# Big Brother (British TV series) series 4

Big Brother 2003, also known as Big Brother 4, was the fourth series of the British reality television series Big Brother. The show followed thirteen contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built House. Each week, one or more of the housemates were evicted by a public vote. The last remaining housemate, Cameron Stout, was declared the winner, winning a cash prize of £70,000.
As with the previous three series, Big Brother 4 lasted 64 days. It launched on Channel 4 on 23 May 2003 and ended on 25 July 2003. Davina McCall returned as presenter for her fourth consecutive year. Twelve housemates entered on launch night, with one additional housemate being introduced in the sixth week. The series was watched by an average of 4.6 million viewers, the fourth highest viewed series of the show to date (joint with Big Brother 6).
Big Brother 4 has since been regarded as one of the most "boring" series of the British edition of the show. It did, however, become memorable for a bomb scare that led to the temporary evacuation of the House, and for being the first UK series of Big Brother to feature a double eviction, foreign housemate exchange and a return of a previously evicted housemate.

## Pre-Series
### Auditions

Potential housemates applied by sending producers a home video that stated why they should be housemates. Successful candidates were invited to further rounds of auditions. This was the last year to feature this audition format as from Big Brother 5, open auditions were used to select housemates.
Big Brother 4 had more than 10,000 applicants apply to be a housemate.

### Presenters

Davina McCall continued to host the main show and Dermot O'Leary continued to host the spin-off show, Big Brother's Little Brother. Marcus Bentley continued to narrate the show.

### Promotion

This series was promoted as being a 'Back to Basics' edition; following the twists to the format introduced within the past series.

#### Promotion controversy

To promote the series, a large 210 ft hill figure of the eye logo was painted on the top of White Horse Hill, Oxfordshire, right above the famous Uffington White Horse, believed to be around 3,000 years old. The eye first appeared on 1 May 2003 and was created by seven circlemakers. Although permission for the figure's construction was agreed to by The National Trust, the figure angered local residents. It was washed off the day after completion.
This figure was one of several examples of the eye being presented as a geoglyph to promote the fourth series. Others included another hill figure, approximately half the size of that at Uffington, being placed next to Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness, Scotland, which appeared from 3–5 May, alongside a crop circle in a secret location in Southern England and as a depiction on a beach in Kidwelly, Wales.

### Broadcasts

The series premiered on 23 May 2003, on Channel 4. The contestants were recorded 24 hours a day with cameras fixed around the house, and the wearing of portable microphones mandatory. Big Brother 4 was the second regular series to feature a live launch. The series ended on 25 July 2003, lasting for a total of 64 days. Channel 4 broadcast a 30-minute highlights show nightly, with each Friday episode being a live episode that saw one of the housemates evicted from the house. Live coverage from the house also remained a huge part of E4's daily and nightly schedule. A new show named Nominations Uncut was broadcast on E4 every Tuesday, in which it would show housemates nominations in full, rather than edited clips as seen in the main show. During Cameron's visit to Africa, E4 showed highlights of his stay straight after the main Channel 4 show.

### Eye logo

The shape of the eye remained the same as the previous year, but a different art design was used. The eye was multi-coloured with black and white stripes beaming from the pupil of the eye.

### Sponsorship

The series was the last to be sponsored by O2. The mobile network had sponsored Big Brother since Big Brother 2 in 2001.

### House

The Big Brother house has been located at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire since the third series of the show. The house featured a completely new look compared to the previous series. The living room for this series was one-third smaller than the one featured in the previous series, and features red and green couches and chairs. The kitchen remained simple in design, with only necessities such as an oven, fridge, and sink included. The dining table was located beside the kitchen and was coloured yellow and white. The Diary Room featured a soft pink coloured background and contained a large blue chair. Like previous editions of the series, there were two bedrooms in this series, with the two being located beside one another for the first time. Big Brother 4 saw the return of the chicken coop in the garden, a feature used in the first two series. The chickens were used as a source of food (eggs), thus the housemates were not required to buy eggs as a part of their weekly shopping list. The house garden also included a large seating area and a vegetable patch which the housemates could use to grow plants and vegetables to eat. This series introduced the Rewards Room, where the winning housemates of the weekly live task were invited and were often thrown a party.

