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.

[2] 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.

[5] Only one housemate, Nikki Grahame, has been voted back into the house after being evicted.

[11] More contestants began competing in the series when the programme was revived for the second time on ITV2 in 2023.

[12] Key * 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.

Craig Phillips won the first series of the programme in 2000.
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Jade Goody , who was a housemate in Big Brother 3 , Big Brother Panto , Celebrity Big Brother 5 and Bigg Boss 2 died in 2009. She was featured on Ultimate Big Brother as the ultimate housemate.