Big Brother Albania 6 was the sixth season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother. It started on 23 February 2013, on Top Channel and ended on 1 June 2013. The eviction show aired on Saturdays at 21:00 CET, while a spin-off aired on Sundays called Big Brother Albania Fans' Club. The main host is Arbana Osmani, while Albana Osmani hosted the Sunday morning show, featuring dialogues with eliminated contestants and fans of the show. Arian Konomi took over for the fourth time the role of the panelist. Like all of the previous seasons, this one also had its 24/7 live PPV channels on DigitAlb. The winner received 15,000,000 lekë (€100,000). Anaidi was the winner of the season, being so the fifth male winner in the Big Brother Albania history. The house was rebuilt from scratch with a new location in Kashar, Albania. In the house there are four new rooms added: The Secret's Room, The Surprises' Room, The Matrix Room and The Library.
This season use some of the game mechanics from the Secret Story franchise, based on the original French version.
Housemates Housemates Age Entered Exited Status Anaidi 27 Day 1 Day 99 Winner Iliri 27 Day 1 Day 99 Runner-Up Elona 27 Day 1 Day 99 Third Place Shpendi 30 Day 1 Day 99 Fourth Place Eldora 27 Day 1 Day 92 Evicted Rike 24 Day 50 Day 92 Evicted Vigani 21 Day 22 Day 85 Evicted Joana 26 Day 1 Day 78 Evicted Edberi 25 Day 22 Day 78 Evicted Elena 18 Day 1 Day 64 Evicted Xhimi 44 Day 1 Day 57 Evicted Olta 25 Day 1 Day 50 Evicted Marselini 25 Day 1 Day 43 Evicted Jonilda 25 Day 1 Day 36 Evicted Arsimi 33 Day 1 Day 29 Evicted Etleva 20 Day 1 Day 22 Evicted Olsen 27 Day 1 Day 15 Evicted Altina Day 1 Day 15 Walked
Secrets
Rike entered the house in Week 8, thus she didn't have any real secret in the game. On the eleventh week, a mission was given to Rike to change all housemates' hair colour but still this didn't count as a secret.
On Day 71 the secret of Edberi & Vigani was revealed to all the housemates currently in the house and since then they've played the game separately.
Secret Person Discovered by Discovered on: I'm thalassemic Eldora Elena Day 42I practice taekwondo Elona Anaidi Day 6I haven't spoken to my father in 13 months Shpendi Iliri Day 15I'm married Xhimi Not Discovered Revealed on Day 56I'm going to have plastic surgery during my stay in Big Brother Jonilda Not Discovered Revealed on Day 22My tattoo on my body is my mother and not my fiancé Olsen Not Discovered Revealed on Day 15I know more than 1000 song lyrics from memory Iliri Joana Day 54I have smoked since 4 years old for medical reasons Elena Anaidi Day 49I'm a gigolo Marselini Not Discovered Revealed on Day 43 I'm a crazy fan of the Real Madrid soccer team Altina Not Discovered Revealed on Day 15I have been helping an invalid friend for 10 years Anaidi Not Discovered Revealed on Day 71I have a hundred pair of shoes Joana Eldora Day 56I'm a vegetarian Olta Iliri Day 29"Kanun" has ruined my life and my relationship Etleva Not Discovered Revealed on Day 22I have the power to permanently nominate another housemate Arsimi Anaidi Day 13We are two housemates playing as one Edberi & Vigani Not Discovered Revealed on Day 71
1.This secret was revealed to all the housemates in the house on Day 71. 2.This secret was revealed to all the housemates in the house on Day 22 when Jonilda re-entered the house. 3.This secret was revealed to all the housemates in the house on Day 22 because one week before Altina decided to walk. 4.This secret was revealed to all the housemates in the house on Day 71 and since then Edberi & Vigani have played the game separately.
Reception
Controversy & criticism Altina's secret leaked on social networks because of a photo someone had found in her Facebook account. After this thing it is supposed that the production took care to shut down all of the housemates' personal profiles and accounts. However, there were still fan pages administrated by the housemates' relatives that posted photos.
