Veliki Brat 2007 is the second season of the television reality show Veliki Brat, the Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin joint version of Big Brother.
The second season started on 22 September 2007 and was supposed to run until its scheduled finale on 5 January 2008, however, immediately following the death of three of the evicted housemates—Stevan Zečević, Zorica Lazić and Elmir Kuduzović, the producers of the show, Emotion and B92, decided to abandon the competition on 29 December 2007, a week before the planned finale.
On 29 December, the producers called off the tournament out of respect to the three former players, which first led to the seven remaining players leaving the Veliki Brat house, and then the broadcast that night announced the abandonment of the tournament. All seven players split the winner's prize money together. After the statement, archive footage of the three deceased former housemates was shown.
There were no statements on what would be done with the amount of €20,000 earned by two housemates as a part of their on-air secret tasks. This amount was supposed to be given as a humanitarian donation to charity organizations or individuals in need.
Car accident
On 28 December 2007, Stevan Zečević, Zorica Lazić and Elmir Kuduzović, who had all been evicted earlier in the season, were killed in a car crash. The crash occurred when their Citroën C4, driven by Kuduzović, ran off the road near the town of Ušće, Serbia. The car reportedly skidded off the road due to excessive speed on a turn, flipped onto its roof and landed in the Vukodraž River. The crash happened on Obrenovac-Šabac road, which was icy at the time. A fourth person in the car, Vladimir Sarić, who was not a member of this season's cast, was injured in the crash. Another car carrying fellow evicted housemates, Tanja Obradović and Jelena Žeželj, was also traveling in front of them at the time but was not involved in the crash. Stevan Zečević was born in 1983 and was from Novi Sad, Serbia. Zorica Lazić was also born in 1983 and was from Zemun, a city near Belgrade. Elmir Kuduzović came from the city of Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was born in 1981.
All five housemates in the two vehicles were en route to an official appearance on behalf of the production company to promote the planned upcoming season finale of the program. The remaining Veliki Brat housemates were informed of the deaths off-camera.
Serbian television station B92 and production company Emotion announced in a press statement issued on 29 December that they had decided to end the season early due to the tragic deaths of Zečević, Lazić and Kuduzović. The show had been previously scheduled to end its season on 5 January 2008. All five former housemates had been scheduled to return to the Veliki Brat house on New Year's Eve as part of the season finale.
The abandonment was reportedly the second time that a Big Brother season had been cancelled anywhere in the world. The first being Big Brother: The Boss, the Arabian version of Big Brother. In 2020, two worldwide versions of Big Brother were abandoned mid-season when the second season of the Bigg Boss Malayalam in India and the eighth season of Big Brother Canada ended because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in India and Canada. In May 2021, the eighth season of the Kannada language version of Bigg Boss in India was suspended for the same reason; after a two-month suspension, production resumed July 2021 with the sub-title "Second Innings."
