About this season
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack was a special series of Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off series of the British reality television programme Big Brother. It was broadcast on E4 from 3 January - 28 January 2008. A number of closely associated programmes also aired on the same channel. Dermot O'Leary - who had hosted Big Brother's Little Brother since 2001 - was the main host of Celebrity Hijack, and it was his final series of Big Brother. The series was announced on 8 October 2007 by Channel 4 and that it would be replacing Celebrity Big Brother in January 2008, due to the widely publicised racism controversy in Celebrity Big Brother 5. In 2009, Celebrity Big Brother returned to Channel 4 and no further series' of Celebrity Hijack were produced. The premise of the series saw one celebrity a day taking control, with the help of Big Brother; organising their own tasks, making their own rules and talking to the housemates in the Diary Room. They were in charge of a set of housemates, ranging in age from 18–21 years old and all having a special talent. The housemates competed to be the last to leave the house for a £50,000 prize. The series ended on 28 January where John Loughton was voted as the winner.
Episodes (33)
1. The Live Launch
Aired 3 January 2008 • 60 min
12 Celebrity Big Brother contestants are isolated from the outside world for 26 days in a custom built house.
2. Day 2
Aired 4 January 2008 • 60 min
3. Day 3
Aired 5 January 2008 • 60 min
4. Day 4
Aired 6 January 2008 • 60 min
5. Day 5
Aired 7 January 2008 • 60 min
6. Diary Room Uncut: Week One
Aired 6 January 2008 • 60 min
7. Hijacked by Alan Cumming
Aired 7 January 2008 • 60 min
8. Hijacked by Kelly Osbourne
Aired 8 January 2008 • 60 min
9. Hijacked by Russell Brand
Aired 8 January 2008 • 60 min
10. Hijacked by John McCririck
Aired 10 January 2008 • 60 min
11. Eviction Night: Hijacked by Janet Street-Porter
Aired 11 January 2008 • 60 min
12. Hijacked by Trash Pussies
Aired 12 January 2008 • 60 min
13. Hijacked by Andy McNab
Aired 13 January 2008 • 60 min
14. Diary Room Uncut: Week Two
Aired 13 January 2008 • 60 min
15. Hijacked by Chris Moyles
Aired 14 January 2008 • 60 min
16. Hijacked by Brian Sewell
Aired 15 January 2008 • 60 min
17. Hijacked by Joan Rivers
Aired 16 January 2008 • 60 min
18. Hijacked by Keith Lemon/Craig David/Leigh Francis
Aired 17 January 2008 • 60 min
19. Double Eviction Night: Hijacked by Denise Van Outen - Show One
Aired 18 January 2008 • 60 min
20. Double Eviction Night: Show Two
Aired 18 January 2008 • 60 min
21. Hijacked by Scott Mills
Aired 19 January 2008 • 60 min
22. Hijacked by the McQueen Sisters
Aired 20 January 2008 • 60 min
23. Diary Room Uncut: Week Three
Aired 20 January 2008 • 60 min
24. Hijacked by James Corden & Mathew Horne
Aired 21 January 2008 • 60 min
25. Hijacked by Mackenzie Crook
Aired 22 January 2008 • 60 min
26. Surprise Eviction Night: Hijacked by Nicole Appleton & Melanie Blatt - Show One
Aired 23 January 2008 • 60 min
27. Surprise Eviction Night: Show Two
Aired 23 January 2008 • 60 min
28. Hijacked by Roseanne Barr
Aired 24 January 2008 • 60 min
29. Double Eviction Night: Hijacked by Jimmy Carr
Aired 25 January 2008 • 60 min
30. Hijacked by Malcolm McLaren
Aired 26 January 2008 • 60 min
31. Hijacked by Kate Lawler
Aired 27 January 2008 • 60 min
32. Diary Room Uncut: Week Four
Aired 27 January 2008 • 60 min
33. Final: Hijacked by Sugababes
Aired 28 January 2008 • 60 min