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Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people on the outside through the constant recording of their
live together in a large house, isolated from the outside actions and also what they feel on the inside through the
world but continuously watched by television cameras. Diary Room/Confession Room. The results can range from
Each series lasts for around three months, and there are violent or angry confrontations to genuine and tender
usually fewer than 16 participants. The housemates try to connections (often including romantic interludes), pro-
win a cash prize by avoiding periodic evictions from the viding entertainment to the public.
house. The idea for the show is said to have come dur- Besides living together under continuous observa-
ing a brainstorm session at the Dutch production house tion, which is the major attraction of the contest, the
of John de Mol Produkties (an independent part of Endemol) program relies on four basic props: The stripped-bare
on 4 September 1997. The first Big Brother broadcast was back-to-basics environment in which they live, the evic-
in the Netherlands in 1999 on the Veronica TV channel. tions, the weekly tasks and competitions set by Big
It was picked up by Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Portugal, Brother and the "Diary/Confession Room," in which the
the US, the UK, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland and housemates individually convey their thoughts, feelings,
Italy the following year and became a world-wide sensa- and frustrations and reveal their nominees for eviction.
tion. Since then it has been a prime-time hit in almost 70 In the first season of most series of Big Brother, the
countries. The show’s name comes from George Orwell’s house that the housemates had to live in was very basic.
1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Although essential amenities such as running water, fur-
Brother can always spy on the inhabitants of the dicta- niture and a limited ration of food were provided, luxury
torship he heads through their television sets, with the items were often forbidden. This added a survivalist el-
slogan "Big Brother is watching you." ement to the show, increasing the potential for social
tension within the house. Nowadays, almost all series
Format provide a modern house for the contest, with a jacuzzi,
sauna, VIP suite, loft and other luxuries.
Although each country has made its own adaptations and The housemates are required to do housework, and
changes to the format "Housemates" or "Houseguests" are set tasks by the producers of the show, who com-
are confined to a specially designed house where their municate with the housemates via the omnipresent au-
every action is recorded by cameras and microphones at thority figure known to them only as "Big Brother." The
all times and they are not permitted any contact with the tasks are designed to test their teamwork abilities and
outside world. community spirit, and in some countries the housemates’
In most versions, at regular intervals (normally once shopping budget or weekly allowance often depends on
weekly, as introduced in the UK version, although in the outcome of any given tasks. The housemates have a
most early series it was every two weeks), the house- weekly allowance with which they can buy food and oth-
mates are invited to vote to have one of a number of er essentials.
nominated housemates evicted from the house. In some At regular intervals, the housemates each privately
cases two housemates may be evicted simultaneously (a nominate a number of fellow housemates that they wish
"double eviction"), or rarely, no housemates will be re- to see evicted from the house. The housemates with the
moved for that week. At the end of the game, the last re- most nomination points are then announced and viewers
maining housemate is declared the winner of that par- are given the opportunity to vote via telephone for
ticular series and receives prizes, often including a large whom they wish to see evicted. The only known excep-
amount of money, a car, a vacation and (in some editions) tion to this process is the American version, in which the
a house. housemates themselves vote to evict each other. After
From a sociological and demographic perspective, the votes are tallied, the "evictee" leaves the house and is
this format allows the opportunity for analysis of how interviewed live by the host of the show, usually in front
people react when forced into close confinement with of a studio audience.
people who lie outside their comfort zone, since they The series is notable for involving the Internet.
may hold different opinions or ideals from other con- Although the show typically broadcasts daily updates in
testants, or simply belong to a different group of people the evening (which are sometimes criticized for their
than a contestant normally interacts with. Indeed, the heavy editing), viewers can also watch a continuous,
format is ideally suited to such analysis because the view- 24-hour feed from multiple cameras on the web. These
er is afforded the opportunity to see how a person reacts websites were highly successful, even after some national
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series started charging for access to the video stream. In any item that can be used to write such as lipstick or eye-
some countries, Internet broadcasting was supplement- liner. Despite the fact that the housemates are general-
ed by updates via email, WAP and SMS. The House is even ly isolated, on some occasions some houseguests are al-
shown live on satellite television, although in some coun- lowed to exit the house as part of tasks. Housemates are
tries, such as the UK, with a 10-15 minute delay to al- sometimes permitted to exit the house in case of emer-
low libelous or unacceptable content (such as references gencies but must return within 24 hours to avoid being
to people who are not taking part in the program and eliminated from the game.
have therefore not consented to have personal informa- Contestants have regularly scheduled interactions
tion about them broadcast) to be removed. with the show’s host (mostly on eviction nights).
Despite derision from many critics, the show has Throughout each day the program’s producer, via the
been a commercial success around the world. The "Big Brother" voice, issues directives and commands to
voyeuristic nature of the show, in which contestants vol- contestants. Some versions of the show allow private
unteer to surrender their privacy in return for minor counselling sessions with a psychologist. These are al-
celebrity status and a comparatively small cash prize, has lowed at any time, often conducted by telephone from
attracted much scorn.[1] On numerous occasions, partic- the Diary Room.
ipants in the various series have become sexually in- Contact from the outside world has taken place in the
volved with each other, sometimes engaging in inter- form of fly-overs by planes carrying banners with mes-
course in front of Big Brother’s cameras. This recorded sages for the contestants. Whenever these planes are dis-
material is typically not broadcast due to its explicit na- covered by producers, the house guests are ordered in-
ture, as in the Australian and American editions. Other doors by Big Brother in an effort to prevent them from
editions, however, such as the German and British ver- reading the banners.[citation needed]
sions, do broadcast it. The Internet stream also captures
such moments, which has led to some controversy, with Variations in the format
certain jurisdictions such as Greece attempting to have
the show removed from the airwaves.[1]
Most international versions of the show remain quite
similar to each other in that their main format remains
true to the original fly on the wall, observational style,
with the emphasis being on human relationships. This is
taken to the extent that contestants are forbidden from
discussing nominations or voting strategy altogether.
The US version, however, has since 2001 taken on a sig-
nificantly different format from the others in their sec- Location of different versions of Big Brother
ond season, with a far stronger emphasis on strategy,
competition and voting. • There are six special pan-regional versions of Big
Brother. All these follow the normal Big Brother rules
Isolation of contestants with the exception that contestants must come from
each of the different countries in the region where it
Big Brother contestants are, for the most part, isolated
airs:
within the house. They have no access to television, radio
• : Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,
or the internet and are not allowed routine communica-
Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South
tion with the outside world. (In special instances the pro-
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
ducers have allowed contestants to view televised events;
• : Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
in the UK series the housemates were allowed to watch a
Macedonia, Montenegro.
2002 World Cup match, the Inauguration of Barack Oba-
• : Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
ma, and the 2010 World Cup 2nd round game England
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria and Tunisia.
versus Germany, sometimes as a reward for winning a
• : Chile, Ecuador and Peru
challenge. In the Philippine series, the housemates also
• : Norway and Sweden.
watched the pilot episode of Angelito: Batang Ama as a
Ireland:
• and Ireland England, Scotland, Wales, Northern
surprise by Big Brother and the fight between Manny
Ireland and Ireland
Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez as a reward by win-
• In the third UK series, Big Brother set live tasks for
ning a task). In some shows books and writing materials
the housemate on a Saturday night in order to win
are also forbidden. Sometimes in series with this rule an
treats. This format was discontinued in the fifth
exception is made for religious materials such as the Bi-
series due to poor ratings. This format has been used
ble, Torah or Qur’an. Some versions (including the Bri-
in Australia in the form of Friday Night Live.
tish version) ban all writing implements, extending to
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• The fifth UK edition introduced the "Evil" touch, sacrifices, the most notable were Noirin Kelly
whereby the character of Big Brother became almost shaving off her hair and drawing a mustache and
a villain. Big Brother was establishing punishments glasses on her face, which she had to do for almost
and was proposing hard tasks and secret tricks. This three weeks until she won a chance to stop doing it,
was also seen in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Freddie Fisher and eventual winner Sophie Reade
Croatia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, changed their names by deedpoll to Halfwit and
Netherlands, Pacific, Scandinavia, Serbia, Spain, Dogface respectively, they were addressed by these
Thailand, Philippines and Mexico. names by Big Brother for nine weeks - although their
• The sixth UK series introduced secret missions fellow housemates could refer to them by their
where housemate would be able to win luxuries if original names except during nominations - they
they completed a secret task set by Big Brother. were given a present by Big Brother in Week 10 to
• In the seventh UK series, Big Brother became have their original names back. On Day 4 the six
"twisted." Every week, housemates’ mental states people who had not received housemate status were
were put to the test as Big Brother tried to break put up for a public vote, the person with the least
them. As a result of this, many housemates broke votes - which turned out to be Beinazir Lasharie -
down. had to leave immediately, the house was then
• The eighth UK series saw an all-female house. transformed into looking like a Big Brother house.