Housemates Nine housemates entered the house on launch night. A week later on day seven, five more entered the house. On day thirty five Miroslav, who took part in the first season but decided to quit after fifteen days entered the house. Out of 22 total housemates, 17 were from Serbia, 3 from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 2 from Montenegro. Housemate Age on entry Residence Day entered Day exited Status Aleksandar Kocić 26 Vranje 39 99 rowspan="2" Živan "Burek" Janićijević26 Sočanica8499128 Đorđe Stojanović 29 Velika Plana 39 99 rowspan="5" Nataša Ilić 26 Niš 1 99 Suzana Pavlović 22 Smederevo 1 99 Vesko Bošković 42 Nikšić, Montenegro 60 99 Vesna Milovac 27 Novi Sad 39 99 Dijana Mićić 21 Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 91 Danilo Tomić29 Užice 84 89 7 14 Mirko Đuričić 56 Kupinovo 70 80 Marina Ignjatović 31 Šabac 1 77 Miroslav "Miki" Đuričić 30 Kupinovo 35 75 Stevan Zečević 23 Novi Sad 56 70 7 21 Zorica Lazić 24 Zemun 39 63 Slaviša Lakić 29Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 56 Miloš "Mićko" Novaković 28 Podgorica, Montenegro 7 51 Gojko Muzikravić 28 Čačak 39 49 Elmir Kuduzović 26Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 42 Tanja Obradović 21 Loznica 1 39 Miloš "Mišel" Vasiljević 20 Gornji Milanovac 1 35 Jelena Žeželj 20 Belgrade 1 35 Ranka Radanović 22 Čurug 1 7
Nominations table Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Nominationsreceived Aleksandar Not inHouse Exempt GojkoMiki Nonominations ZoricaSuzana MikiStevan MarinaMiki VeskoSuzana Nonominations VeskoSuzana Abandoned after promotional incident out of respect for deceased contestants. (Day 99) 14 Burek Nonominations TanjaSuzana Banned TanjaSuzana Evicted(Day 28) Nonominations AleksandarNataša 16 Đorđe Not inHouse Exempt GojkoNataša Nonominations MikiNataša VesnaMiki MikiVesna MirkoVesna Nonominations AleksandarVesna 4 Nataša Nonominations DaniloElmir Banned TanjaMišel MišelTanja SlavišaTanja SlavišaElmir SlavišaZorica Nonominations ZoricaSuzana SuzanaStevan SuzanaAleksandar MirkoSuzana Nonominations SuzanaBurek 17 Suzana Nonominations BurekSlaviša BurekNataša BurekMićko MićkoMišel SlavišaMarina SlavišaMiki MikiGojko Nonominations AleksandarVesna VesnaAleksandar AleksandarVesna MirkoAleksandar Nonominations VesnaNataša 20 Vesko Not inHouse AleksandarMarina AleksandarMarina MirkoAleksandar Nonominations AleksandarBurek 5 Vesna Not inHouse Exempt ZoricaĐorđe Nonominations ZoricaSuzana SuzanaMarina SuzanaMarina MirkoSuzana Nonominations SuzanaĐorđe 13 Dijana Nonominations DaniloStevan BurekMišel MićkoMišel Banned TanjaMarina SlavišaElmir ZoricaMiki Nonominations ZoricaĐorđe VeskoMiki MikiVesna MirkoVesko Nonominations Evicted(Day 91) 9 Danilo Not inHouse MišelDijana Evicted(Day 14) Nonominations Walked(Day 89) 3 Mirko Not inHouse AleksandarNataša VeskoVesna Evicted(Day 84) 6 Marina Nonominations BurekDijana BurekMićko BurekMićko SlavišaJelena SlavišaMićko SlavišaMiki SlavišaGojko Nonominations ZoricaMiki AleksandarMiki MikiVesna Evicted(Day 77) 11 Miki Not inHouse SuzanaElmir SuzanaSlaviša SlavišaZorica Nonominations SuzanaAleksandar SuzanaStevan MarinaDijana Walked(Day 75) 19 Stevan Not inHouse DijanaBurek Banned Evicted(Day 21) NatašaMiki NatašaMiki Re-evicted(Day 70) 4 Zorica Not inHouse Exempt NatašaVesna Nonominations NatašaVesna Evicted(Day 63) 10 Slaviša Not inHouse BurekMišel BurekMišel BurekMišel Refused TanjaMarina SuzanaDijana MikiMarina Nonominations Evicted(Day 56) 18 Mićko Not inHouse Banned Banned Banned Banned TanjaMarina ElmirDijana GojkoDijana Walked (Day 51) 10 Gojko Not inHouse Exempt ZoricaĐorđe Evicted(Day 49) 5 Elmir Not inHouse Banned Banned BurekNataša MišelNataša NatašaDijana