Big Brother fans "feel sick" after vote statistics reveal "closest ever win"

Big Brother fans have aired their shock after it was revealed during the reunion show that Rochelle Rackham scraped the show's closest-ever win. Thursday night's grand finale saw Rochelle take home the win and the £100,000 grand prize, which proved controversial among some fans.

This year's housemates returned for an explosive reunion episode on Friday (6 November), packed with plenty of arguments and revelations.

One such surprise came when hosts Will Best and AJ Odudu revealed this year's final voting results, sharing that Rochelle beat runner-up Lucinda "Twinks" Barnett by just 1.03%.

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Rochelle took home 37.65% of the vote, while Twinks got £36.62%. Yasmin came in at 15.89% of all votes, followed by Sam Keen at 5.11%, Lynx Noumey at 2.44%, and Catrin Richards at 2.29%.

Super TV reported that this was the closest win that Big Brother had ever had, with the previous title being held by Helen Wood beating Ashleigh Coyle in season 15 by 1.2%.

Fans were quick to share their shock online, with X users saying they "felt sick" and "couldn't get over" how close the vote had been.

"Those stats omg I feel so bad for twinks now," one user wrote, while another agreed, "If I was twinks I’d be fuminggg I lost out on £100k over 1%."

A third posted, "This is insane! 1%. Twinks was so close!", and another wrote, "literally a ONE % difference between Rochelle and Twinks for the win; I give up."

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The reunion episode saw the housemates come face to face after spending eight weeks in the Big Brother House, and they had plenty to say to each other.

Rochelle had yet another fiery confrontation with Johanne Cade, while Millie Jarrett said she did not believe Rochelle should have won because she is a "f****** nasty cow."

The winner also addressed clips of pal Phillip Regan gossiping about her behind her back, while Rhianna Collins was repeatedly called out for talking about her fellow housemates.

Rhianna and Omar El Mayer addressed their relationship inside and out of the house, saying they plan to sit down and talk about things now that they have left the show.

Big Brother: The Reunion is streaming now on Channel 4.

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