Big Brother 2022 is the second cooperation season of the Dutch and Belgian version of Big Brother. It is the eight regular version of Big Brother in both Belgium and the Netherlands. The show is broadcast on RTL 5 in the Netherlands and Play4 in Belgium beginning on 3 January 2022. Live streams are available 24/7 on Videoland for Dutch viewers and on GoPlay.be and Telenet for Belgian viewers.
During the final of Big Brother 2021 the hosts already hinted Big Brother could return. Afterwards producers told they were researching the possibility of a sequel. On 29 June 2021, there was an announcement of the new season and a call for new housemates. The start and concept of the season was revealed at November 2021.
Geraldine Kemper and Peter Van de Veire return as co-hosts of the show. The house of the previous season remained but was completely restyled. The gameroom was extended and a shop added. The season was announced to be harder, more exciting and unexpected compared to the other season. The season was again plagued by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: there was no live audience, housemates were tested, quarantined and Kemper was due to illness replaced for a few weeks by Bridget Maasland.
The eight first housemates arrived at New Year's Eve 2021. The first episode aired on 3 January 2022. The ratings of the launch dropped considerably compared to the previous revival season. The start had 586.000 viewers in the Netherlands at both RTL 4 & RTL 5, a drop of 56%, and 376.510 viewers at the Belgian Play4. The season got attention when Big Brother gave a warning racistic, discriminating and sexistic remarks or behaviour aren't tolerated and reminded the housemates about the zero tolerance. Housemate Nawel Seghairi was nominated eight times in a row by almost only male housemates. She gained a large fanbase outside but was eventually voted out close to the final. Many viewers protested against Kristof Timmermans winning a golden key to the final, more than two weeks for the final, saying the twist was fixed. The broadcasters denied Timmermans was being protected.
The final was on 26 March 2022 and the winner was Salar Abassi Abraasi who won the jackpot of €69,815. The final was watched by 295.000 viewers in the Netherlands and 208.449 viewers in Belgium.
Production
Format Big Brother 2022 followed the same format as the previous season of the program. Housemates lived in isolation from the outside world in a custom-built house for a period of 100 days, hoping to be the last one to leave the house as the winner, and walk away with a large cash prize.
Concept Producers of the reality show stated this season would be harder compared to the previous season, responding to complaints during the previous season. A promo was released showing the public being able to change the water temperature and moving the walls. This was not the case. However week themes were added, warm water was limited and the house did become smaller when it was divided in two.
Broadcasts The first episode was pre-recorded on the evening of 31 December 2021 and simultaneously broadcast on RTL 4 and RTL 5 in the Netherlands, Play4 on Belgium on 3 January 2022. The Daily show aired from Monday to Friday with the live show on Saturday night.
Housemates
Name Age Occupation Country Residence Day entered Day exited Status Salar Abassi Abrassi 27 Entrepreneur Assendelft 4 86 Grace Rodrigues 35 Unemployed Breda 1 86 Kristof Timmermans 30 Geography teacher and singer Stabroek 2 86 Nouchine Broodhaers 25 Home nurse Ghent 1 83 Tobias van Veen 26 Lifestyle and personal coach The Hague 1 79 Nawel Seghairi 26 PMU artist and TikTok star Eeklo 4 72 Julio Neves Dias 43 Team coach Hoogerheide 17 65 Hanne Ioculano 36 Cytology analyst Genk 17 58 Leroy de Rouw 31 Barber 's-Hertogenbosch 17 51 Vera Dijkstra 26 Perfumery worker Vlissingen 1 51 Peter Trippaers 56 Shoe salesman Hasselt 1 44 Dimitri Rodaro 26 Commercial Director Kampenhout 1 37 Eveline Gerits 38 Casino Employee Gennep 13 30 Amy Van Wingen 27 Digital Performance Marketer Ghent 13 23 Kitty Mager 58 Fulltime volunteer Aalten 1 16 Sercan Sevil 28 Warehouse worker Tessenderlo 1 9
Twists Prize money Like the previous season, housemates were required to do several tasks every week. These tasks were known as "secret mission", "challenge" or "weekly tasks". If the housemate(s) completed, they earned prize money for the seasons winner.
Current total amountTaskWorthResultIncreased/decreasedWeek 1€0(Initial) Balancing balls. € 1,800 Secret mission Salar & Nawel €2,500 Week 3€4,300 Counting up to 1000 after pressing red button, Kristof € 1,000 Secret mission Kristof (bathrobes) €1,000 Counting birds €10,000 Fine for helping Peter wash dishes €500 Dimitri and Tobias make "deaf" and "blind" lunch €200 Week 4 €12,608 Hanging from ropes (house vs. house) €1,419 { Week 5€14,027 Ranking the House € 500 Ping pong ball game €6,000 Ranking the House II €250 Walking over lego bricks and reading codes, Leroy €2,750 Week 6€23,527 Choice game around reliability, Leroy chose the pin € 5,000 Spell words or Salar "electrocute" € 3,250 Water cylinder filling and Hanne in slime bath €2,000 Week 7€33,777 Dance Marathon € 1,500 Ping pong ball game € 1,200 Week 8€36,477 Shooting for a pin or the pot € 3,575 Twitter game with the viewer € 9,000 Week 9€49,052 Packing game (with Rewind token) € 745 Secret mission Julio and Tobias € 1,000 Week 10€48,797 Extra vote, Nawel € 1,500 Secret mission Salar, using Dago's voice € 2,500 Hourglass and screen with video message loved ones € 909 Money pressure game € 10,000 Week 11€56,206 Keep plateaus with bags of sand high € 2,360 Fairground game € 1,990 Week 12€60,556 Tennis game with former housemates € 990 Several 60-second games € 5,180 Total € 66,726
Little Brother New this season was the title Little Brother. Housemates could win this title through a challenge. The housemate who was Little Brother had automatic immunity, but was also given extra responsibility. For example, this resident could sometimes give immunity to a fellow housemate, or save one of the nominated housemates. Or if this was not possible, this Little brother-housemate got an extra nomination vote.
