Big Brother (Bulgarian TV series)

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.

Big Brother
GenreReality competition
Based onBig Brother
by John de Mol
Presented by
Country of originBulgaria
Original language(s)Bulgarian
No. of seasons5
Release
Original networkNova Television
Original releaseOctober 18, 2004 (2004-10-18) –
September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
Chronology
Related shows

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 do not have TV, Internet, newspapers, even watches on their wrists. The Housemates are completely isolated from the outside world. Every week, each one of them must enter the Diary room and nominate two of the other people for public eviction. The two 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 perform 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 seven years.

Seasons

Big Brother format
SeasonLaunch dateFinal dateDaysHousematesWinner
Big Brother 118 October 200417 January 20059215Zdravko Vasilev
Big Brother 219 September 200519 December 20059219Miroslav Atanasov
Big Brother 318 September 200611 December 20068518Lyubov Stancheva
Big Brother 422 September 200814 December 20088426Georgi Alurkov
Big Brother 517 August 201511 September 20152613Nikita Jönsson

Big Brother Family format
SeasonLaunch dateFinal dateDaysFamiliesWinner
Big Brother Family22 March 201010 June 20108115Eli & Veselin Kuzmovi

VIP Brother format
SeasonLaunch dateFinal dateDaysHousematesWinner
VIP Brother 113 March 200610 April 20062912Konstantin Slavchev
VIP Brother 226 March 200727 April 20073313Hristina Stefanova
VIP Brother 316 March 200910 May 20095617Deyan Slavchev - Deo
VIP Brother 416 September 201217 November 20126316Orlin Pavlov
VIP Brother 515 September 201316 November 20136317Stanka Zlateva
VIP Brother 615 September 201417 November 20146418Vladislav Karamfilov - Vladi Vargala
VIP Brother 713 September 201513 November 20156215Georgi Tashev - Gino Biancalana
VIP Brother 811 September 201611 November 20166219Miglena Angelova
VIP Brother 911 September 201710 November 20176118Yonislav Yotov - Toto
VIP Brother 1010 September 20182 November 20185417Atanas Kolev

Big Brother All Stars format
SeasonLaunch dateFinal dateDaysHousematesWinner
Big Brother All Stars 119 November 201217 December 20122911Nikola Nasteski - Lester
Big Brother All Stars 218 November 201316 December 20132912Zlatka Dimitrova
Big Brother All Stars 319 November 201415 December 20142710Todor Slavkov
Big Brother All Stars 416 November 201514 December 2015298Desislava
Big Brother All Stars 513 November 201711 December 20172912Georgi Tashev - Gino Biancalana
Big Brother All Stars 65 November 201810 December 20183612Stefan Ivanov - Wosh MC

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
Main article: Big Brother Family

VIP seasons
See also: VIP Brother

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
See also: Big Brother All-Stars (Bulgarian TV series)

Big Brother All Stars 2012
Main article: Big Brother All Stars 2012

Big Brother All Stars 2013
Main article: Big Brother All Stars 2013

Big Brother All Stars 2014
Main article: Big Brother All Stars 2014

Big Brother All Stars 2015
Main article: Big Brother All Stars 2015

Big Brother All Stars 2017
Main article: Big Brother All Stars 2017

Big Brother All Stars 2018
Main article: 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: 13 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 fewest 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 twice: 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
    • Fewest 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 first eviction takes place: 29 days
    • First nominations with 5 nominated housemates (Vyara, Nadezhda, Lilyana, Svetlana, Penyo): the sixth nominations
    • First double eviction: Penyo and Nadezhda
    • First non-secret nominations: the eighth nominations
    • First nominations with positive votes: the ninth nominations
    • First final with two people in fourth 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 first nominations
    • First nominations when the Housemates had to nominate three people: the second 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.

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