Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series) series 14

Template:Big Brother housemates Celebrity Big Brother 14 is the fourteenth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. The series launched on 18 August 2014 on Channel 5 and will end after 26 days on 12 September. It is the seventh celebrity series and the eleventh series of Big Brother overall to air on the channel. Emma Willis is hosting the series, whilst Rylan Clark is presenting the spin-off show Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side along with Willis and regular panelist Luisa Zissman.

Pre-series

Logo

The official eye logo was released on 6 August 2014 and features a similar design to Big Brother 15 but with the iconic star in the centre of the eye.

Live feed

Despite fifteenth series of Big Brother having only an hour and a half live feed for the entire series run, it was officially announced on 6 August 2014 that there would be an hour of live feed available almost nightly on Channel 5 due to the ratings success of the previous editions of the show and mass viewer request.

Teasers

On 11 August 2014, the first 30-second teaser was released which features footage from past series of Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5. However, the tenth series or eleventh series are not included.

Sponsorship

SuperCasino continued its sponsorship for this series, after previously sponsoring the fourteenth and fifteenth series of the civilian series, and the twelfth and thirteenth series of the celebrity series.

House

The house was completely revamped ahead of the series and was given a "glamorous VIP makeover". Official house pictures were released on 18 August 2014, the same day as launch day.

Housemates

Audley Harrison

Audley Harrison is a British professional boxer from Harlesden, London, who currently fights in the heavyweight division. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he became the first British fighter to win an Olympic gold medal in the superheavyweight division, and also won Gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He stands at 6 ft, 5 1⁄2 in (1.97 m) and usually weighs around 255 lb (116 kg).

Claire King

Claire King is an English actress, most notable for her role as Kim Tate on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 1989 to 1999. Her other television credits include playing Karen Betts in Bad Girls, from 2000 to 2004. Her classic soap character in Emmerdale had became popular on most television magazines, and gained her numerous awards including "Best Bitch" and "Best Exit". She was, also, one of the most highest paid soap actresses on ITV.

David McIntosh

David McIntosh is a British television personality, model, fitness expert, former soldier and security guard, in which he has more recently claimed to fame for being the current fiancé of Kelly Brook. He participated in the Sky 1 revival television series Gladiators, where he played under the alias name "Tornado". Since his career started, he appeared in the fitness magazine Muscle & Fitness, and in Jennifer Hudson's music video for her single, "Walk It Out". On Day 10, he became the first housemate to be evicted.

Dee Kelly

Deirdre "Dee" Kelly, better known as White Dee, is a British reality television star from Birmingham, England, who is mostly best known for appearing on the Channel 4 reality documentary series, Benefits Street. The show documented the lives of James Turner Street residents (including Dee herself), where 90% of the street claim the use of welfare payments. She became the first housemate to enter the house on Day 1 and was set a secret mission by "Big Brother", in which she had to disguise and pretend to be a royal family member called "The Duchess of Solihull", who was the twenty-first person in line to the British throne. In addition to this, she had to convince the final three housemates: Frenchy, Leslie, and Gary (all of whom live in the US) that she was royalty. She passed the task on Day 2.

Edele Lynch

Edele Lynch is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, dancer, and actress, who is best known as the lead singer of pop girl group, B*Witched. Her twin sister Keavy Lynch is a member of the band whilst, her brother Shane is a member of boy band Boyzone. The girl group's first four singles, "C'est la Vie", "Rollercoaster", "To You I Belong", and "Blame It on the Weatherman", all reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. In 2012, the band reunited for an ITV2 documentary and tour, The Big Reunion.

Frenchy

Angelique "Frenchy" Morgan is a French television personality, actress, dancer, and model, best known for her appearances in VH1's reality shows such as Rock of Love 2, Rock of Love: Charm School, and the second season of I Love Money. She is currently working as a host on a television channel, and a radio blog. On Day 5, She was sent to "The Celebrity Scrapheap" as one of the least entertaining housemates along with Gary, and therefore faced the first eviction. She was saved on Day 7 and chose James to replace her.

