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| Twins Sam and Amanda Marchant are favourites to triumph in the final of the UK's eighth series of Big Brother, which is currently taking place. | Twins Sam and Amanda Marchant are favourites to triumph in the final of the UK's eighth series of Big Brother, which is currently taking place. |
| The sisters, 19, have agreed to be counted as a single contestant in the public vote for the £100,000 prize. | The sisters, 19, have agreed to be counted as a single contestant in the public vote for the £100,000 prize. |
| Brian Belo is also still in the house. Tree surgeon Liam McGough came third. | |
| Former boy band member Ziggy Lichman, 26, finished in fourth place. Carole Vincent, 53, came fifth, while 36-year-old Jonty Stern was sixth. | |
| Carole told viewers she had learned "loads" during the 13 weeks. "I've learned that I don't know it all," she said. | |
| "That I can let other people do stuff. That I'm very bossy so I need to ease up a bit." | |
| BB'S MEMORABLE MOMENTS Man-free zoneFor the first time ever, the show kicked off with an all-female house | BB'S MEMORABLE MOMENTS Man-free zoneFor the first time ever, the show kicked off with an all-female house |
| First ever twinsSam and Amanda Marchant, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, were the first twins to enter the house. The dizzy blondes were nicknamed Dumb and Dumber | First ever twinsSam and Amanda Marchant, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, were the first twins to enter the house. The dizzy blondes were nicknamed Dumb and Dumber |
| Emily booted outAfter the Celebrity Big Brother race row, Emily Parr (pictured) was thrown out for using a racially offensive word in the show's first week | Emily booted outAfter the Celebrity Big Brother race row, Emily Parr (pictured) was thrown out for using a racially offensive word in the show's first week |
| Most hated contestantCharley Uchea rated herself ten out of ten for attractiveness and ruthlessness, but viewers voted her out at the first opportunity | Most hated contestantCharley Uchea rated herself ten out of ten for attractiveness and ruthlessness, but viewers voted her out at the first opportunity |
| Chanelle and ZiggyThe couple's on-off romance divided viewers, but Chanelle finally had enough of their blazing rows and quit the show Carole was the house's mother figure with her cooking and cleaning. "You'll be surprised to hear I'm not at all obsessed about cleaning at home," she said, explaining she was driven to it in the house by boredom. | |
| Jonty said he had not expected to get to the final. "I thought I was going to last one week," he told host Davina McCall. "So I've been here five times longer than I thought." | |
| He said he used his teddy bears to help him through tough situations because they were "not nervous" like him. | |
| But he found he was accepted in his own right. "That was absolutely amazing," he said. "I was a lot more accepted than I thought I was going to be." | |
| Viewing figures for the reality show are down from previous years, with the biggest audience coming during Charley Uchea's "fake" eviction in week seven. | |
| Just under six million people tuned in to see the 22-year-old leave the house and face the public, before she returned to the contest for a further week. | |
| Liam has already secured £100,000 from Big Brother after being selected as the most deserving recipient by three of his fellow housemates. | Liam has already secured £100,000 from Big Brother after being selected as the most deserving recipient by three of his fellow housemates. |
| The show started 13 weeks ago with an all-female house. | The show started 13 weeks ago with an all-female house. |
| Race row | |
| Events took a turn for the worse early on, when 19-year-old Emily Parr used a racially offensive word during a conversation with Charley and Nicky Maxwell. | Events took a turn for the worse early on, when 19-year-old Emily Parr used a racially offensive word during a conversation with Charley and Nicky Maxwell. |
| Channel 4, wishing to avoid a similar controversy to the race row that engulfed Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year, removed the Bristolian from the house hours later. | Channel 4, wishing to avoid a similar controversy to the race row that engulfed Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year, removed the Bristolian from the house hours later. |
| The incident was broadcast, drawing 5 million viewers. Channel 4 said it had been important to show Emily using the word to demonstrate its "unacceptability". | The incident was broadcast, drawing 5 million viewers. Channel 4 said it had been important to show Emily using the word to demonstrate its "unacceptability". |
| In total, 23 contestants and one fake housemate walked through doors of the Big Brother compound this year. | In total, 23 contestants and one fake housemate walked through doors of the Big Brother compound this year. |
| But audiences fell as the twists and turns of the show's run played out, with last week's penultimate eviction show drawing just 3.8 million viewers. | But audiences fell as the twists and turns of the show's run played out, with last week's penultimate eviction show drawing just 3.8 million viewers. |
| Friday's live final will be the first in the programme's history to be broadcast with a time delay because contestants on last year's show broke rules on swearing before the watershed. | Friday's live final will be the first in the programme's history to be broadcast with a time delay because contestants on last year's show broke rules on swearing before the watershed. |