Big Brother 9 (American season)
Template:Big Brother endgame Big Brother 9 (also known as Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part) is the ninth edition of the American reality television series Big Brother, that aired on the CBS television network on February 12, 2008 to April 27, 2008. Julie Chen returned as host, and Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan were the executive producers. The show was produced by Endemol USA and Allison Grodner Productions.
This was the first season in the show's history to air in winter, during the regular television season, a move prompted by the network's lack of programming options caused by a writer's strike. It was also the first season to be simply called Big Brother, without mention of the season number or the year it was aired.
There were sixteen HouseGuests competing for the grand prize, an increase over previous seasons. Two previous evicted HouseGuests returned to the game, Sharon returned on Day 7 to replace Neil who left earlier that day. James was given the opportunity to return on Day 35 by votes from the other HouseGuests. This is the first season to feature two previous evictees returning to the House and the third overall to have evicted HouseGuests return.
Pre-season
Following the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the trade magazine Variety reported that CBS, in response, was considering airing a winter edition of Big Brother, and that the network started cast auditions.[1] Several sites speculated that the winter edition could have been an American version of Celebrity Big Brother[1][2][3][4] but this was untrue as CBS released a statement that the next edition of Big Brother would be a regular season following the format of past editions.[5] The season was announced on November 15, 2007 with open casting calls being held from November 17, 2007 to December 8, 2007.[5] The finalists for the season were chosen on December 27, 2007.[6]
Broadcasts
On December 3, 2007 CBS announced Big Brother 9 would return on February 12, 2008 with three episodes airing on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.[7][8] Showtime and CBS announced on January 8, 2008 that Big Brother: After Dark would also return and air seven nights a week during the hours of 12 AM and end at 3 AM ET.[9] On February 11, 2008 CBS announced that the live Internet feeds would return for the season with certain events in the House being blocked out to preserve drama of the television broadcasts. The Internet talk show House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show would also return with host Gretchen Massey. A new feature for Big Brother 9 was the addition of watching the live Internet feeds and new episode of Big Brother live on MediaFLO enabled cell phones.[10] Big Brother 9 was broadcast in the United Kingdom on E4 airing two one-hour episodes on Thursday nights and one one-hour episode on Tuesday nights, the first episode was shown on February 14 with the finale shown on April 29, 2008.[11]
HouseGuests
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Top: Parker, James and Adam
Middle: Ryan, Sharon, Natalie, Matt, Amanda, Jen and Jacob
Bottom: Chelsia, Alex, Sheila, Joshuah, Neil and Allison
For the first time in Big Brother history, 16 HouseGuests entered the House to compete for the grand prize. This is the first time since Big Brother 5 that there has been an increase in the number of HouseGuests over the previous season.
One of two twists this season was that each HouseGuest was paired with a soulmate and the pairs shared Head of Household and Power of Veto wins and were evicted together until the end of Week 3.[12] A second twist was that an evicted HouseGuest from Weeks 1-4 would return to the House on Day 35. This is the first season to see two previous evictees re-enter the House after being evicted.
^[I] Contestant's age as of 2012
Highlights
Each week in the Big Brother House is summarized in the table on the main page. A typical week began with the Head of Household competition during the live Wednesday episode and ended with the eviction of a HouseGuest during the following Wednesday's episode. The next "week" immediately started after the eviction with the next Head of Household competition. Evictions, competitions, and other noteworthy events for a particular week are noted. Some of the events listed may not be in order of sequence.
