Pauline Adeyemo Age & Biography

Pauline Adeyemo is a housemate from Big Brother UK 2026, series 23 on ITV2, who was the fourth housemate to be evicted from the series. Aged 31 on entry and from Essex, Adeyemo entered the house on Day 1, September 13, 2026, and spent 27 days inside before her eviction on October 10, 2026. She faced the public vote twice, surviving the first vote in the second week, and she was at the centre of several of the early twists, including the mole’s first nominations and the House of Nothing week, when she regained her voice by opening a scroll.

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Who Is Pauline Adeyemo?

Pauline Adeyemo is a 31-year-old from Essex who took part in Big Brother UK 2026, the twenty-third series of the British Big Brother, which aired on ITV2 from September 13 to November 5, 2026. She was one of fifteen housemates who entered the house on launch night. Like most civilian housemates, Adeyemo arrived with no prior television profile, and the public got to know her through the series itself, where she was a visible presence in the first four weeks before her eviction.

Adeyemo’s time in the house began under pressure. In the first week, the mole, Tays, and his deputy, Philip Regan, had to nominate three housemates for the first eviction, and they chose Millie Jarrett, Pauline Adeyemo and Rochelle Rackham. It was the opening twist of a series ITV described as reimagined as a house of surprises, and it meant that Adeyemo was facing eviction within days of entering. She survived that vote, as Millie became the first housemate to be evicted on Day 7, and she went on to face the public vote a second time, in the fourth week, when she was evicted. Her journey therefore tells the story of a housemate who was in the firing line from the very start and who kept surviving until the votes caught up with her.

Early Life & Background

Pauline Adeyemo is from Essex, England, and was 31 years old when she entered the Big Brother house on September 13, 2026. No verified details of her date of birth, education, occupation or family life were published by ITV or in the series’ official coverage, so this profile does not state them. She applied through the open casting process, which had opened on November 14, 2025 and ran until August 1, 2026, and was selected as one of the fifteen original housemates for the series.

The series was the fourth civilian series to air on ITV2 since ITV regained the rights to the format, and it ran for 54 days, the longest series on ITV and the longest since the eighteenth series on Channel 5 in 2017. Adeyemo spent 27 of those days in the house, half the series, and her time there included the Dreamland and Nightmare Room shopping task, the pairs week, the House of Nothing week and the BB Express train task, so she experienced a wide range of the series’ twists before leaving.

Pauline Adeyemo’s Big Brother Journey

Adeyemo’s journey began with the mole twist. Tays, who had entered the house as Big Brother’s mole after taking part in a televised dry run, chose Philip Regan as his deputy, and together they nominated Millie Jarrett, Pauline Adeyemo and Rochelle Rackham for the first eviction. On Day 7, Millie became the first housemate to be evicted, and Adeyemo survived. In the pairs week, the House of Double Trouble, she was paired with Omar El Mayer by Jedward. The pair finished last in Peas in a Pod, in which they dressed in pea pod costumes and landed peas on each other’s bodies, got one correct match in Jedward’s Jepic Pairs, and scored three points in the blindfolded cup-stamping game, finishing at the bottom of the leaderboard with six points. In the Noah’s Ark shopping task, Omar and Pauline became elephants, whose role was to carry the luggage around the house.

On Day 10, the housemates nominated for the first time, and Chelsey Ammari and Pauline Adeyemo received the most nominations and faced the public vote, with Chelsey becoming the second housemate to be evicted on Day 14. Adeyemo survived that vote as well. On Day 11, she was one of three housemates, along with Frankie Carter and Rochelle Rackham, who had to peel carrots for discussing nominations. In the House of Nothing week, when all the furniture, food and appliances were removed from the house, the housemates opened a series of scrolls, and Adeyemo opened a scroll which gained her the ability to talk, and she chose Johanne Cade to get her voice back. On Day 15, she guessed how long the hot tub had been on for, and won the hot water, and on Day 16 she was part of the group that assembled furniture as the House of Nothing task continued.

In the third week, Adeyemo was involved in the competition for the power of the killer nomination, and on Day 17 she was one of the housemates who lost their right to nominate, as the housemates who had received the most nominations chose who would lose that right. She also faced a punishment in passing pairs after discussing nominations in the pairs week. On Day 19, she and Omar El Mayer won the Million Pound Shop shopping task and, as a result, the housemates received a luxury shopping budget. On the BB Express shopping task, she was chosen by Twinks Burnett, who had won first class, to join her in first class, alongside Yasmin. On Day 23, the housemates nominated face to face for the final time before the Time Zone twist, and Adeyemo and Rob Stirzaker received the most nominations and faced the public vote. On Day 27, October 10, 2026, Adeyemo became the fourth housemate to be evicted. After her eviction, Gemma Collins entered the house as a house guest. The series concluded on November 5, 2026, when Rochelle Rackham won and the 100,000 pound prize, with Twinks Burnett second and Yasmin third.

Facts About Pauline Adeyemo

• Pauline Adeyemo was 31 years old on entry to Big Brother UK series 23, and is from Essex.
• She was nominated for the first eviction by the mole, Tays, and his deputy, Philip Regan, alongside Millie Jarrett and Rochelle Rackham.
• She was paired with Omar El Mayer in the pairs week, and the pair played elephants in the Noah’s Ark shopping task.
• She survived two public votes, in the second and fourth weeks, and was evicted on Day 27, October 10, 2026.
• She won the Million Pound Shop shopping task with Omar El Mayer, earning the house a luxury shopping budget.

Frequently Asked Questions

See the full series guide at Big Brother UK 2026 Cast: Series 23 Guide, and read about fellow housemates Omar El Mayer, Rochelle Rackham and Philip Regan.

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