Controversy and criticism

Since its inception in Summer 2000, Big Brother Ireland has constantly been recieving controversy and critism surrounding events that have happened in the house.

Big Brother 1

 * When Jack recieved his 'kiss of death' task, this sparked controversy as viewers complained that this invaded the 'no contact of the outside world' rule.
 * Week 4's fake nominations were described by viewers as 'absolutely pointless'. Fake nominations were not seen again until the eleventh series of Big Brother in 2010.

Big Brother 2

 * The second series of Big Brother was the main cause of controversy. From Week 2 onwards, Tom McDermott was the victim of bullying from other housemate Chloe Ferguson. Viewers immediately took to forums demanding Chloe's ejection, but producers were lazy to this response and Chloe was evicted on Week 4.
 * When Chloe survived eviction on Week 3, viewers complained that Big Brother was 'fixed' to make the show more interesting.

Big Brother 3

 * Big Brother 3 was highly criticized mainly surrounding Jade's faked walk from the competition and the series cut short. It was voted least favourite Big Brother series in 2010.

Big Brother 5

 * Big Brother 5 saw the first ejections of the whole show. Viewers said that Jameli and Shane were removed from the house for all the wrong reasons and should have stayed.
 * When Michelle returned to the house, then-host Holly Willougby stated that she was not eligible to win. This caused much confusion to voters.

Big Brother 6

 * On Day 49, Katelyn was ejected from the Big Brother house. Twitterers said that 'she shouldn't have been removed by Big Brother' and 'it wasn't just her involved'. Big Brother therefore decided to put her back in as a guest housemate part-way through Week 10.

Big Brother 8

 * The show was highly criticized on Week 6 for producers not acting quick enough to Michael's injury in the garden. The same week the eviction was cancelled, and the show lacked viewers. Bonnie, Dennis and Katie returned to liven up the house.

Big Brother 9

 * On Week 2, a huge fight known as 'Fight Night' broke out between Darrell, Faye, Misha, Rebekah, Ricardo, Ronnie, Victor and Sabrina. One part of the fight included Misha, Ronnie, Victor and Sabrina, with another fight consisting ofo Darrell, Faye, Rebekah and Ricardo. Sabrina decided to leave later that week, and Misha was evicted the next day. Darrell, Ronnie and Victor were given harsh warnings for their physical behaviour towards other housemates.