Big Brother was an Indonesian version of the the same title, which is originally from Big Brother. The show is based on a group of strangers, known as housemates, living together twenty-four hours a day in the "Big Brother" house, isolated from the outside world but under constant surveillance with no privacy for roughly five months.

The show, sponsored by Telkomsel (under their prepaid service simPATI), premiered on Sunday, 10 April 2011 on Trans TV, airing six times a week. The Daily Show, which shows the activity of housemates, aired from Monday until Friday at 7 pm, and The Deportation Night, which shows who would be evicted, aired on Saturday at 7.30 pm. The host for the daily shows and the deportation night were Indra Herlambang and Sarah Sechan. There are 15 housemates, with Alan winning the first and only season.

During the show, one of the competitors, Luthfie, was disqualified for falsifying his background and identity. He was on the run on charges of embezzlement from Medan police, for which he was convicted and imprisoned for six months in September 2011.

Format Housemates are quarantined in the Big Brother House for more than 100 days with no contact to and from the outside world. Each week participants will compete in various challenges, which they must perform to make Big Brother satisfied. Each week, there will be a Captain (Head of Household) who is chosen by another housemates.

voice

The voice actor for the first season of Big Brother Indonesia is Ronnie Alventa. It was revealed from his Instagram account that Ronnie Alventa posted himself outside the diary room and there is another photo of him posting in the secret studio room at Big Brother's house to provide the distinctive voice of Big Brother.

The House The house is located on Trans TV Studio, beside the Trans Office Tower. The house's construction began in March 2011. More than 50 cameras are mounted in every part of the house.

THE former Big Brother house The Big Brother Indonesia house was supposed to remain for the second season, but in 2012, the second season never happened. That year, the house was used as a studio for the show DIGITAL CLIP for one season. The show used the front door of the captain's room, the housemate dining area, and the kitchen, without any camera shots showing any of the rooms.

However, in 2020, the Big Brother house was completely renovated by Trans TV to be used as a studio for TV shows such as PAGI PAGI AMBYAR, FYP, and BROWNIES, Sweet Chat.

However, after the renovation, only the stairs, which were usually used during the weekly deportation night, remained.

Housemates 15 housemates entered the house on April 6, 2011.

Name Nickname Age Sex Occupation Hometown Audition City Ade Herawati Ade 43 F Housewife Surabaya Surabaya Afrie Afdillah Afrie 30 M Employee Jakarta Jakarta Asran Aga Shady Aga 21 M College student Pekanbaru Bandung Alan Wangsa Satria Pamungkas Alan 22 M Radio personality Cianjur Bandung I Gede Derek Marshall Derek 30 M Human resource manager Bali Jakarta Dewi Puspitawati Dey 38 F Artist Karawang Bandung Jenny Jane 25 F Model/Freelancer Samarinda Bandung Boris Erwin Putra Simbolon Luthfie 24 M Physician (claimed) Medan Jakarta Maurice Balentina Tobing Maurice 25 F Employee Medan Jakarta M. Nur Patra Kamil Patra 25 M Employee/Model Jakarta Jakarta Renata Novomestska Rene 24 F College student Valašské Meziříčí Bandung Roy Porayouw Roy 34 M Businessman Poso Surabaya Shinta Shintyawati Shinta 22 F Fresh graduate Bandung Bandung Tengku Novi Yanti Tengku 22 F Umbrella Girl Bandung Bandung Widiarto Adi Kusumo Widi 24 M College student/Model Surabaya Surabaya

