Veliki Brat VIP 2013 also known as Veliki Brat VIP 5 (short VBVIP5) was the fifth celebrity season of the Serbian production of Veliki Brat. It premiered on 25 March 2013 on B92 as the first season to be broadcast on this channel since Veliki Brat 2009 and the first celebrity season since Veliki Brat VIP 2008. The season lasted 43 days until the live finale on 6 May 2013. The winner is Žarko Stojanović.
Many celebrities were rumored to be the housemates, some of the including Boris Novković, Samantha Fox, Milić Vukašinović, Lepa Lukić, Saška Janković and some former housemates from the regular season. Producers did not want to comment on the speculations, and did not confirm nor dismiss the rumors. On the day before the launch of the season paparazzi managed to capture some of the celebrities while entering the quarantine, but all of them were masked.
The design of the house was revealed on 21 March 2013 and the pictures showed that the house design is quite similar to the one used for the previous regular season. Marijana Mićić hosted the show once again, but Ana Mihajlovski was her co-host for the live launch. This was the first season that Ana hosted since Veliki Brat VIP 2008.
This season saw the return of the nominations by the housemates, but for the first time the public voted to save their favourite housemates out of the three or more nominated. The season uses the same eye logo as the previous regular season and the eleventh British series.
Housemates Sixteen housemates entered show on Day 1. On Day 8, Vendi Entered The House. Name Notability Day entered Day exited StatusŽarko StojanovićReality TV star - participated in the fifth season of French Secret Story 1 43 Dragutin TopićAthlete 1 43 Ava KarabatićGlamour model and reality TV personality 1 43 Željko StojanovićReality TV star - participated in the fifth season of French Secret Story 1 43 Aneta NakovskaSinger 1 43 Soraja VučelićTV and media personality 1 43 Vesna Vukelić VendiSinger, glamour model and reality TV star 8 41 Maja VolkWriter, TV presenter and musician 1 41 Milić VukašinovićMusician and reality TV star 1 40 Maja NikolićSinger and reality TV star 1 39 Slavko LabovićActor 1 36 Ivana Stamenković "Sindi"Singer and fashion designer 1 29 Boban StojanovićLGBT Activist 1 22 Nevena MilićevićModel 1 17 Uroš ĆertićStuntman 1 15 Vesna de VinčaJournalist and President of Miss Serbia and Miss Montenegro 1 9 Branislav Petrušević "Petrući"Actor 1 8
Weekly summary Week 1 Entrances Aneta, Ava, Boban, Dragutin, Maja Volk, Nevena, Petrući, Sindi, Slavko, Uroš, Vesna and Žarko & Željko all moved in the house of Veliki Brat on live launch night. Maja Nikolić, Milić and Soraja also entered the house, but in a secret headquarters room. Tasks VB Government - Housemates were assigned roles in the government and tasks according to each role. Two housemates were voted out of the VB Government (Ava and Uroš) and had to live in the opposition van in the garden. The Dutch Approval - In order for the VB country to enter the EU, housemates in the government had to take turns and make sure that a model windmill in the garden did not stop rotating for more than 30 seconds. To win immunity from that week's eviction, the housemates that belong to the opposition needed to sabotage the task, otherwise they would be up for eviction themselves. Twist Maja Nikolić, Milić and Soraja were placed in a secret room. They took the role of VBIA and had the power to overrule all the decisions that housemates made and fix the votes for the prime minister and the opposition that the housemates had cast. Exits Vesna exited the house after a few days because she had arrangements before entering the house, and had reached an agreement with the producers. She entered back in the house the following week. Governing housemates (Aneta, Boban, Vesna, Žarko & Željko, Maja V, Nevena, Petrući, Sindi, Slavko and Dragutin) failed in the Dutch part of the task and were therefore up for eviction. The public voted for the housemate that they wanted to save; Petrući had the fewest votes and was the first housemate to be evicted. Week 2 Entrances On Day 8, during the surprise eviction, Vesna Vukelić Vendi entered the house. Tasks Big Brother's Horror Show - Housemates participated in a number of tasks. Some of the tasks happened in a dark room with rodents, where housemates needed to feel around for various objects in complete darkness, while other tasks included eating raw meat