Big Brother 12

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Big Brother 12 was the twelth series of Big Brother Ireland. The series was broadcast over the usual spring period, beginning on 4 March 2011 and ending on 5 June 2011, lasting 13 weeks.

Housemates
13 housemates entered on launch night. 9 new housemates entered after launch night at different times, bringing the total up to 22 housemates. {| class="wikitable article-table" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; line-height: 15px; " ! Name ! Age ! Occupation ! Hometown ! Series status !

Alisha Bennett
!
 * 24
 * Disc jockey
 * Dublin, Ireland
 * style="background:#73FB76" |Winner

Andrea Lawson
!
 * 55
 * Retired
 * Ennistymon, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Ben Crow
!
 * 36
 * Club owner
 * Dublin, Ireland
 * style="background:#FBF373" |Finalist

Bradley Fletcher
!
 * 30
 * Property developer
 * Ennistymon, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Caroline Adams
!
 * 34
 * Estate agent
 * Manchester, England
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Dustin Walsh
!
 * 21
 * Student chef
 * Cork, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Ethan Ward
!
 * 20
 * Student
 * Dublin, Ireland
 * style="background:#ffccff;" |Walked

Eugene Smith
!
 * 25
 * Trainee teacher
 * Birmingham, England
 * style="background:#D1E8EF" |Runner-Up

Federico Jones
!
 * 44
 * Italian chef
 * Perugia, Italy
 * style="background:#ffccff;" |Walked

Fiona Palmer
!
 * 50
 * Teacher
 * Limerick, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Gemma Evans
!
 * 32
 * Pole dancer
 * Derry, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Geoffrey Keyes
!
 * 31
 * Male model
 * Worcester, England
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Geraldine Rellie
!
 * 63
 * Journalist
 * Derry, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Katy Watson
!
 * 28
 * Female model
 * Limerick, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Kyle Shaye
!
 * 23
 * Male model
 * Cork, Ireland
 * style="background:#FBF373" |Finalist

Latoya Stewart
!
 * 22
 * Belly dancer
 * Dublin, Ireland
 * style="background:#ffccff;" |Walked

Lexi Ward
!
 * 29
 * Waitress
 * Dublin, Ireland
 * style="background:#ffccff;" |Walked

Marc Watts
!
 * 50
 * Unemployed
 * Belfast, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Norman Chase
!
 * 43
 * Literature teacher
 * Belfast, Ireland
 * style="background:#ffccff;" |Walked

Rafael Buckley
!
 * 25
 * Hotel receptionist
 * Le Mans, France
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Ricky Callington
!
 * 48
 * Car engineer
 * Belfast, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted

Siara Colvin

 * 29
 * Female model
 * Galway, Ireland
 * style="background:#FF8072;" |Evicted
 * }

Voting history

 * Couples Alisha and Federico, and Ethan and Lexi were the first four to enter the house. They had to hide from their housemates that they were in fact couples. On Day 2, the housemates had to nominate two people who they they thought was a secret couple. Housemates incorrectly guessed any of the couples and therefore the two couples were exempt from eviction.
 * Latoya never entered the Big Brother house after collapsing live after recieving an awful reception from the audience.
 * Federico left during the nominations process and therefore any nominations cast against him became void.
 * When Norman walked due to an injury, Week 5's eviction was postponed to Week 6.