Big Brother 2025, also known as Big Brother 22, was the twenty-second series of Big Brother. It was the third civilian series of Big Brother to air on ITV2 after ITV plc gained the rights to the format, and the fifth series to air on the network overall. The series began on 28 September 2025 and was again co-presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best, who also returned to host the companion show, Big Brother: Late & Live, whilst Marcus Bentley returned to narrate the show, having done so since its inception in 2000.
The series was extended by a week, with a run of 48 days, making it the longest series to air on ITV to date. Due to financial issues, Virgin Media Television in Ireland did not broadcast this series, as it had done since the sixteenth series in 2015, leading to backlash amongst Irish fans. It concluded on 14 November 2025, when Richard Storry was announced as the winner of the series, with Elsa Rae finishing as the runner-up. At 60 years old, Storry became the oldest winner of the civilian version of Big Brother in the United Kingdom.
Format The series retained a similar format to the previous two civilian series on ITV, however was confirmed to run for a week longer in celebration of the show's 25th anniversary, instead running for 42 episodes, airing six nights a week from Sunday to Friday, with a 90-minute launch show and finale episode. The series ran for 48 days and began on 28 September 2025. ITV announced that the series would again feature a new cast of carefully selected housemates, from all walks of life with "cameras capturing [the housemates'] every move, and the nation following every twist and turn." Shopping tasks, nominations and live evictions will return, with the public once again voting throughout the series and ultimately determining the winner, who will walk away with a cash prize. Following the first eviction, it was announced that for the first time since the thirteenth series, the public would be voting to save rather than voting to evict. Big Brother: Late & Live followed afterwards on ITV2, airing from 10pm until 11pm from Sunday to Friday. The "house guest" panelists for this series consisted of Danny Beard, David Potts, Angellica Bell, Harriet Rose, Chloe Burrows, Oti Mabuse and JoJo Siwa respectively, who each appeared in a week's worth of episodes. Following this, the Big Brother: Live Stream covered live feed from the house on ITVX, which aired seven nights a week from 11pm until 2am from Sunday to Friday, and from 9pm until 2am on Saturdays. Due to the effects of Storm Amy, the first live eviction episode of the series was held from the Big Brother: Late & Live studio, with the evicted housemate being met by host Will Best at the entrance corridor, before leaving via the back door.
Housemates Twelve housemates entered the house on Day 1, during the live launch. A further four entered the house on Day 2, which were revealed on Big Brother: Late & Live that evening. Emily Hewertson, who was evicted from the house on the first day following a twist, re-entered the house on Day 20, alongside Farida Khalifa, who was the first evictee of the twentieth series. They resided alongside the fake evictee in the secret room prior to returning to the house. Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Richard Storry 60 South London 2 48 Elsa Rae 21 Essex 1 48 Jenny Baird 20 Derry 1 48 Cameron Kinch 22 Taunton 1 48 Emily Hewertson 25 Northampton 1 1 rowspan="2" align="center" 20 48 Tate Reynolds 27 Falkirk 1 48 Teja Dalphy 18 Bristol 1 46 Marcus John 22 Manchester 1 46 Caroline Monk 56 Canvey Island 1 41 Nancy Nocerino 22 Glasgow (originally from Italy) 1 41 Sam Ashby 27 Skipton 1 38 Zelah Glasson 25 South London 1 34 Farida Khalifa 52 Wolverhampton 20 34 Feyisola Akintoye 33 Croydon 2 27 Cameron Barnes 25 Bolton 2 13 George Gilbert 23 Finchingfield 2 11 Gani Khan 39 Bromley (originally from India) 1 6 Notes
