Big Brother 1 is the first season of the Croatian reality television series Big Brother that premiered on 18 September 2004 and ending on 26 December 2004 and ran for 100 days. It received high ratings and proved to be one of the rare successes for RTL Televizija in its first six months on Croatian television markets.
Despite the huge commercial success and becoming a cultural phenomenon of its season, the first season was subjected to much criticism. Andrija Hebrang, Croatian health minister at the time, complained about contestants smoking while the programme on air, which was against Croatian laws. In response to this, later live broadcasts were time-delayed. The show also created minor controversy due to a single homophobic statement ("If I knew I had a fag friend, I would kill him. I would kill him") made by Zdravko Lamot.
Other critics complained about lack of diversity among contestants who didn't represent the average of Croatian population. They were mostly all in the mid-20s, attending college, having a liberal mindset and coming from well-to-do or upper-middle-class families. Another exception was Saša Tkalčević, a 32-year-old biker from Bjelovar, husband and father of two children. He almost immediately established himself as the frontrunner, indicating that the audience for the show and pool of potential voters was much older than previously thought.
In this first season, there were 12 original housemates. Later, two new housemates entered the house.
Antonija Blaće who was evicted one week before the final is since then one of the most popular TV hosts in Croatia.
Nominations table Week 2Week 4Week 5Week 7Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14FinalNominations received Saša Egle,Filip Alen,Marina Alen,Marina Antonija,Vlatka Antonija,Sanja Antonija,Marina Antonija,Marina Antonija,Valentina Antonija,Marina Winner(Day 100) 7 Zdravko Ozren,Sanja Krešo,Ozren Antonija,Sanja Sanja,Vlatka Marina,Sanja Antonija,Marina Antonija,Valentina Antonija,Valentina Antonija,Marina Runner-up(Day 100) 13 Alen Ana,Filip Ana,Ozren Filip,Valentina Vlatka,Željko Sanja,Valentina Ana,Valentina Ana,Antonija Antonija,Valentina Antonija,Saša Third place(Day 100) 20 Marina Egle,Ozren Ozren,Sanja Sanja,Zdravko Vlatka,Željko Sanja,Željko Saša,Željko Alen,Ana Antonija,Saša Saša,Zdravko Fourth place(Day 100) 17 Antonija Alen,Zdravko Alen,Ozren Filip,Zdravko Saša,Zdravko Alen,Željko Alen,Željko Alen,Zdravko Marina,Saša Saša,Zdravko Evicted(Day 91) 18 Valentina Egle,Ozren Krešo,Ozren Alen,Filip Alen,Vlatka Ana,Željko Alen,Željko Alen,Ana Alen,Zdravko Evicted(Day 84) 9 Ana Alen,Egle Filip,Ozren Filip,Marina Vlatka,Željko Alen,Željko Alen,Željko Alen,Marina Evicted(Day 77) 10 ŽeljkoNot inHouse Exempt Ana,Antonija Alen,Marina Alen,Valentina Evicted(Day 70) 12 Sanja Alen,Egle Marina,Zdravko Marina,Zdravko Ana,Vlatka Marina,Željko Evicted(Day 63) 9 VlatkaNot inHouse Exempt Marina,Zdravko Evicted(Day 49) 7 Filip Antonija,Ozren Krešo,Ozren Antonija,Valentina Evicted(Day 35) 7 Ozren Krešo,Zdravko Marina,Zdravko Walked(Day 23) 14 Krešo Egle,Ozren Ana,Ozren Ejected(Day 22) 5 Egle Krešo,Ozren Evicted(Day 14) 6 Notes none 1 2 none 3 Nominated Egle,Ozren Krešo,Marina,Orzen Filip,Marina,Zdravko Vlatka,Željko Sanja,Željko Alen,Željko Alen,Ana,Antonija Antonija,Valentina Antonija,Saša Alen,Marina,Saša,Zdravko Ejectednone Krešo none Walkednone Ozren noneEvictedEgle71%to evictEvictioncancelledFilip55%to evictVlatka84%to evictSanja73%to evictŽeljko64%to evictAna51%to evictValentina63%to evict Antonija80%to evictMarina6%to winAlen7%to winZdravko10%to winSaša77%to win
Notes
: After Krešo left the House on Day 22, the public vote was suspended and the eviction was cancelled. : As new Housemates, Željko and Vlatko were exempt from the nominations process this week. : This week, the public were voting for a winner, rather than to evict.
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