The eighth season of Big Brother Germany lasted exactly half a year from 7 January 2008 to 7 July 2008 and was shown on RTL II. Wherein a daily show the previous day's events were summarized. In a weekly live show, hosted by Charlotte Karlinder, Miriam Pielhau and Jürgen Milski, nominations and evictions were held. Usually, the housemates nominated each other with the viewers voting for eviction of a nominee (by phone). Additionally, the 24-hour live TV channel was brought back and was again offered by Premiere for 15 € a month.
Summary For the first time since Big Brother: The Battle, the house was divided into two areas: rich and poor. The rich area, holding 6 housemates, was luxurious with comfortable furniture, a wide range of food and beverages, sufficient cigarette supplies and alcoholic drinks (beer, wine, champagne). The poor area, also inhabited by 6 housemates, on the other hand, was equipped like a canteen kitchen. The food supplies were rather poor with limited cigarette supplies and usually no alcoholic beverages. Both areas were separated by a small wall, which wasn't allowed to be crossed and over which no "smuggling" was allowed. A spiral staircase, used by both teams, lead to the upper floor which held the bedrooms. While the rich area's bedroom had luxurious double beds, the poor team's bedroom contained an operating-table-like structure, on which the housemates slept in sleeping bags.
From time to time (usually during the weekly live show) there were matches in which both teams competed against each other, resulting in the winning team changing into or continuing to live in the rich area. In additional matches teams could compete for rewards (e.g. a large plate with burgers and fries, being able to play Wii in a separated room, etc.).
The winner was Silke "Isi" Kaufmann who won 250,000 €. The season's theme song was "Choose to be me" by Sunrise Avenue.
Housemates Name Age on entry Hometown Occupation Day entered Day exited Result Silke "Isi" Kaufmann 26 Mülheim Pole dancer 1 183 Marcel Schiefelbein 23 Köthen Chef 8 183 Kevin Daßler 26 St. Augustin Shop assistant 1 183 Tanja Höfer 21 Tönisvorst Student 78 183 Mandy Fleck 20 Wedderstedt Beautician 92 183 Gianfranco "Franco" Cielo 31 Göppingen Electrician 85 176 Alex Stark 32 Poing Promoter 1 162 Steffi Rosengart 25 Ziemetshausen 85 148 Caro Podleschka 19 Korschenbroich Student 36 134 Nora 48 Berlin Psychologist 85 120 Hassan Nejme 23 Hilchenbach Construction mechanic 1 115 Serafino Pulsone 30 Berlin Hair stylist 64 106 Mari Eckhardt 35 Rudersberg 85 99 Marcel Schmidt 24 Bebra Pizza boy 59 92 Nadine Sommerfeld 25 Köthen Dentist's assistant 3 79 Jenny Schindler 22 Dortmund Student 50 78 Patrick Neumann 34 Ramsdorf Promoter 29 76 Rebecca Stawitzky 25 Wiesbaden Waitress 1 68 Melly Wittmann 19 Berlin Waitress 1 64 Manuel Schmidt 24 Bebra Student 50 53 Neila Gargouri 24 Hannover 22 50 Ann-Kathrin "Anki" Torringen 24 Hamburg Student 5 36 Dirk 39 22 34 Bianca Murken 34 Berlin Teacher 1 22 Adrian Rohrmüller 28 Landshut Bouncer 1 8
Nominations table Week 2 Week 3 Week 5 Week 7 Week 9 Week 26Final Isi Rebecca Bianca Anki Neila Hassan Jenny Marcel S. HassanSerafino Tanja Alex Steffi Franco Franco Winner(Day 183) Marcel Not inHouse Rebecca Rebecca Rebecca Rebecca Isi Alex IsiSerafino Isi Isi Steffi Franco Marcel (Day 183) Kevin Melly Bianca Rebecca Rebecca Rebecca Nadine Alex IsiSerafino Steffi Steffi Steffi Franco Kevin (Day 183) Tanja Not inHouse Alex AlexSerafino Nora Caro Franco Alex Franco (Day 183) Mandy Not inHouse IsiSerafino Steffi Caro Steffi Alex Mandy (Day 183) Franco Not inHouse KevinSerafino Nora Alex Tanja Alex Kevin Evicted(Day 176) Alex Rebecca Rebecca Rebecca Isi Melly Nadine Kevin IsiSerafino Tanja Franco Tanja Franco Evicted(Day 162) Steffi Not inHouse HassanFranco Nora NotEligible Kevin Evicted(Day 148) Caro Not inHouse Nadine Melly Nadine Alex IsiTanja Tanja Alex Evicted(Day 134) Nora Not inHouse IsiFranco Tanja Evicted(Day 120) Hassan Melly Bianca Anki Isi Isi Jenny Alex IsiNora Nora Walked(Day 115) Serafino Not inHouse Isi Hassan AlexFranco Evicted(Day 106) Mari Not inHouse Ejected(Day 99) Marcel S. Not inHouse Nadine Isi Evicted(Day 92) Nadine Rebecca Bianca Anki Rebecca Caro Jenny Walked(Day 79) Jenny Not inHouse Melly Nadine Evicted(Day 78) Patrick Not inHouse Neila Kevin Jenny Walked(Day 76) Rebecca Melly Kevin Kevin Nadine Melly Ejected(Day 68) Melly Rebecca Rebecca Anki Rebecca Rebecca Evicted(Day 64) Manuel Not inHouse Walked(Day 53) Neila Not inHouse Melly Melly Evicted(Day 50) Anki Melly Kevin Melly Evicted(Day 36) Dirk Not inHouse Kevin Walked(Day 34) Bianca Rebecca Nadine Evicted(Day 22) Adrian Ejected(Day 8) Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NominatedFor Eviction Melly,Rebecca Bianca,Rebecca Anki,Rebecca Isi,Nadine,Neila Melly,Patrick Isi,Jenny Hassan,Isi,Marcel S. Alex,Serafino Isi,Nora,Tanja Alex,Caro Steffi,Tanja Alex,Franco,Marcel Franco,Kevin,Tanja Isi,Kevin,Mandy,Marcel,Tanja Walkednone Dirk none Manuel Patrick Nadine none Hassan none EjectedAdrian none Rebecca none Mari none Evicted Rebeccato fake evict Bianca90.8%to evict Anki90.6%to evict Neila67.2%to evict Melly73.3%to evict Jenny69.5%to evict Marcel S.60.5%to evict Serafino81.5%to evict Nora81.3%to evict Caro71.5%to evict Steffi66.8%to evict Alex73.3%to evict Franco74.4%to evictMandy2.4%Tanja4.9%Kevin10.1%(out of 3)Marcel45.4%(out of 2)Mellyto fake evictIsi54.6%to win