or animal intestines or body parts.Blic Online | Veliki brat: Na meniju gulaš od očiju, belih bubrega i dlakavih papaka Exits On the night of the first live eviction, Marijana announced that a second live surprise eviction will happen within the 24 hours after the first housemate is evicted. All the housemates were up for eviction and the public voted to save their favourite contestant. Vesna da Vinča got the fewest votes and was the second housemate to be evicted. The votes from this particular eviction went to charity. In the same week, Housemates nominated for the first time in the season. Housemates with the most nominations were Maja Nikolić, Slavko and Žarko and Željko. They were up for eviction alongside Uroš, who was eligible for eviction because he broke the rule regarding discussing nominations.Veliki Brat 2013: Uroš Ćertić kažnjen, poznati svi nominovani ukućani! – ShowBiz – Region – Vesti – Svet Plus Uroš became the third housemate to be evicted from the Veliki Brat house.VB: Izbačeni Uroš Ćertić: Zaljubljen sam u Soraju | Rijaliti | Novosti.rs Week 3 Tasks Balkan song contest 4 - Housemates were split into five different groups and had to learn songs that Veliki Brat gave them. Each of the songs is accompanied by a dance routine that housemates need to learn as well and perform in front of the live audience.VB: "Izleteo" kaskader | Mondo Group one: Ava, Soraja, Željko and Slavko; Song: "Italiana" by Severina Group two: Boban and Aneta; Song: "Miljacka/Ludak kao ja" by Halid Bešlić and Željko Joksimović Group three: Vendi, Sindi, Nevena and Žarko; Song: "Gangnam Style" by Psy Group four: Maja N and Milić; Song: "Zajdi, zajdi/Zbunjena" by Toše Proeski and Negative Group five: Maja V and Dragutin; Song: "Daleko si" by Aca Lukas and Ivana SelakovVeliki Brat – Džin je izbačen, Tintoreto ostaje – B92 This is the fourth time a season of Veliki Brat incorporated this task: first was in Veliki Brat VIP 1, second in Veliki Brat VIP 4 and third in Veliki Brat 2011. Exits On Day 16, after a number of insults and provocations from Sindi, Nevena physically assaulted her, therefore breaking one of the fundamental rules of Veliki Brat. Sindi was making fun of Nevena's cellulite, and pinched her, after which Nevena hit her in the head.Veliki Brat 2013: Nevena i Sindi se potukle! Neveni preti izbacivanje!? – ShowBiz – Region – Vesti – Svet Plus Nevena was ejected later that day.Veliki brat: Posle tuče sa Sindi Nevena izbačena iz kuće | Rijaliti | Novosti.rs All of the housemates were up for eviction as a punishment for constant rule-breaking.Blic Online | Veliki brat kaznio ukućane: Svi su nominovani By winning the BSC, Ava, Soraja, Željko and Slavko were exempt from the public vote. Boban had the fewest votes and was the housemate to be evicted. Week 4 Tasks Suleiman the Magnificent - Housemates were assigned roles from a popular TV soap Muhteşem Yüzyıl. In order to pass the task, they needed to stay in character throughout the duration of the task. Exits Maja Nikolić was punished for rule-breaking, and as a result, she was up for eviction. Ava, Sindi and Aneta were nominated by the housemates. Sindi had the fewest votes and was the fifth housemate to be evicted. Week 5 Tasks Grease - housemates had to act out some of the scenes from the movie Grease, and perform a selection of songs chosen by Veliki Brat. Exits Slavko, Aneta and Vendi were nominated as a punishment for discussing nominations, while Maja Nikolić and Top had most nominations by the housemates. All five of them faced the public vote. Slavko had the fewest votes and was the sixth housemate to be evicted. Week 6 Tasks Since it was the final week and there was no budget to be won, housemates participated in a number of mini tasks for treats and just for fun. Exits Maja N, Ava and Soraja were the housemates got the most nominations from their fellow housemates and faced the public vote. Maja N was evicted on Day 39, and became the seventh housemate to be evicted. After Maja's eviction, the phone lines were re-opened but this time the public was voting for the winner. The following day Milic was evicted, as he was the housemate with the fewest votes. Maja V and Vendi were both evicted on Day 41. On the final night, Soraja was the first housemate to be evicted, placing sixth. Aneta finished fifth and Željko was fourth. Ava was evicted next, finishing third and Žarko was then announced as the winner, making Dragutin the runner up.
