BIG Brother fans have celebrated the end of a huge show curse that has spanned 13 series.
ITV viewers were quick to note the twist of fate as Ryan Bradshaw, 28, was given the boot after just six days in the long-awaited reality series.
Aside from suspecting Big Brother bosses had taken a sly dig at the Blackpool lad on spin-off series Late and Live, they also called out how he is the sole man to be evicted first in 13 years.
This is because women have been first to leave the compound 20 times out of 21 civilian series.
During last year’s 2023 re-boot, Farida Khalifa was promptly shown the door.
Meanwhile, back in 2018 – the last-ever Channel 5 series of its kind – Anamelia Silva said farewell first-off.
Rosie – who was up for Friday’s eviction with Ryan, Nathan and Dean – broke the mould by remaining on the ITV show.
It came after Ryan – who was booed and branded “awful” when he entered the new series – admitted he was “gutted” about leaving prematurely.
One show fan took to X to write: “Ryan first evicted, being only the second male housemate to be evicted first. Beautiful piece of television.”
Another put: “Ryan becomes only the second man to be evicted from the Big Brother House first.”
Yet eagle-eyed viewers had become convinced he’d be heading home after one giveaway moment.
The marketing and events worker had caused a scene in the house with Sarah over the shopping task earlier in the week.
Reflecting on the drama away from his co-stars, Ryan claimed he was set to become a “scapegoat” in a diary room monologue.
At the time, he said: “It’s just a bit of fun innit, you know what I mean?
“As long as I don’t hurt anybody, I didn’t wanna upset anybody and I actually spoke to Sarah after to make sure she’s alright but I know people getting a bit angry but there’s a lot of mischief going on.
“It’s alright now, but we fail to shopping budget and finger’s on me. If there’s any punishment, I will say I’ll take one for the team because it was kind of me that caused it.
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“But yeah, I think it’s all right now, but it’s gonna be a scapegoat, essentially that, oh, you know, if the luxury budget fails, 100 per cent I’ll be an easy target.
“So yeah, I’ve not really played it very well to be honest, have I Big Brother?
“Came up like a whizz-kid on day one, got blown up by a cake, stayed in a storage room, tried to do the honourable thing.
“Felt like I’d been ripped up, put for eviction, and I pissed people off today in the bloody shopping task, but you’ see how it going.”