MikiNataša Evicted(Day 42) 7 Tanja Nonominations BurekNataša BurekNataša BurekMićko MišelMićko SlavišaNataša Evicted(Day 39) 9 Mišel DijanaBurekRanka SlavišaStevan SlavišaStevan SlavišaMićko SlavišaElmir Evicted(Day 35) 11 Jelena Nonominations DaniloElmir Banned MićkoTanja Banned Evicted(Day 35) 1 Ranka Nonominations Evicted(Day 7) 1 Notes None None None None Abandoned Up for eviction Burek Dijana Ranka Burek Danilo Dijana Burek Mišel Nataša Stevan BurekMićko DijanaJelenaMićkoMišelSlaviša MarinaSlavišaTanja ElmirMikiSlaviša GojkoZorica AleksandarMikiSlaviša SuzanaZorica AleksandarMikiStevanSuzana AleksandarMarinaVesna MirkoSuzanaVesko AleksandarBurekDijanaĐorđeNatašaSuzanaVeskoVesna AleksandarSuzana Walked none Mićko none Miki none Danilo none Evicted Ranka67.8% Danilo56.8% Stevan61.5% Burek62.3% Jelena35.5% Tanja82.4% Elmir47.7% Gojko61.7% Slaviša47.7% Zorica56.1% Stevan46.8% Marina67.9% Mirko75.0% Dijana34.7% Abandoned out of respect for deceased contestants. Mišel24.2% Saved Burek21.2%Dijana11.0% Burek37.5%Dijana5.7% Burek30.5%Mišel5.1%Nataša2.9% Mićko37.7% Slaviša16.2%Dijana14.7%Mićko9.4% Slaviša9.2%Marina8.4% Slaviša31.7%Miki20.6% Zorica38.3% Miki32.7%Aleksandar19.6% Suzana43.9% Aleksandar20.2%Miki16.5%Suzana16.5% Aleksandar19.6%Vesna12.5% Suzana17.4%Vesko7.6% Nataša33.1%Suzana12.3%Burek9.2%Aleksandar4.7%Đorđe2.7%Vesna1.9%Vesko1.4%
Notes Only the Head of Household, Mišel could nominate this week. Elmir was banned from nominating as punishment for talking about politics, Mićko was banned from nominating as punishment for talking about the outside world. Stevan was automatically nominated for threatening Big Brother, Burek was banned for political discussion and provocation, Elmir was banned for throwing fagend to Marina, Jelena and Nataša were banned for public suggestion they would nominate Tanja, Mićko was banned for discussing nominations. Mićko was automatically nominated for violent behavior Dijana and Jelena were automatically nominated for discussing nominations, Slaviša was automatically nominated for refusing to nominate, Mićko was banned for discussing nominations and got a punishment for the whole House - 48 hours without hot water, because of violent behavior. Two Housemates left the House this week Surprising nominations happened on Day 35, Saturday. The 7th Housemate left the House on Day 39, Halloween There were no regular nominations this week. Aleksandar and Miki were automatically nominated for failing to succeed in the weekly assignment. Miki chose Slaviša to be the 3rd nominee. Dijana, Marina, Nataša, Slaviša and Suzana were given the chance to return one of the evicted Housemates back to the House. They chose Stevan. Mirko could not be nominated this week because it was his first week in the House. Miki decided to leave the House on Day 75 after he failed to convince Mirko, his father, to leave the House. Dijana and Đorđe could not be nominated this week because they won immunity in this week's wedding task. Two Housemates returned to the House after 35-min public vote on Day 84. There were no nominations this week and all Housemates were nominated because Danilo refused to leave the confession room. He protested since Big Brother refused to bring him his clothes. Dijana and Đorđe could have won immunity to nominations if they had completed the weekly assignment. The nominations were public, for the first and only time in the season.
References
External links Veliki Brat official website (Serbian) Production website (English) Los Angeles Times: The country's version of 'Big Brother' includes the odd Bosnian, Croat and Kosovo Serb. Probably unintentionally, it's forcing viewers to confront their social prejudices.