Big Brother (Bulgarian TV series)
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Big Brother is a reality show based on the Big Brother series by Endemol. The show originates from the Netherlands, where in 1999 the very first season was aired.
At present, the format is spread in a number of countries around the world. A group of people (called the Housemates) live together in an isolated house. 24 hours a day their life is recorded by hidden cameras in all the rooms in the House. They don't have TV, Internet, newspapers, even watches on their hands. The Housemates are completely isolated from the outside world. Every week, each one of them must enter the Diary room and nominate 2 of the other people for public eviction. The 2 or more housemates with most negative votes become nominated. For almost a week the TV viewers have to decide which of them to be evicted, voting via SMS or phone calls. Every week the Housemates have a week task. Depending on whether they do their task successfully or unsuccessfully, their week budget is increased or decreased. During the final week, the viewers vote which one of the remaining people in the House to be the winner. He or she wins a big cash prize.
The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing, omnipotent leader of Oceania.
In Bulgaria, the first season of Big Brother was aired in 2004 on Nova Television, and quickly became one of the most successful TV formats in the country. Niki Kanchev was the main presenter in all editions, except for Big Brother 4, where he was replaced by Milen Tsvetkov. Evelina Pavlova was a co-host in the period 2004–2006. Five main seasons, seven celebrity seasons, four All Stars seasons and a Family season have been produced so far. The fifth main season premiered on 17 August 2015 and was the first non-celebrity season to be produced in 7 years.
Seasons
Big Brother format
| Season | Launch date | Final date | Days | Housemates | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brother 1 | 18 October 2004 | 17 January 2005 | 92 | 15 | Zdravko |
| Big Brother 2 | 19 September 2005 | 19 December 2005 | 92 | 19 | Miroslav |
| Big Brother 3 | 18 September 2006 | 11 December 2006 | 85 | 18 | Lyubov |
| Big Brother 4 | 22 September 2008 | 14 December 2008 | 84 | 26 | Georgi |
| Big Brother 5 | 17 August 2015 | 11 September 2015 | 26 | 13 | Nikita |
Big Brother Family format
| Season | Launch date | Final date | Days | Housemates | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brother Family | 22 March 2010 | 10 June 2010 | 81 | 15 families | Eli and Veselin Kuzmovi |
VIP Brother format
| Season | Launch date | Final date | Days | Housemates | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIP Brother 1 | 13 March 2006 | 10 April 2006 | 29 | 12 | Konstantin |
| VIP Brother 2 | 26 March 2007 | 27 April 2007 | 33 | 13 | Hristina |
| VIP Brother 3 | 16 March 2009 | 10 May 2009 | 56 | 17 | Deyan |
| VIP Brother 4 | 16 September 2012 | 17 November 2012 | 63 | 16 | Orlin |
| VIP Brother 5 | 15 September 2013 | 16 November 2013 | 63 | 17 | Stanka |
| VIP Brother 6 | 15 September 2014 | 17 November 2014 | 64 | 18 | Vladislav |
| VIP Brother 7 | 13 September 2015 | 13 November 2015 | 62 | 15 | Georgi |
| VIP Brother 8 | 11 September 2016 | 11 November 2016 | 62 | 19 | Miglena |
| VIP Brother 9 | 11 September 2017 | 10 November 2017 | 61 | 18 | Yonislav |
| VIP Brother 10 | 10 September 2018 | November 2018 | 17 |
Big Brother All Stars format
| Season | Launch date | Final date | Days | Housemates | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brother All Stars 1 | 19 November 2012 | 17 December 2012 | 29 | 11 | Nikola |
| Big Brother All Stars 2 | 18 November 2013 | 16 December 2013 | 29 | 12 | Zlatka |
| Big Brother All Stars 3 | 19 November 2014 | 15 December 2014 | 27 | 10 | Todor |
| Big Brother All Stars 4 | 16 November 2015 | 14 December 2015 | 29 | 8 | Desislava |
| Big Brother All Stars 5 | 13 November 2017 | 11 December 2017 | 29 | 12 | Georgi |
| Big Brother All Stars 6 | November 2018 | December 2018 |
Main seasons
Niki Kanchev hosted all main seasons, except for the fourth, and all nine celebrity seasons. Evelina Pavlova was a co-host during the first two Big Brother seasons, and the first VIP Brother. The host of Big Brother 4 was Milen Tsvetkov.