Weekly Summary | ||
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Week 1 | Events |
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Competitions |
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Entrances |
Adam, Alex, Allison, Amanda, Chelsia, Jacob, James, Jen, Joshuah, Matt, Natalie, Neil, Parker, Ryan, Sharon and Sheila entered on Day 1. Sharon re-entered the House as Neil's replacement on Day 7. | |
Exits |
Jacob & Sharon were evicted on Day 3.[22] Neil left the House due to an urgent personal matter on Day 7.[23] Jen & Parker were evicted by a vote of 3 to 1 on Day 14.[24] | |
Week 2 | Events |
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Competitions |
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Exits |
Alex & Amanda were evicted by a unanimous vote on Day 21.[30] | |
Week 3 | Events |
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Competitions |
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Twists |
On Day 28, Allison & Ryan received two votes and was the next couple to be evicted from the House, but upon leaving the siren went off and the HouseGuests were informed that the couples were split up into individual players. The HouseGuests had to choose between Allison or Ryan to evict.[33] | |
Exits |
Allison was evicted by a unanimous vote on Day 28.[34] | |
Week 4 | Events | |
Competitions |
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Exits |
On Day 35, James was evicted from the Big Brother House with a 5-1 vote. | |
Week 5 | Twists |
On Day 35, the HouseGuests had to decide to bring back James or an evicted HouseGuest that was in the "mystery box." The HouseGuests voted to bring back James in a 5-3 vote. Alex was voted by the viewing public to be the HouseGuest in the "mystery box."[40] |
Events | ||
Competitions |
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Exits |
On Day 42, Matt was evicted with a 4-3 vote. James, as Head of Household, had to cast the deciding vote. Matt became the first member of the Big Brother 9 jury.[43] | |
Week 6 | Events |
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Competitions |
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Exits |
Chelsia was evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 49 by a unanimous 5-0 vote. She became the second jury member.[46] | |
Week 7 | Events | |
Competitions |
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Exits |
On Day 56, Joshuah was evicted from the Big Brother House by a vote of 3-1. He became the third jury member.[49] | |
Week 8 | Events | |
Competitions |
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Exits | James was evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 63 by a unanimous 3-0 vote. He became the fourth jury member.[52] | |
Week 9 | Events |
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Competitions |
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Exits | Natalie was evicted on Day 70 and became the fifth juror by a 2-1 vote, with Sheila casting the tiebreaker vote to evict her.[57] | |
Week 10 | Events |
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Competitions |
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Exits | Sharon was evicted on Day 75, by a 1-0 vote and became the sixth juror.[61] | |
Week 11 | Events |
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Competitions |
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Exits | Sheila was evicted on Day 77 and became the final jury member. On Day 81 Adam left the winner of Big Brother 9 and Ryan left as the runner-up. |
Big Brother House
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House pictures were released on February 6, 2008. The House has an outdoors theme due to this being the first season to air during the winter season.
Throughout the House, there are numerous love quotes written by Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In the dining room and kitchen, the furniture are in bright red and yellow colors, and logs stacked against each other fill up a wall.[62] The walkway to the Head of Household room evokes a giant library. The Head of Household room is an exotic island oasis. The headboard is made from a surfboard, there are Hula girl table lamps, rattan carpet and Polynesian knickknacks.[63] The boat bedroom features shelves and chests designed to resemble small rowboats with rowboat shaped beds. Two large beds made of actual unfinished tree branches with pink bedspreads fill another room.[64] The living room features a giant green semi-circular sofa, and a stone wall fireplace. A red colored room connected directly to the living room by a short hallway, with no doors, has a pair of pullout couches rather than actual beds.[65] New this season is a Spa room complete with a massage table, two-person sauna and lounge.[66]
Outside, there is a hot tub and pool, a billiards table and lounge area. The lounge area features a fire pit and heated lamps.[67] Along with work-out equipment, there are lawn chairs to lay out in the sun.
Prizes
The HouseGuests compete for a grand prize of $500,000 and a runner-up prize of $50,000. In addition to the grand prize and the runner-up prize, various smaller prizes were offered throughout the game. Most of the time the prizes were given out during Power of Veto competitions or Luxury competitions.