However, two days later, one male housemate Other countries such as Bulgaria and the United
entered. The same twist was used in Big Brother 4 States (and previously Australia) have now started
Bulgaria. Big Brother Africa 4 used the same twist using these opening night twists.
using an all male launch show instead of females. • The fifth UK edition introduced "Fake evictions"
• Since BB2, The UK series always opens with a twist where one or two housemates are "evicted";
which have included the public being able to choose however, unbeknownst to the housemates, they
the final housemate out of 3 possibilities (BB2), the have in fact not been evicted. The housemate/s
public voting for a housemate to leave during the usually are put into a secret house where numerous
first week and then the housemates choosing twists happen. In the eighth UK Series one
between the two housemates with the least number housemate was evicted, interviewed, and then sent
of votes (BB3), First Night Nominations (BB4), Suit straight back into the house. The housemates in the
Case Nominations (BB5), Unlucky Housemate 13 house got to see everything live, though.
(BB6), Big Brother Hood (BB7), an all-female House • In France and Canada, the format has been
and the first inclusion of twins as contestants (BB8), developed using couples. 12 single people stay in the
the first couple to enter as housemates and set a same house until only the winning couple are left.
secret task to hide their real relationship (BB9), all • Big Brother US currently uses a different set of rules
"housemates" really being "non housemates" who that began with the second season (the first season
had to earn their housemate status (BB10), a mole used the traditional format). Nominations are done
entering the House with an "Impossible Task" by one houseguest, the Head of Household (HoH) and
(BB11), Jackie Stallone entering a house containing the houseguests vote for which nominee to evict, not
her son’s ex-wife (CBB3), entrance of a non-celebrity the viewers. The third season introduced the Power
in a celebrity edition (CBB4) Jade Goody’s family of Veto, where a houseguest can save a nominee
announced to be visiting. (CBB5). In 2009 during the causing the Head of Household to name a
sixth celebrity series, LaToya Jackson was first to replacement nominee. It’s been adapted in Brazil and
enter and walked straight into the bedrooms - which Africa and since then some countries modified their
are usually locked until everyone has arrived - and nominations rules.
entered a private bedroom she put her bag on the • The eighth American season introduced "America’s
bed to claim it as her own, it was assumed this was Player," a houseguest that is given assignments,
pre-arranged [1], Terry Christian became Head Of unknown to the other houseguests, through votes
House - which had been used in the latter weeks of from the viewing public. Included in the public
the previous non-celebrity series - and had to choose voting is which nominated houseguest America’s
three housemates to face the first eviction, which Player should vote off and campaign to get evicted.
the others later voted to save one of the nominees, (Dan was "America’s Player" on Big Brother 10 (U.S)
Ben Adams, leaving Lucy Pinder and eventual winner This was also seen in the second Teen Edition and
Ulrika Jonsson to face the first eviction. In the third regular season of the Philippine version as the
summer series of 2004 the house at first was empty "House Player."
with only crates to sit on and none of the new • The third Dutch edition introduced the notion of
arrivals were given housemate status, and had to "The Battle," in which the house is separated into a
earn it by doing tasks, some of which were minor luxurious half and a poor half, with two teams of
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housemates constantly fighting for time in the • , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas:
luxurious half. Separated houses have also been used Normal house and Spy house (effective to 6th
in: week).
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: • , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas:
Rich and Poor. Paradise and Slum (effective from the 2nd to 10th
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: week).
Rich and Poor. • , there are two separate group of housemates
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: who lived in two different houses: House A
Rich and Poor (effective from the 3rd to 6th (Antoni Gaudí architectural design inspired) and
week). House B (Vincent van Gogh paintings inspired).
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: (effective until the 9th week; each two sets of
Round House and Square House (effective until housemates compete each other for the weekly
Day 22). allowance. Two nominees from each house are
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: nominated every week. The lowest number of
Rich and Poor. votes is evicted. House B was re-opened on the
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: 16th week as part of a season twist).
Rich and Poor. • -present: HouseGuests had to compete to become
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: Haves or Have Nots. Have Nots were required to
Rich and Poor. sleep in the Have Not Bedroom, which contained
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: simply a large metal bed with a thin pillow and
Rich and Poor. blanket for Season 11 but in Season 12 they were
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: forced to sleep on a lawn chair. Have Nots were
Rich and Poor. only able to eat slop and could only take cold
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 3 areas: showers. Season 13’s Have Not Room looked like
Rich, Normal and Survivor. an insane asylum padded room type room and
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: the Have Nots for the week were forced to keep
Norwegian House and Swedish House (effective the lights on 24/7.
on the 1st week). • , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas:
• , The Housemates lived in a village with 3 houses. Rich and Poor.
Rich, Normal and Poor. • , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas:
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: Rich and Poor.
Rich and Poor. • , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas:
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: The Villa and The Apartment.
Rich and Poor. • , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas:
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: Normal house and Future house (effective to 6th
Masters (Luxurious area) and Servants (Basic week). Then the Normal house became "La Casa
area) (effective from the 3rd to 6th day). Repesca" where ex-housemates competing to
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: become housemates of the future Big Brother.
Normal and Dump. • , The Housemates lived in the house without
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: knowing that Evicted Housemates were exiled in
House Big Brother Season 10 and House Big the Barn where they watched the house and the
Brother Season 1 (effective to 4th week). Barnmates were able to nominate the
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: housemates living in the house without the
Rich and Poor. Housemates knowing. (Effective for 63 days from
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: Day 14 to Day 77)
Rich and Poor. • , The Housemates lived in two houses, Heads &
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: Tails. (Effective for 50 days from Day 7 to Day 57)
Heaven and Hell. • , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas:
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: Luxurious and Dump.
Heaven and Hell (effective from the 6th to 10th • , Housemates are living in three Houses: Slums,
week). Industrial House and the Mansion
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: • In Germany a new version of the show started: Big
Rich and Poor (effective on the 1st week). Brother - Das Dorf (Big Brother - The Village). It was the
• , The Housemates lived in a house with 2 areas: sixth season and started the same day season 5
Rich and Poor (effective from the 4th to the 8th ended. This was the first version supposed to run for
week). years (without a predetermined end). It was set in a
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small artificial village including a church tower, a • , Marjorie, Cyrielle and Johanna Bluteau, Winners
marketplace, 3 houses, 3 working areas (farm, car (They competed as a team).
garage, dressmaking, a matcharena, a pub, a fitness • , Conchi and Pamela De Los Santos, 2nd Place.
room, and later a small hotel, into which celebrities • , Aneta and Martyna Bielecka, 4th Evicted (They
from the real world could move). The season ended were discovered as twins), Used Name:
after 363 days in February 2006 because of low "Martyna."
ratings. In season seven, RTL II switched back to a • , Sana and Alina, 4th Evicted (Sana was
traditional version. introduced as Alina but the housemates soon
• The fourth Greek season introduced a new element: found her to be different person and both were
the mother. In Big Mother, nine housemates take part out at the eviction)
in the game with their mothers, with whom they • , Leon and Boris Schneiderovsky, 1st Evicted
must coexist during the contest. The "mamas" were (Boris) and 5th Place (Leon).
not able to win the prize but they would stay with • , Edward and Erastus Moongo, 7th Evicted
their children until their eviction. However, this (Erastus) and 3rd Place (Edward).