### Format Changes

Big Brother 4 featured an opening night twist, like the previous two series. Housemates had to nominate one housemate for eviction on the first night, and any housemates who received even one nomination were automatically up against the public vote.
Later in the series, housemate, Cameron Stout, accepted a challenge from Big Brother and discovered it meant spending a week in the Big Brother Africa house. Housemate Gaetano spent time in the Big Brother 4 house while Cameron was in Africa.
Big Brother 4 was the first series to feature a double eviction, with two out of the three nominated housemates being evicted on Day 29. On Day 37, Lisa entered the house as part of a twist. This series was also the first to allow previously evicted housemates to return, with ex-housemate Jon entering the house for a second time on Day 50. He remained in the house until the finale, but was ineligible to win the grand prize.

## Housemates

| Name | Age on entry | Hometown | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
| Cameron Stout | 32 | Stromness, Orkney | 1 | 64 | Winner |
| Ray Shah | 25 | Dublin | 1 | 64 | Runner-up |
| Scott Turner | 27 | Liverpool | 1 | 64 | 3rd Place |
| Stephanie "Steph" Coldicott | 27 | Redditch | 1 | 64 | 4th Place |
| Annuszka "Nush" Nowak | 23 | Worcestershire | 1 | 57 | Evicted |
| Lisa Jeynes | 35 | South Wales | 37 | 50 | Evicted |
| Herjender "Gos" Gosal | 31 | London | 1 | 44 | Evicted |
| Tânia do Nascimento | 22 | London | 1 | 36 | Evicted |
| Jonathan "Jon" Tickle | 29 | Staines | 1 | 29 | Evicted |
| Federico Martone | 23 | Glasgow | 1 | 29 | Evicted |
| Joanne "Sissy" Rooney | 26 | Toxteth | 1 | 22 | Evicted |
| Justine Sellman | 27 | Leeds | 1 | 15 | Evicted |
| Anouska Golebiewski | 20 | Greater Manchester | 1 | 8 | Evicted |
* ↑ Jon re-entered the House as a guest not eligible to win on Day 50 after winning a public vote to return. He stayed in the House as a guest until the live final on Day 64.

### Post-Series

Housemates from Big Brother 4 failed to make many appearances in future regular series' since their evictions. However, Anouska was a participant in the 2004 spin-off series Big Brother Panto, along with other housemates from the first five series'. Housemate Federico later appeared in Big Brother 10, participating in a task celebrating ten years of the series, and Ultimate Big Brother saw housemate Lisa make an appearance participating in a task inspired by her time in Big Brother 4, and Jon also made a short appearance in a task.