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Weekly summary

Events Competitions Tasks Week 1 All of the Housemates entered the House on the Day 1 On Day 1, Roy became the first Captain (Head of Household). On Day 4, all of the Housemates got 300 coins from Big Brother to buy the basic necessities for a week. On Day 9, Shinta received a secret mission from Big Brother to make a surprise party for Afrie's birthday. Big Brother gave Shinta a hairdryer as the gift because she succeeded in the mission. There was no eviction on this week, because Big Brother wanted the Housemates to know each other closer. There were no competitions in the first week.Waffle Tower; All of the Housemates must build a tower from pile of waffles. After build, they must keep it stand. Housemates were failed on this task. Week 2 On Day 9, the previous Captain, Roy, got a punishment from Big Brother because when he was still the Captain, many housemates doing violation. Big Brother told Roy to choose one of the housemates. Roy didn't know what will happen, so he chose Alan, which caused Alan to be jailed for 24 hours. Roy felt very guilty to Alan and he lost his spirit on the Big Brother house. Roy fell ill from this day. On Day 10, Patra became the new Captain after most of the Housemates nominated him to be the new Captain. On Day 14, Roy was rushed to a hospital due to his declining health. Roy became the first Housemate evicted on Day 17. Finding Coins in the Jungle; All of the housemates, one by one must find the coins in a haystack for buying the basic necessities. They found almost 350 blue coins and 10 red coins and use it to buy the basic necessities. Heavy Rain; All of the housemates divided into 2 groups, Male group and Female group. They competed for being the last on the moving log. The challenge was they was rushed down by so much water from above. The winners are Luthfie (male) and Dey (female). They received a special gift from Big Brother, a private dinner party only for them. Domino Effect; All of the Housemates divided into 2 groups. They should create a domino chain from objects which has given by Big Brother (all of the objects must be used without any residual). Although there were many constraints, but the Housemates were success on this task. Week 3 On Day 16, the previous Captain, Patra, got a punishment from Big Brother, because many considered that his leadership was terrible. Big Brother asked Patra who he think that cause of the failure of his leadership. At the first he said it was Dey, but he was totally confused and then judged Luthfie. Finally, both Patra and Luthfie must be jailed for 12 hours for the punishment. On Day 18, Renata became the new Captain after defeated Aga in the game. On Day 18, all of the Housemates got 400 coins to buy the basic necessities for a week. On Day 20, The Rich and The Poor switched places. On Day 22, all of the Housemates played the game "Who Am I". Aga became the second Housemate evicted on Day 24. Captain Game; all of the Housemates (except the previous Captain) joined the quiz game. The winner will be the new Captain. Renata became the winner of this quiz game after defeating Aga in the final round. Fill and Plug the Gallon; all of the Housemates (except Captain) divided into 3 groups. Group 1 are Maurice, Luthfie, Aga, and Dey. Group 2 are Alan, Jane, Tengku, Shinta, and Ade. Group 3 are Derek, Widi, Afrie, and Patra. Two players from the group must plug the holes on the gallon while one player fill the water and another player answering the question to get the plug. Group with the fast time filling the water will be the winner. Group 3 was the winner with 5 minutes and 40 seconds. The winner got a gift that is playing PSP for 2 hours. Another groups which were lost got a punishment that is they must hold an egg whatever they do and wherever they are. Matching the Socks; The Rich will tell the sock's identification and The Poor will find the sock. Captain as the referee decided to win The Poor, because The Rich said a wrong identification. The Poor as the winner got a gift from Big Brother to exchange position with The Rich. So The Poor now "The Rich" while The Rich became "The Poor". Separate the Food; The Poor and The Rich must separate the food's necessities such as rice, soybin and nuts which has been mixed as one. Both of the groups won this game and got a gift from Big Brother so many delicious foods. The Rich and The Poor; Housemates were divided into 2 groups. First group are Ade, Jane, Luthfie, Afrie, Patra, Maurice, and Shinta, they became "The Rich" while another group; Widi, Aga, Derek, Alan, Tengku, and Dey became "The Poor". For a week, "The Rich" will live on the house, while "The Poor" must live on the backyard. Both "The Rich" or "The Poor" cannot enter another group's area. "The Poor", if they wanna use the bathroom and the worship room, must requesting permission to "The Rich". "The Rich", if they wanna go to the smoking room and the storage room, they must requesting permission too. Even "The Poor"'s place was so pathetic, but they found so many red coins on the backyard (red coins can be used to buy personal's necessities). Captain are neutral on this task. Miniature of Monas; The Poor and The Rich must build the miniature of Monumen Nasional using ice cream stick. The Rich build the foundation while The Poor build the top. Week 4 This week began with having some new alliances. The first alliance were Luthfie, Maurice, Patra, and Afrie against the other alliance such as Derek, Jane, Ade, Shinta, Tengku, and Widi who has dominate the house since the first week. The previous Captain, Renata, didn't get any punishments, because ten housemates considered that her leadership was successful, while three other said that her leadership was failed. On Day 24, Luthfie became the new Captain after winning 4 votes from another housemates. On this week, housemates divided into 3 groups. Group 1 were Shinta, Ade, Jane, and Maurice. Group 2 were Renata, Dey, Widi, and Afrie. Group 3 were Derek, Alan, Tengku and Patra. This week they played all competitions and tasks together with their group. On Day 26, to celebrate the National Education Day, all of the housemates must wear the Indonesian elementary school's costume during that day. On Day 27, most of housemates; except Maurice, did some violations. The red coin holder, Patra and Shinta, spend their coins to buy some pizzas and ice cream. Housemates were not supposed to give what they buy to another housemates, but did so anyway; they attempted to hide when they eat the pizzas and ice cream, but Big Brother knew it. Luthfie as captain, Patra and Shinta as red coin holder, was jailed for 12 hours for that violation. On Day 28, Afrie received a secret mission from Big Brother to become a deaf man and annoy the housemates. He was successful in doing so and received a prize of watching a football match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Two housemates celebrated their birthday on this week, Luthfie (Day 29) and Jane (Day 31). Dey became the third housemate evicted on Day 31. Ranking 1; The groups competed on quiz to become the first ranking. Group 3 as the winner won two red coins as the prize and Group 1 as the runner-up won a red coin as the prize. Group 2 didn't get anything because they were lost. Simpati Games I: Finding simPATI; The groups competed to find the word "simPATI" (the sponsor of the program) on a big kapok pool. Group 2, as the winner, won Rp 10.000.000 ($1000). Candy Pulley; The groups competed to relay a candy from one to the others. Group 2, as the winner, won a phone call to home. Performing Arts; The groups must make a unique performing arts. Each groups must have a different performing arts. On Da 30, Group 1 performed Cheerleaders, Group 2 performed Pantomime Show, and Group 3 performed Parody of Musical Theater. The performing arts held on the backyard and judged by Rudy Wowor (dancer), Ruben Onsu (comedian), and Audy (singer). They were successful on this task.