proved to be a failure with the show’s audience and • Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and
the show switched back to the traditional Big Brother Montenegro, Admir and Enis Mujabašić, and
format in mid-season. This concept, in modified Violeta and Kristina Raleva.
form, was used in the second Philippine Teen • , Kenny & Toffi Santos and JM & JP Lagumbay.
edition, wherein the guardians. the housemates’ The twins in each set originally must switch roles
kins, had a separate winner. when instructed (only true with the Santos twins
• In the tenth week of Seventh UK season, the after JP’s exit, but JM must still assume JP’s
housemates were paired with their "best friend" in identity when instructed). JP voluntary exited
the house and had to nominate and face eviction as and JM along with the Santos Twins were forcibly
couples. The ninth American season took this format evicted.
and added a romantic aspect, by pairing the • , Renato and Mário Lima. They have to take turns
Housemates up and having them compete as couples in the house without the other housemates
chosen by their compatibility to each other. discover that they are twins. If they succeed they
• The ninth Brazilian season featured the "Bubble," a become two housemates, if they don’t, both will
glass house built inside a shopping mall in Rio de be up for eviction and one of them will leave. The
Janeiro where 4 housemate-wannabes lived for a name used during the turns is Renato. The secret
week until 2 of them were voted to enter the actual was found on Day 2 and therefore both are up for
household. Later in the same season, a new "Bubble" eviction. On Day 4 Mário was evicted, being the
was built inside the Big Brother household, with first housemate evicted on the series. Renato was
another 2 housemates living inside it for a week until the 5th housemate evicted, on Day 28.
they were voted in and the glass house dismantled. • , Rinat and Shiran Guitter, 4th Evicted (Shiran)
• Introduced in the fifth season of the American series, and 5th Evicted (Rinat).
several countries have included twins, and in some • , Zarko and Zelko, the Master of the underground
cases triplets, in their shows. Series that have used • , Jedward, joined as one housemate finishing in
Housemates who are twins or triplets are: 3rd Place.
• , Adria Montgomery-Klein and Natalie • , Nazar and Taras, enter in the house on Day 42,
Montgomery-Carroll, 7th (Adria) and 8th Taras is Walked on day 57.
(Natalie) Evicted, Used Name: "Adria." • , Fabricio & Leonardo and Jesica & Jimena, enter
• , David and Greg Matthew, 14th Evicted (David) in the house on Day 10 in House 2.
and Winner (Greg, although the prize money was • A variation of the above twist was done in the second
split), Used Name: "Logan" (Middle name of both Celebrity Edition of the Philippine version wherein
Twins). two housemates related by profession or as familial
• , Beate and Birgit, 26th Evicted (Beate) and 33rd relationships are considered as 2-in-1 housemates
Evicted (Birgit). wherein they were to play as one housemate until an
• , Lyubov, Nadejda, and Vyara Stancheva, 7th appointed time.
(Nadejda) and 9th (Vyara) Evicted, Winner • In Celebrity Hijack UK evicted housemates were
(Lyubov), Used Name: "Vyara." given the opportunity to affect the house one last
• , Amanda and Sam Marchant, 2nd Place (both time and had to choose if a "ninja" delivered good or
were treated separately until Day 68 when they bad gifts to the house. Later that year Big Brother
became one). They were then known in the Australia 2008 introduced the ’Housemate Hand
media as Samanda Grenade,’ where the evicted housemate was given
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the power to decide which housemate receives a big was introduced in its first season and was later used
brother devised penalty. in succeeding seasons.[2]
• Big Brother 5 Bulgaria, which started in early 2010
introduced a new family format - Big Brother Family.
For the very first time whole families entered the
Special editions of Big Brother
House with their spouses, children and relatives.
They received a salary for their stay and the winning Celebrity Big Brother / Big Brother VIP
family will receive a big cash prize, a car and an The Big Brother format has been adapted in some coun-
apartment. tries in that the housemates are locally known celebrities
• The twelfth American season featured a Saboteur (The celebrity status of the housemate can be rather lim-
who entered the house to "wreak havoc on their ited, such as being the face of a US PETA advert and ap-
fellow HouseGuests", with tasks suggested by pearing in the UK show, Shilpa Shetty where no one had
viewers. The Big Brother Saboteur will not be eligible ever heard of her.) These shows are called Celebrity Big
to win the game, but will be able to receive financial Brother or Big Brother VIP, depending on where the series
reward if they can reach the halfway point of the is. In some countries, the prize money normally award-
game. However, the Saboteur was evicted in the first ed to the winning housemate is donated to a charity, and
week by the Houseguests therefore losing the all celebrities are paid to appear in the show as long as
possible reward. Later in the same season Big they do not voluntarily leave before their eviction or the
Brother announced that a new Saboteur may be end of the series. The rest of the format rules are almost
unleashed in the house, and America voted on who the same as the ones from the original version, although
they wanted the new Saboteur to be, and if they in many occasions they are not so strict due to the ex-
accept the offer, they have to act out two week of ceptional character of the program. The series has been
havoc in the house and if successful for those two a prime-time hit in many countries and was aired for the
weeks, he or she will earn a financial reward. first time in 1999, in the Netherlands.
• in 2011 is the first season of Big Brother in the world • A second variant appeared in the Netherlands in
to have 2 winners each getting $200,000.
winners, 2006: Hotel Big Brother. A group of celebrity hoteliers
• The thirteenth American season introduced and a Big Boss run a hotel, collecting money for
"Dynamic Duos" for the first time, where 8 new charity without nominations, evictions or winner.
houseguests would enter the house with 3 duos from • A third variant appeared in the UK in early 2008: Big
seasons past. The 8 new contestants would pair up, Brother: Celebrity Hijack, temporarily replacing the
and all 7 teams of 2 would compete. If a contestants 2007 edition of Celebrity Big Brother while a racial
partner won Head of Household, they would be abuse incident in Celebrity Big Brother 2007 cooled
immune for that week. The Head of Household would down. Instead of the celebrities playing the role of
nominate one duo for eviction, and the power of housemates, the celebrities in fact become Big
veto could save one duo from the block. If someone’s Brother himself. The celebrities create tasks, hold
partner got evicted, the surviving partner would nominations, and so on with the help of Big Brother.
receive the big brother golden key, where they were The housemates of the show are considered by the
immune from all evictions until there were 10 producers "Britain’s most exceptional and
players left. Those players with the golden key would extraordinary" 18-21 year olds. The prize for the
not be eligible to compete in any competitions. The winner of the series was £50,000.[3]
final 10 marked the end of the twists. It later • VIP Brother 3 Bulgaria introduced in 2009 an entirely
returned for week 8 only after the HOH opened new conception of the show, where the celebrities
Pandor’a Box. compete for charity causes, and sometimes they are
• The fourth Philippine season features Unli-Day and allowed to leave the House in order to gain money
Unli-Night, where two separate groups of housemates for the given cause, which is different each week.
will be covered by two separate main programs.
• The fourth Philippine season introduced reserved Other editions
housemates, a number of shortlisted auditionees who The Big Brother format has been extensively modified in
are given a chance to be an official housemate by some countries, most often to the point where the house-
completing several tasks by Big Brother. This is also mates are either teenagers or housemates from previous
used in Argentina’s seventh season. seasons. The winners of these seasons are often eligible
• The Philippine version has introduced the 100 to win the prize for themselves, unlike most of the
Seconds session in which housemates are given a celebrity edition versions.
chance to see, talk and be with their loved one for • Big Brother: Ty wybierasz (Big Brother: You Decide -
only 100 seconds inside the Confession Room. This Poland, season 1: 13 days; season 2: 7 days). A group
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of people -10 in season 1 and 6 in season 2- living Big Brother exchange
together and competing for a pair of spots in the
When two seasons in different countries are taking place
next regular season. It was made before the first two
simultaneously, housemates are sometimes temporarily
main Big Brother seasons. Without nominations or
exchanged between them.
evictions.