## Weekly summary

| Week 1 | Entrances | On Day 1, Anouska, Cameron, Federico, Gos, Jon, Justine, Nush, Ray, Scott, Sissy, Steph and Tânia entered the house. |
| Week 1 | Twists | Upon entering the house, Davina told the housemates that they would all be nominating one housemate for eviction. If a housemates received at least one vote, they would automatically be nominated for eviction. |
| Week 1 | Tasks | On Day 3, the housemates were given their first shopping task. They were required to power a pedalo non-stop for 72 hours. The housemates wagered 50% of their weekly shopping budget on the task. The housemates failed their shopping task. |
| Week 1 | Nominations | Anouska, Federico, Jon and Scott received at least one nomination and faced the public vote. |
| Week 1 | Exits | On Day 8, Anouska was evicted from the house, receiving 46% of the public vote to evict. |
| Week 2 | Tasks | On Day 9, the housemates were given a task to earn entry into the reward room. The housemates were split into two teams to play a game of tug of war. The green team consisted of Gos, Jon, Justine, Scott and Steph. The yellow team consisted of Cameron, Federico, Nush, Ray and Tânia. Sissy was the umpire. The green team won the challenge and gained access to the reward room. On Day 10, the housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which the housemates were given a chance to become honorary members of the Cub Scouts. The housemates wagered 65% of their weekly shopping budget on the task. The housemates failed their shopping task. |
| Week 2 | Nominations | The housemates nominated for the second time. Jon and Justine received the most nominations and faced the public vote. |
| Week 2 | Exits | On Day 15, Justine was evicted from the house, receiving 57% of the public vote to evict. |
| Week 3 | Tasks | On Day 16, the housemates took part in a game of pass the parcel to decide who would earn entry into the reward room. Cameron, Federico, Gos, Jon, Nush, Scott and Tânia all won access to the reward room. On Day 17, the housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which they had to memorize and perform a musical tune on a set of handbells. The housemates wagered 65% of their weekly shopping budget on the task. The housemates failed their shopping task. On Day 20, the housemates were given a task in which they had to name the tune that they had been performing as part of their shopping task. The housemates passed this task and earned a Chinese takeaway. |
| Week 3 | Nominations | The housemates nominated for the third time. Federico, Jon and Sissy received the most nominations and faced the public vote. |
| Week 3 | Exits | On Day 22, Sissy was evicted from the house, receiving 45% of the public vote to evict. |
| Week 4 | Tasks | On Day 23, the housemates took part in a game of charades to decide who would earn entry into the reward room. Cameron, Federico, Nush, Ray, Steph and Tânia all won access to the reward room. On Day 24, the housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which they had to create superhero alter egos and perform tasks within their chosen alter ego. The housemates wagered 85% of their weekly shopping budget. The housemates passed their shopping task. |
| Week 4 | Nominations | The housemates nominated for the fourth time. Cameron, Federico and Jon received the most nominations and faced the public vote. |
| Week 4 | Exits | On Day 29, Federico and Jon were both evicted from the house, receiving 40% and 37% of the public vote to evict, respectively. |
| Week 5 | Entrances | On Day 32, Gaetano, from the Big Brother House in South Africa, entered the house as a surprise international Big Brother swap. |
| Week 5 | Twists | On Day 31, Cameron was chosen to travel to the Big Brother House in South Africa. He was swapped with Big Brother Africa housemate Gaetano. Cameron returned to the house on Day 36. |
| Week 5 | Tasks | On Day 30, the housemates took part in a geography quiz to determine who would earn entry into the reward room. Cameron won the task and chose Gos, Ray, Scott, Steph and Tania to join him. On Day 33, the housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which they had to memorize facts about each other. The housemates wagered 95% of their weekly shopping budget. The housemates passed their shopping task. |
| Week 5 | Nominations | The housemates nominated for the fifth time. Nush, Steph and Tânia received the most nominations and faced the public vote. |
| Week 5 | Exits | On Day 35, Gaetano left the Big Brother UK house and returned to the Big Brother Africa house. On Day 36, Tânia was evicted from the house, receiving 72% of the public vote to evict. |
| Week 6 | Entrances | On Day 37, Lisa entered the house. |
| Week 6 | Tasks | On Day 37, the housemates each drew straws to determine who would earn entry into the reward room. All housemates earned entry into the reward room. On Day 38, the housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which they had to take part in gymkhana. The housemates wagered 100% of their weekly shopping budget. The housemates passed their shopping task. |
| Week 6 | Nominations | The housemates nominated for the sixth time. Gos, Nush and Ray received the most nominations and faced the public vote. Due to being a new housemate, Lisa was exempt from the nomination process. |
| Week 6 | Exits | On Day 44, Gos was evicted from the house, receiving 46% of the public vote to evict. |
| Week 7 | Entrances | On Day 50, Jon was chosen by the public to re-enter the house as a guest. He would stay until the final day, but would be ineligible to win. |
| Week 7 | Tasks | On Day 45, housemates had to choose a robot animal to represent them in a race. Ray won the challenge and became the Head of House. Cameron lost the challenge and was the only housemate not permitted to enter the reward room. On Day 48, the housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which Ray had to gamble money from the shopping budget on the spin of a roulette wheel. Ray won the group a shopping budget of £2. |
| Week 7 | Nominations | Due to being the Head of House, Ray was the only housemate permitted to nominate this week. He nominated Cameron, Lisa and Steph, and they faced the public vote. |
| Week 7 | Exits | On Day 50, Lisa was evicted from the house, receiving 82% of the public vote to evict. |
| Week 8 | Tasks | On Day 51, the housemates played a game of bingo to determine who would earn entry into the reward room. Ray won the task and chose Cameron to join him in the reward room. On Day 52, the housemates played another game of bingo to determine who would earn entry into the reward room. Scott won the task and chose Nush to join him in the reward room. On Day 54, the housemates were given their next weekly shopping task, in which the housemates had to write and perform six songs based on their experiences in the house. The housemates passed their shopping task and earned a luxury shopping budget. |
| Week 8 | Nominations | The housemates nominated for the eighth and final time this season. Cameron and Nush received the most nominations and faced the public vote. |
| Week 8 | Exits | On Day 57, Nush was evicted from the house, receiving 67% of the public vote to evict. |
| Week 9 | Tasks | On Day 58, the housemates had five minutes to find five needles in a hay stack that Big Brother had placed in the garden. The housemates found two needles in the hay stack and earned two nights in the reward room. On Day 59, the housemates were given their final weekly shopping task, in which they were given various topics to discuss about for a minimum of ten minutes. The housemates failed their shopping task. |
| Week 9 | Exits | On Day 64, Steph left the house in fourth place and Scott left the house in third place. It was then revealed that Cameron was the winner, leaving Ray as the runner-up. |

