The seventh season of Big Brother Germany lasted for 148 days from 5 February 2007 to 7 July 2007 and was shown on RTL Zwei.

Summary After a disappointing sixth season, which was supposed to run forever but was cut short and a year break the producers decided to return with a "Back to the roots"-format for season seven with 12 housemates living together in one house and the only twist being that the housemates had to earn the prize. For every match, a certain amount of money was put in the jackpot with the maximum being €250,000 which only the winner would receive. During the season the nomination rules were changed several times (see notes in the nominations table) for entertainment purposes and to protect controversial housemates. The most controversial of them was Eddy, who was disliked by a large number of viewers but also had a strong fanbase. Within the house, he had friends (e.g. Basti and Oliver) and "enemies" (e.g. Leon and Janine), with alliances changing over the season (he was friends with Kathrin and Michael at first, but fell out with them later). After being evicted by his fellow housemates Eddy returned as a guest in the final week and provoked some of the most controversial moments of the season (with his targets being Kathrin and Michael). These moments probably helped Michael to win the show, as he was considered a victim of Eddy's provocations. Additionally, Michael's strongest rival for the win, Sonja, had become Basti's girlfriend during the season and Basti was close with Eddy (Basti re-entered as a guest in the final week together with Eddy). Despite not being a rating hit, season 7 at least lived up to RTL II's low expectations and an 8th Season was greenlit right at the end of the show.

Housemates

Name Age on entry Hometown Occupation Day entered Day exited Result Michael Carstensen 34 Viöl Bricklayer 1 148 Sonja Ailler 20 Griesstätt Office clerk 1 148 Kathrin Schlosser 32HiltenfingenForwarding merchant 71 148 1 57 Leon Schreiber 22 Krailling Promoter 1 148 Andreas "Knubbel" Büttgenbach 45 Bonn Courier 50 148 Janine Schmelz 20 Kirchhain Nurse 64 141 Erdal "Eddy" Ayebe 28 Krefeld Electronic engineer 1 127 Sebastian "Basti" Wrzosek 24 Wuppertal Warehouseman 1 120 Doreen Heineke 23 Jena Hairdresser 50 106 Oliver Hofmann 30 Schneverdingen Banker 3 92 Sinan Karaaslan 29 Duisburg Airport security guard 22 78 Sheila Schmidt 19 Herne Student 5 71 Ines Gebhard 31 Grabsdorf Waitress 5 64 Natalie "Natasha" Root 25 Deckenpfronn Real estate agent 36 57 Jeannine Emmel-Ehmsen 24 Hamburg Agency boss 3 50 Anna Masaracchia 31 Munich Nurse 1 36 Christian Dorn 26 Marl Online salesman 1 22

