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| Also known as | Wielki Brat |
| Country of origin | Poland |
| Original language | Polish |
| No. of series | 7 |
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| Network | TVN (2001–2002) TV4 (2007–2008) TVN 7 (2019) |
| Release | 3 March 2001 |
Big Brother (Polish: Wielki Brat) is a Polish version of the reality television franchise Big Brother produced by Endemol. The show aired from 2001 to 2002 on TVN, from 2007 to 2008 on TV4 and in 2019 on TVN 7.
Based on the original Dutch version created by Endemol, the show sees a number of "housemates", divided by gender, social backgrounds and geographical locations, locked up together in a house, where the viewing public can watch them twenty-four hours a day, and vote them out of the house as they choose.
The housemates can visit the "Dairy Room" at any time during the day, either to talk to psychologists if they need to, talk to "Big Brother", or to nominate.
The title is inspired by the George Orwell novel 1984 . The novel tells of a Big Brother, head of the totalitarian state of Oceania that constantly monitors its inhabitants by the camera in an attempt to suppress their free will. The tag line of the novel is "Big Brother is watching you", which inspired the show, as it is Big Brother who now has total control over the situation in the house.
The housemates live in a house 24 hours a day, bugged by numerous cameras and microphones which capture their every move. Every week the housemates participate in tasks that determine their food budget for that week, or could even affect that week's nominations. The overall goal is to be the final surviving housemate and claim the prize fund. A PlayStation game based on this version was released in 2003.
In the first three seasons, the house was located in Sękocin Stary near Warsaw. In the fourth and fifth season were located in Bielany Wrocławskie. From the sixth season, the house located in the town of Gołków near Piaseczno. For the first time ever in Big Brother history, the housemates live in a proper building rather than a constructed house in a studio. The house is the same house was used in the Polish version of Top Model.
Since the fourth season, an internet live stream of the house was made available. From the sixth season, there are 4 channels of the live stream up to 16 hours per day on the Player.pl.
| Seasons | Main presenter(s) | First aired | Last aired | Days | Housemates | Winner | Prize | Network | Average viewers (millions) | ||
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| Big Brother 1 | Martyna Wojciechowska Grzegorz Miecugow | 3 March 2001 | 17 June 2001 | 107 | 15 | Janusz Dzięcioł | 500,000 PLN | TVN | 4.2 | ||
| Big Brother 2 | Andrzej Sołtysik Martyna Wojciechowska | 26 August 2001 1 | 16 December 2001 | 113 1 | 18 | Marzena Wieczorek | 3 | ||||
| Big Brother 3 | 3 March 2002 | 26 May 2002 | 85 | 17 | Piotr Borucki | 2.6 | |||||
| Big Brother 4.1 | Karina Kunkiewicz Kuba Klawiter | 2 September 2007 | 6 December 2007 | 106 | 21 | Jolanta Rutowicz | 100,000 PLN | TV4 | 0.529 | ||
| Big Brother 5 | Part 1: VIP | Kuba Klawiter Małgorzata Kosik | 2 March 2008 | 6 April 2008 | 36 | 92 | 11 | Jarosław Jakimowicz | 2 watches with a total value of 50,000 PLN | 0.377 | |
| Part 2: civilian | 30 March 2008 | 1 June 2008 | 64 | 16 | Janusz Strączek | 50,000 PLN & A Harley-Davidson motocycle | 0.231 | ||||
| Big Brother 6 | Agnieszka Woźniak-Starak | 17 March 2019 | 16 June 2019 | 92 | 21 | Magda Wójcik | 100,000 PLN & Mitsubishi Space Star | TVN 7 | 0.758 | ||
| Big Brother 7 | Gabi Drzewiecka | 13 September 2019 | 15 December 2019 | 94 | 23 | Kamil Lemieszewski | 100,000 PLN & Fiat 500 | 0.494 | |||
^1 : Big Brother 2 was started airing with Big Brother: Ty Wybierasz on 26 August 2001, a week before the launch.
After 11 years break, the sixth season began on 17 March 2019 on TVN 7. [1] [2] On the stream service Player.pl website, live stream is available from 4 premium channels straight from the Big Brother house broadcasting 16 hours a day.
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