## Nominations table

| | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 Final | Week 9 Final | Nominations received |
| Cameron | Anouska | Jon, Tânia | Jon, Federico | Jon, Federico | Tânia, Nush | Nush, Ray | Not eligible | Nush, Ray | Winner (Day 64) | Winner (Day 64) | 11 |
| Ray | Jon | Jon, Justine | Jon, Cameron | Jon, Cameron | Tânia, Steph | Nush, Gos | Cameron, Lisa, Steph | Nush, Cameron | Runner-up (Day 64) | Runner-up (Day 64) | 11 |
| Scott | Anouska | Steph, Jon | Steph, Jon | Jon, Cameron | Steph, Tânia | Gos, Steph | Not eligible | Steph, Cameron | Third place (Day 64) | Third place (Day 64) | 7 |
| Steph | Federico | Scott, Federico | Jon, Sissy | Federico, Ray | Ray, Nush | Ray, Nush | Not eligible | Scott, Nush | Fourth place (Day 64) | Fourth place (Day 64) | 11 |
| Nush | Scott | Ray, Jon | Jon, Federico | Federico, Jon | Gos, Steph | Steph, Gos | Not eligible | Steph, Cameron | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | 11 |
| Lisa | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Exempt | Not eligible | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | 1 |
| Gos | Anouska | Justine, Jon | Federico, Sissy | Federico, Scott | Ray, Nush | Ray, Nush | Evicted (Day 44) | Evicted (Day 44) | Evicted (Day 44) | Evicted (Day 44) | 5 |
| Tânia | Jon | Cameron, Sissy | Jon, Sissy | Cameron, Jon | Gos, Scott | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | 6 |
| Jon | Anouska | Justine, Federico | Sissy, Nush | Federico, Ray | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Guest (Day 50–64) | Guest (Day 50–64) | Guest (Day 50–64) | 21 |
| Federico | Jon | Justine, Tânia | Cameron, Steph | Tânia, Cameron | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | 12 |
| Sissy | Anouska | Ray, Scott | Scott, Federico | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | 5 |
| Justine | Anouska | Jon, Ray | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | 4 |
| Anouska | Jon | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | Evicted (Day 8) | 6 |
| Against public vote | Anouska, Federico, Jon, Scott | Jon, Justine | Federico, Jon, Sissy | Cameron, Federico, Jon | Nush, Steph, Tânia | Gos, Nush, Ray | Cameron, Lisa, Steph | Cameron, Nush | Cameron, Ray, Scott, Steph | Cameron, Ray, Scott, Steph | |
| Evicted | Anouska 46% to evict | Justine 57% to evict | Sissy 45% to evict | Federico 40% to evict | Tânia 72% to evict | Gos 46% to evict | Lisa 82% to evict | Nush 67% to evict | Steph 7% (out of 4) | Scott 27% (out of 3) | |
| Evicted | Anouska 46% to evict | Justine 57% to evict | Sissy 45% to evict | Jon 37% to evict | Tânia 72% to evict | Gos 46% to evict | Jon 62% to return | Nush 67% to evict | Ray 43% (out of 2) | Cameron 57% to win | |