Big Brother (Quebec TV series)

Big Brother is a Canadian reality television series, which aired on V in the Canadian province of Quebec in 2010. Based on the international Big Brother franchise, it was produced as a spinoff of the network's long-running Loft Story.

The host was TV presenter Chéli Sauvé-Castonguay and lasted 63 days. The season launched on March 14, 2010, with fifteen housemates entering the house on Day 1. This series was the first international version to follow the American format in which the game is played internally, but with slight variations.

Aside from the main show, there was an accompanying show that aired every Sunday on V. The show was hosted by journalist Pascale Levesque. The winner of Loft Story: La Revanche, Sébastien Tremblay, blogged daily about the show on its official website.

There were no plans for a follow-up season that have been announced for a decade. However, on August 24, 2020, it was announced that the show would be revived for a celebrity version in winter 2021 on Noovo.

Format Big Brother Quebec loosely followed the format of the American version in that the housemates mostly decided who would stay and who would go. However, there were slight differences:

Numéro 1 The Numéro 1 (English: Number 1) was similar to the Head of Household position in the American version. Numéro 1 was exempt from eviction and enjoyed certain luxuries. They were also required to nominate two housemates for eviction.

Numéro 2 The Numéro 2 (English: Number 2) was a unique feature to Big Brother Quebec. Numéro 2 was selected by Numéro 1. Despite being immune from eviction and enjoying certain luxuries, they were forced to sleep at the foot of Numéro 1's bed, lest they lose their power and privilege. In addition, Numéro 2 was required to choose a third housemate to nominate for eviction.

Pouvoir de Véto The Pouvoir de Véto (English: Power of Veto) worked similarly to the Power of Veto in the US, in that the winner could use it to save a nominee; however, unlike the American version, the Veto winner decided the replacement nominee. On occasion, there would be two Vetoes available to win instead of the usual one, this would generally be weeks that the public voted to evict.

Food competitions Food competitions were similar to the current Have and Have Not competitions in the US. The winners received desired food items, such as steak, bread, vegetables, and dairy, while the losers dined on slop.

Evictions Unlike most seasons of the American edition, three housemates faced eviction each week. On eviction nights, the three nominees were moved to a special room to hear the results of the vote, instead of sitting on designated chairs in the living room. Finally, all housemates except Numéro 1 voted to evict, unlike the US, where the two nominees cannot vote, and the Head of Household votes only in a tiebreaker situation. There were exceptions to this, however; the public on occasion had the opportunity to evict a housemate.

Grenade Used in other international formats like the Australian version, the "grenade" was used by the newly evicted housemate to throw at any housemate of their choice. The grenade had different powers and these powers changed every week.

Finale The finale was completely different from the American version. Six housemates were in the house on the final day, unlike 2 or 3 in the American version. Unlike the jury format used in the American version to decide the winner, like the original format, the viewing public decided on the winner. However the former and current housemate get to vote on which finalist should not win.

Housemates Housemate Age Residence Occupation Entered Exited StatusVincent "Vinny" Durand Dubé28Mont-TremblantEvent OrganiserDay 1Day 63Christian Bilodeau33Saint-Odilon-de-CranbourneFarmerDay 1Day 63Vickie Dagenais26Saint-ChrysostomeLawyerDay 1Day 63Jean Marcotte56GatineauRetired militaryDay 1Day 63Éric Cormier29SherbrookeKinesiologistDay 1Day 63Josée Bouthillier49Saint-ColombanHousewifeDay 1Day 63Stéphanie21SaguenayStudentDay 1Day 56Jonathan Martineau33SherbrookeGraphic designerDay 1Day 51Vincent Carignan32Québec CityBiologistDay 1Day 49Stéphanie "Lyvia" Monroe31MirabelHairdresser, Porn ActressDay 1Day 42Marie Elaine Pitre22RosemèreMarketing Co-ordinatorDay 1Day 35Fey Cody27Saint-HyacintheLighting technicianDay 1Day 28Andy44Québec CityRetired militaryDay 1Day 14Sandra Lee37MontrealActressDay 1Day 7Amélie Lussier24LavalNursing AssistantDay 1Day 7

Slop Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9 none ChristianÉricJonathanMarie-ÉlaineStéphanieVinnynoneJoséeVickieVincentnoneChristianÉricJeanJonathanJoséeVincentVinnynone

Voting History Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Day 51 Day 56 Final Eviction Final Vote Numéro 1 Christian Fey Christian Lyvia VincentVickieChristianVinny Éric Christian (none) Numéro 2 Fey Jean Jonathan VickieVincentVinnyJean Josée (none) Nominations(pre-veto) AmélieAndySandra ÉricJoséeJonathan LyviaStéphanieVincent ChristianFeyJean ÉricJeanVinny JonathanJoséeLyvia ÉricJoséeVickie JonathanStéphanieVickie ChristianJeanVinny Veto Winner Sandra Éric Vincent LyviaVincent ÉricJonathan Stéphanie ÉricVickie Éric ChristianJean Nominations(post-veto) AndyJoséeSandra AndyJoséeJonathan FeyLyviaStéphanie ChristianFeyJean ChristianVinny ÉricJoséeLyvia JeanJoséeVincent JonathanStéphanieVickie StéphanieVickieVinny Vinny Sandra Andy LyviaJean NoVoting Josée NoVoting NoVoting Jean Winner(Day 63) Christian Josée Fey NoVotingJosée Stéphanie NoVoting Jean Runner-Up(Day 63) Vickie Sandra Andy FeyFey NoVoting Lyvia NoVoting Jonathan NoVoting JeanThird Place(Day 63) Jean Andy Jonathan Lyvia Christian NoVotingJosée NoVoting Stéphanie NoVotingJosée Fourth Place(Day 63) Éric Josée Andy FeyJean NoVotingLyvia NoVotingJonathan Numéro 1JeanFifth Place(Day 63) Josée Sandra Andy FeyFey NoVotingLyvia NoVoting Jonathan NoVotingJean Evicted(Day 63) Stéphanie Sandra Andy Fey Fey NoVotingLyvia NoVotingJonathan NoVoting Vinny Evicted(Day 56) Jonathan Sandra Andy FeyFey NoVotingLyvia NoVotingStéphanie Evicted(Day 51)Vinny Evicted(Day 51) Vincent Andy Andy FeyChristian Éric NoVoting Evicted(Day 49)Josée Evicted(Day 49) Lyvia Sandra Jonathan Fey NoVotingJosée Evicted(Day 42)Josée Evicted(Day 42) Marie-Élaine Sandra Jonathan LyviaJean NoVoting Evicted(Day 35)Josée Evicted(Day 35) Fey Sandra Numéro 1Lyvia Jean Evicted(Day 28)Josée Evicted(Day 28) AndySandra Jonathan Evicted(Day 14)Josée Evicted(Day 14) Sandra Josée Evicted(Day 7)Josée Evicted(Day 7) Amélie Sandra Walked(Day 7) Vinny Walked(Day 7) Notes None12345,67 8,910 Walked Amélienone Evicted Sandra10 of 14 votes to evict Andy7 of 12 votes to evict Evictioncancelled Fey5 of 11 votes to evict Marie-ÉlainePublic's votes to evict LyviaTied vote (4-4-1)Vickie's choiceto evict VincentPublic's votes to evict Jonathan4 of 7 votesto evict StéphaniePublic's votes to evict Josée7 of 15 votesto evict Éric(out of 5) Jean(out of 4) VickieFewest votes(out of 3) Christian49.5%(out of 2)Vinny50.5%to win

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