Immunity pin Housemates who had immunity wore a silver immunity pin.
Weekly summary The main events in the Big Brother house are summarised in the table below. Week 1 Entrances On Day 1, Grace and Peter entered the house before the others. On Day 1, Dimitri, Kitty, Nouchine, Sercan, Tobias & Vera. On Day 3, Kristof entered the house at midnight. On Day 4, Nawel & Salar entered the Datacenter. On Day 5, Nawel & Salar joined the other housemates in the house. Theme Back to basics: the housemates had to leave their luggage, there was limited warm water and limited food. Twist On Day 4, the Datecenter was revealed. A hidden room where the occupants could watch the house and its housemates secretly. Tasks On Day 1, first housemates Grace & Peter had to take 8 objects that would be helpful in the house from a conveyor-belt. 3 of the objects they chose was Graces luggage, Peters luggages and Graces suitcase. On Day 1, Dimitri & Kitty had to choose clothes and objects out of the luggage of all housemates, which had to fit in a tiny suitcase. They had 20 minutes to do this. On Day 2, the housemates had to play the hunger game in duos. Each housemate could choose for their own luggage or shopping money. If both housemates chose for the shopping money, they received 15 euro. On Day 2, secret new housemate Kristof got the task to go to the shop and buy with the earned money. On Day 3, the housemates had to do a balancing task and bring balls to the other side. On Day 4, secret new housemates Nawel & Salar got the task to observe the other housemates from the Datacenter. On Day 5, Nawel & Salar heard they had to nominate two housemates and had to keep this secret for the other housemates. Nominations On Day 7, Kristof & Sercan received were nominated by Nawel & Salar and faced the public vote. Exits On Day 9, Sercan became the first housemate to be evicted. Week 2 Theme Survivor: all housemates were automatically nominated and could win immunity by winning a task. The public decides On Day 9: the public could decide which housemates would do the shopping. They chose Kitty. On Day 11: the public could decide the order in which the housemates had to play the game for immunity. On Day 12: the public could decide who of the following housemates would receive immunity: Dimitri, Kitty, Peter or Vera. They chose Dimitri who got immunity on day 13. Highlights On Day 12, Dimitri & Vera shared a kiss. On Day 14, the housemates with immunity had to give the last immunity to one of the remaining nominated housemates Kitty, Peter or Vera. They gave the immunity to Vera. On Day 15, Kitty got informed that her father died. She knew this could happen, discussed and prepared this with her family before her stay in the house and got the advice from her mother to go ahead with this - the Big Brother participation - because it was the first time Kitty did something for herself. Kitty decided to stay and informed the other housemates. Tasks On Day 10, the housemates had to do an endurance task in duos. They had to hold on a rope. Nawel & Tobias won and received immunity. On Day 11, the housemates had to play the hunger game. Catching money or one immunity bill falling at certain times from a tree. On Day 11, Nawel and Tobias got the hidden task. They had to choose one housemates who they wanted immunity and were able to direct that housemate to be standing under the money tree at the exact time the immunity bill would fall. They chose Nouchine. She didn't succeed. It was Kristof who caught the immunity bill. On Day 12, the house was filled with balloons. The last one finding a ticket in the balloon won immunity. This was Grace. On Day 12, the still nominated housemates - Dimitri, Kitty, Peter, Nouchine, Salar and Vera - had to play a velcro toss game. Each housemate who would have 3 balls attached to his velcro helmet, would stay nominated. This were Dimitri, Kitty, Peter and Vera. Nouchine and Salar won immunity. On Day 13, new housemates Amy & Eveline had to collect clothes from each housemates' wish list in the luggage room and keep the weight under 2 kg/housemate. Entrances On Day 13, Amy & Eveline entered the house. Nominations On Day 14, Kitty & Peter didn't win immunity, stayed nominated and faced the public vote. Exits On Day 16, Kitty became the second housemate to be evicted. Week 3 Theme Surprise: each time one of the housemates would push the red button, something positive or negative would happen. The public decides On Day 16, the public could decide what positive consequence there would be for the housemate pushing the red button: 30 minutes more warm water, immunity or receiving his luggage. The public voted for the luggage. On Day 20, the public could decide which housemate would receive his luggage. The public voted for Tobias. Entrances On Day 17, Leroy entered the house. The same day Hanne & Julio entered the house also. Little Brother On Day 18, Nouchine became the first caretaker. She bought immunity in the mini mall and gave this to Nawel. The red button On Day 16, Amy pushed the button. They heard the voices of three new housemates. On Day 17, Kristof pushed the button. The consequence was that Nawel got informed of the birth of her niece three days before. On Day 17, Kristof pushed the button. He had to decide which one of the three new housemates to enter the house immediately. He chose Julio. On Day 17, Kristof pushed the button. He had to count to 1.000 and had three chances. He earned 1.000 euro. On Day 17, Salar pushed the button. He could give one housemate his luggage back. He chose himself. On Day 18, Nouchine pushed the button. She became caretaker and won immunity.