In week one, during the Power Couple competition "Falling for You"; Jen & Parker won $10,000.[18] During the Power of Veto competition "Color of Veto" on Day 30; Adam won a motorcycle and Ryan won $10,000.[37] On Day 43 during a Luxury competition, Chelsia, Joshuah, Sharon and Sheila won an advanced screening of the Columbia Pictures film 21.[44] On Day 45, Chelsia won a $21,000 VIP trip to Las Vegas before the screening of the film 21, in which her popcorn bucket had a golden ticket for the prize.[45] On Day 44, when Big Brother 8 contestant "Evel Dick" Donato returned to the Big Brother House to host the Power of Veto competition "Club Evel", if a player scored more than Dick's score of 33 from last season, he or she would have also won a classic Gibson Les Paul guitar and amplifier. Since no one beat his score, Dick won the guitar for himself.[45] During the second Luxury competition of the season on Day 71, Ryan and Sharon won an in-house screening of the 20th Century Fox film What Happens in Vegas..., a VIP experience that includes a shopping spree and tickets to the May 1 premiere of the film in Hollywood, and a chance to meet the cast at an after party.[59] On the season finale, James won $25,000 by America's choice.
Controversy and criticism
Autism United, a national autism group, demanded an apology from CBS over controversial remarks made by HouseGuest Adam Jasinski.[68] During the second episode, Adam stated he worked for an autism foundation and would spend his winnings on a hair salon for people with developmental disabilities "so retards can get it together and get their hair done". Sheila, who was his partner in the house, found his remarks highly offensive. Adam replied with saying "can call them whatever I want because he work[s] with them all day".[69][70] In a letter obtained by TMZ from John Gilmore, Executive Director of Autism United to Sumner Redstone, Chairman of CBS Corporation, Gilmore demanded action be taken after the Wednesday episode. Gilmore claimed that the network chose to air the segment for "their own personal goals." The organization also called for the show to be canceled and the organization has contacted advertisers over the issue.[71] Due to the controversy, Lowe's has decided not to advertise during future Big Brother episodes, but it was unclear whether or not they were currently advertising during the program. Autism United has also contacted other advertisers, such as Campbell's Soup, Claritin, Geico, McDonald's and Taco Bell.[72] Autism United and various parents in South Florida are calling for an investigation into Adam Jasinski and the United Autism Foundation. The organization claims to be a 501 c3 charity (deductions made to the organization would be considered tax deductible under current IRS regulations.)[73] The website for United Autism Foundation has an apology regarding Adam's behavior and states he will no longer be working for the company.[74][75]
After winning Big Brother 9 on April 27, 2008, Adam declared he would donate $100,000 to the Autism Foundation. On October 19, 2009, Jasinski was arrested, and charged by the DEA in North Reading, MA for possession of 2,000 oxycodone pills with intent to distribute.[76] Jasinski allegedly admitted funding his illegal venture with his $500,000 winnings from the show. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.[77] Big Brother finalist Sheila Kennedy, who was part of the jury and voted for Jasinski to win the $500,000 grand prize, stated she felt betrayed by him for using his prize money to fund a drug ring, due to his promise to donate part of it to the autism foundation. Houseguest Allison said, "I hope Adam gets the maximum [jail] time he deserves because this is terrible."[78]
On Day 31, Matt used the word "nigga" when referring to another (white) HouseGuest. The incident in question was aired on both the live Internet feeds and the spin-off show Big Brother: After Dark on Showtime 2.[79]
On Day 70, there was a controversial Head of Household competition where the HouseGuests were to determine if certain statements were "fact" or "fiction." Many fans of the show, including House Calls co-host Dick Donato, were displeased with the final "fact or fiction" statement, which dealt with how many preexisting relationships there were in the house. The correct answer was three, which counted two relationships between HouseGuests (Jacob & Sharon and Jen & Ryan) and also the relationships between the guinea pigs. Some fans considered this question unfair. Sharon missed the question, leading to her losing the HoH competition and ultimately being evicted.[60]
Voting history
A record of the votes cast, stored in a voting-table, shows how each HouseGuest voted to evict throughout his or her time in the House. The Head of Household and the nominees were not allowed to vote, but in the event of a tie, the Head of Household broke it. Twists to the normal nominations process are noted, such as immunity from nomination and eviction (referred to as "exempt") and double evictions. The last seven evictees of the season are expected to be part of the Jury of Big Brother 9, who will vote for the winner during the Finale.
