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The Best Episodes of Big Brother Season 5

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Big Brother Season 5 Episode 1 - LIVE Launch Show
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    S5:E1

    In this, the totally LIVE Launch Programme of Big Brother 5, Davina introduces us to all 12 brand new contestants. And it couldn't be a more controversial list. A transsexual, a lesbian, an ex-stripper and an outrageously camp gay, to name just a few. In part one, a brief explanation of the application process (accompanied by all new footage) and a tour of the brand new house, lead by Davina. From here on out, the show is dedicated to the new arrivals. One by one, all 12 housemates enter the building that could be their home for up to 10 weeks. There arrivals are accompanied by a short video that shows some of their more memorable audition moments and introduces them to the viewing public. When all 12 have begun their Reality TV journey, Davina announces plans for the following days task and in an added twist, the contestant that loses will not receive their suitcase, containing everything they wanted to take into the house, for as long as they remain in the game.

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  2. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 23 - Day 20 Highlights
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    S5:E23

    On the night June 16th 2004, Day 20 of the fifth season of Big Brother UK, an argument broke out on a scale never before witnessed in the reality show. This episode, especially extended to one hour, airs the brawl itself and the events of Day 20 that lead to such a colossal disaster for the housemate's relationships. During the day, tempers within the house were already reaching boiling point. Irritated by his constant cold showers (which Emma and Michelle set up), Victor rants inside the Diary Room, but getting no response takes to the roof to protest. Vanessa makes a fatal mistake when she tells Dan and Shell how she doesn't respect Michelle and that her opinions do not matter, unaware that the 'evictee' she is talking about is watching and listening to it all. By the time the two 'evicted' contestants return at around 10.45pm, the atmosphere in the house is at it's most explosive yet. Annoyed by the girls' return, Victor and Jason retreat to the garden to lick their wounds.

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  3. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 81 - LIVE Finale (Part 2)
    5.5/10(9 votes)

    S5:E81

    After ten weeks of bitching, rowing, romance, passion, scheming and just about everything else in between, Big Brother 5 finally comes to a close in the biggest Reality TV finale of the year. Host Davina McCall presides over the night's evictions and announces who has won.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 17 - LIVE Show: Fake Eviction
    5.0/10(8 votes)

    S5:E17

    In a first for the UK Edition of Big Brother, a "fake" eviction was staged. Davina guides the viewers around what will become, for the two "evicted" contestants, their new home for as long as Big Brother decides, the Bedsit. A 70's styled and by anyone's standards, distinctly grotty, one-bedded room with a tiny kitchen and bathroom and little else. However, most importantly, the room contains a large plasma screen and two sets of headphones. The room's feature will allow the two inhabitants of the room to view all the action from the house, live. After the highlights package, Davina drops a bombshell on the unsuspecting housemates. Instead of one, she reveals to them two people will leave the house. Shocked and bemused by this new revelation, the group have precious few seconds to adjust before Davina announces the nominated contestants will have to wait an excruciating 30 minutes to learn of their fate.

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  5. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 24 - Day 21 Highlights
    5.0/10(8 votes)

    S5:E24

    Davina McCall hosts the LIVE Friday night programme, but only this time there is no crowd and no eviction. When events in the house took a sensational turn during the week, Big Brother, eager to avoid any further explosive scenes, decided to put the eviction off for the week in order to give the contestants time to get themselves all sorted out. In this episode, Davina's role is pretty pointless. She introduces a selection of highlights from the previous day. These all revolve around "the morning after the night before" and show the contestants struggling to build the bridges they burned in the previous night's fury. Vanessa and Marco have an argument, when Marco ignites the already volatile situation by calling her "fake" and "two faced". Jason struggles to apologise to anyone, still believing his actions were justified. Nadia and Vanessa put everything behind them and enjoy a genuine apology.

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  6. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 44 - Day 39 Highlights
    5.0/10(8 votes)

    S5:E44

    An aeroplane, sponsored by tabloid newspaper The Sun, flies over the house, and the housemates see it's banner that reads 'Only Becki Nominated Michelle!'. The contestants are confused, and Shell thinks the national newspaper have got their wires crossed and made a mistake. By coincidence, Michelle is in the Diary Room as the time of the plane's flying across the house and so only hears about what it says when she leaves the diary room. Becki continues to lie about it, and says she is totally innocent and confused by the message. Michelle tells her not to worry about it and insists she doesn't mind. Later in the day, the contestants make their nominations, all that is, but Jason and Victor. The rest of the house decided that Ahmed and new girl Becki should face the chop.