Gary Busey

Gary Busey is an American actor, who is best known for his appearances in films such as Big Wednesday, Lethal Weapon, Point Break, and The Buddy Holly Story, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award as the main title role. He has also made a career in television by guest starring in popular shows like Entourage, Walker, Texas Ranger and Gunsmoke. On Day 5, He was sent to "The Celebrity Scrapheap" as the most boring housemate, meaning he automatically faced the first eviction.

George Gilbey

George Gilbey (born 1984) is a British television personality, best known for starring in the BAFTA Award-winning observational documentary series, Gogglebox on Channel 4. Gilbey has appeared in the show since 2013, alongside his mother Linda and step-father Pete, as they give opinions of the country's biggest television shows airing.

James Jordan

James Jordan is an English ballroom dancer and choreographer, who had competed as one of the male professional partners on Strictly Come Dancing, from 2006 to 2013. His dance partner and wife, Aleksandra "Ola" Jordan, is currently one of the female professionals on the show. The couple became the first married duo to compete against each other, since his and Ola's debut on fourth series of the show. He started his dance training at the age of 13, turning professional in 2000.

Kellie Maloney

Kellie Maloney (born Frank Maloney; 1953) is a retired British boxing manager, promoter, and UKIP politician, who is most notable for being the manager of heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis. During her time in politics, her priorities included combating crime and reducing immigration however, she did create controversy over allegations of homophobia and racism. She announced publicly that she underwent gender reassignment surgery in August, and will now be known as "Kellie". On Day 5, She was sent to "The Celebrity Scrapheap", and automatically faced the first eviction.

Lauren Goodger

Lauren Goodger is an English television personality, beautician, model, and singer, who previously starred in the ITV2 semi-reality programme The Only Way is Essex, from debuting in the first series to her departure in sixth series. She previously dated fellow cast member Mark Wright from 2001 to 2012, dumping him in the second series finale of the show. Since leaving, she has released her own tan line Lauren Way and also, published her autobiography Secrets of an Essex Girl.

Leslie Jordan

Leslie Jordan is an American actor and playwright, best known for his starring role as Beverley Leslie on the hit U.S. television sitcom Will & Grace. He had received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor, as part of his character on the show. Since then, he has managed to become an accomplished stage performer, and has portrayed in Broadway theatre roles such as Sordid Lives, Found a Peanut, and Lucky Guy.

Ricci Guarnaccio

Ricci Guarnaccio is an English reality television personality, who is known for being as a cast member on the MTV reality series Geordie Shore, from series 2 to series 5. He is the former fiancé of fellow cast member Vicky Pattison. More recently, Ricci had taken part in Ex on the Beach, where he came face-to-face with Vicky once more. His co-star Charlotte Crosby competed in and won the twelfth series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2013.

Stephanie Pratt

Stephanie Pratt is an American reality television star, in which she rose to prominence after being casted as a supporting position on the MTV reality series The Hills. She is the younger sister of Spencer Pratt and the sister-in-law of Heidi Montag, who competed as a couple on eleventh series in 2013. She has made several reality appearances on British television, including Made in Chelsea.