Notes
As new housemates Anki and Nadine were immune - they could nominate but not be nominated. The housemates were voting for who they wanted to evict and the two housemates with the most votes were fake evicted. They returned to the house the following day. The public voted for which team (the Rich team or the Poor team) they wanted to be immune from nomination. They chose the Poor Team and hence Alex, Anki, Isi, Marcel and Melly are safe from nomination this week. When voting the public can vote to save a housemate, or to evict a housemate. The evictee is decided by the housemate who has, of their total, the highest percentage of evict votes. For example, this week, of all the votes cast to save/evict her 90.8% of Bianca's votes were to evict her. Whereas only 47.0% of Rebecca's votes were to evict her. Therefore, with the higher percentage of evict votes, Bianca was evicted. This week the public were allowed to nominate for 2 points. They chose Nadine to nominate, although this had no effect. As new housemate Neila was immune. Caro, as a new housemate, was immune this week. The public also selected Rebecca to be immune. Had she not been chosen for immunity, Rebecca would have faced the public vote this week. This week housemates (apart from Jenny who, as a new housemate, is immune) grouped together into pairs of Alex & Caro, Hassan & Nadine, Isi & Rebecca, Kevin & Marcel and Melly & Patrick. They nominated individually, but each individual nomination for them also counted as a nomination for their partner. After nominations Isi & Rebecca and Melly & Patrick both had the most nominations with 4 each and, with 79.1% of the Vote, Melly and Patrick were chosen to face the public vote this week. Marcel S. and Serafino were immune as new housemates. Nadine was also chosen by the public to be immune - if she had not been immune she would have faced the public vote. This week it was the housemate with the most nominations who would get to choose the three nominees. Tanja was immune as a new housemate, and Serafino was also chosen for immunity by the public. Alex received the most nomination points with 5 and was hence immune and in charge of choosing the three nominees. He selected Hassan, Isi and Marcel S. Mandy was immune as a new housemate and Isi won immunity in a public vote. This week, the housemates made 2 nominations, the first nomination was for an "old housemate" (shown in the top of the nomination box) and the second nomination was for a "new housemate". A new housemates is considered as any that entered on or after Day 64 (Franco, Mandy, Nora, Serafino, Steffi and Tanja). Serafino received the most votes for the new housemates and faced the public vote. Out of the old housemates Isi received the most votes, but had already been chosen for immunity. Alex and Hassan were next, and the public chose Alex to face the public vote alongside Serafino. This week the one housemate with the most nominations would be up for eviction. That housemate then has to choose another two housemates (one old and one new) to be also up for eviction. As both Nora and Tanja received the most nominations with 4 each, the public decided which should be the first nominee and chose Nora, who then selected Isi and Tanja to join her as nominees. This week it was the housemate's mothers who nominated on the housemate's behalf. Steffi's mother declined to take part and therefore forfeited Steffi's nomination. Marcel was immune after being chosen by the public. The public chose Marcel to be immune this week. All female housemates were immune this week. The public decided that Marcel should automatically face the public vote as punishment for rule breaking and Marcel was hence automatically nominated alongside the two nominees. In the final round of nominations housemates were allowed to nominate themselves. Isi was awarded immunity by the public. For the final week, the public was voted for who they wanted to win.
Guests Name Entry Exit Note Samu Haber 25 February 25 February lead singer of Sunrise Avenue Olivia Jones 3 March 3 March popular transvestite Bärbel 8 May 10 May Marcel's grandmother Sina 27 May 27 May date for Marcel Ginny & Giuseppe 9 June 9 June season 6 housemates Bettina "Betty" 10 June 11 June season 6 housemate Eddy 12 June 13 June season 7 housemate Harry 16 June 17 June season 2 housemate Sascha 17 June 18 June season 5 winner Norman 18 June 19 June season 6 housemate Kathrin 19 June 20 June season 7 housemate
See also Main Article about the show
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