• Big Brother, Tilbake I Huset (Big Brother, Back In The
House - Norway, 9 days). The BB1 Norway
Ex-Big Brother exchange
housemates living together again. They also
welcome 4 new housemates, who are competing for
Ex-Big Brother visit
a spot in the next regular season. Without
nominations or evictions.
Casting selection Big Brother exchange
• Big Brother Stjärnveckan (Big Brother, Week Of Stars -
Sweden, 6 days); Big Brother, Reality All Star (Denmark, Inter-Big Brother competitions
32 days); Gran Hermano: el Gran Reencuentro (Spain,
Song contest
current season). Season with contestants from
several reality shows, including Big Brother. Penalty Shootout
• Big Brother Panto (United Kingdom, 11 days).
Housemate from previous series spent time in the Subtitles of Big Brother series
Big Brother House in order to perform a pantomime
These are some of the subtitles of Big Brother shows
at the end of the series.
around the world. These are not the local title of the
• Teen Big Brother (United Kingdom, 10 days;
show.
Philippines, 42 days (Season 1), 77 days (Season 2), 78
days (Season 3)). Teenage housemates (15 years old
and above) competing in a BB house. Near-copies of Big Brother
• Big Brother: All-Stars (Belgium, 21 days; United States, There are a number of different formats around the globe
72 days; United Kingdom, 18 days; Canada, 64 days; that use rules similar to Big Brother, here are the most no-
Africa, 91 days;Spain, 56 days. table:
• Veliki Brat: Generalna Proba (Big Brother Try Out - • Russia (1)
Serbia, 7 days). 12 Serbian contestants competing for • Puerto Rico (1)
a spot in the next Big Brother Balkans season. Without • UK (1 season)
nominations or evictions. • Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
• Gran Hermano: El Reencuentro (Spain, 56 Days): An All • France (1)
Stars special edition to celebrate ten years of show. • Brazil (4)
Enemy ex-housemates compete, nominate and will • Germany (1)
be evicted in pairs. • Russia (1)
There are also "test runs" with a group of celebrities • Spain (1)
or journalists living together in the house during a few • Albania (6)
days, with the only goal being testing out the house. • France (1)
There are occasions where people who have auditioned • France (1)
for the show are also put in the house, most notably • Israel (2)
in the British edition, where many housemates claim to • Norway (1)
have met before. Series such as these are known to occur • Albania (1)
in Argentina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, •
Pacific, Philippines, Spain and many other countries. In •
some cases, it is not broadcast, but in others, such as the •
US edition, it is used as a promotional tool. • Austria (1), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Spain (1), USA
(1)
Big Brother series • Ireland (1)
• Netherlands (1)
There are currently 259 winners of the Big Brother format.
• Austria (2), Cyprus (1) and Turkey (6)
The most recent winner is Janica Kortman from Finland.
• Arab World (1), Italy (1), Norway (1), Russia (1), Spain (1), UK (1)
and US (1)
• Czech Republic (3), Hungary (5), Slovakia (3)
• Russia (3), Ukraine (1)
• Israel (1)
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Region/ Local title Network Winners Main presenters
Country
African Big Brother Africa M-Net Season 1, 2003: Cherise Makubale Mark Pilgrim (Sea-
Continent DStv (Live) Season 2, 2007: Richard Dyle son 1)
E4 (Season 1) Bezuidenhout Kabelo Ngakane
The Africa Chan- Season 3, 2008: Ricardo Venancio (Season 2–3)
nel (Season 1 in 2008) Season 4, 2009: Kevin Chuwang Ikponmwosa
Season 6, 2011: Karen Igho & Osakioduwa (Season
Wendall Parsons 4–6)
Big Brother Africa: Season 5, 2010: Uti Nwachukwu
All-Stars
Big Brother Top Channel Season 1, 2008: Arbër Çepani Arbana Osmani
Albania and Digit-Alb (Live) Season 2, 2009: Qetsor Ferunaj (Season 1–5)
Kosovo Season 3, 2010: Jetmir Salaj
Season 4, 2010-2011: Ermela Mezuraj
Season 5, 2012: February 18
Arab بيغ براذر الرئيس MBC 2 Season 1, 2004: Discontinued[4] Razan Moughrabi
World Big Brother Al-Rais MBC 4 (Season 1)
Argentina Gran Hermano Telefe Season 1, 2001: Marcelo Corazza Soledad Silveyra
Canal 4 Season 2, 2001: Roberto Parra (Season 1–3)
DirecTV (Live) (Season Season 3, 2002–2003: Viviana Jorge Rial (Season
1–3, 6-7) Colmenero 4–7)
Cablevisión (Live) (Sea- Season 4, 2007: Marianela Mirra
son 4–5) Season 5, 2007: Esteban Morais
Season 6, 2010-2011: Cristian Urriza-
ga
Season 7, 2011-2012: Current Season
Gran Hermano Telefe Season 1, 2007: Diego Leonardi Jorge Rial (Season 1)
Famosos
Australia Big Brother Aus- Network Ten (Season Season 1, 2001: Ben Williams Gretel Killeen (Sea-
tralia 1–8) Season 2, 2002: Peter Corbett son 1–7)
Nine Network (Season Season 3, 2003: Regina Bird Kyle Sandilands
9) Season 4, 2004: Trevor Butler (Season 8)
TV 2 (Season 1–3, 5) Season 5, 2005: Greg and David Jackie O (Season 8)
Prime (Season 4) Matthew (Logan) Sonia Kruger (Sea-
Season 6, 2006: Jamie Brooksby son 9)
Season 7, 2007: Aleisha Cowcher
Season 8, 2008: Terri Munro
Season 9, 2012: July/August
Celebrity Big Network Ten Season 1, 2002: Dylan Lewis Gretel Killeen (Sea-
Brother son 1)
Belgium Big Brother Kanaal Twee Season 1, 2000: Steven Spillebeen Walter Grootaers
Season 2, 2001: Ellen Dufour (Season 1–6)
Season 3, 2002: Kelly Vandevenne
Season 4, 2003: Kristof van Camp
Season 5, 2006: Kirsten Janssens
Season 6, 2007: Diana Ferrante
Big Brother VIPs vtm Season 1, 2001: Sam Gooris No Presenters
Kanaal Twee Season 2, 2006: Pim Symoens
Big Brother All- Kanaal Twee Season 1, 2003: Heidi Zutterman Walter Grootaers
Stars (Season 1)
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Brazil Big Brother Brasil Rede Globo Season 1, 2002: Kléber de Paula Pedro Bial (Season
Globo Portugal Season 2, 2002: Rodrigo Leonel 1-12)
(Season 8) Season 3, 2003: Dhomini Ferreira
SKY (Live) Season 4, 2004: Cida da Silva
Season 5, 2005: Jean Wyllys
Season 6, 2006: Mara Viana
Season 7, 2007: Diego Gasques
Season 8, 2008: Rafael Ribeiro
Season 9, 2009: Maximiliano Porto