Nominations table Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Nominationsreceived Day 1 Day 37 Day 39 Day 44 Final RichardNot inHouseZelah,Gani Cameron B,Elsa Nancy,Elsa Feyisola,Zelah Caroline,Farida Nancy,Caroline Nancy,JennyNonominations Winner(Day 48) 8 ElsaNoteligibleNoteligible Jenny Sam,Zelah Zelah,Tate ,Richard Sam,Nancy Caroline,NancyNonominations Runner-up(Day 48) 7 JennyNoteligibleNoteligible George,Elsa Sam,Nancy Tate,Nancy Emily,Elsa Sam,Nancy Caroline,NancyNonominations Third place(Day 48)15 NoteligibleNoteligible Cameron B,Nancy Nancy,Sam Marcus,Nancy Caroline,Nancy Sam,Caroline Caroline,NancyNonominations (Day 48)8 Emily Caroline Evicted(Day 1)Teja,Marcus Teja,Jenny Jenny,Sam Teja,JennyNonominations Fifth place(Day 48)4 TateNoteligibleNoteligible Jenny Sam,Teja Jenny,Feyisola Sam,Jenny Sam,Nancy Nancy,EmilyNonominations Sixth place(Day 48)15 TejaNoteligibleNoteligible George,Tate Tate,Nancy Tate,Nancy Farida,Tate Caroline,Sam Caroline,NancyNonominationsEvicted(Day 46)9 MarcusNoteligibleNoteligible Sam,Zelah Nancy,Sam Nancy,Sam Farida,Emily Sam,Nancy Caroline,EmilyNonominationsEvicted(Day 46)6 Caroline EmilyNoteligible Elsa,NancyRichard,FeyisolaTeja,Feyisola Richard,Teja,Zelah Jenny,Richard Jenny, Evicted(Day 41) 10 NancyNoteligibleNoteligible George,Cameron K Jenny, Jenny,Teja Richard,Farida Jenny, Jenny, 26 Sam EmilyNoteligible George,Marcus Tate,Teja Feyisola,Jenny Tate,Richard Tate,Marcus Evicted(Day 38) 16 ZelahNoteligibleNoteligible Cameron B,Marcus Nancy,Tate Tate,MarcusFarida,Nancy Evicted(Day 34) 5 FaridaNot inHouseTeja,Elsa Tate,Richard Evicted(Day 34) 5 FeyisolaNot inHouseZelah,Gani George,Tate Tate,Nancy Tate,Richard Evicted(Day 27) 5 Cameron BNot inHouseZelah,Gani George,Cameron K Evicted(Day 13) 4 GeorgeNot inHouseZelah,Gani Elsa,SamEjected(Day 11) 6 GaniNoteligibleNoteligible Evicted(Day 6) 1 Notes 1 2 3, 4 5, 6, 7 6, 8 9, 10 11 12 13 14 Againstpublic vote none Gani,Zelah Cameron B,Elsa,George,Richard Nancy,Sam Feyisola,Nancy,Tate,Teja Farida,Richard,Tate,Zelah Nancy,Sam Caroline,Jenny,Nancy Elsa,Emily,Jenny,Marcus,Richard,Tate,Teja , Elsa,Emily,Jenny,Richard,Tate EjectednoneGeorgenone EvictedEmily2 of 3 votesto evictGaniFewest votesto saveCameron BFewest votesto saveSamMost votesto moveFeyisolaFewest votesto saveFaridaFewest votesto save SamFewest votesto save NancyFewest votesto save MarcusFewest votesto saveTate3.54%(out of 6)Jenny17.63%Emily3.74%(out of 5)Elsa28.36%(out of 2)ZelahSecond fewest votes to saveCarolineSecond fewest votesto save TejaSecond fewest votesto save10.41%(out of 4)Richard39.15%to win
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Weekly summary The main events in the Big Brother 22 house are summarised in the table below. Week 1 Entrances On Day 1, Gani, Cameron K, Nancy, Caroline, Zelah, Teja, Emily, Marcus, Tate, Elsa, Sam and Jenny entered the house. On Day 2, Cameron B, Feyisola, George and Richard entered the house. Twists On Day 1, prior to entering the house, each housemate was given an eye to take in with them. It was subsequently revealed that one housemate would be evicted on that evening. After all housemates entered, voting was opened for the public to choose the housemate they wanted to grant an "Evil Eye" to, putting them at risk for eviction. Cameron K, Caroline, Emily, Nancy and Sam were named as candidates for eviction, and were asked by Big Brother to stand behind a podium and place their eye on top. If their eye turned green, that housemate would be spared from eviction; however if their eye turned red, they would be cursed with an "Evil Eye" and therefore nominated for eviction. Cameron K and Nancy were saved, leaving Caroline, Emily and Sam at risk of being evicted. They subsequently entered the "Exit Room" where they had to decide which one of them would be evicted. Each of them had to plead their case on why they should remain in