Big Brother's Omar misses out on a place in the final as he is evicted after becoming the most complained about housemate ever due to backlash over 'coercive and controlling behaviour'

Big Brother's most complained about housemate in history narrowly missed out on a place in the final, with Omar El Mayer bidding farewell to the house during Wednesday's show.

More than 22,000 viewers have complained about Omar's 'controlling and coercive behaviour' towards his on-off girlfriend Rhianna Collins.

And with just two days to go until the final, Omar and fellow housemate Frankie were the ninth and tenth housemates to be evicted after receiving the fewest votes to win from viewers.

The jewellery designer had shared just hours earlier it would be 'interesting' to see Rhianna again, after she was evicted on Friday, to see the future status of their relationship.

This eviction means that Catrin, Rochelle, Sam, Lynx, Twinks and Yasmin were this year's finalists, with the public vote deciding who will be crowned champion during Thursday's final. 

Rhianna herself previously spoke out on Omar's behaviour towards her in a TikTok livestream.

Big Brother's most complained about housemate in history narrowly missed out on a place in the final, with Omar El Mayer bidding farewell to the house during Wednesday's show

She said: 'I'm not gonna lie, I got told by a lot of production, by everyone to watch it back, cause in there my mind was so messed up that when I watched it back.

'I was like, even me, I was like ''why am I apologising right now?''

'But I think it's something that I'm, I'm young, I need to navigate it.'

'I would just say, wait for the reunion because there's somethings that I've watched back that I'm like ''I wouldn't, I would not ever, ever let a boy speak to me like that.'' 

'I have so much love for Omar, I genuinely do, I think he's hilarious, but at the end of the day I had to remind myself that during my arguments with him, no other housemates were there.

'I'm gonna be stronger, I'm with my family and friends, I have a bit to the reunion, and there is a sense of protecting him but it's also like, I need to protect myself too.'

Rhianna said that she is 'missing' Omar since leaving the house, telling her sister that it was 'OK' to be pining for him after they shared a bed together in the house. 

Omar's behaviour has included scolding Rhianna for speaking about their fallout to other housemates, using worrying language such as 'don't talk about me', 'don't cry', 'don't look away from me', 'sort yourself out' and 'fix up'.

On Friday night's show, Rhianna was evicted alongside Philip Regan after the pair were nominated with Rochelle, Samuel and Twinks.

After she left, Rhianna said she felt like she spoke to Omar about how he was treating her and that he did change after that.

More than 22,000 viewers have complained about Omar's 'controlling and coercive behaviour' towards his on-off girlfriend Rhianna Collins

And with just two days to go until the final, Omar and fellow housemate Frankie were the ninth and tenth housemates to be evicted after receiving the fewest votes to win from viewers

Hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best then told her that some viewers 'weren't happy' with how the situation played out but assured her that she didn't do anything wrong.

She then stood by the fact that she had told him she wasn't happy with his behaviour.

The staggering amount of complaints means it is the most a contestant has ever received on all 23 of the civilian series, including when it was on Channel 4 and 5. 

It is also the third highest number of complaints for a single incident in Big Brother history, following Jade Goody's racism row (45,000 complaints) and Roxanne Pallett's punch-gate (27,000 complaints). 

Last week, Omar was reprimanded by bosses for his 'controlling behaviour', after one episode featuring a row between the pair sparked more than 7,000 Ofcom complaints.

Once in the Diary Room, Big Brother told Omar: 'Omar, Big Brother wants to speak to you about some of your language and behaviour in the house. 

'Big Brother wants to bring to your attention that at times, it appears that you are dismissing your fellow housemates' feelings and experiences, and not acknowledging the impact such behaviour could have on your fellow housemates and the viewing public.'

'Some of your language used on more than one occasion and the behaviour you have exhibited could cause offense to your fellow housemates or the viewing public.'

Omar responded: 'I fully understand. Just, I've never dismissed a housemate's feelings, in all honesty. If I felt like a housemate was feeling something towards me which was incorrect, I would say it was incorrect.'

'Not necessarily dismiss it, or tell them they don't deserve a feeling and they don't deserve to feel like that.'

He added: 'Let's be honest here. We're not talking about housemates, we're talking about my conversations with me and Rhianna. I've done nothing but look out for her. I've done nothing but try to accommodate her and be there for her and care for her.'

'At the end of the day, I didn't walk in with any bad intentions or any malice and I didn't attempt to exercise anything malicious towards anyone. Like I said, I've acknowledged my housemate's feelings.'

Big Brother then replied: 'Omar, you must always be mindful of the impact your language and behaviour can have on others.'

After the episode aired last Wednesday, viewers revealed they found it uncomfortable viewing and said it felt like Omar was 'trying to coercively control Big Brother'.

There were mounting calls for ITV to intervene and boot him off the show and charity Women's Aid has issued a statement calling his behaviour 'worrying'.