Grande Fratello 3 is the third season of the Italian version of the reality show franchise Big Brother. The show began on 30 January 2003 and concluded on 8 May 2003. Barbara D'Urso as the main host of the show for the first time.
Production It marked a turning point in the way the show was produced when compared to previous seasons.
House The size of the house was increased to almost and was made almost entirely of glass.
Nomination This year the nominations process was changed. Unlike previous years, this year the Housemates would each week nominate three of their fellow Housemates for eviction rather than two as in previous years.
Luxury Suite In this season, a luxury suite was introduced. It's a soft room filled with every luxury that the Housemates were not allowed in the main house. Every week the winner of a task would be allowed access to this room, along with one Housemate of their choice. The winner of this task was also allowed to purchase some gifts for themselves or their companion, from the prize fund (up to 300,000 euros this year).
Housemates Twelve Housemates entered the Big Brother House on opening night, with four Housemates joining later. Housemates Age Birthplace Occupation Day entered Day exited Status Floriana Secondi 25 Rome Bartender 1 99 Victoria Pennington 19 Plano, U.S. Swimming teacher 1 99 Luca Argentero 24 Turin Bartender 1 99 Franco Biccica 28 Florence Trader 71 99 Marianella Bargilli 31 Cecina Hostess 1 92 Claudia Bormioli 25 Macerata Student 1 85 Manila Barbati 28 Milan Dance teacher 71 78 Pasquale Laricchia 30 Bari Personal Trainer 1 78 Fedro Francioni 33 Terni Entrepreneur 1 67 Angela Sozio 29 Bari Administrative manager 1 57 Andrea Francolino 23 Bari Sculptor 1 43 Raffaello Orselli 35 Piombino Skipper 8 36 Sergio Squillacciotti 32 Naples Sales representative 1 29 Marika Suppa 26 Corato Waitress 1 15 Massimo Zino 25 Rome Student 8 8 Erika Terzi 26 Trescore Balneario Flight attendant 1 1
Nominations table
Week 1Week 2Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 8Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14FinalNominationsreceivedDay 1Day 8 Floriana Marika NoNominations Marianella,Pasquale,Victoria Marianella,Sergio,Victoria Claudia,Marianella,Raffaello Andrea,Claudia,Marianella Fedro,Pasquale,Victoria Fedro,Luca,Marianella Luca,Pasquale,Victoria Luca,Marianella,Victoria Luca,Marianella,Victoria Winner(Day 99) 44 Victoria Marika NoNominations Andrea,Floriana,Mairka Andrea,Fedro,Floriana Claudia,Fedro,Luca Andrea,Claudia,Marianella Angela,Fedro,Floriana Claudia,Fedro,Marianella Floriana,Luca,Marianella Claudia,Floriana,Luca Franco,Luca,Marianella Runner-up(Day 99) 44 Luca Erika NoNominations Claudia,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Pasquale,Raffaello,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Claudia,Floriana,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Claudia,Franco,Victoria Floriana,Franco,Victoria Third place(Day 99) 13 FrancoNot inHouse Manila Claudia,Floriana,Marianella Luca,Marianela,Victoria Fourth place(Day 99) 6 Marianella Marika NoNominations Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Angela,Floriana,Pasquale Pasquale,Raffaello,Victoria Angela,Pasquale,Victoria Angela,Floriana,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Franco,Victoria Floriana,Franco,Victoria Evicted(Day 92) 17 Claudia Marika NoNominations Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Angela,Floriana,Pasquale Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Franco,Victoria Evicted(Day 85) 15 ManilaNot inHouse Manila Evicted(Day 78) N/A Pasquale Marika NoNominations Andrea,Floriana,Marika Fedro,Floriana,Sergio Claudia,Fedro,Raffaello Andrea,Claudia,Fedro Angela,Fedro,Floriana Fedro,Luca,Marianella Floriana,Luca,Marianella Evicted(Day 78) 38 Fedro Marika NoNominations Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Claudia,Floriana,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Walked(Day 67) 13 Angela Erika NoNominations Luca,Marianella,Pasquale Fedro,Marianella,Sergio Claudia,Fedro,Raffaello Andrea,Claudia,Marianella Marianella,Pasquale,Victoria Evicted(Day 57) 7 Andrea Marika NoNominations Floriana,Marika,Pasquale Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Evicted(Day 43) 7 RaffaelloNot inHouse Nominated Exempt Floriana,Pasquale,Sergio Angela,Floriana,Pasquale Evicted(Day 36) 5 Sergio Marika NoNominations Marika,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Evicted(Day 29) 4 MarikaNominated NoNominations Luca,Pasquale,Victoria Evicted(Day 15) 3 MassimoNot inHouse Nominated Evicted(Day 8) N/A ErikaNominated Evicted(Day 1) N/A Notes 1 2 3 4 5 none 6 7 none 8 NominatedFor EvictionErika,Victoria Massimo,Victoria Floriana,Marika,Victoria Floriana,Sergio,Victoria Claudia,Pasquale,Raffaello,Victoria Andrea,Claudia,Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Angela,Fedro,Floriana,Pasquale,Victoria Fedro,Floriana,Marianella,Pasquale,Victoria Floriana,Luca,Pasquale,Victoria Claudia,Floriana,Franco,Victoria Franco,Luca,Marianella,Victoria Floriana,Franco,Luca,Victoria Franco,Manila Walkednone Fedro noneEvictedErika2 of 10 votesto saveMassimo34%to saveMarika46%to evictSergio57%to evictRaffaello44%to evictAndrea39%to evictAngela33%to evictEvictioncancelledPasquale33%to evictClaudia47%to evictMarianella69%to evictFranco2%to winLuca9%to winManilachoice to evictSurvivedVictoria8 of 10 votesVictoria66%Floriana25%Victoria18%Claudia33%Pasquale20%Victoria3%Fedro23%Pasquale22%Floriana16%Victoria6%Luca25%Floriana22%Victoria20%Franco27%Floriana14%Victoria12%Victoria44%to winFloriana46%to win
Notes : On Day 1, Erika and Marika were nominated by Big Brother. Their fellow housemates voted and Erika was evicted. : On Day 8, Massimo and Raffaello entered the house and the public had to vote for one of them to stay. : Victoria won the weekly task and chose Pasquale to be immune from nomination. : Pasquale won the weekly task and chose Victoria to be immune from nomination. : Floriana won the weekly task and chose herself to be immune from nomination. : After Fedro left the house after learning of his aunt's death, the eviction this week was cancelled. : Couple Franco and Manila entered the house together, and after a week had to choose one of them to leave. Manila chose to be the one to leave and left the house immediately. : This week, the public was voting for who they wanted to win, rather than to evict.
TV Ratings Episode Date Viewers Share1 30 January 2003 35,00%2 6 February 2003 29,12%3 13 February 2003 30,38%4 20 February 2003 28,86%5 27 February 2003 31,04%6 6 March 2003 29,02%7 13 March 2003 32,86%8 20 March 2003 35,19%9 27 March 2003 33,85%10 3 April 2003 32,15%11 10 April 2003 34,62%12 17 April 2003 33,84%13 24 April 2003 32,50%Semifinal 1 May 2003 33,70%Final 8 May 2003 45,11%Average 33,15%