After two weeks the show had started there were rumors that two of the housemates: Anaidi and Joana were in a relationship out the house and that they knew each other. However, in an exclusive interview for Bluetooth Magazine, Rezart Aga, the producer of the show said that the housemates were picked carefully and there are no acquaintances between them.
In the Week 8 Live Show of Saturday, Arian Konomi the panelist of the show offended Xhimi by saying that he was a person without personality and then a fight erupted between these two. Arian was criticized by many journalists and people for his harsh comments towards the housemates. In the Week 9 Live Show he publicly apologized to Xhimi, the housemates and the viewers. At the same night Xhimi was evicted from the house and on an interview he said that he regrets making a joke in the house saying he had put condoms in the meal. However, this statement was a proof to the question if there are or not condoms in the house.
Since Rike entered the house in Week 8 she already knew all of the housemates' secrets. Even though, Arbana Osmani said that Rike won't tell any of the secrets to the other housemates she broke the rules on Day 60 by telling the secret of Anaidi to both Joana and Elona. Two days after this thing happened the production took on the official Facebook page of Big Brother Albania to tell that Rike doesn't know any of the secrets and so she couldn't tell any of the housemates any secret. The fans claimed that Osmani herself told that Rike already knew the secrets making this story a lot more controversial.
The day he was evicted, Xhimi posted a photo on Facebook with a caption blaming the panelist of the show, Arjan Konomi, for being the one who decided to evict him and said that the public's votes were rigged.
Critical reception Moving to the new formula, this year Big Brother received mainly negative reviews. Many of the critics said that the new format just made the show more boring than it was. There were also rumors that the following year the production had decided to switch back to the previous and basic format of the show with a reduced number of housemates. However, there were people and fans of the show who loved the new format and said that it made the show more interesting, in a way that viewers can connect more to the housemates. The season finale was considered as one of the best finales ever in the last four years. However, there were also critiques from fans who said that what made the finale boring was that for everything they had to show a video first. During the Finale there were shown almost 16 videos with a length of three to five minutes.
Viewing figures Ratings have also been down to 20% for the first weeks of this season comparing it to the previous seasons but still during the following weeks the ratings improved and Big Brother regained its place like the winner for Saturday's night prime time. Again in the last four weeks, Big Brother suffered some of its worst ratings in six years. On Saturday, 18 May, Big Brother had to compete against the finale of Eurovision Song Contest 2013, but still managed to do good, meanwhile on Saturday, 25 May it had to compete against the finale of Champions League.
Air Date Share Viewers Weekly Rank Saturday, 23 February 36.4% 691 076 1 Saturday, 2 March Saturday, 9 March Saturday, 16 March Saturday, 23 March Saturday, 30 March 34.3% 698 549 2 Saturday, 6 April 34.9% 618 298 1 Saturday, 13 April 35.6% 620 907 1 Saturday, 20 April 35.9% 628 326 1 Saturday, 27 April 35.2% 626 924 1 Saturday, 4 May 39.3% 680 226 1 Saturday, 11 May 37.6% 658 211 3 Saturday, 18 May 30.9% 530 264 3 Saturday, 25 May 33.9% 604 428 2 Saturday, 1 June 47.2% 776 850 1 Sunday, 9 June (Reunion) 29.2% 601 200 2
