Big Brother 2 is the second season of the Croatian reality television series Big Brother that premiered on 4 September to 30 December 2005 and ran for 118 days.
Season summary The second season had radical changes in the format of the show — the number of contestants was initially raised from 12 to 14; the pace of evictions and nominations was accelerated, and numbers of contestants were introduced at later stages.
The composition of contestants was different—they were much younger, less educated and generally perceived to be less mature. They also tended to represent various sections of the Croatian population, missing in the previous season. This was most evident with Matko Okmažić from Omiš, the 25-year-old son of the restaurant owner, later revealed to be the candidate of far-right parties at local elections. Okmažić, although popular with contestants, outraged many liberal Croatians with his chauvinist views and later had to publicly apologize after singing "Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara", the controversial song of Croatian far-right singer Joško Tomičić. He outraged feminist and gays rights groups after a statement that he would kill his girlfriend if he found out she is cheating on him. In 2001 local elections for Omiš city council he was 14th on the list for HB/HKDU hard right coalition.
Despite this, Okmažić gradually evolved as the front-runner for the prize. He never got nominated and was part of the unofficial clan of self-declared "finalists". One of those was Hamdija Seferović, the only Roma contestant in the show. Mild-mannered and soft-spoken Seferović gradually won many sympathies among Croatian public, first by publicly admitting his lack of primary education, then by cultivating the image of a dedicated family man.
Because of this, the actual finals proved to be quite unpredictable. This was also due to Daca Bosančić, the candidate who entered finals despite her female gender, the status of a replacement candidate. In the end, Seferović finished first and Bosančić finished second.
This result was often perceived as the victory of liberal-minded and pro-European Croatians over the right-wingers embodied in Matko Okmažić.
The second season, just like first, also had its share of criticism—mostly due to lack of creativity among producers — but surprisingly the rating was higher than the first seasons. There were also complaints about bet shops influencing the ultimate result by publishing low odds for evictees early in the week and many conspiracy theories about huge bets being used as a tool for manipulations.
Nominations table Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15Week 16Week 17FinalNominations received HamdijaNoNominations Kristina,Nataša Brankica,Monika Kristina,Lana Lana,Sanja Kristian,Kristina Hana,Kristian NoNominations Lana,Sanja Daca,Dominik Matea,Sanja Daca,Matea Maroje,Matea Daca,Matea Matea,Tatjana Daca,Tatjana Winner(Day 118) 16 DacaNot inHouse Exempt Hamdija,Kristian Hamdija,Ivan Hamdija,Ivan Maroje,Tatjana Matko,Željka Matea,Tatjana Ivan,Matko Runner-up(Day 118) 14 MatkoNoNominations Kristina,Nataša Kristina,Monika Kristina,Monika Igor,Kristina Ivan,Kristina Hana,Sanja NoNominations Lana,Sanja Daca,Dominik Daca,Matea Daca,Matea Daca,Maroje Matea,Željka Matea,Tatjana Daca,Tatjana Third place(Day 118) 7 IvanNoNominations Brankica,Kristina Brankica,Igor Monika,Sanja Lana,Sanja Kristian,Sanja Kristian,Sanja NoNominations Lana,Sanja Dominik,Matea Matea,Sanja Daca,Željka Maroje,Tatjana Matea,Željka Matea,Tatjana Daca,Tatajana Fourth Place(Day 118) 23 TatjanaNot inHouse Exempt Ivan,Maroje Ivan,Matea Daca,Ivan Daca,Ivan Evicted(Day 111) 12 MateaNot inHouse Exempt Hamdija,Ivan Hamdija,Matko Hamdija,Željka Maroje,Tatjana Hamdija,Tatjana Ivan,Matko Evicted(Day 104) 21 ŽeljkaNot inHouse Exempt Dominik,Hamdija Hamdija,Matea Ivan,Matea Maroje,Tatjana Matea,Tatjana Evicted(Day 97) 6 MarojeNot inHouse Exempt Matea,Željka Evicted(Day 90) 7 KristianNoNominations Kristina,Monika Kristina,Monika Kristina,Monika Ivan,Igor Ivan,Kristina Hana,Kristina NoNominations Hamdija,Ivan Dominik,Matea Daca,Matea Nominated Evicted(Day 83) 9 SanjaNoNominations Monika,Nataša Duje,Kristina Duje,Kristina Ivan,Igor Duje,Ivan Duje,Hamdija NoNominations Matko,Hamdija Hamdija,Ivan Ivan,Kristian Evicted(Day 76) 13 DominikNot inHouse Exempt Ivan,Kristian Evicted(Day 69) 5 LanaNoNominations Kristina,Monika Igor,Kristina Igor,Kristina Duje,Igor Duje,Ivan Hana,Ivan NoNominations Hamdija,Ivan Evicted(Day 62) 9 DujeNoNominations Kristina,Nataša Kristina,Sanja Igor,Monika Igor,Lana Kristina,Sanja Hana,Lana NoNominations Evicted(Day 55) 11 HanaNot inHouse Exempt Hamdija,Kristian Evicted(Day 48) 5 KristinaNoNominations Brankica,Igor Duje,Matko Igor,Matko Igor,Kristian Duje,Ivan Evicted(Day 41) 30 IgorNoNominations Brankica,Kristina Brankica,Kristina Kristina,Monika Kristina,Lana Evicted(Day 34) 15 MonikaNoNominations Duje,Nataša Duje,Kristina Duje,Igor Evicted(Day 27) 11 BrankicaNoNominations Kristina,Igor Kristina,Igor Evicted(Day 20) 6 NatašaNoNominations Hamdija,Kristina Evicted(Day 13) 5 BiserkaNoNominations Evicted(Day 6) N/A RenéNoNominations Evicted(Day 6) N/A Nomination notes 1 none 2 none 1 3 none 4 none 5 Nominated AllHousemates Kristina,Nataša Brankica,Duje,Igor,Kristina,Monika Kristina,Monika Igor,Lana Ivan,Kristina Hana,Kristian AllHousemates Lana,Sanja Dominik,Hamdija Daca,Hamdija,Ivan,Kristian,Matea,Sanja Daca,Kristian,Matea Maroje,Tatjana Matea,Željka Matea,Tatjana Daca,Tatjana Daca,Hamdija,Ivan,MatkoEvictedRené29%to evictNataša55%to evictBrankica43%to evictMonika66%to evictIgor70%to evictKristina75%to evictHana57%to evictDuje35%to evictLana53%to evictDominik54%to evictSanja28%to evictKristian58%to evictMaroje68%to evictŽeljka64%to evictMatea52%to evictTatjana81%to evictIvan22%Matko30%Biserka17%to evictDaca48.5%(out of 2)Hamdija51.5%to win
Notes
: There were no nominations this week, and all housemates automatically faced the public vote. : As a new housemate, Hana was exempt from the nominations process this week. : As new housemates, Daca, Dominik, Matea, and Željka were exempt from the nominations process this week. : As new housemates, Maroje and Tatjana were exempt from the nominations process this week. Kristian automatically faced the public vote due to not fully participating in a task. : This week, the public were voting for a winner, rather than to evict.
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