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  7. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 45 - Day 40 Highlights
    5.0/10(8 votes)

    S5:E45

    Big Brother reveals to the housemates which of them will be facing eviction in the sixth week. Ahmed and Becki are told they will face possible eviction on Friday. Ahmed, having asked his fellow contestants to vote him off, seems happy. Becki insists she was expecting it, but seems less delighted about the situation. Stuart and Michelle get in trouble for 'snogging' in the garden, and not behind the 'bike sheds' as rules for the Big Brother Primary School require. Michelle must write 100 lines of 'I Must Not Snog The Boys In Inappropriate Places of the School' with a chalk and black board, while Stuart must wear a 'D' hat and stand in the corner without speaking to anyone until further notice. Daniel vents his frustrations to Shell about Becki's joking behaviour at 'registration' when she pretended to act like a silly young girl. Her actions annoyed Daniel because as he put it, this task must now, under any circumstances, be 'f*cked up'.

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  8. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 46 - Day 41 Highlights
    5.0/10(8 votes)

    S5:E46

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  9. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 22 - LIVE Show: Day 19 Highlights
    4.8/10(8 votes)

    S5:E22

    In this special episode, the bedsit duo return to the house. Informed by Big Brother, the other contestants believe they are just enjoying a special fancy dress party. Special it will certainly be. When contacted by Big Brother on their bedsit telephone, the girls rush about getting prepared for the return. When they do arrive back in the house, something special is planned. With their housemates locked safely away in the bedroom, sent their by Big Brother, the two girls hide under the huge dinner table in the living area. Once inside, they each put their heads through holes in the table which lead to the inside of a platter dish. Unaware of the trick, Nadia removes the lid to the platter containing Emma and gets the shock of her life, as do the other contestants. The two they thought were gone are back, and they know more than anyone can imagine.

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  10. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 80 - LIVE Finale (Part 1)
    4.8/10(8 votes)

    S5:E80

    After ten weeks of bitching, rowing, romance, passion, scheming and just about everything else in between, Big Brother 5 finally comes to a close in the biggest Reality TV finale of the year. Host Davina McCall presides over the night's evictions and announces who has won. The show kicks off with some highlights of Day 70 in the house, including the evening's "Big Brother 5 Awards". The announcement that Shell will be the first evictee of the night shortly follows, coming 4th. Her exit is met with rapturous applaud by the audience outside who welcome her with open arms back into the real world. In her interview, she discusses her approach to life in the house which had many wondering - "is she really that nice?".

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  11. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 78 - LIVE Show: Surprise Eviction
    4.6/10(8 votes)

    S5:E78

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  12. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 2 - LIVE Task
    4.3/10(9 votes)

    S5:E2

    The 12 new contestants face their first task, live. And to their surprise, just two days into the show the housemates made their first votes. All of them voted for the person they wanted to see go without their suitcase for the duration of their stay in the house. Loose cannon Kitten, who refused to enter the house initially on launch night, continued her rebellious ways and refused to go to the diary room when asked to do so by Big Brother. The votes were counted, and it was Kitten who the housemates decided should go without her case. Back in the studio, Davina looked through her suitcase to see what she would be missing. In addition, she revealed the first eviction would happen on Day 8 of the show. She also announced some shocking plans for the eviction.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 66 - Day 58 Highlights
    3.2/10(11 votes)

    S5:E66

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  14. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 3 - Day 1/2 Highlights
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E3

    An hour long highlights programme, airing the most memorable moments from the first two days in the house. They include the contestant's entering their new home and their first night, in which they found the 'surprise' of having less beds than people, meaning that some would have to share. Marco speaks frankly to Kitten and says he thinks that one of the females, well, isn't. Brief clips from the task are also shown and after he 'protest', Victor promptly chats in the diary room, revealing that he 'doesn't like that bitch [Kitten]'. Later the same evening, the contestants have a round of mud wrestling and there was mass debate as to if Nadia's breasts were natural or implants. Intelligent Conversation prevails, then.

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  15. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 4 - Day 3 Highlights
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E4

    In the first of the half hour highlight shows in the series, a selection of the best moments from Day 3. They include extrovert Jason cooking the meal, with nothing but a chef's apron on and with his buttocks on full display, Kitten climbing the roof and looking at the surrounding area, despite Big Brother's rules and warnings. The housemates also set up a singing competition, with Jason and Vanessa acting as 'judges' for the occasion. Performances include Marco's unforgettable cover of a song from 'The Little Mermaid' movie and Nadia's rendition of 'Happy Birthday', for Big Brother.

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  16. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 5 - Day 4 Highlights
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E5

    The housemates continued their attempted rebelling, when Stuart came up with the idea of nominating the two housemates at the time that was right for them. Kitten then went on to nominate Big Sister and a statue for eviction. Meanwhile, Jason's new tradition of cooking naked continued with Shellie cooking dinner for the housemates in the nude.

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  17. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 6 - Day 5 Highlights
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E6

    Kitten continues to challenge Big Brother's authority when she pulls the alcohol fridge out from the kitchen and proceeds to try and remove the lock on it. Her actions result in a shocking and drastic statement to be made by Big Brother. It's the last straw for Victor and he doesn't hide his feelings of frustrations towards Kitten's increasingly childish actions. Meanwhile, Jason and Victor tell Ahmed he needs to ""Step Up"" or risk getting booted out of the house. Confused by what they mean, Jason explains to him how he needs to participate more in discussions and ""cause tension"" among his fellow contestants. No longer than 20 minutes after his advice, Ahmed follows through by confronting Marco and accusing him of being ""unfriendly"" towards him and declares that he didn't even greet him properly on the first night. Heavily effected by such comments, Marco visits the diary room in tears later the same evening.

