''Big Brother 19'' (UK)

Creative team

Endemol confirmed that a new creative team had been formed ahead of the series. Paul Osborne, executive producer of Big Brother 7, returns to overlook the new series as Creative Director. Tamsin Dodgson was also announced to return as Executive Editor. ^[3] Trevor Boris was also later hired as a senior producer after co-producing Big Brother Canada since its inception.^[4]

Format

On several occasions in the run-up to Celebrity Big Brother 22, various news reports and Big Brother alumni hinted at the series going back to its roots, with less producer manipulation and a focus on the show as a social experiment.^[5]

The shows' producers also met with several fansites to discuss the direction of the show, with it being heavily reported that the show will bring back weekly shopping tasks and a consistent nominations format.^[6][7][8][9]

Eye logo

It was confirmed by creative director Paul Osborne that the series would have a "separate identity" from the Celebrity Big Brother 22.^[5]

The eye was revealed on 4 September 2018, with Osborne commenting on its look of "a vast luminous orb of colours".^[10]

Cancellation

On 24 August 2018 while speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival Channel 5 controller Ben Frow announced that he was planning for a year without the Big Brother franchise on Channel 5 in 2019, confirming that the current three-year contract expires at Christmas 2018.^[11] Frow had previously stated at the 2017 event that he'd be much happier with a channel without Big Brother on it.^[12] On 14 September 2018, Channel 5 confirmed that both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother had been axed and that this series would be "the end of the game”.

Week 1

• Ahead of the launch, the viewers were able to give one housemate an early advantage in the game by voting in a public vote for their favourite housemate based on just their occupation, age and home town. They chose "The Waitress" Sîan, who began the game with 100 Big Coins. On launch night, the housemates were told that they'd be competing against each other to collect Big Coins with the three poorest housemates ultimately facing the first eviction. Zoe, the occupant of Bed 13, was also given the secret power of swapping coin totals with another housemate of her choice, and chose Lewis G.^[14] At the end of the week, Anamélia, Kay and Sîan faced eviction.^[15] Following Anamélia's eviction, she decided to donate her coins to Tomasz.

Week 2

• The second week featured housemates taking part in an auction, where they could bid for luxuries with their coins. With Akeem being the richest housemate at the time of nominations, he was able to take part in the Gamechanger task alongside the nominees and two housemates of his choice. As punishment for discussing nominations, Lewis F was deducted 100 Big Coins. Tomasz was also given the opportunity to secretly earn himself more coins by putting the luxury shopping task at risk. Following Lewis G's eviction, he decided to donate his coins to Isaac.

Week 3

• The third week featured housemates going into the task room one by one where each housemate's stack of coins were shown. Each housemate had 90-seconds to decide where to distribute the coins by taking some from coins from a housemate's stack and placing them somewhere else. Another auction then took place where housemates could spend their coins. With Cian the richest housemate at the time, he was able to play the Gamechanger alongside the nominees. Following Isaac's eviction, he decided to donate his coins to Tomasz.

Week 4

• The fourth week featured another auction where immunity from the next set of nominations was on offer. As punishment for discussing nominations, Lewis F was deducted 100 coins from his total. The housemates were told that they could give a 250 Big Coin advantage to one of the new housemates; Hussain or Isabella, who were currently bankrupt. They chose Isabella. However, Isabella was then asked which housemate she'd like to take the coins from, choosing Tomasz, the richest housemate at the time. With Cian being the richest housemate at the time of nominations, he was able to play the Gamechanger alongside the nominees. Following Kenaley's eviction, she decided to donate her coins to Hussain.

Notes

• ^Note 1 : In the first week, there were no nominations. Instead, housemates were tasked with collecting "Big Coins". The three housemates with the fewest amount faced the public vote.
• ^Note 2 :      This housemate was nominated by the public, as they received the fewest votes in an app poll.
• ^Note 3 : Each week, up to six Housemates, including the nominees and the richest housemate, will compete for the power to save a nominee from eviction.
• ^Note 4 : As new housemates, Hussain and Isabella were immune from nominations. Tomasz also bought immunity at the weekly auction.
• ^Note 5 : This week there will be two evictions. Following the regular eviction on Day 36, the housemates will instantly nominate, play the Gamechanger competition, which will result in another eviction during the remaining duration of the eviction show.