Season 10, 2010: Marcelo Dourado
Season 11, 2011: Maria Melillo
Season 12, 2012: January 10
Bulgaria Big Brother Nova Television Season 1, 2004–2005: Zdravko Vasilev Niki Kunchev (Sea-
Nova+ (Live) (Season Season 2, 2005: Miroslav Atanasov son 1–3, 5)
1–4) Season 3, 2006: Lyubov Stancheva Milen Tsvetkov
Diema Family (Live) Season 4, 2008: Georgi Alourkov (Season 4)
(Season 5)
Big Brother Family Season 5, 2010: Eli & Vesselin Kouz-
movi
VIP Brother Nova Television Season 1, 2006: Konstantin Slavov Niki Kunchev (Sea-
Nova+ (Live) (Season Season 2, 2007: Hristina Stefanova son 1–3)
1–2) Season 3, 2009: Deyan Slavchev
Diema 2 (Live) (Season
3)
Canada Loft Story TQS[5] Season 1, 2003: Julie Lemay & Samuel Renée-Claude
Tissot Brazeau (Season 1)
Season 2, 2006: Mathieu Baron & Isabelle Maréchal
Stéphanie Bélanger (Season 2)
Season 3, 2006: Jean-Philippe Anwar Marie Plourde (Sea-
& Kim Rusk sons 3–5)
Season 4, 2007: Mathieu Surprenant Pierre-Yves Lord
Season 5, 2008: Charles-Éric Bon- (Season 6)
coeur
Loft Story: La Re- Season 6, 2009: Sébastien Tremblay
vanche
(All-Stars Format)
Big Brother V Season 1, 2010: Vincent Durand Dubé Chéli Sauvé-Cas-
tonguay (Season 1)
Secret Story V Season 1, 2012: January 15 Chéli Sauvé-Cas-
tonguay (Season 1)
Colombia Gran Hermano Caracol TV Season 1, 2003: Mónica Tejón Adriana Arango
(Season 1)
Croatia Big Brother RTL Televizija Season 1, 2004: Saša Tkalčević Daria Knez (Season
Season 2, 2005: Hamdija Seferović 1)
Season 3, 2006: Danijel Rimanić Antonija Blaće (Sea-
Season 4, 2007: Vedran Lovrenčić son 2–6)
Season 5, 2008: Krešimir Duvančić Marijana Mićić (Sea-
son 6)
Big Brother - Veliki Pink BH Season 6, 2011: Marijana Čvrljak
Brat RTL Televizija
Sitel
Pink M
RTV Pink
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Celebrity Big RTL Televizija Season 1, 2008: Danijela Dvornik Antonija Blaće (Sea-
Brother son 1)
Czech Big Brother TV NOVA Season 1, 2005: David Šín Eva Aichmajerová
Republic (Season 1)
Lejla Abbasová (Sea-
son 1)
Leoš Mareš (Season
1)
Denmark Big Brother TV Danmark (Season Season 1, 2001: Jill Liv Nielsen Lisbeth Janniche
1–3) Season 2, 2001: Carsten B. Berthelsen (Season 1-3)
Kanal 5 (Season 4) Season 3, 2003: Johnni Madsen TBA (Season 4)
Season 4, 2012: Spring
Big Brother VIP TV Danmark Season 1, 2003: Thomas Bickham Lisbeth Janniche
(Season 1)
Big Brother Reality TV Danmark Season 1, 2004: Jill Liv Nielsen (Big Lisbeth Janniche
All-Stars Brother) (Season 1)
Ecuador Gran Hermano Ecuavisa Season 1, 2003: David Burbano Toty Rodríguez
(Season 1)
Finland Big Brother Sub Season 1, 2005: Perttu Sirviö Mari Kakko (Season
Season 2, 2006: Sari Nygren 1–2)
Season 3, 2007: Sauli Koskinen Vappu Pimiä (Season
Season 4, 2008: Anniina Mustajärvi 3–5)
Season 5, 2009: Aso Alanso Susanna Laine (Sea-
Season 6, 2010: Niko Nousiainen son 6–7)
Season 7, 2011: Janica Kortman Elina Viitanen (Sea-
Season 8, 2012: August son 6–7)
France Loft Story M6 Season 1, 2001: Christophe Mercy & Benjamin Castaldi
Loana Petrucciani (Season 1–2)
Season 2, 2002: Karine Delgado &
Thomas Saillofest
Secret Story TF1 Season 1, 2007: Marjorie, Cyrielle and Benjamin Castaldi
CanalSat (Live) Johanna Bluteau ("Les Triplées") (Season 1–5)
Season 2, 2008: Matthias Pohl
Season 3, 2009: Emilie Nefnaf
Season 4, 2010: Benoit Dubois
Season 5, 2011: Marie Garet
Season 6, 2012: June
Germany Big Brother RTL 2 Season 1, 2000: John Milz Percy Hoven (Season
RTL (Season 2–3) Season 2, 2000: Alida Nadine Kurras 1)
Single TV (Season 2) Season 3, 2001: Karina Schreiber Oliver Geissen (Sea-
Tele 5 (Season 4–6) Season 4, 2003: Jan Geilhufe son 2–3)
MTV2 Pop (Season 4–5) Season 5, 2004–2005: Sascha Sirtl Ruth Moschner
VIVA (Season 5, 9) Season 6, 2005–2006: Michael Knopf (Season 5–6)
Premiere (Live) (Season Season 7, 2007: Michael Carstensen Oliver Petszokat
5–9) Season 8, 2008: Silke "Isi" Kaufmann (Season 6)
Sky (Live) (Season 10–11) Season 9, 2008–2009: Daniel Schöller Charlotte Karlinder
9Live (Season 8) Season 10, 2010: Timo Grätsch (Season 7-8)
Season 11, 2011: Marco Sonnen Miriam Pielhau
"Rayo di Sole" (Season 8–9)
Aleksandra Bechtel
(Season 4, 10-11)
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Sonja Zietlow (Sea-
son 11 - Opening Show)
Big Brother ANT1 (Season Season 1, 2001: Giorgos Triantafyl- Andreas Mikrout-
Greece and 1–4) lidis sikos (Season 1–3)
Cyprus Alpha TV[6] (Sea- Season 2, 2002: Alexandros Moskhos Tatiana Stefanidou
son 5) Season 5, 2010-2011: Giannis (Season 4)
Sigma TV (Season Foukakis Roula Koromila
5) (Season 5)
The Wall Season 3, 2003: Thodores Jspógloy
(The Battle Format)
Big Mother Season 4, 2005: Nikos Papadopoulos
(Family Format)
Hungary Big Brother Nagy TV2 Season 1, 2002: Éva Párkányi Claudia Liptai (Sea-
Testvér Season 2, 2003: Zsófi Tóth son 1–2)
Attila Till (Season
1–2)
Big Brother VIP TV2 Season 1, 2003: Gábor Bochkor Claudia Liptai (Sea-
Season 2, 2003: Boros Lajos son 1–3)
Season 3, 2003: Zolee Ganxsta Attila Till (Season
1–3)
India Bigg Boss SET (Season 1) Season 1, 2006-2007: Rahul Roy Arshad Warsi (Sea-
(Celebrity Format) Colors TV (Season 2-5) Season 2, 2008: Ashutosh Kaushik son 1)
Season 3, 2009: Vindu Dara Singh Shilpa Shetty (Sea-
Season 4, 2010-2011: Shweta Tiwari son 2)
Season 5, 2011-2012: Current Season Amitabh Bachchan
(Season 3)
Salman Khan (Sea-
son 4)
Sanjay Dutt (Season
5)
Indonesia Big Brother In- Trans TV Season 1, 2011: Alan Wangsa Ferdi Hassan (Season
donesia 1)
Indra Herlambang
(Season 1)
Sarah Sechan (Sea-
son 1)
Shara Aryo (Season
1)
Celebrity Big Trans TV Season 1, 2012: February TBA (Season 1)
Brother Indonesia
Israel האח הגדול Channel 2 - Keshet Season 1, 2008: Shifra Cornfeld Erez Tal (Season 1–3)
HaAh HaGadol HOT (Live) Season 2, 2009-2010: Eliraz Sadeh Assi Azar (Season
Yes (Live) Season 3, 2010-2011: Yaakov "Jackie" 1–3)
Menahem
Season 4, 2012: January 1
VIP האח הגדול Season 1, 2009: Dudi Melitz Erez Tal (Season 1)
HaAh HaGadol VIP Assi Azar (Season 1)
Italy Grande Fratello Canale 5 Season 1, 2000: Cristina Plevani Daria Bignardi (Sea-
Stream TV Live 24h Season 2, 2001: Flavio Montrucchio son 1–2)
