8. The opening times of the Vote are all as advertised on channel5.com/bigbrother, the Big Brother app, Facebook and Twitter. Viewers will also be informed that the vote is open on air that same evening in Channel 5 programmes Big Brother, Big Brothers Bit on the Side, or on the website
www.channel5.com/bigbrother. Votes cast outside of these times will not be counted. Voting closes during the Big Brother eviction programme. Please watch the programme for the exact closing time of the Vote. The results of the Vote will be announced during the Big Brother eviction programme. Channel 5 and the programme producer reserve the right to conduct a vote freeze or freezes at any time. Any planned vote freeze will be communicated on air. In the event of a vote freeze the following terms apply:
The phone lines for the first part of the vote may be open for a limited period only until voting lines are frozen. The results of the vote freeze will be announced on air and the specified number of housemates with the least public votes if it is a vote to evict or with the most public votes if it is a vote to save or win will be removed from the public vote. An on air announcement will be given to inform viewers when voting lines re-open and the public can then continue to vote for the housemates remaining in the public vote. All votes received by the remaining housemates prior to the lines being frozen are carried forward to the next stage of voting.