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  18. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 7 - Day 6 Highlights
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E7

    In an especially extended episode, to cover all of Day 6's incredible action, Big Brother makes a shocking announcement that none of the contestants wants to hear. After writing offensive phrases on the mirror's as a ""protest"", Kitten is given a third warning. As explained to the housemates the previous day, such action would mean that one of the contestants would be evicted, and true to their promise, a statement was released to the contestants informing them a contestant will be evicted because of Kitten's actions. When and Who was not revealed. The shocking announcement causes a huge rift, and Emma promptly tells Kitten how selfish she feels she is being, and how she needs to take responsibility for her actions. Her comments are met with fierce rivalry from Kitten and she tells Emma she is naive for 'playing into Big Brother's hands' by blaming her.

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  19. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 8 - LIVE Show: Day 7 Highlights & Pre-Eviction
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E8

    After a night of fun and games, the housemates were reminded that Big Brother was in control. Big Brother had stated that one Housemate would be evicted because of Kitten's continuous rule breaking. And the evicted housemate was Kitten. But for the first time in Big Brother history, a housemate (Kitten) refused to leave the house, and Big Brother was forced to lower the Cash Price to £91,000 before she finally left the house. For Kitten's advantage, there was no crowd to greet her as she left the house, and was only forced to deal with the press.

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  20. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 9 - LIVE Show: Eviction
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E9

    The Saturday Night Task featured the 11 Housemates taking part in a task that could cost them to loose up to £9,000 of their Cash Price. The housemates were told to choose the most intelligent housemate (Stuart) and the strongest housemate (Jason). The remaining housemates were placed on a roundabout that was situated in the garden. Jason then began to spin the roundabout until Stuart answered a question correctly, and Stuart continued to chose one housemate to leave the roundabout every time he answered a question correctly. By the end of the task, Marco was sick while on the roundabout, with Shellie on the edge of sickness. And the housemates lost another £5,000 of their Cash Price, which now leaves them with £86,000.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 10 - Live Task
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E10

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  22. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 11 - Day 8/9 Highlights
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E11

    Highlights from the second weekend in the Big Brother House. The build up to Kitten's eviction is profiled, including one of her last protests. Demanding more alcohol, better food and no eviction/nomination procedures, Kitten climbs onto the roof again. Vanessa, Daniel and Shell begin to air there feelings about Michelle and Stuart's romance in private to each other and all agree that they do not think Michelle's show of emotion and affection is genuine. "Part of her game plan", they suggest. An argument breaks out and sends a strong divide down the group when a party, provided for by Big Brother turns into a mass food fight amongst Stuart, Michelle, Emma, Marco and Nadia. Distinctly unimpressed by their antics, Daniel demands they clean up the mess, and along with Shell, Vanessa, Jason and Ahmed makes it clear he is angry at their "selfish and childlike" behaviour.

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  23. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 12 - Day 10 Highlights
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E12

    The Drama continued in the Big Brother house with yet another outburst between two of the Housemates, by Emma walking in on Victor on the toilet. Meanwhile, a relationship between Vanessa and Jason is slowly developing, but Vanessa is not sure where she wants it to go. And the housemates have begun their weekly task, which involves them running a 24 hour Burger Bar, under the name of Big Bro.

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  24. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 13 - Day 11 Highlights
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E13

    This Episode marked the Housemates first Nominations in the Big Brother House. But this week, Big Brother will create another twist, as the two housemates chosen to leave the house will go into a secret room and watch the housemates for 4 days, until they return back into the house. The housemates that are up for the 'Eviction with a twist' are, Ahmed, Emma and Michelle. Meanwhile, the housemates continued their Weekly Task at running a burger bar, and failed to deliver the correct order for the first time. As Michelle struggled to remember the order that Big Brother had given her. The housemates only have two more chances, before they fail the weekly task.

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  25. Big Brother Season 5 Episode 14 - Day 12 Highlights
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E14

    The housemates are told the results of the first nominations by Big Brother. Michelle takes the news badly and cries twice during the day, to be comforted by Nadia and Marco and later by her love interest Stuart. Ahmed confronts Marco about why he brought in 300 cigarettes to the house when he doesn't even smoke. When the group tries to explain that it was a thoughtful gesture, Ahmed begins complaining about passive smoking. Later in the evening, Jason discusses his tactics for the ten weeks with Victor and Stuart.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"LIVE Launch Show" is the best rated episode of Big Brother season 5. It scored 7.2/10 from 17 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on May 28, 2004. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Day 20 Highlights".