For the first three weeks the HouseGuests played as couples, with each couple voting, making decisions, and risking getting evicted as a team. Each pair can be identified by the color beside their name (Sharon and Joshua were each a part of two different pairings during their time in the house. Thus, they have a color and a number besides their names). Each couple for the first three weeks shared Head of Household and Power of Veto wins together and were evicted together. In the event the Head of Household couple could not agree on who to nominate they would have been nominated and the runner-up couple in the competition would become the new HoH. If the Power of Veto couple could not agree on what to do with the PoV then it could not be used. If a couple could not agree on who to evict from the House that couple would instead be evicted.
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Eviction votes received | ||||||
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Day 1 | Day 4 | Day 22 | Day 28 | Day 35 | Day 36 | Day 77 | Finale | ||||||||||
Head of Household | (none) | Alex & Amanda |
Chelsia & James |
Joshuah & Sharon |
Ryan | (none) | James | Adam | Natalie | Adam | Sheila | Ryan | Ryan | (none) | |||
Nominations (pre-veto) |
Allison & Ryan, Jen & Parker |
Alex & Amanda, Matt & Natalie |
Allison & Ryan, Matt & Natalie |
Allison Ryan |
Chelsia Sharon |
Ryan Sheila |
Chelsia James |
James Joshuah |
Sharon Sheila |
Adam Sharon |
Sharon Sheila |
Adam Sheila | |||||
Veto Winner | Matt & Natalie |
Joshuah & Sharon |
Matt & Natalie |
(none) | Chelsia | James | James | James | Ryan | Adam | Ryan | (none) | |||||
Nominations (post-veto) |
Allison & Ryan, Jen & Parker |
Alex & Amanda, Matt & Natalie |
Adam & Sheila, Allison & Ryan |
James Sharon |
Matt Ryan |
Chelsia Sharon |
Joshuah Sharon |
James Sharon |
Natalie Sharon |
Sharon Sheila | |||||||
Adam | Not eligible |
Jen & Parker |
Alex & Amanda |
Nominated | Allison | James | James | Ryan | Head of Household |
Joshuah | Head of Household |
Sharon | Sharon | Nominated | Winner $500,000 |
0 | |
Ryan | Not eligible |
Nominated | Alex & Amanda |
Nominated | Head of Household |
Mystery HouseGuest | Nominated | Chelsia | Joshuah | James | Natalie | Head of Household |
Sheila | Runner-Up $50,000 |
6 | ||
Sheila | Not eligible |
Jen & Parker |
Alex & Amanda |
Nominated | Allison | James | Mystery HouseGuest | Ryan | Chelsia | Joshuah | James | Natalie | Nominated | Evicted (Day 77) |
Adam | 1 | |
1 | Sharon | Not eligible |
Jen & Parker |
Alex & Amanda |
Co-Head of Household |
Nominated | James | Matt | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Re-evicted (Day 75) |
Adam | 5 | |
Natalie | Not eligible |
Allison & Ryan |
Nominated | Allison & Ryan |
Allison | James | James | Ryan | Chelsia | Head of Household |
James | Nominated | Evicted (Day 70) |
Adam | 2 | ||
James | Not eligible |
Jen & Parker |
Co-Head of Household |
Allison & Ryan |
Allison | Nominated | Evicted (Day 35) |
Matt | Chelsia | Sharon | Nominated | Re-evicted (Day 63) |
Adam | 8 | |||
2 | Joshuah | Not eligible |
Jen & Parker |
Alex & Amanda |
Co-Head of Household |
James | James | Matt | Chelsia | Nominated | Evicted (Day 56) |
Ryan | 3 | ||||
Chelsia | Not eligible |
Jen & Parker |
Co-Head of Household |
Allison & Ryan |
Allison | Sharon | James | Matt | Nominated | Evicted (Day 49) |
Adam | 5 | |||||
Matt | Not eligible |
Allison & Ryan |
Nominated | Allison & Ryan |
