After six weeks of tears, tantrums, Diary Room rants, and epic shopping tasks, we have our winner of Big Brother 2024. Tonight hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best announced that history had been made as forensic psychologist Ali Bromley was declared victorious, taking home the life-changing sum of money of £90,000. This means Ali, 38, is not only the oldest-ever female winner of the beloved reality show but also its first-ever lesbian winner in the UK.
Having rocketed up the betting odds in recent days, Ali beat fellow finalists Marcello Spooks, Segun Shodipo, Hanah Haji, Nathan King, and Emma Morgan to join 2023 champ Jordan Sangha in the BB Hall of Fame. The final of the second series of ITV’s revival began with the remaining housemates being evicted one by one, walking out to a rowdy live audience as the public vote reopened in short intervals. In total, over five million votes were cast tonight.
Segun finished in sixth place, having received the fewest public votes to win. Nathan then came fifth, Hanah came fourth, and Emma earned bronze in third. That left just two, with tensions through the roof as both Marcello and Ali waited with bated breath to hear who had taken the crown.
As Ali’s name was read out, the ‘Red Witch’ was visibly stunned, the crowd outside erupting into cheers and applause. Speaking in her winner’s interview, after learning she had received a whopping 51.9% of the votes, Ali said she believes people backed her for being ‘authentic’ and not hav.