The Reunion Show (Post Big Brother) The Reunion Show was held one week after the finale of the season. The day was set to be on Sunday at 22:00 CET. Before the official announcement of the day there were rumors that the show would air either on Friday or Saturday. All the housemates took part, except Altina, and there were discussions for all the fights and controversies that happened during the season.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
Nominations table Anaidi ElenaEtleva MarseliniEtleva OltaElona IliriJonilda ShpendiIliri OltaEdberi IliriElona ViganiEldora Eldora RikeVigani Rike IliriEldora ElonaIliri NoNominations WinnerDay 99 IliriEtlevaOlta MarseliniJoana JoanaElona MarseliniJoana XhimiJoana JoanaXhimi XhimiJoana ElenaVigani Joana JoanaVigani Joana ViganiEldora ElonaShpendi NoNominations Runner-UpDay 99 ElonaMarseliniOlsen MarseliniArsimi MarseliniArsimi MarseliniJoana JoanaMarselini JoanaXhimi XhimiJoana ElenaIliri Joana JoanaEdberi Joana ViganiEldoraShpendiIliri NoNominations Third PlaceDay 99 ShpendiElenaElona MarseliniIliri ElenaOlta MarseliniJoana MarseliniJoana OltaJoana JoanaElena ElonaEdberi Joana RikeJoana Joana IliriRike RikeElona NoNominations Fourth PlaceDay 99 EldoraXhimiIliri XhimiIliri ArsimiXhimi XhimiJoana OltaJoana JoanaXhimi XhimiJoana ElenaVigani Joana JoanaEdberi Joana ViganiRike RikeIliri NoNominationsEvicted(Day 92) Rike Not inHouse Exempt JoanaElena Joana JoanaEdberi Joana ViganiEldora ShpendiEldora Evicted(Day 92) Vigani Not inHouse 2-in-1 connection with Edberi(Days 22 - 71) EldoraRike Rike IliriRike Evicted(Day 85) JoanaMarseliniIliri ArsimiIliri IliriArsimi JonildaOlta ElonaOlta ElonaIliri IliriElona EldoraEdberi Eldora RikeElona Rike Evicted(Day 78) Edberi Not inHouse 2-in-1 connection with Vigani(Days 22 - 71) ElonaRike Evicted(Day 78) Edberi &Vigani Not inHouse Exempt MarseliniJoana OltaMarselini OltaJoana JoanaXhimi EldoraElona JoanaEldora 2-in-1 Connection split by Big Brother(Day 71) ElenaShpendiXhimi EtlevaXhimi ArsimiXhimi XhimiOlta MarseliniIliri OltaElona ElonaEdberi EldoraVigani Evicted(Day 64) XhimiJoanaElena MarseliniJoana EldoraElena JoanaMarselini MarseliniJoana JoanaEldora IliriElona Evicted(Day 57) OltaMarseliniShpendi MarseliniElena MarseliniShpendi MarseliniShpendi MarseliniJoana ViganiEdberi Evicted(Day 50) MarseliniJoanaOlta OltaElona ElonaOlta OltaJonilda ShpendiJoana Evicted(Day 43) JonildaMarseliniShpendi SecretRoom Exempt MarseliniEldora Evicted(Day 36) ArsimiAnaidiJoanaElena MarseliniJoana ElenaJoana Evicted(Day 29) EtlevaOlsenMarselini MarseliniElena Evicted(Day 22) OlsenEtlevaElona Evicted(Day 15) AltinaMarseliniOlsen Walked(Day 15) Notes1, 2 3 2, 3 4 none 5 5, 6 7 8 9 2 10 11 none Up forevictionAnaidiElenaEtlevaJoanaMarseliniOlsenShpendi AnaidiArsimiElenaEtlevaIliriJoanaMarseliniXhimi AnaidiArsimiElenaElonaMarseliniOltaXhimi AnaidiJoanaJonildaMarseliniOlta AnaidiJoanaMarseliniOlta AnaidiEdberi/ViganiJoanaOltaXhimi AnaidiElonaJoanaXhimi AnaidiEdberi/ViganiEldoraElena none AnaidiEdberiJoanaRike AnaidiJoana AnaidiEldoraIliriRikeVigani AnaidiElonaIliriRikeShpendi AnaidiElonaEldoraIliriShpendi AnaidiElonaIliriShpendi WalkedAltina noneEvicted OlsenMost votesto evict EtlevaMost votesto evict ArsimiMost votesto evict JonildaMost votesto evict MarseliniMost votesto evict OltaMost votesto evict XhimiMost votesto evict ElenaMost votesto evict NoEviction EdberiMost votesto evict JoanaMost votesto evict ViganiMost votesto evict RikeMost votesto evict EldoraFewest votesto win ShpendiFewest votesto win ElonaFewest votesto win IliriFewest votesto win AnaidiMost votesto win Nominated forever
Notes
: During Week 1, Arismi had the opportunity to nominate one of the housemates in the House. This housemate would be nominated every week until his/her eviction. He chose Anaidi. : The housemates could only nominate those of the opposite gender. : Jonilda was fake evicted on Day 15, to make a plastic surgery during her stay in Big Brother. Then, on Day 22, she re-entered in the House as a new housemate and was exempt to vote.