Big Brother 1
Big Brother 2
Big Brother 3
Big Brother 4
Big Brother 5
Family seasons
Big Brother Family
VIP seasons
VIP Brother 1
VIP Brother 2
VIP Brother 3
VIP Brother 4
VIP Brother 5
VIP Brother 6
VIP Brother 7
VIP Brother 8
VIP Brother 9
VIP Brother 10
All Stars seasons
Big Brother All Stars 2012
Big Brother All Stars 2013
Big Brother All Stars 2014
Big Brother All Stars 2015
Big Brother All Stars 2017
Big Brother All Stars 2018
Big Brother: The Housemates Strike Back
On 7 June, 2007 Big Brother brought together Housemates from all Big Brother and VIP Brother seasons and gave them their last task—to destroy the House. Here are the Housemates, who participated in the special edition of the show:
From Big Brother 1
- Mariela "Mel"
- Nayden
- Stoyka
- Tihomir (he also participated in VIPB2)
- Veneta
- Zdravko (he won BB1 and also participated in VIPB2)
- Zeyneb
From Big Brother 2
- Elena
- Ivan
- Leonardo "Leo"
- Miroslav (the winner of BB2)
- Nedyalko
- Silvia
- Stefan "Bat Sali"
- Zvezdelin "Vego"
Stefan and Leonardo made a performance as a part of the concert in the House by some of the singer stars from VIP Brother.
From VIP Brother 1
- Damaskin "Dim"
- Dimitar "Mityo Pishtova"
- Konstantin (the winner of VIPB1)
- Rayna
Rayna and Konstantin also made a performance. Damaskin also sang with Konstantin.
From Big Brother 3
- Borislav
- Eva
- Garo
- Lilyana
- Panayot
- Penyo
- Svetlana
- The Triplets: Vyara, Nadezhda and Lyubov (the winner of BB3)
- Violeta
Penyo participated in the concert.
From VIP Brother 2
- Desislava
- Hristina (the winner of VIPB2. She is also Zdravko's wife, who won BB1 and also participated in VIPB2.)
- Kalin
- Magdalena "Magi"
- Petya
- Tihomir (he and Zdravko entered with the other BB1 Housemates)
- Zdravko (also the winner of BB1)
Desislava and Petya participated in the concert. Kalin sang with his friend Nina Nikolina.
