Tonight, Big Brother series 8 ended its 94-day run. The nation has been voting all week, the final votes have been counted and verified and host Davina McCall revealed that BRIAN is this year’s £100,000 winner.

When the voting lines closed, Brian had received 60.3% of the votes for the final two places.

On hearing the news Brian started to cry and looked stunned. The twins, Amanda and Sam, screamed as Brian said “come here” and gave them a big hug. Brian, with tears streaming down his face, said “I don’t deserve to win …. this is so mental”.

Runners-up Amanda & Sam hugged and kissed Brian before walking out of the Big Brother house. As they waved a final goodbye to the winner they called out “whistle for a hottie” and then made their way up the stairs hand in hand.

Earlier tonight during the 8:30pm show, it was announced that LIAM finished in 3rd place, ZIGGY in 4th place, CAROLE in 5th place and JONTY in 6th place.

This year Big Brother raised an approximate total of £244,208 for this year’s chosen charities: Crisis, Help the Hospices and Samaritans, with the money being split equally between the three. Phone votes this year cost 25p, with at least 10p from each phone vote going to the charities. Channel 4 will not be making any profit from the voting on the eighth series of Big Brother.