Summary

Day 1	Entrances	Dee, James, Claire, David, Kellie, Audley, Lauren, George, Edele, Ricci, Stephanie, Leslie, Frenchy and Gary entered the house.
	Tasks	Dee was told she had to act like a Royal for 24 hours and must fool the final three housemates; Frenchy, Gary and Leslie, who are American residents, into thinking she is the Duchess of Solihull and 21st in line to the throne. The other ten housemates were in on the hoax.
Day 2	Tasks	Dee continued her secret mission to convince the Frenchy, Gary and Leslie that she is the Duchess of Solihull. For the final part of the task, she was asked to choose one of them to become Viscount of Solihull. She chose Frenchy. After this, Dee's real identity was revealed to the house and the housemates were told they'd passed the task. Each housemate was given two newspaper headlines about themselves, with one being true, the other being false. The other housemates had to identify which of the headlines was the truth, then the housemate in question had to explain themselves.
Day 3	Tasks	The housemates began their first shopping task; The Agents, where Leslie and Kellie were in charge of running a casting agency. The agents will be provided with various job vacancies that need filling, where two housemates will compete to get the job. To pass the task the winning audition videos must accumulate a certain amount of likes on the official Facebook page.
	Punishments	James was given an informal warning from Big Brother about treating Gary with more respect following comments made about his hearing.
Day 4	Tasks	The housemates continued with their shopping task. It was then revealed that they'd failed task and will receive basic rations.
Day 5	Twists	Leslie became "Star of the Show" after receiving the most votes via the Big Brother app for most entertaining housemate. He was granted immunity for the week and chose to banish Frenchy and Gary to the Celebrity Scrapheap. Big Brother then announced that all celebrities in the Scrapheap were automatically nominated for the first eviction. Following Leslie's party, he chose to banish Kellie to the Scrapheap.
	Punishments	Frenchy was given a formal warning from Big Brother regarding her cutting up a pair of Leslie's underwear and for threatening to kick him. Leslie was also given a formal warning for threatening to hit Frenchy in the aftermath of their dispute.
Day 6	Tasks	Claire, David and Edele took part in a talent show which was judged by Star of the Show, Leslie. After each performed their talents, Leslie had to decide which of the three had the least talent and would then be sent to the Scrapheap and would face the first eviction. He chose David.
	Twists	Leslie sent David to the Scrapheap meaning he faced the first eviction.
	Punishments	Kellie was given a warning for referring to Leslie as a "little queen who tries to cover his tracks" and also showing what was deemed as aggressive behaviour. Big Brother reminded Kellie that this behaviour could be offensive to the housemates and viewing public.
Day 7	Tasks	As Star of the Show, Leslie hosted "More or Less Celebrity" where he rated his fellow housemates on intelligence, talent, attractiveness and fame. The nominated housemates; David, Frenchy, Gary and Kellie then had to guess who was more or less out of a choice of two housemates. As Frenchy guessed the most correct answers she was saved from eviction, and chose James to take her place.
	Twists	As winner of "More or Less Celebrity", Frenchy saved herself from eviction. She then got the chance to nominate someone to take her place. She chose James. Leslie had to select a fifth and final housemate to join the Scrapheap and therefore face eviction. He chose Claire.
Day 8	Tasks	For the second shopping task, the housemates faced their phobias for a predetermined amount of time. Big Brother told them that they must have a success rate of 75% to complete the task. Gary was informed beforehand that this is not the real task, and that he is set a secret mission to make the house think that he has a phobia of balloons.
	Punishments	Lauren was given a warning for urinating in the pool.
Day 9	Tasks
Day 10	Tasks
	Exits	David became the first housemate to be evicted.
	Twists	Housemates nominated face-to-face.
	Nominations

Nominations table

	Day 7	Day 10			Final	Nominations received
Audley	Not eligible	Kellie				0
Claire	Not eligible					1
Dee	Not eligible	Gary, George				0
Edele	Not eligible					0
Frenchy	Not eligible					0
Gary	Not eligible					3
George	Not eligible					1
James	Not eligible	Gary				0
Kellie	Not eligible	Leslie				2
Lauren	Not eligible					0
Leslie	Frenchy, Gary, Kellie, David, Claire					0
Ricci	Not eligible					0
Stephanie	Not eligible					0
David	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 10)				1
Nomination notes	1	2
Against public vote	Claire, David, Gary, James, Kellie
Evicted	David Fewest votes to save

Notes

• ^Note 1 : On Day 5, Leslie was voted via the Big Brother App as "Star of the Show". During the live show, he was chosen to pick two housemates to be banished to the Celebrity Scrapheap. He chose Frenchy and Gary. Big Brother then announced that all housemates living in the scrapheap would face eviction, and more housemates would join them. Later that day, Kellie was also sent to the scrapheap. On Day 6, Leslie sent David to the scrapheap meaning he too would face eviction. On Day 7, Frenchy saved herself in the "More or Less Celebrity" task and chose James to replace her. Following this decision, Leslie named Claire as the final housemate to be sent to the scrapheap.
• ^Note 2 : Shortly after David's eviction on Day 10, housemates nominated face-to-face.

References

External links

• Celebrity Big Brother at Channel5.com