(Season 1-3) Season 3, 2003: Floriana Secondi Barbara D’Urso
SKY Live 24h (Season Season 4, 2004: Serena Garitta (Season 3-5)
4-5, 8-9) Season 5, 2004: Jonathan
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Mediaset Premium Kashanian Alessia Marcuzzi
Live 24h (Season 6-12) Season 6, 2006: Augusto De Megni (Season 6-12)
Season 7, 2007: Milo Coretti
Season 8, 2008: Mario Ferretti
Season 9, 2009: Ferdi Berisa
Season 10, 2009-2010: Mauro Marin
Season 11, 2010-2011: Andrea
Cocco
Season 12, 2011-2012: Current season
Mexico Big Brother México Televisa Season 1, 2002: Rocío Cárdenas Adela Micha (Sea-
SKY (Live) Season 2, 2003: Silvia Irabien sons 1–2)
Univision (Season Season 3, 2005: Evelyn Nieto Verónica Castro
VIP 5) (Season 3)
Big Brother VIP Season 1, 2002: Galilea Montijo Víctor Trujillo (Sea-
Season 2, 2003: Omar Chaparro son 1)
Season 3 (Part 1), 2004: Eduardo Verónica Castro
Videgaray (Season 2-4)
Season 3 (Part 2), 2004: Roxanna TBA (Season 5)
Castellanos
Season 4, 2005: Sasha Sökol
Season 5, 2012: February
Nether- Big Brother Veronica (Season 1–2) Season 1, 1999: Bart Spring in ’t Veld Rolf Wouters (Sea-
lands Yorin (Season 3-4) Season 2, 2000: Bianca Hagenbeek son 1)
Talpa (Season 5-6) Season 3, 2001: Sandy Boots Daphne Deckers
Season 4, 2002: Jeanette Godefroy (Season 1)
Season 5, 2005: Joost Hoebink Esther Duller (Sea-
Season 6, 2006: Jeroen Visser son 2)
Beau Van Erven
Doren (Season 2)
Patty Brard (Season
3)
Martijn Krabbé
(Season 4)
Ruud de Wild (Sea-
son 5)
Bridget Maasland
(Season 5-6)
Big Brother VIPs Veronica (Season 1) Season 1, 2000: No winner Caroline Tensen
Talpa (Season 2) Season 2, 2006: No winner (Season 2)
Secret Story NET 5 Season 1, 2011: Sharon Hooijkaas Renate Verbaan
(Season 1)
Bart Boonstra (Sea-
son 1)
Nigeria Big Brother Nigeria M-Net Season 1, 2006: Katung Aduwak Olisa Adibua (Season
DStv (Live) 1)
Michelle Dede (Sea-
son 1)
Norway Big Brother Norge TVN (Season 1-3) Season 1, 2001: Lars Joakim Ringom Arve Juritzen (Sea-
TV 2 Bliss (Season 4) Season 2, 2002: Veronica Agnes Roso son 1–2)
Season 3, 2003: Eva Lill Baukhol Trygve Rønningen
Season 4, 2011: Tine Barstad (Season 3)
Petter Pilgaard (Sea-
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son 4)
Sarah Natasha Mel-
bye (Season 4)
Big Brother Norge - TVN Season 1, 2001: Leena Brekke Arve Juritzen (Sea-
Tilbake I Huset son 1)
(Selection Contestants/
All-Stars Format)
Gran Hermano del RedTeleSistema Season 1, 2005: Juan Sebastián Lorena Meritano
Pacific Re- Pacífico RedTV López (Season 1)
gion ATV Regional Main Presen-
ters
Álvaro Ballera & Ál-
varo García
Janine Leal
Juan Francisco Es-
cobar
Philip- Pinoy Big Brother ABS-CBN Season 1, 2005: Nene Tamayo Robi Domingo (Sea-
pines SkyCable (Live) Season 2, 2007: Beatriz Saw son 4)
Season 3, 2009–2010: Melisa Can- Bianca Gonzalez
tiveros (Season 2–4)
Season 4, 2011–2012: Current Season Mariel Rodriguez
(Season 1–3)
Toni Gonzaga (Sea-
son 1–4)
Willie Revillame
(Season 1)
Pinoy Big Brother: Season 1, 2006: Keanna Reeves Luis Manzano (Sea-
Celebrity Edition Season 2, 2007–2008: Ruben Gonzaga son 1)
Mariel Rodriguez
(Season 1–2)
Toni Gonzaga (Sea-
son 1–2)
Pinoy Big Brother: Season 1, 2006: Kim Chiu Bianca Gonzalez
Teen Edition Season 2, 2008: Ejay Falcon (Season 1-3)
Season 3, 2010: James Reid Luis Manzano (Sea-
Season 4, 2012: April 2012 son 2)
Mariel Rodriguez
(Season 1–3)
Toni Gonzaga (Sea-
son 1–3)
Poland Big Brother TVN (Season 1–3) Season 1, 2001: Janusz Dzięcioł Martyna Woj-
TV4 (Season 4–5) Season 2, 2001: Marzena Wieczorek ciechowska (Season
Season 3, 2002: Piotr Borucki 1–3)
Season 4, 2007: Jolanta Rutowicz Grzegorz Miecu-
Season 5 (Part 2), 2008: Janusz gow (Season 1)
Strączek Andrzej Sołtysik
(Season 2-3)
Big Brother : Ty Season 1, 2001: Małgorzata Maier &
Wybierasz Sebastian Florek Karina Kunkiewicz
(Season 4)
(Selection Contestants Season 2, 2001: Barbara Knap & Jakub
Format) Jankowski Kuba Klawiter (Sea-
sons 4–5)
Big Brother VIP Season 5 (Part 1), 2008: Jarek Jaki-
mowicz
13
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Małgorzata Kosik
(Season 5)
Portugal Big Brother TVI Season 1, 2000-2001: Zé Maria Seleiro Teresa Guilherme
TVI Direct (Live) (Big Season 2, 2001: Henrique Guimarães (Season 1-4)
Brother 4, Secret Story 1) Season 3, 2001: Catarina Cabral
Season 4, 2003: Nando Geraldes
Big Brother Season 1, 2002: Ricardo Vieira, Teresa Guilherme
Famosos "Ricky" (Season 1–2)
Season 2, 2002: Vítor Norte
Secret Story - Casa Season 1, 2010: António Queirós Júlia Pinheiro (Sea-
dos Segredos Season 2, 2011: Current Season son 1)
Leonor Poeiras (Sea-
son 1-2)
Pedro Granger (Sea-
son 1)
Teresa Guilherme
(Season 2)
Iva Domingues (Sea-
son 2)
Romania Big Brother Prima TV Season 1, 2003: Sorin "Soso" Pavel Andreea Raicu (Sea-
Fisteag son 1–2)
Season 2, 2004: Iustin Popovici Virgil Ianțu (Season
1–2)
Russia большой брат TNT Season 1, 2005: Anastasia Yagaylova Ingeborga Dapku-
Bol’shoy Brat TET (Season 1 in naite (Season 1)
2008)
Big Brother Kanal5 Season 1, 2005: Britt Goodwin Brita Møystad
Scandinavian TVN Season 2, 2006: Jessica Lindgren Engseth (Seasons 1–2)
Peninsula[7] Adam Alsing
(Season 1)
Hannah
Rosander (Season 2)
Second Life Big Brother Second World Wide Web Season 1, 2006: Madlen Flint
Life
Veliki Brat Pink BH (Season Season 1, 2006: Ivan Ljuba Marijana Mićić (Sea-
Serbia 1-3) Season 2, 2007: Discontinued[8] son 1, 3-4)
A1 (Season 3) Season 3, 2009: Vladimir Arsić Ana Mihajlovski
Pink M (Season 1-3) (Season 2)
B92 (Season 1-3) Antonija Blaće (Sea-
son 4)
Big Brother - Veliki Pink BH Season 4, 2011: Marijana Čvrljak
Brat RTL Televizija
Sitel
Pink M
RTV Pink
Veliki Brat VIP Pink BH (Season Season 1, 2007: Saša Ćurčić Ana Mihajlovski
1-4) Season 2, 2008: Mimi Đurović (Season 1-2)
A1 (Season 4) Season 3, 2009: Miki Đuričić Milan Kalinić (Sea-
Pink M (Season 1-4) Season 4, 2010: Milan Marić son 2-3)
B92 (Season 1-2) Marijana Mićić (Sea-
RTV Pink (Season son 3-4)
3-4)
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Veliki Brat: Gener- B92 (Only for Serbia) Season 1, 2006: Jelena Provci & Marijana Mićić (Sea-
