Big Brother 3 (Bulgarian season)

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Big Brother 3
Season 3
Big Brother Bulgaria 3.jpg
Presented by Niki Kanchev
No. of days85
No. of housemates18
WinnerLyubov Stancheva
Runner-upVioleta Kondova
Release
Original network Nova television
Original release18 September (2006-09-18) 
11 December 2006 (2006-12-11)
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Big Brother 3 was the third season of the reality show Big Brother in Bulgaria. [1] It was aired on Nova Television and Nova+. The show launched on 18 September 2006 and ended on 11 December 2006. Originally, the season was planned to air for 11 weeks (78 days), 2 weeks shorter than the previous two seasons. However, the season was extended by 7 days and aired for 85 days in total. For the first time, the show was only hosted by Niki Kanchev.

Contents

This season, the prize was 500 000 leva. However, the Housemates were being punished with 5,000 leva for each break of the rules (not wearing microphones, discussing the nominations, etc.), the prize dropped to 200,000 leva, the same as in Big Brother 1 and Big Brother 2.

Big Brother 3 also introduced the first Big Brother talk show in Bulgaria - Big Brother's Big Mouth, hosted by former VIP Brother 1 housemate Dim Dukov. It was aired four (initially three) times a week.

This season was also known as "the season of the secrets" - there were many secret tasks during its run.

Big Brother 3 was the first season of the show in Bulgaria, the winner is a female - Lyubov Stancheva, who is one of the Stancheva triplets.

Housemates

18 Housemates entered the House on Day 1.

NameAgeOccupationResidenceDay enteredDay exitedStatus
Lyubov Ilieva Stancheva21Technologist Blagoevgrad 185Winner
Violeta Tsvetanova Kondova "Vili"57Chef Brusartsi 185Runner-up
Lilyana Yurieva Angelova25Businesswoman Plovdiv 185Third Place
Paloma Okonor Santana18Un­known Pleven 185Fourth Place
Boyan Bogomilov Angelov23Bartender Sofia 185Fifth Place
Todor Kolev Karagiozov34Theologian Sliven 180Evicted
Vyara Ilieva Stancheva21Technologist Blagoevgrad 178Evicted
Pavel Georgiev Takov24Security guard Burgas 171Evicted
Nadezhda Ilieva Stancheva21Technologist Blagoevgrad 164Evicted
Penyo Todorov Daskalov20Student Galabovo 164Evicted
Svetlana Nikolaeva Stoycheva28HairdresserPopovo157Evicted
Borislav Nikolov Borisov25Athlete Sofia 150Evicted
Eva Ivanova Miteva29Unemployed Pleven 147Walked
Garo Edi Papazyan37Coffee master and hairdresser Plovdiv 143Evicted
Diyana - Diya Anastasova Nikolova21Space designer Sofia 137Evicted
Panayot Aleksandrov Kyuchukov "Patso"23Student Galabovo 129Evicted
Mariola Ivanova Indzhova26Hairdresser and makeup artist Sliven 116Walked
Plamen Vrabchev Varbanov44Retailer Varna 18Walked

Borislav

Borislav Borisov is from Sofia. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the fourth evicted on Day 50. During the show he started romantic relationships with one of the other housemates - Lilyana. They are not together any more.

Boyan

Boyan Angelov is from Sofia. He entered the house on Day 1 - he was shocked to see his ex-girlfriend Diyana entering the show immediately after him. Boyan remained the last male housemate in the house - he finished fifth in the finale on Day 85.

Diyana

Diyana Nikolova is from Sofia. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the second evicted on Day 37. She is the ex-girlfriend of Boyan.

Eva

Eva Miteva is from Pleven. She entered the house on Day 1 and left voluntarily on Day 47. Eva is the ex-girlfriend of Marian from Big Brother 2 . They have a daughter - Evana.

Garo

Garo Papazyan is from Plovdiv. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the third evicted on Day 43. Before entering the house, Garo was given the secret task to help Penyo with his task - pretending to be a woman.

Lilyana

Lilyana Angelova is from Plovdiv. She entered the house on Day 1 and finished third in the finale on Day 85. In the house, she started relationships with Borislav. However, they are not together any more. It was announced that Hugh Hefner personally asked her photos from the Bulgarian edition of Playboy to be published in the American one.

Lyubov

Lyubov Stancheva is from Blagoevgrad. She entered the house on Day 1 with her sisters. She is one of the triplets. She became a winner on Day 85.

