Celebrity Big Brother or Big Brother VIP is an adaptation of the Big Brother reality television series. It is the celebrity version of its parent franchise Big Brother, the celebrity version airs in several countries, however, the housemates or houseguests are local celebrities. The format of the celebrity version usually keeps the same as the original version. In some countries, the prize money normally awarded to the winning housemate is donated to a charity, and all celebrities are paid to appear in the show as long as they do not voluntarily leave before their eviction or the end of the series. The rest of the rules are nearly the same as those of the original version.

History The first-ever celebrity version of Big Brother aired in Netherlands on 22 May 2000 with the name of Big Brother VIPs. It's a spin-off of the original Big Brother. The show was pre-recorded with four different groups of well-known Dutch celebrities (knowns as VIPs) entered the house. On 9 March 2001, British broadcaster Channel 4 introduced their first celebrity series Celebrity Big Brother, making it the second country to adopt the celebrity version.

Popularity The celebrity version has become particularly popular in the UK, causing British broadcaster Channel 5 to extend its deal with Endemol enabling them to air two celebrity series in addition to the civilian version every year from 2012. In total, the UK aired 22 celebrity series with their twenty-second and final series ending on 10 September 2018, Four days later on 14 September 2018, Channel 5 confirmed that they had axed both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother. In 2024, a revived version of Celebrity Big Brother began airing in the UK once again, this time broadcast by ITV.

In Bulgaria, VIP Brother has replaced the original format of the show and more seasons of the celebrity edition have been produced than the regular one. Due to the show's popularity there, it lasts for two months unlike most countries where it only airs for a month.

In the Philippines, Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition gaining the most popularity among any other franchises, because artists from the former rivals, ABS-CBN and GMA Network can interacting each other.

Versions Currently airing An upcoming season Status unknown No longer airing Original version

Country/RegionOfficial nameNetwork Series OverviewPresenter(s)AlbaniaBig Brother VIPTop ChannelDigitAlb 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Arbana Osmani Ledion Liço Argentina Gran Hermano FamososTelefe1Jorge RialAustraliaCelebrity Big BrotherNetwork 101Gretel KilleenBig Brother VIPChannel 71Sonia KrugerBalkansVeliki Brat VIPB92 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Ana Grubin Irina Vukotić Milan Kalinić Marijana Mićić BelgiumBig Brother VIPsVTM 21, 2Walter GrootaersBulgariaVIP BrotherNova1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10Niki Kanchev Aleksandra Sarchadjieva Azis Miglena Angelova Dimitar Rachkov Maria Ignatov Evelina Pavlova CanadaBig Brother CélébritésNoovo1, 2, 3, 4, 5Marie-MaiColombiaLa casa de los famosos ColombiaCanal RCNVix 1, 2, 3Carla GiraldoCristina Hurtado Marcelo Cezán Croatia Celebrity Big BrotherRTL1Antonija BlaćeDenmarkBig Brother V.I.P.Kanal 41Lisbeth JannicheFinlandJulkkis Big BrotherSub1Mari SainioBig Brother VIPNelonen1Anni HautalaTinni WikströmKimmo VehviläinenGermanyPromi Big BrotherSat.11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13Oliver Pocher Cindy aus Marzahn Jochen Schropp Jochen Bendel Marlene Lufen HungaryBig Brother VIPTV21, 2, 3Claudia LiptaiAttila TillIndiaBigg BossSET Colors TV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18Arshad Warsi Shilpa Shetty Amitabh Bachchan Salman Khan Sanjay Dutt Bigg Boss Halla Bol1Farah KhanIndiaBigg Boss KannadaETV Kannada Suvarna TV Colors Kannada Colors Super 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11SudeepIndiaBigg Boss BanglaETV Bangla Colors Bangla 1, 2Mithun Chakraborty Jeet IndiaBigg Boss TamilStar Vijay1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Kamal Haasan (1–7)Vijay Sethupathi (8–present)IndiaBigg Boss TeluguStar Maa1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Jr NRT Nani Nagarjuna IndiaBigg Boss MarathiColors Marathi1, 2, 3, 4, 5Mahesh Manjrekar Riteish Deshmukh IndiaBigg Boss MalayalamAsianet1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6MohanlalIsraelHaAh HaGadol VIPChannel 2 Channel 13 1, 2, 3, 4Erez Tal Assi Azar Liron Weizman Guy Zu-Aretz ItalyGrande Fratello VIPCanale 51, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7Ilary Blasi Alfonso Signorini KosovoBig Brother VIP KosovaKlan Kosova1, 2, 3, 4Alaudin HamitiJonida VokshiMexicoBig Brother VIPTelevisaSky México 1, 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4Víctor Trujillo Verónica Castro La casa de los famosos MéxicoLas EstrellasCanal 5Vix 1, 2, 3Galilea MontijoDiego de Erice Odalys RamírezNetherlands Big Brother VIPs(Original Edition)Veronica1, 2UnknownHotel Big BrotherTalpaCaroline TensenPakistanTamashaARY DigitalARY ZAP1, 2, 3Adnan SiddiquiPhilippines Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity EditionABS-CBN GMA Network 1, 2, 3, 4Toni Gonzaga Luis Manzano Mariel Rodriguez Bianca Gonzales Beatriz Saw Melai Cantiveros Robi Domingo Kim Chiu Enchong Dee Alexa Ilacad Gabbi Garcia Mavy Legaspi PolandBig Brother VIPTV41Kuba KlawiterMałgorzata KosikPortugalBig Brother FamososTVI1, 2, 4, 5Teresa GuilhermeBig Brother VIP3Slovenia Big Brother SlavnihPop1Nina OsenarSouth AfricaCelebrity Big BrotherM-Net1Mark PilgrimSpainGran Hermano VIPTelecinco1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Jorge Javier Vázquez Jordi González Jesús Vázquez Secret Story1, 2Jorge Javier VázquezCarlos SoberaUnited KingdomCelebrity Big BrotherBBC 1 Channel 4 Channel 5 ITV1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24Davina McCall Brian Dowling Emma Willis AJ Odudu Will Best United StatesCelebrity Big BrotherCBS1, 2, 3Julie Chen MoonvesUnited StatesLa casa de los famosos Telemundo1, 2, 3, 4, 6 Jimena GallegoHéctor Sandarti Nacho Lozano Javier Poza La casa de los famosos: All-Stars5

Notes

The first series of Celebrity Big Brother UK was a collaboration between BBC One and Channel 4 in honour of Comic Relief The series numbers next to certain channels indicate the series numbers aired by them.

See also Big Brother (franchise)

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