Allison | James | Mystery HouseGuest | Nominated | Evicted (Day 42) |
Adam | 4 | ||||||
Allison | Not eligible |
Nominated | Alex & Amanda |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 28) |
9 | |||||||||||
Alex | Not eligible |
Co-Head of Household |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 21) |
3 | ||||||||||||
Amanda | Not eligible |
Co-Head of Household |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 21) |
3 | ||||||||||||
Jen | Jacob & Sharon |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 14) |
3 | |||||||||||||
Parker | Jacob & Sharon |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 14) |
3 | |||||||||||||
2 | Neil | Not eligible |
Walked (Day 7) |
0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Jacob | Not eligible |
Evicted (Day 3) |
1 | |||||||||||||
Notes | 1 | 2 | none | 3 | none | 4 | 5 | none | 6 | none | 7 | ||||||
Walked | none | Neil | none | ||||||||||||||
Evicted | Jacob & Sharon Jen & Parker's choice |
Jen & Parker 3 of 4 votes to evict |
Alex & Amanda 3 of 3 votes to evict |
Allison & Ryan 2 of 2 votes to fake evict |
Allison 6 of 6 votes to evict |
James 5 of 6 votes to evict |
James 5 of 8 votes to return |
Matt 4 of 7 votes to evict |
Chelsia 5 of 5 votes to evict |
Joshuah 3 of 4 votes to evict |
James 3 of 3 votes to evict |
Natalie 2 of 3 votes to evict |
Sharon Adam's choice to evict |
Sheila Ryan's choice to evict |
Ryan 1 vote to win | ||
Adam 6 votes to win |
- ^Note 1 : Jen & Parker were the first Power Couple. A "Power Couple" had the sole power to evict another couple from the House. Jen & Parker chose to evict Jacob & Sharon on Day 3.
- ^Note 2 : Neil left the House on Day 7 due to an "urgent personal matter". Joshuah, Neil's partner, had to choose between Sharon or Jacob to bring back and be his partner, he chose Sharon.[23]
- ^Note 3 : The couples split up into individual players on Day 28. The first round of voting was to evict a couple from the House. The second vote, occurring after the split, decided which person from that "evicted couple" would be the first individually-evicted HouseGuest.
- ^Note 4 : On Day 28, the viewers were given a week to vote on which one of the first six evictees (Jacob, Jen, Parker, Allison, Alex and Amanda) they would like to see return to the game. The viewers chose Alex as the HouseGuest they would like to see return. The HouseGuests then had to vote on whether to bring back James, the recent evictee, or the person the viewers picked known only to them as the "mystery HouseGuest".
- ^Note 5 : James, as Head of Household, had to vote to break a tie on Day 42.
- ^Note 6 : Sheila, as Head of Household, had to vote to break a tie on Day 70.
- ^Note 7 : Votes in the finale are for someone to win, not to evict. Only the last seven HouseGuests evicted can vote.
Ratings
Big Brother 9 airs three episodes a week, with shows airing Sundays at 8 p.m. (EST), Tuesdays 9 p.m., and Wednesdays 8 p.m. The live eviction show was moved to Wednesdays due to Survivor: Micronesia airing Thursdays 8 p.m. This is the first season of Big Brother to air during an official television season, and the second to air concurrently with a season of Survivor. Big Brother 9 is also competing with Fox's American Idol on Wednesdays. The first episode of Big Brother 9 premiered on February 12, 2008 with 7.33 million viewers (4.6/7 viewing audience), down from last summer's 4.8/9 (7.4 million viewers) launch.
