,Hazel Callum,Dexter In SafeHouse Callum,Hazel Hazel,Sam Sam,Dexter Evicted(Day 65) 6 HazelNoteligible Gina,Dexter Gina,Dexter Callum,Wolfy Gina,Callum Nonominations Callum,Dexter Gina,Sophie Evicted(Day 58) 10 CallumNoteligible Jemima,Gina Dexter,Dan Wolfy,Hazel Dexter,Jackie Nonominations Dexter,Hazel Evicted(Day 51) 17 DanNoteligible Dexter,Wolfy Wolfy,Dexter Wolfy,Callum Callum,Jack & Joe In SafeHouse Evicted(Day 44) 4 JackieNoteligible Gina,Dexter Dexter,Gina Wolfy,Callum Gina,Callum Evicted(Day 37) 3 DaleyNoteligible Gina,Jemima Gina,Dexter Callum,Wolfy Ejected(Day 33) 0 WolfyNoteligible Dexter,Jemima Dexter,Dan Charlie,Dan Evicted(Day 30) 11 JemimaNoteligible Dexter,Gina Evicted(Day 16) 5 SallieNominated Evicted(Day 9) 1 People's Puppet Michael Gina,Dexter,Sallie Left(Day 9) N/A Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Againstpublic vote Dexter,Gina,Sallie Dexter,Gina,Jemima Dan & Wolfy,Dexter & Gina Callum,Hazel,Jackie,Wolfy Callum,Dexter,Gina,Jack & Joe,Jackie Dan,Sam,Sophie Callum,Dexter,Hazel,Jack & Joe Charlie,Dexter,Hazel,Jack & Joe,Sophie Charlie,Jack & Joe,Sam,Sophie Charlie,Dexter,Gina,Jack & Joe,Sam Ejectednone Daley noneEvictedSallieMost votes(out of 2)to evictJemimaMost votes(out of 2)to evictDexter & GinaMost votesto moveWolfyMost votes(out of 3)to evictJackieMost votes(out of 2)to evictDanMost votesto evictCallumMost votes(out of 3)to evictHazelMost votes(out of 2)to evictSophieMost votes(out of 3)to evictCharlie(out of 5)Jack & Joe(out of 4)GinaFewest votes(out of 3)DexterFewest votes(out of 2)SamMost votesto win
Notes
: The public decided on "The People's Puppet" Michael's behalf on who would face the first public vote, rather than nominations taking place as normal. The three housemates with the most votes were Gina, Dexter and Sallie and these were as a result Michael's three nominations. The phone lines froze on Day 7, and Michael was told by Big Brother that Dexter had the fewest votes and he therefore saved him from eviction. Voting then resumed for Gina and Sallie. After Sallie's eviction, it was revealed to the housemates that Michael was "The People's Puppet", and he then left the house. : The public vote to evict was frozen on Day 14 and Gina was saved, having received the fewest votes. Voting then resumed for Dexter and Jemima. : On Day 19, housemates had to nominate face-to-face, live on Channel 5. As punishment for discussing nominations earlier that day, Dexter was banned from nominating. Had Dexter been allowed to nominate, he would have nominated Wolfy and Jackie, meaning Dexter, Gina and Wolfy would have faced the public vote. This week was a "fake double eviction", in which the public voted for who they wanted to move into the Safe House, where the chosen pair would secretly live in luxury watching their fellow housemates' every move. The pairs were pre-selected by their nominations tally so either Dan and Wolfy (tied third) or Dexter and Gina (first and second) were "fake evicted". On Day 23, the two housemates chosen to enter the Safe House were Gina and Dexter. : Whilst Dexter and Gina were living in the Safe House, they could not nominate and could not be nominated by their fellow housemates, assuming them to be evicted and also unaware that Dexter and Gina were able to see their nominations. In a twist, Big Brother gave Dexter and Gina the opportunity to save one of the four nominees (who would live alongside them in luxury) and replace them with another housemate. Dexter and Gina chose to save Charlie and replaced her with Jackie. : On Day 30, after Wolfy's eviction, the lines opened for two housemates to move into the Safe House, in which they would be immune from the next eviction. The pairs were pre-selected so either Charlie and Dexter, Dan and Gina, Sam and Sophie, Jack and Joe, Daley and Hazel or Callum and Jackie would move into the Safe House. On Day 31, the two housemates chosen to move into the Safe House were Daley and Hazel, however, Daley was ejected from the house on Day 33. Due to Daley's ejection, a planned nominations twist was cancelled and normal nominations took place. As she was living in the Safe House, Hazel could nominate but could not be nominated by her fellow housemates. : There were no nominations in Week 6. Unbeknownst to the housemates, the housemates living in the Safe House would automatically face the public vote. Housemates chose Sam & Sophie to live in the Safe House, who were subsequently told that they could choose another housemate to live alongside them. On Day 40, Big Brother lied to the housemates, telling them that those not living in the Safe House were up for eviction. Sam & Sophie chose Dan to live in the Safe House, meaning he also faced the public vote this week. : As well as finding out they were nominated, Callum, Dexter, Hazel and Jack & Joe were shown who nominated them. : Rather than the housemates nominating this week, housemates' friends and family nominated on their behalf. : On Day 60, housemates were tasked with unanimously choosing one person to receive a free pass to the final. However, they failed to reach a consensus, and thus lost the pass. Housemates nominated face-to-face for the second time in a live broadcast on Day 61. On Day 63, following the Prize Fund Lie, Dexter became immune and had to choose one housemate to replace him to face the public vote. He chose Sophie. : The public were voting for the housemate they wanted to see win Big Brother.
Weekly summary Week 1 Entrances Jack & Joe, Sallie, Jemima, Michael, Callum, Wolfy, Sam, Sophie and Dexter entered the House on Day 1. Gina, Dan, Hazel, Daley, Charlie and Jackie entered the House on Day 2. Twists On Day 1, Michael was revealed to the viewers as "The People's Puppet", a special non-Housemate controlled by the outside world. Tasks On Day 1, Michael, "The People's Puppet" was given his first task, to be the first random housemate to be called into the Diary Room by Big Brother. Big Brother gave Michael Head Housemate status, which gave him the power to choose who would receive their suitcases. He had the option to shred his own suitcase to save everyone else's, or shred everyone else's suitcases to save his own. Michael chose to save his own, leaving everyone else's suitcases to be shredded in front of them in the garden. The housemates were unaware that this was a twist and that their genuine suitcases were still held by Big Brother.