Big Brother (Croatian TV series)

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Big Brother
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Logo of the seventh season.
Also known asBig Brother Hrvatska
Presented by Antonija Blaće (2-5; 7)
Marijana Batinić (6)
Daria Knez (1)
No. of seasons10
Production
Production location Zagreb
Production company Endemol
Original release
Network RTL Televizija
Release18 September 2004 (2004-09-18) 
6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)

Big Brother is the Croatian version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The show was aired on RTL Televizija. It followed a number of contestants who live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. Throughout the season, housemates are completing tasks, every incomplete task reduces the prize.

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In the first four regular seasons and the celebrity season, the house was located in Jadran Film studios, in Dubrava, Zagreb. In the fifth season, the house used is the Big Brother Thailand house.

There have been seven regular seasons and one celebrity season. Big Brother holds the record for having the most regular seasons with only male contestants winning the show each year (although the celebrity edition was won by a woman).

Series details

Original seasons

SeriesThemeDayHousematesWinnerRunner-upPresenter(s)EpisodesOriginally airedPrize
First airedLast airedNetwork
1 Vidi sve
(Sees everything)
10014Saša TkalčevićZdravko LamotDaria Knez18 September 2004 (2004-09-18)26 December 2004 (2004-12-26) RTL 1,000,000 kn
2 Gola istina
(Naked truth)
11821Hamdija SeferovićDaca Bosančić Antonija Blaće 4 September 2005 (2005-09-04)30 December 2005 (2005-12-30)1,000,000 kn
3 Do kraja
(To the end)
9914Danijel RimanićTomislav Šimićević8 September 2006 (2006-09-08)15 December 2006 (2006-12-15)1,250,000 kn [1]
4 Bez milosti!
(No mercy!)
9914Vedran LovrenčićMaja-Paola Sestrić7 September 2007 (2007-09-07)21 December 2007 (2007-12-21)1,005,000 kn [1]
5 Avantura te zove!
(Adventure calls you!)
10618Krešimir DuvančićOrnela Bešker-Amulić5 September 2008 (2008-09-05)19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)1,135,000 kn [1]
6 Tko će u raj?
(Who is going to heaven?)
5015 Romano Obilinović Ines HuskićMarijana Batinić17 April 2016 (2016-04-17)3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)116,300 kn
7 Tajne i laži
(Secrets and Lies)
10031Antonio OračLucija Stojak Antonija Blaće 27 January 2018 (2018-01-27)6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)371,000 kn

Celebrity season

In 2008, RTL Televizija launched a special celebrity season of Big Brother. Celebrities entered the house for charity. However, due to low ratings, the celebrity season was ended one week before it planned.

SeriesDayHousematesWinnerRunner-upPresenter(s)EpisodesOriginally airedPrize
First airedLast airedNetwork
Celebrity 158Danijela DvornikMarina Orsag Antonija Blaće 7 March 2008 (2008-03-07)21 March 2008 (2008-03-21) RTL 100,000 kn

Regional seasons

In 2011, Big Brother Croatia joins the regional version of Big Brother Veliki Brat . The show features contestants from Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

SeriesThemeDayHousematesWinnerRunner-upPresenter(s)EpisodesOriginally airedPrize
First airedLast airedNetwork
Veliki Brat 2011 Ljubi bližnjeg svog
(Love Thy Neighbor)
10621Marijana ČvrljakDuško Bogdanović Marijana Mićić
Antonija Blaće
13 March 2011 (2011-03-13)27 June 2011 (2011-06-27) RTL €104,700 [2]
Veliki Brat 2015 Gleda te, zove te Veliki Brat
(He's watching you,
called this Big Brother)
10020Darko "Spejko" PetkovskiGoran TodićAntonija Blaće
Sky Wikluh
4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)12 December 2015 (2015-12-12)€95,665 [2]
  1. 1 2 3 reduced from 1,500,000 kn
  2. 1 2 reduced from €150,000

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