U.S. television ratings
This is ratings information for the season. "Rating" is the estimated percentage of all televisions tuned to the show, and "share" is the percentage of all televisions in use that are tuned in. "Overnight Viewers" is the estimated number viewers that watched a program either while it was broadcast or watched via DVR on the same day the program was broadcast. "Live+7 Viewers" is the estimated number of viewers that watched a program while it was broadcast or via DVR within 7 days of original broadcast.. "Increase over Live" is the percentage of increase between the amount of viewers who watched a program "Live" versus "Live+7".
Unless otherwise cited, the overnight rating and share information comes from Zap2It[80] and viewer and ranking information comes from CalendarLive.[81] The following week, the numbers are updated with the final Nielsen numbers from TVWeek.com.[82] DVR information is from TV by the Numbers.[83]
Seasonal ranking
Based on average total viewers per episode of Big Brother 9 on CBS:
Program | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Timeslot | Rank | Viewers (in millions) | ||
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Date | Viewers (in millions) |
Date | Viewers (in millions) | |||||
Big Brother 9 | February 12, 2008 | 7.33 | April 27, 2008 | 6.65 | 2007–2008 | Tuesday 9:00PM (Power of Veto) |
#112 | 6.47 |
Wednesday 8:00PM (Live Eviction) |
#127 | 6.11 | ||||||
Sunday 8:00PM (Nominations Ceremony) |
#99 | 6.88 |
- Season performance is through 4/20/08.[84]
Weekly ratings
No. | Air Date | Timeslot (EST) | Season | Rating | Share | 18–49 (Rating/Share) |
Overnight Viewers (m) |
Live+7 Viewers (m) |
Increase over Live (%) |
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1 | February 12, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.6 | 7 | 2.7/6 | 7.33 | 7.47 | 25.0% |
2 | February 13, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.8 | 6 | 2.1/6 | 5.87 | 6.35 | 31.2% |
3 | February 17, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.1 | 6 | 2.2/6 | 6.73 | 7.06 | 22.6% |
4 | February 19, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.6 | 6 | 2.0/5 | 5.42 | 6.01 | 26.8% |
5 | February 20, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.5 | 6 | 1.9/5 | 5.24 | 5.80 | 29.3% |
6 | February 24, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.6 | 6 | 2.2/5 | 5.72 | 6.18 | 30.2% |
7 | February 26, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.4 | 7 | 2.6/6 | 6.74 | 7.20 | 20.9% |
8 | February 27, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.5 | 6 | 2.1/5 | 5.56 | 5.83 | 32.4% |
9 | March 2, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.9 | 6 | 2.3/6 | 6.17 | 6.61 | 25.3% |
10 | March 4, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.3 | 7 | 2.5/6 | 6.67 | 6.65 | 25.6% |
11 | March 5, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.8 | 6 | 2.0/5 | 5.69 | 6.02 | 27.5% |
12 | March 9, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.2 | 7 | 2.2/6 | 6.48 | 6.78 | 23.1% |
13 | March 11, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.5 | 6 | 2.1/5 | 5.92 | 6.39 | 24% |
14 | March 12, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.5 | 6 | 1.9/5 | 5.44 | 5.75 | 28% |
15 | March 16, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.1 | 7 | 2.3/6 | 6.25 | 6.62 | 24.3% |
16 | March 18, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.5 | 5 | 2.0/5 | 5.48 | 5.79 | 21.6% |
17 | March 19, 2008 | 9:00 PM** | 2007–2008 | 4.3 | 7 | 2.4/6 | 6.73 | 6.95 | 22.8% |
18 | March 23, 2008 | 8:00 PM** | 2007–2008 | 4.0 | 7 | 2.1/5 | 6.38 | n/a | n/a |
19 | March 25, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.8 | 6 | 2.2/5 | 5.95 | 6.30 | 25.3% |
20 | March 26, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 3.9 | 7 | 2.1/6 | 6.04 | 6.21 | 24.7% |
21 | March 30, 2008[85] | 8:30 PM** | 2007–2008 | 4.8 | 7 | 2.6/6 | 7.47 | 7.70 | 15% |
22 | April 1, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.1 | 6 | 2.4/6 | 6.42 | 6.52 | 22.7% |
23 | April 2, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.0 | 6 | 2.2/7 | 6.04 | 6.21 | 26.0% |
24 | April 6, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.0 | 7 | 2.2/6 | 6.53 | 6.54 | 22.3% |
25 | April 8, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.2 | 6 | 2.4/6 | 6.30 | 6.50 | 19.1% |
26 | April 9, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.0 | 7 | 2.1/6 | 6.05 | 6.04 | 19.4% |
27 | April 13, 2008 | 8:44 PM** | 2007–2008 | 5.7 | 9 | 2.7/6 | 9.02 | n/a | n/a |
