Last year's Big Brother saw argumentative so-and-so Charley Uchea become one of the most unpopular housemates of all time. But bad girl Alexandra De Gale appears to have surpassed her.

Having bullied and argued her way through the first two weeks of BB9, Alex was eventually booted out of the house when Big Brother refused to tolerate her “threatening” behaviour towards fellow housemates for a moment longer.

But let's not forget, Alex was walking a well-trodden path. Here’s our rogues’ gallery of the most hated housemates in BB history.

By Claudia Pattison and Will Parkhouse

Pictures: Wenn, PA, Rex