Nominations table Week 3Week 5Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 11Week 13Week 15Week 17Week 18Week 20Week 21FinalNominationsreceived Michael Sonja Anna Ines Ines Ines 5th Oliver EddySonja Janine Eddy Janine Winner(Day 148) 8 Sonja Jeannine Jeannine Ines Oliver Refused1stMichael KnubbelDoreen Janine Janine Janine Runner-up(Day 148) 3 Kathrin Eddy Anna Ines Walked(Day 56) Knubbel MichaelJanine Knubbel Eddy Knubbel Third place(Day 148) 7 Leon Christian Anna Ines Natasha Ines 7th Basti EddyBasti Basti Eddy Knubbel Fourth place(Day 148) 8 KnubbelNot inHouseEddy Refused10th Michael EddyJanine Kathrin Janine Kathrin Fifth place(Day 148) 7 JanineNot inHouseExemptKnubbel EddyMichael Basti Eddy Sonja Evicted(Day 141) 9 Eddy Kathrin Banned Ines Ines Refused3rdMichael MichaelDoreen Leon Janine Evicted(Day 127) 11 Basti Anna Banned Ines Natasha Oliver2nd Michael LeonDoreen Leon Evicted(Day 120) 6 DoreenNot inHouseNatasha Refused9thKnubbel EddyBasti Evicted(Day 106) 3 Oliver ChristianLeon Basti Leon Leon Refused6th Michael Evicted(Day 92) 2 SinanNot inHouseSheila Leon Natasha Refused8thEvicted(Day 78) 0 Sheila Christian Kathrin Ines Ines Refused4thWalked(Day 71) 2 Ines Kathrin Michael Leon Michael RefusedEvicted(Day 64) 9 NatashaNot inHouseLeon Sinan Evicted(Day 57) N/A Jeannine Sheila Anna Oliver Evicted(Day 50) 2 Anna Kathrin BannedEvicted(Day 36) 5 Christian Kathrin Evicted(Day 22) 3 Nomination Note12345678910none WalkednoneKathrinnoneSheilanone Up for eviction Christian,Kathrin,Leon Anna,Sheila Ines,Jeannine,Sheila Basti,Eddy,Ines,Leon,Michael,Natasha,Oliver,Sheila,Sinan,Sonja Ines,Oliver Doreen,Knubbel,Sinan Knubbel,Michael,Oliver Eddy,Doreen,Knubbel Basti,Janine,Leon Eddy,Janine,Kathrin Janine,Knubbel Kathrin,Knubbel,Leon,Michael,SonjaEvictedChristian-65.9%to evictAnna-72.8%to evictJeannine-64.8%to evictNatashato evictInes-46.9%to evictSinan-67.1% to evictOliver-70.9% to evictDoreen-56.9%to evictBasti-66.9%to evictEddyto evictJanine-61.8%to evictKnubbel16%Leon17.1%Kathrin20.1%(out of 3)Sonja42.4%(out of 2)Michael57.6%to win

Notes

: As the Golden Housemate of the Week, Oliver had the option to nominate a third person that would automatically up for eviction. He chose to take this offer and nominated Leon. : As new Housemate, Sinan had to nominate one person that would be automatically up for eviction. He chose Sheila. Anna, Basti and Eddy were banned from nominating as punishment for discussing nominations. : As a new Housemate, Natasha was immune from getting nominated. Sheila was automatically nominated after losing a football competition. Jeannine was automatically nominated for having after achieving the last place in a karaoke competition. Eddy received a nominations point from the viewers. : For constant rule-breaking by the household Big Brother decided to organize a snap eviction with the person who received the most votes immediately evicted. As new housemates, Doreen and Knubbel were immuned from eviction. : Nominations were voluntary, so only two Housemates nominated this week. However, as the Golden Housemate of the Week, Basti had to nominate a second person that would face the public vote. He chose Oliver. : As a new Housemate, Janine was exempt from nominations. Nominations were done in Eurovision Style, where every Housemate had to give 9 nomination points to their favourite Housemate, 8 for their second favourite all the way down to 1 point for their least favourite. The bottom three were nominated for eviction. : As the Golden Housemate of the Week, Eddy was immune from being nominated. Next to this, all female Housemates could nominate but could not be nominated. Nominations were done face-to-face. As there was a tie for the third nomination place Eddy, as the Golden Housemate, had to choose the third nominee from either Basti or Oliver, who both received one nomination point. He chose Oliver. : As he came last in the marathon match, Knubbel was automatically nominated. This week's nominations were made by the housemates' mothers (and Knubbels sister). After the Housemates refused to complete their weekly task Big Brother decided that an extra Housemate should be up for eviction three days after the voting started. The Housemates each had to nominate someone for eviction. Eddy and Knubbel could not be nominated as they are already up for eviction. Doreen received the most nominations with 3 and was up for eviction with Eddy and Knubbel. : The audience voted for Eddy as being immune from getting nominated. : This week's nominations were made by the public. The housemate then had to decide whom of the top 3 vote-getters would be evicted.

See also Main Article about the show

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