Mariola

Mariola Indzhova is from Sliven. She entered the house on Day 1 and walked on Day 16. On the first nominations Big Brother announced that the two housemates with most negative votes will be automatically evicted. These two were Mariola and Panayot. In the studio, they were told that it was a fake eviction and the two were given a secret task - to stay in the two secret rooms in the house for a week. They had to steal clothes and food from their housemates without their notice. Initially, both Mariola and Panayot agreed to return in the secret rooms, but later the same evening Mariola decided to leave voluntarily.

Nadezhda

Nadezhda Stancheva is from Blagoevgrad. She entered the house on Day 1 with her sisters. She was the first one of the triplets to leave the house - she was the seventh evicted on Day 64.

Paloma

Paloma Santana is from Pleven. She entered the house on Day 1 and finished fourth in the finale on Day 85. Paloma and Radomira from Big Brother 2 are the youngest housemates in the history of Big Brother Bulgaria. During their stay in the house they were both 18 years old.

Panayot

Panayot Kyuchukov "Patso" is from Galabovo. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the first evicted on Day 29.

Pavel

Pavel Takov is from Burgas. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the eighth evicted on Day 71.

Penyo

Penyo Daskalov is from Chirpan (born in Stara Zagora). He entered the house on Day 1 and was the sixth evicted on Day 64. Before entering the show, Penyo was given the secret task to pretend for a week that he was a woman. He was told that if his task was successful, he would be given a plastic surgery on his nose. Garo was given the task to help him with the task. However, it was unsuccessful, but later in the show he had the surgery on his nose.

Plamen

Plamen Varbanov is from Varna. He entered the house on Day 1 and walked on Day 8. On the first days in the house, when Plamen asked to leave, Big Brother offered him 5 000 leva to stay in the house for at least 14 more days. However, Plamen broke his promise and he returned the money.

Svetlana

Svetlana Stoycheva is from Popovo. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the fifth evicted on Day 57. Svetlana was pregnant when she entered the show. On the sixth week of Big Brother 3, she gave birth to her daughter Amber. They both returned in the House on Day 40 and lived in it until Svetlana's eviction.

Todor

Todor Karagiozov is from Sliven. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the tenth evicted on Day 80.

Violeta

Violeta Kondova "Vili" is from Brusartsi. She entered the house on Day 1 and finished second in the finale on Day 85. She is one of the oldest contestant in the history of Big Brother Bulgaria. During her stay in the show she was 57 years old.

Vyara

Vyara Stancheva is from Blagoevgrad. She is one of the triplets. She entered the house on Day 1. During her and her sisters' secret task it was Vyara's identity, under which they had to live - during one of them was with the other housemates, pretending to be Vyara, the other two were in the secret rooms in the house. Their task was to trick the others that they were one and the same person. The mission of the triplets was successful, and they were allowed to stay in the house. She was the ninth evicted on Day 78.

Nominations table

The first housemate in each box was nominated for two points, and the second housemate was nominated for one point.   The triplets - Lyubov, Nadezhda and Vyara were nominate together, but be nominated separately by their fellow housemates.

Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11FinalNominations
received
LyubovMariola,
Borislav
Diyana,
Garo
Borislav,
Lilyana
Lilyana,
Paloma
Borislav,
Lilyana
Svetlana,
Lilyana
Lilyana,
Paloma
Pavel,
Boyan
Todor,
Violeta
Winner
(Day 85)
34
VioletaMariola,
Pavel
Panayot,
Lyubov
Diyana,
Pavel
Borislav,
Eva
Borislav,
Eva
Lilyana,
Paloma
Lilyana,
Paloma
Pavel,
Lilyana
Vyara,
Todor
Runner-up
(Day 85)
11
LilyanaMariola,
Lyubov
Panayot,
Lyubov
Garo,
Vyara
Garo,
Vyara
Lyubov,
Nadezhda
Lyubov,
Vyara
Vyara,
Lyubov
Lyubov,
Vyara
Boyan,
Paloma
Third place
(Day 85)
26
PalomaMariola,
Panayot
Panayot,
Lyubov
Lyubov,
Todor
Vyara,
Nadezhda
Vyara,
Nadezhda
Vyara,
Lyubov
Vyara,
Lyubov
Lyubov,
Vyara
Lilyana,
Boyan
Fourth place
(Day 85)
12
BoyanPanayot,
Penyo
Panayot,
Paloma
Paloma,
Penyo
Paloma,
Lyubov
Lyubov,
Paloma
Penyo,
Paloma
Penyo,
Nadezhda
Vyara,
Lyubov
Lilyana,
Todor
Fifth place
(Day 85)
7
TodorNadezhda,
Boyan
Svetlana,
Eva
Violeta,
Svetlana
Svetlana,
Violeta
Vyara,
Violeta
Nadezhda,
Violeta
Lilyana,
Paloma
Boyan,
Violeta
Lyubov,
Boyan
Evicted
(Day 80)
9
VyaraMariola,
Borislav
Diyana,
Garo
Borislav,
Lilyana
Lilyana,
Paloma
Borislav,
Lilyana
Svetlana,
Lilyana
Lilyana,
Paloma
Pavel,
Lilyana
Lyubov,
Violeta
Evicted
(Day 78)
24
PavelEva,
Borislav
Todor,
Borislav
Garo,
Violeta
Violeta,
Nadezhda
Eva,
Boyan
Nadezhda,
Vyara
Nadezhda,
Penyo
Lyubov,
Vyara
Evicted
(Day 71)
12
NadezhdaMariola,
Borislav
Diyana,
Garo
Borislav,
Lilyana
Lilyana,
Paloma
Borislav,
Lilyana
Svetlana,
Lilyana
Lilyana,
Paloma
Evicted
(Day 64)
16
PenyoPanayot,
Mariola
Panayot,
Pavel
Lilyana,
Borislav
Borlsiav,
Lilyana
Borislav,
Lyubov
Svetlana,
Lilyana
Lilyana,
Paloma
Evicted
(Day 64)
15
SvetlanaDiyana,
Mariola
Diyana,
Violeta
Diyana,
Borislav
Garo,
Borislav
Penyo,
Todor
Penyo,
Todor
Evicted
(Day 57)
9
BorislavPavel,
Paloma
Lyubov,
Garo
Lyubov,
Garo
Vyara,
Lyubov
Lyubov,
Nadezhda
Evicted
(Day 50)
21
EvaPanayot,
Pavel
Diyana,
Panayot
Diyana,
Penyo
Garo,
Penyo
Pavel,
Penyo
Walked
(Day 47)
8
GaroMariola,
Panayot
Diyana,
Panayot
Borislav,
Eva
Eva,
Borislav
Evicted
(Day 43)
17
DiyanaMariola,
Penyo
Lyubov,
Nadezhda
Garo,
Lyubov
Evicted
(Day 37)
16
PanayotMariola,
Penyo
Garo,
Penyo
Evicted
(Day 29)
22
MariolaPanayot,
Nadezhda
Walked
(Day 16)
16
PlamenWalked
(Day 8)
N/A
Notes 1 , 2 1 1 , 3 1 , 4 1 5 , 6 7 8 9
Against
public vote
Mariola,
Panayot
Diyana,
Panayot
Diyana,
Garo
Borislav,
Garo
Borislav,
Lyubov
Lilyana,
Nadezhda,
Penyo,
Svetlana,
Vyara
Lilyana
& Paloma,
Lyubov
& Vyara,
Nadezhda
& Penyo
Lyubov,
Pavel
Paloma,
Violeta,
Vyara
All
Housemates
WalkedPlamenMariolanoneEvanone
EvictedMariola
16 of 45 points
to fake evict
Panayot
76%
to evict
Diyana
51%
to evict
Garo
51%
to evict
Borislav
65%
to evict
Svetlana
52%
to evict
Nadezhda
& Penyo

45%
to evict
Pavel
68%
to evict
Vyara
54%
to evict
Todor
9%
(out of 6)
Lilyana
16%
(out of 4)
Boyan
11%
(out of 5)
Violeta
44%
(out of 2)
Panayot
16 of 45 points
to fake evict
Paloma
16%
(out of 4)
Lyubov
56%
to win

Notes

  • ^Note 1 : The triplets nominate jointly but are nominated separately by the other housemates.
  • ^Note 2 : The two nominated Housemates were sent into the two secret rooms in the House.
  • ^Note 3 : Todor was elected the House President and he was given the power to save one of the nominees. He chose to save Borislav from eviction. This means that nominated for eviction this week are Diyana and Garo.
  • ^Note 4 : Todor was immune as he is House President.
  • ^Note 5 : Housemates were put into pairs of "Best Friends": these were Boyan and Pavel; Lilyana and Paloma; Lyubov and Vyara; Nadezhda and Penyo and Todor and Violeta. Each pair nominated had to nominate one of the other pairs for eviction.
  • ^Note 6 : Vyara and Lyubov nominated together this week.
  • ^Note 7 : The triplets were allowed to be nominated separately.
  • ^Note 8 : This week the Housemates nominated the people they wanted to stay and not to be evicted. Therefore, the two or more Housemates with the fewest points are up for eviction.
  • ^Note 9 : The public were voting for a winner between Boyan, Lilyana, Lubov, Paloma, Todor and Violeta. The Housemate with the fewest votes would be evicted on Day 80.

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