28 | April 15, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.3 | 6 | 2.4/6 | 6.47 | 6.54 | 22.3% |
29 | April 16, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.1 | 7 | 2.3/7 | 6.14 | 6.42 | 24.7% |
30 | April 20, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.4 | 8 | 2.3/6 | 6.49 | 6.65 | 25.2% |
31 | April 22, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.4 | 7 | 2.4/6 | 6.74 | ||
32 | April 23, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.4 | 7 | 2.3/7 | 6.7 | ||
33 | April 27, 2008 | 8:00 PM | 2007–2008 | 4.2 | 7 | 2.3/6 | 6.65 |
- "n/a" = No information available.
- Due to NCAA Basketball on March 20, 2008, the March 19 eviction episode aired at 9:00 PM due to Survivor: Micronesia being shown at 8:00 PM.
- Due to NCAA Basketball on March 23, 2008, the March 23 nomination episode was delayed from its normal start time.
- Due to NCAA Basketball on March 30, 2008, the March 30 nomination episode was delayed from its normal start time.
- Due to Golf on April 13, 2008, the April 13 nomination episode was delayed from its normal start time.
UK television ratings
This is ratings information for the season that broadcasts in the United Kingdom on E4. Ratings below are overnight figures from Channel4Sales
No. | US Air Date | UK Air Date | Timeslot | Viewers |
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1 | February 12, 2008 | February 14, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 326,000 |
2 | February 13, 2008 | February 14, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 302,200 |
3 | February 17, 2008 | February 19, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 137,100 |
4 | February 19, 2008 | February 21, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 181,900 |
5 | February 20, 2008 | February 21, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 150,300 |
6 | February 24, 2008 | February 26, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 113,800 |
7 | February 26, 2008 | February 28, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 194,600 |
8 | February 27, 2008 | February 28, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 161,000 |
9 | March 2, 2008 | March 4, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 138,400 |
10 | March 4, 2008 | March 6, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 87,500 |
11 | March 5, 2008 | March 6, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 93,100 |
12 | March 9, 2008 | March 11, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 137,500 |
13 | March 11, 2008 | March 13, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 154,700 |
14 | March 12, 2008 | March 13, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 144,400 |
15 | March 16, 2008 | March 18, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 150,000 |
16 | March 18, 2008 | March 20, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 166,400 |
17 | March 19, 2008 | March 20, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 124,600 |
18 | March 23, 2008 | March 25, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 142,000 |
19 | March 25, 2008 | March 27, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 177,400 |
20 | March 26, 2008 | March 27, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 134,800 |
21 | March 30, 2008 | April 1, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 153,800 |
22 | April 1, 2008 | April 3, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 96,200 |
23 | April 2, 2008 | April 3, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 94,100 |
24 | April 6, 2008 | April 8, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 98,800 |
25 | April 8, 2008 | April 10, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 140,700 |
26 | April 9, 2008 | April 10, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 122,300 |
27 | April 13, 2008 | April 15, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 149,700 |
28 | April 15, 2008 | April 17, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 115,100 |
29 | April 16, 2008 | April 17, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 109,000 |
30 | April 20, 2008 | April 22, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 79,000 |
31 | April 22, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 89,700 |
32 | April 23, 2008 | April 24, 2008 | 10:00 PM | 62,200 |
33 | April 27, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | 9:00 PM | 107,600 |
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