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It's that time of year again, and soon this will need to be stickied!!

The history of the ratings (launches, finals and averages)

OFFICIAL FIGURES

BB SERIES AVERAGES (OFFICIAL FIGURES)

BIG BROTHER 1 (2000): 4.5m
BIG BROTHER 2 (2001): 4.5m
BIG BROTHER 3 (2002): 5.8m
BIG BROTHER 4 (2003): 4.6m
BIG BROTHER 5 (2004): 5.1m
BIG BROTHER 6 (2005): 4.6m
BIG BROTHER 7 (2006): 4.7m
BIG BROTHER 8 (2007): 3.9m
BIG BROTHER 9 (2008): 3.6m [inc. +1]
BIG BROTHER 10 (2009): 2.5m [inc. +1]
BIG BROTHER 11 (2010): 2.9m [inc. +1]
ULTIMATE BIG BROTHER (2010): 3.2m [inc. +1]

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 1 (2001): 5.2m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2 (2002): 4.4m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 3 (2005): 4.3m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 4 (2006): 4.9m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 5 (2007): 4.6m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 6 (2009): 3.3m [inc. +1]
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 7 (2010): 3.7m [inc. +1]

BB LAUNCH NIGHT RATINGS (OFFICIAL FIGURES)

BB1: 3.66m (NOT LIVE)
BB2: 3.53m (NOT LIVE)
BB3: 5.97m
BB4: 7.05m
BB5: 7.23m
BB6: 6.04m
BB7: 7.14m
BB8: 6.59m
BB9: 5.79m [inc. +1]
BB10: 5.45m [inc. +1]
BB11: 5.40m [inc. +1]
UBB: 4.46m [inc. +1]

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 1 (2001): 4.6m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2 (2002): 7.6m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 3 (2005): 5.4m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 4 (2006): 6.7m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 5 (2007): 7.3m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 6 (2009): 6.1m [inc. +1]
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 7 (2010): 6.7m [inc. +1]

BB FINAL NIGHT RATINGS (OFFICIAL FIGURES)

BB1: 9.45m
BB2: 7.98m
BB3: 10.01m
BB4: 7.23m
BB5: 9.00m
BB6: 7.65m
BB7: 8.20m
BB8: 5.58m
BB9: 5.37m [inc. +1]
BB10: 3.4m [inc. +1]
BB11: 4.46m [inc. +1]
UBB: 4.27m [inc. +1]

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 1 (2001): 5.7m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2 (2002): 5.4m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 3 (2005): 5.8m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 4 (2006): 7.3m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 5 (2007): 5.3m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 6 (2009): 3.9m [inc. +1]
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 7 (2010): 4.7m [inc. +1]

Predict what you think it will get, and this will hopefully be one of the busiest threads of the series!