Big Brother | |
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Also known as | The Wall (season 3) Big Mother (season 4) |
Created by | Endemol |
Based on | Big Brother by John de Mol |
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Presented by |
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Country of origin | Greece |
Original language | Greek |
No. of seasons | 7 |
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Executive producers | Tanja Spiranec (2010–2011) Stefanos Kalligiannis (2020–2021) |
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Production companies | Ena Productions (2001–2005) PLD Productions (2010–2011) Endemol Shine Group (2020–2021) |
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Network | ANT1 |
Release | 10 September 2001 – 29 December 2005 |
Network | Alpha TV |
Release | 3 October 2010 – 30 January 2011 |
Network | Skai TV |
Release | 29 August 2020 – 17 December 2021 |
Big Brother Greece is the Greek version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The show premiered on 10 September 2001 on ANT1, the show followed a number of contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom-built house. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate remaining winning a cash prize.
ANT1 broadcast four seasons until 2005. During its run, ANT1 changed the name and format of the show twice, with the third season under the name The Wall and the fourth season under the name Big Mother. The show was also broadcast in Cyprus on ANT1 Cyprus during this period.[ citation needed ]
In 2010, Alpha TV announced that they would launch their own version of the original Big Brother, with the season starting on 3 October 2010 and ending on 30 January 2011. [1] The show was also broadcast in Cyprus on Sigma TV.[ citation needed ]
In October 2019, it was announced that Big Brother would return after 9 years break in Greece, and would broadcast on Skai TV. [2] The show also broadcast in Cyprus on Sigma TV. [3] The revival season began airing on 29 August 2020 and ended on 18 December 2020. [4] Audition for the seventh season started on 1 April 2021. [5] [6]
Big Brother Greece is based on the international Big Brother series produced by Endemol in the Netherlands which began in 1999. The show's name comes from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which revolves around a dystopia in which dictator Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.
A group of people (called the Housemates) live together in a house, where 24 hours a day their every word and every action is recorded by cameras and microphones in all the rooms in the house. Access to television, the Internet, print media, and time is prohibited. In addition, the housemates live in complete confinement; they have no access to the outside world. At least once a week, the housemates secretly nominate two housemates they wish to face a public vote to evict. The two or more housemates with the most votes face the public vote. The viewing public decides which of them gets evicted through text message votes or phone calls. The nominee with the most votes is evicted and leaves the house.
Should their stay inside the house become difficult for them to bear, the housemate is allowed to voluntarily leave at any time during the game. In the event of a withdrawal from the house, a replacement housemate usually enters the house as the replacement.
In the final week of each season, the viewers vote for which of the remaining housemate in the house should win the prize money and be crowned the winner of Big Brother.
In 2020, Skai TV changed a little the format. The housemates were again recorded 24 hours a day. The viewers could also watch them from the official website of Skai TV 23 hours a day, from 12 am until 1 am the live stream was closed for one hour. However, two weeks later, the whole live stream was shut down due to the unacceptably disrespectful sexist comments about rape from housemate Antonis Alexandridis, which also caused huge controversy in the outside world. [7] After one week, the live stream reopened only on YouTube, but three weeks later, Skai TV shut down the live stream for the second time.
Every week, a House Captain would be chosen. The Captain is given luxuries, such as the Captain Room, it's a personal bedroom for their own. Also, the House Captain is immuned for that week.
Like in the American format, a housemate can win the Power of Veto. The winner of the Veto competition wins the right to either revoke the nomination of one of the nominated housemates or leave them as is. [8] If the winner of Veto chooses to save one housemate, then the next housemate with the most votes from the previous nomination will face the public vote with the other two (or more) housemates. The viewers decide which of them gets evicted through text message votes or phone calls. The nominee with the fewest votes is evicted and leaves the house.
In the final week, the final five housemates will face Greece's and Cyprus's vote to determine the winner.
Season | Originally aired | Days | Housemates | Winner | Runner-up | Prize | Presenter | Opinionist | |||
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Launch date | Finale date | Network | |||||||||
1 | 10 September 2001 | 31 December 2001 | ANT1 | 113 | 12 | Giorgos Triantafyllidis | Prodromos Kathiniotis | 50,000,000 GRD | Andreas Mikroutsikos | none | |
2 | 8 March 2002 | 1 July 2002 | 116 | 14 | Alexandros Moskhos | Kostas Karatzias | €150,000 | ||||
3 | 10 March 2003 | 29 June 2003 | 113 | 18 | Thodoris Ispoglov | Patricia Lorentzo | €300,000 | ||||
4 | 2 October 2005 | 29 December 2005 | 88 | 31 | Nikos Papadopoulos | Alexandros Trjantafylljdis | €200,000 | Tatiana Stefanidou | |||
5 | 3 October 2010 | 30 January 2011 | Alpha TV | 119 | 16 | Giannis Foukakis | Antonis Papanikolaou | €170,000 | Roula Koromila | Pavlos Stamatopoulos | |
6 | 29 August 2020 | 18 December 2020 | Skai TV | 113 | 21 | Anna-Maria Psycharaki | Sofia Danezi | €100,000 | Harry Varthakouris | Andreas Mikroutsikos | |
7 | 29 August 2021 | 17 December 2021 | 22 | Nikos Taklis | Evdokia Tsagkli | Grigoris Gountaras, Natali Kakava | Afroditi Grammeli |
Big Brother was criticized for the voyeuristic nature of the show, in which contestants volunteer to surrender their privacy in return for minor celebrity status and a comparatively small cash prize, has attracted much scorn. [9] On numerous occasions, participants in the various season have become sexually involved with each other, sometimes engaging in intercourse in front of Big Brother's cameras. This recorded material is typically not broadcast due to its explicit nature, as in the British and American editions. Other editions, however, such as the German and British versions, do broadcast it. The Internet stream also captures such moments, which has led to some controversy, with certain jurisdictions such as Greece attempting to have the show removed from the airwaves. [9]
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