Big Brother (German TV series) season 1

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Big Brother
Season 1
Presented by Percy Hoven
No. of days102
No. of housemates13
WinnerJohn Milz
Runner-up Jürgen Milski
No. of episodes116
Release
Original network RTL Zwei
Original release28 February (2000-02-28) 
9 June 2000 (2000-06-09)
Season chronology
Next 
Season 2

The first season of Big Brother Germany started on 28 February 2000 and lasted 102 days until 9 June 2000 on RTL Zwei.

Contents

Season summary

It was the first adaptation of the original show with the same name that was aired six months earlier in the Netherlands. Never experienced with such a format, the German public remained doubtful until the start and German politics tried to forbid to air the show.

However, after being on air a few weeks, the show proved to be a massive ratings hit with German audience and Macedonian contestant Zlatko Trpkovski immediately went on to become a love-hate character for his clueless way of speaking and not knowing who William Shakespeare was. He went on to survive his first nomination; however, when he was nominated against Jürgen, his best friend in the house, he was evicted. On his way out of the house he was witnessed by reportedly 3,000 people outside of the house with cheers and was celebrated as being the winner. However in the same night the audience was shouting "Manu raus!" ("Get Manu out!") targeting Manuela, one of Zlatko's major threats in the house and after the remaining housemates were able to hear the reactions one of the basic rules (no contact to the outside world) were broken.

Manuela was the next person to be evicted while Zlatko started to build a career upon his newfound fame. Although not really being a talented singer,[ according to whom? ] he recorded a single which went straight to no. 1 on the German single charts and got his own show named Zlatkos Welt (Zlatko's World) on RTL 2. He eventually recorded a duet named "Großer Bruder (Big Brother)" with his buddy Jürgen, while that one was still a contestant on the show and therefore clueless about starting his own singing career, which topped the charts as well and was even a bigger success than Zlatko's debut single and the theme of the first season "Leb! (Live!)", the first no. 1 hit by the Big Brother franchise. Several contestants of the show tried to break into music business; however, none of them made any huge impact (mostly because of obvious lack of talent, questionable lyrics and low-profile productions[ according to whom? ]) and none of their fames lasted longer than to the end of the year.

The show was at its peak when German celebrity Verona Feldbusch entered the house for one night in the second half of the show. [1] Over 70% of the German audience witnessed her entry on screen. Feldbusch made a second entry to the house in the second season of the show and was followed by several minor celebrities in the next seasons.

Being the hands-down favorite to win, Jürgen was beaten in a very close vote by east-German John Milz who remained quiet throughout the entire series and was known as rarely having arguments with his fellow housemates. Being tattooed and pierced, he appeared like a rough rocker on first sight but proved to be a rather soft and caring father with very liberal views.[ according to whom? ] From the prize money he bought a car for his girlfriend and mother of his daughter saying "she had to do the work during my stay". Later it became public that John was cheated by her during the show.

The first season of Big Brother is mostly considered as "the birth of reality television" in Germany had a huge impact on German television which saw several similar formats making their way to the screens in the next months and years, however the success of Big Brother was never beaten by any other show and the viewers tend to say that the first has been the only real Big Brother season due to the contestants never expecting such a success and being their own throughout the show.

Housemates

NameAge on entryHometownDay enteredDay exitedResult
John Milz26 Potsdam 1102Winner
Jürgen Milski 36 Cologne 1102Runner-up
Andrea Singh32 Cologne 11023rd Place
Sabrina Lange32 Cologne 4897Evicted
Verena Malta28 Cologne 6283Evicted
Alex Jolig37 Bonn 169Evicted
Kerstin Klinz26 Berlin 155Walked
Manuela Schick23 Hamburg 155Evicted
Jona Klein20 Hückeswagen 1348Walked
Zlatko Trpkovski24 Nattheim 141Evicted
Jana Orban24 Kamp-Lintfort 127Evicted
Thomas Hendrick23 Iserlohn 113Evicted
Despina Eftimescu29 Munich 16Walked

Nominations table

Week 2Week 4Week 6Week 8Week 10Week 12Week 14Week 15
Final
Nominations received
JohnDespina,
Zlatko
Jana,
Andrea
Jürgen,
Zlatko
Kerstin,
Manuela
Jürgen,
Sabrina
Jürgen,
Verena
Andrea,
Sabrina
Winner
(Day 102)
10
JürgenDespina,
Thomas
Jona,
John
Kerstin,
Manuela
Kerstin,
Manuela
Alex,
Sabrina
John,
Verena
Andrea,
Sabrina
Runner-up
(Day 102)
16
AndreaDespina,
Thomas
Jona,
Zlatko
Manuela,
Kerstin
Kerstin,
Manuela
Alex,
Jürgen
Sabrina,
Verena
John,
Jürgen
Third place
(Day 102)
8
SabrinaNot in
House
Alex,
John
Andrea,
Verena
Andrea,
John
Evicted
(Day 97)
5
VerenaNot in
House
John,
Jürgen
Evicted
(Day 83)
4
AlexDespina,
Jurgen
Jana,
Jürgen
Jürgen,
Zlatko
Andrea,
John
John,
Jurgen
Evicted
(Day 69)
5
KerstinAndrea,
Despina
Jana,
Jürgen
Jürgen,
Zlatko
Andrea,
Jürgen
Walked
(Day 55)
6
ManuelaDespina,
Jana
Jana,
Zlatko
Jürgen,
Zlatko
Andrea,
Jürgen
Evicted
(Day 55)
6
JonaNot in
House
Jana,
Jurgen
Alex,
Jürgen
Walked
(Day 48)
4
ZlatkoDespina,
Thomas
Jona,
John
Kerstin,
Manuela
Evicted
(Day 41)
10
JanaDespina,
Zlatko
Jona,
John
Evicted
(Day 27)
6
ThomasAlex,
Despina
Evicted
(Day 13)
4
DespinaDespina,
Thomas
Walked
(Day 6)
10
NominatedDespina,
Thomas,
Zlatko
Jana,
Jona
Jürgen,
Zlatko
Andrea,
Kerstin,
Manuela
Alex,
Jürgen
John,
Jürgen,
Verena
Andrea,
John,
Sabrina
Andrea,
John,
Jürgen
WalkedDespinanoneJonaKerstinnone
EvictedThomas
53%
to evict
Jana
63%
to evict
Zlatko
58.5%
to evict
Manuela
51.7%
to evict
Alex
61%
to evict
Verena
77.6%
to evict
Sabrina
61.4%
to evict
Andrea
11.7%
(out of 3)
Jürgen
49.6%
(out of 2)
John
50.4%
to win

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