alna Proba Marko Miljkovic son 1)
(Selection Contestants
Format)
Slovakia Big Brother Súboj TV Markíza Season 1, 2005: Richard Tkáč Zuzana Belohor-
cová (Season 1)
Slovenia Big Brother Kanal A Season 1, 2007: Andrej Novak Nina Osenar (Season
Season 2, 2008: Naske Mehić 1-2)
Big Brother Slavnih POP TV Season 1, 2010: Jože Činč Nina Osenar (Season
(Celebrity Format) 1)
South Big Brother South M-Net Season 1, 2001: Ferdinand Rabie Mark Pilgrim (Sea-
Africa Africa DStv (Live) Season 2, 2002: Richard Cawood son 1–2)
Gerry Rantseli (Sea-
son 1–2)
Celebrity Big Season 1, 2002: Bill Flynn Mark Pilgrim (Sea-
Brother son 1)
Gerry Rantseli (Sea-
son 1)
Spain Gran Hermano Telecinco Season 1, 2000: Ismael Beiro Mercedes Milá (Sea-
La Siete (Season Season 2, 2001: Sabrina Mahí son 1–2, 4–13)
11–13) Season 3, 2002: Francisco Javier Gar- Pepe Navarro (Sea-
Canal GH 24 Horas cía, "Javito" son 3)
(Live TDT free) (Season Season 4, 2002-2003: Pedro Oliva
12) Season 5, 2003-2004: Nuria Yáñez
Telecinco 2 (Season 1 Season 6, 2004: Juan José Mateo Ro-
(R) & 10) camora, "Juanjo"
Telecinco Estrellas Season 7, 2005-2006: José Herrero,
(Season 9) "Pepe"
Quiero TV (Live) (Sea- Season 8, 2006: Naiala Melo
son 1–3) Season 9, 2007: Judit Iglesias
Vía Digital (Live) (Sea- Season 10, 2008-2009: Iván Madrazo
son 4–5) Season 11, 2009-2010: Ángel Muñoz
Digital+ (Live) (Season Season 12, 2010-2011: Laura Campos
6-11) Season 13, 2012: January
Gran Hermano VIP Telecinco Season 1, 2004: Marlene Mour- Jesús Vázquez (Sea-
reau son 1–2)
Season 2, 2005: Ivonne Armand
Gran Hermano: El Telecinco Season 1, 2010: José Herrero, "Pepe" Mercedes Milá (Sea-
Reencuentro La Siete & Raquel López son 1)
(All-Stars Format) (Sea- Digital+ (Live) (Season Season 2, 2011: Juan Miguel Martínez Jordi González (Sea-
son 1) 1) & Yola Berrocal son 2)
(Reality All-Stars For-
mat) (Season 2)
Sweden Big Brother Sverige Kanal5 (Season 1–4) Season 1, 2000: Angelica Freij Adam Alsing (Season
TV11 (Season 5-6) Season 2, 2002: Ulrica Andersson 1–4)
Season 3, 2003: Danne Sörensen Gry Forssell (Season
Season 4, 2004: Carolina Gynning 5-6)
Season 5, 2011: Simon Danielsson
Season 6, 2012: Winter
Big Brother Stjärn- Kanal5 Season 1, 2002: Anki Lundberg Adam Alsing (Season
veckan (Baren) 1)
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mat)
Switzer- Big Brother Sch- TV3 Season 1, 2000: Daniela Kanton Daniel Fohrler (Sea-
land weiz Season 2, 2001: Christian Ponleitner son 1)
Eva Wannemacher
(Season 2)
Thailand Big Brother Thai- iTV Season 1, 2005: Nipon Perktim Saranyu Vonkarjun
land Season 2, 2006: Arisa Sonthirod (Season 1–2)
Nana Raibeena (Sea-
son 2)
Ukraine Big Brother K1 Season 1, 2011: Current season Olga Gorbacheva
Україна
Укра на (Season 1)
Big Brother Oleksey Kurban
Ukraine (Season 1)
United Big Brother Channel 4 (Series 1-11) Series 1, 2000: Craig Phillips Davina McCall
Kingdom Channel 5 (Series 12-) Series 2, 2001: Brian Dowling (Series 1-11)
S4C (Series 1–10) Series 3, 2002: Kate Lawler Brian Dowling
M-Net (Series 4) Series 4, 2003: Cameron Stout (Series 12-)
TVN Lingua[9] Series 5, 2004: Nadia Almada
Series 6, 2005: Anthony Hutton
Series 7, 2006: Pete Bennett
Series 8, 2007: Brian Belo
Series 9, 2008: Rachel Rice
Series 10, 2009: Sophie Reade
Series 11, 2010: Josie Gibson
Series 12, 2011: Aaron Allard-
Morgan
Series 13, 2012: May
Celebrity Big Channel 4/BBC One Series 1, 2001: Jack Dee Davina McCall
Brother (Series 1) Series 2, 2002: Mark Owen (Series 1-7)
Channel 4 (Series 2-7) Series 3, 2005: Bez Berry Brian Dowling
Channel 5 (Series 8-) Series 4, 2006: Chantelle (Series 8-)
S4C (Series 2–7) Houghton
Series 5, 2007: Shilpa Shetty
Series 6, 2009: Ulrika Jonsson
Series 7, 2010: Alex Reid
Series 8, 2011: Paddy Doherty
Series 9, 2012: January 5
Teen Big Brother Channel 4/E4 Series 1, 2003: Paul Brennan Dermot O’Leary
S4C (Series 1)
Big Brother Panto Channel 4/E4 Series 1, 2004: No winner Jeff Brazier (Series 1)
(All-Stars Format) S4C
Big Brother: Channel 4/E4 Series 1, 2008: John Loughton Dermot O’Leary
Celebrity Hijack S4C (Series 1)
(Housemates: Teen /
Big Brother: Celebri-
ties)
Ultimate Big Channel 4/E4 Series 1, 2010: Brian Dowling Davina McCall
Brother (Series 1)
(All-Stars Format)
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United Big Brother CBS Season 1, 2000: Eddie McGee Julie Chen (Season
States Showtime 2 Season 2, 2001: Will Kirby 1-)
Global Season 3, 2002: Lisa Donahue
Global Reality Season 4, 2003: Jun Song
Channel[10] Season 5, 2004: Drew Daniel
E4 (Season 4, 9) Season 6, 2005: Maggie Ausburn
Season 8, 2007: Dick Donato
Season 9, 2008: Adam Jasinski
Season 10, 2008: Dan Gheesling
Season 11, 2009: Jordan Lloyd
Season 12, 2010: Hayden Moss
Season 13, 2011: Rachel Reilly
Season 14, 2012: July
Big Brother: All- Season 7, 2006: Mike Malin
Stars
See also [9] C21Media:
[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
• List of television show franchises Global_Reality_Channel
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[1] ^ Polyzoidis, Panos (2002-03-23). "Greece’s Big
Brother row". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/
hi/europe/1889048.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
[2] Big Brother is giving one housemate a special treat!
A housemate will reunite with a loved one inside
the confession room! And this special moment will
be aired live on Pinoy Big Brother
tonight!http://bb1.pinoybigbrother.com/
Default.aspx?tabid=52&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=184
[3] BREAKING BB NEWS Channel 4 - Official Big Brother
UK Website Retrieved 2007-09-08
[4] "Arab Big Brother show suspended". BBC.
2004-03-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
middle_east/3522897.stm.
[5] On August 31, 2009, TQS changed its name to V.
[6] Staff (July 22, 2010). "Το "Βig Brother" επιστρέφει"
(in Greek). Star Channel. http://www.star.gr/
index.php?ID=media&Rec_ID=53556. Retrieved July
22, 2010.
[7] Co-produced version with Norway and Sweden
taking part.
