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Big Brother 2001, also known as Big Brother 1, was the first season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name, it premiered on Network Ten on 23 April 2001 and lasted twelve weeks until the live finale on 16 July 2001. Big Brother 1 proved to be an early ratings success. In total, the season averaged 1.4 million viewers, thus making it the fourth highest rated season to date. This season aired for a total of 85 days, with evictions occurring once every week beginning with the second week. In total, fourteen Housemates competed in Big Brother 1. The original twelve entered on the first night, with two intruders entering at a later date. Ultimately, Housemate Ben Williams was later announced as the winner of the series, with Blair McDonough becoming the Runner-Up.
Big Brother Mzansi, formerly known as Big Brother South Africa, is a television series in South Africa produced by M-Net and Endemol. As of 2023, it has had a total of six seasons. Big Brother South Africa had two seasons, and a celebrity season in between. The first season aired in 2001 and the second in 2002. Both seasons were directed by Leon Coetzer and hosted by Mark Pilgrim.
Loft Story is a Quebec television series broadcast on the TQS television network, and was an adaptation of the show Loft Story in France, which itself was an adaptation of the Big Brother franchise. TQS became V and replaced Loft Story with a new Big Brother series for Quebec in 2010.
Gran Hermano is the Argentine version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother produced by Endemol. The show is currently hosted by Santiago del Moro, taking over after Jorge Rial and previously Soledad Silveyra. The show first aired on 10 March 2001 on Telefe and aired seven regular and one Celebrity season until 16 April 2012. It was on hiatus for three years until 29 April 2015, when a revival of the series began airing on América TV for two seasons until 24 August 2016. After a six-year break, the show returned to Telefe for its tenth season that premiered on 17 October 2022. Gran Hermano was renewed for an eleventh season on 27 March 2023.
Való Világ is Hungary's reality show aired by RTL. ValóVilág became the most popular Hungarian reality television program ever. The show was aired in the same time slot as the localized version of Big Brother. While TV2 recorded the highest number of viewers in 2002, Való Világ 1 had an average of 1.5 million. In 2003, Való Világ 2 was a breakthrough. While it had 1.75 million viewers daily, Big Brother 2 recorded only 800,000 viewers. RTL started the third season, which was an absolute success with 2.06 million viewers daily. The first three seasons were broadcast between 2002 and 2004 but returned in November 2010 for the fourth season after years of hiatus.
Big Brother Norge was the Norwegian version of reality TV show Big Brother that was aired from 2001 to 2003 on TV Norge for four moderately successful seasons. The fifth and final season was launched in late August 2011 on TV 2 Bliss.
Big Brother or Big Brother Sverige was the Swedish version of the Big Brother reality television franchise created by producer John de Mol in 1999. The show followed a number of contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom-built house. Each week, one of the housemates was evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate remaining winning a cash prize.
The reality franchise Big Brother debuted in Spain on April 23, 2000 and ended on July 21, 2000, lasting 90 days. This was the third version of Big Brother in global, Netherlands and Germany having aired their editions prior to the Spanish edition. The show was hosted by Mercedes Milá and broadcast on Telecinco.
Gran Hermano 4 is the fourth season of the reality television series Gran Hermano which was broadcast in Spain on Telecinco and La Siete and produced by Endemol. Season 4 lasted for 103 days from October 6, 2002, to January 16, 2003. Pedro Oliva emerged as the winner.
Gran Hermano 6 is the sixth season of the reality television series Gran Hermano which was broadcast in Spain on Telecinco and La Siete and produced by Endemol. Season 6 lasted for 110 days from September 5, 2004 to December 23, 2004. Juan José Rocamora emerged as the winner.
Big Brother Danmark was the Danish version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol. The series debuted on Danish television in January 2001 and was axed in June 2014, due to poor ratings.
El Bar TV was the local version of the reality show The Bar in Argentina. The show had 2 seasons. América TV was the channel which aired it. The host was Andy Kusnetzoff.
GeoBar 4 is the fourth and last local season of the reality show The Bar in Georgia.
Baren is a Norwegian television series. The show was broadcast in 2000 and 2001 over two series on the Norwegian channel TV3.
BarAS is the local season of the reality The Bar in Lithuania. The show was aired from 2003 to 2005 with three seasons in total. LNK is the channel was aired.
Bar II is the second local season of the reality The Bar in Poland.
Bar Złoto dla Zuchwałych is the fourth local season of the reality The Bar in Poland.
Bar Europa is the sixth local season of the reality The Bar in Poland.
Bár is a Hungarian version of the Swedish reality The Bar. The show was aired on Viasat 3 in 2001 and 2008.
The third season of the Indian Malayalam-language reality television game show Bigg Boss premiered on 14 February 2021. It is produced by Endemol Shine India under the control of Banijay and broadcast on Asianet with Mohanlal as the host. The show follows selected contestants who are isolated from the outside world for 112 days in a custom-built house.