the house, before two eyeballs containing the name of their fellow housemates was placed in front of them, and they had to select the eyeball of the housemate they wanted to evict. Emily chose to evict Caroline, whilst Caroline and Sam both chose Emily, who was ultimately evicted. On Day 2, after entering the house, the new housemates Cameron B, Feyisola, George and Richard were told by Big Brother that over the next two days, they would have to choose two housemates to grant an "Evil Eye" to, ultimately nominating them for eviction. They opted to give them to Zelah and Gani respectively, who therefore faced the public vote. Tasks On Day 4, housemates took part in their first shopping task in which the house was transformed in to "Eye-Con Industries" with them taking on the role of factory workers. Big Brother became the "Big Boss" and in order to pass the task, housemates had to manufacture enough eyeballs to meet Big Boss' production target with each of them taking on different roles within the factory. Big Brother also announced that housemates would also be earning wages, paid out in eyes that could be used to buy treats, privileges and advantages within the game. Teja was responsible for transporting the eyes between the departments in a delivery vehicle, whilst George and Richard were in charge of quality control, ensuring that the eyeballs were up to standard. For the first part of the task Cameron K, Jenny, Marcus and Sam had to pump to dispense the liquid formula before transporting it along the line, with the final housemate pouring it into the eyeball mould trays. For the next part of the task, Cameron B, Caroline, Tate and Zelah were on the assembly line and were responsible for glue dispensing, glue distributing, assembling and product sorting using the eyeball clutcher respectively, with the conveyor belt gaining speed throughout and housemates having to avoid using the "pink eyes" that would travel along amongst the regular eyeball halves. Elsa, Feyisola, Gani and Nancy worked on the detailing department for the next part of the task, where they had to carefully paint the eyeballs to match the design documents. Big Brother then called for one housemate to come to the office; Zelah did so and was told that Big Brother would pay out a total of 300 eyes, with each housemate having to take the amount they thought they deserved, before choosing the next housemate to enter and so on. Zelah took 20, and chose Feyisola who took 30. She chose Teja who took 50, then Elsa who took 20, followed by Marcus and Tate who took 25 each. Richard followed and took 50, Cameron K took 36 and Jenny took 20, followed by Caroline who took 4. Nancy took 7, before Sam took the remaining 13, leaving Cameron B, Gani and George without any eyes. At the conclusion of the task, Big Brother revealed the production target was 50 eyeballs, however as the housemates only successfully produced 7, they failed the shopping task and therefore received an economy shopping budget for the week. Exits On Day 1, Emily became the first housemate to be evicted, via the back door, following a majority decision from her fellow housemates in the "Exit Room". On Day 6, Gani became the second housemate to be evicted, after receiving the fewest votes to save. Due to the effects of Storm Amy, he was evicted via the back door with host Will Best meeting him from the entrance corridor. Week 2 Nominations On Day 9, housemates nominated for the first time. As a result of receiving the "cursed eye", Richard was required to nominate face-to-face and automatically faced eviction. Cameron B, Elsa and George received the most nominations, and therefore joined him in facing the public vote. Punishments On Day 8, as punishment for discussing nominations, Jenny was sent to jail in the garden. On Day 8, George was given a formal warning for using unacceptable language and gestures towards Sam.