Nominations table Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6Final ŽarkoNominatedNonominations Maja NDragutinNominated AvaSoraja DragutinMaja N DragutinMaja NWinner(Day 43) DragutinNominatedNonominationsSindiNominated AvaŽarko ŽarkoŽeljko SorajaMilićRunner-Up(Day 43) AvaIn theVanNonominations Maja NSlavkoExempt AnetaSoraja Maja NSoraja AnetaMaja NThird Place(Day 43) ŽeljkoNominatedNonominations Maja NDragutinExempt SindiSoraja DragutinMaja N SorajaŽarkoFourth Place(Day 43) AnetaNominatedNonominations UrošMaja NNominated SindiAvaNominated AvaSorajaFifth Place(Day 43) SorajaSecretRoomNonominations AnetaNevenaExempt AnetaŽeljko AvaMilić Maja NAnetaSixth Place(Day 43) VendiNot inHouseMaja NSlavkoNominated AvaMilićNominated SorajaMilićEvicted(Day 41) Maja VNominatedNonominations UrošSorajaNominated AvaSindi Maja NAva ŽeljkoŽarkoEvicted(Day 41) MilićSecretRoomNonominations SlavkoDragutinNominated SlavkoMaja V DragutinMaja V Maja VDragutinEvicted(Day 40) Maja NSecretRoomNonominations Žarko & ŽeljkoMaja VNominatedNominatedBanned AvaSorajaEvicted(Day 39) SlavkoNominatedNonominations Žarko & ŽeljkoBobanExemptBannedNominatedEvicted(Day 36) SindiNominatedNonominations Maja NAnetaNominated AnetaVendiEvicted(Day 29) BobanNominatedNonominations SlavkoUrošNominatedEvicted(Day 22) NevenaNominatedNonominations SorajaAvaEjected(Day 17) UrošIn theVanNonominationsNominatedEvicted(Day 15) VesnaNominatedNonominationsEvicted(Day 9) PetrućiNominatedEvicted(Day 8) Notes1none23456none Up foreviction AnetaBobanDragutinMaja VNevenaPetrućiSindiSlavkoVesna AllHousemates Maja NSlavkoUrošŽarko & Željko AnetaBobanDragutinMaja NMaja VMilićSindiVendiŽarko AnetaAvaMaja NSindi AnetaDragutinMaja NSlavkoVendi AvaMaja NSorajaAllHousematesEjectednoneNevenanoneEvictedPetrućiFewest votesto saveVesnaFewest votesto saveUrošFewest votesto saveBobanFewest votesto saveSindiFewest votesto saveSlavkoFewest votesto saveMaja Nto saveMilićFewest votes(Out of 9)Maja VFewest votes (Out of 8)VendiFewest votes (Out of 7)Soraja(Out of 6)Aneta(Out of 5)Željko(Out of 4)Ava(Out of 3)Dragutin(Out of 2)Žarko
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Controversy and criticism
Animal harm and exploitation During week 2, while doing the shopping task Ava, Maja Nikolić and Vendi had to go in a dark room which had over 300 mice in it;Blic Online | U "Velikom bratu" učestvovalo 330 miševa, iz "Emoušna" poručuju: Dobro su, samo su malo ošamućeni they had to feel and walk around the room which had no light in it and stepped on some of the animals that were in there. After several viewers complained the producers said that no animals were severely harmed during the task and apologized for upsetting the viewers.Serbian Cafe Вести – Актуелне вести из Србије и света – Новости, политика, спорт, забава Several animal rights organizations said that they will press charges against Emotion.GRAĐANI TRAŽE: Kazniti VB, ubili su 6 belih miševa! – Kurir