Big Brother is a reality show shown on Kanal A in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. It is based on the international Big Brother format produced by Endemol. It first aired on March 17, 2007.
The first Slovenian season of Big Brother ran 85 days, started on March 17, 2007, and ended on June 9, 2007. The show was hosted by Nina Osenar. The prize is 75,000 Euro.
Housemates In the first season, there are 12 original housemates. At later stages, 6 new housemates entered the house. Andrej the Australian and Janez's brother is the winner. Here are all the participants: Housemates Age Entered Exited Status Andrej 27 Day 1 Day 85 Winner Miha 21 Day 1 Day 85 Runner-Up Marina 21 Day 49 Day 84 Evicted Stane 20 Day 1 Day 83 Evicted Janez 55 Day 49 Day 78 Evicted Tjaša 19 Day 21 Day 71 Evicted Alisa 21 Day 49 Day 69 Walked Tina 22 Day 1 Day 64 Evicted Alen 26 Day 1 Day 57 Evicted Jasmina 19 Day 1 Day 50 Evicted Sonja 26 Day 8 Day 43 Evicted Pero 24 Day 21 Day 41 Ejected Suzana 38 Day 1 Day 36 Evicted Robert 31 Day 1 Day 29 Evicted Nina 28 Day 1 Day 22 Evicted Jessy 20 Day 1 Day 15 Evicted Aleš 27 Day 1 Day 10 Evicted Veronika 23 Day 1 Day 10 Walked
First Batch The following housemates entered on Day 1. In parentheses were their ages as of the time they stayed in the house.
Andrej (27) - WINNER Miha (21) Stane (20) Tina (22) Alen (26) Jasmina (19) Suzana (38) Robert (31) Nina (28) Jessy (20) Aleš (27) Veronika (23)
Second Batch The following housemates entered on Day 8. In parentheses were their ages as of the time they stayed in the house.
Sonja (26)
Third Batch The following housemates entered on Day 21. In parentheses were their ages as of the time they stayed in the house.
Tjaša (19) Pero (24)
Fourth Batch The following housemates entered on Day 49. In parentheses were their ages as of the time they stayed in the house.
Marina (21) Janez (55) Alisa (21)
Big Brother Swap
The official website announced on Day 27 (April 12, 2007) that one Philippine housemate would trade places with a housemate from the Slovenian version.The Great Big Brother Swap , Pinoy Big Brother websiteSenzacionalna Big Brother izmenjava!, Big Brother Slovenia website (in Slovenian) Days later, TinaNa Filipine bo odletela Tina! Big Brother Slovenia website (in Slovenian) was chosen to swap with Bruce.Kdo je skrivnostnež, ki se bo za teden dni vselil v hišo Big Brotherja? Big Brother Slovenia website (in Slovenian)
Promotion ads for this event likened this to an alien abduction because the Philippine housemates were not aware that Bruce will trade places with Tina, a foreigner, until Tina entered the Philippine House.Things to come Pinoy Big Brother website On the other hand, the Slovenian housemates already knew of the Swap and prepared for this event, which was expected to be a cultural exchange of sorts for both sides. The swap took place starting Day 36 (April 21) and ended on Day 41 (April 26), when the swapped housemates returned to their respective Houses.
Tina Semolic, a 22-year-old former beauty queen, was chosen by the Philippine version's staff because of her personality "would fit well" with the Filipino housemates, as well as being nice and not too aggressive. On the other hand, Bruce was chosen by the Slovenian staff because of his physique and his "very Filipino" characteristics that would stir up competition among the men there.Cruz, Marinel R. Slovenian beauty queen in PBB housemate swap. Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2007. p. D1 (no online version)
To let Filipino viewers know about Bruce's situation in the Slovenian House, some footage from the Slovenian version related to Bruce was also shown, aside from the events inside the Philippine House. English conversations recorded on both Houses were subtitled into Filipino, while any Slovenian conversation and comment was dubbed over by Filipino voice actors to let the Filipino viewers understand better.
Below is a list of activities each swapped housemate did in their respective host country's Houses, aside from introductions and trading of basic phrases:
Tina Taught the housemates the Slovenian polka. Cooked a Slovenian dessert called a potica. Learned to properly eat a mango. Learned from Saicy and Wendy how to sing Pinoy Ako and explain its meaning. Told by Nel to eat some Filipino street foods, but she refused to eat balut after squirming at the sight of its contents. Practiced baton twirling together with Beatriz and Saicy. Acted as Reyna Elena in the House's celebration of the Santacruzan. Took part in the PBB Fiesta, even finishing the game of palo sebo for her fellow housemates. Bruce Cooked adobo for his fellow housemates. The Slovenian housemates thought it was so delicious, even Sonja, the resident vegetarian, ate it, too. Taught the housemates tinikling. But since the others had a hard time keeping the rhythm in the dance, they later turned one of the two bamboo poles used in the dance into a limbo pole. Learned the Slovenian version's theme song. Built a snowman out of artificial snow (together with his fellow housemates). Real snow could not be provided because winter had already passed in Slovenia. Signed T-shirts for an upcoming auction. Slovenian viewers already knew about his mother's condition and sales from the auction will be used for her benefit. Participated in a task which required the housemates to disguise themselves as animals using body paint. Bruce played a cow.