Trivia
- General
- Winners: 11 males, 7 females and 1 family
- Youngest Big Brother winner: Lyubov Stancheva (Big Brother 3) – 21
- Big Brother winner with the highest percentage: 78%, Konstantin, VIP Brother 1
- Highest eviction percentage: Elena Georgieva, 86%, Big Brother 2
- Least eviction difference: Lilana, 4%, VIP Brother 1
- Oldest Big Brother housemate: Radka and Chavdar Kamenarovi – 62 years old, Big Brother Family
- Season with most contestants: Big Brother 4, 26 housemates
- Season with least contestants: Big Brother All Stars 4, 8 housemates
- Shortest gap between 2 Big Brother seasons: 3 months, BB2 – VIP Brother 1
- Shortest Big Brother: Big Brother 5 – 26 days
- Longest Big Brother: Big Brother 1 and Big Brother 2 – 92 days
- Shortest stay in the House: Danail Panchev and Daniel Delchev, Big Brother 4, 4 days
- Big Brother with highest money-prize: Big Brother 4, 300 000 leva
- Most housemates to leave the house voluntarily: 4, VIP Brother 1
- Most housemates left on the final night: 7, VIP Brother 3
- Youngest Big Brother housemate: Vanesa Tsvetanova (Big Brother Family) – 17 years old
- VIP Brother with highest money-prize: VIP Brother 2, 100 000 leva (in the first season it was 50 000)
- Longest time spent in the House: 118 days, Zdravko Vasilev – Big Brother 1 and VIP Brother 2
- Contestant won two times: Georgi Tashev "Gino Biancalana" – VIP Brother 7 and Big Brother All Stars 5
- 2004–2005 /Big Brother 1/
- First set of nominees: Anelia and Dimitar
- First contestant to be evicted: Anelia Ivanova
- First contestant to voluntarily leave: Dimitar Kazalov
- First replacement housemate: Tihomir Georgiev
- First Big Brother Winner: Zdravko Vassilev /200 000 leva/
- First contestants to be expelled by Big Brother: Nayden Naydenov and Svetlan Shevrov “Groshi”
- First sex in the House: Tihomir Georgiev and Mariela Kiselkova
- First lesbian sex: Mariela Kiselkova and Svetlozara Trendafilova
- Longest time spent in the house without being nominated: 70 days, Svetlozara Trendafilova
- First housemate not to be nominated during the whole season: Viktor
- 2005 /Big Brother 2/
- First "evil" Big Brother
- First Big Brother with a couple competing: Elena and Miroslav
- First contestant to be voted into the house by the public: Elena Romele
- First foreigner housemate: Leonardo Bianchi (from Italy)
- Longest time spent in the house by a replacement housemate: Elena Romele
- 2006 /VIP Brother 1/
- First set of nominees: Rayna, Mityo Pishtova and Vesela Neynska
- First VIP housemate to be evicted: Raina
- First VIP housemate to voluntarily leave: Vesela Neynska
- First VIP Brother Winner: Konstantin /50 000 levas/
- First child to enter and live in the House: Danaya (3 years old)
- First blood related housemates: Violeta and Danaya, mother and daughter
- Least housemates to be evicted: 2
- First Big Brother with secret inquisition: VIP Brother 1
- 2006 /Big Brother 3/
- First season with a talk show: Big Brother's Big Mouth
- First triplets competing: Vyara, Nadezhda and Lyubov
- First pregnant housemate: Svetlana
- First Big Brother baby: Amber
- First faked eviction: Panayot and Mariola
- Longest time before the 1st eviction takes place: 29 days
- First nominations with 5 nominated housemates (Vyara, Nadezhda, Lilyana, Svetlana, Penyo): the 6th nominations
- First double eviction: Penyo and Nadezhda
- First non-secret nominations: the 8th nominations
- First nominations with positive votes: the 9th nominations
- First final with two people on 4th place: Lilyana and Paloma (they had equal votes)
- First woman to win: Lyubov
- 2007 /VIP Brother 2/
- First housemates to compete in two Big Brother seasons: Zdravko and Tihomir, previously from Big Brother 1
- First TV show shot in the House during Big Brother: Hot with host Veneta Raykova (one of the Housemates)
- First family in the House: Zdravko, Hristina and Yanitsa
- First wedding in the House: Zdravko and Hristina
- First non-VIP on VIP Brother: Hristina
- First nominations when the Housemates can nominate themselves positively: the 1st nominations
- First nominations when the Housemates had to nominate three people: the 2nd nominations
- First non-VIP to win VIP Brother: Hristina
- First intruder to win: Hristina
- 2008 /Big Brother 4/
- First season to be shot in the new House
- First season without Niki Kanchev as a host
- 2009 /VIP Brother 3/
- The longest VIP season of the show in Bulgaria – 56 Days.
Notes
External links
- Official site
- World of Big Brother
- Big Brother 1
- Big Brother 2
- Big Brother 3
- Big Brother 4
- Big Brother Family
- VIP Brother 1
- VIP Brother 2
- VIP Brother 3
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