Nikki Grahame

In 2018, Grahame entered the Big Brother house for the final time. Upon speaking about it being the last series, Grahame said "There is something about this house where nothing else matters. Big Brother has played such a huge part of my life, it changed my life for the better. I don’t have one regret, not one. It will always have a place in my heart. Thank you Big Brother for everything. Literally, everything."

In August 2017, Grahame appeared on the Channel 5 documentary In Therapy which aired on 3 August 2017. The programme featured Grahame in intensive on-camera therapy sessions with psychotherapist Mandy Saligari where she spoke about her struggles with depression and anorexia. Throughout the years, Grahame has often appeared on the panel of Big Brother's Bit on the Side. In 2017, Grahame appeared as a special guest for the Big Brother Canada awards.

On 23 February 2016, it was revealed that Grahame was one of four 'international wildcards' representing Big Brother UK who could potentially be voted into the Big Brother Canada house via an online vote. Following the first eviction on 3 March 2016, it was revealed that Grahame had been voted into the house with Tim Dormer, the winner of the tenth series of Big Brother Australia. They both then became immune for the week. On 14 April, Grahame was voted in the top two of who Canada wanted to see become the Head of Household for the week, but ultimately lost a competition of luck to fellow HouseGuests Nick & Phil Paquette. On 24 April, Grahame was nominated for eviction by HoH Cassandra as a "Pawn" to evict a bigger target. On 28 April, she survived this eviction when Jared Kesler was evicted in a 3-1 eviction vote. However, in a Double Eviction twist, Grahame was nominated once again for eviction alongside Dormer by the HoH Nick & Phil. Dormer was vetoed off the block and was replaced by Joel Lefevre. Grahame then became the tenth houseguest to be evicted in a 3-0 eviction vote, and received a standing ovation from the studio audience. Grahame was evicted on her 34th birthday, on Day 63. As a result of her eviction, Grahame was the 5th member of the nine person Jury who voted to decide the winner of the season on Finale Night. She, along with six other jurors, voted for Nick & Phil to be the winners of the series.

In 2015, Grahame returned to the sixteenth series of Big Brother as a Time Warp Housemate. In September 2015, she collaborated with JYY London to design a wide range of fashion garments for petite girls. In an interview with Reveal Magazine, Grahame stated “I've been on buying trips and been designing a lot of things myself. From the very start I said I wanted to be really hands on, from picking fabrics to designing labels and I feel like I've succeeded. Im excited that it's a petite collection because sizing is always something I struggle with.”

Grahame has described her early childhood as the "happiest ever", however a series of upsets followed, when at the age of eight, her parents divorced and her grandfather, to whom she was extremely close, died from cancer. Grahame was raised by her mother, Susan, after her parents' separation. Grahame—who has been described as a "daddy's girl"—was greatly hurt by the split. Grahame attended Northwood School, London.

In March 2014, it was reported that Grahame was moving to France as she disliked being recognised in public. However, in January 2015, Grahame stated to Closer magazine that she had moved abroad the previous year to beat her anorexia.

In October 2011, Grahame confirmed she had relapsed and was suffering from anorexia again, stating she had checked into her 11th institution and weighed just 35 kg (5 st 7 lb).

On 24 August 2010, Grahame returned to Big Brother to compete in Ultimate Big Brother, where she was the only housemate to represent Big Brother 7 as a contestant. Grahame was nominated to face a double eviction in the second week of the show's run alongside five of her fellow housemates, Grahame survived the public vote after tallying fewer votes to evict than at least two of the other nominated housemates. On 10 September Grahame became the runner up in the show receiving a positive reaction from the crowd, after losing out to Big Brother 2 winner Brian Dowling in the final vote. Grahame's final placing was three higher than her placing in Big Brother 7.

Grahame made personal appearances, which included participation in various television shows such as Celebrity Scissorhands and 8 out of 10 Cats, and appearances at student nights and clubs. On 24 March 2007, Grahame appeared on a special "Goodies and Baddies" edition of the game show The Weakest Link. During round three, she was the strongest link of the team (answered the most questions correctly and earned the most money), but was eliminated in round five after then becoming the weakest link of the team. Grahame took part in the Soccer Six charity tournament at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground in May 2007.

In June 2007, Grahame returned to the Big Brother franchise but this time as a reporter for its spin-off show, Big Brother's Little Brother. Known as "The B-Team", Grahame and several other former housemates were sent to various venues to interview people about their opinions on Big Brother 8. She also had a Big Brother column in the magazine, OK!, where she discussed her thoughts on the series. In September 2007, Grahame was given a regular column in OK!'s "Hot Stars" section, where she gave her views on celebrities and recent celebrity events.

At the age of 18, Grahame was given breast implants on the NHS, because her years of anorexia had left her flat-chested. In April 2007, Grahame said that she had undergone corrective plastic surgery on her breast implants in order to fix "ripples" left by the first operation.

In May 2006, Grahame registered as one of the contestants on the seventh series of the Channel 4 (later Channel 5) reality television series Big Brother. While participating in the series, she became known for her histrionics (such as temper tantrums) and becoming romantically linked to the eventual winner of the series, Pete Bennett. During her Big Brother tenure, tabloid newspapers reported that Grahame had battled with the eating disorder anorexia for the majority of her adolescence, and had attempted suicide by taking an overdose of paracetamol several times. The programme's decision to include a contestant with prior mental health issues was criticised in the media, with experts suggesting that she should not have been allowed to take part.

Before Grahame appeared on Big Brother, she appeared as an extra in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, and played a footballer's wife in Sky One's Dream Team. In 2003, she was a contestant on the ITV dating show Blind Date. In addition, Grahame, who has an NVQ in beauty therapy, also took part in the 2004 Miss Hertfordshire pageant, where she came fourth.

Nicola Rachel-Beth Grahame (born 28 April 1982) is an English television personality, model and writer. She competed in the seventh series of Big Brother, and went on to star in her own reality series Princess Nikki. In 2006, Grahame won a National Television Award for Most Popular TV Contender. In 2010, she finished as the runner-up in Ultimate Big Brother, and later appeared in the sixteenth series of Big Brother in 2015 as a time warp housemate. The following year, she appeared in the fourth series of Big Brother Canada, in which she finished in sixth place. Grahame has released two books, Dying To Be Thin and Fragile. The autobiographical books are based on her experiences with anorexia nervosa throughout her life.