While Tina left the Philippines without much incident, Bruce left Slovenia with controversy brewing up behind him. Slovenian housemates Miha and Pero made inappropriate remarks about Bruce — remarks that did not sit well with both Big Brother and the viewers there. Because of that and Pero's "plan" of "stabbing Big Brother," Big Brother removed Pero from the Slovenian HousePero je izseljen!, Slovenian Big Brother website and then added Miha to the list of nominees for eviction, which already included Jasmina and Sonja.
Tina was later evicted on Day 63 of the Slovenian version, about five weeks after the swap.
On Day 125 of the Philippine version, Tina returned to the Pinoy Big Brother house to have a celebratory dinner with the Big 4, Bea, Gee-Ann, Mickey and Wendy. She left the house the same night and participated in the Finale, where she danced various Philippine dances and took part in the awarding ceremony for the Big 4.
Nomination Table Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12FinalNominations received Andrej AlenNina AlenNina Exempt PeroSonja JasminaSonja JasminaTina StaneTina AlisaJanez AlisaJanez JanezMarina Winner(Day 85) 13 Miha AlešVeronika AlenNina RobertSonja JasminaSonja AndrejJasmina AlenTina TinaTjaša AlisaJanez AlisaJanez JanezMarina Runner-up(Day 85) 25 MarinaNot inHouse Exempt StaneTina JanezStane AndrejStane Evicted(Day 84) 5 Stane AlešJessy NinaRobert Exempt PeroSonja PeroSonja AlenJasmina AlenMiha AlisaJanez AlisaJanez JanezMarina Evicted(Day 83) 5 JanezNot inHouse Exempt AlisaTjaša MarinaTjaša MihaStane Evicted(Day 78) 12 TjašaNot inHouse Exempt MihaSonja PeroSonja AlenMiha AndrejMiha AlisaMiha AlisaJanez Evicted(Day 71) 5 AlisaNot inHouse Exempt MarinaTina JanezTjaša Walked(Day 69) 10 Tina AlešVeronika MihaRobert Exempt JasminaMiha PeroSonja AndrejMiha AndrejMiha AlisaMiha Evicted(Day 64) 7 Alen AndrejJessy AndrejNina Exempt AndrejSonja AndrejJasmina AndrejJasmina AndrejMiha Evicted(Day 57) 9 Jasmina MihaSuzana AndrejMiha MihaSonja MihaSuzana PeroSonja AndrejMiha Evicted(Day 50) 11 SonjaNot inHouse SuzanaTina MihaRobert MihaSuzana JasminaMiha Evicted(Day 43) 15 PeroNot inHouse Exempt JasminaSuzana JasminaTjaša Ejected(Day 41) 7 Suzana RobertVeronika MihaRobert RobertSonja PeroSonja Evicted(Day 36) 6 Robert AlešJessy MihaNina MihaSonja Evicted(Day 29) 10 Nina AlenJessy AlenRobert Evicted(Day 22) 7 Jessy MihaRobert Evicted(Day 15) 4 Aleš NinaRobert Walked(Day 10) 4 Veronika MihaSuzana Walked(Day 10) 3 Against public vote Aleš,Jessy,Robert Miha,Nina,Robert Miha,Robert,Sonja Miha,Pero,Sonja,Suzana,Tjaša Jasmina,Miha,Sonja Alen,Andrej,Jasmina,Miha Alen,Andrej,Miha Alisa,Janez,Miha,Stane,Tina Alisa,Janez,Tjaša Janez,Marina Andrej,Janez,Marina,Miha,Stane WalkedVeronika,Aleš none Alisa none Ejectednone Pero noneEvictedJessy67%to evictNina41%to evictRobert62%to evictSuzana50%to evictSonja53%to evictJasmina67%to evictAlen53%to evictTina73%to evictTjaša72%to evictJanez70%to evictStane(out of 4)Marina(out of 3)MihaFewest votes(out of 2) SavedRobert33%Robert37%Miha22%Sonja28%Miha10%Sonja41%Miha3%Pero3%Tjaša3%Jasmina42%Miha5%Miha21%Alen8%Andrej4%Miha39%Andrej8%Alisa22%Janez2%Miha2%Stane1%Janez28%Marina30%AndrejMost votesto win
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