[8] Due to the car accident that killed three former
housemates, Elmir Kuduzović, Stevan Zečević and
Zorica Lazić, the producer decided to discontinue
the series. The winning prize was divided by the
surviving housemates.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother series Housemates involved Year Duration
BB1 Mexico Eduardo Ozorco, "El Doc" 2002 7 days
swapped with swapped with
GH3 Spain Andrés Barreiro, "Ness"
GH3 Argentina Eduardo Carrera 2003 7 days
swapped with swapped with
GH4 Spain Inmaculada González
GH1 Ecuador Álvaro Montalván 2003 7 days
swapped with swapped with
BB2 Mexico Eduardo Enríque
BB1 Africa Gaetano Juko Kagwa 2003 4 Days
swapped with swapped with
BB4 UK Cameron Stout
BB2 Scandinavia Anton Granlund 2006 7 Days
swapped with swapped with
BB2 Thailand Kirt Tirat, "Boo"
PBB2 Philippines Bruce Quebral 2007 5 days
swapped with swapped with
BB1 Slovenia Tina Semolič
GH5 Argentina Soledad Melli 2007 7 days
swapped with swapped with
GH9 Spain Eneko Van Horenbeke
BB3 Africa Munya Chidzonga 2008 7 days
swapped with swapped with
BB4 Finland Johan Grahn
BB5 Finland Kätlin Laas 2009 6 days
swapped with swapped with
PBB3 Philippines Catherine Remperas
GH11 Spain Gerardo Prager and 2010 7 days
swapped with Saray Pereira
GF10 Italy swapped with
Carmela Gualtieri and
Massimo Scattarella
BB6 Finland Niko Nousiainen 2010 6 days
swapped with swapped with
BBS1 Slovenia Sandra Auer
GH12 Spain Lydia Navarro 2010–2011 6 days
swapped with swapped with
HH3 Israel Yaakov "Jackie" Menahem
BB7 Finland Janica Kortman 2011 10 days
swapped with swapped with
BB4 Norway Siv Anita Austad
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother series Housemates involved Year
VIP2 Mexico Isabel Madow 2003
swapped with swapped with
GH5 Spain Aída Nízar
BR1 Russia Ivan Timoshenko 2005
Housemate Visited swapped with
GH1 Pacific Gianmarco Retis
GH4 Argentina Pablo Espósito 2007
swapped with swapped with
BB7 Brazil Iris Stefanelli
Big Brother series Housemates involved Year
BB4 UK Anouska Golebiewski 2003
Housemate Visited
BB3 Australia
BB5 UK Nadia Almada 2005
Housemate Visited
BB5 Australia
CBB4 UK Chantelle Houghton 2006
Housemate Visited
BB6 Germany
BB1 Slovenia Tina Semolič 2007
Housemate Visited
PBB2 Philippines
BB3/CBB5 UK Jade Goody 2008
Contestant
BB2 India
BB3 Africa Ricardo Ferreira, "Ricco" 2009
Housemate Visited
BB9 Brazil
BB9 Germany Annina Ucatis 2009
Housemate Visited
PBB3 Philippines
GF10 Italy George Leonard 2010
Housemates Visited Veronica Ciardi
BB3 Albania
BB5 Sweden Martin Granetoft 2011
Housemates Visited Peter Orrmyr
BB4 Norway Sara Jonsson
Big Brother series Housemates involved Year
GF9 Italy Doroti Polito 2009
Housemate Visited Leonia Coccia
GH10 Spain
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother series par- Big Brother series Points Winner Date
ticipans jury
GH12 Spain – "A-Ba- GF11 Italy Spain: 12 (Italy) + 12 (Greece) + 12 (Ar- Spain Tests: 30-12-10 to
Ni-Bi" BB5 Greece gentina) = 36 4-1-11
HH3 Israel – "Bandi- GH6 Argenti- Israel: 10 (Italy) + 10 (Greece) + 10 (Ar- Israel Performance:
do" na gentina) = 30 5-1-2011
Spain Performance:
6-1-2011
Ratings: 7-1-2011
Closing: 8-1-2011
Big Prize Points Winner Date
Brother se-
ries partic-
ipans
BB10 To view the Round After five penalties of both teams the score was 1–1. So, the game United 26
Germany of 16 game Germany had to go to sudden-death penalties. After 36 penalties, German Kingdom June
BB11 vs. England at the housemate Robert shot the ball wide and the UK housemate Ife 2010
United 2010 FIFA World scored. And so the UK Big Brother house won 2–1.
Kingdom Cup.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Big Brother (TV series)
Region / Country Season Subtitle
4 Revolution
5 All-Stars
Africa 6 Amplified
Argentina 5 The fifth generation
6 A new era
Australia 9 Secrets
Belgium 3 Big Brother Anders
5 Zero Privacy
6
Brazil 1-7 Dê Uma Espiadinha (Take a Peek)
8 O Big Fone (The Big Phone)
9 O Muro (The Wall)
10 Tribos (Tribes or Cliques)
11 Nova Era (New Era)
Bulgaria 1 Биг Брадър вижда всичко! (Big Brother sees everything!)
3 Очаквайте неочакваното! (Expect the unexpected!)
VIP 2 Нов! (NEW!)
4 Епизод 4 (Episode 4)
VIP 3 Звездите имат сърца! (Celebrities have hearts!)
5 Family
Canada 6 Loft Story : La revanche (Loft Story : The revenge)
7 Big Brother
Croatia 1 Vidi sve (Sees Everything)
2 Gola istina (Naked Truth)
3 Do kraja (To The End)
4 Bez milosti! (No Mercy!)
5 Avantura te zove! (Adventure calls you!)
Finland 1 Aidoin voittaa (The most genuine wins)
2 Toinen tuleminen (Second coming)
3 Käytä valtaasi (Use your power)
4 Kuka oikeasti olet? (Who are you really?)
5 Kaikki on toisin (Everything is different)
6 Kulissit kaatuvat (True colours become revealed)
7 Enemmän salaisuuksia kuin milloinkaan ennen (More secrets than ever)
Germany 2 Back to basics
4 The Battle
5 365 Days - 1 Million Euro
6 Das Dorf (The Village)
7 Who are you really?
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Big Brother (TV series)
9 Rich vs. Poor
9 Heaven and Hell / Reloaded
10 Everyone got a secret
11 The Secret
Greece 3 The Wall
4 Big Mother
Netherlands 3 The Battle
VIP 2 Big Brother Hotel
Norway 3 Next Generation
Philippines Teen 2 Plus
3 Double Up
Teen 3 Clash of 2010
4 Unlimited
Poland 1, 2, 4.1, 5 (Part 2) Wielki Brat (Big Brother)
3 Bitwa (The Battle)
5 (Part 1) VIP
6 Cyber Star
Portugal 1 O Grande Irmão (The Big Brother)
2
3
Romania 2 Fratele Cel Mare (The Big Brother)
Serbia 2 Očekuj neočekivano (Expect the Unexpected)
3 Veliki Brat je dvoličan (Big Brother gets two-faced)
VIP 4 Bitka počinje (The Battle Starts)
4 Ljubi bližnjeg svog (Love Thy Neighbor)
Spain 1-7 La vida en directo (Life Live)
VIP 1 El Desafío (The Challenge)
8 Lo verás todo (You will see everything)
9 Nada es lo que parece (Nothing is what it seems)
10 Es otra historia (It’s another story)
11 La Nueva Era (The New Age)
El reencuentro Cuentas pendientes (Unfinished bussines)
(The reunion)
12 La cuarta dimensión (The fourth dimension)
El reencuentro 10 años después (10 years after)
(The reunion)
13 (12+1) Dale la vuelta (Turn it over)
Slovenia 1 Big Brother vas gleda! (Big Brother is watching you!)
2
Celebrity 1 Big Brother Slavnih (Celebrity Big Brother)
UK Celebrity 1 In Aid of Comic Relief
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2 View, Vote, Control
Teen 1 The Experiment
5 Big Brother Gets Evil
Celebrity 3
7 Big Brother Gets Twisted
Celebrity 7 Hell Lies in Others
11 The Big Send-Off
Welcome to the Mad House
Ultimate 1 The Final Send-Off
US 3 Expect The Unexpected
4 The X-Factor
5 Project DNA - Do Not Assume
6 Summer Of Secrets
7 All-Stars
9 ’Til Death Do You Part
10 Back to Basics
11 High School Cliques
12 Summer of Sabotage
13 The Summer of Double Trouble
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