Big Brother has returned to screens with a bang after a game of Pass the Parcel left a new housemate at risk of eviction - and emotional.
The influential social experiment, which sees housemates live together in a custom-built home for weeks without access to the outside world in a bid to win £100,000, opened its doors for the first time in five years at the weekend.
The reality series premiered on ITV2 and Virgin Media Two on Sunday, with new hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best introducing a batch of 16 contestants to the brand-new house in front of a live studio audience.
During the third game of the "housewarming party", 23-year-old dancer Olivia from Glasgow was chosen by Jenkin from Bridgend in Wales as the contestant he thinks will be hardest to live with, telling her "I don't think we've gelled."
This patriotic Scot is not to be messed with! #BBUK pic.twitter.com/ASZZLtjhZE
— Big Brother UK (@bbuk) October 8, 2023
As her punishment, Big Brother announced that Olivia would be facing the first public eviction on Friday.
After the game of Pass the Parcel had ended, Olivia started crying in the garden to make-up artist Farida, 50, saying: "I was second last in and I felt like it was a bit unfair."
Later in the diary room, Big Brother told Olivia that she can "change her fate and win immunity" during a game the housemates will play in 24 hours where they rank themselves from most to least entertaining.
Talking about the game, she said Jenkin is "obviously intimidated by me", but "at least I don't have the worst dress sense so whatever".
It comes after 40-year-old NHS manager Kerry chose Jenkin as the housemate with "the most questionable dress sense", which meant he would not receive his suitcase - before a video was shown of his suitcase being blown up.
He was later given a tub of "essential" clothes in the diary room, and he said he felt "guilty about the Olivia thing", calling himself "public enemy number one".
Earlier in the night, Jenkin, 25, also lost a game of Hide and Seek and "will not receive hot water for the next 24 hours".
Big Brother started in 2000 on Channel 4 before Channel 5 took over in 2011, later axing the show in 2018 after a ratings slump.
Ahead of this year's launch, Odudu and Best asked fans of the show to be kind online, posting a video to the official Big Brother Instagram that said the "housemates are real people with their real lives".
Odudu added: "Let's make this the most positive series yet and give all of the housemates the respect that you would wish for if you were a housemate too. Is that a deal?"
Similar to the recent series of ITV's Love Island, housemates, their families and friends have also been asked not to post any content about the show on their individual social media accounts while they are in the house.
It comes as UK broadcasters' duty of care policies have faced scrutiny following a number of controversies involving on-screen talent.
The new batch of housemates received training to set out the "expectation for appropriate behaviour and language" before taking part in the show, ITV said.
Source: Press Association
